The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 82

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The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates a Dungeon! Episode 82
“Lee Ji, is it okay if I use this garden plot?”
“A garden plot? ……Oh.”
Geum-hui was pointing to the flowerbed in the center of the greenhouse.
It was another garden within the greenhouse—a space where the Black Diamond Marquis had cultivated several beautifully shaped trees.
It would be wonderful if they could make it that way, but—
‘It’ll be amazing if food grows there!’
“Please, use it freely!”
“Ooh, I’ll leave some seeds with you later then. Bring them to the dungeon, would you? I want to grow some vegetables for kimchi.”
“Yes! Let’s do it together!”
The only being who might have objected to this plan—Grimoire, once the caretaker of this very greenhouse—missed the conversation entirely.

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May 8th. Parents’ Day.
The second-graders at Chamssae Elementary School diligently made carnations to take home.
After writing “I love you, Mom and Dad” in big letters on a card.
Lee Ji suddenly voiced a thought that had occurred to her.
“Why isn’t there a Sisters’ Day?”
In May, there’s Children’s Day, Parents’ Day, Teachers’ Day, Couples’ Day, and the Buddha’s Birthday—but no Sisters’ Day.
The friends listening around her reacted each in their own way.
“Right, we definitely need a Sisters’ Day! My little brother should at least give me a flower!”
“We don’t need one! It’s already Sisters’ Day every single day. My big sister never goes a day without making me run errands!”
‘Now I see why there isn’t one.’
People’s opinions varied far too much.
Still, it would be nice if such a day existed. Then, if Lee Ji suddenly handed her sister a gift, her sister wouldn’t have to gasp in surprise and ask, “Lee Ji, what’s this all of a sudden?”
“Teacher, we’re all done!”
When the finished carnations were brought forth, the homeroom teacher, instead of attaching a clip to Lee Ji’s flower like the other children’s, attached a plastic stand.
Lee Ji’s carnation had to be placed inside the columbarium.
“Lee Ji, are you going to see your parents today?”
“Yes. When my sister gets off work, we’re going to quickly go in her car!”
“Since it’s Friday, I hope traffic isn’t backed up.”
Some children had cried while writing their letters, and there had even been a fight when someone teased one of them, but the Parents’ Day lesson ended without incident.
“Everyone, please head straight home!”
“Yes—!”
Lee Ji couldn’t quite manage to agree—she only moved her lips weakly. She had somewhere to go first today.
‘If there’s no Sisters’ Day, I’ll celebrate it myself!’
She would stop by Alice’s Dungeon and give her sister the most beautiful bouquet in the world, made from the flowers she’d copied.
But just then, someone tapped Lee Ji’s shoulder. It was Jun-seo, his expression quite serious.
“Shin Lee Ji. There’s something I need to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Starting next Monday, I’m moving up to the professional player class at the basketball academy.”
“Wow, so you’re becoming like your dad!”
“Yeah. It looks like I’m going to have a tough and harsh time ahead. ……Just like you.”
“Like me?”
“You’re a ma…… hun…… you know, that thing.”
Jun-seo’s expression was very serious. So Lee Ji held back her rebuttal that her hunter life was actually enjoyable.
“Oh, um…yeah.”
“Right? So I’m going to work really hard to become cool like my dad and like you, and since I’m going to be working hard……!”
Jun-seo squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, then spoke with the air of someone who had resolved himself.
“So…today, do you want to go to a café with me? Let’s get a blueberry smoothie.”
“I’m sorry. I can’t today.”
“…….”
“I have to go to the dungeon.”
She needed to pick out flowers to give to her sister.
Jun-seo’s shoulders slumped instantly.
“Why are you like that?”
“I’m going to be really busy starting next week…….”
“Are you quitting school?”
“No, that’s not it.”
“Then we can still see each other at school. Don’t spend money on expensive places—let’s mix strawberry milk powder in milk instead. I’ll bring it!”
“……Okay.”
“You’re going to become a really amazing player, Jun-seo!”
She meant it.
“When you have a match, make sure you invite me!”
“I will!”
Jun-seo, who had been drooping, heard her last words and broke into a bright smile, turning to go.
Soon the basketball academy shuttle picked up the children. Jun-seo also gave up on skipping and got on the shuttle.
‘A basketball academy could turn out to be a pretty harsh place after all. ……Hmm?’
In the very back of the shuttle, a child with an unusually gloomy expression caught her eye.
‘Is that kid also going through a tough and harsh time?’
The child was turning over an exceptionally pretty stone in her hands.
For some reason, white energy seemed to be flowing from that stone…but the shuttle left before she could observe it any longer.
Alice’s Dungeon.
Making a pretty flower with just sunflowers, tulips, and forsythias wasn’t easy.
In the end, she told the residents of Alice’s Dungeon that she needed flowers to give to her sister, and they all brought flowers or something similar and started piling in their suggestions.
The parrot spoke up.
“Don’t you think a red rose would be best? Take some!”
“But the card soldiers painted that rose with paint.”
It’s from the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” The card soldiers, who had accidentally planted white roses, hastily painted them red.
Even now, red liquid dripped from the roses, drop by drop.
“That’s exactly why it’s good! Hurry and give it to her so she can smell it. Then you can even turn your sister’s nose rose-colored!”
Another creature called out.
“Take the mushroom! Doesn’t your sister sometimes want to change her own body size?”
“That’s probably not the case. ……Wait. Don’t go into the greenhouse!”
“I didn’t go in! I only tilted my head in for a moment!”
The dodo bird, who had been poking his head through the window, answered. When he pulled his head back, the sound of a pot falling came from inside the greenhouse. Crash!
Through it all, the residents remained unbothered.
“Your greenhouse is so big and pretty. We can’t help but look at it when we pass by!”
“Yeah, yeah. Since it showed up in our neighborhood this time, we have to take a look!”
“…….”
Truth be told, that was the part that bothered her.
The “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” dungeon was ultimately someone else’s neighborhood. She couldn’t keep using this place like a hideout forever.
After just making the bouquet and closing the greenhouse door.
Lee Ji spoke to the two adults and Grimoire.
“Is there a place where I can use my skill comfortably?”
Si-heon answered flatly.
“No. If such a place actually existed, someone with a bad temper would’ve opened a hunter arena by now.”
“Then how do hunters with that kind of skill live without going crazy?”
“Hunters with that skill are already rare, but your case—carrying an entire domain with a passive skill like you do—is probably even more unusual.”
“Oh…….”
Having to keep putting the greenhouse in and taking it out of the Gardener’s Song skill seemed like it would be annoying. How long would she have to do this?
‘It must be hard for grandmother to manage the garden too.’
Hoping to find another peaceful dungeon someday.
Lee Ji left Alice’s Dungeon, hugging the bouquet.
Her sister would be home at four o’clock. If she tidied up the house by then, her sister would be happy too.
But at that very moment.
A Disaster Alert Text came through on Lee Ji’s phone, beeping—beeping—urgently.
[Ministry of Interior and Safety]
May 8th, 2:30 PM, F-rank Dungeon outbreak at Taekwon-ro Intersection, OO-dong, OO-gu, Seoul
Nearby residents are asked to take alternate routes.
It was the neighborhood right next to hers.
Her heart sank at first, but the words “F-rank” steadied her nerves.
‘It should be over quickly.’
Hadn’t she learned this before at the Hunter Association Headquarters? That our country is protected by trustworthy hunters!
‘Where is Taekwon-ro?’
Out of small curiosity, Lee Ji picked up nearby WiFi and searched the address.
Soon, the two-story signboard visible in the street view made her heart drop.
[Pado Basketball Academy–Basketball Club]
It was the exact name from the flyer Jun-seo had shown her before.
‘It’s right near Taekwon-ro. Is Jun-seo okay?’
Rough anxiety washed over her.
In fairy tales and movies, didn’t those who declined a friend’s small favor with “I’ll do it later” always face heartbreaking farewells?
‘Surely not…….’
The scenarios that came to mind didn’t stop there.
‘What if everyone dismissed it because it’s just an F-rank dungeon, and something bigger happens instead?’
It would be fine. She must be thinking dark thoughts because she’d watched too many comics.
Lee Ji told herself this while stroking the bouquet in her arms, but her trembling hands couldn’t be helped.

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A café in Northwestern Seoul.
S-rank Hunter Hae-cho had just switched the incoming call to video call.
On the other side of the screen, A-rank Hunter Gwak Do-gi was frowning.
[Hunter Hae-cho. Why did you switch to video?]
“Because I wanted to show you my rotten face. Vice Association Chairman, don’t tell me you’re sending me to clean up that F-rank dungeon?”

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