11. The Yuri Girl?

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Choi Si-woo is a bastard.

Doesn’t manage his heroines, doesn’t handle villains.

Why should I maintain Si-woo’s position? When will this dream end?

Especially Kim Seung-jun – he glared sharply at me.

Questioning why I changed sphere-making to something else – shouldn’t he ask Rebecca that?

Honestly, I don’t know why I made a dragon either.

It was supposed to be a sphere, but my instincts pulled out a dragon.

Heh heh. The black flame dragon in my right hand. Ah, it’s a white dragon.

“Next sparring match – Reina with spirit arrows versus Yoo Eun-ha with acceleration. Both cadets, come forward!”

While I was spacing out, Fire Bat nominated me again during sparring.

“Life’s really…”

“Yoo Eun-ha. Aren’t you coming out?”

If I don’t go, she’ll shame me with that fire bat again. So I quietly went out, rubbing my sore butt.

“Fine. I’m here.”

“Hmph! Today I’ll finally defeat you! My spirit arrows today have destructive power comparable to Korea’s Hyunmoo missiles!”

…Is that something you should shoot at a delicate girl like me?

“Can I surrender?”

“No. You need to withstand that much to be Jin-seok’s sister.”

If surviving or dodging Hyunmoo missiles is required to qualify as the Divine Sword’s sister, I’ll resign.

What did I even do to Reina? This is absurd.

And why is that bastard Si-woo snickering? This is your job originally.

“Then begin.”

Last time I was too flustered to notice – this sparring arena has a barrier.

To prevent ability damage from spreading outside.

Meaning even if I dodge Reina’s missile-like spirit arrows, spectators won’t get hurt.

But something funny occurred to me.

This elf descendant can’t use her ultimate at close range. Get in close and it’s just hand-to-hand.

Right. This day had to come.

I reached for the knife in my pocket.

But it’s gone. Ah, right – it broke.

“Ah, came without a weapon.”

“Are you joking right now?”

“No, more importantly, why are you so mad?”

“Professor Rebecca’s autograph!”

Ah, right. This girl. Obsessively Rebecca’s fan.

Reason? Rebecca’s from another world.

Actually, no S-rank hunters come from other worlds.

Otherworlders have superiority complexes. Even Reina subtly looks down on people.

Her spirit powers are impressive, but have innate limits. Unlike humans who can compensate with effort, otherworlders with elf blood struggle to awaken without World Tree power.

Well, Reina’s the heroine and main DPS. She’ll eventually get awakening power from the World Tree.

Though even without that, she’s insane enough to kill regular hunters with Hyunmoo-level spirit arrows.

Look. Calls me friend, then rival. Now she’s like a soldier here to kill.

No, that’s just murder. A murderer trying to kill an innocent girl.

“Life’s funny. Just ask for an autograph directly. Tsk tsk. Courage to shoot Hyunmoo arrows at people but not for that?”

“You’re my rival!”

Your rival is Si-woo, hello?

Hopeless girl. Right. Seems I need to shame her like Flame Spear.

I lit a cigarette.

“I’ll end this fight before this cigarette burns out.”

“Eek! I won’t hold back anymore!”

One more scary thing about Reina.

As said, elves master magic, and so do their descendants. Reina can cast without incantations – perfect for spirit arrows.

And she shot that Hyunmoo arrow at me.

Today I’ll pluck those pointy long ears of hers, elf blood be damned.

[The spirit arrow shot toward me. But it’s slow. Way too slow. Are you fucking kidding me?]
Huh? The text can swear now.
Perfect. No need to say it out loud.
But why does this text appear when I’m not speaking?
[The moment the arrow touched me, I caught it. Gently with both hands. Then redirected it toward Reina without triggering it.]
If you shoot at someone, shouldn’t you expect retaliation?
She shot five of those missile arrows at me.
So I redirected them all. Back at her.
[In accelerated state, the world’s too slow. To make the arrows hit Reina, I should release acceleration.]
So I released both abilities.
The arrows all flew at Reina.
SWISH! BOOM!
“KYAAH!”
“See? Foolish elf. This is my third ability . Reflects anything.”
Half the cadets looked intrigued by my declaration.
Especially Si-woo with a “what nonsense” face.
Meanwhile wounded Reina twitched her eyebrows strangely.
“H-how…how could you do this to me?”
…In my memories, Reina was annoying but not this shameless.
“You called them Hyunmoo arrows when shooting at me, now playing victim?”
“It was a joke!”
Waste of breath. I carefully laid down the kneeling Reina.
“Huh?”
WHACK!
I spanked her butt hard.
“KYAH!”
WHACK!
“Heeun~”
WHACK!
“Heeuuk~”
Feels weird saying this while spanking…
WHACK!
“Heeuk~ Heung~”
She seems worse than Han Suji.
So I stopped. Shaming is good, but this might become reward not punishment.
Can’t give her what she wants.
As I was finishing, someone else caught my ear.
“Truly perfect. Openly humiliating an otherworlder like that.”
“Indeed. If only Eun-ha’s parents who died protecting otherworlders could see this.”
Not a heroine but Jin-seok’s ally, now professor Lim Yoo-jin and Fire Bat openly criticized me.
Eun-ha’s parents, not mine. I’ll hit if I want.
“Hng~ Hng~”
Reina’s moans sounded increasingly lewd, so I let her go.
Is this dangerous? Is this really based on the original?
Was Reina actually this perverted? Then what the hell is Si-woo doing?
“Cool!”
Glancing at Si-woo, he’s grinning and giving a thumbs up.
Is he into NTR or something? No, calm down. They’re not even dating yet.
But if heroines are all like this, what heroine suits him?
How many left? Besides Reina, Han Suji and me, seven remain.
Honestly, if I were Si-woo, I couldn’t like a pervert who enjoys spankings.
“Winner, uh, um. Yoo Eun-ha!”
Fire Bat raised my hand while glancing at Reina lying in cat stretch position.
Han Suji bit her nails, glaring disdainfully at Reina. Understandable. Even I’m shocked, let alone Flame Spear.
“Yoo Eun-ha. Must you win like that?”
Who told you to make us spar? Fire Bat’s gotten too arrogant lately.
“Any victory counts, right?”
She was the serious one who turned this adult. Not me.
Maybe this is faithful adaptation?
Divine Sword Unmatched is light novel genre. Needs some comedy.
Or maybe Reina really is that perverted.
I should avoid Reina for a while.
Speaking of which.
“Fuck. The sky’s darkening again.”
* * *
Hanseong Academy lunch is either cafeteria or school store.
Since I rarely attend, the cafeteria’s always packed with unfamiliar faces.
Other classes. Seniors exist too.
Funny thing – almost all are above average looks. Protagonist’s academy indeed.
“You eat so little. Can you even move properly?”
Reina, who was moaning earlier, sat beside me.
“Can last days without eating.”
“…Are you human?”
“Maybe not?”
Sugar water suffices.
Just eating for formality. Though I like snacks.
Cake, smoothies, tapioca etc.
Could eat endlessly. Money permitting.
Speaking of which, I made 1 million won recently.
Bought various snacks from the store.
Cheesecake, tapioca, macarons. Etc.
“You’ll get fat.”
Reina nagged.
Fat? Me? Ridiculous.
“I can eat pork trotters at night and not gain weight. Heh heh.”
“I will defeat you someday.”
“Heeun~ Heeuk~”
“W-why are you making those weird noises?”
Why do you think?
“Your moans earlier. I recorded them.”
Pulled out my phone showing a recording.
Total lie. Why would I record her moans?
“G-give that! KYAH!”
“Ah, what are you doing? You pervert!”
Reina fell onto my chest, squirming.
What’s her deal? Asking to be eaten? One more squirm and I’ll scissor-kick her in this dream.
“Crazy. Your stomach’s completely flat.”
“Feel good? Flame Spear and Si-woo are staring daggers.”
“Ugh.”
Actually, their stares differ.
Flame Spear glares at Reina. Si-woo watches fondly.
Their faces creep me out. Am I getting labeled a lesbian?
And then it happened.
That night. Hanseong Academy community anonymous board:
Title: Is Yoo Eun-ha a lesbian?
[Eun-ha spanking Reina during sparring pic]
[Eun-ha hugging Reina affectionately at cafeteria pic]
-I hate lesbians but they look good together.
-Let me join the ear party
-Boarding the Reina train.
-Han Suji stocks will rise someday
-What about Si-woo?
-Obviously Eun-ha’s bisexual.
-Or maybe Eun-ha’s the top.
Fuck.