The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 61

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The Magic Girl Hunter Builds a Dungeon! Episode 61
“Oh. My teacher said we must protect personal information carefully!”
Si-heon shattered the innocent sentiment with an expressionless face.
“If we protect it carefully, the telecom companies and credit card companies and shopping malls sell it for ten won. Anyway…… there was some information about Han Ji-hyeok.”
[There was?]
“I bought Rarity Grade B information and you know what it said? ‘Han Ji-hyeok once got seventeen servings of Korean beef short ribs from the Vice Association Chairman!'”
[……At least I can confirm his digestive system and facial skin are resilient.]
Lee Ji tilted her head.
She understood he was a remarkable person, but—
“That’s B-Rank information?”
Shouldn’t that be a refund?
Si-heon sighed and explained.
“There are three criteria for evaluating information on information sites: Rarity Grade, Reliability Grade, and Usefulness Grade. Even garbage information gets a high rarity rating if it’s hard to find.”
“Ah. Like ‘How many beans were in the principal’s breakfast this morning?’ sort of thing?”
“Exactly. Since there’s only one piece of information, even if the usefulness grade is E-Rank, I went ahead and bought it, and it turned out to be this…… .”
“But still. We confirmed what’s important!”
Han Ji-hyeok said this in the Smithy Dungeon.
‘I’m an Unregistered Awakener just like you.’
‘Thanks to the Association Chairman’s favor, I stay at the Hunter Association Headquarters, and I’m close with the Vice Association Chairman.’
“A side job? The part about being close to the Chairman seems true at least.”
If he ate meat with her, it must be.
Even the grumbling Si-heon nodded in agreement.
“Yeah. And the fact that such useless information has a high rarity rating is proof that only a tiny few know about that guy.”
“I’ve seen him when I went to the headquarters for consultation. It really seems like he lives at the Association!”
“A guy who charges into a B-Rank Dungeon Break alone can’t be weak…… . Let’s assume he told the truth, then.”
“And.”
Lee Ji’s eyes sparkled as she spoke.
“He has Grimoire with him, so he can’t be a bad person.”
“…… What’s your reasoning?”
“Grimoire. Someone who breaks promises, speaks badly of others, and bullies people can’t form a contract with Grimoire, right?”
It wasn’t wrong. Those who treat the Sacred Oath lightly, are self-centered, and incite the hatred of others are on Grimoires’ blacklist.
[At least for now.]
“So…… maybe I could become colleagues with that Hunter?”
[…….]
Grimoire’s brow furrowed for an instant.
Colleagues? Again?
Instead, Si-heon spoke like an old man.
“Stop picking up strange things all the time. It’s distracting.”
Of course, immediate rebuttal came. Geum-hee bent her front paws sharply upward.
“Looking for me?”
[Jin Si-heon. You’re oddity number one.]
“…… I apologize.”
As the first item of the meeting, Si-heon reached his conclusion about Han Ji-hyeok.
“Han Ji-hyeok also appears to be someone who wouldn’t benefit from having his information revealed. For now we’ll ignore him, but if we spot anything suspicious later, we’ll…… not deal with him then, but discuss it again.”
“Yes—!”
“Should we end the meeting here?”
“Wait, what about finding the Soul Fragments, old man?”
They’d obtained an EX-Rank Item and could now buy new Armor and information.
She thought they’d pick up the pace in finding the remaining four Soul Fragments…… .
Si-heon spoke matter-of-factly.
“There’s nothing good about rushing. Let’s at least watch a little to see if Han Ji-hyeok or the Association does anything, then make our move.”
[You came to your senses after causing trouble at the Smithy. Impressive.]
“Shut up…… .”
[Then I’ll leisurely search for a Dungeon worthy of Lee Ji’s experience.]
“What do you think, sir?”
“I’m fine going to the Gymnasium whenever I have free time. What about Lee Ji?”
Everyone turned to look at Lee Ji.
In fact, the adults all thought almost the same thing. Lee Ji would surely answer that she wanted to study hard at school.
But an unexpected answer came back.
“I…… want to defeat bad people.”
“Bad people? Who?”
“The Hospital Director said so. There are many villains in the world who bully poor Hunters.”
“Ah, right. He said he’d give you Potions if you defeat villains.”
“It’s not because of the Potions.”
Lee Ji clenched her small fist firmly.
In truth, the screams of the adults she’d heard at the hospital still echoed in her mind sometimes.
The adults were mature enough to take injections quietly, but how much pain did they endure to cry out like that…… . Her heart ached at the thought.
‘How does my sister listen to such sounds every day at the hospital?’
She hated that people were hurt. She hated that hospital staff suffered.
“I wish there were no sick people!”
A surprisingly grand wish tumbled out.
Si-heon’s jaw dropped.
“Your dream got too big, didn’t it? It’s good that you’re thinking about removing the cause. But catching a few villains won’t make patients disappear.”
“But still. If word gets out that bad people face punishment in dungeons, won’t villains think twice about it?”
“…… .”
Si-heon looked like something was weighing on his mind.
He’s going to object, isn’t he? The moment Lee Ji began gauging his reaction.
Unexpectedly, he nodded slowly.
“…… Well, do as you like. Call me right away when you enter a Dungeon.”
“Really?”
“Why are you surprised?”
“I thought you’d call it a waste of time.”
Grimoire and Geum-hee both nodded simultaneously. Si-heon’s brow furrowed.
“What do you all take me for? …… No. I won’t hear it. Sir, do you agree with Lee Ji’s plan?”
“If Lee Ji’s going, why wouldn’t I? I can get my exercise fighting villains instead.”
“Ah, yes. And you, book?”
[As a Grimoire, I’m certain my choice was absolutely right.]
“Then it’s decided.”
We’ll check if Han Ji-hyeok and the Association are up to anything suspicious.
And in that spare time…… .
“I’ll catch villains!”
That’s what a Magic Girl does!

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‘That little one sure likes pointless things.’
After the meeting.
Si-heon, who had returned to the patient’s body, muttered to himself.
‘Playing the hero of justice? Fine. But no one will realize a hero actually exists.’
Of course. If he reformed villains like last time and disappeared quietly, who would notice Lee Ji’s exploits?
At best, rumors would spread among middle management about some strange plague going around.
‘Continuing work that no one appreciates will be quite hard, little one.’
Moreover, if what Lee Ji wanted was something befitting a ‘Magic Girl’…… .
‘Magic girls in comics only have their identities hidden. They still get praise within the story, don’t they?’
Lee Ji would eventually realize that difference. Would that be okay?
Receiving gratitude from only one Hospital Director had its limits.
‘The beneficiaries won’t even realize how much help they received. It’s more like a preventive vaccine.’
If Shin Lee Ji defeated villains…… .
It wasn’t just patients who’d decrease.
Young people like ‘the past E-Rank Hunter Jin Si-heon’—those who were on the verge of being drained to the marrow by scammers—would also be saved quite a bit.
‘If she does such tremendous work and no one appreciates it…… .’
…… No, damn it.
Why was Si-heon worrying about this in the first place?
‘My stimulation’s decreased, so now I just have excess free time.’
When he recovered his second Soul Fragment, his sense of smell came back. Before, the mixed stench of every dungeon made his head throb just breathing, but now it was remarkably peaceful.
With a third of his vision restored, he wasn’t bored either.
But there was a problem.
The medical staff gossiped about Si-heon.
“Lately, that dungeon patient’s vital signs don’t register well, do they?”
“Right. Before, he was almost like a hologram, but now he seems more like a real person.”
“I guess he’s recovering. Will the day come when we can see his face properly?”
The reason Si-heon, admitted to the hospital, was registered as ‘Identity Unknown’ was probably because when his Soul shattered, he lost his senses, and others simultaneously lost the ability to observe him.
In other words—
‘If I recover my sight, there’s a high chance my face becomes visible to them too.’
If that happened, word would spread that Jin Si-heon was hospitalized, and those who held grudges against him would storm the hospital…… .
‘My head gets cut off!’
The medical staff trying to protect him could be endangered too.
‘I need to figure out which senses correspond to each Soul Fragment before I absorb them now.’
I also need to find a way to protect my body after recovering my sight.
‘I don’t like it, but should I ask Jang Geum-hee ma’am? To come protect me the day I recover my sight?’
That’s too much to ask of an F-Rank Hunter and a person over sixty-five.
…… Actually, there was an even simpler solution.
‘If I ask her to rough up my face so people won’t recognize me…… she seems like she’d do it…… .’
Protect me vs. Please beat up this patient of mine.
Which request was less unethical by Korean standards? He was pondering this
when a name that pricked up his ears echoed from outside the hospital room.
“There’s a nurse named Hyun-ji.”

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