The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 1

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The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 001
The Dungeon is a battlefield of the strong devouring the weak.
It was natural for the weak to be hunted, for rookie Hunters to be exploited by veteran Guilds.
That was the everyday reality of the Dungeon, as far as mid-level Hunter Kim was concerned.
‘But… what exactly am I looking at right now?’
Even after rubbing his eyes, even after using a Hallucination Dispel Item just in case.
The figure of the hooded girl didn’t disappear from Kim’s field of vision.
‘What is that little kid?’
His only educational credential was probably a kindergarten diploma.
Seeing the cute face contrasted with a stern expression, Kim nearly burst out laughing.
‘I can’t let my guard down. If they made it this far inside, they breached our Guild’s security, didn’t they?’
Maybe it was a Hunter who’d transformed into a child.
Kim tensed and opened his mouth.
“Little one…? Who are you?”
“Magical Girl Daisy! …I am.”
“…”
The way she tacked on a polite suffix belatedly in that childish voice made his grip go slack. It was exactly how an elementary school student would speak during a princess Transformation game at the local playground.
The child continued with a serious expression.
“You’re exploiting junior-level Hunters in this Dungeon, aren’t you?”
“Exploiting? Do you even know what that word means?”
“Stealing time and effort!”
As if he’d asked sincerely. Amused by her earnest reply, Kim openly smirked.
“Wow, sharp little thing. Where’d you learn that?”
“From a dictionary by myself… No, don’t change the subject. I know you’ve been doing bad things.”
The child pointed behind Kim. Mana Stones were scattered across the ridges of the desolate E-Rank Dungeon designated by the Dungeon Management Division.
But—
“D-Rank Monsters appear here, don’t they? You could ignore them since they’d slip on that pile of Mana Stones and die if left alone, but…”
“…”
“But your Guild drags in Hunters to fight Monsters just so a few Mana Stones don’t get crushed underfoot.”
“…That’s a Hunter’s job, little one.”
“But you bring E-Rank Hunters to fight D-Rank Monsters by claiming that’s the Dungeon Rank, don’t you? That’s fraud!”
As she kept pressing with sound logic, Kim—who’d been dismissing her as just a kid—found himself at a loss for words.
‘What is this girl? Did she swallow an administrative manual or something?’
His pride rebelled against taking a little thing seriously, and it moved his lips.
“Hey kid. Didn’t finish your English lessons? The letter E comes after D. It’s better than that.”
“Then you only eat grade-three beef. It’s better than grade one, after all.”
“Ahahaha!”
Ah, he’d tried to brush it off lightly.
Kim twisted his lips and delivered a harsh dose of reality to the little girl.
“E-Rank Hunters are way cheaper than D-Rank ones! Obvious, right?”
“It’s not obvious. I know lots of Hunters got hurt because of your Guild!”
“The ones who got hurt were just dumb. Don’t know how you found out, but—”
Kim scratched his head and stood up.
“Can’t play around anymore. I’ve got work to do.”
Soon enough, those naive E-Rank Hunters this little girl had mentioned would be entering the Dungeon. Kim had to find a way to lure the Monsters before then.
Kim spared the girl another glance.
‘She got this far, so she must have some trick up her sleeve—’
But the Mana she gave off was incredibly weak, and there were no other presences nearby.
‘She’s all bark.’
A Chihuahua would be more threatening than this kid.
His relaxed tension twisted into annoyance.
‘Give her a scare and she’d be crying her eyes out in seconds. Total waste of time.’
Fine. He’d just throw her outside the gate.
Then the Guild’s security would investigate her backers.
“Little one. Want to play airplane for a sec—?”
The moment Kim reached out his hand.
The girl pulled out a book and shouted.
“Where justice is needed, I bloom! Flower Warrior Daisy, now blooming!”
As soon as the words left her mouth, yellow petals began to swirl.
The strange phenomena didn’t stop there.
Flowers bloomed one by one across the barren Dungeon where only moss had existed—flowers that anyone, even someone indifferent to plants, would recognize. Roses, sunflowers, forsythia…
Was this a Dungeon or May at an amusement park?
The hastily grown sunflowers even swayed as if dancing. Like they’d eaten an amusement park employee.
‘Did the Hallucination Dispel drug I took earlier go bad?’
But what perplexed him more than the flowers was…
‘My body won’t move!’
Not just his arms and legs—even his eyelids wouldn’t budge. The petals slashed across his defenseless face in waves.
Meanwhile, an even more unbelievable sight unfolded before his eyes.
The girl’s hoodie began to glow, and in an instant it transformed into a one-piece dress with an unbalanced tiered skirt that billowed. Her sagging cargo pants became rolled-up shorts.
Finally, her Crocs lifted slightly into the air and transformed into ankle boots…
Ding—☆
With a cheerful sound, the little girl stood on the ground and cried out.
“Magical Girl Daisy, here I come!”
The petals swirled once around the girl and settled.
‘…What in the world is happening?’
Kim’s strength finally returned to his hands.
But the strange phenomena weren’t over.
The book the girl had pulled out earlier was now floating in the air, its pages fluttering like wings. A voice, as if with a voice filter applied, rang out.
[How bold. You dared to lay hands on Daisy?]
“What, what is this…?”
[Let’s show this friend what bitterness tastes like, Daisy!]
The pages turned faster, rattling—
The girl placed her hand on a page and shouted.
“My companion, Black King Rabbit, Summoning!”
Overwhelming light poured from the book.
At the same time, Kim felt another presence of Mana in the Dungeon.
‘A Summoning-type Hunter?’
But he couldn’t let her run wild.
Kim drew his weapon.
The instinct honed by a life of rough work whispered that he should give his all—even now—against an elementary schooler.
“Huuugh!”
As he infused Mana into his Club, what appeared before Kim was…
“…”
A black rabbit.
It was a bit large, but still just a rabbit.
Just before Kim let out a hollow laugh.
A weighty male voice flowed from the rabbit’s small mouth.
“I see a close-combat Hunter who relies only on Mana. You’ve neglected your conditioning. Your muscles are pathetic.”
“What? You, what are you!”
“Why does it matter.”
For a rabbit, that voice was unnecessarily good. If you closed your eyes, you’d swear it was a handsome man speaking…
‘…Wait. That voice. I’ve heard it before somewhere, haven’t I?’
But before Kim could find an answer, Daisy shouted.
“King Rabbit, the tone!”
“Ugh…”
The black rabbit frowned and stepped forward, speaking.
“As the judge, I ask you now, meow!”
“…Meow?”
What kind of gimmick was he doing with that magnificent voice?
The rabbit clenched his teeth as if in defiance and continued steadfastly.
“The defendant recruited novice Hunters by pretending to offer good work, made them face burdensome Monsters, and under the excuse they fought poorly, even withheld promised wages, meow. Most of them suffered severe injuries and couldn’t work for a long time, meow.”
Hah, now even the rabbit is pretending to be virtuous. Feeling like a true villain, Kim bared his fangs.
“Is it my fault they’re weak? If they got paid, they should’ve earned it!”
“Because of the time they gave you, you mined Mana Stones and easily slew Monsters. Now it’s your turn to pay the price, meow.”
“What, what—?”
Suddenly the surroundings darkened, and two paths opened before Kim’s eyes.
The black rabbit spoke from before the fork in the road.
“You have two paths, meow. Atone by helping others, or be consumed by your guilt right now, meow.”
The left path was surrounded by the flowers that had bloomed earlier. But it looked less like the amusement park now and more like a YouTube horror video.
A suspicious voice crackled like a broken radio.
“Ha, hee, hoho!”
“Happy living! Good adults!”
Between the flowers, unnamed beasts with split-wide smiles waved their front paws.
The right path was… a familiar Dungeon landscape.
But there, black silhouettes of people stared at Kim.
Seeing blood drops falling from the shadows, Kim understood what they were.
The novice Hunters he’d sacrificed so far.
Mana Stones jutted out like thorns on the path leading to them.
“Ah… ah…”
He hated both.
He wanted to run. But why wouldn’t his feet move?
Even his lips wouldn’t move.
He had to say something—
“A villain’s ending is always the same!”
With the girl’s bright cry, the darkness lifted.
Beyond the flowers and the rabbit. Daisy shouted.
“Together with my companion, Black King Rabbit’s power, I declare: Live righteously from this moment on!”
Light poured from Daisy’s hands.
Wind blew, and at the same time, the petals from the left path attacked him.
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”

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In recent weeks, a strange rumor circulated through the Hunter community.
That some self-proclaimed “warrior of justice” was intruding on Dungeons notorious for unfair contracts and leaving their owners ruined.
Title: One of the Thug Guild’s Dungeons ♬ Went Down
Post: The management director lost his mind
Apparently he was going around giving lectures on how to avoid fraud contracts and the guild master had him arrested lolololol
[Comments]
-Turned out to be a good guy after all…! Like that?
-Nope dude was a famous novice hunter killer
-Pattern’s identical to other hero victim reports this guy solo works then fights someone then changes personality
Title: Hope those thugs get their guild torn apart
Post: Soon they’ll be moving together though
From what I know lots of guilds got torn apart they’re just hushing it up out of shame
[Comments]
-Is this heading to a dark web bounty?
-This is amazing can’t wait for chaos times
-↑ Otaku vibes
Title: No bounty yet don’t make predictions lol (inside info)
Post: Apparently nobody remembers what they look like
The guys they fought can’t remember either
But they remember even unmasking
[Comments]
-Is it a skill?
-Data(x) Dah(x)
-[Author] They remember unmasking btw
-Yo that’s♧♪♬
That’s right. No one would be able to remember.
Passive Skill
[It’s a Secret That I’m a Magical Girl☆ (S)]
: Witnesses to a “Magical Girl” cannot commit acts—such as information leaks—that would harm the Hunter’s daily life
Daisy was protected by this skill.

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