I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

On the way to the summit.

We could have used the space teleporter, but Chairman Lina suggested we take a plane and go slowly.

Well, even so, it’s Chairman Lina’s private plane, coated with magical engineering, so it’s not particularly uncomfortable. It boasts excellent stability and speed.

It’ll take about two hours to get there.

I sat down and contacted the party members. We had to leave right away, so we didn’t have time to meet.

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【Not a Soup】 – Jin Yuha, are you not home? Where did you go?
【Sword Demon】 – Oh, sorry, what, Chairman Lina asked me to come with her to an unofficial summit, haha. I’ll be back soon.
【Firefist】 – Hmm, so you won’t be here today… I guess I’ll have to train alone today.
【Sword Demon】 – Yeah, let’s train together when I get back, haha.
【My Disciple is Jin Yuha】 – Hmm, an unofficial summit? Are you going to meet those unpleasant people again…?
【Sword Demon】 – Ah, does Master know about them?
【My Disciple is Jin Yuha】 – Yeah… Tsk, I know, but… Whatever they say to you, don’t listen. 【Sword Demon】 – Yes, don’t worry, haha.
【Warm Autumn Day】 – Hey, junior! Did you see this article that came out today? [Link – The Narrow-Eyed Mastermind, Lim Ga-eul, Have We Misjudged Her?]

【Flower】 – An unofficial summit… Something smells fishy… Hmm, should I look into it? 【Sword Demon】 – Well, it doesn’t seem urgent, so let’s put it on hold for now.
【Flower】 – Okay, I understand. Jin Yuha.
【Warm Autumn Day】 – Well, it’s not that big of a deal, but… It’s kind of interesting, so I thought you might want to read it! Haha.
【Ichika】 – Master, should I remove the shadow I placed on you?
【Sword Demon】 – No, Ichika, it might come in handy. Keep it for now.
【Ichika】 – Okay, I will.
【Warm Autumn Day】 – Hey, junior?
【Die by the Sword】 – Instructor, please be careful and come back safely.
【Sword Demon】 – Thank you, Alice. Keep up with your training, haha.
【Die by the Sword】 – Yep, haha. (Emoji of a bear swinging a sword)
【Warm Autumn Day】 – Oh, right, I forgot everyone here is a junior, so I got confused about who I was talking to. My bad! I was talking to you, Yuha!
【Cliffside Flower】 – Jin Yuha, please take me with you… I can hide really well, I promise… 【Sword Demon】 – Sophia, can you escape Chairman Lina’s eyes? Haha. If you can, I’ll give you the main dealer position.
【Cliffside Flower】 – Ah, that’s… Haha.
【Warm Autumn Day】 – Yuha…?

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It’s always fun to tease Lim Ga-eul.

Now that we have a group chat with all the party members, it’s become quite lively.

We don’t use it often, but it’s nice to have it for times like this when we’re apart.

‘Hmm, it’s interesting that we have communication even on the plane.’

This was impossible in my previous life. Well, in a world where monsters appear and magic is used, it’s probably more unusual to be surprised by this.

I sent a private message to Lim Ga-eul, saying, ‘I read the article, and it seems like the reporter has a good eye. I’ll keep sponsoring them.’ Then I put my phone away.

Chairman Lina, sitting across from me, had a peculiar expression as she looked out the window.

‘Hmm… Why is she acting like this? Is there a dragon flying outside or something?’

I glanced out the window, but there was nothing special, just white clouds floating peacefully.

“Is something bothering you?”

At my question, Lina turned her head away from the window.

“Hmm? Oh, it’s not that… I was just thinking about the people we’re going to meet.”

‘The people we’re going to meet? Are you talking about those trash who organized the summit?’

In the game, they were depicted as powerful figures, engaging in all sorts of corruption behind the scenes. Why was she concerned about such people?

Did she have some personal connection with them? This part wasn’t mentioned in Velvets so I asked her.

“Can you tell me about the people we’ll meet at the summit?”

“Those guys?”

“Yes, since they wanted to see me, I thought it would be easier to deal with them if I knew who they were.”

To be honest, my original plan was to literally turn the summit upside down, but I asked her in a roundabout way to get her to open up.

“Well… It’s probably better if you know. Those guys… are my disciples.”

“Your disciples?”

“Hmm, we have some time, so I’ll tell you an old story.”

Lina turned her gaze back to the window.

“When the first Gate incident occurred, the world was truly hell.”

The story Lina told was a background story I had never heard before.

When the first Gate incident occurred, the game emphasized that Lina was active, but it only showed a fragmentary image of what she actually did.

This is what Lina said:

When the first Gate incident occurred and monsters began to appear all over the world, destroying humanity and civilization.

Humanity collapsed rapidly.

Monsters roamed the streets, destroying civilization, people couldn’t leave their homes, and corpses were a common sight on the streets.

The entire world was on the brink of anarchy and apocalypse within a day.

If the hunters had awakened their abilities at the same time as the Gate incident, humanity could have maintained some level of civilization and resisted the monsters. However, the hunters’ awakening came much later.

So, at that time, we had to fight with conventional weapons like guns, cannons, and tanks.

They weren’t very effective against monsters with mana-infused bodies.

“Even nuclear weapons were useless.”

“If you drop a nuclear bomb near the Gate, modern civilization would be destroyed.”

“Yes, we couldn’t drop it in the city where people lived. If we did, the land would become unusable.”

Lina paused for a moment, pursing her lips, then continued.

“Amidst all this chaos, the first Awakened appeared.”

“The first Awakened…”

“Yes, that was me.”

“Oh…”

I was impressed to learn that Lina was the first Awakened in this world.

“Strangely, I was extraordinary from the moment I first awakened my abilities. I was abnormally strong. I could manipulate mana as if it were second nature, without any training. I instinctively knew how to use it and what I could do with it. Ordinary monsters were no match for me.”

“What? Are you showing off?”

I lightly teased her, and Lina narrowed her eyes.

“Tsk, I was exceptional from the start. Even so, it wasn’t easy to restore the world to its previous state when it was already so broken.”

Indeed, I once heard that if a person walked at a speed of 4 km/h without stopping, it would take about 10,000 hours to circle the Earth.

Of course, comparing it to Lina’s flying and space-teleportation abilities would be unreasonable.

Nevertheless, even for Lina, who was a Transcendent from the beginning, it was impossible to single-handedly travel the entire Earth, rescue all humans, and restore civilization.

So, Lina decided to find people with the same supernatural abilities as her and train them to be her hands and feet.

“The group I gathered back then became the predecessor of the Velvet Hunter Academy. One of them was the Sword Emperor. She still refuses to call me her master because I don’t use a sword.”

“Wow… Are the people we’re going to meet as strong as the Sword Emperor?”

‘That could be a problem.’

No, I’m sure they weren’t that strong.

“No, she’s an exception. Back then, I wasn’t as skilled in teaching, and we didn’t have the systematic training programs and advanced systems we have now. We couldn’t cultivate exceptionally strong hunters.”

Fortunately, my worries were unfounded.

I was amazed to learn that there was such a secret history behind the Academy’s establishment.

“Then, what about those disciples?”

“Yes, the people we’re going to meet are the disciples I gathered back then. After the Gate incident was resolved and the world became more peaceful, they all took up positions of power.”

Lina spoke with pride, as if she was proud of her successful disciples.

Hearing this story, I felt a sense of relief, as if an itch had been scratched.

‘…Indeed, it’s hard to believe she is such a pushovers.’

First, the cost of clearing Gates through the Academy’s requests is significantly lower than that of other guilds or private parties.

I’ve heard that Lina installed the space teleporters around the world for free.

The Academy also provides various artifacts to improve the quality of life to all countries without restriction and at a low cost.

And every time, Lina’s desk is piled high with paperwork, all of which are complaints and requests from various countries and organizations.

Every time she receives absurd demands, she wracks her brain and suffers, but she tries to accommodate them all.

She played the pushover because of her former disciples’ requests.

‘So that’s how they introduced the gender quota system, which has no practical use?’

…Well, I might not be in a position to say anything since I got into the Academy because of it.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

‘So they’re just trash?’

If I put myself in her position,

It would be like asking my master to give up her sword, her swordsmanship, and to use the Sword Slayer Corps for personal matters. It would be like asking her to obtain various elixirs and artifacts at her own expense.

It would be like taking advantage of my master’s position without considering her feelings at all.

And if I did that?

My master would probably try to accommodate me, even if it meant grinding himself to the bone. That’s the kind of person she is.

I didn’t know that those people were Lina’s disciples, but I knew what kind of people they were.

I had seen them in the game, a group of old people ganging up on Chairman Lina, demanding her to step down.

‘They took advantage of their master’s kindness and… Even went as far as coveting her position?’

Hah.

‘When favors become routine, they become rights.’

I bit my lip.

When those former disciples, backed by public opinion, unanimously demanded her to step down, saying, “You are not qualified to be the chairman,” how did Lina feel?

Imagining her feelings at that time, I felt even less inclined to forgive them.

“I’m looking forward to meeting them.”

I spoke in a subdued voice, and Lina nodded with her usual pushover smile.

“Well, their first impression might not be the best, but they’re all good people once you get to know them.”

“Oh?”