The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 6

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The Magic Girl Hunter Decorates a Dungeon! Episode 6
A blue status window appeared.
[Awakener Information]
Name: Shin Iji
Awakening Rank: EX
Trait: Magic Girl
‘Magic Girl? What’s this supposed to be!’
The Paper Bundle that could have answered her question had vanished, the Bandage Human still stood in place, and Jun Seo hadn’t managed to get up.
The only thing that had changed was that Iji had gained a Trait.
‘How is a Magic Girl supposed to fight?’
Without a magic wand or even a magical companion, no less.
But the moment she remembered the Bunny Princess Sticker she’d left behind, Iji realized what a Magic Girl could actually do.
‘How is a Magic Girl supposed to fight?’
That question itself had been wrong.
Iji opened her mouth toward the Bandage Human.
“Um, excuse me!”
Her voice trembled like a deflating balloon, wavering and uncertain.
In any case, the creature’s movements stopped for a moment, and Iji pushed forward despite her shaking.
“Hello! Is, is this your home?”
Jun Seo stared in disbelief.
“Shin Iji! What are you doing?”
“Greeting it.”
“…Do you think I don’t understand that? It can’t even understand words!”
Meanwhile, the creature slowly turned its head toward Iji.
The bandaged head that had only made guttural sounds until now began to writhe, and then—
A voice emerged, sweeter than expected.
“…Hello, two guests.”
Slow, but with clear enunciation. Iji quickly replied.
“Oh, hello!”
“Now, you, speak, can hear……”
From the way Jun Seo’s eyes went wide with surprise, it seemed he could also hear what the Bandage Human was saying.
“This is, our Neighborhood. Who are you?”
“We’re elementary school students. We got caught up in a Dungeon suddenly!”
“Ele-men-tary? That’s the Neighborhood name?”
The creature—no, the Bandage Human—tilted its head in confusion.
Communication wasn’t smooth, but it didn’t seem intent on doing anything harmful.
‘Thank goodness……’
Iji exhaled in relief.
When she’d remembered the Bunny Princess Sticker moments earlier.
She’d recalled something the Bunny Princess had said in .
‘When I first came to Earth, I was so startled—your kind looked absolutely terrifying to me. Your ears are so small and wrinkled, your front limbs split into five branches! And your size!’
‘But if I only saw differences between us and ran away, I’d remember you as nothing but something frightening.’
‘That’s why I gathered my courage to greet you. If you have a word like “hello” like we do, then we share something very important in common.’
Whatever you encounter, always offer a greeting first. No one truly wants to hurt anyone else.
‘Thank you, Bunny Princess.’
And now she understood why the Bandage Human could understand her—
Iji instinctively grasped the existence of a Skill.
‘Skill window!’
[Garden of Shin Iji (EX)]
(Passive): You can act as a Magic Girl within the area.
‘English already on the first line.’
And that tedious EX rating to boot.
But below that—
A Skill that truly befitted a Magic Girl caught her eye.
[The Magic Girl Wants to Share Stories! (B+)]
: You can converse with living creatures within a Dungeon.
: However, the other party must also possess the will to communicate.
‘So that’s how.’
It was truly fortunate that a peaceful method was available.
The Bandage Human looked at Jun Seo and asked.
“You, hurt? Since before, keep limping. Footsteps, creaking creaking.”
Jun Seo seemed only flustered by this situation. He sent Iji a pleading look, so she stepped in on his behalf.
“He hurt his leg coming into this Neighborhood.”
“Ah, must hurt.”
“So that’s why I’m asking—could you spare some of the Bandage you’re wrapped in?”
When they first entered the Dungeon, the Clear Condition had stated “Remove the Bandage.”
‘It didn’t say to remove all of it.’
With the Rescue Team’s arrival uncertain, she wanted to try what she could.
“Though, if you’re wrapped in it because you’re hurt, I suppose I can’t help it.”
“Not hurt.”
The Bandage Human peeled back the wrapping on its left arm slightly.
Through the gap, a sticky liquid like slime stretched long, then retracted.
“Without Bandage, flows out.”
“Ah……”
So that’s why its limbs in the Science Room had twisted into impossible shapes, only to snap back into place.
Jun Seo grimaced and whispered.
“Let’s just wait for the Rescue Team.”
“Be careful.”
The Bandage Human interjected.
“Here, sunlight harsh. Stay long, eyes hurt.”
“Ah……”
“Like me.”
A chill ran down her spine.
‘Now that I think about it, this Bandage Human always moved toward sounds.’
Around them, each grain of sand glittering in the sunlight began to look as threatening as shards of glass.
And was it only the eyes that were a problem?
“Mm…throat, hurt.”
Since when had Jun Seo’s lips looked so parched and shriveled?
Iji was still fine, but if Jun Seo endured much longer, it seemed he’d be in real danger.
‘Another way is… oh!’
A decent idea came to her.
“Excuse me, resident. Could you spare just a little more Bandage?”
“Then my body……”
“I’ll give you this instead!”
Iji picked up the Tumbler that had fallen from her bag earlier.
But the useful item wasn’t the Tumbler itself—it was the Tumbler Cloth Pouch.
“Wrap the leaking parts in this pouch. It’ll be easier to use than Bandage.”
The pouch shaped like the Bunny Princess’s face—goodbye to that.
“Put your arm inside and tie it, and……”
“What is that?”
The Bandage Human stretched out its arm. But it touched the Tumbler instead of the pouch.
“Good sound from bottle. What inside?”
“Just a moment. I need to open it too.”
It was the homemade drink her older sister had told her to bring this morning. What could she have prepared?
Iji carefully opened the Tumbler.
With a refreshing fizz and a sweet-tart strawberry scent, the carbonation hissed out.
‘Strawberry Cider!’
A spring drink her sister had made with homemade strawberry syrup.
Almost simultaneously, the Bandage Human’s shoulders began to tremble softly.
“Smell good!”
“Right? My sister made it!”
“Can I use bottle instead of pouch?”
“…Pardon?”
“Give lots of Bandage!”
“But even if we empty the Cider, the inside of the bottle will still be sticky…?”
“Me stickier.”
She couldn’t find an excuse to refuse such an odd proposal.
‘Do it while you can.’
“Just a moment!”
Iji drank down the Strawberry Cider. The bubbly drink, thick with ice and strawberry syrup, tasted as good as always.
‘My sister made this—I have to drink it!’
Not wanting to waste a single drop—
“Ahhhh!”
Chugging a carbonated beverage was too much.
The moment Iji pulled the Tumbler from her lips.
“Here, Bandage give. Friend wrap good!”
The Bandage Human could not wait any longer.
With a soft tearing sound, roughly a meter of Bandage flew through the air. The inside of the Bandage gleamed like a beetle’s shell.
The instant Iji’s gaze was stolen away, the Bandage Human snatched the Tumbler.
There was no time to stop it.
From its loosened left arm, a blob or two of something slime-like fell into the Tumbler.
In the Tumbler welcoming its new guest, bubbles popped in succession. The Bandage Human, bending its head toward it, murmured.
“Sound pretty too……”
Those were the Bandage Human’s last words.
The Tumbler floated gently into the air.
The Bandage Human had suddenly vanished.
“Oh, yelp!”
Iji quickly caught hold of the Tumbler.
Jun Seo looked around and spoke.
“The Bandage Human is gone.”
“……”
“But why does everything else look the same? …Are we trapped here?”
At his ominous deduction, Iji also looked around.
At first glance, everything seemed unchanged. The barren wasteland and the sun burning pale yellow overhead.
But—
Dungeon conquest complete!
The message that appeared eased Iji’s worry.
It was her first Dungeon, but she could tell the problem had been resolved.
“It’ll be okay.”
“Really?”
The next message appeared shortly after.
Clear Reward acquired
A reward notification message.
‘Reward?’
Now that she thought about it, she’d read somewhere that Hunters who clear Dungeons could receive precious items or amazing abilities.
A small sense of anticipation stirred in her.
‘Not that I cleared the Dungeon expecting anything! But what could it be?’
Clear Reward acquired
: Trait Passive Ability increased by 0.01%
‘……”
This was her first time clearing a Dungeon, first time receiving a reward.
But one thing was certain—the reward seemed utterly insignificant.
‘Still… something must have improved?’
She’d check her stats later.
Iji examined her surroundings.
Perhaps because the reward process had finished, changes began to show themselves gradually.
First, the ceiling of the Experience Hall started to show through the harsh sky overhead.
Iji raised her hand. She instinctively felt where the Mana Concentration weakened.
“A door seems to be forming over there. Go first.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll catch up in a moment. I’m a Hunter, after all!”
“…Hurry. If you’re late, I’m calling the Rescue Team right away!”
Hesitant, Jun Seo finally moved forward with a limp at the word “Hunter.”
As if waiting for that moment, a rustling of paper and an otherworldly voice sounded from behind Iji.
[You understood correctly. Follow the light.]
Iji turned to look back and caught her breath.
The thing that had been nothing but a Paper Bundle until moments ago had now grown as thick as an encyclopedia, its pages fluttering.
‘It looks like a real magical companion from a Magic Girl manga!’
But wonder gave way to doubt.
It said to follow the light—but surely the Paper Bundle… no, the magical book wasn’t staying behind, was it?
“What about you, book?”

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