Conquering the Broken Heroine?

Hero.
To Baek Da-eun, that child was a hero.
Both then and now.

It’s a critical situation.
No one is coming to help.

Even if they ignored it and pretended not to see, while there might be blatant criticism, it was a life-threatening crisis that would emotionally gain everyone’s sympathy.

Nevertheless.
That child saved Baek Da-eun twice.

[For an S-rank Awakener with such a busy schedule as myself to deal with an incompetent E-rank Awakener who can only summon a single hwando is the height of time-wasting!]

What had Baek Da-eun said to such a kind child?

[Even if you can’t bow your head and say thank you, to use such a tone, that’s the pot calling the kettle black!]

The memory was clear.

[If you’re going to fawn over and wag your tail to others, why don’t you bow your head to me instead?]

Cruelly so.

“Impossible!”

It’s something that supporting characters in frequently watched Japanese animations would say.
However, there were no other words to express Choi Min-hyuk’s feelings.

Carol had died.
With a single strike.

And at the hands of a mere student, not a professional hunter.
Moreover, to a powerless person with black hair.

“No way, is that bastard also a Player…?”

Thinking rationally, there was one possibility.
The assumption that the female student who beheaded Carol was also a Player.

“I’ve never heard of such a Player…!”

It was an infinitely low assumption.
A high school girl Player who uses a Japanese sword.

If she was skilled enough to take down Carol in one strike, she should be a Player with at least some level of renown.

But Choi Min-hyuk had never seen such a Player in the Gallery.

“…No. That’s not what’s important right now.”

Choi Min-hyuk shook his head.
The unexpected appearance of the female student was certainly a variable.

But that didn’t mean Choi Min-hyuk’s purpose itself had come to nothing.
His true purpose was to complete the quest.

By now, the monsters he had released elsewhere should have slaughtered the students.

[Killing Academy Students: Incomplete (0/50)]

─There was no change at all.

“What is this.”

Beyond the academy’s CCTV.
All the monsters Choi Min-hyuk had summoned were smashed beyond recognition, covered in blood.

It wasn’t the professors.
It was two girls.
Girls of lightning and ice.

Girls with hideously distorted faces were there.

“Damn it…!”

He couldn’t miss the quest, if nothing else.
At this rate, he had to kill them himself to fill the numbers.

[Don’t run away.]

The voice of the high school girl holding the Japanese sword came from beyond the screen.

Choi Min-hyuk.
One of the earliest appearing villains in [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy].

Befitting a ruined story that force-feeds sweet potatoes, the villain’s lifespan is long.
They will be entangled with Choi Min-hyuk in the main story for a long, frustrating time.

Even becoming an absurd object of resentment.
For a murderer to speak of quest failure, what nonsense is this?

Choi Min-hyuk, who believed he failed to achieve his first hidden quest because of the protagonist, was a persistent evil connection that constantly plotted conspiracies.

He was also a member of the main villain organization that would soon appear.
So the seed had to be cut off in advance.

“…No.”

Just as she was about to move.
Baek Da-eun held her back.

“…He’s a terrorist who breeds monsters. It’s dangerous alone.”

To think she’d be worried about by that Baek Da-eun of all people.
Indeed, do people become more docile when faced with a life-threatening crisis?

Come to think of it, this moment was actually the starting point in the original work where Baek Da-eun noticed, seeing Han Suho’s activity, that the child who had saved her long ago was Han Suho.
Not anymore.

The original Han Suho had given his name when he saved Baek Da-eun.
Unlike him, Han Seoyeon didn’t give her name.

It was from when she was so young.
She probably wouldn’t remember much of the appearance.

Baek Da-eun won’t become a ruined story heroine.

By the way, Han Seoyeon had no choice but to save Baek Da-eun at that time.

If she hadn’t been the protagonist, the author had emphasized in the afterword that Baek Da-eun would have died on the spot.

“Thank you.”

She didn’t feel bad.

“For worrying about me.”

After all, it wasn’t meant in a bad way.
Nevertheless, Han Seoyeon had to go.

She sprints.
Gathering all the strength in her body.

“Damn it! Why on earth is this happening…!”
“That’s already decided.”

Remnants of flames rushed.

“You’re the villain.”

In an instant, she reached Choi Min-hyuk.

“And I’m the munchkin protagonist.”

Puhuh.
Faced with Han Seoyeon, Choi Min-hyuk burst into laughter involuntarily.

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[Han Seoyeon]
Lv. : ■■
Exp : ■■■/■■■■
HP : ■■■
MP : 0

[Status]
Strength : ■■
Agility : ■■
Intelligence : ■■

[Original Skill]

[Normal Skill]
Swordsmanship(Rank : ■)
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She has no ability.
In the first skill slot, which indicates abilities in the status window, there was nothing written, leaving only an empty space.
The status indicating mana had the number 0 stuck on it.
Moreover, the rest of the abilities were even broken.
How ridiculous is this.

[Worn Sword]
[Details: None]

Even the weapon she was holding was nothing special.
Defeating Carol must have been a fluke.
It would be strange not to think so.

The standard of the status window is absolute.
The status window was telling him.
That Han Seoyeon was a shabby, insignificant female student.

It was laughable how the past Choi Min-hyuk had feared such a small fry as a Player even for a moment.
To come so confidently with such a status.

“Shit, I got scared for nothing.”

As he looked at the status window, he also scanned Han Seoyeon’s body.
It wasn’t bad.

“Just take it.”

Han Seoyeon didn’t even sneer.
Because she wasn’t unaware of those gloomy thoughts.

If he were to learn that her status window was concealed due to the Falling Star Sword, would he be able to spout such words?

“─A hunter, by definition.”

Moreover, this was before that.

“Refers to those who hunt fear.”

A famous line that also appeared in the original work.
It was the line of a once favorite character.

“So that the world no longer fears anything.”

Therefore, there is no option to retreat.
A summoner who has lost all the monsters he could handle.
Han Seoyeon didn’t let her guard down.

─Ultimate Technique.

Sreung.
The Falling Star Sword was drawn.

─Power Doesn’t Last Ten Years · No Flower Blooms for Ten Days.

Ten streams of flame bloom.
The divine realm’s sword path cut down the otherworldly being.

“…What.”

Choi Min-hyuk was fine.
Without a single scratch.

“Was that supposed to be an attack just now?”

Words full of mockery.
But the match was already decided.
Han Seoyeon sheathed her sword.

“Ha, I’m so dumbfounded─”

He staggers.
Choi Min-hyuk’s body was complaining of fatigue.

It was impossible.
His HP shouldn’t have been worn down at all.

“Wh…?”

He hurriedly opened the status window.

─────■■■….
[Choi■….
L■■….
Ex■….
HP : ■■….
MP : ■■….

[Status■….
Strength : 70(R■■■….
Agility : 71(R■■■….
Intelligence : 30(R■■■….
(Distributable remaining poi■■■….

[Special S■….
Supporting Star – {Ab■■■■….

[Orig■■■■■….
Unique Ability/Trait Type – Breeding(Rank : B)

[Normal S■■■….
Broadcasting(R■■■….
Conspiracy(R■■■….
─■■■■■….

It was disappearing.
The tower of gold he had built.

“Wh-What is this…!”

It scatters, turning into blue particles.

[Constellation, Ab■■■■■….

The status window.

“Ah, this, what on earth is this…!”

His Supporting Star.

“Co-Constellation? What’s happening! Constellation, Constellation!”

It was futile no matter how desperately he searched.
What Han Seoyeon had cut wasn’t Choi Min-hyuk.
What she cut was the Constellation connected to him.
She had cut down the fundamental star behind that gave Choi Min-hyuk power.

That’s why this was the Falling Star Sword.
It was a sword that makes stars fall.

That’s why the title was [The Falling Star Swordsman of the Academy].
It was the biography of a swordsman who makes stars fall.

That’s why the technique’s name was No Flower Blooms for Ten Days.
It was a sword path that cuts down the ruler of the starry sky.

“Ah, no. This can’t be! How much effort did I put into building my own tower of gold!”

The screams continue.
Of course, that’s natural.

Even with the cheat of a status window, it’s not that Choi Min-hyuk didn’t make efforts.

He had tried.
He cleared quests given by the status window and Constellation.
That much was certainly effort.

“No.”

But it was misguided effort.

“It’s not a tower of gold.”

Effort to harm people.
The name for that is sin.

“It’s just a criminal record.”
“Aaaagh…!”

Finally, Choi Min-hyuk lost his mind.

“I’m too late! Is everyone safe!”
“Except for one person.”

Belatedly, Seo Han-byeol arrived.

“But there are no dead.”

Han Seoyeon asserted.
There were no dead.
It was a common happy ending.

The incident was settled for now.
While it wasn’t without a sense of following the original work exactly, what could be done?

It was still the early part.
There was little room for intervention.

If there was any gain, it would be that she dealt with a villain who would have been quite troublesome in the future.

It’s a small snowball.
Someday it will gradually roll and grow in size.

“─Sis!”

Han Suho ran over,
And hugged Han Seoyeon tightly with all her might.
She buried her face in her chest, shedding tears.

“Thank goodness…! I’m so glad you’re safe…!”

She broke out in a bit of cold sweat.
It was because the word ‘sis’ came out in front of others.

Fortunately, there were almost no students around.
The professors also seemed busy in various ways.

“…Um, Suho.”

Cold sweat flows.
Han Seoyeon patted her sister’s back.
She hoped she would refrain from using the word ‘sis’ as much as possible.

The existence of an incompetent older sister might become a burden on Han Suho’s life, who had become a harem protagonist as a powerful ability user.

“Why am I always late? Now I have power, I have authority…! Why am I always late when my sister is sad and struggling…”

Han Suho is a typical sucker character.
She’s the type who likes getting hurt herself but dislikes others getting hurt.

Even if the original work was twisted, that nature didn’t change.
Perhaps that’s why her crying didn’t seem to stop.

She silently, tightly hugged her precious sister.
So that she could stop crying.

“─Ah.”

That was also a big carelessness.

“Uwaaaaaaaah─!”

In an instant.
Choi Min-hyuk, befitting a third-rate villain, struggled unsightly.
He threw his body, making monstrous screams.

“Sis…!”

Han Seoyeon pushed Han Suho away.
She hurriedly reached for the sword hilt.

Drip.
Blood drops fell.

─She didn’t intend to.
She only meant to subdue him lightly.

She only meant to strike his neck with the back of the blade to knock him out.
There was no other intention.

A fishy scent stung her cheek.
A thin stream of blood flowed down the blade.
Dark red blood poured out like a flood.

The sword too easily pierced the man’s chin and penetrated his crown.

She met lifeless, bloodshot pupils.
The eyes of a dying person.
The eyes of the person she killed.

[You have gained 25000 Exp.]

She killed.
She killed a person.
Not a monster, but a person.

[Level Up!]
[Lv. 72 → Lv. 75]

Clang.
She dropped the sword.
Strength wouldn’t enter her body.