The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 66

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The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 066
“Ah, I heard about that too. The Vice Association Chairman had some important item stolen, so he asked the senior Hunters for help. But apparently there isn’t a single clue about the thief.”
“Interesting, that thief is even more intriguing? You need villains if you’re going to have an age of heroes. ……Though honestly, if the villain is too strong, I’d rather skip it.”
The Hunter Association was a space guarded by some of the most exceptional Hunters among their ranks.
For someone to rob that place and leave without getting caught, not even a shred of evidence…….
Perhaps that thief wasn’t even human, and might be a threat to the entire Hunter collective.
The Grimoires grew inwardly tense. Most of them had Contractors among the Hunters, after all.
One Grimoire spoke.
“That detail bothered me too. So that day, I searched through the historical records inscribed in the universe about Hunter Association Headquarters…….”
A short distance away, Grimoire 1803 perked up his ears.
‘I was at the Association that day too.’
But Lee Ji had stuffed him so deep in her bag that he’d seen and heard almost nothing.
‘Could I just get the summary that someone else already organized?’
“So…… what did you find?”
“The King has it checked out.”
“Oh my. It’ll be hard to read for a while then.”
The King of Grimoires—The First Book—had taken it.
Soon the Grimoires’ chatter shifted in a different direction.
Bragging about their own Contractors.
“My Contractor proposed to his girlfriend recently. I even had a hand in picking the ring.”
“Not long ago, my Contractor signed a lease for a weekend farm plot. The competition was fierce, but when he succeeded in the ticket lottery, I was so proud—I was the one who found him that PC room with the fastest internet!”
“My Contractor…….”
Outwardly warm and fuzzy, but everyone was spouting their own self-centered bragging, talking only about themselves.
And listening to it, Grimoire 1803 felt a small doubt rise in his mind.
‘Why are they all boasting about such trivial things so proudly? I wanted to brag about how Lee Ji prevented a Dungeon Break.’
Maybe he didn’t dare trumpet her real accomplishments for fear that some jealous Grimoire might sabotage the work.
‘Interfering with others is forbidden, after all.
……Could it be. Do they actually think such things are something to be proud of?’
‘If that’s the case…… then I really do have an incredible amount of things I could brag about!’
Grimoire 1803’s lips began to itch with the urge to speak.
Lee Ji was cute yesterday, but she was cute today too!
Today when she used Transformation, she even spun two extra rotations in mid-air! And yet she didn’t lose her balance, landing perfectly on Han Ji-hyeok alone! Do you have any idea how amazing that is!
Yesterday she gave presentations three times at school, and all three were correct, so the teacher gave her a rabbit-shaped Praise Sticker…….
‘……Hold on!’
Thinking about it again, it was really too trivial.
Just then. A shadow fell across 1803.
The young man with long blue hair was……Grimoire 998. Han Ji-hyeok’s Contractor.
He spoke playfully.
“1803. Do you want to join the conversation, or do you actually enjoy feeling left out? Which is it?”
“I, I was just looking up Dungeon information. Don’t mind me!”
“But for someone supposedly doing that, your book pages haven’t been turning at all lately.”
“…….”
1803’s face flushed slightly as he flipped through his pages with a flutter. While the elder Grimoires chuckled softly, 998 settled down right in front of 1803.
“You look busy studying every day. You must have accumulated quite a bit of data. But can your Contractor actually digest all of it?”
“My Contractor is smart.”
“Smart, maybe, but still young. Physically, her brain hasn’t fully developed yet. Her emotions are probably still soft too.”
“……That’s not your problem to worry about.”
“This isn’t worry—it’s more like consolation for my past self. All of us have experienced failure and struggle with our first Contractor.”
“…….”
“Well, nagging won’t reach you now anyway. Haha!”
It was an obvious truth.
Consolation? I don’t need it! I’m doing fine with my first Contractor, Lee Ji, right? I’ll never fail!
……That’s what he wanted to shout.
But beneath the childish emotion, 1803’s reason grasped the reality.
Grimoires were the wisest race in the world. And especially these seniors—they would surely see right through the thoughts of 1803, the youngest Grimoire.
‘And once I grow, they’ll treat me as a rival and never give me good information.’
The only age where he could actually listen to advice was essentially now.
‘I won’t fail, but…….’
What if, just maybe, he was making some major mistake without realizing it?
‘Grimoires can find a next Contractor, but for Lee Ji, there’s only one life to live.’
After brief deliberation. 1803 parted his lips, which trembled slightly.
“I, I just…… have one question.”
“Hmm?”
“What’s an important thing that a Grimoire who’s bound to a particularly young Contractor should do, if anything?”
1803’s cheeks flushed deeply as he barely finished the sentence.
The elder Grimoires who heard this struggled to stifle their laughter. If they laughed even slightly, 1803 would immediately storm out of here and never seek their counsel again.
998 spoke.
“From what I can see, I think the most important thing right now is getting closer with your Contractor.”
“We’re close enough, aren’t we?”
“Really? To be honest, I thought you two would get along like friends. Your ages are similar, after all.”
“They’re not similar! I’ve lived at least a year longer!”
“Right, right. But watching you today, judging by your speech alone, you seemed like you’d lived fifty years more.”
“…….”
He couldn’t deny it.
The day he first found Lee Ji.
He’d deliberately chosen that manner of speech because he wanted to give her trust.
“But 998. Didn’t you also use a tone toward your Contractor like you were coaxing a small child?”
“Ji-hyeok had a rather harsh childhood. For a while, I wanted to teach him how to be protected by adults.”
“…….”
“A Grimoire must play different roles depending on their Contractor’s state. I thought it would be good for you to be a friend who shares this ‘magical world’ with Lee Ji.”
“But she also needs a trustworthy adult to rely on in the Dungeon—”
“Doesn’t Lee Ji have adults around her?”
She did.
Geum Grandmother, who holds Lee Ji close wherever she goes.
Jin Si-heon, who deducts points with his mouth over everything but comes rushing when something happens.
A Grimoire could never surpass those two.
And as for a friend?
‘If we’re talking about a friend who knows the secret, there’s Kang Jun-seo.’
……Actually, that guy might be beatable if things went well.
As 1803’s expression grew serious, 998 sensed that his advice had been accepted.
“Think it over carefully. Getting stronger by acquiring Skills and Weapons isn’t the whole of growth.”
“……I understand.”
“Though Equipment did seem necessary.”
“Oh, I know!”
“Do well. Hey everyone, my Contractor and I had another fun experience. Last time he ate something called Makguksu, and……”
1803 let their chatter go in one ear and out the other, then pondered for a moment…….
Before unfolding a map of Seoul once more. 3D imagery materialized in real-time, showing not just geography but also the flow of Magical Power.
But this time, it wasn’t to find a Dungeon with good rewards.
‘Growing stronger isn’t everything. And get closer to Lee Ji. To do these two things…….’
He couldn’t immediately abandon the concept of speaking to Lee Ji like an adult.
If he did, Lee Ji would be confused too—
‘And Jin Si-heon. That guy would tease me mercilessly!’
After a while.
Grimoire 1803 found his answer—a Dungeon entrance that would serve the purpose.

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“I’ll live righteously from now on. No more freeloading off others—I swear I’ll live right……!”
The day Si-heon successfully reformed a villain at the Hospital Director’s request.
Now they just had to clear the Dungeon and get out, but Si-heon was oddly dragging out his time.
He kept tapping the screen with the Touch Pen.
“Sir. What are you doing with your phone?”
“Huh? Oh…… well, checking some Equipment.”
“Oh, that’s right!”
After finding his phone, he’d promised to buy high-grade Armor for Lee Ji.
“Are you talking about the Auction?”
“The item I won should arrive soon, but the Auction alone won’t cut it.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re a kid, so you can barely wear any of the ready-made Equipment.”

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