The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 75

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The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates a Dungeon! Episode 75
“You understand, Clovis?”
“……Yeah. I’ll make a break for it the moment we leave here.”
“Wow, good thinking!”
“But first.”
Clovis pointed through the window at a small Clock Tower standing in the Lake.
“Tea Time is coming soon. Get everything done before the Marquis drinks his Black Tea.”
“Everything?”
“The Greenhouse. Since I won the bet, you should take it with you.”
“Oh!”
Lee Ji’s eyes widened with realization, and she took another look around.
Before, she’d been too focused on turning off the lights and convincing Clovis to get a proper view.
“……It’s really beautiful.”
“Right? The Marquis maintains it so well he holds tours of the place every year.”
Inside a brilliant white wooden structure as wide as three classrooms joined together.
By the large windows, small fruit trees and potted flowers of every color gleamed in the sunlight.
In the center of the Greenhouse stood a grand Flower Bed where tall trees shared the space companionably.
And tucked away in one corner was a smaller bed for seedlings and seeds.
‘I was planning to leave my fourth Decoration Point blank…….’
But the Greenhouse was too magnificent to pass up.
Clovis seemed to notice Lee Ji’s resolve crumbling.
“Pretty impressive, right?”
“Y-yeah.”
“Take it if you can.”
“……That’s the problem.”
Would her skill, Gardener’s Song, actually accept this garden as a Decoration Element?
She’d managed to swap a huge hundred-year-old tree for a climbing rose by changing its appearance, so perhaps…….
‘But that would defeat the whole point.’
The Greenhouse is beautiful because it’s a greenhouse!
Determined to give it her all, Lee Ji stepped in front of the Greenhouse and called out.
“Gardener’s Song!”
Select a target area to decorate from your surroundings.
Lee Ji fixed her gaze on the Greenhouse building. At first, the pale blue light only wrapped around the gladiolus potted plants visible through the Greenhouse windows.
‘That’s not it!’
She clenched her eyes harder and tried again, this time taking in the whole thing!
The range is too wide.
She’d expected as much.
Next, she stepped back far enough to see the entire Greenhouse in one glance, then tried again. It was her own clever gambit.
“Gardener’s Song!”
But the pale blue light only wrapped around several potted plants visible through the Greenhouse windows.
The range is too wide.
Whether she concentrated, stepped further back, or changed her angle—the result stayed the same.
Her eyes were starting to ache. She could feel her Magical Power draining in real time.
“Your eyes are getting red.”
“I know. ……Ugh.”
Was taking the whole Greenhouse too ambitious a dream?
Lee Ji breathed heavily for a moment, then suddenly noticed the Gazebo attached to the Greenhouse.
A roofed Western-style garden pavilion.
Potted flowers sat on the white railings surrounding tables and chairs—a structure so beautiful she’d want one in her future dream garden.
‘The Gazebo instead of the Greenhouse……? No. That won’t work!’
She’d made a bet with the Marquis specifically to win the Greenhouse.
But right then, another idea struck her—a way through this impasse.
“Lee Ji? Why are you going into the Gazebo? Are you trying to take that instead?”
“No!”
She dashed to the center of the Gazebo and struck a pose even more magnificent than usual—chin higher, fingertips raised higher.
A gentle breeze stirred, rustling the flowers in the surrounding pots, and the frills of her Magical Girl outfit fluttered at the same rhythm.
In this moment, Lee Ji was absolutely certain she was the most dazzling Magical Girl in all the world—
A message appeared.
Space Buff activated!
Performance Buff activated!
Mood Buff activated!
Magical Girl Buff +++
“Gardener’s Song!”
Her vision flooded with pale blue light. The range of radiance when extracting Decoration Elements had expanded enormously.
Lee Ji immediately turned to look at the Greenhouse.
The light trembled for a moment, then succeeded in wrapping around the Greenhouse—
Calculating absorption probability…… Confirmed
……Beginning absorption
3%……. 19%……..
The numbers climbed slowly. It felt like swallowing a very large pill.
‘I can finish swallowing it!’
……98%, 100%
Absorption complete!
The Greenhouse vanished instantly from her vision. Only a soft grassy slope remained dancing before her eyes.
Lee Ji quickly opened her skill window.
Remaining Decoration Points 0/8
[Garden Decoration Elements]
: Sunflower (1/1)
: Pink Tulip (1/1)
: Forsythia (1/1)
: Black Diamond Marquis’s Greenhouse (1/1) (new!)
‘Hooray!’
She’d successfully acquired the beautiful Greenhouse!
But the changes weren’t finished yet. More messages streamed in.
Special element suited to the garden detected
[▶Black Diamond Marquis’s Greenhouse]
Confirming additional effects……..
[Black Diamond Marquis’s Greenhouse]
: Within an area with an installed Greenhouse, you may duplicate Decoration Elements with the ‘plant’ attribute.
‘Duplicate…… means……’
She could multiply the Sunflower, Tulip, and Forsythia that she only had one of each?
‘Incredible!’
“Looks like something good happened, Lee Ji.”
“Yeah! I got an amazing skill…… Clovis?”
For some reason, the Clovis facing her now wore a bittersweet expression.
“What’s wrong? Feeling down?”
“No. It’s the opposite.”
A distant clock chimed half past three.
The exact moment when the Marquis, boiling with irritation back at the Marquis Residence, was trying to suppress his feelings with rare Black Tea.
With the world growing hazy around him, Clovis spoke carefully, word by word.
“Lee Ji. Today was really fun. Walking through the garden with you. Running all the way here. Even solving those absurd riddles you came up with.”
“Really?”
She had to doubt him.
Clovis’s expression was growing steadily darker.
“You look sad…….”
“……I just wish I’d realized it sooner.”
“Realized what?”
“That running around with you is more fun than guiding you. ……You were always the kind who could grow on your own, without needing a mentor.”
“Clovis?”
“It was really fun.”
Clovis smiled. Seeing him pull his lips up with all his strength, Lee Ji had a premonition that this Dungeon was about to close.
“Clovis! Look, I want to stay with you a little longer too, but—”
Dungeon Clear!
“I have to go find my next ally. You should hurry and escape before the Marquis has his Tea Time, right?”
“Of course. But what kind of ally are you looking for?”
She couldn’t just say a flying book, so Lee Ji took a roundabout way to explain.
“Um…… a smart, dependable person—kind of like a teacher! They’re quite elderly, but they’re a bit short!”
“Ha ha. Well, I hope you find them soon. This Dungeon will persist a bit even after clearing, so you can take your time finding your ally.”
“Thank you!”
Lee Ji turned to run past where the Greenhouse had been, then looked back and shouted.
“See you later, Clovis! Next time, pretend you know me again!”
Acquired Clear Reward
: Greedy Collector’s Luck (random effect)
Clovis answered clearly.
Though the words were lost on the sudden wind that swept through, Lee Ji saw him nod vigorously, and she ran down the Walking Path with a bright smile.
Long after Lee Ji had gone, Clovis murmured the words that hadn’t made it through.
“I will see you again. ……Just not as me.”
The Magical Power that formed the Dungeon gradually grew hazy. The boy gazed toward the Marquis Residence and muttered.
“This version of Clovis is making his escape now, you wretched family of mine.”
After a final farewell, Clovis slowly unraveled the form he’d reconstructed from Magical Power—
and transformed into an old book, which began flying through the Flower Bed, rustling as it went.
Lee Ji’s voice called out.
“Grimoire! Grimoire, where are you? I cleared the Dungeon!”
[Lee Ji! I’m here, inside the cluster of yellow tulips!]
“Oh!”
Lee Ji’s laugh rang out bright and clear.
“Where were you all this time!”

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