I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

Chapter 109

‘Did I... lose?’

Instructor Hong Jinada stared blankly into the air, her eyes shaking as if denying the reality of her defeat.

‘Did I... really lose?’

She didn’t feel humiliated or defeated. After all, she was still refusing to accept that she had lost.

‘How... did this happen?’

Losing to a 3-on-1 attack or blaming it on carelessness wasn’t an excuse. It was she who had instructed the three students to gang up on her, and even if they had put up a good fight, she shouldn’t have lost.

The skills and experience she had accumulated over the years were not meant to be surpassed by a mere trio of first-year students.

‘Yeah, I shouldn’t have lost. Losing is unacceptable... but...’

She had lost.

The shocking word was imprinted in her mind.

Hong Jinada’s gaze shifted to the three students who had handed her this unexpected defeat.

First, there was the orange-haired student, Lee Min-young. Her determination to follow instructions and throw herself into the fray, despite her inferior skills compared to the other two, was commendable.

Next, Hong Jinada’s eyes fell on the red-haired student with a bitter expression, Kang Do-hee.

Her skills were astonishing. No, “astonishing” didn’t even begin to describe her talent.

The sharp fangs she had kept hidden until the decisive moment were a threat even to an instructor like herself. Her overwhelming offensive power, combined with her speed, tenacity, instinct, and intuition, made her a natural-born talent with all the qualities a Dealer needs to excel at the front lines of battle.

Given time, she would undoubtedly surpass even Hong Jinada.

Kang Do-hee had displayed potential and skills that led Hong Jinada to believe she would become one of the pillars supporting South Korea in the future.

Finally, Hong Jinada’s thick neck creaked as she turned her gaze to the sparring arena.

Among the countless weapons embedded in the ground, she spotted the black-haired boy, Jin Yuha, sheathing his sword with a calm expression.

‘...You completely hid yourself from my perception,’ she thought, her eyes narrowing.

It was absurd.

That the boy was talented with a sword was understandable, given his connection to the Slaughter Maniac. And it was no surprise that he had a keen eye for seizing weapons first, considering that even Instructor Park Jin-soo acknowledged his superior intellect.

But for him, at such a young age, to conceal his killing intent and erase his presence in front of an S-class Hunter like herself...

If it weren’t for Chairman Lina’s power protecting their lives in this sparring arena, the outcome could have been fatal.

Shiver.

“Hah...”

A hollow laugh escaped her lips.

“Baek Seol-hee, what kind of monster are you nurturing there...?” she wondered, her eyes fixed on the stoic-faced woman who was absent from this place.

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Their eyes were wide, as if they couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed. In fact, all the students wore identical expressions of shock.

“Huh...?”

“Are you kidding me?”

“No, I mean, how is this even possible...?”

“The instructor lost to a student...?”

The students murmured in disbelief, their voices hollow.@@@@

‘But even with all that, I still failed.’

Someone might chide me for being greedy, saying that defeating the instructor had already accomplished my initial goal. But I wasn’t satisfied. Of course not.

I turned my head to look at a red-haired girl gritting her teeth, her expression bitter.

‘In the end, I couldn’t protect Kang Do-hee...’

Of course, one could argue that it didn’t matter since this wasn’t a real-life-or-death situation; we were in a sparring arena where death wasn’t permanent.

But if this had been a real battle, the thought sent a chill down my spine.

Even if we had emerged victorious against a stronger monster or Demon, the loss of a party member during the fight would taint the victory.

‘Absolutely not. That’s unacceptable.’

This wasn’t a game where you respawned after dying and appeared fresh as a daisy the next turn.

‘I need to get stronger.’

With that thought, I steeled my resolve.

“Kang Puppy!”

“What do you want, Little Fool?”

The new nickname clearly didn’t sit well with her, and she glared at me with a scowl.

“It’s nothing,” I said, a mischievous smile playing at the corners of my lips.

“Oh, right. Can you tell Shin Se-hee that I won’t be attending class today?” I asked, my voice casual.

“Huh? What?”

“Just that... I’m about to pass out now,” I said, my vision blurring as I spotted a flustered Kang Do-hee rushing towards me.

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“Jin Yuha.”

Instructor Park Jin-soo called the roll with a cold expression during the “Position Formation and Organizational Understanding” class. His voice carried a hint of venom when he said my name.

‘Hmph, I’ve been working on this assignment all night. Let’s see if he still has the audacity to call it easy after seeing this. I’ll show him,’ he thought, his eyes narrowing.

“... ...”

But there was no response to his call.

Instructor Park scanned the room, his brow furrowing.

“Is Jin Yuha absent today?”

A girl with long, straight hair raised her hand.

‘Shin Se-hee?’

“What is it?”

“Well... Jin Yuha apparently sparred with Instructor Hong Jinada in the previous class, Anti-personal Combat Practice... and he’s passed out from the after-effects,” she explained, her voice hesitant.

Hah.

Instructor Park closed his eyes, his frustration evident.

All the effort he had put into preparing for this confrontation with Jin Yuha had just gone up in smoke.

‘Damn that Hong Jinada! What the hell was she thinking?!’ he fumed, his anger directed at the instructor.

And so, Instructor Park’s opinion of Hong Jinada took a turn for the worse. (noo poor Jinada)