Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game - Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game chapter 87

87 – Baek Yoorin and the Ranking Match (1)

087.

Baek Family’s Swordsmanship Dojang.

“….”

On a spacious training ground.

A girl stood in silence.

She resembled a sword, a single blade.

Her slender, elongated pupils sharply stood out beyond her eyebrows.

Her light gray pupils were as sharp as a blade, and her expression was as cold as ice.

The girl, with her reddish hair spread out, tightly gripped the sword with a dry face, only absentmindedly looking up at the empty air.

“Uh, gulp.”

“Ah, gulp.”

“Haah, ah, whoosh.”

Near the girl’s feet.

Several adult men were lying there.

Intermittently, they struggled to catch their breath, gasping for air.

All of them were figures who held positions as instructors or assistant instructors, boasting considerable skill, but they could not become a match for that young girl.

They couldn’t even touch her with their fingertips, and the girl herself didn’t properly wear any protective gear.

Was there such a gap in skill?

The girl, clad in a pure white uniform, effortlessly dominated the instructors without even breaking a sweat.

Indeed, she was an extraordinary talent.

She could undoubtedly be called the granddaughter of Baek Yeonghyeon, the best swordsman on the peninsula.

It felt as if they were seeing a young Baek Yeonghyeon, so deeply rooted in the Baek Family.

“…. Excuse me for a moment.”

“….”

Suddenly.

One assistant instructor came to the training ground.

He carefully glanced at the fallen men and cautiously displayed his skills.

Baek Yoorin always had a blank expression, making it impossible to discern her thoughts, so he felt a sudden burden.

“My friend came to see you.”

“……”

“I came to ask if you really are her friend.”

“……Friend?”

Bae Yurin looked at him with an indifferent gaze.

Friend?

It was a little strange.

Bae Yurin couldn’t think of anyone she could call a friend. Then who could have come to see her?

“……Who is it?”

“Oh, it’s a woman named Seo Yeyun.”

“……”

“What should we do?”

The name Seo Yeyun, she had heard it before.

She must be someone with a prominent social status, probably.

Why did she suddenly come to visit?

“Where should I go?”

“Well, for now, I told her to wait in the reception room.”

“Okay, got it.”

Bae Yurin slowly turned her head and walked towards the reception room.

She passed through an elegant wooden corridor that reminded her of a traditional hanok and arrived at a room that resembled a study.

As she carefully opened the door, she saw a woman with black hair chewing on crystal candies and traditional Korean sweets.

……It was Yudahee in disguise as an ordinary person.

“Chomp, gulp, ah, Bae Yurin, it’s been a while.”

Yudahee wiped her hands after eating all the remaining snacks with a rather shameless expression.

“……Hoo. It’s delicious.”

“……”

“Hey, don’t be so judgmental just because I ate some snacks.”

“……What brings you here?”

It was quite puzzling why Yudahee, who currently had a bounty on her head, confidently came to see Bae Yurin.

Of course, because of the disguise, it didn’t seem like I would be exposed unless something extraordinary happened.

“Just because.”

Yudahee flicked the half-full teacup with her finger and glanced at Baek Yurin’s face before casually speaking.

“I just wanted to see your face after a long time.”

“……”

“You never contact me at all, you know, contact. I need to know whether she’s dead or alive.”

“……”

Yudahee snickered and then clapped her hands as if something had come to mind.

“Oh, right. By the way, did you recruit a new member?”

“……”

“We hired a woman who’s into necrophilia and a man who’s obsessed with deranged animals. They seemed to have some potential.”

“……”

“Maybe because I got some media exposure during the Union incident, it was somewhat easier to recruit. I guess I became somewhat famous. Hmph.”

“……”

“……Something feels off. Am I the only one floating here? Is it all in my imagination?”

“……”

Baek Yurin just stared expressionlessly.

It was impossible to tell whether she was actually listening.

Well, Baek Yurin, who usually didn’t care about anything except her sword, probably didn’t enjoy this kind of conversation.

Then should she start telling an interesting story?

“Well, never mind. I’m just hurting my own mouth. I was going to tell you who Vilante was.”

“……What?”

In an instant.

“What…did you just say.”

For the first time, Baek Yurin’s expression changed.

It was like a calm lake being disturbed by a single droplet of water. It was a small change, but it could be considered a significant change for Baek Yurin.

Yudahee let out a silent smirk in her mind.

Indeed, she responded to these words.

“Oh? Weren’t you uninterested in my story?”

“….Yudahee.”

“Oh, be careful when you casually call out someone’s real name. What if someone overhears?”

“…The soundproofing here is good.”

“Just in case, you never know.”

“….”

“Ah, I see. I’ll tell you, so don’t stare at me like that.”

Although Baek Yurin’s face was expressionless, Yudahee couldn’t help but smirk and decided to calmly share the story, sensing that she was somewhat emotionally affected.

“At first, I hesitated whether I should tell you this… but I decided to just tell you.”

“…So, who is Vizillante?”

Baek Yurin was pressing her to answer without responding.

She had always acted as if she didn’t care about anything with her usual dry expression, but the name Vizillante was undeniable.

That was because Vizillante was the person who had made her taste the feeling of frustration for the first time two years ago.

“Hmm, who could it be?”

“….”

Baek Yurin’s gaze became increasingly unpleasant.

Even the faint hint of flesh seemed to flow like a flame.

If Yudahee kept joking around, she was ready to draw her sword.

Yudahee nodded her head as if she understood with her newfound taste for trouble.

“It’s probably someone named Lee Jinhyuk.”

“…Lee Jinhyuk is Vizillante?”

Before the words finished, a faint anger settled in Baek Yurin’s ash-colored pupils. The name Lee Jinhyuk constantly lingered in her mind.

“…Lee Jinhyuk, Lee Jinhyuk.”

But that was only for a moment.

Baek Yurin repeated Lee Jinhyuk’s name several times and then glanced sharply at Yudahee.

“Who is Lee Jinhyuk…?”

“Huh.”

Who is he?

A vein popped on Yudahee’s forehead.

“I told you on the phone last time. I was surprised because I had a student who injured my hand.”

Baek Yoo-rin blinked her innocent eyes, as if she were hearing the story for the first time, and suddenly shook her head.

Although it seemed like a cute gesture, it only infuriated Yoo Dahi.

Because it was evidence that she had heard Yoo Dahi’s words with one ear and let them go out the other.

“No, you sent me the footage of the Union attack.”

“….”

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Baek Yoo-rin avoided her gaze with a dry look.

She remained silent, twirling the ends of her messy hair.

“I guess you didn’t watch it?”

“….”

“Even though it was so loud on the news, you don’t seem to be interested at all.”

Yoo Dahi wondered if this girl, Baek Yoo-rin, had no interest in anything except her sword.

“…Is it really true that Lee Jin-hyuk betrayed Vivalante?”

“Probably?”

It wasn’t certain, just a guess?

“Well, I did a separate investigation to find out why Sung Yura was arrested. That’s how I found out.”

“How?”

“There were quite a few people among Sung Yura’s subordinates who were digging traps near the abandoned building. They were able to obtain information about Lee Jin-hyuk being Vivalante from those guys.”

It wasn’t just that. Lee Jin-hyuk probably didn’t know that he was the reason for Sung Yura’s downfall.

“Lee Jin-hyuk said that he left the Academy when Sung Yura was arrested.”

Of course, not only Lee Jin-hyuk, but also Yoo Seol-hyun, Lee Si-woon, and Log San also left early, but it seemed like they all played a part in attacking Sung Yura.

It was no wonder, as Sung Yura had exerted considerable influence from Gaon Nuri and SL Group during his arrest.

He must have wanted to bury Sung Yura.

From the beginning, Gaon Nuri had collaborated with the investigative agency when they attacked Sung Yura’s mansion.

“But on that day, when Vivalante came to Sung Yura’s mansion, they immediately ordered the members near the abandoned building to return to the mansion. Doesn’t that seem suspicious?”

“…Why did Lee Jin-hyuk…”

“He kidnapped a childhood friend.”

“A childhood friend…?”

“Yeah. There’s a pretty girl named Jin So-yeon, and it seems like Sung Yura kidnapped her and threatened her.”

“….”

It seemed like Sung Yura had a tight hold on him.

But ironically, it was Seong Yura who had fallen.

“Come to think of it, it was quite strange. To think that my movements were read by the trainees’ theme and my back was touched. Even if I were hiding my skills, it still seemed like a coincidence, but if it’s Villante, it would be enough to understand.”

Yoo Dahee lifted the corner of her mouth and muttered in admiration, not awe.

“Villante… He’s quite famous among the villains, right? I’ve heard that he has top-level skills at a very young age.”

A top-level skilled individual.

He could be considered a monster at the highest level in South Korea.

It means that out of tens of thousands of superhumans, including heroes, villains, apprentices, and aspirants, he was among the top 200.

“I wanted to face him once, you know.”

Yoo Dahee kicked and laughed.

If the rumors were true, she could be a monster on par with Yoo Dahee.

Of course, Yoo Dahee was growing day by day, so it seemed like she could cross the threshold of a high ranker in a few months.

“Oh, right.”

Yoo Dahee suddenly smiled brightly.

“You said you were defeated by Villante before, right?”

“….”

Baek Yoorin’s body trembled slightly.

She bit her lower lip slightly forcefully.

It was because the memory of that day surfaced on the surface.

That memory was an unforgettable scar and humiliation.

Enough to have some trauma.

…Unfortunately, Lee Jinhyuk couldn’t know that fact.

That Baek Yoorin could hold such negative feelings towards Villante.

He only knew that Baek Yoorin had some grudge for losing to Villante according to the setting.

First of all, a lot of information about Baek Yoorin was not revealed.

Not to mention that he wasn’t a playable character and had almost no emotional expression, making it difficult to find accurate information, and he only appeared as an experience point for Jin Soyeon.

And because the character named Villante didn’t appear in the game in the first place, they couldn’t thoroughly understand their relationship.

“Heh. Well, that could happen. Even if I had the potential of someone like me, it would be tough for the great Baek Yoorin of the world.”

“…Self-praise?”

“Well, it’s just a saying, that’s all, just words.”

Indeed, no matter how strong Baek Yoorin was, he couldn’t knock down that monster-like Yoo Dahee.

“I have been defeated by Yudahee many times in reality.”

But losing to Virlante is different.

Because it was a defeat with a sword.

With a sword.

“Really… Jinhyuk is Virlante, right?”

“That’s what I think. If you’re suspicious, check it yourself.”

“…I should watch the video you gave me.”

“Do that. And also take an interest in organizational activities.”

“But is it okay?”

“What do you mean?”

Seolpit Baek Yurin tilts her head and meets his eyes.

“…You know what I want and how I will act. Why did you tell me that Jinhyuk is Virlante?”

“Huh?”

“…Isn’t it beneficial for you to hide that? It would allow you to use me even more.”

“Ha, what are you talking about, really.”

Yudahee laughs as if she can’t believe it.

“Ah~ I told you in the beginning. I will do as I please, so you can do as you please. As long as it doesn’t harm each other. After all, the motto of our organization is freedom, right?”

“….”

“Well, it’s an organization in name, but it’s more like a gathering, but anyway, don’t worry too much. My goal is to be quite helpful just by you guys being active.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yeah.”

Yudahee swallows the remaining crystals with a gulp.

“So do whatever suits you.”

And as a result, you won’t be a hero, but you will be with us, Baek Yurin.

Because you, Baek Yurin, do not hesitate to use any means and methods to achieve what you want.

Whether it’s a hero or a villain, you, who are not interested in either, are truly like a sword.

In a good or bad sense.

***

“…You’re Jinhyuk?”

Whoosh.

A free voice divided the air, pounding on Yijinhyeok’s eardrums.

For some reason, the moment I heard the voice, I got goosebumps and my hair stood on end. My spine even shuddered. Huh? Why is this happening?

“Ugh?!”

“Ah, uh, wh-what is it.”

“U-uh, my, my body….”

The hero trainees around me suddenly trembled and groaned, their bodies convulsing.

Some of them seemed to have trouble breathing, gasping for air and dripping with cold sweat.

Some of them had collapsed halfway to the ground with pale blue faces.

‘Wait, could this reaction possibly be?’

It reminded me of Hong Da-ye and Yu Da-hui, who had radiated energy.

“…Interesting. It seems that this level of aura doesn’t elicit a reaction.”

“…?”

Yijinhyeok quickly turned his head.

And there, he saw a sharp and beautifully striking girl with crimson hair billowing in the wind.

“…Hello?”

It was Baek Yoo-rin.