Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game

344. Unofficial Meeting (2)

On the way to the meeting place.

Using a teleportation device would be quick, but Chairman Lina suggested we take a plane and go slowly.

Well, even so, it was Chairman Lina’s personal plane, packed with magical engineering, boasting excellent stability and speed, so it wasn’t particularly inconvenient.

It would take roughly 2 hours to arrive.

I sat down and contacted my party members.

We had to leave immediately, so there was no time to meet separately.

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【NotGukbap】 – Jin Yuha isn’t home? Where did he go?

【Sword Demon】 – Ah, sorry. Well, Chairman Rina called me to an unofficial meeting, so she asked me to go with her, haha. I’ll be back soon.

【Fire Fist】 – Hmm, so Nureongi isn’t here today… Well, I guess I’ll have to train alone today.

【Sword Demon】 – Yeah, let’s do it together when I get back, haha.

【Inner Disciple Jin Yuha】 – Hmm, an unofficial meeting? Are you going to meet those guys you don’t like again…?

【Sword Demon】 – Ah, Master, you know about it?

【Inner Disciple Jin Yuha】 – Yes… Tsk, I know… Whatever they say to you, don’t listen to them.

【Sword Demon】 – Yes, don’t worry, haha.

【Warm Autumn Weather】 – Junior, junior! Did you see this article that came out today!?

[ Link – Squinting Black Curtain, About Im Ga-eul, Have We Been Misunderstanding Her All This Time? ]

【Flower Blossom ✿】 – Unofficial meeting… It smells fishy… Hmm, should we look into it a bit?

【Sword Demon】 – Put it on hold for now.

【Flower Blossom ✿】 – Yes, got it. Jin Yuha.

【Warm Autumn Weather】 – Well, it’s not a big deal, but? A little? Slightly? How should I say, interesting? I thought you might want to read it, haha.

【Ichika】 – Benefactor, should I remove the shadow I placed?

【Sword Demon】 – No, Ichika, it might be useful. Keep it there for now.

【Ichika】 – Okay, got it.

【Warm Autumn Weather】 – Junior?

【Live and Die by the Sword】 – Instructor, please take care and come back safely.

【Sword Demon】 – Thanks, Alice. You keep up with your training too, haha.

【Live and Die by the Sword】 – Yes, haha. (Bear swinging a sword emoji)

【Warm Autumn Weather】 – Ah, right, I got confused because everyone here is a junior? My mistake! I was talking to you, Yooha junior!

【Cliff’s Holy Flower】 – Jin Yooha, sobㅠㅠ, please take me with you too… I can really hide well without getting caught…

【Sword Demon】 – Sophia, can you avoid Director Rina’s eyes? lol Then I can give you the main dealer position.

【Cliff’s Holy Flower】 – Ah. That lol

【Warm Autumn Weather】 – Yooha junior…?

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As expected, teasing Autumn senior is the best.

Now that we have a group chat with all the party members, it has become quite lively.

We don’t use it often, but it’s nice to have conversations like this when we’re apart.

‘Hmm, it’s amazing that we can communicate even on the plane.’

In my previous life, this was impossible.

Well, in a world where monsters appear and magic is used, it would be stranger to be surprised by something like this.

I sent a private message to Autumn senior saying, ‘I read the article, and it seems like the reporter has a good eye. I should keep supporting them to write good articles.’ and then put my phone away.

Director Rina, who was sitting across from me, was looking at the outside scenery with a mysterious expression.

‘Hmm… Why is she like this? Is there a dragon flying outside or something?’

I glanced out the window, but there were only white clouds quietly floating by, nothing particularly special.

“Is something bothering you?”

At my question, Rina turned her head away from the window.

“Hmm? Oh, it’s nothing in particular… I was just thinking about the people we’re going to meet.”

‘The people we’re going to meet? Is she talking about those trash who organized the meeting?’

In the game, they are depicted as power-hungry figures, like something drawn in a picture, committing all sorts of corruption behind the scenes. So why bother with such people?

Could it be that Rina had some separate connection with them?

This part wasn’t particularly covered in Velvetra, so I asked her.

“Can you tell me about those people we’ll meet at the conference?”

“Those guys?”

“Yes, since they said they wanted to see me. I thought it would be easier to deal with them if I knew what kind of people they are.”

Actually, my original plan was to just go and literally turn the conference hall upside down,

but I spoke indirectly to draw out Rina’s story.

“Well, yeah… It would be good for you to know. Those guys… um, they’re my disciples.”

“Disciples?”

“Hmm, since we have some time left, shall I tell you an old story?”

Rina turned her gaze back to the window.

“When the Gate incident first broke out, this world was literally hell.”

The story Rina began to unfold was a backstory I had no knowledge of.

When the Gate incident first broke out.

It was emphasized several times in the game that Rina had been active during that time,

but the exact activities she carried out were only shown in fragmented images.

Rina’s story went like this.

When the Gate incident first broke out and monsters started pouring out all over the world, destroying humanity and civilization.

Humanity collapsed rapidly.

Civilization was shattered by the monsters roaming the streets, and people couldn’t leave their homes. It was truly common to see corpses of people scattered on the streets.

In short, the whole world collapsed overnight, almost reaching a state of anarchic apocalypse.

If the hunters had awakened their abilities at the same time the gate incident occurred, humanity could have maintained some level of civilization and fought against the monsters.

However, the hunters’ awakening happened long after the gate incident.

So, at that time, they had to fight only with conventional weapons like guns, cannons, and tanks.

Those were not very effective countermeasures against monsters clad in mana.

“Even nuclear weapons were ineffective.”

“…Even if we put a nuclear bomb inside the gate, modern civilization would become a tin can.”

“Yes, and we couldn’t drop it in the city where people live. If we did, that land would become completely unusable.”

Lina paused, touching her lips, then spoke again.

“In such a chaotic world, the first awakened one appeared.”

“…The first awakened one.”

“Yes, it was me.”

“Oh…”

To think that Lina was the first awakened one in this world.

I let out a low exclamation.

“Strangely, I was extraordinary from the moment I first awakened my abilities. I was abnormally strong. Even though I hadn’t learned, I handled mana as if breathing. I instinctively knew how to use it and what I could do with it. Ordinary monsters were no match for me.”

“…What? Is this self-praise?”

When I lightly teased her, Lina glanced at me sulkily.

“Tsk, to put it simply, I was in the ranks of the transcendents from the beginning. But even for someone like me, it wasn’t easy to restore the world, which was already broken beyond repair, to its former state.”

Come to think of it, I once heard somewhere that if a person walks non-stop at a speed of 4 km/h, it would take roughly 10,000 hours to circle the Earth.

Of course, comparing this to Lina, who has the ability to fly and teleport, is a bit of a stretch.

Anyway, even for Lina, who was a transcendent being from the beginning, it was impossible to travel around the entire Earth alone, rescuing all humans and restoring civilization.

So, for the first time, Lina thought of finding humans with abilities similar to hers and training them to be her hands and feet.

“The ones I gathered back then are the predecessors of the current Velvet Hunter Academy. Among them was the Swordmaster. Even now, he refuses to call me master because I don’t use a sword.”

“Oh… So, are the people we’re going to see now as strong as the Swordmaster?”

‘That could be a bit of a problem.’

No, as far as I remember, they weren’t that strong.

“No, that guy is unique. Back then, I was also inexperienced in teaching, and we didn’t have the systematic training programs and advanced systems we have now. I couldn’t nurture noticeably strong hunters.”

Fortunately, my worries were unfounded.

Who would have thought there was such a hidden story behind the birth of the academy?

It was quite fascinating.

“So, those disciples from back then?”

“Yes, the ones we’re going to meet now are the disciples I took in back then. After the gate incident was resolved and the world became somewhat peaceful, they all took their places.”

Lina spoke with a proud expression, as if she were proud of her successful disciples.

Hearing that story, I felt a sense of relief, as if an itch had been scratched.

‘Well, she did seem too much of a pushover to just be called a pushover.’

How much of a pushover is Lina?

First of all, the cost of clearing gates by commissioning the academy is overwhelmingly cheaper than entrusting it to other guilds or private parties.

I also heard that Lina installed teleportation devices all over the world for free.

The Academy is releasing various artifacts that enrich life to each country at a low price without any restrictions.

And every time, the pile of documents on Director Rina’s desk reaches her height.

All of those are complaints and requests from various countries and organizations.

Every time she receives such absurd demands, she clutches her head in agony.

But despite everything, Director Rina tries to accommodate them all.

The reason for such foolishness is because the requests come from her former students.

‘So that’s why a system like the male quota, which has no practical use, was introduced?’

······Well, I might not be in a position to say anything since I got into the Academy thanks to it.

I frowned.

‘Then it’s not just trash, is it?’

If I think about it from my perspective,

It’s like asking my master to hand over the sword I used, to teach me swordsmanship, to mobilize the Demon Extermination Squad for personal matters, and to procure various elixirs and artifacts at his own expense.

Without considering my master’s position at all,

It’s no different from trying to suck him dry.

If that happens?

Surely, my master would try to accommodate everything with a troubled face.

He would probably do it even if it meant grinding his own body.

Because the master I know is that kind of person.

I didn’t know those people were Rina’s students,

But I know well what kind of people they are.

In the game, I saw a scene where some old men gathered and had a fit, demanding Chairman Rina step down.

‘Using the master’s feelings for the disciple… And on top of that, coveting the master’s position?’

Ha.

‘They say if kindness continues, it becomes a right…’

I bit my lip.

When those who were once disciples, backed by public opinion, spoke in unison, saying, ‘You are not qualified to be the chairman,’ and demanded she step down,

I wonder how Rina felt.

Imagining the feelings Rina must have experienced at that time,

I felt even more that I could not forgive them.

“…I’m looking forward to it. The moment we meet in person.”

When I spoke in a subdued voice, Rina nodded with her usual foolish smile.

“Well, the first impression might be a bit bad, but once you get to know them, they’re all good guys.”

“…Aha?”