The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 2

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The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 2
‘And the fact that she’s a child hasn’t been revealed either. Good ability, but I can’t let my guard down.’
King Rabbit carefully checked even the newest posts to see if Daisy’s information had been exposed.
It was to eliminate risk factors as much as possible.
‘I can’t fail to protect a single novice Hunter. That would be unforgivable.’
Though he was trapped in a rabbit’s body for now, his true identity was an S-rank Hunter.
King Rabbit tried to close the browser window, ruminating on the days when he’d been invincible.
But the rabbit’s front paw, lacking a padded sole, slid uselessly across the screen.
King Rabbit threw a tantrum, searching for a stylus.
“Damn it, how much longer do I have to live in this body?”
Daisy answered seriously.
“This body? King Rabbit is a wonderful rabbit! You defeated the villain so brilliantly today!”
“……Thank you.”
He didn’t care about the villain—he just wanted his original body back—but King Rabbit gave up arguing.
There was no point dampening a child’s pure heart.
He made an adult-like farewell.
“You did well. Now go study hard.”
“If I find another strange Dungeon, I’ll call you right away. You rest up too!”
“I’m still in my twenties…… Never mind.”
Being treated like a rabbit was one thing, but being called “sir”?
King Rabbit’s shoulders sagged.
And a tired rabbit’s appearance has a way of tugging at the heartstrings.
‘Sir must be exhausted!’
Daisy hurriedly tapped her book. The black rabbit vanished in a flash of light.
At the same time, her pretty outfit transformed back into a hoodie and cargo pants, and the flying book became a dictation worksheet.
And so Daisy, the Magical Girl Hunter, reverted to second-grader Liji.
Liji puffed out her chest proudly.
‘I worked hard as a Magical Girl today!’
I stopped the villain!
I deepened my friendship with my mysterious animal companion!
‘……I’m not sure how I did as a Hunter, though.’
Anyway, being a Magical Girl and being a Hunter must be pretty similar.
The smallest child in second grade, class three at Chamse Elementary School.
A quiet kid who didn’t draw attention.
A kid living alone with her older sister.
That Liji had awakened as a magnificent Magical Hunter Girl because of—
A promise made on Parents’ Day last year.

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Early this year, on a day when the chill still lingered.
The moment Liji got home, she headed for the balcony.
She had homework from her homeroom teacher to complete.
Help your family with household chores.
It just so happened that day was recycling collection day.
‘I’ll get it organized before Sister gets home!’
She was sure Sister would like that.
But while sorting through papers, Liji’s eye caught on a Mint-colored Shopping Bag sitting in the corner of the balcony.
‘What would be inside such a pretty bag?’
It was probably empty anyway, so Liji picked it up the way one picks up a discarded cicada shell—
And discovered a beautiful card inside.
The first line, written in neat handwriting, caught her eye immediately.
To Hyunji, who always brightens my days.
“Gasp!”
Liji quickly closed the bag.
Her heart began to pound.
‘It was an adult man’s handwriting!’
Hyunji was her older sister’s name.
Calling her sister’s name so tenderly, sending a handwritten card in this day and age…
‘Sister has a boyfriend!’
Heat rushed to Liji’s face.
‘A boyfriend…… Yes. Sister’s an adult, so that’s possible! Sister’s all grown up!’
Stay calm. Nothing surprising about this. Back to organizing the recycling!
Liji opened the bag as if it were nothing, but the card appeared again, and she squeezed her eyes shut.
‘I can’t look! That’s Sister’s privacy!’
She tried to set the bag back down casually, but that was impossible with her eyes closed.
After opening and closing the bag about five times, Liji cried out internally.
‘Teacher…… I can’t do the household chores!’
Sister’s boyfriend is all I can think about!
A prickling sensation spread from her fingertips to the soles of her feet.
Rushing out of the balcony, Liji circled the apartment for a while before pressing her cheek against the cold refrigerator door. Right beside it, she caught sight of a family photo said to be from her first birthday celebration.
Liji silently screamed at her parents’ faded faces.
Listen! Sister seems to have gotten a boyfriend!
Sister’s shining! It looks like he even gave her a gift!
Since Sister’s an adult…
‘……Will she get married?’
A boyfriend and girlfriend are people who love each other.
Sister is twenty-eight. She’s an adult.
Adults who love each other get married!
‘Like Mom and Dad!’
Yes, she’d reasoned it out perfectly!
Liji pulled her face away from the refrigerator, satisfied with her deductive powers.
Now she could see her parents’ faces clearly.
The people who had passed away when Liji was five, remembered only through photographs.
As her gaze lingered over their faces, another memory caught her eye beside them.
‘Oh, this letter. I wrote that.’
Right beside the family photo.
The letter she’d written to her sister last year on Parents’ Day was pinned there.
Hello, Sister Hyunji.
I’m greeting you because it’s Parents’ Day.
Thank you for raising me.
She remembered how Sister’s eyes had reddened the moment she’d received this letter.
Recalling that moment, the tip of Liji’s nose stung—until she read the rest of the letter.
I’ll be filial to you going forward.
When you get married, I’ll buy you such a pretty house.
I really, truly promise.
♡♡♡
-Liji-
Her head went thump.
What was this enormous promise?
She’d even drawn a house carefully beneath the word “such.”
A two-story house with a garden where roses, sunflowers, and forsythias bloomed in full glory.
Seven-year-old Liji must have wanted to give her sister the most beautiful house in the world.
‘A house costs so much money!’
But she couldn’t dismiss it as merely a childhood mistake.
‘Look, I even signed it three times.’
Promises had to be kept.
Even kindergarteners knew that. A second-grader couldn’t break one.
Liji’s mind worked coldly.
‘How much money do I actually have?’
She’d gotten her allowance on Monday.
‘Monday I spent a thousand won on fish cakes, and today I spent…….’
Before she could finish calculating, she heard the electronic lock beeping.
Sister was home.
She quickly hid the letter behind the family photo, and her sister poked her head in.
“Liji! What are you doing in the kitchen?”
“Um!”
“Huh?”
“……I was wondering if there was any pork cutlet left.”
“Oh no, we finished the ones I made last time. How about some crispy chicken instead?”
“That sounds great!”
“I’ll make it for dinner. Let me know if you think of anything else you want to eat.”
“Okay! Yay, I’m so excited!”
Pretending to bounce excitedly about the chicken, Liji stole a glance at her sister as she headed back to her room.
Her sister let out a short sigh as she opened the window to air things out.
“Wow, I’m so forgetful.”
Then her sister went into her room, hiding something against her body. It must have been the Mint-colored Shopping Bag.
Over dinner, her sister asked.
“How’s second grade going?”
“The textbooks got a little harder, but I’m fine! I haven’t gotten a single dictation wrong yet?”
Liji had always been smarter than other kids. She’d learned the alphabet and multiplication tables back in first grade. She even knew what the Twelve Zodiac signs meant!
She wanted to keep chattering away, but her sister changed the subject.
“That’s amazing, Liji. ……Is there anything else? Anything you want to ask about?”
Her sister added, studying Liji’s face. Was she worried Liji had found out about the bag on the balcony?
Liji shook her head.
“No. I can look up anything I’m curious about.”
“You’re so cool, Liji.”
Her sister smiled brightly.
The prettiest sister in the world.
The coolest, most sincere and kind sister.
……And the sister keeping something from Liji.
Until bedtime, her sister didn’t mention her boyfriend.
Late at night, as Liji lay in bed, she thought while gazing at her sister’s door.
‘I hope Sister is happy.’
When would she get married?
……Marriage.
That shimmering word awakened an old memory in Liji.
Was it at her parents’ funeral?
While her sister hurried about constantly, and five-year-old Liji—not understanding anything—cried herself to exhaustion and lay still.
In her half-sleep, she overheard relatives murmuring.
‘Thank goodness Hyunji is so responsible.’
‘But she’s the one I worry about later. Will she ever get married?’
‘Right. It’s like she has a daughter. Who would want a girl with baggage?’
She hadn’t understood what that meant back then.
Now, at nine years old, Liji answered them silently.
‘I’m not baggage.’
I’ll only bring happiness to Sister.
……She knew it sounded like a dream for a child to buy a house.
But she hated even more that her sincere determination was dismissed as a cute, trivial childhood dream just because it came from an elementary school student.
‘I’ll definitely make it happen.’
First, she decided to make a plan.
Adults said doctors and lawyers were the best career choices for filial piety. They said those jobs made money hand over fist.
‘I’m good at studying, so I’ll study even harder, get into a good university quickly.’
Then by age twenty, I could be a doctor or lawyer!
‘……But will Sister wait that long?’
Plan revision.
Become a study influencer. She’d heard famous people could sell things like enzymes.
‘But what exactly is an enzyme?’
She didn’t really know what an influencer was either.
Liji buried her face in her pillow.
‘Sister…….’
I need to get smarter faster. I want to make things easier for Sister…….
And right at that moment.
A strange sound echoed in her mind.
Language-Korean
Magic Power Aptitude User detected.
System activation pending.
‘……What?’
The mechanical voice soon began displaying itself as text before her eyes.
Aptitude compatibility loading…… 3%

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