Growth (3)
Growth (3)
Sunday lunch.
I came down to eat lunch after spending the whole morning just circulating my internal energy.
Actually, I had intended to do it for a bit at 5 AM just to get a taste, but before I knew it, it was a little past 12.
'Is it because I'm actually getting stronger?'
Maybe it's because the growth is visible. Even though I only did it for a little while, my mana increased by 1.
In reality, if I wear the [Kirin's Mask] and enter training, the efficiency rises to an absurd level. I even thought that if I just kept this up for a week, I could easily hit 10 mana.
'It'll be quite slow after that, though.'
Still, if I raid a few dungeons during the vacation season and sweep up mana-related medicinal herbs, I think I can hit 20.
Once I set my future plans, I felt hungry.
'What was the menu today?'
I turned on the app. I opened the Hero App that only Hero Academy students can use.
The Hero Academy provided good food, and it was further divided into Western, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisine, etc.
'What should I eat?'
The menu was all pretty standard. I didn't do physical training this morning, so I should eat as lightly as possible. I should eat a lot of vegetables, too. Since I eat meat every day, I missed vegetables. Just a little bit.
Thinking that far, I saw wild vegetable bibimbap under Korean cuisine.
'I prefer "dead" vegetable bibimbap better.'
Thinking of that lame joke, I ate the bibimbap and headed to the training ground. Even though students could head home from the academy, many showed up at the training ground.
I loosened my muscle pain by doing some light stretching.
Then, I spotted Im Na-yeon and Choi Yu-na trying to enter the training room. Then, I made eye contact with Im Na-yeon.
"Siwoo-ya!"
Im Na-yeon ran up to me.
"Are you going to exercise now, too, Siwoo?"
"Yeah. You too?"
"Yeah. It's the day Teacher Choi oversees my training."
"Hello."
"Ah, hello."
As Choi Yu-na greeted me politely, I also bowed my head and greeted her.
My eyes lit up. I felt a sense of anticipation that I might be able to get some help from Choi Yu-na, who possesses outstanding ability in training others.
If I get close to Im Na-yeon, I can get her help, and the efficiency varies tremendously depending on whether you receive her help or not.
To put it dramatically, even limited to the early stages, it has more than 3 times the efficiency compared to doing it alone. Since that much efficiency came out for a playable character in the early stages, I figured if I got help, I might get even more efficiency than that.
I looked at Im Na-yeon with eyes full of anticipation. Im Na-yeon flinched at my gaze. Then, her eyes darted back and forth quickly.
"Do you happen to have time?"
Choi Yu-na asked me. Of course I did. If I could get close to Choi Yu-na and Im Na-yeon, I would make time even if I didn't have any. As proof, there were guys over there sending envious glares this way.
"Time? Of course I do. I certainly do."
"Then would you like to train together?"
Choi Yu-na suggested. I glanced at Im Na-yeon, and her eyes were sparkling. I nodded.
"Let's do it together, my training ground is really nice."
Of course it would be. Training grounds are divided into training grounds that all students can use and private training grounds, and the reason for that was simple. Private training grounds are sponsored by corporations or royal families. The training grounds that all students can use are built with the money they sponsored, and private training grounds are built for the vision of their families, so it costs an astronomical amount of money to rent them.
"Then I'll impose on you for a little while."
At my answer, Im Na-yeon smiled brightly and dragged me along.
We headed to Im Na-yeon's private training ground. Seeing the inside of the training ground, I naturally felt admiration. It was because it was too big to be called a private training ground. Checking it roughly with my senses, it was about 100m x 100m in size.
'There's a reason it's expensive.'
Besides that, there were various other facilities. Dumbbells to put a load on the body with gravity magic applied, and a training room created by implementing virtual reality. There was also a training room where balls were automatically fired to cultivate eye power or senses.
"May I touch Siwoo-nim's body for a moment?"
"T-touch?"
"U-unnie!"
Im Na-yeon called out Choi Yu-na's name in shock.
I felt a question about Choi Yu-na's words. Her unique trait is [Observation Eye]. If limited to observing the opponent's body, quantifying it, and determining how to raise the opponent's body to be the most perfect, Choi Yu-na is the best ability user in the game. But there shouldn't be a reason for her to touch my body.
"Ah, excuse me. My ability does not work on Lee Si-woo-ssi."
"Ah!"
Im Na-yeon gasped softly at Choi Yu-na's words.
"More accurately, it is being interfered with by something. Every time I try to look at Lee Si-woo-ssi, something like a mask appears and blocks it."
Did [Mask of a Thousand Faces] have such a trait?
"Ah, you don't have to take off your clothes."
At Choi Yu-na's words, I nodded. Choi Yu-na fiddled with my body. It felt ticklish.
Choi Yu-na groped my body. From my biceps to my pectorals to my thighs. After touching my thighs and thoroughly touching from my legs to my feet, she let out a groan for a moment.
"Hmm."
"How is it?"
I looked at her with eyes full of anticipation. I trained by utilizing my experience of receiving PT in my past life. Even if I couldn't get a 9 out of 10, I thought I might get a 7 or 8.
"Very."
"Very...?"
"You've been training sloppily."
"...Yes?"
"There are traces of effort to build up your upper and lower body, but it's very clumsy. It's as if a regular person received training from a PT and trained based on that experience."
"......"
"You might have referred to videos or something, but the body of a regular person and the body of a hero are different. It doesn't work if you train exactly like that. It's like when cooking 30 servings, if you just multiply the seasoning written in the recipe by 30, it doesn't turn out like the recipe."
'What on earth is different?'
The words felt like they were going to come out past my throat, but I held it in.
"U-uh, it doesn't work?"
But Im Na-yeon was different. At Im Na-yeon's words, I felt a very slight sense of patheticness from Choi Yu-na. But that emotion soon disappeared.
"It does not."
"I see."
"Anyway... I will stick to Lee Si-woo-ssi and provide guidance today. Im Na-yeon-nim, you can train according to routine 4 today."
"Uuu... that's super tough."
Im Na-yeon moved to another room with a tearful face.
I followed Choi Yu-na to a place with many dumbbells.
"First, try lifting this lightly."
Choi Yu-na pointed to a bar. Originally, the bar only weighs 20kg, but the story is different here at the training center. With gravity magic and overload magic applied, it weighs at least 200kg and puts much more load on the body. It didn't end there; Choi Yu-na brought a weight labeled 50kg from somewhere and attached it to both sides.
A total of 300kg. But since overload magic is applied, the actual weight must be even more tremendous. I sat on the chair, got into position, and lifted the bar.
"Ugh!"
"Ho-oh."
As I lifted the dumbbell, Choi Yu-na exclaimed softly.
"Your form is perfect. Perhaps it's because your senses are so outstanding."
Choi Yu-na exclaimed, and after that, she made me do this and that. Since it's a world where magic engineering is developed, there were really various exercise equipment and training methods.
"Lift it faster!"
Doing sit-ups while wearing exercise equipment with overload and gravity magic applied, supporting my body with my palms.
"Run faster."
Making me run like crazy on a treadmill with overload and gravity magic applied.
"S-stop."
"We will rest if you do it one more time."
That "one more time" has already been over ten times! I gritted my teeth and lifted my body. My arms were trembling.
"That's enough now."
Thud!
I roughly put down the dumbbell and lowered my hands. It felt like I had squeezed out every ounce of strength I had.
"I won't! I can't! I absolutely can't do more! Just kill me!"
I screamed. At my reaction, she opened her mouth.
"It's okay. It's break time now."
I felt relieved and collapsed onto the floor.
"Rest for about 30 minutes, and then you can do the routine from earlier."
"......"
"I told you. The bodies of heroes and regular people are different."
She said with a slight smile. It was a part where I could understand why the characters were grateful but also terrified.
I finished the training. It was hell, but I was overflowing with energy. After eating and drinking the drink that Choi Yu-na specially prepared, my stamina recovered quite a bit.
'I don't want to do it ever again, though.'
I sighed inwardly. I would probably be the one asking her to do it. Her training was more efficient than I thought.
I turned on the Hero App. I intended to find out about the hypnosis app through rumors.
Whether it was a coincidence or not, there was a story about the hypnosis app on the best board.
[About the hypnosis app]
IfIDoIt: No matter how much I think about the text I got yesterday, isn't this [Hypnosis App]? This is a bit sketchy. You know there's a kid famous for brainwashing on the villain side, right? Maybe they made it?
ㄴwldn13541: LOL this is a bit sketchy. Some people actually looked like they were hypnotized. Didn't that Siwoo kid get caught too? There's definitely something there.
ㄴgayslayer: Yeah, there seems to be something about the hypnosis app. It might be related to the Great Evil.
ㄴRoseTteokbokki: Didn't that kid's unique trait not manifest yet? Isn't it related to that?
ㄴSpellingVillain: It's 'not' x, it's 'not' o.
Students were talking about the hypnosis app. There were some sharp opinions. As I scrolled down the comments, I saw a few familiar nicknames.
-Blan: I like that there's no one doing lol here.
ㄴwldk178: lol
ㄴWoojinJjang: lol
ㄴForYou: lol
ㄴHero: lol
ㄴCheonma: lol
ㄴHan: Damn, seriously. Stop with the lol aggro.
Hero and Cheonma. Both were heroes. What are they doing there? Han was Han Jong-woo.
-WoojinJjang: LOL I'll delete the comment in 5 minutes, so please reply to make the kids curious.
ㄴSleepyHoney: You really are...
ㄴtldk7154: You are a really bad person. A terribly selfish person ;S;
ㄴForYou: Hey, even so, isn't that too harsh?
ㄴWoojinJjang: I am Kim Woo-jin of Anyang, Gyeonggi-do!
ㄴWoojinJjang: What is this. Who are you?
ㄴWoojinJjang: I am the strongest in Class A, 1st year, Kim Woo-jin!
ㄴWoojinJjang: Damn, who are you!
ㄴHero: Why are you talking to yourself
ㄴCheonma: The ends are 'Ehh' and 'Ehhh'. It's a different person.
ㄴHero: Oh I see.
-Don'tKnow: I didn't read it, but it's a really good opinion. I pressed like.
ㄴIfIDoIt: No, damn...
ㄴHeungbuIsExcited: I read this post and got 100 on the midterm exam. Thank you.
ㄴChiko: Why did you get 100 on the midterm...
ㄴSenzIsAGodGame: Where's the 3-line summary?
ㄴ2mm: I am awakening the Pleasure Life App today!
ㄴQueenNayeon: This is really dizzying... Is this the future of Korea...?
"Hey."
When I was giggling because there was a lot of fun content, a beautiful voice rang out. I turned my head toward where the beautiful voice rang out.
Faded white hair. Contrasting with that, sparkling golden eyes stare at me.
Black shorts, a white tank top, and a black outer garment casually draped over, revealing her right shoulder. Sneakers worn down carelessly. There was a girl with an atmosphere that seemed to say, I'm a delinquent girl. Although she draped her clothes carelessly like a man, thanks to her flowing lines and skin that was white to the point of being transparent, she was more attractive than any woman.
It was Eun Sua.
I recalled information about Eun Sua in my head.
A prospective tower master of the Ivory Tower, where mages are as numerous as sand on the beach, which is very hard to see even at the Hero Academy.
There is a setting that she acts crookedly because she has been let off the leash after coming to the Hero Academy after focusing only on studying under her parents' oppression for many years, but she is basically a softie.
She suffers from severe loneliness. She is very interested in dark attributes, shadows, and Black Flame Dragons. She is also very interested in lightning-related techniques. That's why she uses her unique trait, [Seven Colors], to create and use [Black Flame] or [Black Thunder].
'It's a bit of a shame that what she makes with such good stuff is just Black Thunder or Black Flame.'
It's not that Black Flame is bad. It's just that I wondered why she insisted on coating it in black when there are better combinations.
For example, if you combine lightning and flame to create [Flame Thunder], the fire magic with a wide range and the lightning magic that combines speed and power fuse to create tremendous synergy. However.
'Eun Sua. Flame Thunder suits you better than Black Flame...'
I couldn't say that, could I?
"Why?"
"Can we talk for a moment?"
At Eun Sua's words, I looked at my phone to check the time. 6 PM. It was almost time to eat. If it were other kids, it would be time to refuse immediately and go eat, but Eun Sua is worth talking to.
Come to think of it, I haven't had a proper conversation with her.
"What about?"
"You, are you an acquaintance of Nam Da-yoon-nim?"
"Nam Da-yoon-nim?"
I racked my brain. Nam Da-yoon-nim? Come to think of it, there was such a setting. Eun Sua is a fan of Nam Da-yoon.
"Da-yoon noona? Why noona?"
"Is that the kind of relationship you have?"
Eun Sua made a rare shocked expression.
"Th-then, by any chance..."
"Siwoo-ya!!"
It was then. I heard Im Na-yeon's voice. At Im Na-yeon's voice, Eun Sua frowned.
"Tch. Let's talk next time."
Clicking her tongue low, Eun Sua said that and backed away. Im Na-yeon was coming toward me, scattering her jet-black hair.
"Why did you leave first without saying anything?"
"You looked busy training."
I said, scratching my head.
"Did you eat?"
"Eat? I haven't eaten yet. Do you want to eat together?"
Im Na-yeon said, but I shook my head. It was because I was full after drinking the juice Choi Yu-na gave me earlier.
"I'm fine because I drank juice earlier. I don't know what was in it, but I was full after drinking one cup."
"Ah, Teacher Choi's special juice. It is filling even if you drink just one. They say it's good for women's skin and good for men's stamina."
I flinched at Im Na-yeon's words. Eyes that seemed to shine with a pink light. I felt an emotion filled with pleasure.
"Siwoo-ya, do you want to play a little and then go to the dormitory?"
At Im Na-yeon's words, I had a premonition.
That it was time to play hypnosis today.