I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 339

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Episode 339
Ep. 339
However, since she had already grown, it felt odd to simply dismiss it as unrelated to her trait’s effects.
In combat, having a certain height was definitely advantageous, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Elsie, still unaccustomed to her new form, swung her arms back and forth experimentally.
“It seems like traveling alone is better for improving my swordsmanship secrets. Definitely…”
Whoosh— Whoooosh—!
Elsie moved to an empty clearing and gave a brief demonstration.
Not using her true form or her claymore, but simply picking up a fallen twig from the ground.
Thunk— Thunk—!
With each movement of Elsie’s arm, the trees in the garden were cleanly severed.
Despite their appearance, these trees were all specimens from the Tower.
To put it simply, when I recalled how Yunjung had to squeeze out every last ounce of strength just to block the trees’ attacks while breaking through the garden, this was truly a remarkable feat.
“Ooh!”
“Commander Swordsman, you’ve grown even stronger!”
“If you showed off tricks like that at the supermarket, would people buy it?”
“Maybe they would…”
Clap clap clap clap——!!
Minjeong, Donghoo, and the squad members applauded enthusiastically at the sight.
“Hehe, I’m the Legendary Sword Elsiya~”
Elsie scratched under her nose with an expression that said ‘this much is nothing’.
But was Yunjung not much better either?
“Kyaa, kyaaah! There’s someone, someone here!”
“???”
Yunjung suddenly emerged from behind the tree that Elsie had cut down.
It appeared she had hidden herself by skillfully combining items and abilities like Ihyeon, but had been caught by Elsie.
“I smelled something fishy, so I cut it down, and sure enough, someone was there?”
Elsie nodded as if she’d expected as much and turned her gaze toward me.
It was a signal to dispose of the problem myself.
‘No, disposal and all that…’
I couldn’t hide my bewilderment and asked Yunjung.
“Why were you coming out of there?”
“Ah, no, I was just gathering information…”
Yunjung trailed off awkwardly.
Now that she’d been caught, no matter what explanation she gave, it would look suspicious—something she, as a professional spy, knew better than anyone.
From what I gathered, my garden had become something like an inescapable nemesis for Yunjung.
Whenever she had free time, she would sneak in here to train and gather information to conquer the garden.
Dressed entirely in combat gear, with various tears and damage visible—whether from the garden’s plants or from Elsie, I couldn’t tell—but it seemed her story wasn’t a lie.
“Now that I think about it, the garden has been rather noisy since earlier, Lord.”
“…From now on, just enter through the front gate. I’ll have the Knights activate the garden customized for you.”
“Oh, w-wait, that’s possible too? Well, I’m grateful!”
Yunjung marveled genuinely, as if nothing was impossible.
“This place really does seem perfect for training. Would it be alright if I brought some promising juniors here and imposed on your hospitality?”
“No, that won’t do.”
“Aww….”
Was she planning to turn someone’s home into an intelligence agency?
However, upon hearing Yunjung’s words, Ihyeon suddenly recalled something.
“Make it the Ilgyeok Guild’s training facility. We can find a separate location for that.”
“Whoa! You’re truly magnanimous!”
Yunjung marveled repeatedly at Ihyeon’s clever solution, bowing deeply like a gangster expressing gratitude.
‘Besides, she’s already the director of Ilgyeok’s commerce division anyway. Couldn’t she just do it if she wanted?’
Ihyeon couldn’t quite relate to her reaction, but since she was so pleased, it would be a simple matter to give it some attention.
However, Ihyeon had no way of foreseeing this.
What kind of project this casually approved plan would eventually become….
In any case, Ihyeon remarked that her timing was perfect and introduced Elsie to Yunjung.
“This is….”
“Ah, I’m already aware. The spirit of the Legendary Sword, Elsie. Currently serving as the chief of the Knights’ sword unit, favorite food is ice cream, active in various online communities under the username ‘LegendarySword’, height and weight are 131.2cm and 30.4kg…though you’ve grown quite a bit, haven’t you?”
“Eeeek!!! Master, who is this person who knows me better than I know myself?!”
As if a switch had been flipped, Elsie gasped in horror at the flood of personal information pouring from Yunjung, clinging tightly to Ihyeon.
Yunjung answered with a bright smile.
“Hehe, I’ve been coming and going from this place, collecting various bits of information along the way. You could say I’m an intelligence operative serving Ilgyeok. Currently, I’m Han Yunjeong, the strategic director of Ilgyeok Commerce.”
“Simply put, she’s a spy who came to take me to America, but now she’s helping me.”
“A, a spy fox…!”
Upon seeing Yunjung’s radiant and dazzling appearance, Elsie shrank further behind Ihyeon.
While she showed no fear and readily stepped forward against physically imposing men, and the same went for Yuna whom she’d met in the 80s floors, she was particularly vulnerable to cunning adult women.
But the strange reaction wasn’t limited to Elsie alone.
“Gasp!”
“Y-you were asking us all sorts of questions about the chief last time!”
“Were you planning to use it like this?!”
“…What are you all going on about?”
The Knights beside them suddenly startled and began glaring at Yunjung.
“*Cough cough cough!!!*”
“H-hey, Dad, we still have work in the garden, so shall we head back?”
Minjeong and Donghoo were also trying to slip away discreetly.
“…Mom, Dad, wait a moment.”
Ihyeon called them back and asked what was going on.
Apparently, during his absence, Yunjung had utilized her characteristic friendliness and abilities to gather quite a bit of information about me, Jia, Elsie, and Blue.
What was surprising was that this information wasn’t combat abilities or absolute secrets that should never be revealed, but rather personal details like height, weight, preferences, hobbies, and personality traits.
When Ihyeon gestured for her to explain, Yunjung laughed sheepishly and spoke.
“Hehe… it’s just an occupational habit, you could say. Since I’m now serving Ilgyeok, I need basic information anyway. And you know, the best way to get close to people is through talking about their friends.”
“Y-yes, that’s right, Elsie. What spy would go around asking for information with genuinely bad intentions? I thought Yunjung was just trying to get closer to you.”
When had the honorific changed from Yunjung to just Yunjung anyway?
“U-um, Master, please don’t press Yunjung too hard about this.”
“It’s all our fault.”
It seemed Yunjung had burrowed quite deeply into the members of my household, more than I’d anticipated.
‘Should I call this excellent ability, or is my side just too careless?’
Since Yunjung had already learned what she needed to learn, and judging by her words she harbored no malicious intent, I decided to let it slide.
Still, there were certain things I needed to address.
“I’ve heard neighborhood aunties are the best at catching spies.”
“Huh? …Hahaha! I already knew Yunjung was a spy anyway, didn’t I?”
“Phew, please refrain from digging into more detailed information going forward. If needed, I’ll tell you myself.”
“Yes! Of course! Actually, I haven’t asked about anything since early on. Right, everyone?”
“Yes, that’s correct, Master!”
“This isn’t the time for this—we need to collect signatures on the petition…!”
In any case, thanks to Yunjung, Elsie melted back into the group naturally, as if she’d never disappeared in the first place.
After settling the atmosphere, I brought Elsie into the private quarters.
“Ugh, I thought I’d die from how uncomfortable these clothes are!”
The nomads’ rough-hewn clothing was apparently quite stifling.
Elsie complained while stretching the neckline of her garment.
I smiled with satisfaction and opened the wardrobe for her.
Whoooosh——!!
“Wow, what kind of light is coming from the wardrobe…!”
Elsie shielded her eyes with her palm.
“Pick out whatever you’d like to wear.”
Inside the wardrobe were arranged children’s training suit sets made by prestigious European brands!
The elegance overflowed naturally without explanation, so Elsie’s reaction was only natural.
While Elsie was gone, I’d gradually prepared these, saying I’d dress her in them when I returned—and it had accumulated to this extent.
I’d also filled Jia’s wardrobe with plenty of everyday clothes.
Though she looked good in anything and didn’t pay much attention to her appearance, so her reaction wasn’t as dramatic as Elsie’s.
Elsie pulled out a yellow training suit from the collection and changed into it in an instant.
It was a bit small since she’d grown taller, but at least it was a training suit, so it worked.
“Kyaa~ now this is clothing!”
Elsie threw herself on the floor and rolled around gleefully.
“What’s the difference?”
“There’s a huge difference! Just wearing this makes me feel like I’m naturally awakening to the secrets of the sword!”
“Haha, I doubt that.”
I shook my head, knowing I couldn’t match Elsie’s playful exaggeration.
Even if it was the system’s status window, surely it wouldn’t change this much just from clothing….
「Swordsman ‘Secrets of Swordsmanship’ : 95.001%」
“???”
It went up?
Ihyeon stared at the number for a moment—too modest to call it a significant increase, yet too unsettling to dismiss entirely.
“So? It went up, right?”
“It did go up.”
“Puhaha! See? I told you I was right? Just forget about those Armor Foxes and Golem Foxes and all that nonsense….”
Elsie seemed delighted to have landed a solid blow against Ihyeon.
Then, suddenly.
“Oh.”
“What?”
She rose with a solemn expression and trudged toward Ihyeon.
“Master.”
“What, what?”
Ihyeon instinctively stepped back half a pace, wondering what had gotten into her. Hadn’t she not even put on the straw hat yet?
Regardless, Elsie thrust one hand toward Ihyeon and said.
“Give me my phone.”
“…Your phone?”
“Yes! Ugh, I’ve missed so many Hunter Now channels, and oh no! The novel I was serializing must have gone on hiatus!”
‘She was doing that too?’
Ihyeon had assumed she was merely an internet ghost, but it turned out Elsie was making quite productive use of the online world.
In any case, there was no reason he would have hidden her phone, so Ihyeon immediately opened a drawer and returned it.
“Oh, yes!”
Curious about how she could write novels with just a phone and no keyboard, he asked her to show him once.
Pababababak———!!!
…Elsie seemed to be utilizing her abilities far better here than she did in actual combat.
She typed out hundreds of characters in an instant without a single typo.
“Wow, at that rate, you could manage one chapter a day without breaking a sweat?”
“What are you talking about? A novel requires pouring your heart into every single character.”
“…Then what was that?”
“Replying to reader comments.”
“….”
Ihyeon felt as though he’d just discovered one of Elsie’s dark secrets.
In any case, after changing back into her original yellow training suit, Elsie had fully returned to her usual self.
“Aww! So cute~”
“Be quiet, I’m looking at something really important right now.”
“So cute!”
Click—!
“Come on, I told you not to.”
“You telling me not to is also cute!”
Click—!
Click—!
After that, Yunjung took several photos of Elsie sprawled across the bench, absorbed in her phone.
“Phew, I can finally update the database after so long.”
‘…Is that really okay?’
I thought I caught a hint of something suspicious in her muttering.
After that, Yunjung claimed she still had unfinished business and returned to Ilgyeok’s trading company.
‘If she had unfinished business, why did she even come here?’
As Ihyeon, I found myself surrounded by incomprehensible matters, but she seemed quite skilled in her own way, so I figured she’d manage just fine.
I sat down beside Elsie along with Jia and casually struck up a conversation.
“So, now that you’ve accumulated the secret techniques of swordsmanship, you’ve definitely become stronger?”
“Yeah, that’s right. Oh, originally the straw hat was the medium for those secret techniques, but now I’ve got the fundamentals down even without it.”
“Interesting.”
That was certainly good news.
According to Elsie, the straw hat was an object that embodied the secret techniques of swordsmanship.
Without reaching a certain level of understanding of those secret techniques, one would suffer considerable penalties without the hat, but now there’s almost none of that.
She said that if she achieved 100% completion, the straw hat might disappear entirely.
“Then want to go search for more? At 95%, it shouldn’t take long to finish…”
“Absolutely not! You’re asking me to wander the 90s floors alone again? No way! I can’t!”
I’d only casually broached the subject, but Elsie practically jumped up as if she were about to hurl her phone.
I felt my nose sting slightly.
“Right, we’ve reunited, and you have other companions now. But going back out alone would be difficult, wouldn’t it?”
“Yeah, that too, but inside the tower there’s no phone, no ice cream, nothing fun at all.”
Did she really have to put it that way?

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