Chapter 35 – 05. Leisurely Training Camp Life

“Shit, I’m bored.”

After sending Shumira away, Siwoo finished showering and tidying up the bedding and sat down in front of the desk.

There is also a public bath in the building, but each room also has a small bathroom.

The bath was lightly finished there, and all you had to do was collect bedding and clothes that needed washing and give them to the staff. The staff blushed and had a little bit of anticipation at the sign that they had already started playing after a week, but it didn’t catch Siwoo’s eyes.

‘It’s not like there aren’t any women, so if I eat anything, I’ll get sick.’

In that sense, Shumi-ra was just the right opponent.

I didn’t mean to say that if she gets pregnant, she’s responsible.

“There’s still some time until dinner… Shall we go for a walk?”

Seeu was awful.

I don’t have a single male friend to hang out with.

The reason was for both sides.

They also were wary of Siwoo and rejected him, and Siwoo also kept away from them.

The former was not simply due to timing. It was also to prevent Siwoo from coming to or exerting influence on the country they belong to, and to prevent taking out talented people who would become high-ranking members.

Of course, it was also true that jealousy played a significant role.

Among the men, there were also those who approached Siu, but Siu pushed them away. Most of them were incompetent servants who had a lot of impure intentions to pick up and eat the beans that would fall from his side. He sees no reason to be friendly with men, although he may come out of pure goodwill.

‘Because I don’t like all of them.’

Within a week, Siwoo was completely isolated among men.

Anyway, there was no close motive in the first round, so there was no regret left.

And he was not far from his classmates in the 98th.

“Ah, it’s cold.”

“Siwoo, hello!”

“Are you going for a walk?”

The three women who were chatting together in one corner of the garden found Siu and started talking to him.

“Uh. I came out to get some fresh air after doing some exercise.”

He was also delighted and approached them in a friendly way.

“Siwoo likes to exercise a lot.”

“Sure. Well, so…”

One of them scanned Siu’s body and made a strange expression.

“Ooh, hey!”

While the two of them laughed at their friend’s eyes, the woman who was scanning his body said.

“If you’re bored, even meet other guys.”

“I have no friends.”

“It’s your fault. And you play well with girls.”

“Right. Just like us.”

Siu just smiled without answering.

As they said, he was not friendly with men and only chatted lightly, while maintaining a fairly friendly relationship with women. He wasn’t friendly with all the girls, but more than half of them were good enough to share a trivial joke with.

“Ah, seeing you guys, I thought of you. Have you seen Baek Hye-yeon?”

“Baek Hye-yeon? Why is he looking at us?”

“That’s right. We’re not very close.”

“That’s right, I thought pretty kids would know about pretty kids.”

Siwoo shrugs his shoulders and speaks.

Even if it was a joke, it was a pleasant joke, so the girls also laughed it off.

“I mean. It’s Baek Hye-yeon. Well, she’s always at the gymnasium.”

“Really? Thank you. See you later.”

“Bye!”

Siwoo lightly waved her hand to greet her and headed toward the gymnasium.

She was, as expected, the number one female candidate for the single-minded swordsman. Even on weekends, she is practicing her sword at the gymnasium.

Moreover, the training center was still only providing theoretical education. For a week, they learned from several instructors the background of the war he had heard in Palania, outlines of mythology, and other common sense of the world.

‘I’m sure he said he brought the sword he picked directly from the kingdom he belongs to.’

She was a great woman in many ways.

We passed the garden where various flowers and grasses were growing and headed to the gymnasium.

There were quite a few candidates in the garden besides the group he had just met. Because it was the first week, they couldn’t leave the training camp, and it was because the area they could go to was limited, and this garden was at the center of the area they could go to.

I approached the gymnasium as I lightly shook her hand to say hello to Sai, regardless of gender.

‘Here.’

Hung! Hung!

I searched the gymnasium and couldn’t find anything. He was able to determine Baek Hye-yeon’s location just by the sound from one corner.

A woman with black hair, covered in sweat, and a ponytail was brandishing a sword. She was a disciplined and fierce swordsman-in-law far beyond the level of a beginner.

His swordsmanship was enough to impress even Siwoo, who had experience in the first playthrough.

‘I didn’t see it at the end of the first playthrough, but it’s still like this, how strong was it back then?’

He stayed in the Kingdom of Palania and repeated training and missions, so even though he heard rumors and information, there were quite a few cases where he didn’t see it himself. Except for the last war, the last time I saw Baek Hye-yeon’s face was in my 5th year.

“…”

Siwoo stared blankly at her at her sudden flash of memories from her past and her astonishing protest displayed by Hyeyeon Baek.

After her swordsmanship, which had been unfolding like that, was over, she came to Siu to wipe her sweat.

“You’re staring at me too blatantly.”

“Ah… I’m sorry. It was so amazing that I was just staring at it. Was it rude?”

Baek Hye-yeon shook her head at Si-woo’s polite attitude.

“No. Rather, I’d appreciate it if you said that.”

She calmly accepted Siu’s words.

If Siwoo’s reviews were consistently bad among men, the reviews among women were divided in many ways. However, because of her personality, she doesn’t believe in things she hasn’t seen herself, so she treats Siu casually.

Seeing that the atmosphere wasn’t too bad, Siwoo thought this was it. Until now, even if he tried to approach Baek Hye-yeon, he did not have the right opportunity. Baek Hye-yeon was not the kind of person who made friends with her, and her single-minded general aspect was strong, so it was difficult for her to approach her carelessly.

‘Now is my chance.’

“Did you learn it in the Black Earth? I don’t think it’s kendo.”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s a swordsmanship passed down from my mother’s family.”

When Siwoo became interested, Hyeyeon Baek also told her story without hiding it.

It was a very unusual case.

However, he said that it was not registered as an intangible cultural property or anywhere else. It’s not like there’s a discipline like one-person combat, but it’s just that few people learn it, so it’s a swordsmanship that’s no different from one-person combat. We are lucky that it has continued to the present day.

“Of course, some of the inspections were actually conducted… But somehow I wonder if it can be restored here.”

Hyeyeon said that and showed her soft smile.

Seeing her happy look reminded her of another mystery about her other world.

It was a question that I sometimes felt not only in this reverse world, but also in the first playthrough.

Why do all the candidates who are summoned to this world have little attachment to their hometown?

Even Siwoo was brought to this world as soon as he was discharged from the army, but he had no desire to return to Earth anyway. Rather than asking the goddess to send him back after the war, he just wanted to eat well and live well wherever he was.

‘Did they deliberately select only those people?’

It seemed like a good idea.

All of the female candidates showed their talents in either direction, and the male candidates also had problems with magic, but as men, they were all good enough. It would make sense if Goddess set standards in the process of selecting candidates.

“Han Si-woo… Is that right?”

“Yes, that is Baek Hye-yeon.”

“Yes.”

Both are famous, so even if you’re not interested, you can’t help but know their names.

Siwoo was male and Hyeyeon ranked first among female students. It’s only been a week, but the two of them had a unique aspect in their life at the training center.

“Will Siwoo stay here?”

“How about Hyeyeon?”

“I want to train again.”

She even made a statement, but Hyeyeon did not pay much attention to Siu. She had a strong feeling that she answered the story about swordsmanship because she just asked.

Wanting to interest her, he said to Hyeyeon, who turned her back halfway.

“Then can I ask for one sparring?”

Stop.

“Dalian…?”

There was a slight displeasure on her face as she turned her head and looked at Siu.

She didn’t ask me to teach her swords, she asked me to practice sparring. Her ego was huge as she had devoted her whole life to a single sword. However, since a man who must have never learned martial arts, let alone black, was speaking whenever he could afford it, I felt bad.

“I’m asking just in case… You’re not ignoring the sword, right?”

“No way. I’m a little bit, but I’m a person who has handled a sword. Even so, Hyeyeon-ssi will be far short of it.”

“…”

Hye-yeon glances at Si-woo with a cold gaze.

I definitely felt like I learned the sword from her posture and gestures. However, there were no calluses on her hands, and even the peeping muscles were developed through exercise rather than swords. Her assessment was that she was at a level that was just beyond the beginner level.

‘I was trying not to look bad, but this guy…’

Hyeyeon also knows the evaluation Siwoo is receiving in this world.

Even in the nearly 50-year history of summoning heroes, a man called hope with the greatest talent ever. Because the results of the physical examination have been made public, some of the candidates are also aware of it. Rumors spread quickly, and Hyeyeon, who had no friends, also heard about him.

‘So you’re conceited? Anything can be done here? … No, let’s not be careless. Hyeyeon Baek. You don’t know yet.’

“Okay. Sparring.”

The battle of the No. 1 players unfolded in a chilly atmosphere.

Siwoo followed Hyeyeon and grabbed a wooden sword lying in the corner of the gymnasium. He held the sword until he was about to die in the first episode, so it wasn’t a long time since he held it, but somehow it felt awkward.

‘I don’t know if my body will support me. After 10 years of training, how much will Baek Hye-yeon eat now?’

Simply put, he is pushed back by time. Baek Hye-yeon said she had held a sword since she was very young. When she hears about her past, she looks more like a Moorim person or from a fantasy world than a modern person on Earth.

However, Siwoo had the experience of fighting strong fighters repeatedly in real battles.

“Let’s get started. …Sweet!”

Baek Hye-yeon’s wooden sword stabbed as soon as she finished speaking.

Her sword had no mercy.

In my heart, I told myself not to be vigilant, but deep down, anger was still brewing. Her thoughts of hurting a man who thought lightly of a sword were expressed as they were, and she stabbed him.

Right!

“…!!”

Although the attack was carried out with a trick of surprise, Siwoo lightly swung his sword in place to block the attack.

It wasn’t easy to stop it, but it was inevitable that embarrassment appeared on Hyeyeon’s expression.

“You’re really strong!”

Siu pushed her with all her strength and swung her sword one after another.

Right! Right! Right!

It was not a link to press the opponent or prepare for a follow-up.

Siu crushed her with all her strength each time she swung her sword. It’s not the style he’s been learning, but when he sees Hye-yeon attacking her, he comes to terms with her sense of self-righteousness. She told her to beat her no matter what.

Just-!

“Ugh…!”

Hyeyeon had to pay the price for her carelessness and conceit.

A bang that uses the superiority of muscle mass and physique. I would try to block it up to two or three times, but it was too difficult to block more than that. It was difficult to use her boasted swordsmanship properly due to her strong muscular strength and her push from close range.

‘Unbelievable… !’