Taking the First Step Toward the Most Beautiful Body in Human History (3)
The first step toward transforming into the most beautiful body in human history.
Kang Seojun began his squats.
-**Hup! Huuuuuup!**
-**Duduk! Duduk!**
Kang Seojun’s heavy frame slowly lowered beneath the weight of a 20-kilogram barbell.
“One~! Two~!”
Jin Serin counted every rep.
Only two sets.
“Hah!”
He had already hit his limit after just those two.
“Up! Up! Lift it! You can do it!”
-**Oogok!**
Teeth gritted, muscles bulging.
His legs shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck.
The once-silent gym exploded with murmurs.
“Whoa, even a 20-kilo bar makes him look like he’s dying—shouldn’t he be in the hospital instead of the gym?”
“Yeah, the hospital. He looks like he needs an operating table right now.”
“That’s not Kang Seojun working out—that’s Jin Serin training him.”
-**Bwoob!**
Jin Serin glared at the crowd with murderous eyes.
The students clamped their mouths shut and redoubled their focus.
Meanwhile, Kang Seojun savored the moment completely apart from the audience’s opinion.
Not just the endorphins flooding his system.
[System: Appropriate full-body muscle training has raised Strength Experience.]
[System: Appropriate full-body muscle training has raised Endurance Experience.]
[System: Appropriate full-body muscle training has raised Agility Experience.]
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[Debuff of trait *Morbid Obesity Lv. Lowest* is easing.]
[Debuff of trait *Hunchback Lv. Lowest* is easing.]
[Debuff of trait *Twisted Arms Lv. Lowest* is easing.]
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The notifications rose far faster than the crowd’s grumbling.
“Huaaak!”
No matter how hard he tried, the third squat refused to budge.
After only two reps, every muscle screamed and sparks exploded behind his eyes.
-**Duduk! Duduk!**
Even the deepest veins in his ears felt like they were about to burst.
But he didn’t quit.
Kang Seojun’s trembling fat jiggled as he summoned every ounce of strength.
“Uwaaaargh!!!”
His transcendent Willpower forcibly moved his body.
*Just this one more push and I’ll remove the debuffs with one spoon.*
*Just this one more push and I’ll take one more step toward the Return of the King.*
No need for motivation.
*I love this pain itself.*
No need for brainwashing.
Just pure, unfiltered will.
I will lift this barbell.
That single thought exploded dopamine straight into his brain.
-**Pat!**
His legs slammed straight and pushed up with impossible power.
He had completed three perfect squats while holding 20 kilograms.
-**Clang!**
Kang Seojun slammed the barbell back into the rack with a triumphant roar.
[**Lucky Bonus!** Enormous fortune has activated—mysterious power has taken root in his muscles! All physical stats’ experience has skyrocketed!]
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“Wheeze… wheeze…”
The moment the barbell was racked, the distant sensations in his entire body slowly returned.
Only then did Kang Seojun realize he had been drooling.
“Wait.”
Before he could wipe his mouth, Jin Serin beat him to it.
She reached out, gently wiping the corner of his lips with her sleeve.
Kang Seojun startled and turned his head.
“Your clothes will get dirty.”
“It’s fine. Just stay still.”
Jin Serin’s expression had grown serious. Kang Seojun could only let her work.
He spoke with a slightly embarrassed smile.
“Sorry. I must look ugly right now.”
“No… not at all…”
Tears welled in her eyes, but she bit her lip hard to hold them back.
The reason he looked like this today was because she had sacrificed and regressed countless times just to save him.
She could never find him ugly.
“Thank you. Let’s do one more set in three minutes.”
“Three minutes. Got it.”
Jin Serin set a stopwatch.
Kang Seojun sat on the nearby bench and caught his breath.
He had only done one set and his veins felt like they were popping.
With willpower he had managed it, but if luck had been worse he might have had a stroke and died.
Still, the growth was undeniable.
If this pace continued, at least two physical stats would probably rise before the day ended.
This made him think he had been right to raise his Willpower.
Even in this pain, he had felt he could keep going all day.
-**Beep-beep! Beep-beep!**
The three minutes vanished in an instant.
“Good. Second set—begin!”
Kang Seojun rose with fire in his eyes.
His legs still trembled, but his gaze burned with pure Willpower.
That was when—
“Kang Seojun cadet. Stop.”
A low, calm female voice froze him in place.
It wasn’t Jin Serin’s voice.
Kang Seojun turned toward the sound.
“?”
A figure he hadn’t expected was walking straight toward him and Jin Serin.
A-class homeroom instructor—**Kim Joohee**.
“I saw your squat form earlier. It was sloppy.”
Kim Joohee placed a hand on her hip and pointed out the exercise without hesitation.
Her own appearance was strangely off.
“Haa… hwoo…”
Her face was stern, but her cheeks were flushed and her breathing ragged.
As if she had just sprinted here in a hurry.
“Your auxiliary stance was sloppy too.”
“?”
Jin Serin’s eyes sharpened like knives.
Kim Joohee looked at her with mild disdain.
Sparks flew between the two women.
Kang Seojun, eyes flicking between them, stepped in.
“Then would you mind teaching me one set?”
“Seojun…?”
The interruption was sudden, but it was almost certainly the work of **The Favored One**—the transcendent trait that guaranteed 100% favorability with all constellations.
Kim Joohee was the trainer who always used the same kitchen-like advice whenever anyone trained physical stats in the original *Grand Hunter Academy*.
Kang Seojun decided to seize the opportunity.
“Hmm. I guess I have no choice.”
The corner of Kim Joohee’s mouth twitched.
She had been desperately holding back a smile that threatened to reach her ears.
“Guiding the cadets to their best is my job too. If you ask so nicely, I really have no choice.”
She repeated the words “no choice” like a mantra as she steered Kang Seojun toward the barbell.
Jin Serin watched with wide, jealous eyes like a cat whose fish had been stolen, then narrowed them into angry slits and followed.
“First, assume the position. I’ll check you one by one.”
Kang Seojun mirrored his earlier stance.
“Legs a little wider, hands farther out.”
Kim Joohee adjusted his hands and feet with delicate, precise touches.
“Hmm…”
[System: Having your form corrected by a physical-training specialist has increased muscle-training efficiency.]
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The adjustment was almost imperceptible, yet the effect was immediate.
“Your pelvis is tilted.”
Then Kim Joohee’s hand slipped somewhere it had no business being.
“Hips a little more to the right, and pull your rear slightly backward.”
“Ha—huh!”
Right above the crease and right below it.
Kang Seojun’s body went rigid like a cat whose neck had just been grabbed.
“Ha! W-where are you touching?!”
The words he couldn’t finish were screamed by Jin Serin.
Kim Joohee kept her voice calm and professional.
“Kang Seojun’s body is different from the average cadet. For proper instruction, a certain amount of touch is unavoidable.”
“Th-that…?!”
Jin Serin stared at Kim Joohee in utter disbelief.
But the system message confirmed it anyway.
[System: Having your form corrected by a physical-training specialist has increased muscle-training efficiency.]
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The notification had already proven the correction was working.
“Form is good enough. Now turn around. I’ll support you from behind—lower slowly.”
Kim Joohee stepped behind him and took hold of the barbell.
“Ha—huh!”
The grip was too close. Pelvis braced, chest pressed flush against his back.
Jin Serin’s eyes nearly popped out.
“W-what are you doing?!”
“Why are you so worked up?”
“You’re way too close… lower… your chest…!”
“As I said earlier, Kang Seojun cadet’s body isn’t normal. That’s why I need to support you with my entire body.”
“Th-that…!?”
Jin Serin scanned Kang Seojun’s face.
If he showed even a flicker of discomfort, she would forcefully pry Kim Joohee off him.
But.
-**Pang.**
“Haa…”
Pure satisfaction shone in Kang Seojun’s eyes.
[System: Receiving assistance from a physical-training specialist has greatly increased muscle-training efficiency.]
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‘Truly blessed.’
He could never have imagined the transcendent trait *The Favored One* would feel this solid.
Unexpected benefits were pouring in, and there was no reason for Kang Seojun to complain.
“Begin.”
-**Duduk. Duduk! Wood crack!**
Kang Seojun slowly bent his knees.
A sound like an ancient tree collapsing echoed from his body.
Kim Joohee pressed her entire chest flat against his back.
She was literally hugging him.
“Uuuuuoooh…!!”
Jin Serin’s fat jiggled as she watched with bitter jealousy.
“One! Two!”
“Hah!!”
Again, the limit appeared after only two reps.
“Lift it! You can do it!”
“Huuuuueeeep!!”
Kang Seojun bit his lower lip until it bled and pushed with everything he had.
Veins bulged across his eyes. Saliva dripped from his gums.
-**Duduk. Wood!**
Kim Joohee felt every ounce of Kang Seojun’s raw Willpower vibrating through their fused bodies.
Even with only 20 kilograms, to him it felt like the sky itself was pressing down.
Yet his muscles and tendons twitched and held.
That will and ingenuity had once moved an entire training class.
And now it was moving her.
She was certain he was no ordinary seed.
*After all…*
The corner she had been desperately suppressing finally broke free and curved into a smile.
*I want to raise him… and eat him.*
Kim Joohee nuzzled her face against his back with a blissful expression.
*I’d be happy to be eaten by him…*
“Humph!!! Humph!!! Huuuuum!!!”
“Huaaah!!”
Kim Joohee rubbed her face against his back with pure joy.
Jin Serin glared at her with narrowed eyes and snorted.
Amid that chaotic scene, Kang Seojun’s body was rapidly growing toward ideal beauty.