The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 101

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The Magic Girl Hunter Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 101
The thought alone set her heart racing.
Lee Ji had said that her power grew stronger whenever she acted like a true magic girl.
‘What if, when I transform, special music plays like in a manga transformation scene?
Even enemies like that dinosaur expert from last time—ones who don’t understand what a magic girl is at all—might freeze the moment I begin to transform.
As Lee Ji was imagining her even more dazzling form, the Piano Teacher sitting beside her spoke.
“Lee Ji. You’re listening, aren’t you?”
“……Yes!”
She was listening.
Just thinking about something else.
How could she add music to her domain? The most foolproof method was one thing.
‘Install a musician……!’
……Though that would seem rather villainous.
Fortunately, before she could finish the thought, her conscience cried out.
Lee Ji, remember what you learned through Queen Bunny, that being who nearly made Bunny Princess a traitor?
If you recklessly pursue power, your heart will grow weak instead, and you could be corrupted by darkness!
‘That can’t be! I’m a warrior of justice!’
After abandoning the terrifying plan to install a musician in her domain, Lee Ji hit upon a more ordinary idea.
‘Let me go to a dungeon, play good music from YouTube, and extract it!’
The problem was that Hyun-ji was coming to pick her up today as well.
When would she ever get the chance to check it out?
‘……Even just ten minutes—there’s no way, is there?’
As if heaven itself wanted to help, the Piano Teacher smiled knowingly at Lee Ji, who was twisting in her seat, and spoke.
“You’ve learned a lot today. Go on out and take a break.”
“Yes, thank you!”
Lee Ji left the practice room without hesitation. In doing so, she glanced back and noticed that Practice Room 1 was empty.
On the building stairs.
After confirming no one was around, Lee Ji whispered into her bag.
“Grimoire. Is there a dungeon nearby that I could quickly visit and return from?”
[Hmm…… I don’t sense one in the immediate area.]
“What about the Playground Dungeon I went to with Ji-hyeok last time?”
[It appears to have been demolished. ……The Black Diamond Marquis Dungeon seems still active, but it’s quite far. By the way, why are you looking for dungeons?]
“For magic girl activities!”
[Then I’ll find one for you. ……Wait?]
Grimoire tilted his body in curiosity.
[I think I feel dungeon power nearby.]
“Around here? Let me head to the intersection first!”
[It’s not that far. Two….]
“Two minutes away?”
[Two meters up. And about three meters to the left.]
Then there was only one place to go—the stairs. Lee Ji climbed the increasingly desolate shopping mall stairs and soon stopped before the yellow tape on Room 403.
No Entry
Dungeon Site—Investigation Complete
Behind the notice, a faded sign reading “Angel’s Miracle Hill” was affixed. It appeared to be a defunct cult office.
Just looking at it made her swallow hard.
‘I’m scared to go in…….’
Right then.
“Uhhhhgh…….”
A sound that made the heart skip came from beyond the door. It was someone’s stifled sobs.
“Ugh, ugh…… Sniff!”
Lee Ji cried out quietly from inside her bag.
“Grimoire! Grimoire! There must be a ghost in this cult office!”
[Calm down. It’s just a child crying!]
“But this is a restricted area! How could anyone get in…….”
At that moment.
With a click, a door inside the hallway opened. And there stood a familiar face.
“Ha-rin?”
Ha-rin looked startled, covering her face with her long hair as she answered.
“Huh? What are you doing here?”
“Ha-rin!”
Lee Ji hurried over and whispered to Ha-rin.
“Um, inside, I heard a weird sound. Could it be…… is there a ghost living here?”
“…….”
“Like, someone summoned a ghost or something…….”
Lee Ji’s hand trembled. Ha-rin, looking down at it, spoke firmly.
“You really are foolishly gullible, aren’t you? There’s no such thing as ghosts.”
“Then……?”
“……I, I was just crying.”
Ha-rin hesitated slightly before drawing back her hair curtain to reveal her face. As she’d said, her eyes were red and wet.
“Oh……? Are you okay?”
“I don’t know. I’m going to get cocoa.”
Ha-rin roughly wiped her face with her sleeve and then headed back down the stairs. Lee Ji watched her black hair disappear, thinking.
‘Why was Ha-rin crying?’
She felt worried.
‘She called me foolish.’
She felt annoyed.
But more than any of those feelings.
‘She must have been embarrassed to tell a younger kid that she’d been crying.’
Ha-rin’s concern for Lee Ji’s worry……stirred something tender in Lee Ji’s chest.
Kim Ha-rin. Maybe she wasn’t such a bad older sister after all.
Grimoire heaved a sigh.
[She’s got a sharp tongue on her. But where did that girl even come from?]
“Wait a moment. That door over there……. Huh?”
The nameplate above the door Ha-rin had exited also read Room 403. From the sign on the door handle that said “Please use the front entrance ⇒”, this appeared to be the back door of Room 403.
‘The back entrance isn’t in a restricted area? So I can go in!’
The back door had a lock on it too. But among the eight digits, three were already pressed in. It was as if someone used it freely on a daily basis but locked it out of courtesy.
Lee Ji tried pressing the remaining five digits one by one—
Click! The lock opened.
Grimoire flew in first.
[There’s no one here. Come on in.]
The interior layout was similar to the piano academy. Along a narrow linoleum corridor, small rooms made by adding partition walls were crammed together.
Prayer room, lecture room, meditation room……. Grimoire stopped at the very end, the ‘tea room’.
[This appears to be the entrance to the F-rank Dungeon in question.]
Inside loosely draped yellow tape, an abandoned refrigerator was emitting a blue aura. The power was far more pathetic than the chill of an ordinary freezer.
After confirming there was still plenty of time before her lesson ended, she took a step into the refrigerator.
The sky spun around and around…….
You have entered the dungeon.
Clear Condition: Signal S.O.S.
“…….”
Lee Ji found herself lying on the ground. The pale blue sky hung high like autumn, and the gentle sound of waves echoed from all around.
Even lying down, she could tell.
“It’s an island.”
[A small one. ……The word ‘island’ itself seems like too much credit, but I can’t think of another term.]
At those words, Lee Ji sat up very carefully to avoid falling into the water—
‘Perfect.’
Upon seeing a space that matched exactly the size of uninhabited islands she’d imagined through picture books, she nodded contentedly.
About a quarter of the school athletic field.
But unlike the island in her imagination, there was nothing here.
The shoreline was ordinary reddish sand. A few meters back from there, it gave way to plain dirt and sparse grassland.
‘There aren’t even any palm trees here!’
She’d naturally assumed an island would have palm trees!
[At least there are no monsters. Lee Ji. But what are you planning to do here?]
“Ah. Just a moment!”
Lee Ji launched the YouTube app. The academy’s WiFi was barely flickering between one and two bars.
‘Play “Hug Me” transformation music!’
Doo-roo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doot-doo—
“Gardener’s Song!”
Select a target to decorate your domain from the surroundings.
She pointed at her smartphone immediately, but the video playback ended first. The phone was wrapped in light, then a message appeared.
Not a suitable target.
That made sense. Somewhere in the world there might be a magic girl who transformed into a smartphone, but surely no magic girl used one just to decorate her background.
“Gardener’s Song!”
This time she cast the skill and played the video right away—
Cancer insurance. It’s not just a parent’s story anymore.
An advertisement played instead. Light wrapped around the phone’s screen, changing into a cold message.
Not a suitable target.
‘I see!’
Lee Ji searched for how to loop a YouTube video infinitely and executed it.
This time the timing aligned much better.
“Gardener’s Song!”
Doo-roo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doot-doo—
The sky-blue light that spread from Lee Ji seemed to hover above the smartphone at first…….
Then wrapped around the speaker area in a perfect speech-bubble shape.

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