110. Midterm Evaluation (1)

A first-year male cadet won a sparring match with an academy instructor.

Despite the shocking incident, the world was surprisingly quiet.

Yes, the fact that a male cadet who entered under the male quota system defeated ‘dog fighting’ could have been a very interesting and interesting issue, but

The fact that the male cadet even defeated the academy instructor was dismissed as an absurd and unthinkable rumor.

Even among the cadets who witnessed the scene that day,

‘Instructor Hong Ji-na considered me at the level of an academy cadet.’

Was the established opinion, so it went without saying from the perspective of the public who were blocked from receiving information about the Academy.

Two months have passed since then.

If it were a game, it would just be time to skip between events, but now that the game has become a reality,

Two months was an honest period of 24 hours a day that had to be repeated 60 times.

‘Well, originally, we should have been fighting with the Hunter Management Bureau by now…….’

I was sweating profusely and carrying a heavy piece of metal the size of a house on my back, taking the horse-on-horse stance.

“Stop, wake up.”

Hearing the indifferent voice coming from in front of me, I took a breath and spread my legs.

I kept the piece of metal I was carrying on my back.

Baek Seol-hee said with an expressionless face.

“Then let’s take a step now.”

“Yes.”

I responded briefly to the instructor’s words and focused all my attention on his toes.

A walk that spreads the sole area of the foot and leaves no traces or sounds on the floor.

Carrying a piece of metal the size of a house on your back and stepping out without leaving a trace on the floor.

It was a prerequisite for the walking method called dark walking that I am currently learning.

‘But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think this is basic swordsmanship?’

I thought to myself that it was already too late now, and channeled my magic power into my lower body.

Even though I am just taking one step, I have experienced countless failures.

As if the training so far was not meaningless, I have now succeeded in making it look like an ordinary footprint even while carrying a weight.

However, he has never succeeded in meeting the standard that Baek Seol-hee demands: ‘walking so as not to leave any footprints.’

It is training that teaches the lower body, which is the basis of all swordsmanship, and also teaches footwork.

Honestly, I wonder if this is physically possible.

But she didn’t say those words because she had already demonstrated with her own body that it was possible.

‘Concentration.’

Sweet─

She sharpens her ritual knife and slowly lifts her right foot.

As if brushing against her, she stretches her feet forward.

‘By distributing the weight sufficiently throughout the sole of the foot… ….’

I don’t know about such difficult words as finding the intersection where the soles of your feet and the ground push against each other.

I have rice that I have been rolling so I somehow manage to reach out at the right time.

And the moment when the center of gravity shifts to the right foot.

Take off your trembling left foot and walk forward.

Hook!

My left foot was deeply embedded in the soft floor.

‘…… Ah, write.’

“It was successful.”

“Yes?”

I raised my head with a puzzled face.

Didn’t you see that my left foot was stuck on the floor just now?

The soles of my feet are hitting the floor in progress right now?

Then Baek Seol-hee nodded.

The place she pointed to was her right foot.

Take your right foot off slowly.

I could see that there were no traces left there.

Even though I clearly shifted my center of gravity and stepped heavily.

“…… And. “This is it.”

As I was looking at the clean floor in amazement, Baek Seol-hee opened her mouth.

“Secret walking is a movement technique that symbolizes a shadow, and even if it leaves a trace of one step among a hundred steps, it should be considered a failed walking technique. But now you’ve only taken one step forward. So please don’t act rashly.”

She gave a warning in a stern manner.

But the slightly twitching corner of her mouth tells us that she is quite satisfied.

‘Even though he has no expression, I can now read his expression.’

“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”

I smiled and lowered my head.

“Still, hmm. “Success means success, so I will give you a gift.”

“A gift?”

“Okay, actually, this can’t be called a gift… ….”

Baek Seol-hee slowly turned her head and let her words hang.

The expressionless face remained the same, but when the instructor takes this attitude, it means that she is somehow embarrassed.

‘What is it?’

Wow-

Baek Seol-hee took out a blue herb from her subspace tattoo and held it out to me.

‘…… This!?’

My eyes widened when I saw what she was holding out.

‘Magic power increase pill!!?’

A gacha item suddenly pops up here again?

It was not even just a good, but an SSS-class rare good that appeared with extreme probability.

I looked at Baek Seol-hee with bewildered eyes.

“No, I would really appreciate it if you gave me something like this, but why suddenly…” ….”

“Isn’t it soon the mid-term evaluation period?”

Ah. Midterm evaluation.

My eyes sank when I heard that story.

‘Well, I’ve had some fun so far.’

The initial story immediately after the original tutorial unfolds as a conflict with the Hunter Management Bureau occupied by Ryu Jin-ju.

The head of the corruption bureau leaves, Ryu Jin-joo, who took over, starts a fight with Velvet Academy, and various incidents continue.

However, thanks to the quick response of Instructor Baek Seol-hee and the seniors of the Mine Slaughter Squad, the replacement of the management director became an unprecedented event.

The Hunter Management Bureau was currently strengthening its internal stability rather than focusing on the outside.

Because of this, the early part of the story was skipped entirely!

And that time could completely lead to training.

‘If you look at the mid-level evaluation, it’s the story right after the Hunter Management Bureau story.’

Certainly, if there was this magical power-boosting pill, it would be of great help in the mid-term evaluation.

‘Still, this magical power-increasing pill… …. It’s too much…… ?’

It is a precious commodity with extremely high odds even in gacha, but what would it be like in a world without gacha?

I don’t know, but it’s probably an elixir that even Baek Seol-hee has never tried.

You are willing to give this precious thing to me without eating it yourself?

Well, as a recipient, all you have to do is swallow it and keep your mouth shut.

Baek Seol-hee must have felt that thought on my face as she spoke in a calm voice.

“This is originally yours. “I received it from the debt you owed to Kim Ji-won.”

Ah. Hunter Management Director now?

‘I forgot about that.’

Honestly, I personally took on debt at the time, but I didn’t really expect to get anything out of it.

‘He doesn’t even appear in the game, so how do you know?’

Still, since he was the head of the Hunter Management Bureau, I took it as a debt in case it would be of some help later.

As expected, the instructor has thoughts on everything, right?

“I said it was a gift, but now that I think about it, I wonder if it was a gift. I’m sorry, I abused your rights. I ended up using the rights you originally promised for later…….”

“Oh, no! “If you can receive something this precious, you should definitely receive it!”

I waved my hand hastily.

‘No, what is this teacher saying now?’

If you can get the magical power-boosting pill with that personal debt, it’s a long-term business. No, it should be seen that the business board was just thrown over.

She didn’t even know she had these pills, but if I had gone and asked for them, would Jiwon Kim have obediently given them to me?

I can assure you that this is absolutely not the case.

I gave it to him obediently because he was as good as instructor Baek Seol-hee.

Director Lina also looks at the instructor’s opinion, but the Hunter Management Director doesn’t give in and is disrespectful?

Everyone is equal before the sword of the Butcher Madwoman.

‘Probably right now, Director, you’re shedding bloody tears.’

I thought of Kim Ji-won, who was robbed of this precious treasure, and expressed my deepest apologies. I won’t give it back though.

At the same time, his eyes sparkled with respect for Baek Seol-hee.

“Well, I’m glad you said that.”

Baek Seol-hee slightly avoided her gaze as if she was embarrassed and held out her blue pill to me.

“Sit cross-legged and take the herbal medicine.”

“Yes!”

I sat cross-legged with her and put the blue ring she gave me into her mouth.

A sweet medicine that melts as soon as it touches the tip of the tongue.

A clear sensation filled my mouth.

* * *

Behind the scenes.

The day before,

Velvet Hunter Academy Director’s Office.

“…… There is a mid-term evaluation this time, so I am worried about Jin Yu-ha. So, you came to visit me?”

Nod.

Baek Seol-hee nodded with her calm face.

Director Lina opened her mouth with a look on her face as if she didn’t know what to do with this student’s arms hanging out.

‘She’s worried about that kid, so she wants to give him something…… ?’

It was a ridiculous thing.

What is Jin Yu-ha doing?!

He was a first-year cadet who entered under the male quota system and was the type of person who got into all kinds of trouble.

He suddenly jumped out and won the entrance sparring match, and then incorporated Shin Se-hee and Kang Do-hee, who were cadets of interest, into his party. And then he took care of the mutated demons at the academy and even defeated the instructor!

Every time you encounter yourself, you even have those irreverent eyes that look closely to see if there is anything to eat!

He was still good in Chairman Rina’s eyes.

The scene where Baek Seol-hee and Jin Yu-ha cut each other with a fierce and murderous spirit.

‘That monster.’

Chairman Rina, who was praised as a magician to begin with, would be second to none in terms of talent. Few cadets received this kind of evaluation from her.

‘But who are you worried about?’

As I watched Baek Seol-hee treat that monster child like he was a delicate and weak child, I felt sick to my stomach.

She couldn’t help but worry about the other cadets who were taking the exam with him!

Lina pressed her eyebrows.

“…… Seolhee, I know you care about that child, but this is beyond your rights.”

“Monthly ticket?”

Baek Seol-hee tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

“Yes, you are saying that you are going to give preferential treatment to one cadet during the mid-term evaluation! “Even if I, the president of the Academy, gave it to you, how would the world view it?”

“I understand that Velvet Academy’s principle is to support and push people with outstanding potential. Rather, the world will praise us for producing outstanding cadets.”

Softly ─

Lina bit her lip tightly.

If you can’t even speak!

She felt sick to her stomach when she saw this guy, who had always been very consistent and had a noble attitude as if he had no interest in his students, reciting things he never said before.

“No! And no matter how rough a place you take him, he will eat well and live well on his own, so there is no need to worry!”

Baek Seol-hee frowned at Chairman Lina’s fierce rejection.

‘If the chairman doesn’t do it…….’

The next place we visited was the Hunter Management Bureau.

“What? What nonsense is that? “Give me the elixir.”

Hunter Management Director Kim Ji-won was busy working when he looked at the robber, or rather Baek Seol-hee, who suddenly came by and had the same expression on his face as Chairman Rina.

“The director has a personal debt to Jin Yu-ha.”

“…… Uh. Well, that’s right.”

“But considering the situation at the time, I didn’t ask for it.”

At that time, even though she owed Kim Ji-won a personal debt, Jin Yu-ha did not ask for anything in particular.

Baek Seol-hee thought that he was considerate of Kim Ji-won, who was trying to clean up the Hunter Management Bureau that had become a mess.

It is only natural that he is a good disciple who is always full of respect and seems to only live at a loss.

I didn’t like it.

“My disciple was considerate of you. I guess they wanted to wait until you strengthened your inner strength and took control of the Hunter Management Bureau. However, even though it has been sorted out to some extent, you haven’t contacted me once.”

Baek Seol-hee spoke in a cold voice.

Yes, these selfish hunters were all like this.

Kim Ji-won responded in a croaking voice to the words that directly hit the painful spot.

“…… W, is it okay if it’s an elixir?”

“Yes, an elixir that increases magical power. To S-class.”

“Magic power!? Eh, S-level?”

Kim Ji-won opened her mouth with an absurd expression.

S class magic elixir…… !

Are you saying this without knowing what kind of value it has?

No matter how much he owes Jin Yuha!!!

“I know you have it.”

Baek Seol-hee, as the leader of the Demon Slaughter Corps, had branches spanning a fairly wide area.

Among them, there was information about the elixir that Kim Ji-won had obtained a long time ago.

“So, it would be better to let it out quietly. If you plan to wash your mouth after receiving the favor of my disciple…”

Sereung-

Baek Seol-hee glared at Kim Ji-won and pulled out her sword.

Kim Ji-won’s complexion turned pale.