Genius Swordsman In Reverse Game

With the goal set, Shin Se-hee immediately set out to find the quest giver's office.

The quest office, located in the center of the Velvet Academy, was a large hall with various quests displayed as holographic windows, floating in the air, categorized by rating and deadline.

"Looking for a healer!! Anyone with a mid-term evaluation grade of C or higher in the first semester is welcome!!! 0.1 Sophia is highly preferred!"

"Looking for one more person, position doesn't matter! Just come and we're good to go!!!"

"Join our party, and we'll support you with one D-grade artifact!"

"Looking for an A-grade dealer, swordsman. Party seeking members."

"Hey, there, junior using a spear. Our party has an opening now, so are you interested? It's much better to join a senior's party than starting from scratch."

The quest office was bustling with first-year students looking for parties, parties examining the quests on display, and even spies sent to gather information on other parties.

And among them…

Click-clack─

The sound of clear heels echoed.

Shin Se-hee.

As she stepped into the hall, everyone fell silent as if on cue.

"..."

A heavy silence fell, and numerous gazes pierced Shin Se-hee, but she seemed unfazed as she headed straight for the reception desk.

"Hello."

"H-hello!"

The receptionist stammered in response to Shin Se-hee's greeting.

"Can I take a look at the quests?"

"Yes, sir! Here they are!"

The quests were laid out before Shin Se-hee, and her slender finger went straight to one particular quest.

"!!!"

And in the eyes of those watching, a look of shock appeared. The receptionist, in particular, was even more astounded, alternating her gaze between the quest and Shin Se-hee as if to ask if she was serious.

"Yes, the Utopia Party's first quest will be the lowest-rated insomnia solution quest."

The staff member even tried to dissuade her. "...Are you sure? I know it's a bit awkward for me to say this, but the first quest is really important. It sets the tone for your party's reputation going forward."

But Shin Se-hee, for once, was adamant in her refusal.

"No, that's the one."

"...Why?"

The staff member nodded, somewhat convinced by her firmness, but still puzzled, muttered to herself.

'It's a waste to miss out on an opportunity to build our reputation, even though we have to take this quest anyway.'

Shin Se-hee smiled brightly, without a hint of malice.

"That's because we're a privileged party, unlike others."

"...Huh? Privileged?"

"Yes, unlike the other first-year students who are just now forming or joining parties, we formed our party even before the start of the last semester and have been exploring dungeons, right?"

Her calm voice resonated clearly throughout the hall.

"So, our name value is much higher than that of the newly started parties. And because of this special treatment, we're even overrated compared to the senior parties that already existed."

"...!!!"

"I thought that if we, Utopia, took on high-value quests from the start, it would be like kicking away the ladder for the other parties that are just beginning."

It was a complaint that no one dared to voice out loud, but when it came from the very person they were talking about, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

"Utopia doesn't want to take away opportunities from other parties. Since we started earlier, we will show consideration for other parties with this first quest. After that, we will compete fairly based on our skills."

"Ah, Utopia─!!!

The staff member, who had been puzzled as to why Utopia had chosen such a trivial quest for their first one, seemed touched and clasped her hands together.

Then, the staff member clapped her hands.

"Oh, but are you not choosing any standby quests separately?"

"Hmm, standby quests? What are those?"

Shin Se-hee looked genuinely puzzled, as if hearing about them for the first time. The staff member smiled, realizing that Shin Se-hee was still a first-year student.

"Standby quests are when you put your name down on quests that are currently available. If the quest you're currently working on is not completed by the time you finish it, and it's still available, you can take it immediately."

"Wow, I didn't know that."

"Yes, you can choose multiple standby quests at once. Would you like to take a look at the standby quests?"

"Hmm, are there any risky quests among the quests that are up?"

"Risky quests…! Just a moment, let me show you the list."

The staff member pulled up a list of reasonably rewarding and useful quests among the risky quests. In fact, the staff member was more enthusiastic, and the work proceeded swiftly.

Shin Se-hee scanned the list, deep in thought, and chose the US monster extermination quest at the top.

"Then, please put our name down for this one."

"Yes, and for the other quests…?"

"No, we won't be taking any other quests."

Shin Se-hee didn't even glance at the other lists, focusing solely on the US monster extermination quest.

"As I said, we don't want to pressure other parties with our name value."

"Ah! I understand! Your insomnia solution quest has been accepted, and the US monster extermination quest is on standby. If no other party takes this quest before you complete the previous one, you'll be able to take it immediately."

"Thank you so much."

And Shin Se-hee's bold decision was witnessed by countless students in the quest office, and it spread throughout the Academy in no time.

─ Breaking News! Breaking News!! Utopia chose the lowest-rated quest for their first quest! Standby quest is the US monster extermination quest, just one!

─ What? Are you sure? Pfft! Lowest rating!? Are they on drugs or something? The lowest rating is a quest you wouldn't take even if forced, why would they make such a stupid choice?

─ What did you just say? Are you daring to insult Utopia? Utopia made that decision because they didn't want to take away opportunities from other parties with their party's fame!!!

─ Yeah, honestly, if it were me, I would have just taken the easy quests and put all the others on standby.

─ But… but…! They put the US monster extermination quest on standby! Weren't we also eyeing that quest!? They're still taking advantage of it!

As the atmosphere suddenly turned strange, the student who had just accused Utopia of being on drugs swallowed his words.

─ Hey, didn't you hear Cheonhwa earlier!? She was asking about the most dangerous quests! She didn't even know what a standby quest was!

─ Wow, this guy's a real piece of work… Sigh, I think we should definitely include character in the party member evaluation…

─ Cheonhwa was being considerate of us, and this ungrateful bastard is just taking advantage of it…

─ And out of hundreds of quests, they only put one on standby. Is that so annoying?

─ Ah, no, no!! I, I didn't know! I wasn't even at the quest office, how would I know what Cheonhwa said there!!

As things turned out, the student who had objected earlier was quickly branded as trash.

─ Hey, is Cheonhwa your friend or something!? Are you sucking up to her!?

He had to praise Utopia and Shin Se-hee profusely before he could escape the students' criticism.

And no other party put their name down for the US monster extermination quest, which Utopia had put on standby.

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As soon as Utopia Party accepted the quest, they began preparing for their departure.

There were no classes today anyway, and as I mentioned, this was a time-sensitive quest that couldn't be taken if there was even a slight delay.

After finishing the preparations in a hurry.

"Are you guys ready?"

I turned around and asked casually.

In response, the party members nodded with tense faces. Their expressions were overly serious for a party heading out on the lowest-rated quest.

"Then, let's go."

We didn't need to take a plane to travel to another country.

Thanks to Lina's magic, space transfer gates were installed between the Velvet Hunter Academy and the countries that received quests, so all we needed to do was go through a somewhat cumbersome identity verification process.

"Yes, Utopia Party. Jin Yuha and four others. Identity confirmed."

"Be careful out there. Jin Yuha."

Shin Se-hee, who had to stay behind at the Academy to take care of some business, waved goodbye.

"All right, see you later."

And so we stepped into the space transfer gate, headed for Japan.

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