I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

Once Baek Seol-hee was assured that Jin Yuha did not dislike her, she had no more hesitation. With Jin Yuha, who had only been a spectator until now, joining the dungeon attack, the speed of breaking through the dungeon seemed to accelerate.

Chyak─
Chyak─

The speed of breaking through the dungeon seemed to accelerate with added momentum.

Swish─
Swish─!

“Kuaaaaaaaa─!!!’

Kuoooooong!

All eight legs of the giant spider monster were cut off, and sticky poison poured out of its abdomen, melting the floor.

Haaah─
Haaah─

Jin Yuha, who was covered in sweat, breathed heavily. In contrast, Baek Seol-hee was still not sweating a single drop.

With that, they had already passed through six dungeons.

It was far beyond Jin Yuha’s initial expectations, as he had thought that four dungeons a day would be the limit.

“Hoo······. Master! Should we stop here for today? At this rate, we’ll be able to finish everything by tomorrow!”

Jin Yuha said, wiping the sweat beads off his forehead. And Baek Seol-hee stared at her disciple’s appearance.

‘I didn’t know Jeju Island was this dangerous.’

Until she came here with her disciple, she didn’t realize it.

The dungeons they had conquered today were all hidden in corners and were not often visited by people. There were even two dungeons whose existence was not known at all.

Moreover, they were filled with dangerous creatures, and it seemed clear that if they had ever erupted, it would have been a disaster.

‘······If just one of these had erupted, Jeju Island would have been devastated that day.’

It was as if the island had been cursed by a god, and one could even sense the evil intent to destroy Jeju Island.

However, Baek Seol-hee did not wonder how Jin Yuha knew that Jeju Island was in danger and came here, nor how he found the dungeons that no one else knew about.

That was because she still remembered the first request her disciple had made to her.

It was probably during the early days of their enrollment.

It was around the time when she had just accepted Jin Yuha as her disciple, as far as she could remember.

“Then, Instructor. Can you believe me just once, no matter what I say? And can you not ask me why?”

At that time, Jin Yuha made a request and informed her that Ryu Jinju of the Hunter Bureau was trying to demote the current director of the Hunter Bureau and take her place. Thanks to that, she was able to prevent the corruption of the Hunter Bureau.

Of course, the disciple had put a condition, saying it was ‘just once’.
But at that time, Baek Seol-hee had already made up her mind.
She decided to simply trust whatever her disciple said, without suspicion.

After all, the child already carried a heavy burden on those small shoulders.
Then it would only be right for there to be at least one person who would trust her unconditionally.

‘That’s the easiest thing I can do as a lacking master with an excessive disciple.’

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After finishing the dungeon raid, they stepped out of the gate to find that night had already fallen, enveloped in pitch darkness.

Baek Seol-hee put on her earphones and whispered softly.

-Min-Cheok, respond.

Sizzle.

-Yeah······? Why the sudden hotline? Are you the boss? I thought you were on vacation starting today…

-Yes, I’m on vacation, but you’re not.

-Well, we’re also training hard in our own way…

-Enough, the dungeon you guys wanted to go to, Bali and Maldives.

-Huh? What? Did a Demon show up there or something?

-From now on, divide into groups and raid all the dungeons in Bali and the Maldives. It won’t be fun if you leave even one.

-No, more, dungeon raid!? There’s no Demon there! We’re not hunters who make money by selling monsters! Why when there’s no request! And I said I wanted to go with a man, not with gloomy women─

Tuuk.

Baek Seol-hee heard the grumbling voices coming through the earphones, but she hung up the phone without a care.

‘Hmm, since Jin Yuha was initially hesitating between Bali and the Maldives, there’s a high probability that the situation there is similar to what we just experienced.’

Baek Seol-hee nodded her head in agreement.

“Hmm. I don’t think the members will complain since it’s a gate they wanted to go to.”

Of course, there were many complaints.

The members of the Mine-Cheok-Sal-Dan cursed and grumbled at the unexpected order to raid overseas dungeons.

-Baek Seol-hee, you asshole!

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The last gate we cleared was located on a deserted island near Jeju Island.

‘Hmm, it’s too remote to find lodging…’

Crossing the sea on a pitch-black night without any light was dangerous.
It would be troublesome if we encountered a sea monster in the middle of the night sea.

‘It’s better to camp here for the night.’

“Master, I’m sorry, but would it be okay if we camped here tonight?”
“Yes.”

The master nodded as if it didn’t matter.

‘Then first, I need to light a fire and set up a tent.’

I took out various camping equipment, including a fire steel, from my subspace tattoo.

“Then, I will…”
“No, please stay put, Master.”

As I started preparing for camping,
My master tried to help, but I stopped her by placing my hand on her shoulder.

After all, it’s a camping trip between master and disciple, so the disciple should do the work.
Of course, I knew that it was unusual for a man to do such things alone in this world.
But the common sense for a men that I had before my possession didn’t allow it.

Since I had camping equipment in my subspace tattoo that could be set up with the push of a button, the preparations were quickly completed.

And next, an essential part of camping.

It was cooking!

In fact, it had already been promised that I would serve a homemade meal to my master.
But there hadn’t been an opportunity until now.

In other words, this was the first time I was cooking for my master!

Hwaruruk─

I stood in front of the bright red tongue of fire, pondering.

‘Hmm, what should I make?’

I glanced at my master, who was sitting with her knees tucked to her chest, watching me.

‘She must be tired.’

Although she didn’t say anything, she must have been quite exhausted.
After all, she had single-handedly destroyed six gates.

I had assisted her, but to be honest, I had been busy just keeping up with my master in full power mode.

‘Ah, I remember I had this.’

Frozen, pre-cleaned chicken, eel, and abalone.

‘I’ll make a haesintang (seafood soup) with ingredients that are good for stamina. Hmm, and should I add this too? For energy recovery, you need vitamins. Okay, let’s add it!’

Hwick Chawwak─!

As I started cooking, the dishes were quickly prepared with a few chops and stirs.

Unlike usual, when I was always experimenting with new recipes, this time I didn’t take many risks.
That’s because every time I picked up a pan, there were so many complaints…

Chicken, eel, and abalone.
Fresh ingredients from the subspace tattoo.
And a soup made by crushing tomatoes, which are rich in vitamins.

Introducing, Jin Yuha’s special tomato haesintang(Korean chicken and seafood soup)!
Although it may seem unusual to have tomatoes in haesintang,

‘Anyway, there’s tomato soup, isn’t there!

It was a stamina-boosting dish where the tomatoes wrapped around the other ingredients, enhancing the savory flavor.

“I will eat well.”

When I served a large ladle of the tomato haesintang in a bowl,
My master started eating without much expression.
I stared at her as she ate.

Then.

My master glanced up at me.

“Hmm, it’s delicious…”

And my master finished the whole bowl, scraping it clean, as if to show that her words were not just flattery.

It was the first time.
Someone was eating all the food I had made.

“Then let’s slowly go to sleep. We have a schedule tomorrow, so it’s better to rest.”
“Oh, yes.”

Since it was an unplanned camping trip, we only had one tent.
My master insisted on sleeping outside, but…

The common sense from another world roared again from within me.

“No! There’s no disciple who would let their master sleep outside!”
“······I usually sleep outside. When I’m on a mission with the assassination squad…”
“No! We’re not on a mission today. I absolutely can’t allow it!”
“But…”
“Then let’s sleep together!”
“······What?”
“Anyway, this tent is big enough for two people to lie down, right?”

When I said firmly,
My master seemed taken aback, her mouth hanging open.

I pushed my master, who was stubbornly insisting on sleeping outside, into the tent.
But I was relieved that she didn’t seem to be trying to go out again.

Flop.

When I lay down first, my master kept trying to move towards the corner.

“Just lie down comfortably here. If you keep doing that, it’s uncomfortable for me.”

When I patted the spot next to me and said so,

“······All right.”

Wriggle wriggle─

My master, wrapped in a sleeping bag, wriggled her body expressionlessly and moved away.

‘You’re showing me a lot of new sides of you today.’

In the end, my master lay down next to me, turning her back to me.

Just as I was about to fall asleep,

“Disciple. Are you asleep?”

Suddenly, my master called out to me.

“Yes? Did you call me?”

When I turned my head to reply,

“······Actually, I lied to you earlier.”

My master hesitated as if struggling to say something.

“A lie?”
“Yes. What I said about the food being delicious was a lie.”
“······!”

I felt like I had been struck by lightning.
I knew I shouldn’t, but I honestly felt a deep sense of betrayal.

“But, I don’t want to lie to you, either.”

My master, still lying with her back to me, spoke in a low voice.

“Actually, I can’t perceive ‘taste’ at all.”
“······What?”
“Of course, your cooking must have been delicious. But I can’t perceive that taste.”

What did that mean?
As I stared at her back,

Baek Seol-hee turned her body to face me and made eye contact before speaking.

“Are you curious?”
“······Yes, I am.”
“Well, it’s not a particularly interesting story… But I’ll tell you a bit about my past.”

Baek Seol-hee began to unravel her story, something she had never shared with anyone before.