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Choi Siwoo is a bastard.
He doesn't manage the heroines or the villains.
Why do I have to keep playing Choi Siwoo's role? When will I wake up from this dream?
Especially, Kim Seungjun kept glaring at me sharply.
He was angry, asking why I had switched from creating orbs to something else, but shouldn't he be questioning Rebecca about that?
Honestly, I don’t even know why I made a dragon.
It felt like I was trying to create an orb, but my instincts pulled out a dragon instead.
Heh. My right hand's Black Flame Dragon—oh, wait, it's a White Dragon.
"The next match will be between Reina, with her spirit arrows, and Yoonha, with her acceleration ability. Both cadets, step forward!"
While I was lost in my thoughts, that flaming bat of an instructor called me for another match.
"Life really is..."
"Yoonha. Are you coming out or not?"
If I don't go, she'll just humiliate me with that fire bat again. So, I quietly got up and headed out.
"Alright. I'm here."
"Hmph. Today, I'll definitely defeat you! My spirit arrows today pack the destructive power of Korea's proud Hyunmoo missile!"
Is it really okay to hit someone like me, a fragile girl, with something like that?
"Can I just surrender?"
"No. You have to endure at least that much if you're Eugene Seok's sister."
If surviving a Hyunmoo missile or dodging it is the requirement to be the Swordmaster's sister, I'll gladly relinquish the title.
What did I even do to Reina? This is absurd.
And why is Choi Siwoo, that jerk, grinning like he's having the time of his life? This should have been your job.
"Let's begin."
Last time, I didn’t mention it, but this sparring ground has a barrier.
It’s designed to prevent any damage caused by abilities from spreading outside.
In other words, even if I dodge Reina’s missile-like spirit arrows disguised as magic, the spectators won’t be harmed.
But suddenly, an interesting thought popped into my head.
That pointy-eared descendant can't do much up close. All I need to do is get close and smack her.
Yeah, it’s about time I had my moment.
I reached into my coat to pull out a knife.
But it wasn’t there. Oh, right, it broke.
"Ah, I forgot to bring my weapon."
"Are you trying to make a joke right now?"
"No, but why are you so pissed?"
"Professor Rebecca's signature!"
Oh, right. This girl. She's seriously obsessed with Rebecca.
The reason? Just one. Because Rebecca is from another world.
In fact, there are no hunters from another world who have reached S-rank.
Most otherworlders are arrogant and have a superiority complex. Reina, for example, tends to look down on people, albeit subtly.
Sure, their magic and powers are impressive, but they have innate limits.
Otherworlders who receive the strength of elves, like Reina, can’t fully awaken without the World Tree’s power, unlike humans who can train hard to make up for their shortcomings.
But still, Reina is the heroine and the main damage dealer in this story. Eventually, she’ll gain the power of awakening from the World Tree.
Of course, even without that, she's a crazy woman who can kill with her Hyunmoo missile-level spirit arrows.
Look at her. She called me her friend and her rival, but now she's out here like a soldier, trying to kill someone on the battlefield.
No, that’s not just a soldier—that’s a murderer. A murderer trying to kill an innocent girl.
"Seriously, why don’t you just ask her for a signature directly? You’ve got the guts to fire a Hyunmoo-level spirit arrow at someone, but not to ask for an autograph?"
"You’re my rival!"
I told you, your rival is Choi Siwoo.
You're a hopeless case. Fine, it looks like I’ll have to shame you like the flaming bat.
I lit a cigarette.
"I'll finish this fight before this cigarette burns out."
"Eek! I won’t hold back anymore!"
There’s one more thing that makes Reina scary.
As I mentioned, elves are masters of magic, and their descendants, the otherworlders, are no different. And Reina is capable of chantless casting, making her the perfect candidate for using spirit arrows.
And that girl fired those Hyunmoo-level arrows straight at me.
With those slightly pointed but still short ears of hers, the legacy of the elves, I’ll yank them off her head today.
<Acceleration><Parallel Circuits>
[A spirit arrow was shot at me. But it's slow. Way too slow. Are you kidding me?]
Oh? I can even use curse words in the text now.
Perfect. Though, there's no need to even say anything.
But why are these texts appearing when I didn’t even say anything?
[As soon as the spirit arrow touched my body, I grabbed it lightly with both hands. Without adding any energy, I redirected it toward Reina.]
If you shoot an arrow at someone, you should be ready to get hit yourself, right?
That girl shot five missile-like arrows at me.
So, I sent them all back. Right at her.
[In an accelerated state, the world feels so slow. To ensure those returned spirit arrows hit Reina, it’s better to cancel the acceleration.]
So I released both acceleration and the parallel circuits.
At that moment, all the arrows flew straight toward Reina.
Swaaaaa! Boom!
"Kyaaa!"
"Did you see that? You foolish pointy-eared one. This is my third ability, <Reflection>. I can reflect anything."
Some of the cadets looked at me with interest at my declaration.
Choi Siwoo, on the other hand, looked dumbfounded, as if wondering what kind of nonsense I was spouting.
Meanwhile, Reina, covered in bruises, trembled with a mixture of shame and anger.
"How… how could you do this to me?"
In my memory, Reina was annoying, but she wasn’t this shameless.
"Just a moment ago, you said you were firing Hyunmoo-level arrows at me. And now you're playing the victim?"
"I was joking!"
Talking any more would be a waste of breath. I approached the now-kneeling Reina and gently laid her down.
"Huh?"
Smack!
I slapped her bottom hard.
"Kyaa!"
Smack!
"Heuuung."
Smack!
"Heuuuuung."
It feels weird saying this as I’m the one doing it, but…
Smack!
"Heeuuung. Heuung."
No doubt about it. This girl is worse than Hansooji.
I had to stop. Shaming her was fine, but at this rate, this was turning into a reward, not a punishment.
I can't give her what she wants.
Just as I was about to finish, someone’s words caught my ear.
"That was quite the spectacle, openly humiliating an otherworlder like that."
"Indeed. Yoonha's parents, who died protecting otherworlders, would have been proud to see this."
Ah, right. Professor Im Yoojin, who’s not a heroine but Eugene Seok's colleague and now an academy professor, along with the flaming bat, was criticizing me out in the open.
Yoonha's parents? Are they my parents now? If I have to hit, I'll hit.
"Hng. Hnng."
Reina's moans were getting more seductive, so I decided to let her go.
This was dangerous, right? Is this really the world based on the original story?
Come on. Was Reina always such a pervert? Then what the hell is Choi Siwoo doing?
"That was awesome!"
I glanced over at Choi Siwoo, who was grinning and giving me a thumbs up.
Does he have some kind of NTR fetish or something? No, calm down. It's not like Reina and Choi Siwoo are in a relationship right now, so it doesn’t matter.
But if all the heroines are like this, what kind of heroine would suit him?
How many are left? Excluding Reina, Hansooji, and me, there are still seven more.
Yeah. If I were Choi Siwoo, I wouldn’t be into a pervert who enjoys getting spanked.
"The winner, uh, is Yoonha!"
The flaming bat glanced at Reina, who was still lying on the ground in a cat pose, before raising my hand.
On the side, Hansooji was biting her nails, glaring at Reina with disgust. Understandable. Even I was shocked, so imagine how the flaming bat must feel.
"Yoonha. Do you have to win like that?"
Who’s the one who made me fight in the first place? The flaming bat has been acting a bit too arrogant lately.
"It doesn’t matter how you win as long as you do."
Honestly, if anyone took this situation too seriously, it was Reina who turned the genre into an adult novel, not me.
Maybe this was an accurate representation of the world?
After all, Shingum Musang was always classified as a light novel. It makes sense to have a bit of humor in it.
Or maybe Reina really is that much of a pervert.
Either way, I’ll need to keep my distance from her for a while.
Anyway...
"Damn it. The sky’s getting dark again."
At Hansung Academy, cadets have two options during lunch: eat in the dining hall or buy snacks from the store.
Though I don’t frequent the academy often, during lunchtime, the dining hall is always packed with people I haven’t seen before.
Other cadets, seniors, they all exist here.
It’s amusing how, for the most part, everyone looks above average. I guess that’s expected from an academy where the main character goes.
"You're eating so little. Can you even function properly like that?"
Reina, who had been moaning earlier, sat down next to me and said.
"I can go a few days without eating, no problem."
"…Is that even human?"
"Maybe not?"
I could survive on just sugar water.
I only eat out of habit. Though, I do enjoy snacks.
Cakes, smoothies, tapioca—things like that.
I could eat them endlessly. If money weren't an issue, that is.
Come to think of it, didn’t I win a million won recently?
With that money, I bought a variety of snacks from the store.
Cheesecake, tapioca, macarons, and more.
"You’ll get fat if you keep eating like that."
Reina nagged at me from the side.
Fat? Me? That’s funny.
"I can eat jokbal (pig's feet) at night and still not gain weight, thank you very much. Heh heh."
"I will defeat you, no matter what!"
"Heuuuung. Heuuk."
"W-Why are you making those weird moaning sounds all of a sudden?"
Why? Well…
"It’s the sound you made earlier. I even recorded it, see?"
I pulled out my phone and pretended to show her a recording file.
Of course, it was a lie. I couldn’t care less about a girl’s moans.
"G-Give that back! Kyaa!"
"Hey, what are you doing? You pervert!"
Reina suddenly flailed and ended up pressing against my chest.
What is she doing? Does she want me to eat her up? If she squirms any more, I’ll go beyond just pinning her down in this dream.
"Ugh. I’m still not full."
"You can feel that? But, you might want to stop. The flaming bat and Choi Siwoo are staring daggers at you."
"Ugh."
Well, technically, they both had different looks.
The flaming bat was glaring at Reina like she wanted to murder her, while Choi Siwoo looked on with a pleased smile.
Their faces made me uncomfortable. Could this be the moment I get labeled as a lesbian?
And it actually happened.
That night, on the Hansung Academy community’s anonymous board, a post appeared.
Title: Is Yoonha a Lesbian?
[Pic of Yoonha spanking Reina during the duel]
[Pic of Yoonha and Reina cuddling in the cafeteria]
Goddamn it.