Chapter 3
Firebat. Firebat.
Literally, her weapon was a firebat. Though I don't know what restrictions she has, she only uses a bat as her weapon.
She's strong alright. There are probably few people in the world who could beat that firebat in close combat.
She's also the woman who tormented Eun-ha almost daily while claiming she was teaching her.
Hmm, it wouldn't be bad to show her what I'm capable of.
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Hanseong Academy
Hanseong Academy was South Korea's first Hunter education institution established after Gates started appearing.
Students attend regular schools through middle school with the same education as before the Gates, then in high school they split between regular schools and Hunter Academies.
Among them, Hanseong Academy was the most prestigious Hunter Academy that produced the most talent, requiring either a recommendation letter or entrance exam to get in.
On my way to the academy, various comments grated on my ears.
"Holy shit, the girls at Hanseong Academy are fucking hot."
"Damn, look at that white hair. She's gorgeous."
The leering gazes are quite unpleasant.
I believe it's Class 1-A.
When I found and entered the classroom, many students had already claimed their seats.
Whether they were already forming cliques or what, the children of famous Guild executives were huddled together, and the elites who just got in were also grouped up.
When I opened the door and entered, attention briefly focused on me.
Interested gazes from one side. Envious gazes from another, and leering gazes from yet another.
So these are the kinds of looks I get.
I suppose they have expectations since I'm the sister of a Divine Sword user. Some of these aspiring Hunter hopefuls probably have high hopes.
"That white hair must be from awakening, right?"
"When a Korean has unusual colored hair, that's usually the case."
Surprisingly, it seemed Yoo Eun-ha was quite anticipated.
Finding the attention uncomfortable, I tapped on my Magic Gear.
Indeed, the new generation entering Hanseong Academy this year was receiving quite high expectations. Especially Choi Si-woo who awakened the Divine Sword - his information was up there with even a brief photo.
"Huh? Wait a second."
Gray hair and without question, one or two glances would tell you "Ah, this bastard is a harem protagonist" - a pretty boy with an overflowing sense of justice.
Well, what more needs to be said.
Let me explain briefly.
Choi Si-woo is the protagonist of this work.
And I'm supposed to be one of his heroines.
But glancing at that face, I have just one thought.
'Ah, I want to punch him.'
But whatever. He can live his life and I'll live mine.
He may be the protagonist, but there's no law saying I can't get stronger too. Whether that guy fucks around with multiple women somewhere is none of my business.
Come to think of it, true to being a harem protagonist, he's quite dense.
Regardless, the students are keeping quite a distance from me, like there's some barrier.
I like receiving envious gazes, but being treated like this is annoying.
"Hmm?"
For just a moment, my eyes met with that protagonist Choi Si-woo.
He stared at my eyes for a bit then started walking towards me.
In an instant, the noisy classroom went quiet.
"The Divine Sword went to the Divine Sword's sister!"
"Are they already connecting or something?"
The pretty boy with his unnecessarily good looks came up to me and smiled brightly.
What's with this guy, suddenly creating gossip out of nowhere?
"Hi, my name is Choi Si-woo. You're the Divine Sword's younger sister, right?"
Look at this social butterfly's friendliness.
"I'm Yoo Eun-ha. Nice to meet you."
"You know, I really admire Hunter Jin-seok, the North Star of the Hunter world!"
"Oh really? Oppa is pretty amazing. But you awakened the Divine Sword too. You'll probably become even greater than him."
To think the day would come when I'd call a man "oppa" with my own mouth. This is the worst.
But strangely, it rolled off my tongue naturally.
So yeah. Even while feeling it's the worst, that kind of honorific comes out naturally.
It's not bad. Humans are creatures that adapt to their environment. I can't call him "hyung."
I'd be called a crazy bitch if I claimed I was a man.
"No no, just having the Divine Sword doesn't make me that great."
That's when I felt another presence.
"No. The Divine Sword means Si-woo-gun was personally chosen by the Constellation, but Miss Yoo Eun-ha is different."
Something annoying got caught.
"What do you mean?"
"Excuse me. My name is Reina. I'm a second generation from the Otherworld. Your brother Yoo Jin-seok may be a Divine Sword user, but that doesn't mean you are one too, Miss Yoo Eun-ha."
Reina. A second generation Other Worlder who flowed in during the Great Cataclysm.
Her flowing golden hair is lovely.
One of Choi Si-woo's heroines who, unlike me, doesn't die.
A woman interested in Choi Si-woo from the start. More precisely, she's interested in his Divine Sword awakening.
And someone who believes such people should rightfully be elevated. Despite living on Earth herself, she looks down on regular humans.
She's annoying but watching someone like her get reformed would be quite entertaining.
But why is she trying to get tangled up with me?
Si-woo is already problematic enough, but if Reina gets involved too the original work will be ruined.
"Yeah. And?"
"So there's a difference in class between you and Si-woo-gun who awakened the Divine Sword. How dare you try wagging your tail at him already?"
Wagging my tail in this form?
I may have become Eun-ha but my mind hasn't become female.
I like women's holes, not men's penises.
Even now, once I get used to this female body, maybe I can have love between women.
No, I guess holes still need penises stuck in them?
No. No matter what, putting that inside is a bit...
...Maybe a dildo would be okay?
Well, let me deal with this uptight woman first.
"Si-woo was the one who wanted to be friends?"
"That's right. Reina was it? Who I become friends with is my choice. You could be my friend too."
This is truly that insider-type hot-blooded boy Choi Si-woo.
Already trying to win over Reina.
I absolutely must not get close to these two. I need to live as Eun-ha in my own way. Or is this crazy Si-woo seeing me as a heroine?
Well, I am beautiful enough to surpass even Reina the Other Worlder.
Still, Si-woo probably isn't that kind of person. He's just a regular harem protagonist, not a sex maniac like Geum Tae-yang who enjoys stealing taken women.
Though there's the very contradictory situation of me being here, Si-woo's lines weren't too out of control.
Originally Reina approaches first, then Si-woo asks to be friends creating a strange relationship where Reina develops feelings while seeing him as a rival which later turns to love.
-Reina? I'm Choi Si-woo. Let's be friends.
Si-woo only had the Constellation's Divine Sword awakening so he needed connections. The Constellation helped guide him that way too.
Now then, what will your next lines be?
"Hmph, fine. I'll specially allow myself to be friends with you two."
"I'm glad to be friends with both of you too. Looking forward to it!"
?
Why are these two so friendly? You two should play by yourselves, why are you naturally trying to include me in your group?
In the original work, I had so little presence that besides rumors at the academy, I didn't become close with Si-woo here at the start.
Around when the two main characters were chattering on either side of me.
The front door of the classroom opened and a woman in a tracksuit with a red ponytail strode in confidently.
She looked to be in her 20s and in one hand was a baseball bat. Hmm, I could tell who she was.
"Oh, everyone's gathered well!"
Firebat Kim Ji-hye. An A-Rank Hunter belonging to the Sacred Covenant Guild who now works as an instructor at Hanseong Academy, laughed heartily.
"Students! I sincerely congratulate you on making it to Hanseong Academy! Hmm, I see some familiar faces. My name is Kim Ji-hye! I'm an A-Rank Hunter and homeroom teacher for Class 1-A! Nice to meet you all!"
Her bright smile as she burst in and introduced herself was the same in both the previous work and now. Indeed the main heroine of the previous work.
Looking at this, it seems Jin-seok didn't take the Ji-hye route in this work.
While I was quietly observing, Ji-hye noticed my gaze and looked at me.
"Now then, since it's the first day let's do self-introductions! You there with the white hair! Introduce yourself and tell us about your innate ability!"
Self-introduction? Starting with me?
Ah, fine I'll do it. I am the Original Destroyer after all.
"My name is Yoo Eun-ha. My hobby is reading, and my innate ability is acceleration. I don't particularly like or dislike anything."
"Huh?"
Ji-hye's face briefly looked like a pigeon that got punched after my introduction.
In the original work, Eun-ha didn't talk about her ability.
So she was subjected to all kinds of slander from the academy students questioning if she was really the Divine Sword's sister.
Moreover, acceleration was Jin-seok's ability.
Honestly they're all potential rivals. In this situation, unless you're famous like Si-woo, there's no need to introduce your ability.
But I have 3 abilities. What difference does it make if I reveal 1 of them.
"Don't be ridiculous. Just because your brother has acceleration you think you have it too? I remember what a mess you were in middle school?"
Not all the gazes are friendly huh.
Seems there's a friend from when Eun-ha attended regular school.
Back then Eun-ha was really quiet and timid. It was a time when she grew her hair out really messily.
And with her shut-in awakening at home she gave her brother Jin-seok quite the headache. But what can you do when the contents are different now.
"Why would I lie when there's going to be an ability test anyway?"
When I casually shot back, the short-haired girl who was trying to mock me turned red, seemingly unable to think of a retort.
But who is she? I don't remember her in Eun-ha's memories.
Glancing at Ji-hye, I heard her sigh.
Who told you to start with me?
"Since it's the first day we'll just do the ability test and end there. Now, to the testing grounds!"
Testing grounds, good.
"Hey, I told you to come to the academy but why are you lying like this?"
On the way, those words came from Ji-hye's mouth.
"It's not a lie. You'll see."
Under continued suspicious gazes, I headed to the testing grounds.
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"Now, there will be wooden dolls in front of you. Use all your abilities and magic power to take them down."
The academy's education system hasn't particularly changed from the original work.
The human-sized wooden dolls in front of us. These regenerate no matter how many times you destroy them.
They count how many you destroy until you run out of mana. The instructor judges the students' mana capacity, abilities, and combat power from that and adjusts training methods accordingly.
This works out well. I wonder how many I can cut down in Eun-ha's current body?
Glancing at the other students, they're just mindlessly attacking.
Since Eun-ha's body is female, even though we're siblings her physical abilities must be lower than Jin-seok's. But Firebat clearly said to use both abilities and magic power, so it's not impossible.
I release the magic power within my body.
"Oh. That kid. To control magic power to that extent?"
Hearing Firebat's voice, I charged at the wooden doll.
My innate ability is
Right. Since this will be my main ability going forward, I should organize it once more.
Literally applying acceleration to any concept. If I use parallel circuits on top of that, the effect is multiplied.
What would happen if I push it to the limit?
I gripped a small dagger.
Since I'm physically weak right now, to destroy as many wooden dolls as possible I need a light weapon and to finish each in one strike.
For several days I've been training brain play using parallel circuits.
Of course, I kept it at just the right level to prevent my brain from nearly exploding like last time, without placing restrictions.
In that state I applied parallel circuits to my whole body.
As my head goes weird again, text appears.
[The world has become meaninglessly slow. Only I move and only the wooden doll before me shows presence.]
[I raised the dagger and instantly destroyed the wooden doll's core.]
Crack!
[How much time has passed?]
[It feels like an eternity has passed from my perspective.]
[These crazy wooden dolls keep getting up no matter how many times I destroy them, and over countless stretches of time my body's magic power is draining.]
[The magic circuits created using parallel circuits were starting to bottom out.]
[When will this end?]
"Student Yoo Eun-ha! Stop!"
!!
When I released my ability, intense fatigue hit and my vision blurred.
"Ah, yes."
The other students had already finished and were watching from a distance.
"You, having this kind of talent yet... you're beyond your brother. Look at the score board."
I was shocked seeing the rankings on the display board.
Yoo Eun-ha - 9999
Reina - 1459
Choi Si-woo - 1124
Park Ji-soo - 1114
Han Soo-ji - 1057
Seems I overdid it quite a bit. But.
"Only 9999 hits?"
It felt like I stabbed way more than that.
"That's because 9999 is the maximum display."
"Oh really? That's too bad."
When I clicked my tongue in disappointment, Firebat Ji-hye made an uneasy expression.
By the way, it's getting darker.
Ah, is this the side effect of parallel circuits? Acceleration alone puts tremendous strain on the body. Adding parallel circuits on top makes it maddening.
I need to get home quickly.
"Instructor. We're done for today right?"
"Oh, y-yeah."
Ignoring Si-woo and Reina calling from behind, I sprinted home at full speed.
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