The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 60

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The Magic Hunter Girl Decorates a Dungeon! Episode 60
‘Really……?’
Cool? Impressive? Stylish?
It was definitely a compliment, but unfortunately she didn’t catch the rest.
Whoooosh—!
When her eyes opened, Lee Ji was standing in a corner of the factory.
“Huff…….”
Her legs had gone weak. As she fought to stay upright, someone gripped her firmly from behind. It was Geum Hee, returned to human form.
“Little one. Are you alright?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“People are gathering at the dungeon site. Let’s slip away while we can.”
“Do you think the Director will have changed?”
“The staff who contact the Principal will tell us that. We’ll hear the rest from the hospital.”
Geum Hee squeezed Lee Ji’s hand tightly.
It was a familiar gesture. But somehow, the calluses on her grandmother’s palm felt thicker than usual.
‘Hmm? Mine too.’
The feeling warmed her somehow. Like a mother bear and a cub holding paws.
Meanwhile, beyond several walls from where the two stood, at the open ground of the Factory Dungeon.
Director Kim finally came to his senses after emerging from Si-heon’s courtroom and dropped to his knees.
“Everyone. I must make a confession of conscience now. Please hear me out before entering the dungeon!”
“We’re backed up on dungeon entry right now — what are you talking about? Move aside!”
“Just two things to learn before you go! First, how to spot a creditor manipulating contracts! Second, the safe way to use a Magic Stone Refiner!”
“A Magic Stone Refiner? We don’t need that! The contract says we’re only collecting Raw Stones!”
“That was the sinister flaw in our contract! In a moment, you’ll work in pairs of two……. I’ll retrieve the protective equipment…….”

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The Individual Consultation Room at Hunter Association Headquarters.
The Vice Association Chairman pressed his forehead and spoke quietly.
“Han Ji-hyeok……. Just a few meetings ago, you said you’d refrain from dangerous work, didn’t you?”
“I did.”
“Then why’d you enter a dungeon alone? Good results don’t excuse everything. You should’ve at least contacted us!”
“I’m sorry. I was in such a rush, I didn’t think…….”
“Ugh……. But why go to that area in the first place. You didn’t find out about the dungeon and search it out deliberately, did you?”
He was trying to trace back Jin Si-heon’s whereabouts…… but admitting that would only get Ji-hyeok scolded, and Jin Si-heon would be criticized for ‘corrupting the kids even while missing.’
Ji-hyeok spoke half the truth.
“I heard there was a restaurant with excellent kalguksu…….”
“…….”
“It really was delicious. And the seasoned radish kimchi too.”
As he spoke, his salivary glands twitched. The moist boiled pork at the next table looked like it would be magnificent, even now. What would it have been like topped with seasoned radish kimchi?
Ji-hyeok swallowed hard with a soft breath. The Vice Association Chairman saw that and swallowed a sigh instead.
“In any case. We’re still discussing how to handle what you’ve done.”
The moment the Smithy Dungeon vanished.
Ji-hyeok landed alone on a mountainside. The mountain scenery was somewhat different from before.
About a dozen trees lay snapped in a line…… and right after he realized that, the cause of destruction rushed toward him.
‘……Huh? Han Ji-hyeok?’
One of the Hunter Association’s directors. A-Rank Hunter Gwak Do-gi withdrew his fist sharply.
‘What are you doing here? This is where that Dungeon Break risk dungeon was…… Don’t tell me you cleared it?’
‘Ah. ……Seems like it.’
‘Seems like it? Really seems like it? Ugh, anyway, wait. The dungeon actually is gone.’
After confirming there was truly nothing around them.
Gwak Do-gi descended the mountain with Ji-hyeok while contacting someone. A moment later, a text reading ‘Dungeon Break Alert Cancelled’ buzzed on Ji-hyeok’s phone.
‘You’re in for some nagging from the Vice Chairman later. I thought it was strange that an S-Rank Hunter was being so quiet— No. Just bear it for now. That’s your karma.’
‘Huh? Gack!’
Gwak Do-gi suddenly stripped off his shirt and threw it over Ji-hyeok’s head. The sweat smell of a man running down the mountain at full speed stole his breath.
Just before Ji-hyeok could rip the shirt to shreds.
Unfamiliar voices sounded around them.
‘Hunter Gwak! You’re from the Association executive branch, right? What happened?’
‘It’s a B-Rank dungeon — who cleared it? It wasn’t you, right? We heard internal info that no one was dispatched…….’
Reporters and YouTubers who’d rushed over quickly. One of them, naturally, turned his gaze toward Ji-hyeok suffering inside the shirt.
‘Could that person be related to the dungeon……?’
‘How should I know, just go home!’
Gwak Do-gi tucked Ji-hyeok under his arm and started running. Behind the rough physical prowess of an A-Rank Hunter, the phone camera’s ‘click’ sound rang out hollowly as the target slipped away.
“The entire plan and effort to debut you publicly nearly went up in smoke. Even a rumor that the Association was sending minors into dangerous dungeons almost started.”
“I’m sorry…….”
“But you cleared it alone, didn’t you? Gwak said you didn’t look particularly exhausted.”
‘No. An incredibly strong hunter who turned Jin Si-heon into a cute rabbit cleared it.’
Ji-hyeok swallowed the truthful sentence.
“Yes. I cleared it. Honestly, everything’s a blur…… but at some point, the Core and my sword were both broken.”
“Huh…… I understand. We’ll need to look into a new weapon. But lately Moon Metal stocks are low, so the equipment level will probably be worse than before.”
Ji-hyeok’s eyebrows drooped honestly. The Vice Association Chairman clicked his tongue.
Not to scold Ji-hyeok.
“If you’d been a registered Hunter, you could’ve built decent credentials and maybe bought other equipment with state compensation. What a waste.”
“……I’m fine. I didn’t do this hoping for something like that.”
“Fine, nothing. You seemed so mature that I sometimes forgot your age. You really are fifteen, aren’t you.”
“…….”
“Rest up.”
The Vice Association Chairman left the consultation room.
Ji-hyeok relaxed on the sofa with a sense of relief.
‘Got off easier than I thought. ……Oh, right!’
The box of Moon Metal he’d received from the dungeon came back to mind. There’d be enough to craft a weapon.
‘If I tell the Vice Chairman I got compensation from the dungeon…….’
But Ji-hyeok didn’t rise from the sofa.
Those small hands handing him the Moon Metal box came to mind.
And along with that, the innocent eyes of that child.
Ji-hyeok kept the secret not just out of fear of consequences.
That gaze bothered him most.
The expression of a child who trusts the other will keep their promise, who’s never been betrayed once in their life.
‘How purely did that kid grow up? When I was that age, I was figuring out how to avoid getting shaken down by myself.’
And yet.
He didn’t want to be the first bastard to tell a kid who believes in Santa Claus that ‘there’s no such thing.’
‘……That kid didn’t seem like a villain. Though maybe a bit of a homebody?’
As he carefully stored the Moon Metal box away.
Ji-hyeok opened the maps app and entered a search.
‘Sparrow Elementary School.’

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The Principal neatly returned Si-heon’s phone.
“That factory. The working conditions have improved tremendously! How on earth did you manage that, sir?”
“Trade secrets.”
“Aw, between us, that’s cold.”
“What ‘us’.”
“Maybe we could be regular customers?”
The Principal placed several potions on the counter and spoke.
“Dungeon Emergency Medicine. Pretty high-grade stuff.”
“Hmm.”
“If it comes up later. If more trouble-makers keeping producing critical injuries show up, could I ask your help again?”
“I’ll think about it depending on how well it works.”
That’s what he said.
But Geum Hee had a premonition that no matter how well the medicine worked, whenever she heard villains were tormenting hunters, she’d go punish them all the same.
Because Lee Ji’s eyes lit up the moment she heard the Principal’s parting words.
The medicine the Principal gave was remarkably effective.
After returning to the Alice Dungeon, Geum Hee shocked Lee Ji by confessing she’d actually been quite badly injured in the Smithy Dungeon but had pretended otherwise, then took the medicine.
A moment later, Geum Hee began a side plank.
“Oof, how frustrated I’ve been not being able to do this!”
Lee Ji gasped in admiration.
‘Adults are amazing!’
Frustrated at not being able to do hard work.
Meanwhile, Si-heon began frustrating himself in a different way.
Having finally gotten his phone back after four months, he despaired before the banking app.
“Argh! With no transactions for so long, my daily transaction limit dropped to five million won! Where am I supposed to spend this!”
Upon hearing that, Geum Hee stopped mid-plank and rose.
Before her sharp gaze, Si-heon quickly shifted his eyes and spoke to Lee Ji.
“Lee Ji. While we’re financially comfortable, I’ll bid on some Advanced Armor pieces for you. Wear them later.”
“Okay!”
Geum Hee settled down.
Next, Si-heon brought up the matter most on his mind.
“Let’s talk about that boy we met in the dungeon.”
Han Ji-hyeok.
The one who’d learned everything about Lee Ji — her name, Awakening status, Skills, even her school record.
“For now, I checked the information trading sites for data on someone named Han Ji-hyeok.”

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