Chapter 125 – New Classmates

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A few more days passed.
Today was the last day for Kim Yeon-woo to tutor me privately.

She was amazed at my growth.
He has to be like that, didn’t I become a B-class hunter in the middle?

Kim Yeon-woo, who never dreamed that my grade would rise, thought that she was quickly seeing the effects of her training.

Aside from her judgment, I was very nervous.
Today is her last day to be able to learn from her personally, as her ‘Sword Saint’ special ability has shown no signs of transferring to me.

I practiced more intensively today.

And the gear nose training was over.

“You worked hard all this time. I’m tired enough, how would you feel?”
“Thank you.”
“I have nothing to be so sorry for. Just because I quit the academy doesn’t mean we won’t see each other forever.”

Of course, it was regrettable to break up with Kim Yeon-woo, but what was more regrettable than that was that he did not have the special ability of ‘Sword Saint’.
If I miss this opportunity, when will I get another chance to have this ability?
Hunters with the ‘Sword Saint’ are extremely rare.

I asked her because I thought it was impossible.

“Could you look at my cut one last time?”
“Cut? Does it make sense to do it once?”
“There seems to be a difference between what the professor taught me and what I do habitually. I think the difference in sharpness comes from there.”
“Mmm.”

It was already lunch time, but Kim Yeon-woo showed a pleased expression to me, who showed enthusiasm.

“Yes, today is the first time I am teaching you at the academy. I’ll see you through to the end.”

Another hour passed like that.
I gradually thought that I would not be able to catch Kim Yeon-woo any more.

Should we really let her go like this without having her special ability of her ‘sword saint’?

It was then.
Unexpected power erupted from the cut that I thought was really the last.

Phuong!!-

Kim Yeon-woo, who saw it, also widened his eyes.

“Uh, you…”

This level of power could never come from a normal slash attack.
Even ‘sword skill’ is not enough.

If there was only one possibility, it was that too.

[You have acquired the special ability ‘Sword Saint’.]

“Ah…”
“Do you have the ‘swordsman’ ability?”
“Now… It seems to have happened.”
“What?”

Kim Yeon-woo already recognized it, so he couldn’t even smoke.
I said frankly.

“Nonsense. Did you just get the ‘sword saint’?”

Having been a hunter for 15 years, I was well aware of how bizarre this was.
Kim Yeon-woo couldn’t believe it even if he saw it with his own eyes.

“Do you want to try again?”

I was just about to try cutting again.
Because I was too ignorant when I just exploded my ability.
There was no time to feel the pleasure properly.

I got my posture right again.
All morning, plus an extra hour of practice, my body was exhausted.
I wanted to have a quick meal and rest.
But apart from that, a huge endorphin surge.

Acquisition of new abilities.
Growth.

It was what every Hunter longed for.
In addition, ‘Sword Saint’ was one of the first-handed abilities for hunters who use swords.
Even if you have this one, you can be treated as a first-class prosecutor.

I focused my mind on the blade.
In addition, a much stronger feeling of swordsmanship, which was different from usual, began to appear.

Boooung–

There was a cool breeze, and the black air that had formed was drawn as if it were about to explode.

Wooooong!!-

Twice in a row, he succeeded in slashing at a level that could not be used normally.
This definitely meant that I had the ability to be a ‘sword saint’.

“Oh my god…”

Kim Yeon-woo was shocked.

This made it no longer necessary to continue training.
I put the sword in my inventory and bowed my head sincerely to Kim Yeon-woo.

“Thank you! It’s all thanks to Professor!”
“Haha…”

Kim Yeon-woo shed a laugh that was absurd, and could sound a little disheartened if you heard it differently.

“You really… I don’t know what to say. I am laughing at all the professors at this academy. Putting a talented person like you in the C class and teaching the non-talented ones.”

The expression that they are children without talent is also a bit excessive.
What she wants to say must mean that she lacks talent compared to me.

“It’s an overstatement.”

Kim Yeon-woo held my hand.

“Don’t stop like this and practice. Don’t care if the academy recognizes it or not. If you do this, you will become a better hunter than any of the students here. I will vouch for it.”

She said and added with a smile.

“I plan to go out and create a guild. After you graduate, or even before that, if you have any ideas, come visit our guild. If I were you, I would leave at least one of the team leader positions vacant and wait.”
“Thank you for your words. We will consider it.”
“Haha! Yes yes.”

That’s how the week-long training I received from Kim Yeon-woo came to an end.
She left Gaon Academy, and I acquired the special ability, ‘Sword Saint’.

[‘Sword Master’ increases the power of all swordsmanship-related skills by 30% based on level 1.]
【If you have the ‘Swordsword’ skill, you get +20% more effect.]

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The next day, I went to the academy early.
Since Kim Yeon-woo had quit teaching, I was thinking of going back to my solo training routine from today.

I entered the classroom without much thought and was surprised to see a woman there.

“Ah!”

She looked at me and got up from her chair.

“Hi, are you also a student in this class?”
“Yeah, who are you?”
“Starting today, I was newly assigned to this class. My name is Kim Eana. I’m 20 years old, nice to meet you.”

Eana Kim reached out to me and asked for a handshake.
In her freeze, I shook her hand with her.

He had short hair, a small face, and a slim, elongated body.
He has a body type with no flab, but somehow it gives off a firm feeling, and you can tell that he is a type with good motor skills.

“I am Choi Seong-gyu. I am 20 too.”

In fact, it still felt shameless to introduce myself as a 20-year-old when I was 40 years old.

“What about the other children? Do you know when it’s coming? When does the lecture start?”

Eana Kim seemed to want to know a lot.
Perhaps, like me on the first day I came here, I was thrown into this classroom without any explanation.

In that sense, I couldn’t leave her alone.

“There is something you need to know.”
“Huh.”

I told her the truth of this academy of her active expression.
That the C class is practically an abandoned class.
There was a professor in charge, but he quit yesterday, and the fact that he doesn’t even know who the professor is next.

I didn’t say that the role of a donation student is just to pay money and get a diploma.
Even if that’s true, I’m going too far to say that.

“Oh yeah?”

Kim Eana made a very disappointed expression.

“I was expecting it. There was only one vacancy, so I quit my academy and came here…”

Since Park Da-in died, she had to quit, so it seemed that a new student came in to take her place.
That means Kim Eana is also a student who pays for donations.

It was natural.
As much as Da-in Park is missing, the money she gave from her house will have to be made up.

However, Eana Kim was different from the other students who belonged to this class so far.
Looking at the fact that she attended another academy before she came here, she was basically a child who was interested in developing her skills as a hunter.
It seems that she had a lot of expectations to come to Gaon, which is said to be the best in Korea, but she looked very disappointed to hear this from the first day.

“Sorry. I am equally disappointed. It’s not all bad though.”

I opened the locker myself and informed them of the basic provision of equipment and weapons, and that a training room with excellent facilities could be reserved and used using a tablet.

“The rice is also delicious.”

I added that to Kim as I remembered.

“Ah…”

However, it seemed that my words were not enough to satisfy Kim Eana’s regret.
After all, what is the reason for paying expensive money to come to the academy?
It could be simply because I needed that diploma, but basically it was to receive direct education from great professors.
Then you will be able to grow faster and more efficiently.

Leaving her downcast Ina Kim alone, I did what I had to do.
As usual, I tried to book a training room by operating the tablet.

Then she asked me as if she thought of Kim Eana.

“What about the other kids? Are you not coming at all?”
“No, there is a penalty for attendance, so come and check the attendance and go back.”

I really don’t know why they made this system.
It would be to at least have an assortment to be seen on the outside.

“Only attendance check…”

Kim Eana asked.

“What are you going to do? Are you going to train? Alone?”
“Yeah, always do that.”
“It’s a pity… I thought I knew a good boy after all. I have more questions…”

She seemed to want to talk more with me.
It seems that you have a desire to make friends at the new academy you entered.

I closed the locker and said.

“Do you want to go out together? There is a cafe with good coffee near here.”
“Ah! Really? Let’s go, let’s go!”

It is not a problem to miss a day of practice.
I thought that there must be a reason why I met Kim Eana here.