I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

After finishing the remaining gate raids in Jeju Island,
We found Seolhwa Garden, a lodging business run by my master’s parents.

And what we saw there was
Several hunters intimidating my master’s parents.
The man at the forefront, shouting the loudest, was truly outrageous.

“Damn. How can you treat hunters like this when it’s thanks to hunters like us that Jeju Island is so peaceful─!!”

Usually, if you cancel a reservation on the day of your stay, you have to pay a cancellation fee, but it seemed like they didn’t want to pay.

Well, up to this point, it could be considered an overly demanding customer.
After all, if you didn’t stay, it would be a waste of money.

However, what made me speechless was not the man shouting in front, but the whispered conversation among the guys snickering behind him.

-Man, he’s vicious.

-Yeah, let’s pretend to be angry and destroy this place now.

-Right? We were told to destroy everything, so the timing is good. It’s lucky that some useless dungeons were cleared out, giving us a good excuse.

‘Do these guys have more than one life?’

Of course, they could do this because they didn’t know,
But I couldn’t help but laugh at their foolishness.

For some reason, it seemed like these guys intended to destroy my master’s parents’ pension.

‘Did they find out that my master’s parents run this place?’

And it wasn’t just me who heard their voices.

Next to me, my master glared at them with a sharp killing intent, as if she would kill them at any moment.

I understood.

If you came to see your parents after a long time and saw this, you’d be furious too.

‘But if I leave this to my master, things might get complicated.’

Even though they might have already found out, we needed to hide the relationship between my master and her parents as much as possible.
In other words, it was up to me to handle this.

‘Leave this to me.’

I gently held my master’s hand and stepped forward.

“Wow──. Is this the infamous troublemaking hunter?”

I said nonchalantly.

“And who the hell are you, you shi─! Hey?”

As the man in front turned his head, he widened his eyes in surprise.
Why was I here?

“Me? I’m the one who cleared out all the dungeons you were just talking about.”
“······Huh? Ji, Jin Yuha?”

As I stepped forward,
The other hunters also flinched and made way for me.

“But, it’s strange. The dungeon I booked was so unpopular that no one else had booked it······.”
“Then, after that! When I tried to make a reservation, every single dungeon was already booked! Ah, no matter how much it’s Utopia, is it right to monopolize the dungeons like this!?”

As I stared at him,
He hastily made up an excuse that didn’t make sense.

I slowly nodded.

“Hmm······. Well, that could happen. I might have missed someone coming here while I was away.”
“Then!”

But I was certain.
These guys had not visited the gates that my master and I had conquered.

“Then let’s check.”

Turrr─

“Hello? Yes. Yes. I’m Jin Yuha, the hunter who booked the dungeons yesterday and today. Did anyone else inquire about the dungeon raid I did?”

I put my phone on speaker and directed it towards the hunters.

-No, there wasn’t. Rather, we should be grateful to you for clearing out dungeons that no one has visited in the last few years.

“She said no.”
“······.”

The man was at a loss for words, glancing back and forth between me and my master’s parents. Then he shouted.

“Damn it! What a run of bad luck! Let’s go!”

But I couldn’t just let them go.

Chuck.

I drew my sword and pointed it at the man’s neck.

“Stop.”

“What, what······!”
“I’m just curious.”

I stared at him.

“Who told you to do this, and why?”
“······!!”

His eyes widened in surprise.

“Let’s hear the reason why.”

I asked with a wicked smile.

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Paaak!

Paaak!

Paaak!

When I threatened them, the hunters initially resisted as a group, but
As I kept hitting them with the sheath,
Their faces swelled up, their bodies turned blue and black with bruises, and they cried tears of pain.

“Kwaaaak!”
“Heuuuuuuurk─!”
“Keuk! I, I’m sorry! I, I’m sorry! I won’t, I won’t do it again!!”

The guys were now bowing their heads to the floor, begging me.

‘These guys don’t even have the basics down······? What the hell is this?’

At first, I thought they had found out about the connection between my master and the owner of Seolhwa Garden, but it didn’t seem to be the case.
If they had, they wouldn’t have sent such incompetent guys.

“Who told you to do this? Just tell me that and I’ll let you go.”

As I raised the sheath again,

“Monster Garden!!!”

The guy who had been hit the most by me screamed.

“Th, the neighbor! The owner of the neighboring pension house! He gave us money and asked us to do it! He told us to destroy this place, Seolhwa Garden!”
“······The neighboring pension? Why?”
“Huh, a non-hunter running a hunter lodging business! She, she’s too arrogant! He, he said we should teach her a lesson!!”

Ha.

‘······This is ridiculous.’

So, a non-hunter was running a hunter lodging business, and because it was doing well, someone was jealous and wanted to teach her a lesson.

My master’s expression, usually so cold and sharp, was stiffer than ever.

‘Hmm, I’ll have to beat these guys up some more to save their lives.’

I raised the sheath again, feeling like I was saving their lives.

“So you hired hunters to do this? Are you some kind of gang?”

Paaak─!

Paaak─!

Paaak─!

“Kwaaaak!”
“I, I’m sorry! I, I won’t do it again!”
“I, I’m sorry!”

After beating them up some more, I thought for a moment.

‘Hmm, but will things like this keep happening······?’

This time, it was pure luck that we happened to be here at the right time.
But what if similar attacks kept happening? Could this place withstand it?

‘Hmm······.’

I glanced to the side.

A woman with black hair and black eyes, just like my master, caught my eye.

She had a gentle and loving aura, unlike my master’s cold and sharp demeanor.

She couldn’t take her eyes off my master.

‘I’ll leave that matter over there as it is for now······. I’ll have to handle this on my own.’

“Hey.”

I lowered my voice and called out to them, exuding killing intent.

“······Yes, yes!!!”

The guys jumped in surprise and straightened their posture.

“Do you know what kind of place this is?”
“······Huh? What kind of place?”
“It’s a place under contract with Utopia. And that means if someone attacks this place, it’s the same as attacking Utopia.”
“─!!!”

At that, their faces turned deathly pale.

“I, I didn’t know! I really didn’t know!”
“So, spread the word to the hunters around here. Tell them this place is under Utopia’s protection. So it’s not a good idea to mess with it.”

“Yes, yes!!!”
“Then get out of here.”

At that, the guys limped away as fast as they could.

‘Well, it seems like they didn’t find out about the relationship with my master, and I just made a baseless accusation. I’ll have to tell Se-hee about this separately later. And that Monster Garden. I’ll have to ask her to take care of that too.’

As always, Se-hee was reliable when it came to these kinds of things.

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Baek Sun-hee was bewildered.

Why had her daughter, whom she hadn’t heard from in five years, suddenly shown up?
And with that famous Jin Yuha, no less.

But even with her daughter right in front of her, Baek Sun-Hee couldn’t bring herself to speak.

5 years ago, her daughter had strictly instructed her,
‘From now on, we must never speak to each other again.’
So she could only stare at her.

Then, Jin Yuha greeted her brightly.

“Hello.”
“······Huh? Oh, hello.”
“Are you sure you’re not hurt anywhere?”
“······Hmm, I’m fine thanks to you. I’m not hurt.”
“Have those guys come here before?”
“No, this is the first time.”
“Then it’s a relief. But there might be similar incidents in the future, so be careful.”
“······Thank you for your concern.”

Baek Sun-hee couldn’t hide her bewildered expression as she replied.

“Yes, I think Utopia will probably propose a protection contract soon, so if you receive a call, please consider it positively.”
“······Protection contract?”
“Yes, I don’t want this place, my master’s parents’ place, to be threatened by trash like that.”
“······Huh? Why, why?”
“Because she’s my master.”

Jin Yuha glanced at Baek Seol-hee.

‘······He’s my daughter’s disciple?’

Of course, she had heard from Chairman Lina that Baek Seol-Hee had become an instructor at the Academy.

‘But I heard she doesn’t take any disciples and only works with the Demon Slayer Squad…’

That’s why Chairman Lina kept complaining.

But she had taken a disciple?
And it was Jin Yuha?

When she turned to her daughter, as if to confirm if it was true,
Baek Seol-Hee averted her gaze, looking a bit embarrassed.

‘······Huh?’

“Master. It’s been a while since you’ve seen your mother, so why don’t you talk to her? I’ll stand guard outside in case someone comes by.”

Squeak─

Thud.

With those words, Jin Yuha left the room.

“······.”
“······.”

They stared at each other for a while.

Baek Seol-hee was the first to speak.

“How’s your body?”

‘What the hell······!’

Her daughter, who had always been so stoic and stiff that it was hard to imagine her expressing any emotions,
Was asking about her well-being!

“······Thanks to you, I’m fine. But is that really your disciple?”
“Yes.”

Baek Seol-Hee nodded awkwardly.

She even affirmed it herself!

And since that day,
Unlike the usual times when her face was always filled with seriousness,
In the five years since she had seen her daughter, she looked relaxed and even had a youthful vibe to her.

‘Could it be…?’

The first person her daughter had brought with her after never revealing her relationships to anyone.
Something clicked in her mind.

“······What kind of kid is he?”
“He’s hopelessly nice. And he’s a sword genius. He thinks a lot about me. He brought me here today.”

‘Wow······. You’re talking a lot now, aren’t you?’

Who else could lead this stubborn child here but him?
No one. Absolutely no one.
Even Chairman Lina kept complaining about it!

‘And come to think of it, the age gap isn’t that big······?’

Seol-Hee had become the youngest instructor at the Academy at the age of five.
So she probably wasn’t that much older than the students at the Academy.

Indeed, her daughter needed someone who could push her like this.
Otherwise, she might never have seen her daughter again in her lifetime!

Baek Sun-Hee nodded heavily.

“Hmm, personally, I’m all for it.”
“······What?”
“Hurry up and catch him before someone else does?”

Baek Sun-Hee smiled mischievously,

And Baek Seol-Hee stiffened her face.