Ch 182
Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy
Chapter 182
Under the guidance of Kim Dae-chan and the Ares hunters, we entered the Ares Guild building, and the first place we went to was Ares Guild's physical training room.
It had a clean gym feel to it, and I thought we'd just take a quick look around and move on to other places, but they separated the male and female students and guided each group to changing rooms.
They made us change into training clothes with the Ares Guild logo on them and took us to an open area without any equipment.
There were green mats laid out on the floor, so I thought it was a place for doing GX-style workouts, and I was right.
I just didn't expect that we would be the ones doing GX.
Originally, I heard that when you go on experiential learning trips, you usually just tour the guild, listen to some appropriate explanations mixed with promotion, and then come back.
But Kim Dae-chan said that wasn't real experience, it was just observation, and he made us work incredibly hard, saying he'd give us real experience.
Several kids tried to get exemptions saying they were from the magic class, so I thought I might slip in with them and escape, but Ares rejected it, saying that even their magicians do basic physical training.
It was tougher than expected.
Of course, this kind of training is like lying down and eating rice cakes for someone at my level, but all the other magic class kids were struggling, so if I was the only one doing well, they might look at me strangely.
Acting like I was struggling and couldn't do it was harder than I thought.
"What kind of experiential learning is this?"
"Didn't a guild member say earlier that you absolutely have to do this if you join? I'm definitely crossing Ares off the list."
The kids' complaints are beyond measure.
"It's not absolutely required, I think they said you do it if you fail the fitness test."
"Even so, that's still... What kind of guild makes magicians do this stuff so brutally? Really, Shit-res."
I tried to defend them since it's Se-jin's guild, but it didn't work at all.
Honestly, I don't know if this place is Ares or Antiroider either.
Antiroider, where the vice principal serves as honorary guild master, is originally famous for strict physical training, but Ares doesn't particularly have that reputation... Wait, could it be?
Se-jin was at Antiroider Guild for a year.
It seems like she liked it there and introduced it to Ares too, but there was no need to make even prospective hunters coming for experiential learning do it.
"Shit-res."
"Ares is shit."
To recover their image, at least lunch needs to be good.
"Alright everyone, we'll just do 20 minutes of yoga as cool-down exercises and then go eat lunch, so let's have fighting spirit until the very end!"
"Didn't you say the previous thing was the last one?"
"Ares really is..."
"Hey you over there! Are you chattering while I'm explaining?"
At Kim Dae-chan's stern rebuke, everyone shuts their mouths tight.
Soon, one male and one female hunter in front demonstrate yoga poses.
The movements weren't particularly difficult, but there was quite a bit of physical contact involved.
I thought surely we wouldn't do this like the demonstration with males and females together, but once again breaking my expectations, Kim Dae-chan arbitrarily assigned pairs.
Well, he just paired up people who were close to each other nearby - Lee Ji-sung was paired with Yu Hye-ji, Kim Do-hyun with Seong Ji-an who was next to him, and I'm with Nam Ji-hyeon.
Everyone seemed quite displeased, and several kids asked if they could switch pairs, but when Kim Dae-chan swept them with a cold look, those who had complained quietly lowered their hands.
"Why do I have to do this kind of thing with someone like you..."
"I don't want to either. With someone who looks lighter than you... UGH!"
This bitch Nam Ji-hyeon pokes my side before even finishing his sentence.
"Who... who said I'm heavy!"
Ugh, I can't even hit her, my fists are itching.
At the words that we wouldn't get lunch if we couldn't pass the three poses they'd demonstrated, everyone quickly started practicing.
The first pose was successful on the first try without needing any practice.
Both of us just had to stand facing the same direction, bend our waists slightly, and hold our arms bent inward.
It's similar to the fusion pose from Dragon✕.
The difficulty goes up a bit starting from the second one - the male does a push-up position while the female climbs on in the opposite direction, resting her feet on the male's shoulders and holding the male's ankles with her hands for support.
"What are you doing?"
Did she zone out during the explanation? He's lying down first.
"I'll support, so you get on top."
That was just something I said to tease her.
But still, I'm the guy here...
"This still doesn't seem right though."
"A magic class weakling acting like he's a man. You were groaning the whole time during exercise earlier. Just get on. If you can't support me and collapse, the other kids will obviously think I weigh a lot."
So in the end, she's doing this because she's worried about losing face.
I understand, but it still won't work.
Even though I changed my appearance with magic, my mass hasn't changed.
Min Chan-seong's height is in the early 170s, relatively short, and his build looks slender and manageable, but in reality he has the full weight of Kang Shin-hyeok who's over 180cm.
Even though he's from archery class, it would be difficult for Nam Ji-hyeon, who's not even 165cm, to support that.
If there were other kids around switching male and female roles, maybe, but there aren't any like that.
"I'll try not to collapse and endure, so you get on top."
"Ah, just do it like I said. You'll really die if you can't support me and collapse, got it?"
She's grumbling as she stands up to speak - she really talks a lot.
"I'll grit my teeth and endure, so let's hurry up and do it."
When I get into push-up position, Nam Ji-hyeon places one foot on my shoulder.
"Hey, you okay?"
"KRRGH, baby..."
"Baby? There he goes again, acting tough just because he's a guy."
"Hey, you should listen to people until the end. I was going to say baby elephant. But I can still endure."
"Baby elephant? You're dead!"
"Just hurry up and do it."
As she puts up his other foot too, I can definitely feel the weight.
She looked thin, but does he have some fat in places I can't see?
Soon I feel her small hands grabbing my ankles.
"Excuse me. Please check us."
"Oh, perfect form. Pass."
As soon as the word "pass" comes out, she gets down.
"Phew, I almost died."
"Stop exaggerating. And what did you say earlier? Baby elephant?"
It looks like lasers might shoot from her eyes.
When the hunters were demonstrating and explaining earlier, they said it was couple yoga that brings people closer together, but getting closer my ass.
"Sorry. There's one left, so let's hurry up and do it."
The last pose has considerably high difficulty, befitting the finale.
The male takes a horse stance while the female steps on the male's thighs to climb up and do the Titanic pose.
When I take the horse stance, Nam Ji-hyeon steps on my thighs to climb up, and as I felt before, she's quite heavy.
Definitely over 50kg.
"Hurry up and get on. I'm dying."
"Don't talk and don't move. It's hard to balance."
When I shut my mouth, she puts up her other foot too and gets into position, then extends her right hand backward.
"What?"
"Can you support me? Hold my hand."
Come to think of it, in the demonstration the male hugged the female's knees with his arms for support, but they said if strength was insufficient, the female could extend her arms backward and they could hold hands.
I was about to say it was fine, but I quickly and silently grabbed her hand, then grabbed the other hand too, and we passed.
Even if the male supported well, it would have been difficult if the female had no sense of balance, but as expected of the archery class ace, we finished more easily than I thought.
Do-hyun and Ji-an are still on the second pose but look like they'll pass smoothly, and Lee Ji-sung is also on the second one, but that pair looks a bit precarious.
When Yu Hye-ji climbs on, Lee Ji-sung's arms start trembling, and he collapses before long.
Then Yu Hye-ji's face turns bright red.
Even though Lee Ji-sung has been exercising hard recently, he's still in a plump state with fat, and Yu Hye-ji is also taller and has a bigger build compared to other girls, so it was a predetermined result.
"Those two are completely screwed."
Nam Ji-hyeon sneers, which is unfortunate.
Eventually those two switched male and female roles.
I thought it might be difficult since Lee Ji-sung is chubby, and sure enough, they failed again.
They tried several more times, but in the end Yu Hye-ji and Lee Ji-sung couldn't pass until the very end.
"Due to time constraints, we'll wrap up the morning experience here. Those who want to shower can shower briefly, change clothes, and gather here by 12:20."
We showered briefly, changed clothes, and gathered again.
We moved to the cafeteria, which has the feel of an ordinary company cafeteria.
Since it's open not just to the guild but also to company employees in the same building, there are quite a lot of people.
Like at Hunter School, there's Korean food, Western food... Oh, there's even healthy food centered on protein, vegetables, and fruits specially prepared for people controlling their diet.
"There were two students who didn't pass earlier, right?"
At the escorting hunter's words, Lee Ji-sung and Yu Hye-ji step forward.
Are they really not going to give them food?
If they were going to do this, they shouldn't have brought them in the first place - isn't this a bit too much? I'm thinking this when one hunter takes the two people and moves away.
"Are you really not giving those two people food?"
"I said that earlier, but we can't really not give them food. Those two will eat healthy food. The rest of you can freely go wherever you want to eat."
Healthy food... When we came in earlier, I saw the menu had no rice, just chicken breast, protein shakes, and pure greens.
Well, it's still better than not giving them anything at all.
"Min Chan-seong, what are you going to eat?"
"I'm having Western food."
"You always have Western food."
I was about to answer that I'm not Nam I-sa when Seong Ji-an approached us with Kim Do-hyun.
Since they became somewhat friendly during yoga earlier, they suggest eating together, and of course I welcome it, so I said okay.
Do-hyun and Ji-an said they're eating Korean food, so we decided to get our food and meet up, and I came to the Western food line with Nam Ji-hyeon.
The Korean food menu was also pretty good with bossam (wrapped pork), grilled cutlassfish, and seolleongtang (ox bone soup), but Western food has paella, gambas, and fried chicken.
Paella and gambas are dishes that don't come out often at school, and I can't resist chicken.
I originally heard from Se-jin that the cafeteria does Western food much better anyway.
"Min Chan-seong, you might need to get nervous, you know?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Ji-an seems to have gotten pretty close with Do-hyun. Are you okay with that?"
Here we go again.
I was about to counter by saying 'What about you, were you disappointed that Lee Ji-sung got a fiancée?' but held back.
I don't want to waste energy before eating.
"I don't really care. It's good if everyone's friendly."
"Acting all cool. I know you're worried inside. Do-hyun is really handsome, isn't he? I heard he's popular too."
What exactly can she see?
She's gone full Goongye (a character known for claiming to see things).
I ignore her appropriately and get my food, then look around to see Seong Ji-an and Kim Do-hyun already sitting somewhere.
"Ji-hyeon, Chan-seong, over here!"
Lee Ji-sung and Yu Hye-ji are there too.
"Why did Ji-an have to pick a seat all the way over there of all places?"
Well, in my opinion, it was probably Do-hyun who deliberately went toward Hye-ji rather than Ji-an...
"What does it matter? You have Ji-sung who you like right there."
"Min Chan-seong, you're really dead."
I easily ignore the fuming Nam Ji-hyeon and take a seat across from Seong Ji-an.
"Chan-seong, look at those two people's trays over there. It's completely nothing but greens."
"I know right. It's pitiful."
"Hye-ji, want to trade with me?"
"Oh, no, it's okay."
"Then let me give you some bossam at least. I haven't used my chopsticks yet."
Do-hyun serves some bossam to Yu Hye-ji.
That guy's being sweet too.
"I have a mouth too, you know."
Lee Ji-sung speaks sarcastically, apparently displeased that Do-hyun is taking care of Yu Hye-ji.
"Lee Ji-sung, want to eat some bread?"
"Huh... What?"
He looks flustered, as if he didn't expect me to talk to him.
He looks pitiful and I want to build some friendship too, so I transfer the 2 pieces of grilled bread I brought for dipping in gambas to Lee Ji-sung's tray.
"There's dressing for the salad. Put the chicken breast in the bread and make a sandwich."
"Oh... thanks."
He speaks with a somewhat reluctant expression, which makes sense - even though he doesn't remember, it would be strange for Min Chan-seong, whom he bullied terribly, to take care of him.
"Hey, why are you taking care of him?"
Nam Ji-hyeon next to me quietly scolds.
"Why? Oh, if I hadn't given it, you were going to take care of him, but I made a mistake... AHHH!"
This bastard Nam Ji-hyeon completely stepped on my foot and pressed down hard.
"Chan-seong, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
No business ethics.
If you tease others, you should be prepared to get it back.
I should just eat separately from now on, I was thinking, when Seong Ji-an served some bossam onto my tray.
"Chan-seong, can you give me just one shrimp?"
Like Ji-an, if someone shows kindness first, of course I'll oblige.
When I tell her to take it, she takes exactly one, but a spoon comes in from the left and takes away as many as 3 shrimp.
"Nam Ji-hyeon, stop right there. What do you think you're doing?"
"You don't have bread. If you eat just that, it'll be greasy. I'll give you one of my bread pieces instead."
A piece of bread smaller than my palm in exchange for 3 large shrimp that are already peeled and ready to eat?
This reminds me of an old man from a game I played in my previous life who said he'd give me corn in exchange for diamonds.
Did this girl leave jer conscience back in the GX room?
"As expected of someone who's not called an elephant for nothing. Yeah, eat a lot and grow up big to become an adult elephant."
"Elephant? Let's settle this after we eat."
I've been patient for so long, so I was about to say okay to give her some disciplinary education, when I feel a chill.
It's not from Nam Ji-hyeon's direction, but from behind...
"Are these our junior students? There's no seat next to you, is there?"
Such a familiar voice.
It's Se-jin.