The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 100

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The Magical Girl Hunter Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 100
The girl straightened her chest and answered proudly.
“I’m ten years old.”
Frustrating as it was, the girl did seem genuinely mature.
‘Third grade is an age where you can say she’s aged ten years beyond her years!’
Noticing that Lee Ji felt the gap between them, the girl smiled with even greater ease and spoke.
“By the time you’re ten, you’ll probably have outgrown magical girl cartoons too.”
“So what do you like, then?”
“Wait. Let me show you something really good!”
The girl immediately turned on her phone—not a kids’ device, not one of those budget models like Lee Ji’s, but a real adult smartphone.
A song by a female idol group played from YouTube.
[I knew it, your gaze, like, m, a, g, i, c!]
The girl spoke with her nose in the air.
“My unnies are pretty, aren’t they?”
‘Ara’s companions are prettier.’
Lee Ji held back what she wanted to say.
“Yeah, they’re all pretty.”
A smile bloomed across the girl’s face.
“Right? They’re all pretty, aren’t they? There are more amazing performances. Like this one…….”
“Hey, Ha-rin! Did you finish your practice?”
At that moment, the academy instructor poked his head out from one of the practice rooms. Ha-rin nodded.
“Yes, I finished.”
“Really? I heard you only played it through nine times a few minutes ago.”
“……Seriously?”
“Seriously. Go play the last piece.”
“……Okay.”
Ha-rin shuffled into her practice room with drooping shoulders. The other children beside her whispered to Lee Ji.
“Don’t mind Ha-rin. She’s been stuck at the academy so much, she gets bored and complains about everyone.”
“She’s always at the academy? Why?”
“Because she can’t play Piano well. Her mom was a pianist back in the day, but Ha-rin’s not very good at it.”
The English word “pianist” was understandable from context. It must be the female version of Jun-seo and his father’s situation with Piano.
‘How badly does she play?’
Lee Ji looked toward Practice Room 1 where Ha-rin had gone. But since sounds like ping-ping, thunk-thunk, and chirp-chirp were pouring out of other rooms, it was impossible to hear only the sound coming from Room 1.
When the first academy class ended and she came downstairs.
On the first floor of the building, Hyun-ji waved her hand.
“Unnie! What brings you here?”
“I came to walk home with you. Did you enjoy the academy?”
“Yes!”
She was happy to see her. But she couldn’t smile freely. She knew that her sister had rushed over out of worry that something might happen to Lee Ji again.
Before they left the academy.
A sleek black car like an orca slowed down and stopped in front of the academy building.
A well-dressed woman stepped out and made a phone call to someone.
“Ha-rin, Mom’s here. Come down now.”
‘So that’s the pianist!’
The two looked exactly alike.
As Lee Ji’s pace slowed, Hyun-ji turned to look back.
“Lee Ji. Why are you stopping? ……Are you looking at a friend? Did you make one at the academy?”
By then Ha-rin had come down to the first floor and taken her mother’s hand.
Ha-rin pouted her lips in front of her mother, but while her mom opened the car door, she gazed at their clasped hands alone and smiled a quiet, nervous smile.
Lee Ji answered Hyun-ji.
“Not a friend. Just an unnie a year older. And she said once you grow up, you stop watching Magical Girl stuff.”
“My friend likes Magical Girl stuff though? Don’t believe what she says.”
“Okay! I won’t.”
But even as she said that.
The moment she saw that shy, pretty smile from before, Lee Ji thought she might actually end up becoming close with Ha-rin.
……That thought, however, met a crisis at the academy a few days later.
While Lee Ji memorized musical symbols, many children moved back and forth between the study table chatting.
Ha-rin was one of them. After confirming the teacher wasn’t around, she came running out of her practice room and sat in front of Lee Ji, asking a question.
“You study hard. Is that Pen a merchandise too?”
“Yeah! It’s shaped like a magic wand. Isn’t it cute?”
“……It’s cute, I guess.”
Her tone made it obvious she was forcing it. Soon, Ha-rin, as if she’d finished with the formalities, got to the main point.
“Why do you like Magical Girl stuff?”
“Because it’s pretty.”
“My unnies are pretty too.”
So that idol group she’d shown last time was called Moonblit. The photos Ha-rin had shown on her phone really were beautiful.
But what came after was not pretty at all.
“Magical Girl cartoons have such funny drawings though. Everyone has these ridiculously huge eyes.”
“…….”
“Hey! If you’re going to learn a Moonblit song anyway, I can help you with Piano when the teacher’s not around.”
The older girls in the back giggled. ‘Here she goes again,’ ‘No wonder she has no friends.’
She did feel a bit sorry for Ha-rin…… but she didn’t want to accept her offer.
“I like . It’s moving how the main character always does good things.”
“My unnies’ performances are incredibly moving too.”
“The Magical Girl costumes are so pretty!”
“My unnies’ outfits are so cool though!”
“I liked the outfit Bunny Princess wore when she went on that Arctic trip best. Especially that huge hat that covers her ears!”
Lee Ji decided that no matter what Ha-rin said, she’d just keep talking about what she loved.
‘Come to think of it, you don’t get many chances like this!’
Usually when talking with friends, the topic changed every time.
But this time, she felt she could just keep talking about forever!
“Out of all the Magical Girl outfits, the Black Princess Dress was the prettiest, and when she got struck by lightning and it tore while fluttering, it looked pirate-like and cool, you know? The doll outfit came in both versions too.”
“…….”
Ha-rin seemed to have finally realized that things weren’t going her way.
Her lips pouted for a moment.
Then she threw out a rather resolute statement.
“You don’t actually believe Magical Girls are real, do you? Naively, I mean. There are always some kids who watch cartoons and believe that stuff.”
Lee Ji answered with a calm heart.
“Magical Girls are real.”
“No they’re not. Have you ever seen one? You haven’t.”
“I’ve seen one before, and Magical Girls exist.”
Whatever Ha-rin said, Lee Ji answered easily. After all, she knew the truth.
But thinking this was getting tedious, Lee Ji decided to turn the question back on her.
“So do you think ‘Moonblit’ is real?”
“Huh? What do you mean, of course they’re real! They shoot YouTube videos and release albums!”
” appears on YouTube and releases albums too.”
“My unnies have concerts!”
” had stage plays and even a movie.”
It came out last year and drew over a million viewers. The Rabbit Head Popcorn Container she got then is still kept carefully at home.
The moment Ha-rin’s words faltered at the mention of the movie.
Lee Ji posed her final question.
“Have you ever seen Moonblit in person?”
“That’s…… I haven’t yet.”
“If you haven’t seen them, you don’t know. They might all be AI.”
“That’s not it! That doesn’t make sense!”
“You haven’t seen them though.”
“I’m telling you the truth! If I could just get permission for the last concert……!”
“You still haven’t confirmed it with your own eyes.”
Ha-rin jumped to her feet, but she couldn’t find any words to refute Lee Ji. And before the teacher could say anything, she hurried back to Practice Room 1 on her own.
The older girls giggled.
“Lee Ji, you’re good with words.”
“She was the one who said mean things first.”
“She’s just like that. She has no friends…… and she hates Magical Girl stuff.”
“Why? Is she a villain?”
“Ahahaha! No, that’s not it.”
The older girl pointed to the wall. Several beautifully dressed group photos were posted there.
[Commemorating the 202n Spring Recital]
“Last year at the recital, she picked the theme song from a Magical Girl cartoon and got scolded by her mom. She was bawling right here in the academy.”
“Why did she get scolded?”
“For picking something so childish. After that she was down for a while, and then she became obsessed with Moonblit.”
“…….”
“Don’t worry about it. Magical Girls definitely exist!”
The older girls patted Lee Ji’s head and giggled among themselves.
Shortly after the girls themselves went into the practice room. The teacher came over to the table and asked.
“Lee Ji. Did you memorize everything? Any questions?”
“I’m good!”
“Then let’s go practice the keys now. Over there, Practice Room 2!”
A small room with a single Piano placed lengthwise. Lee Ji carefully followed the teacher’s hand and pressed the keys.
Meanwhile, melodies rose from the front room and back room respectively.
The front room was…… Practice Room 1, wasn’t it.
‘Ha-rin’s room.’
That’s strange. Lee Ji had heard that Ha-rin couldn’t play Piano well and stayed at the academy the longest.
‘……The music is, beautiful.’
The melody flowing through the wall was like a distant galaxy seen from afar. Blurry, yet somehow stirring the heart.
And then, suddenly, an idea flashed in Lee Ji’s mind.
‘Can I add music to the ‘Decoration Elements’ too?’
Why hadn’t she thought of it sooner.
‘Magical Girls always have special music when they transform!’

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