Bedside Tutoring 5
Amazing! Yoo Eun-chae couldn't help but genuinely marvel at the changes that had taken place in her body. The fact that manipulating magic power had become this easy and fast was astonishing, even though she'd heard about it beforehand. His hands kneading and pressing against her hips kept flashing through her mind, but the results she'd gained by enduring that embarrassment were truly valuable. If she hadn't gone through with it, she probably would have regretted it for a long time.
"Is everyone satisfied?" At Seo Moon-jin's voice, Yoo Eun-chae turned her head toward him. As he asked whether she, Seo Moon-min-hye, Arian Liberin, and Yee Eun-chae were satisfied with the effects, she nodded immediately.
"Yeah, I'm satisfied. It really seems incredible."
Yoo Eun-chae's answer was filled with admiration as well. The power I had granted them—to make their bodies more compatible with magic power—had clearly left them all deeply satisfied. However, this was only the first stage. From here on, they would begin the real private tutoring sessions designed to help them grow stronger at an accelerated pace.
"Shall we start the second training session now?" I asked them whether they were ready to begin the next round right away.
"Yes, I'm fine with that."
"Me too! I want to experience it right away!"
Arian Liberin and Yee Eun-chae spoke first, followed by Seo Moon-min-hye.
"I'm ready too."
Yoo Eun-chae nodded after Seo Moon-min-hye, likely influenced by the effects of the first session.
"I want to do it now as well."
All four of them clearly burned with the desire to grow stronger. Even if they hadn't been like this, any mana awakener would naturally want to become more powerful, but these women had always possessed especially strong ambitions for that goal, each for their own reasons. And now, having experienced the transformation into bodies more attuned to magic power through my power, they would want to grow stronger as quickly as possible.
"Then everyone go into your own rooms here and lie down. You don't need to take off your clothes—just lie down comfortably."
"Cheon, what happens after we lie down?" Yee Eun-chae asked me with anticipation in her voice. She seemed to expect some kind of change in herself, just like the growth she'd experienced from becoming more compatible with magic power.
"You'll have an experience."
"An experience? What do you mean?" Yee Eun-chae asked with a puzzled expression. Seo Moon-min-hye, Arian Liberin, and Yoo Eun-chae all seemed equally confused.
"If you close your eyes and lie down, you'll feel as though you're experiencing someone else's life. You'll be reliving moments of battle, so focus on sensing what kind of swordsmanship they use and how they handle their power."
"Is it similar to virtual reality?" Arian Liberin asked, and I nodded.
"Yes. But unlike virtual reality, even though you'll share the sensations, you won't be able to move on your own. It's more like briefly experiencing someone else's life."
"So we can directly experience stronger people than us operating different magic powers and swinging swords?"
"That's right."
Although I described it as someone else's life, what I would actually have them experience were artificially created fictional characters. "That said, they aren't real people. They're fictional characters that I and Yucheon Group created by compiling various information."
In truth, Lucifer, Leviathan, and Lilith had also worked hard on this project, so it wasn't inaccurate. Mammon, Beelzebub, Satan, and Belphegor had played the opposing roles as well. What they had done was essentially motion capture.
"Did Yucheon Group create something like that too? That's impressive." Yee Eun-chae expressed her admiration. Since it was true that the core members of Yucheon Group had developed this technology together, I nodded and replied, "Yeah. They really worked hard."
They truly had. Even though they were restraining themselves in front of me, I had to strictly monitor the summoned beings who normally tried to outdo one another. But that wasn't what mattered right now.
"So we just have to lie on the bed? That's convenient."
"We each go into our own rooms here, right?"
"Yeah. There are five rooms, so pick any one and I'll handle you one by one in order."
With that, Seo Moon-min-hye, Arian Liberin, Yee Eun-chae, and Yoo Eun-chae each went inside. Afterward, I entered the room where Seo Moon-min-hye was first.
"Oppa." Seo Moon-min-hye was already lying neatly on the bed, greeting me with a smile.
"Min-hye, I'll start right away."
"Okay. Oppa, but is it really all right for us to suddenly become so strong?" Seo Moon-min-hye suddenly asked.
"You think it would be troublesome if you suddenly got stronger?"
"I just thought maybe it would be inconvenient for you, Oppa. You've been steadily helping me grow stronger for seven years, but you never did something like this before. So I wondered if there might be a problem if I became too strong."
Seo Moon-min-hye could have felt hurt, but instead of being disappointed, she assumed there must be a reason on my end.
"You're right. If you became too strong, it could have caused some troublesome issues."
I decided to tell her the truth without hiding anything.
"What kind of reason?"
"Seo Moon-kang-hyuk. That man would have pitted you against Seo Moon-hyun."
At my words, Seo Moon-min-hye's expression stiffened slightly. Seo Moon-kang-hyuk. He was the biological father of Seo Moon-jin, Seo Moon-hyun, and Seo Moon-min-hye. Yet despite having three children, he showed no affection to any of them and was even more vicious than their biological mother—who had returned to her family—because he only loved the Seo family itself.
"Unless we completely cut ties… if you became stronger than Seo Moon-hyun, you would have been found out."
Of course, my own goal of revenge against Seo Moon-hyun was also part of the reason. But if Seo Moon-min-hye had grown stronger than Seo Moon-hyun, Seo Moon-kang-hyuk would naturally have made them fight to determine who was more suitable as the successor.
"Yeah, that sounds right. If it were Dad, he definitely would have made me fight against little brother."
Seo Moon-min-hye, who now understood her father Seo Moon-kang-hyuk's true nature, accepted it immediately. Through Lucifer, I had already informed her about the disgraceful behavior Seo Moon-hyun had shown, and she had heard various other pieces of information about Seo Moon-kang-hyuk as well.
She only showed me the face of a cute little sister… but she must have already noticed.
Having learned the true nature of Seo Moon-kang-hyuk and Seo Moon-hyun early in her childhood, she had now reached the point where she could coldly assess what kind of person Seo Moon-kang-hyuk really was. Until the entrance ceremony, she must have been emotionally tormented, but now that she had become my woman, she seemed to have finished sorting out her feelings and had even discarded any lingering attachment to Seo Moon-kang-hyuk and Seo Moon-hyun.
"If you were stronger, I would have had you kill Seo Moon-hyun with your own hands or at least render him incapable of fighting again."
"…Yeah, that sounds right." Seo Moon-min-hye agreed. A deep sense of disgust was etched across her beautiful face.
"No matter what the outcome, I wouldn't have killed you. To Dad, I'm just a product that's easy to sell off."
In this world, Seo Moon-min-hye's beauty ranked among the very top, and its value was beyond words. If Seo Moon-kang-hyuk believed she could become the greatest head of the family, he would have placed her in that position and used her beauty to find a partner who could help her consolidate power as the head. Otherwise, she would have been sold off in marriage to the highest bidder like a valuable commodity.
In the original story, Seo Moon-kang-hyuk died midway through, so nothing like that ever happened.
Recalling the original plot for a moment, I gently stroked Seo Moon-min-hye's pretty forehead while admiring her flawless beauty that perfectly harmonized with her blue eyes, and smiled softly.
"You don't need to worry about that anymore. After all, you're already living outside the Seo family, right? You won't get dragged into those annoying matters anymore, so I'll let you grow as strong as you want."
"Yeah!"
"Since you've already laid a solid foundation, you'll probably grow especially fast compared to Arian, Eun-chae, or Hyun-ah."
"Hehe~ As expected of Oppa. I've always believed in you because you're always looking out for me."
Seo Moon-min-hye, filled with nothing but trust toward me and not a shred of doubt, was now sending that faith not only as a little sister but also as my woman.
"Yeah, trust me and leave it to me. Now I'll begin."
"Okay."
As I stroked Seo Moon-min-hye's forehead and infused my power, her eyes slowly closed and she soon fell asleep. Once she woke up, she would rapidly grow stronger through the experiences within the magically created virtual reality space. It was a complete sharing of sensations that even this world's virtual reality technology could never achieve.
Now it's Arian, Eun-chae, and Hyun-ah's turn.
After lightly kissing the sleeping Seo Moon-min-hye on the lips and stroking her blue hair once, I stepped outside and entered the rooms of Arian Liberin, Yee Eun-chae, and Yoo Eun-chae in turn to begin their second training sessions.
Once they woke up, they would walk the shortcut to becoming even stronger. And it would be an excellent shortcut with a very solid foundation already in place.