Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! Episode 006
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A blue status window appeared.
[Awakened Information]
Name: Shin Iji
Awakening Rank: EX
Trait: Magical Girl
‘Magical Girl? What is this!’
The pile of papers that might have given her answers had vanished, the Bandage Monster was still standing there, and Junseo couldn't even get up.
The only thing that had changed was that Iji had acquired a trait.
‘How is a Magical Girl supposed to fight?’
Especially in a situation where she had no magic wand and no magical companions.
But the moment she thought of the Bunny Princess sticker she had left behind, Iji realized what a Magical Girl could do.
‘How do I fight, you ask?’
That question itself was wrong.
Iji opened her mouth toward the Bandage Monster.
“E-excuse me!”
Her voice trembled like a balloon that had been blown up and let go.
Regardless, the monster stopped moving for a moment, and Iji continued, despite her trembling.
“Hello! I-is this your home?”
Junseo looked bewildered.
“Shin Iji! What are you doing?”
“Greeting it.”
“……Do you think I don’t know that? It doesn’t even speak our language!”
Meanwhile, the monster slowly turned its head toward Iji.
Just as it seemed like its head—which had only been making “Ugh, ugh” sounds until now—was twitching…….
A voice, cuter than she had expected, flowed out.
“……Hello, two guests.”
It was slow, but the pronunciation was clear. Iji hurriedly replied.
“O-oh, hello!”
“Now, you, can, understand, me…….”
Seeing Junseo’s eyes widen in disbelief, it seemed he could hear the Bandage Monster’s words as well.
“This, is, our, neighborhood. Who, are, you?”
“W-we’re elementary school students. We suddenly got caught up in a dungeon!”
“Ele-ment-ary? Is that the name of the neighborhood?”
The monster, or rather, the bandage human, tilted its head.
Communication wasn’t exactly smooth, but it didn’t seem like it intended to do anything bad.
‘Thank goodness…….’
Iji let out a sigh of relief.
When she remembered the Bunny Princess sticker earlier.
She recalled Bunny Princess saying this in .
‘The day I arrived on Earth, I was so surprised because the Earthlings looked so scary. Your ears are small and shriveled, your front paws are split into five fingers, and you’re so huge!’
‘But if I only look at the differences and run away, I’ll only ever remember you as scary beings.’
‘That’s why I gathered my courage and said hello. If you have the word “hello” too, it means we share a very big commonality.’
No matter who you meet, greet them first. No one wants to get hurt.
‘Thank you, Bunny Princess.’
And the reason she could finally talk to the bandage human was…….
Iji instinctively realized the existence of a skill.
‘Skill Window!’
[Garden of Shin Iji (EX)]
(Passive): You can act as a Magical Girl within your territory.
‘So many English words from the very first line.’
Even that tiresome EX.
But below that.
A skill worthy of a Magical Girl caught her eye.
[Magical Girl Wants to Talk! (B+)]
: Can communicate with living creatures within the dungeon.
: However, the target must also have the will to communicate.
‘So this is it.’
She was truly relieved that she could use a peaceful method.
The bandage human looked at Junseo and asked.
“You, are hurt, right? You’ve been, limping, for a while. Your footsteps, were, creaking.”
Junseo seemed completely baffled by the situation. Since he signaled for help with his eyes, Iji stepped in for him.
“He hurt his leg while entering this neighborhood.”
“Oh, that must hurt.”
“So, I was wondering. Could you spare a little bit of the bandages wrapped around your body?”
When they first entered the dungeon, the clear condition had popped up: ‘Remove the bandages.’
‘It didn’t say to take them all off.’
With no way of knowing when the rescue team would arrive, she wanted to try everything she could.
“I-if you’re wrapped in bandages because you’re hurt, then never mind.”
“I’m not, hurt.”
The bandage human slightly loosened the bandages on its left arm.
A sticky, slime-like liquid stretched out from the gaps in the bandages before pulling back in.
“Without, bandages, I, leak.”
“Ah…….”
So that was why its limbs could bend into strange shapes and snap back in the science lab earlier.
Junseo whispered in disgust.
“Let’s just wait for the rescue team.”
“Be careful.”
The bandage human interrupted.
“Here, the sunlight, is stinging. If you stay, long, your eyes, will get hurt.”
“Ah…….”
“Like, me.”
A chill ran down her spine.
‘Come to think of it, this bandage human always moved toward sounds.’
The surroundings. Every single grain of sand sparkling in the sunlight began to look threatening, like shards of glass.
And was it really just the eyes that were the problem?
“Ahem…… my, throat, hurts.”
Since when had Junseo’s lips been that chapped?
Iji was still fine, but it felt like Junseo would be in danger if he held out any longer.
‘Is there another way…… Ah!’
A decent idea popped into her head.
“Excuse me, resident. Could you really spare just a little bit of your bandages?”
“Then, my, body…….”
“I’ll give you this instead of bandages!”
Iji picked up the tumbler that had fallen from her bag earlier.
However, what she intended to use wasn’t the tumbler, but the cloth pouch it came in.
“Try wrapping your leaking parts with this pouch. It’ll be easier to use than bandages.”
Goodbye, Bunny Princess face-shaped pouch.
“If you put your arm in here and tie it…….”
“What, is, that?”
The bandage human reached out its arm. Its arm touched the tumbler, not the pouch.
“The bottle, makes, a nice, sound. What, is, inside?”
“Just a moment. I have to open it, too.”
It was the homemade drink her sister told her to take this morning. What had she prepared?
Iji carefully opened the tumbler.
*Swish*, a refreshing carbonated sound accompanied by the sweet and sour scent of strawberries wafted out.
‘It’s strawberry cider!’
It was a spring drink her sister had made with homemade strawberry syrup.
Almost simultaneously, the bandage human’s shoulders shivered fluidly.
“Smells, good!”
“Right? My sister made it!”
“Can, I, use, the bottle, instead, of the pouch?”
“……Pardon?”
“I’ll, give, you, lots, of, bandages!”
“Uh, even if I empty the cider, the inside of the bottle will be sticky, you know?”
“I, am, stickier.”
She couldn’t think of an excuse to refuse such a bewildering offer.
‘If it’s going to happen, let’s do it now.’
“Just a second!”
Iji gulped down the strawberry cider. The cider, packed with ice and plenty of strawberry syrup, was delicious as always.
‘My sister made this for me, so I have to drink it!’
She didn’t want to leave a single drop…….
“Phew!”
Downing a carbonated drink in one shot was impossible.
The moment Iji took the tumbler away from her lips.
“Here, I’ll, give, you, bandages. Wrap, your, friend, well!”
The bandage human couldn’t wait any longer.
With a *rip* sound, a bandage about a meter long flew through the air. The inside of the bandage shimmered like the shell of a jewel beetle.
The moment Iji was distracted by it, the bandage human snatched the tumbler.
There was no time to stop it.
A couple of lumps of something like slime fell from the left arm that had been freed of its bandages and into the tumbler.
Inside the tumbler, which had welcomed its new guest, bubbles popped one after another. The bandage human, who had been tilting its head toward it, muttered.
“The, sound, is, pretty, too…….”
That was the bandage human’s last word.
Before she knew it, the tumbler was floating in mid-air.
The bandage human had suddenly disappeared.
“Oh, eek!”
Iji hurriedly grabbed the tumbler.
Junseo looked around and said.
“The bandage human is gone.”
“…….”
“But why is everything the same? ……Aren’t we trapped here?”
At his ominous deduction, Iji looked around as well.
At first glance, everything seemed the same. Even the scorching sun burning yellow in the barren wilderness.
However—
Dungeon Clear!
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The message that appeared before her eyes put Iji at ease.
It was her first time in a dungeon, but she knew the problem had been solved.
“It’ll be okay.”
“Really?”
Soon, the next message appeared.
Clear Reward Acquired
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It was a reward notification message.
‘A reward?’
Now that she thought about it, she remembered reading that Hunters who clear dungeons could receive precious items or amazing abilities.
A small sense of anticipation welled up.
‘I definitely didn’t clear the dungeon expecting anything! But what will I get?’
Clear Reward Acquired
: Trait passive ability 0.01% enhanced
‘…….’
It was her first time clearing a dungeon and receiving a reward.
But she knew for sure that the reward here was pathetic.
‘Still…… something must have improved, right?’
Deciding to check her stats later, Iji examined the surrounding scenery.
Perhaps because the reward process was finished, changes were becoming visible little by little.
First, the ceiling of the Career Experience Center began to show through the sky where the sun had been stinging.
Iji raised her hand. She could instinctively feel the magic density weakening.
“It looks like a door is forming over there. Go ahead.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll catch up soon. I’m a Hunter, after all!”
“……Come quickly. If you’re late, I’m calling the rescue team immediately!”
Junseo, who had been hesitating, limped away first at the word “Hunter.”
As if waiting for that moment, the sound of paper fluttering and a mysterious voice came from behind Iji’s back.
[You have realized the truth. Follow the light.]
Iji looked back and stifled a gasp.
The existence that had been nothing more than a pile of papers until just a moment ago had grown as thick as an encyclopedia and was flapping its book covers.
‘It’s like a real magical companion from a Magical Girl cartoon!’
But along with her awe, a question arose.
It told her to follow the light, but surely the pile of papers…… no. Was the magic book staying here?
“What about you, Book?”
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