Genius Swordsman In Reverse Game

'How could you say such things… how nervous and scared I was…! Legal interest rate, sub-party, and calling me Miss Yoo-ri… how could you…!'

When Jin Yuha revealed that he had been lying, Yoo-ri bit her lip. Her face turned red, and her body trembled.

"How could you…! How could you not know how I felt… how much…!"

She was so angry and betrayed that she couldn't even speak properly. However, Jin Yuha simply glared at her with a sullen expression.

"And you."

"······What?"

"I'm even more angry and hurt by what you said. That's why I did it."

"What do you mean, why are you angry now…?"

Jin Yuha sighed deeply.

Yoo-ri's eyes widened in surprise, and she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Clearly, when a man says, 'You don't know why I'm angry?' it means the woman has done something terribly wrong, as she had read somewhere before.

'How… how am I in the wrong here? It was you, Jin Yuha, who lied!'

Nevertheless, she had to ask why he was angry.

"······What… why are you angry?"

Yoo-ri asked, slightly cowering.

"Haa, look at you. You don't even know what you did wrong, only caring about your own feelings."

"I'm, I'm sorry…"

Even though it was Jin Yuha who should have been apologizing, Yoo-ri ended up apologizing first, unable to withstand his intense gaze.

But the conversation didn't end there.

"What are you sorry for?"

"That, everything…"

If Jin Yuha had been an ordinary man, he would have started a second round of arguing, saying something like, 'How can you apologize when you don't even know what you did wrong?' Fortunately, Jin Yuha was a man from a world with opposite common sense.

He stared at Yoo-ri for a moment, then opened his mouth as if he couldn't help it.

"What? Leave without a word? Alone and quietly? Because you failed the test? That you're not qualified to be a tank? And what else… a debtor-creditor relationship? I'm speechless. How can you say such things and then act so shamelessly?"

"No, I was serious…"

"That makes it even worse. You made all the decisions on your own, without considering my feelings at all."

Yoo-ri was at a loss for words. She had genuinely wanted to leave for the team's sake and had even gone as far as to put her plan into action. Jin Yuha had guessed her intentions, but she hadn't considered how he would feel.

"Do you really think I would kick you out just because you failed a single test?"

Yoo-ri could only bite her lip and repeat the same words in response to Jin Yuha's rebuke.

"······No, I know that's not it. So…"

Grip─

"Kya─!"

Jin Yuha pinched Yoo-ri's cheek, which was tucked down, and pulled it up.

"If you fail a test, you can always retake it."

His tone was firm and unwavering, his belief unshakable.

Yes, this was it. This was why she had staked her faith in the shield.

"I've always said this. I've never even considered another tank besides you. How dare you say such a thing?"

Jin Yuha stared intently into Yoo-ri's eyes.

"So, don't ever say such ridiculous things again. I will never let you go."

Yoo-ri swallowed hard and averted her gaze, feeling ashamed.

'How can he say such things without changing his expression at all…?'

By this point, the anger she had felt earlier had completely dissipated. In its place were feelings of apology, gratitude, and embarrassment.

The fact that her lips were twitching with suppressed smiles, despite being scolded, was just a bonus.

"Yes…"

Yoo-ri nodded slightly, her cheek still held in Jin Yuha's grasp.

"······Are you done now?"

At that moment, a bored voice sounded from the front.

Jammin, with her chin resting on her arm, looked annoyed.

It was Lina, the Chairman.

"······It's none of my business whether you two are playing love games or not, but… I don't understand why you had to come all the way here to do this."

"Lo, love games! That's not it at all!!!"

Yoo-ri hurriedly moved away from Jin Yuha.

"······I'm jealous. My cheek too."

Ichika covered her mouth with her finger and spoke softly.

....

'Phew, that's enough for Soup now.'

At first, I had wanted to tease her a bit because I was annoyed, but her reactions were so funny that I ended up going too far.

'Hmm, the "Do you know why I'm angry?" tactic works in any world, even with reversed gender roles. Lucky me.'

'Now, it's time to get to the main point.'

I opened my mouth to address Jammin, who was sitting in front of me with a sullen expression.

"Ah, before we go on the U.S. monster-hunting mission, we came here to receive Ichika's subspace tattoo and a new shield for our tank, whose shield was destroyed during training."

A clear and concise request.

Lina's mouth hung open, her expression clearly conveying her bewilderment, though she didn't say it aloud.

Crack─

Lina turned her head to the side.

"······Did you ask for it?"

"What?"

"Did you ask for it?"

'Huh, is she already out of her high?'

Given her dislike of debt, I had thought I could get a few more uses out of the debt she owed me from the mid-term evaluation. Perhaps the house he received last time was more expensive than I thought.

'Hmm, this is troublesome…'

There was no comparison between the dimensional pocket tattoos I received from Chairman Lina and the ones available in the stores, in terms of performance and stability. Now that Yoo-ri has become a four-star, a store-bought shield wouldn't be good enough for her either.

'Hmm, what should I do now… should I go farming for materials, find a dimensional pocket maker and a blacksmith, and have them make it myself…?'

Of course, I could get it done through Shin Se-hee, but I wasn't too keen on that idea. After all, why would I give up on a short-legged golden goblin sitting on a mountain of treasure?

'Is there any other way…?'

Just then,

Whoosh─

A window suddenly opened, and a woman appeared like the wind.

Tap.

A black-haired woman with a calm expression quietly stepped inside.

My master.

Baek Seol-hee.

"What are you doing here, disciple?"

She asked me with an icy cold expression.

"What?"

Startled, I stood up.

"Seol-hee! Where have you been all this time! For a whole week, without any contact! Where have you been and what have you been doing…!"

"I asked what you were doing here."

Chairman Lina stood up and shouted, but Master Seol-hee ignored her, asking the same question again.

"Ah, this is about the new subspace tattoo we have to receive for our new recruit, and the shield for our tank, which was destroyed during training…"

Zzzzzt─

Only then did Seol-hee glare at Chairman Lina with a terrifying expression.

"Yo, you're so despicable… to fill up his affinity like that… again."

"Ho, what do you mean by affinity…!"

"Every time, you lure my disciple with material things to increase his abilities, and then you pretend not to know anything. I'm really sick of it now."

"How… how dare you come here and do what…!"

As Lina spoke, her pupils suddenly dilated. And then, suddenly, a voice spoke inside my head.

─ Jin Yuha, just answer in your mind. It's an urgent matter, so I'm using mind-reading magic.

'Huh, Chairman Lina…?'

─ Where did you get that artifact you got this time! Who did you get it from!

'From an incubus's apostle, didn't I?'

I didn't know why she was asking, but I answered honestly.

─ Good heavens…

Lina closed her eyes tightly, lifting her gaze to the sky. And then, a shrunken voice spoke again.

─ …Jin Yuha, I'll grant your every wish, so… can you help me for a moment…?

'······Huh?'

I furrowed my brows.

'Isn't this an opportunity…?'

─ No! This is the end! The end, I say!

Ah, this golden Jammin, she's reading my mind right now, isn't she?

─ Golden Jammin!?

....

'So, Chairman Lina's ability increased by 7% because of my artifact, and now it's gone…?'

Is that possible? Isn't the maximum usually 5%?

'Hmm, well, it's not impossible. After all, it was a bug that caused the name to appear and disappear suddenly.'

Anyway, I understood the situation. And the method of persuasion was simple. All I had to do was show it to her.

"Master, I think there's been a misunderstanding."

"······Misunderstanding?"

Master furrowed her brows and asked again.

"Hmm, Chairman Lina? Can you use emotion magic?"

"That, that's right! Of course!"

"Then, please use it on this ring, so that everyone can see."

Whoosh─

Lina's magic settled on my finger.

A translucent window displaying the artifact's detailed information appeared before everyone.

"As you can see here, this ring can provide a 3-5% boost depending on affinity. And over here, you can see Chairman Lina's name in black, inactive, with 3% written next to it."

Master stared at the translucent window before her.

"Definitely… it's 3%. But why did the Chairman say it was 7%? Could it be that she's lying about the numbers…?"

"······Tha, that's…"

"It must be a glitch."

Lina tried to interject, but I beat her to it.

"······A glitch?"

"Yes, it was originally a 3% boost, and it's strange that it became inactive in the first place. The Chairman herself said that the enhanced power has now disappeared."

Lina nodded vigorously, holding out her hand to show that the ring was no longer there.

"That, that's right! The enhanced power has disappeared, too! And look, the ring isn't here either!"

As I watched her, I thought to myself,

'Is she really lying about the 7% and then trying to cover it up?'

I looked at Lina suspiciously, and she averted her gaze, glancing upwards.

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