The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 106

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Magic Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 106
The man retreated with great caution before finally opening his mouth.
“There’s nothing… at all.”
“And you expect me to believe that after seeing your face like that?”
“Shh!”
The man raised his index finger.
“There’s a really huge moth in here. You mustn’t startle it!”
“Ha, you little… you got me all worked up for nothing! Get out here!”
The two of them left the Lecture Room. Lee Ji finally let out a long breath.
‘But where is Ha-rin?’
If they found out she’d been in someone else’s office, she’d catch hell.
Right next door. The pair who entered the Meditation Room exchanged words about something, then headed for the last space—the Break Room.
Soon a light pair of footsteps came scurrying out of the Meditation Room. Ha-rin must have been hiding there all along.
‘You’re alive, sister!’
But the relief was brief.
Instead of heading for the exit, Ha-rin—
dashed toward the Break Room and began shouting something at the pair.
“You said just now… didn’t you!”
“Huh? You’re…”
“…aren’t you!”
“Pfahahaha! What the—”
But the adults’ laughter didn’t last long.
A bad sign.
Adults usually get serious before they get angry.
Lee Ji immediately left the Lecture Room. It seemed best to apologize before her sister got scolded more and then get out fast.
“Sister! You adults there!”
But all that greeted Lee Ji in the empty Break Room was a message floating above the refrigerator.
Gate Open remaining time
00:08:53
The time units were different from a Dungeon Break alarm. As the remaining seconds ticked down to 7, 6, Lee Ji grasped the message’s meaning.
Someone had just entered the Dungeon. The Gate would close soon and wouldn’t reopen until the Dungeon was cleared.
Without another thought, Lee Ji threw herself into the Dungeon.
You have entered the Dungeon
A blue sky. The sound of waves. And the unbalanced voices of two adults and a child.
“W-where is this? Please send me back!”
“When did you cling to us? Anyway, promise not to say a word to your Uncle, and I’ll let you out.”
“I don’t want to! You said you were going to do something bad here!”
“Then I can’t send you out. What do we do?”
This was an F-rank Dungeon that could be cleared very easily.
But Ha-rin, being non-awakened, wouldn’t be able to see the Clear conditions. Knowing that, the two adults were simply tormenting her.
‘Don’t scare my sister!’
Lee Ji immediately sprang up and began running toward the three of them.
The man noticed her approach first.
“Huh? Senior, what was that sound—gyaaahhh?”
“Why’re you being dramatic again.”
“Th-th-that’s the moth I saw!”
‘Ah. I didn’t take off the Cloak.’
The man reflexively stumbled backward, then—splash—fell into the sea.
The woman was equally flustered. While she stood with her mouth agape, Lee Ji removed her Cloak and stepped in front of Ha-rin.
“Sister! What’s happening?”
“Y-you, why are you here? I told you to go first!”
Ha-rin’s eyes reddened at once. Lee Ji stretched out her hand and patted her sister’s shoulder earnestly as she spoke.
“I went and came back! Who are these adults?”
“They said something mean!”
At that, the woman sighed.
But her lips were full of mockery, as if she were actually delighted to have a chance to nag.
“Mean? Anyway, who are you? Her little sister?”
“I’m her friend!”
“You shouldn’t follow your friend around recklessly. Looks like you won’t be getting out of here either.”
“Why not?”
“Your friend said something very, very mean to us. Until she takes it back, we’ll all stay here together.”
That’s when Ha-rin objected.
“But you said something mean first! That you bought this Dungeon and were going to do something bad!”
“How is that bad? Can you explain?”
“…I don’t know. But still, asking us not to tell our Uncle means you know it’s wrong!”
Of course. If they had nothing to hide, they wouldn’t lock a child in a Dungeon and resort to threats like this.
Lee Ji spoke up calmly as well.
“Whether sister said something mean or not, locking children in and threatening them is definitely bad.”
“…This little one’s pretty sharp.”
“Ehehe.”
“Why are you happy! You’re stuck here too because of your friend’s mistake!”
All of that was wrong.
Though Ha-rin could be a bit prickly and even called Lee Ji an idiot sometimes…
Right now, Ha-rin was a friend who was murmuring “Sorry…” to Lee Ji.
So Lee Ji could shout without hesitation.
“Transformation!”
Flowers began to bloom across the barren island. Ha-rin’s eyes sparkled for a moment, and that made Lee Ji even more excited.
Ding—☆
“Magic Girl Daisy, on stage!”
“…Huh? You, what are you—”
“I summon my friend, Black King Rabbit!”
Si-heon acted true to his nature even when suddenly dragged into the situation.
To open the floor for conversation—
he kept his glare and lightly kicked those frozen in place, bringing them level with his eyes.
“Kyaaaahhh!”
“Squeeeak!”
An unfair peace arrived from a different direction than before.
Si-heon tapped his front paws once, then frowned deeply at Ha-rin with her mouth hanging open, and seeing Lee Ji’s expression as if she were about to shout “King Rabbit, watch your tone!”, he delivered a beautiful line.
“A magical rabbit here to help children, mnyow. Ji, I’d appreciate it if you explained the situation, mnyow.”
“Yes! So it’s like this…”
The explanation wasn’t long. Lee Ji didn’t know much, and Ha-rin had already said everything that mattered.
The pair let out groans and scoffs.
“Rabbit, I don’t know what you are… but you actually believe innocent children? We haven’t broken any laws!”
“…There’s an observation I’ve made.”
“What?”
“Those who shout ‘I’m legally clean!’ at the top of their lungs usually committed crimes that would earn them a fist in a lawless land. They’re not people who could survive without law.”
“…Ha. Hahaha! So what can you do about it?”
“Many things, mnyow. …Law Court, open.”
Si-heon’s Law Court wrapped around the two Hunters.
However, they were not yet defendants. The charges weren’t certain yet.
The black rabbit in the judge’s seat looked down at them, his voice carrying a strange gravity.
“Witness. Reveal everything.”
“Th-this is… what…?”
“If you hold back or perjure yourselves, you will take the defendant’s seat.”
Inside the Law Court installed in the Magic Girl’s garden. The flowers touched by the two Hunters’ presence, the shells in the sand, the hermit crabs all whispered peacefully.
Those witnesses troubled our friend?
…Then can we eat just one bite each?
Something began crawling up the witnesses’ bodies. Some from below their feet, others from the top of their heads.
The moment they felt something moist on their lips, the two Hunters instinctively began screaming everything they knew.

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After the Law Court closed.
Si-heon kicked the unconscious Hunters aside as he spoke.
“Small-time thugs showing off against kids.”
“King Rabbit! What did they say?”
“Didn’t I tell you before? Hunters can’t freely use their Skills outside a Dungeon, and if there were a place where they could, someone would have built a Hunter arena by now.”
“I remember!”
That’s what Lee Ji heard when she was looking for a place to set up the Greenhouse.
Si-heon continued.
“These fools’ superior intended to use this place for that. Wanted to set up a gambling arena.”
“Really?”
“Safe, wide open, in the capital region so easy to haul things, nothing but empty buildings around—they probably figured it’d be perfect for installing a ring inside the Dungeon and a broadcast device in the fourth-floor Office.”
“But that’s allowed?”
“Not legally. Dungeon usage is restricted. Of course, their superior probably found a way around the legal restrictions.”
“If we report it—”
“Who’d believe you? The higher-ups would just cut off the tail and be done with it.”
As Lee Ji lost for words, Ha-rin broke in.
“Then this Dungeon and the Office would both disappear if I told Uncle not to buy it?”
“Dungeon auctions only involve Hunters, so don’t be naive, mnyow.”
“….”
Of course, Si-heon wasn’t without options.
‘I could just have the old man and form a Guild to win the bid. …Though I really hate it.’
He hated joining a Guild, hated the Hunter community stirring with news about Jin Si-heon.
There was also the risk of Geum-hui being exposed to attention.
But now that he knew the situation this Dungeon was in and the superiors of those bastards—
‘If Ji asks, I’ll pretend I can’t refuse and accept. If I do everything right away whenever she asks, she’ll develop bad habits.’
That’s when Ha-rin suddenly shouted at Lee Ji.
“Ji! You said you knew a Hunter grandmother, right? What if you and grandmother bought this Dungeon together?”
She didn’t know why it seemed so urgent, but Ha-rin’s pleading eyes were moist.
Lee Ji would probably listen to her friend’s request.
‘Because she’s the kind of kid who treasures her friends.’
That’s when Lee Ji answered.
“We can’t…”
“….”
“I’m sorry, sister. We don’t have money, and we don’t have a Guild…”

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