Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game - Chapter 321



321. Mu-A (1)

“Umm.”

Baek Seol-hee woke up early in the morning.

A strange ceiling came into her view.

‘This is… my disciple’s room.’

She fumbled—

Adjusting her disheveled gown, she sat up in bed.

‘…What is this?’

Suddenly, she felt an incredibly refreshing sensation.

Rather than feeling good, she was taken aback by the unfamiliar freshness she had never experienced before.

Recently, Baek Seol-hee had been overwhelmed with various schedules, leaving her with no time at all.

As a result, she usually managed only about an hour of sleep a day.

And when things were particularly tight, there were countless times she didn’t sleep at all.

No matter how much Baek Seol-hee had stepped beyond a certain level and touched the threshold of a transcendent, her foundation was still that of an ordinary human body.

Having run continuously without proper rest, it was only natural for her body to be worn out.

She wasn’t unaware of the importance of rest, but—

The newly learned Ice Heaven Sword,

The improvements to the Moonlight Sword Technique she had to pass on to her disciple,

And the need to deal with the demons that had begun to rampage as if their time had come.

Each task was too important to neglect, so she had no choice but to put rest aside.

Yet, her body felt refreshed.

As if she had finally caught up on all the sleep she had been putting off.

“Surely not.”

Baek Seol-hee wondered if she had unknowingly slept for several days and picked up her phone to check the time.

And she let out a sigh of relief.

[ AM 5:00 ]

‘I did sleep a bit longer than usual, but thankfully, I didn’t sleep for days or oversleep.’

If that’s the case, it’s even stranger.

Could there be some strange device installed in her disciple’s room to relieve fatigue?

“Hm, it doesn’t seem like anything particularly special happened, though…”

She reflected deeply on the events that had transpired with Jin Yu-ha the previous day.

The disciple who had pulled her into the house promised to let her experience the various flavors she had forgotten, using the ceremonial white stone.

After restoring her lost sense of taste.

He spooned in the seasonings of sweetness, saltiness, sourness, bitterness, umami, and spiciness into her mouth.

The flavors she was able to feel again were certainly not a bad experience, but.

More than that, she was grateful for the thoughtfulness of her disciple, so she silently accepted the spoon Jin Yu-ha offered and brought it to her lips.

‘And he had given me warmed milk.’

Warm milk with a hint of sweetness, perhaps mixed with sugar.

After drinking that.

Jin Yu-ha handed her a strange eye mask.

He advised her not to resist the drowsiness that would come as soon as she used it, but to embrace it.

“Ah, is this it?”

She gently pulled the eye mask that had been resting on her forehead down to her eyes.

A bizarre mask with two round, wide-open eyes drawn on it.

Her disciple said it was an artifact obtained from the demon she had just dealt with.

‘An artifact that induces forced sleep… The Mask of Sloth…’

It was a rather odd item to receive from a demon.

Baek Seol-hee examined the strange sensations in her body once more.

She let out a hollow laugh.

“…You’ve done something quite unnecessary while I was out.”

There were palm prints on her forearm.

No, her entire body was covered in bright red palm prints.

And the very familiar mana lingering between her muscles.

While she had been asleep with the mask on, it seemed her disciple had spent the whole night using mana to massage her body.

‘It’s the first time someone has touched my body this much.’

With any ordinary pressure, there wouldn’t have been a single mark on her body.

Even now, in the morning, the marks remained.

The fact that there were so many imprints meant that her disciple had been exerting all his strength to relieve her fatigue until just a moment ago.

‘Hmm, no matter how tired I was, even if I fell asleep due to the mask’s effect… I couldn’t sense someone touching my body…’

That was probably not because the mask’s effect was that good, but rather because her body had accepted Jin Yu-ha’s familiar mana so comfortably.

And the fact that Jin Yuha’s touch held no hint of malice probably played a part.

Though she felt a bit pleased by her disciple’s kindness,

Baek Seolhee felt a playful urge to tease him a little.

After all, he had dared to touch his master’s body without permission.

A little payback seemed fair, didn’t it?

Knock. Knock. Knock.

A knock came from the door.

“Enter.”

Creak—

Jin Yuha, clad in thin sleepwear, peeked his head in through the crack.

Though he clearly hadn’t slept a wink, he put on an act as if he had just woken up.

“Master. Did you sleep well?”

As if trying to perfectly conceal what he had done the previous night, Jin Yuha spoke in a nonchalant voice.

Baek Seolhee chuckled in response.

“Yes, I think I slept properly for the first time in a while.”

“That Sloth’s Blindfold. I’ll give it to you, Master. It seems to have the power to improve your condition after sleep.”

“Indeed, wearing this made all the fatigue in my body disappear. The Sloth Demon, was it? Is that why it has such a power?”

“Yes, yes! Th-That seems to be the case.”

“Hmm, then if I wear this to sleep, my fatigue will be completely relieved like today.”

At that, Jin Yuha’s pupils began to tremble like a violent earthquake.

A visibly flustered expression.

“Th-That—F-First time only, I think it works like that! From the second use, the effect seems to wear off a bit! Yes! I think so! Th-The Sword Emperor is also outside right now. So, please get ready and come out, Master!”

Bang—!

Quickly spitting out the words, Jin Yuha immediately closed the door and left.

It seemed he wanted to keep the fact that he had massaged his master’s body while she slept a secret.

‘Even though she’s not a woman but a man.’

Baek Seolhee couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

In any case, with her excellent condition, it seemed there would be no problem in devoting herself to her disciple today.

* * *

‘Oh, I almost got caught.’

After finishing my training preparations, I wiped the cold sweat from my brow as I headed to the training ground with my master.

“Aren’t you coming with me?”

Without looking back, I walked ahead, and my master spoke from behind.

“W-well, the Sword Master is waiting, so we should hurry!”

I forced the words out, stumbling over them.

It was just a bit awkward to meet my master’s gaze right now.

Even though my intentions were pure (!) and noble (!) in wanting to relieve my master’s accumulated fatigue, there was still a twinge of guilt.

‘Honestly, I just wanted to loosen up their shoulders at first…’

How should I put it?

Once I loosened the shoulders, the arms followed.

And after the arms, the legs.

Then, after the legs…

Well, as I continued to massage all the tense spots that caught my eye, before I knew it, I was working on their entire body until morning.

And in that process, my master’s body…

*Clears throat!*

The room was completely dark, with not a single ray of light coming in.

However, thanks to my unique ability, [Awakening], my master’s body was as clear to me as if it were daytime, which was unavoidable.

Really.

“I-I had pure intentions, I swear!!”

I swallowed the excuses I didn’t know who I was making them for and shook my head vigorously, trying to shake off the memories of the previous night.

No, well. Do I really need to?

Is there a need to throw it away?

Stored deep in a corner of my mind.

Anyway!

It was now time to receive proper instruction.

[ Jin Yuhwa and Baek Seolhee have entered the training ground. ]

As I stepped into the training ground ahead, I saw the Sword Master and Alice already warming up.

“Good morning!”

“Is it late?”

“I’m sorry!”

Without making any excuses, I immediately bowed my head.

Hmm, but…

‘The kids are all here…?’

All the party members visible in one corner of the training ground,

Well, what can I say.

Even if the training ground is about the size of a decent soccer field… do we really need to?

“You guys are here too?”

“Yeah, Instructor Baek Seol-hee called us too. And she said it was really dangerous last time at Taebaeksan! Today, we’re going to train together and see everything from one to ten!!”

When I asked in confusion, Gukbap replied with fire in his eyes.

Ah.

Now that I think about it. I almost died while training with the Sword Master at Taebaeksan.

At that time, it was an unavoidable situation overlapping with Alice’s disappearance.

And in the end, I survived thanks to my master’s help.

“Did the master call for you?”

When I turned my head to ask, the master nodded.

“Yeah. In order for you to use the ability I’m going to teach you today, those guys need to be involved too.”

What on earth could it be that you’re going to teach today?

“We don’t have time, so let’s get started right away.”

At that moment, the Sword Master opened her mouth.

“First, we need to talk about your sword. The Moonlight Sword Technique. You said you’ve developed the ability to see the trajectory and the target, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s definitely a sense you must master in this crazy swordsmanship. However, just because you can see it doesn’t mean you’ve become stronger. Do you understand that?”

I couldn’t refute her words and nodded my head.

She was right.

Trajectory and target.

The ability to foresee danger in advance and add an extra life to avoid it.

With that ability, I gained an unprecedented level of stability in terms of defense compared to before.

And it was somewhat convenient in that I could see actions in advance.

But,

that was something I could have intuitively accomplished even in the past when I lacked this perspective.

In other words, from the standpoint of offensive capability, there hadn’t been any significant development.

“So, what I’m going to teach you today is ‘no self’.”

“···No···self···?”

“Right, you tend to overthink when you’re in battle, don’t you?”

“Uh······. Me?”

I gaped in shock at the unexpected remark.