I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

Perhaps feeling embarrassed by his awkward confession, Jin Yuha quickly left to go train, but the rest of the party members remained.

In fact, Jin Yuha wasn’t the type to express his true feelings often.

Instead, he was the one who would notice whenever someone in the party was going through a difficult time or facing a problem, and he would offer help.

In other words, the party members had always received something from him but had never been able to repay him properly, leaving them with a subtle sense of indebtedness.

And this created a subtle thirst.

It was as if Jin Yuha considered everyone special, but only because they were useful.

What if he was the only one who felt emotionally attached to them?

What if their relationship was one-sided and not mutual?

It would be a lie to say that they weren’t concerned about this.

That’s why Jin Yuha’s words, spoken in an embarrassed tone with a flushed face, had such an impact.

“Family…?”

“I never thought Jin Yuha would say something like that…”

“My savior…”

As everyone stared blankly, recalling Jin Yuha’s face from earlier, Shin Se-hee cleared her throat to change the atmosphere.

Everyone’s attention shifted to her.

“Well, um… Since Jin Yuha brought it up, I have something to say.”

Shin Se-hee, fanning herself to cool down, spoke.

“You are all, as Jin Yuha said, family…”

This was the first time they had seen her, who usually maintained a dignified and aloof attitude, show such a side of herself. It felt like a wall that she had unknowingly built had suddenly come down.

Even though they had agreed to become Jin Yuha’s joint lovers, there was still a sense of competition among them.

“So, what are you trying to say? Is it related to Jin Yuha?”

Lee Yoo-ri couldn’t stand the awkward atmosphere and interrupted.

“Yes, it’s about Jin Yuha. Um… I’m sure of this, even though Jin Yuha hasn’t confirmed or denied it.”

“What is it?”

“Jin Yuha knows the future.”

“The future…? Are you saying he’s a prophet?”

At this point, only Alice looked noticeably flustered. The others were also surprised, but not to the same extent as Alice.

“Well, I had a hunch that it might be the case. After all, Jin Yuha always gave instructions before incidents occurred, and the timing was often too convenient to be a coincidence.”

“Hmm, I thought Jin Yuha had highly trained instincts or was a genius who made high-level deductions based on scattered information… But there were some things that couldn’t be explained by that. Knowing the future would make sense of it.”

“Ah! Now that I think about it, Jin Yuha knew about my ability and how to use it, even though I had no idea myself!”

Lim Ga-eul remembered the first time she met Jin Yuha. He had handed her a top-grade magic stone, even though she had never explained her ability to him.

“And it seemed like Jin Yuha knew that I would crash the mid-term evaluation…”

“When I was being tormented by the demon in Jukai Forest, he said he had taken a request that no one else would accept.”

The more the party members shared their experiences, the more everything seemed to fit together.

“Yes, when we recruited Alice, Jin Yuha said that with her, we would all be safe and no one would have to sacrifice themselves.”

Shin Se-hee looked at Alice as she spoke.

“W-What? Me?”

Alice, who was already overwhelmed by the conversation, looked flustered. She hadn’t thought that her recruitment would have such a significant meaning.

In truth, Jin Yuha’s recruitment of Alice had been almost coincidental, but the others didn’t know this.

“And when we met at Emperor Mountain, it seemed like he already knew about me…”

“When I think about it, Jin Yuha had widened his eyes and looked surprised when he first saw me.”

“Yes, Jin Yuha knows the future of all of us, including you, Alice. That’s why you’re here.”

“Um, ah…”

Alice stammered, not knowing how to respond.

“I guess, but it’s just a speculation. If we had all died, our future would have been pretty bleak. In my case, I probably would have become a puppet of the Shin family, causing great harm to the world and being used until the end.”

Shin Se-hee concluded that this was the most likely outcome. She couldn’t even handle Shin Do-hwa, let alone Shin Su-yeon. She had come to the Academy to avoid the Shin family’s attention.

“Now that I think about it, if it weren’t for Jin Yuha, I would have been surrounded by goblins and died in the Camelia Forest.”

Lee Yoo-ri.

“Hmm, if I hadn’t met Jin Yuha, I wouldn’t have trusted anyone, so I probably would have left the Academy after a short while. I might have died while hunting monsters alone…”

Kang Do-hee.

“Hmm, I didn’t even know how to use my ability, and Choi Ah-ram, who I thought was my friend, was a demon… I went into a real-life Gate training with her! Ugh!”

Lim Ga-eul.

“I was kidnapped during the mid-term evaluation and almost got killed by a demon…”

Sophia.

“I was saved from the demon by my savior.”

Ichika.

“My grandmother sacrificed her life and I went crazy…”

Even Alice.

As they imagined what would have happened if it weren’t for Jin Yuha, goosebumps formed on their arms.

Did Jin Yuha know their bleak future and act accordingly?

Lim Ga-eul, who had been thinking deeply, spoke up.

“But, Se-hee, if we had died, how would Jin Yuha have known our potential? If our future was so bleak, how could he have known about it?”

Shin Se-hee slightly furrowed her brows.

“Well, I’ve thought about it, and Jin Yuha’s vision of the future seems to be almost omniscient.”

“Omniscient? What do you mean?”

“Jin Yuha’s vision of the future is quite broad. He can see the major events that will happen in this world, as well as our bleak future and the positive outcomes until we overcome our challenges. But it’s not perfect.”

Shin Se-hee paused after saying this.

Everyone’s eyes widened with question marks.

Based on what they had heard so far, Jin Yuha’s vision of the future seemed flawless.

He knew about the major events that would happen in the world, and he could see the future until the person who was supposed to die was saved by luck. But how could this not be perfect?

“The reason I say it’s not perfect is because Jin Yuha’s vision doesn’t include his own future.”

Everyone’s eyes widened at this revelation.

Shin Se-hee’s eyes softened.

“Yes, Jin Yuha is aware that he is the only variable in the future he has seen. That’s why he has been putting himself at risk all this time.”

Everything made sense now.

All of them were supposed to have tragic endings, but the variable, Jin Yuha, had changed their destinies.

“Ah…”

“Hmm…”

“Crazy…”

The party members swallowed their words.

“Now do you understand why I brought this up?”

The party members nodded heavily.

If they couldn’t understand this, they didn’t deserve to be here.

Jin Yuha knew everything except for his own future.

In other words, Jin Yuha’s future could change in any way.

“We are the first people Jin Yuha has acknowledged as family. So, just as he has protected us, it’s now our turn to protect him.”

Family.

The word felt so heavy.

Suddenly, Kang Do-hee stood up.

“Let’s go train. We can’t waste time like this. If the African Gate fails as Jin Yuha predicted, it will soon be our turn.”

“Me too.”

“Me too…”

“Hmm.”

The party members headed to the training ground with eyes burning brighter than ever, filled with a stronger determination.