01. A sword for you (11)

“The reason I entered the academy… Is it because of revenge?”

Yoon Seo-hee slowly but surely nodded her head.

“Did I tell you? Not a great reason. Was she ever disappointed?”

To be honest, I am surprised. That her purpose in entering her academy was such a weighty reason.

When I actually heard the word revenge, it felt unrealistic. It’s a casual word in novels or movies, but it’s to the point where you think it’s unfamiliar when people say it in real life.

But if you ask me if she was disappointed, it wasn’t. I haven’t heard the story in that detail, and I can’t grasp the overall context in a short sentence.

And looking at Yoon Seo-hee’s expression, where her hatred and sadness were buried, I thought that she was not an ordinary story.

Can I say that I know her well enough to arbitrarily tailor her story to others?

I shook my head slowly.

“No. What… I think there might be a reason for that. So how are you going to get revenge?”

If the word “Killing” Came out of her mouth, she would seriously dissuade it. Because she didn’t want to see her friend go to jail, even if they hadn’t seen each other in a while.

“… I don’t intend to kill or anything like that. I just want to show off and prove it.”

“Proof?”

“Yes. By coming into the academy, becoming stronger, she becomes a better hunter than him.”

Fortunately, the words that came out of her mouth were not in such an extreme way.

Anyway, the target Yoon Seo-hee wants to take revenge on is the Hunter.

I wanted to hear more about who that person was, but she kept her mouth shut as if it was awkward to talk about him.

Instead, I decided to say what I wanted to say.

“I think that’s a great goal.”

“… Uh?”

She opened her eyes round with a dumb expression as if she had heard the unexpected words.

For some reason, that dazed expression looked so cute that I burst out laughing without even realizing it.

“Even if you say revenge grandiosely, the bottom line is that you want to become a greater hunter than that person, right?”

I want to make a lot of money, I want to be successful, I want to raise my reputation. It is a world full of people who want to become hunters for such a simple reason.

Even a guy like Lee Hyeon-woo wants to become a hunter, but isn’t Yoon Seo-hee great?

The time we spent together was only one day, but I knew enough from her upright and sincere personality that she was a person who could immediately apologize for her wrongdoing and sympathize with the suffering of others.

Even if she becomes a great hunter and rises to a high position, will she really try to do something worthy of being pointed at by someone?

I didn’t think so.

“That’s good enough to have as a goal.”

Even if Yoon Seo-hee becomes a hunter, she will still be Yoon Seo-hee. Somehow I felt that way.

“Then let me help you. Although I can do nothing but make swords like I do now.”

Of course, I haven’t finished a single bag yet. Pretending to be cool even when you’re not sure it’ll be of any help is probably enough.

But her desire to help her was sincere.

At my words, Yoon Seo-hee bowed her head and was silent for a long time.

I couldn’t see what expression was making on her face in her shadow.

“… Ha, what is it?”

But when she raised her head again.

“Is that enough?”

Yoon Seo-hee had a sincere smile she had never shown before.

I didn’t know what that smile meant.

–

On Monday morning, I got up from bed in the morning sun.

“Am-.”

I check my watch, it’s 6 am. I looked out the window and saw that the morning sun had just risen.

I quickly washed my face with moderate water and changed into my school uniform.

I finished a lot of work over the weekend.

First of all, I finished the sword drawing. I was quite satisfied with the drawing that was completed with the rewarding work of kneading Yoon Seo-hee’s hands.

You’ll have to see her finished product with your own eyes to be sure, but looking at her design alone, she seemed satisfied.

Second, iron sand collection has been completed. The magnet strengthened by Yoon Seo-hee’s skill has tremendous magnetism, so even if you roughly hold it and walk, Sa-cheol on the floor will take care of it and stick to her magnet.

The sight of iron sand flying in like flying insects and sticking to the magnet was visually stunning.

Thanks to that, there was a small incident where the smartphone in Yoon Seo-hee’s pocket completely went bad, but other than that, the iron harvesting went smoothly overall.

In one day, she filled up her prescribed amount and sent her home safely.

Third, the entire Sunday was used to complete the process of turning iron sand into ingots.

The iron sand scraped from the riverbed contains too many impurities. Not only the purity of iron, but also the purity of magic power is below the standard. After repeating the process of melting and filtering two or three times, the finished product was only about 3 kg.

Since a 30kg iron sand block has turned into a 3kg ingot, only one-tenth of it remains.

‘Still, the work speed is faster than expected.’

Yoon Seo-hee’s skill really played a big role. She was very worried about whether the two of them would be able to fill the desired amount within the weekend no matter how fast they worked, but that was solved neatly.

Um… It’s magnetic….

Electricity, skill, magnetism, enhancement… I think I might come up with an idea.

I have to hit the hammer right now, when inspiration strikes, but the fact that today is Monday made me resent it.

“Grandpa, I’ll be back.”

“Come. Be careful.”

Before she went to school, she said hello to her grandfather and went out the front door.

Clear sunlight, blue sky, and green in summer.

As I walked along the familiar road to school, I fell into thought for a while.

The weather is great.

As expected, on a day like this, you have to iron the steel in the workshop….

After thinking for a while, I quickly arrived in front of the school gate. Commuting time is also important. The academy is only 10 minutes away on foot, so the stress I get every time I go to school is less.

I don’t know how Yoon Seo-hee spends two hours round trip commuting to school.

“… Flaw.”

Something was funny. Naturally, thoughts about Yoon Seo-hee come to mind.

Usually I was busy just walking without thinking or just thinking about the sword.

It seems that the events of the past few days have left an impression on me as well. When I entered the classroom, the fact that I also had a friend who would greet me made me feel strange and unfamiliar.

The academy has a large site, so arriving at the school gate is not the end, you have to walk diligently for a long time. As I passed through the school gate and walked around the campus, I soon saw the 1st grade building.

“…… ?”

As I was about to enter the main gate without thinking, I noticed something different than usual.

There are too many students at the entrance. No matter how much time it is to go to school, it’s a little too much.

What the hell is going on? I had to get to the classroom before the regular time, so I tried to get through the crowd. However, there was a hand holding my shoulder like that.

“Hey, wait.”

“Huh?”

Dark impression and dwarf body. A student with a familiar impression, as if he had seen it somewhere. I looked at him for a moment, then I remembered it belatedly.

He’s a student in my class? The name is clear….

“Lee Byung-jun?”

He was a guy who didn’t use a sword because his main specialty was magic in the combat department.

Lee Byung-joon glanced at the gathering of people and opened his mouth in a low voice with a hard expression on his face.

“Ijin Kim, you better not go in there.”

“What? What is that all of a sudden?”

“No, just come later. I’ll tell Teacher Song Ha well….”

I couldn’t understand why Lee Byung-joon was suddenly saying that. Does that mean the uproar on the inside has something to do with me?

That was the moment. A familiar voice came from inside.

“What are you saying!?”

A high, shrill voice full of annoyance. It was an unfamiliar tone, but the voice was familiar. It’s only natural that I’ve been listening to it for the past few days.

That was Yoon Seo-hee’s voice.

I decided I had to go in and see what happened inside.

“Sorry, I’ll go in.”

“Hey, hey! Oh Mr… I dried it!?”

I appreciate your concern, but now wasn’t the time to think about him. Leaving Lee Byung-jun behind, I walked through the crowd with both arms and strode inside.

“Wow, what?!”

“Oh, who are you? What power… !”

I made my way through the crowd, but there were several people inside.

A group of male students with sturdy physiques, probably from the combat department. And the handsome male student who stands out the most among the group.

Yoon Seo-hee was confronting them with a very displeased expression while standing face to face.

“Yoon Seo-hee?”

“Kim Lee-jin… !”

She turned to me and gave me a surprised look.

But before we could say our goodbyes, a group of people blocked my path. It’s as if he couldn’t approach Yoon Seo-hee, or surrounded me and surrounded me.

“Hey, did you come just in time? I was just talking about you.”

Among the crowd, a male student with a tall appearance and a mean tone that doesn’t match, walked up to me.

I hadn’t met him yet and hadn’t even said hello to each other, but somehow I thought I knew who he was.

“Lee Hyeon-woo.”

“Oh, you know me? Aren’t I a bit famous?”

The battle and second seat that stole Yoon Seo-hee’s sword.

It was him.