Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game - Chapter 313



313 – 313. Inner Thoughts (2)

Embarrassed by the awkward confession, Jin Yuha quickly left, saying he was going to train.

But the rest of the party members remained.

In fact, Jin Yuha is not the type to express his inner thoughts often.

Rather, when someone in the party is going through something difficult or things aren’t going well.

He would notice like a ghost and offer help.

In other words, the party members always received something from him.

They had a subtle sense of debt for not being able to properly return the favor.

And that created a subtle thirst.

How should I put it?

Jin Yuha thinks of everyone as special rather than just others, but maybe it’s just because their abilities are useful.

Maybe I’m the only one who thinks deeply about Jin Yuha emotionally.

Maybe it’s a one-sided relationship, not mutual.

Honestly, it would be a lie to say it didn’t bother me.

That’s why Jin Yuha’s words, spoken in an awkward voice with a reddened face, had that much impact.

“Family…”

“I never thought Jin Yuha-nim would say something like that…”

“Savior…”

Everyone was recalling Jin Yuha’s face with a blank expression.

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Shin Se-hee cleared her throat to change the atmosphere.

The party members’ gazes turned to Shin Se-hee.

“Um, hmm… Since Jin Yuha said so. I have something to tell you.”

Shin Se-hee said, fanning her face with her hand.

“Um, as Jin Yuha mentioned, you all are f-family…”

It was the first time she, who usually maintained a noble and haughty attitude, showed such a side, so everyone felt a fresh sensation.

It felt as if a wall she had unknowingly built had crumbled.

Although they had agreed to become Jin Yuha’s joint lovers, there was still a sense of competition among them.

“So, what are you trying to say? Is it about Jin Yuha?”

Lee Yuri couldn’t stand the oddly ticklish atmosphere and interrupted.

“Yes, that’s right. Um… Jin Yuha neither confirmed nor denied this, but I am convinced.”

“What is it?”

“Jin Yuha knows the future.”

“…Kn-knows the future…? A prophet?”

Here, the only one visibly flustered was Alice.

The others were slightly surprised and widened their eyes, but not to Alice’s extent.

“Well, I had a rough guess. Jin Yuha always gave instructions before incidents happened. Even if the timing was good, it was often too convenient.”

“Hmm, I thought Jin Yuha had highly trained intuition or was a genius who made high-level inferences based on scattered information… But there were many things that couldn’t be explained by that. Seeing the future makes sense.”

Kang Do-hee and Lee Yuri, who had been with Jin Yuha the longest, had doubts about Jin Yuha’s abilities, so accepting this wasn’t difficult.

“Oh! Come to think of it, Jin Yuha knew about my abilities, which I didn’t even know about, and how to use them!”

Im Ga-eul recalled the first time she met Jin Yuha.

Even though she had never explained her abilities, Jin Yuha had handed her an expensive top-grade magic stone.

“And, I think Jin Yuha knew I would intervene in the midterm evaluation…”

“When I was suffering from demons in the Jukai Forest. Jin Yuha took on a request that no one else accepted.”

As the party members shared their stories one by one, everything started to fit together.

“Yes, when we recruited Alice. Jin Yuha said that with Alice, we could all be safe and no one would have to be sacrificed.”

Shin Se-hee said, glancing at Alice.

“…Wh-what. M-me…?”

Then, Alice, who was already struggling to follow the story, looked bewildered.

She hadn’t thought that her recruitment would have such a significant meaning.

In fact, Jin Yuha’s recruitment of Alice was almost a coincidence, but it was something that those gathered here could not know.

“Th-then, the way you looked at me as if you knew me the moment you saw me at Mount Taebaek…”

Come to think of it, Jin Yuha had widened his eyes in surprise the first time he saw her.

“Yes. Jin Yuha knows all of our futures. So, the fact that Alice is here is also a future that Jin Yuha has already seen.”

“Oh, ah…”

Alice stammered, not knowing how to respond.

“Perhaps, just a guess, but our futures gathered here were quite bleak. In my case, I would have probably ended up causing significant harm to the world as a puppet of the Shinga, only to be used and discarded.”

Shin Sehee judged that this was likely the case.

She couldn’t handle even Shin Suyeon, let alone Shindo.

She had only come to the academy to avoid the gaze of the Shinga.

“…Oh, come to think of it… If it weren’t for Jin Yuha, I would have died surrounded by goblins in the forest of Camella.”

Lee Yuri.

“Hmm, I too wouldn’t have trusted people at all before meeting Nureongi, so I would have probably dropped out of the academy soon. I might have died hunting monsters alone…”

Kang Dohee.

“Hmm, I didn’t even know how to use my abilities. And Choi Aram, whom I thought was a friend, was a demon, right? I went into a real gate training with her back then! Huff─!”

Lim Gaeul.

“I would have been kidnapped during the midterm evaluation… and probably would have been killed by a demon without being able to do anything.”

Sophia.

“I was saved from a demon thanks to a benefactor.”

Ichika.

“I sacrificed my grandmother… and went mad─.”

Even Alice.

Thinking about what would have happened if Jin Yuha hadn’t been there, goosebumps rose on their arms.

Could it be that Jin Yuha really knew their bleak futures and acted accordingly?

Lim Gaeul, who had been pondering something, interrupted.

“But, Sehee, if we had died like that, how did Yuha know our potential? If our future was so insignificant, there would be no way to know that.”

At that, Shin Sehee slightly furrowed her brows.

“Hmm, I’ve thought about that too… It seems that the future Jin Yuha sees is infinitely close to omniscient.”

“······Omniscient? What does that mean?”

“Well, Jin Yuha’s vision of the future is quite broad. He can see how this world will turn out, the major events. He can see our bleak future, and even the future when things turn out positively for us, in great detail. But it’s not perfect.”

Shin Sehee paused after saying that.

Question marks appeared above everyone’s heads.

From what had been said so far, it seemed like Jin Yuha’s vision of the future was flawless.

He knew all the major events happening in the world and could see the future up to the point where someone who should have died got lucky. How could that not be perfect?

“The reason I say it’s not perfect is······ because Jin Yuha can’t see his own future.”

Everyone’s eyes widened at that statement.

Shin Sehee lowered her gaze.

“Yes, Jin Yuha is aware that he is the only variable in the future he sees. That’s why he has been throwing himself into danger without regard for his own safety.”

Everything was explained.

Everyone here was supposed to meet a tragic end according to the original future,

but the only variable, Jin Yuha, had deviated from that original future.

“······Ah.”

“······Huh.”

“······Crazy.”

The party members swallowed hard at those words.

“Do you understand now why I brought this up?”

The party members nodded heavily.

If they couldn’t understand after hearing this, they didn’t deserve to be here.

Jin Yuha knows everything, but not about himself.

In other words, Jin Yuha’s future can change at any time.

“We are the first people Jin Yuha has acknowledged as family. So, just as Jin Yuha has protected us until now, we must protect him from now on.”

Family.

Could that word feel any heavier?

Suddenly, Kang Dohee stood up.

“I need to go train. It’s a waste of time to just sit here. According to Yellow Dog, the African Gate will fail, so it’s our turn soon.”

“Me too.”

“Me too······.”

“Hmm.”

The eyes of the party members who got up from their seats and headed to the training ground were burning with a much firmer resolve than before.