Afterwards, the first-year cadets quietly returned to the academy in a flying boat.

 

After returning, the cadets gathered together with their close friends and had a drink to soothe their tired minds and bodies from the mid-term evaluation.

 

“Ugh—this is alcohol! This is the taste of the world! Ah. So nice to meet you! I always dig up mugwort and eat it. “I’m so happy to see them!”

 

A cadet with yellow hair braided into two pigtails placed a beer glass on both palms and spoke exaggeratedly.

 

“······Why did this b*tch not become human even though she only ate mugwort for two weeks?”

 

“Even a bear had to eat for 100 days to become a human, but two weeks was too short for this bear to become a human.”

 

“······People like that are talking about a topic they were talking about like animals not long ago.”

 

These were regular cadets who were always close to Lee Min-young.

 

“I can finally feel the taste of civilization! Because I have now passed the midterm evaluation. Is it vacation soon?”

 

“Yes, it’s vacation for a week with maintenance time.”

 

“Ha—it was really hard. Interim evaluation. Interim evaluation. “I only heard about it, but I didn’t know it would be this hard.”

 

Everyone nodded at the two-tailed cadet’s words.

 

“······By the way, wasn’t there something a little strange about this test?”

 

The words of a female cadet wearing glasses who suddenly intervened.

 

“Huh? What?”

 

“This midterm evaluation. A demon appeared… “No matter how much we believed, we were really in danger, right?”

 

“Is that so?”

 

The pigtail-haired cadet tilted his head.

 

“If the Demon Lord had already known that the demons were hiding, he would have canceled the exam from the beginning. “Maybe you should have handled it yourself?”

 

“······Um, that’s right? “Actually, we were in a pretty dangerous situation.”

 

“Well, no one died though! Well, didn’t everything work out well?”

 

“Minyoung, what do you think about this test?”

 

The bespectacled cadet turned her head towards Lee Min-young and asked.

 

‘As expected, just as Shin Se-hee said…’

 

Lee Min-young entered the Utopia Party as an intern during this exam, but her official name listing was scheduled to happen as late as possible.

 

Because she took on the role of managing the image of the Utopian Party, she remained her regular supporter.

 

‘······He’s such a scary person that I wouldn’t even dare to confront him.’

 

Last day of midterm evaluation.

 

Jin Yu-ha’s speech at the square was impressive enough to shock everyone. There was a hole in the logic.

 

Because at that time, she was easily taken by her appearance and voice.

 

‘Oh, was that something like that? Chairman… You trusted us…’

 

She nodded her head, but when she thought about it for a moment, she remembered something strange and tilted her head!

 

Shin Se-hee, who had predicted this situation, called Lee Min-young aside on the flying boat returning to her academy and asked.

 

“Minyoung Lee, what did you think of Jin Yuha’s speech this time?”

 

“Uh, um… “I thought it was plausible.”

 

“It seems plausible?”

 

“Yes, first of all, this incident will be viewed as quite impressive by the public. “It’s a choice between saving either the civilians or the cadets.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Maje-nim, although demons appeared during the mid-term evaluation due to this incident, it will look like you trusted the cadets and placed priority on rescuing civilians.”

 

“However, there must be another reason for saying ‘It seems plausible.’ What could it be?”

 

Lee Min-young swallowed her saliva as Shin Se-hee looked at her penetratingly.

 

“······We were unable to answer the questions of the cadets who experienced the test directly.”

 

Shin Se-hee slowly nodded her head as if she was satisfied with Lee Min-young’s answer.

 

“That’s right. Of course, Jin Yu-ha may have said that to paint a picture that is visible to the outside world, but it is not only the general public that we need to care about. “The cadets need to be taken care of too.”

 

“But wouldn’t it be okay to leave it like this? Even if you have doubts, since there are no victims, it will naturally turn into an affair over time…”

 

“No. We will make Jin Yu-ha’s remarks completely true. “Because I’m the type of person who doesn’t leave even the slightest spark.”

 

Shin Se-hee grabbed Lee Min-young’s shoulders and brought her face close to her ear.

 

“So, I have something for you to do now.”

 

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“Hey, guys. “Did you see this video?”

 

Lee Min-young, with her eyes shining, held out her cell phone to the cadets who had come to drink with her.

 

As she held up the cell phone she handed over, everyone gaped at her with a dumb expression.

 

On the screen, Jin Yuha was seen swinging her sword.

 

Against a vicious demon with a bald head full of burn marks.

 

It looks like it was shot by a professional cinematographer, with gorgeous directing.

 

Jin Yu-ha’s already unique appearance is captured by the camera, and she fights against her enemies like a movie star.

 

The cadets were immersed in the video with their hands sweating.

 

One by one, wounds piled up on Jin Yu-ha’s body.

 

However, even so, rather than feeling nervous or worried, exclamation leaked out.

 

That’s because Jin Yuha was waging an overwhelming battle against that demon.

 

Sharp.

 

Soon, Rebecca fell to the floor and the video ended.

 

“Huh…?”

 

“W-what is this!?”

 

“What is the visual beauty…?”

 

“Jin Yuha? “It’s Jin Yuha, right, isn’t she really crazy?”

 

The cadets raised their heads with bewildered faces.

 

“······Hey, Mine, isn’t that Rebecca? Burn marks on bald head. “I remembered it because it was impressive…”

 

“Uh… I guess that’s right? “Class AA Mine, Rebecca.”

 

“This Mine also came to our mid-term evaluation test site? “We really almost lost everything─.”

 

“But Jin Yu-ha just smears it away.”

 

······.

 

A monster that even professional hunters tremble with fear when it reaches the level of a level AA wanted demon.

 

Jin Yuha won against that horse. Overwhelmingly, too.

 

Even if I try to say something, I can only think of it as absurd.

 

Even the cadets who saw Jin Yu-ha slaughtering demons right in front of her eyes felt cognitive dissonance.

 

After giving them enough time to accept the situation.

 

Lee Min-young opened her mouth.

 

“Right? This is why the chairman decided, ‘Even if she has magic, she is not dangerous.'”

 

“······What?”

 

“No, think about it. “If one cadet showed such an overwhelming performance against an AA-class demon, would you be worried that other demons would harm the cadet?”

 

“Ah…”

 

The two-tailed cadet sighed.

 

“Despite this, the chairman bowed his head and apologized to us.”

 

“······So, ‘I didn’t know you were this weak. ‘I’m sorry…’?”

 

The cadet wearing glasses asked with doubtful eyes.

 

Lee Min-young nodded her head deeply as if she, too, was indignant.

 

“Yes, since Jin Yu-ha, a fellow cadet, can fight against an AA-class demon like that, he thought that we, too, would be able to endure even if we couldn’t do as well.”

 

“If you think about it, the fighting dog actually caught a demon…”

 

“Yes, but compared to them, Utopia, we were too weak.”

 

The cadets chewed their lips at Lee Min-young’s words.

 

These are also people who became hunters to protect people.

 

After building a reputation as a hunter, they are proud people who passed the hellish test and entered Velvet Academy.

 

No matter how special Utopia shows itself.

 

Just because they were, that doesn’t mean they were giving up.

 

The cadets have undergone painstaking training in the hope that one day, like them, they will be called heroes in front of the public.

 

The pigtail-haired cadet quietly closed his eyes.

 

“······We failed to meet the chairman’s expectations.”

 

“Yes, but the Chairman thought it was his own wrong judgment that put us in danger and he bowed his head.”

 

Minyoung Lee’s voice as she spoke to the cadets gradually became more persuasive.

 

“It was we, not Jin Yu-ha, who said, ‘Hold on until the instructor arrives.'”

 

I may have mixed lies in what I just said, but what I was saying was sincere.

 

“We are hunters. A hunter who risks his life to fight against demons and protect civilians from monsters! However, the demon appeared without warning, and she said it was stronger than she thought, so she blamed Chairman Lina… “Do you really think it’s the right thing to do?”

 

Lee Min-young looked around at the cadets.

 

Then. The pigtail-haired cadet brought the beer in his hand to his mouth and drank it down in one gulp.

 

Gulp, Gulp─

 

“Kya—! After! “I’m sorry, but I’ll stop drinking today.”

 

“······Huh? Why?”

 

Tak.

 

The two-tailed cadet put down his beer glass loudly and said.

 

“I have to go and train.”

 

Then, one by one, the people who were exchanging glances with each other took a gulp of the beer in front of them and stood up.

 

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“Me too! “Go, go together!”

 

“Me too!”

 

Like that, the cadets left their seats.

 

hahahaha─

 

Lee Min-young looked at the backs of the cadets leaving and let out a sigh of relief.

 

‘······This is the first mission. Do you think it was somewhat successful? Then, the next influential cadets…’

 

* * *

 

A few days later.

 

Currently, Velvet Hunter Academy was noisy both inside and outside.

 

The story of Velvet Hunter Academy, which had always been kept confidential, has been revealed to the public.

 

Even since it was about mid-term evaluation, people must have been very interested.

 

『 [Official] Velvet Hunter Academy, Director Lina’s test. 』

 

『 Today, hot issue! Utopia’s Jin Yu-ha, video of defeating [AA-class demon Rebecca]. 』

 

『 [ Exclusive! ] Humanity’s No. 1 Protector! Maje’s cuteness? Direct photo of the S-class gate explosion scene! 』

 

『 Flower on the cliff, Jin Yu-ha. Skills weren’t a bubble!? 』

 

─ Wow, what’s happening? Isn’t this the first time that the Academy’s internal data has been made public like this?

 

┗ It’s not ‘why’, it’s ‘why’, you bastard.

 

┗ Yes, your dad, more is more.

 

─ Wow!!! Ha, Maje is so cute. Is this our country’s No. 1 Cuteness hahahaha. Has anyone seen that in person?

 

┗ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ There is a conversation with a natural monument that you don’t know there.

 

┗ Thank you for saving me, kid.

 

┗ It’s not a kid.

 

┗ Thank you, are you a student at the academy?

 

┗ I am not a student.

 

┗ Even though you are young, you are amazing.

 

┗ ······.

 

─ ······Has anyone here seen Jin Yu-ha’s video? Hey, who are you? Where are all the bastards who said Jin Yuha’s skills were fake? Did you go diving?

 

┗ ㄹㅇㅋㅋ Just GOAT. Just light.

 

┗ He proves his true skills, it’s so refreshing. What kind of movie are you watching?

 

┗ Those bastards who denied Jin Yuha’s skills by clenching their teeth, saying that all of his skills were just foam, now that his skills are revealed, they all shut up lol.

 

┗ Sign now!

 

┗ ······Ugh, well, Jin Yuha is not the face madam of Utopia······.

 

┗ ······Ugh, Ji, Jin Yu-ha is stronger than Kang Do-hee─. You puppy! Who could look so ugly!!!ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It’s against the rules to fight with that face!!!!!

 

┗ Yes, fighting dog pups were arrested.

 

─ Hey, the Velvet Academy test is really no joke. They’re turning it into a test to catch an AA level demon…

 

┗ But, isn’t this too dangerous?

 

┗ Yes, but you caught it, right? You developed it, right? AA level mine, cut!

 

┗ No matter how much it is an academy test. Are you telling a first-year cadet to catch a mine?

 

┗ That’s bullsh*t. So you’ve invested money and time to train hunters, but you’re saying that they have to run away when demons appear? It’s not like Jammin, who doesn’t know anything, takes them in and raises them by spoon-feeding them, but they take kids who were originally hunters and raise them.

 

┗ No, what I’m saying is that it just seems like insensitivity to safety. And the video is so cruel…

 

┗ Are you from Mine? I see you empathize with this guy Mine. Is your ideology so f*cking suspicious?

 

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It was summer.