The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 49

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 49

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 49

A foul odor lingered.

“Tsk, the smell won’t go away…”

Yuseongwoo, having showered and put on a gown, buried his nose in his body, sniffing and muttering.

Perhaps because he swam so much in the lake, the smell of blood that had permeated his entire body wouldn’t completely disappear no matter what he did.

He was used to the smell of blood, but…

Wearing it on his body was another matter entirely.

“I don’t smell much of anything, though.”

Before he knew it, Yuwol had come close, bringing her nose near and sniffing.

How could a rabbit have a duller sense of smell than a human?

Of course, Yuseongwoo also had exceptionally keen senses.

“You don’t smell it?”

Yuseongwoo asked Knox, who was sitting on the bed swinging his legs. Knox covered his nose with both hands and said,

“It’s no joke! I don’t think I can go near you for a while, Mister. Sorry in advance.”

“In that case, it might be better not to get rid of the smell. It was annoying anyway.”

“……”

At his words, Knox looked at him with teary eyes, as if asking if he was serious.

Yuseongwoo waved his hand dismissively, saying it was a joke, and looked at Seoyeonjeong.

“What about what I asked you to look into?”

“I have it prepared here.”

Seoyeonjeong handed over a tablet containing information about Min Cheongwoon.

Yuseongwoo took the tablet, looked through the contents, and nodded.

“That’s right. This bastard. I need to shake this bastard down soon.”

“…May I ask if something happened with Min Cheongwoon?”

Seoyeonjeong asked.

Min Cheongwoon was the guild master of Taengcheon, a large guild based in Seoul.

To mess with Min Cheongwoon was to wage war against Taengcheon, and furthermore, Min Cheongwoon’s father, Min Jongho, was a government minister.

If he were to be touched, friction with the government was inevitable, so she wanted to prevent any possible mishaps as much as possible.

Of course, if Yuseongwoo decided to do it, she wouldn’t be able to stop him.

She just wanted to hear the reason.

Why he had to shake down Min Cheongwoon.

At her question, Yuseongwoo smacked his lips and said,

“He has something he shouldn’t have. I’m just curious about its origin.”

“Something he shouldn’t have…?”

“The blue sword that Min Cheongwoon has. The name of that sword is Namcheong Sword.”

“If it’s the Namcheong Sword, I remember it being a high-grade weapon that Min Cheongwoon obtained from the Abyss [a dangerous, monster-filled dimension].”

“Where, and how?”

“He didn’t reveal that much. He just said it was loot he obtained after defeating a boss monster in the Abyss.”

“Does he think this is some kind of game? Where bosses drop weapons too.”

“It’s not like that never happens, but…”

Yuseongwoo lightly dismissed Seoyeonjeong’s words and narrowed his eyes.

If his hunch was correct, this was related to an Ascender [a being who has transcended human limitations].

And someone he knew.

There was only one person who wielded the Namcheong Sword and used the sword technique known as Waterfall Sword.

‘Where are you?’

Maynard of the Waterfall Sword.

A swordsman who fought alongside him to defeat the demons, a swordsman of outstanding skill.

To the demons, he was also known as the Sword Fiend of Annihilation.

He was the one who wielded that Namcheong Sword and hunted demons with fervor.

“It seems like I might see an old friend again after a long time.”

Even if it wasn’t a normal encounter.

* * *

The next day, Yuseongwoo and his party spent the night at the hotel and came down to Sehyun City.

There was a small commotion when Yuseongwoo stopped Yujiwoo from coming up to Seoul.

“Oppa [term for older brother used by females in Korean], are you really going to shake down Taengcheon?”

“It’s not Taengcheon. It’s Min Cheongwoon I’m shaking down.”

“Taengcheon is all about Min Cheongwoon’s name. Without Min Cheongwoon, there’s no Taengcheon.”

There were other A-class Divers or even one S-class Diver under Min Cheongwoon, but the focal point was only Min Cheongwoon.

Taengcheon was said to be a tiger’s den, but there was only one tiger.

The rest were all foxes or wolves.

“But how are you going to shake him down?”

“That’s for you to figure out. Isn’t there a way for you to meet the Taengcheon guys naturally? And also that bastard Min Cheongwoon.”

“…Ugh, I don’t really want to get on Taengcheon’s bad side if possible.”

Yujiwoo was not thinking as Yuseongwoo’s sister, but as the CEO of Meteor Industries.

It wasn’t widely known that Yuseongwoo was her blood relative, but the moment information that they were related reached them, they would try to pressure Meteor Industries in various ways.

Min Cheongwoon was that kind of petty man.

A man who had nothing but skill and backing.

How could she let the Meteor Industries, which she had nurtured, have its growth stunted now, making it difficult to regain momentum?

Yujiwoo, having thought that far, looked at Yuseongwoo.

Of course, as long as Yuseongwoo was there… erasing Taengcheon would be an easy task.

But not everything could be solved with violence.

Yujiwoo was still a conscientious person.

If she were an unscrupulous person, she would have already seized power by using Yuseongwoo.

“Oppa, can you do it in a way that doesn’t harm the company?”

“I’ll try my best. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of anything that happens.”

“Then I have no choice but to trust you, Oppa. I thought of something, how about you teach kids? Are you good at it?”

“Teaching kids?”

“It just so happens that there’s a good job opening. I thought I could squeeze you in there.”

With that, Yujiwoo smiled brightly.

* * *

A few days later, Yuseongwoo went back up to Seoul.

This time, he was alone without Seoyeonjeong or Yuwol.

Instead, Hong Seohwa was by his side.

The reason was simple.

Besides Shamanism, there was one more thing that the country of Korea, with its long history of Shamanism, excelled at.

That was private education.

The fever for private education in South Korea, which was renowned for its cramming education that hammered all kinds of knowledge into the head, had not changed even in this era.

The job that had emerged with the advent of the Abyss, ‘Diver,’ was a job that could seize both fame and fortune.

Of course, it was also a job that was avoided unless one was desperately cornered or had exceptional abilities, as it was a matter of life and death.

However, South Korea came to the conclusion, ‘Then let’s systematically educate them from a young age and raise outstanding Divers!’

That was how the ‘Diver Academy’ was established.

Currently, there are only three Diver Academies in the country.

One in Seoul, one in Sehyun City, and one in Busan.

The admission requirements are that the student must be a high school student or a student entering high school the following year.

And that the student must have undergone Awakening and been graded.

In that way, high school students go through combat skills, physical fitness, and how to handle their abilities at the academy, and when they reach a certain level, they debut as Divers.

Academy graduates were able to join several famous guilds just by that alone.

As part of that, guilds periodically sent their Divers to the academy to work as external instructors.

This was also to scout talented students in advance and to expand the guild’s influence.

Yuseongwoo was dispatched to the Seoul Diver Academy in Seoul as an external instructor, under the guise of being an assistant to Hong Seohwa of the Red Dragon, who had not particularly dispatched anyone from Meteor Industries.

It was also a kind of arena for inter-guild exchange, so he would be able to interact with Min Cheongwoon naturally.

It had already been confirmed that Min Cheongwoon of Taengcheon was among the dispatched personnel this time.

“Master, just trust me. I’ll show you something.”

“Master?”

“I’ve decided to call you that from now on, with a respectful heart.”

“…Well, do as you please.”

Hong Seohwa was strangely motivated.

The two were now in Seoul, riding in a vehicle and heading to the Seoul Diver Academy.

“We’ll be there in five minutes.”

The Red Dragon Diver who was driving said.

He was a Diver who had a history of receiving help from Yuseongwoo in the Abyss where Sanwang had appeared before.

“I see it over there. That’s the Seoul Diver Academy.”

Hong Seohwa opened the car window and pointed with her finger.

With his arms crossed, he looked out the window and saw a large building come into view.

A new building that looked like it hadn’t been built long ago.

Everything from head to toe was gleaming, showing how much money had been poured into it.

“They’re raising students to be Divers.”

“It’s a place full of energetic kids who have awakened at a young age.”

At Hong Seohwa’s added words, Yuseongwoo recalled his time in the other world.

There was a similar academy in the other world.

The Royal Academy, which only the children of nobles could attend.

It was a place where they could learn swordsmanship or magic, and Yuseongwoo had once been there as an invited lecturer.

He had only done it once because a friend had begged him to go.

‘I’m reminded of the time I beat up the noble children who were snickering at me for being a commoner and a mercenary.’

He took on all the students aspiring to be knights and mages alone and knocked them all down.

He remembered breaking the arms and legs of the ones who were being too cocky.

Thanks to that, even the academy professors jumped in, but he knocked them all down too.

‘There were almost two hundred of them, I think.’

Would something like that happen again this time?

He thought it would be okay since there was no such thing as a class system like nobles here.

However, contrary to his expectations, his first impression of the academy was close to the worst.

“Hmm, even if they’re the same Awakeners [individuals with newly discovered powers], it doesn’t mean they’re all in the same position.”

“That’s the annoying thing. I don’t know who came up with the idea of building a school like this.”

As always, the atmosphere of the school was one where ‘hierarchy’ was formed.

The hierarchy came according to the high and low of the Awakening grade.

Students with high Awakening grades formed their own communities, and students with low grades were in a state of being intimidated.

He clicked his tongue, having grasped the atmosphere of the academy at a glance.

“But I’ve been wanting to say this since earlier, but you look very different today. You look cool, Master.”

“Is that so.”

Before entering the academy as an external instructor, Yujiwoo had sent him to a shop to get him styled.

She said that he should at least not look scary to the students.

Yuseongwoo had agreed to the makeover, as Min Cheongwoon might recognize him.

Unlike in the past, when he had left his hair messy, his forehead was slightly visible, and his long hair was in a stylish half-bun.

He looked a little cocky, but at least he wouldn’t give the impression of being a scary person at first glance.

“Hello. You must be the people from the Red Dragon Guild? I recognized Hong Seohwa’s face right away!”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Hong Seohwa.”

A teacher who had come out to greet them welcomed them as they entered the academy.

“I’m Lee Seoa, a swordsmanship instructor. As I explained in advance, the Red Dragon Guild will be guiding the students for about two hours today. Please feel free to proceed with the class content.”

“It doesn’t matter what we teach?”

“Yes. You can teach them the know-how of dealing with monsters, or you can look at their swordsmanship.”

Free teaching.

This showed that the job of this external instructor was not just about education.

It was also a blatant invitation to favor students.

Because if a student joined a top-notch place like the Red Dragon Guild, it would be the pride of the school.

In that way, Yuseongwoo and his party followed Lee Seoa to the place where the students were waiting.

Not long after, they arrived at the training ground inside the school.

There, dozens of students were freely warming up.

And several adults standing in front of them.

Yuseongwoo found his target for today, Min Cheongwoon, there.

‘Got you, you bastard.’