99 – No, why are you here again?
Hyunjin adjusted his clothes and waited for the match.
‘Hmm.’
It’s a little boring to wait quietly.
With that thought in mind, when others weren’t looking, I lightly swung my fist or moved my leg to kick the air, and the sound of cutting the wind sharply began to come out.
Obviously, the strength was no different from when he moved to the extent that he did not exert much force during the preliminaries for the prom, but his power far exceeded what Hyunjin had expected.
‘Kanade, what the hell did you make…… ?’
It was to the point where I thought that a tool like this would be able to block even a sword.
I don’t know if I haven’t tried it because I didn’t talk about that function.
Hyunjin calmly checked his body while waiting for the servant to come.
“Me, Hyunjin. The bracket is out, but…… “
The servant spoke to me in a polite tone.
“Let me guide you.”
“Yes.”
The servant turned around and guided Hyunjin to the place where the match table was located.
On the way, Hyunjin guessed the behavior of the servants.
‘The reason why I became polite all of a sudden is because I became Amelia’s knight…… Is it like that?’
Maybe that’s right.
Still, it can be interpreted as meaning that the rank is higher than that of ordinary users.
After thinking for a while, the bracket for Group D was decided.
‘Then, let’s try making it fancy.’
As long as I’m there, I’ll probably never be able to go up except for a few people in Group D.
***
The second preliminary round was based on the remaining 25 players.
The player with the highest number of retired participants in each group advances to the final round without a promotion match.
It was a format where 24 players in each group had to come up to play against each other in the round of 24.
‘Sorry.’
I wanted to write down the tools I had already received, when I could use them.
Through such thoughts, Hyunjin had an opportunity to face the promoted players of each group.
To be precise, it was a break room.
According to the guidance of the servant, when we arrived at the rest room provided for the upgraded people, three people came first and were waiting.
In the meantime, Hyunjin was taken aback when he saw a familiar face.
‘Kurenai Hotaru…… ?’
Hyunjin couldn’t erase her bewilderment, as she hadn’t expected to see her here all of a sudden.
A ponytail with reddish hair tied neatly. A woman who fits the words calm, quiet, and stillness.
Despite his young age, he is neat and noble. Even the energy that can’t hide the feeling of being a martial artist who walks the path of the sword.
‘Ah.’
Before the prom, Hyunjin recalled the words of a man called Daniel.
Asians, mysterious martial arts.
That makes it sound like she is using her as her servant, her successor to her late swordsman, Hongshinwolryu.
Wouldn’t Hotaru here be proof of that?
‘It will turn.’
I will win unscathed, I will show victory. She was so confident that she made her hate herself.
Hotaru’s strength was not a level of martial arts that would be covered in her love comedy.
‘She’s a setting that seems to have been twisted and turned into a battle water by the writers.’
Anyway, his strength is incomparable to that of Sojuro. She probably treats him like a joke on a regular basis, but Hotaru probably didn’t come here with such nonsense.
‘Above all, a junior character at the age of one year younger.’
Actually, Kentaro had said this before on social media.
I wrote a sentence full of dissatisfaction, “Thanks to excessive popularity, I was forced to select an additional heroine,” But deleted it not long after.
I was a fan who knew Kentaro’s dissatisfaction.
Hotaru was a character that came out according to the development the writer wanted to write. So he was the character I was looking at with great impression.
Seoljeong also said that he was chosen as one of the strongest people in the world, so from Hyunjin’s point of view, there was no choice but to be interested.
Because the strength you see in your work and the ability you see in real life are completely different.
‘Can I conquer it without getting hurt…… ?’
Hyunjin swallowed at the thought.
“Do you have any business?”
Hotaru, who was drinking tea with his eyes closed and quietly on his knees, opened his mouth to Hyunjin first.
Because he was not the kind of person who would not notice the stares pouring on him.
Hyunjin also thought that he would hide his gaze as much as possible, but it seemed that that did not work for a real master.
“No. I thought I saw it somewhere, but I guess I was mistaken.”
“I see.”
Hyunjin looked at the others with his eyes closed.
One was an Indian girl. If Chihiro, the heroine of the athletic world, was slightly burnt, she had the feeling that she was a real tanned beautiful girl.
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen it.’
I’m assuming it’s possible because Hotaru is familiar with it, but that person is someone I’ve never seen before.
Hyunjin couldn’t hide his embarrassment.
Perhaps the servant next to him noticed such a sign, he began to tell the other party’s information.
“Since you seem curious, let me tell you…… They are Morgiana Aisha from Group A, Hotaru Kurenai from Group B, and Lau Mortelgia from Group C.”
“I see. Thank you for the guidance.”
“Please take it easy, Knight Kim.”
At the servant’s words, Hyunjin felt strange.
Maybe it’s because the title of Knight Kim is familiar but doesn’t cling to him.
“Hey, nice to meet you.”
A man sitting in a seat in Group C waved his hand lightly at Hyunjin and said.
“Nice to meet you.”
Hyunjin also responded calmly, but the opponent didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.
Abruptly, Lau pulled out the sword from his waist and threw it at Hyunjin’s neck.
It must have been.
‘…… Hmm?’
There was a sense that Lau had been stabbed. That too, up to the edge of the throat.
“What are you doing?”
Lau hurriedly turned his head at the voice he heard next to him.
‘It was a simple greeting, but he was a talented person who exceeded expectations.’
Lau thought so and responded to Hyunjin’s words.
“Ahahahaha, sorry. I want to unintentionally check my skills.”
“If it were someone else, it might have left a big scar, but are you passing it off as sorry?”
“Lionheart knights are ferocious as expected. No, is it because you don’t even know where exactly you are from?”
When Lau spoke sarcastically, Hyunjin also responded lightly.
“If you hadn’t done that, you might have been just looking at meek.”
Muttering that, Hyunjin lightly kicked Lau’s shin at such a speed that the other person couldn’t even react.
“Ok!”
“I will not apologize either. It is self-defense.”
The servants of the Lionheart next to him didn’t stop much either.
“This, this guy…… !”
“Enough, that’s it. Mr Lau. Anything more than that will be considered a cancellation.”
“Sorry. To the extent that the finals are expected.”
Lau muttered and went back to his seat.
He pretended to be friendly, but after being hit by one, he suddenly became docile.
‘Perhaps it was precisely because of the servants’ restraint.’
In fact, didn’t Lau roll his tail and pull it back because of the servants?
Hotaru, who was across from him, was still sitting on his knees, drinking green tea leisurely, and an Indian girl, Morgiana Aisha, who was diagonally in the direction he was sitting, was staring at Hyunjin.
Even when he turned his head, innocent eyes flew towards Hyunjin.
‘It bothers me.’
Are they ignoring the contestants who will make it to the finals?
Hyunjin thought so and looked at the monitor in the center.
Each group had a tournament, but as soon as he saw them, Hyunjin couldn’t help but be disappointed.
‘No, they do that over there? Step on the footwork! Please! Pull back!’
Hyunjin’s heart is like a chimney wanting to leave a lesson right now.
Hyunjin began to feel anguish while watching the participants on the other side of the monitor, as if the racial trait of Koreans, who suddenly wanted to give advice even when playing games, had bloomed.
Most of them had no one to say, but I began to carefully remember the people who, unlike normal fights, were smashed in the first hit.
Really talented people.
A ball overflowing with people who would have thought that if Ryunosuke from the original story had appeared, he would not have been able to endure even a second and flew outside.
‘This is why the writer left out the Amelia ballroom episode and lamented it on social media.’
Hyunjin was finally able to understand the artist.
Maybe I put up with the thought that if I included the genre I wanted to include, the balance of the work might be destroyed.
‘Still, I still don’t understand the ending.’
It was only after some time had passed that I was able to cool down my anger a little. Even so, thinking about it still makes Hyunjin’s blood pressure rise.
“When do the finals start?”
When I asked the servant waiting next to her, she politely answered Hyunjin’s question.
“After the tournament, which is the 2nd qualifying round, is over and the remaining members are selected, then the final round begins.”
“It must be round of 52.”
“Yes.”
Hyunjin thought while nodding her head at the servant’s words.
The appearance of a large number of people she did not know, and the sudden appearance of people she knew.
From there, he had to aim for first place at the prom.
What we need to be wary of is Morgiana Aisha, an Indian girl whose skills are not yet known, and Kurenai Hotaru, a person she knows.
‘It will work somehow.’
At least, the advantage for Hyunjin is that, since he is in Group D, he can play later than his opponent.
Hyunjin judged that there was merit in that he would be able to grasp the opponent’s strength from such a thing.