The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 76

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The Magic Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 076
[I was looking around a bit.]
“Ah, so…yes?”
[Bang! There was. Was anything unusual?]
“It was fun! Actually, at first I was scared because you weren’t there, Grimoire. But then I met a fairy a little later, you know?”
Lee Ji chattered away happily. That vibrant expression, that bright voice—everything about her was welcome.
Still, Grimoire felt a twinge of bitterness.
It struck him anew that he could never see that expression again—the one Lee Ji had shown to someone her own age.
[I see…so she’s an amusing friend.]
“Even though she’s not an Awakened One or a Grimoire, she can wander around everywhere… What exactly is she? Do you know, Grimoire?”
[She introduced herself as a wise fairy, didn’t she? Taking her at her word wouldn’t be so bad.]
“So fairies might really exist……”
[You don’t believe in fairies?]
“I stopped believing in that stuff back in kindergarten. But in a place like this, it seems like a fairy could have lived here.”
The landscape full of blooming flowers gradually blurred. The Dungeon was preparing to expel the Awakened One.
“Bye bye. See you again!”
Lee Ji waved her hand.
That farewell was clearly meant for Clovis.
The Dungeon’s gate closed, and the surroundings trembled.
Soon Lee Ji and Grimoire descended into the Kindergarten Back Yard.
Lee Ji crouched on an old chair and opened her Skill Window.
“Look! As decoration elements, I got Sunflower and Tulip and Forsythia, and ta-da! The Greenhouse came too! This Greenhouse is huge and so pretty!”
[Impressive. You were able to bring something as large as a Greenhouse.]
“Since I’m using skills in a pretty space like a Magic Girl should, the skills got stronger! And this Greenhouse is supposed to be special……”
[Good, that worked out well.]
Pleasant chirping continued.
“Oh! By the way, up until now, everyone I’ve used the Gardener’s Song skill on has been added to your Friend List, right?”
[That’s true.]
“Do you think the flowers I brought might have been added to your Friend List too?”
[That’s unlikely… but let me check for a moment.]
“Okay. I’ll look at my skills!”
Grimoire flipped through his pages. Well, there wouldn’t be much to see, but even at a glance, the pages were as sparse as always.
♧Friend List♧
Black King Rabbit
Jang Geum-hee
Jang Mi-sam
Clovis (new!)
‘As expected…no wait, wait, wait, wait!’
If Grimoire had a heart, the pages would be fluttering from its frantic beating right now.
‘Why is Clovis here? Human Clovis died long ago… or did he?’
Clovis had died on the 1803 Grassland.
After that, he had died countless times in the Dungeon where that event was recreated.
But just once. When Shin Hyun-ji came to the Dungeon moments ago……
‘The Greenhouse didn’t catch fire, and Clovis was supposed to escape without injury. Could it be… that Clovis was registered under the premise that he survived…?’
It had been proven with Jang Mi-sam that beings within the Dungeon could become Lee Ji’s friends.
‘Then this is… could it possibly be…?’
Just to be sure, Grimoire concentrated a small amount of Magical Power on his recorded name. It was the principle by which Lee Ji summoned friends.
…Damn. His body suddenly felt heavy. Like slowly transforming from a book into a person.
‘No no no! It’s really me!’
Grimoire hastily suppressed the Magical Power.
Whatever this situation was, there was only one course of action that came to mind. Erase the name.
Grimoire carefully cut a back page and covered the name “Clovis” with it.
‘Is it… safe now?’
At that moment, Lee Ji suddenly cried out.
“Whoa?!”
[W-w-what, suddenly!]
Grimoire snapped his pages shut. Fortunately, Lee Ji’s alarm wasn’t about Grimoire.
“A strange skill appeared!”
[What kind of skill?]
[Magic Girl Grows Stronger Together! (E)]
: When together with someone incredibly trustworthy, once per day you can exceed the limits of your body.
: Incredibly Trustworthy Person List (1/1)
-Shin Hyun-ji
: When a nearby ally has a Linked Skill, once per day you can use a more powerful version of your skill.
: Available Allies (0/N)
-None
: Ally Candidates (1/N)
-Han Ji-hyeok
“When did this happen? I didn’t feel anything……”
[Hmm… Strange things do happen.]
Grimoire’s brow furrowed. There was no case in his database that quite fit this.
But there was one thing he could guess.
[Given that a name is already registered, one of these two must have triggered this skill. But Shin Hyun-ji is someone you see every day, so—]
“Is it Han Ji-hyeok?”
[Yes. You told Han Ji-hyeok at the Playground that you wanted to be allies, and he didn’t answer negatively, right?]
“Right.”
[I suspect his unique skill might have influenced you at that moment. Though it’s only speculation… we’ll know for sure when you meet Han Ji-hyeok later and ask him.]
“Wow……”
Lee Ji’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
“A combo skill, that’s so cool! Like real Magic Girl friends!”
Han Ji-hyeok would absolutely never agree with the opinion that he was a Magic Girl.
“When I see him next time, I really need to ask if he’ll be my ally.”
[Good. I’d rather not know another Grimoire, but if it means you’ll grow stronger, that’s fine.]
“Yes! Hehe……”
Lee Ji opened her bag and carefully reached toward Grimoire as she spoke.
“Thank you so much today, Grimoire.”
[For what?]
“For letting me do what I love most.”
[…It’s something I do for my Contractor. It’s nothing.]
“Then let’s go home. I won’t shake you as I walk.”
[I’m heading back to the Library now, so feel free to run.]
“Got it!”
Lee Ji placed Grimoire into her bag. But Grimoire remained resting on top of Lee Ji’s Korean Textbook.
Beyond the bag, a cheerful pace could be felt.
‘She’s really excited, isn’t she, Lee Ji.’
Even though he thought he might get a bit dizzy.
Grimoire felt the sensation of laughing and running together with Lee Ji.
The way he had on the land of 1803.

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Inside a Dungeon that the Hospital Director had asked Jin Si-heon to enter.
The villains who had been reformed by Jin Si-heon spoke tearfully.
“We’re sorry! From now on, we won’t send rookies to dangerous dungeons! We’ll even launch a Hunter Rights Protection Campaign!”
“We won’t overcharge injured rookie Hunters for Emergency Potions!”
In this world, there are far too many villains who do their misdeeds meticulously.
While Lee Ji was receiving reminders to live better from them.
Jin Si-heon muttered.
“I really hate admitting it……”
[Hate admitting what?]
“Since flowers appeared in the Dungeon, even my condition seems to have improved. My Magical Power consumption when using skills has decreased.”
Today, the moment Jin Si-heon was summoned into the Dungeon, he stuck close to Lee Ji and was flustered seeing three types of flowers swaying. Sunflower, Tulip, Forsythia? When he heard these were flowers Lee Ji had chosen, he almost said, “Is this a kindergarten?” but held it back.
But now he couldn’t help but acknowledge it.
The flowers were good for Lee Ji’s mental state, and that translated to tangible benefits for his allies.
…In theory only.
“Will… more flowers appear?”
Lee Ji peeked out from behind Jin Si-heon’s back and asked.
“Don’t you like flowers?”
“That’s not it. It’s just that the season and mood don’t match, so it bothers me.”
“Actually, I want to add more. Then wouldn’t it be nice if it looked like May in an amusement park…?”
“Seeing a landscape like that in a Dungeon would just make me uncomfortable.”
Lee Ji fell quiet for a moment, thinking.
[The Greenhouse of the Black Diamond Marquis] would make things even more uncomfortable when it appeared—when should she reveal that?
‘This place is too cramped.’
She’d need to show him at the Alice Dungeon when there was a free moment.
‘I’m becoming too indebted to the Alice Dungeon.’
Maybe she should bring fruit next time, the way she’d learned watching from her sister’s shoulder.
Dungeon Clear!
Clear Reward Obtained
: Sunflower Seed x1
In the meantime, Jin Si-heon was rapidly moving the stylus and said.
Title: There’s a company that sucked the bones out of me when I was a newbie
Body: The supervisor back then is doing something called a Hunter Rights Protection Campaign
What’s going on?
Is there some kind of labor inspector of darkness in the Hunter world these days?
“Oh right, Lee Ji. I got a message from that producer I mentioned before.”

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