Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game - Chapter 351



351. Blood Temple, Pi So-yun (2)

“Sis! Eyes! Don’t cover my eyes! I want to see too!!”

“Stay still…”

Pi So-yun held the whining kid tightly, covering his eyes.

She looked at the backs of the man and woman in front of her.

‘…The rescue team is here.’

As soon as she realized that this mission was a trap set by the demons, she immediately sent out a distress call.

Honestly, she didn’t expect a rescue team to actually be dispatched.

Even if they did come, she thought it would be much later.

After all, this place, Acapulco, was a port city located at the southernmost tip of Mexico.

Even if they arrived in Mexico via teleportation, it would still take several hours by car to get here.

Moreover, she had always kept a wall between herself and others,

so she didn’t think anyone would volunteer for this dangerous task to save someone like her.

But they came.

‘…And it’s Jin Yu-ha.’

Pi So-yun felt a surge of emotion welling up inside her.

It was the first time someone had come to rescue her.

The two people standing in front of her were reassuring just by their backs alone.

She felt certain that it was okay for her to just cover the children’s eyes here.

Srrrng─

The two drew their swords simultaneously, like a decalcomania.

Bang─!

With a sound like a gunshot, the two shot forward.

Swish─

In the blink of an eye, the demons’ heads started to fly.

With each swing of the sword, the demons fell, screaming in agony.

“Monsters!”

“Kill them!!”

“Kill those b*stards!!!!”

“aaah!! Grrk!”

The demons convulsed, foaming at the mouth.

Even when daggers were thrown, heavy poison bullets flew, arrows shot, magic and debuffs poured down.

Slash─!

He cut through all of it with a single sword, breaking through.

Can this even be called a battle?

No, it can’t.

This is a hunt.

A one-sided hunt, trampling, and slaughtering.

But, since the targets are demons.

To Pi Soyun, the scene didn’t look horrifying at all.

‘I’ve heard the name Jin Yuha a lot, but…’

Was it to this extent?

Even though she usually had no interest in her surroundings and didn’t really use the internet, she had heard of Jin Yuha’s exploits.

She thought it was impressive.

But seeing it in person, the difference in level was too vast.

Even though they were both cadets.

Pi Soyun felt gratitude and inferiority at the same time.

‘…But, who is that person?’

She then turned her gaze to the woman with a blank expression standing next to Jin Yuha.

Standing beside Jin Yuha, she was cutting down the demons at almost the same speed without yielding an inch.

At that moment, a demon who had wet his pants turned his back and ran away in terror, shouting.

“No, no… Butcher Maniac!!! It’s insane to go against that crazy woman!!! I, I’m getting out of here!!!”

But that attempt also ended in vain.

Saaa─

At some point, ice emitting cold air had firmly grasped the ankles of the surrounding demons, not letting go.

“I hate that nickname.”

The woman with black hair walked calmly on the ice sheet, reciting.

“Because that nickname means a murderer.”

The dark-colored sword rose high.

“Damn it, rain!!”

The demon, clutching his frozen foot, shook his eyes and clattered his teeth.

“I do not raise my sword against humans. Only against the trash that isn’t even human.”

Swish─!

The demon’s head flew off, the light vanishing from his pupils.

Such a sight of Baek Seol-hee was imprinted in Pi So-yoon’s eyes like a brand.

* * *

It took less than five minutes for my master and me to take care of all the demons.

In fact, it turned out this way because I was enjoying matching my moves with my master after a long time.

‘Well… With two semi-transcendents gathered, this much is nothing…’

Hmm.

Looking around, it seems certain that there are no more living ones.

But really, these guys were hiding everywhere.

“…It’s so creepy. Where do these demons keep coming from?”

“Hmm, they’re like cockroaches. They gather like this if you take your eyes off them for just a day.”

It was at that moment, while my master and I were chatting over the corpses of the demons.

“Grr─!”

“Huh? Pi So-yoon?”

“Th-thank you─”

“Hey, don’t use honorifics. That’s not even your character.”

“…Oh? Is that okay?”

“Yeah, after all, we’re both second-year students, right?”

“…Y-yeah, that’s right.”

Hmm.

I observed Pi So-yoon, who was nodding with a timid expression.

Small build, sharp eyes, gray hair down to the shoulders.

Every time I see a character I liked in the game in real life, I think the same thing.

This isn’t a game, it’s reality.

She originally had a hard time with strangers.

It’s a bit odd to express that shyness by drawing a sword, though.

This kid has been hurt a lot in the past.

How should I put it? Like a stray cat that hasn’t been socialized.

Even in the game, if you approached her too familiarly at first meeting, she would bristle and hiss.

‘Piso Yoon originally wouldn’t interact with anything other than “Get lost,” “Shut up,” or “So what.”‘

If you got a little closer, her responses would evolve to “Don’t meddle in my affairs.”

‘So you had to approach slowly, like opening a can of tuna and sliding it over.’

Looking at her now, it doesn’t seem like that tedious process is necessary.

And I had another thing I believed in.

Look at her now.

Blushing and glancing repeatedly, unable to take her eyes off the master.

Her ‘Hatred of Demons’ trait and ‘Sensitive Smell’ synergize, making her instinctively react to the scent of demon blood.

In the game, the way to raise Piso Yoon’s favorability was to inform her of the locations where demons were hiding.

And next to me?

The person who makes those demons tremble in fear, the one whose name alone makes them wet their pants.

She must have instinctively realized that this was the person she should follow.

‘Is there a separate catnip tree? The master is a natural catnip tree.’

Heh─

But the words that came out of her mouth were a bit different from what I expected.

Thud.

Piso Yoon suddenly knelt and bowed before the master.

“Please, take me as your disciple!”

“I no longer take disciples.”

“Th-that’s!”

“Give up. My only disciple is Jin Yuha.”

“······Th-that!”

Piso Yoon raised her head and looked back and forth between me and the master with bewildered eyes.

‘······When two people who aren’t good at communication come together, things go a bit awry.’

The master usually doesn’t say unnecessary things.

Piso Yoon isn’t very eloquent either, so she tends to speak her thoughts directly.

It seems like I need to mediate here.

“Um, Pi So-yoon. You may not be a disciple, but you can follow the master.”

“……What?”

*

“There is a place called the Demon Extermination Squad…… I didn’t know.”

“Of course you didn’t. It’s a place where you must never reveal your identity to the demons. So, are you interested?”

Actually, I felt like I already knew the answer.

As soon as I heard that the Demon Extermination Squad was a group that specialized in catching demons,

my cheeks flushed, and I couldn’t keep my body still for a moment.

At that moment, the master, who had been standing with his arms crossed and an expressionless face, spoke.

“Think carefully once more. If you come over to this side, you will no longer be able to live the same life as before.”

“…The same life as before?”

“Yes, you will have to replace your meals with calorie bars to meet your energy needs, wear the same clothes for over a month, and it will be impossible to have a fixed place to sleep.”

“……”

“Even after all that hardship, we can’t guarantee you money or fame. Yet, do you still want to join the Demon Extermination Squad?”

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the master speak at such length.

‘But isn’t it because the master finds eating meals bothersome that he eats calorie bars……’

These days, convenience foods are so well made.

“I can do it. No, I want to do it.”

“Hmm, I hope you’re not saying this out of mere impulse.”

“I must find and avenge the demon who harmed my family. Furthermore, I will kill all the demons in this world.”

Pi So-yoon spoke with a burning passion in his eyes.

“……Tsk, all talk.”

And the master turned and walked away.

“…Huh?”

“What are you doing? Hurry up and follow. You’ve been accepted.”

“Th-that means I’m accepted?”

“Yes, it seems you made quite an impression.”

Pi So-yoon opened his mouth in astonishment.

“…Where are we going?”