Chapter 287: Tempering (3)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 287: Tempering (3)
A huge homework assignment had suddenly been thrust upon her.
Even after everyone else had left, she remained alone in the training ground, lost in thought.
‘A way to not be read…’
Reading an opponent's moves in battle was no different from starting a poker game knowing exactly what cards they held.
When you could clearly see where they would aim and how they would move, you could not only react quickly but also counterattack their blind spot at the perfect moment.
It meant the fight became one you couldn't lose even if you wanted to.
The spar with Kim Do-jin just now had been exactly like that.
Having already figured out which direction I would thrust or swing my sword, Kim Do-jin had easily deflected my attacks with minimal movement.
‘If that had been a real battle… I would have died so many times.’
If he were a villain, or an enemy after her life, how many times would she have died?
The thought that dozens of lives wouldn't have been enough was enough to give her goosebumps.
“…Nertube.”
She leaned against the training ground wall, sat down, and accessed Nertube on her smartphone.
The search term she entered was ‘Son Si-woo’.
Instantly, countless videos about her dad flooded the screen.
【What's the recent status of Son Si-woo, taking his first sabbatical as a Hunter?】
【Industry insiders evaluate the People's Hunter, Son Si-woo.】
【Is Son Si-woo's sabbatical due to injury? A look at the various rumors surrounding him.】
【15 TMIs about Son Si-woo you didn't know.】
Despite his not appearing in public due to his sabbatical, the interest in him hadn't cooled in the slightest.
Seeing this, Son Seo-yeon frowned.
“…Why are people so interested in other people's lives?”
Even if he was a celebrity, she wished they would at least respect his personal life.
A memory suddenly surfaced, and with rough movements, Son Seo-yeon typed in an additional search term.
When she added the word ‘battle’ to the ‘Son Si-woo’ keyword, the results she wanted finally poured in.
【Son Si-woo effortlessly handling an A-rank villain】
【Son Si-woo instantly subduing bank robbers】
【Son Si-woo instantly cleaning up monsters from a dungeon break】
There were all sorts of battle videos, against both humans and monsters.
She played the most recent one.
The movements were utterly unadorned, followed by a single, fatal sword strike that subdued the opponent in an instant.
“…He studied me by watching this?”
The video was short, and the swordsmanship shown was even shorter.
How many videos like this would one have to watch to be able to say they'd studied Son Si-woo?
Hundreds? Or thousands?
And to think he would have had to rewatch a single short video dozens, even hundreds of times.
“No way…”
Her jaw dropped as she roughly calculated the enormous amount of time it would have taken.
Remembering Kim Do-jin's movements, her heart swelled.
It was obvious how many times he must have rewatched her dad's videos to be able to see through her movements so clearly.
“He went that far just to make me realize my weakness…”
A misunderstanding had sprouted.
She believed Kim Do-jin had rewatched hundreds, thousands of her dad's videos just to make her realize her weakness.
She couldn't quite understand it.
The fact that he had studied the videos until his eyes felt like they would fall out, just to help a teammate overcome a weakness.
‘Maybe…’
Perhaps he saw her as more than just a simple teammate.
Like a colleague he wanted to be with not just at Korea University, but throughout his entire Hunter career.
Or maybe….
‘A-a life partner…?’
Son Seo-yeon shook her head violently, trying to erase the outrageous thought.
Her flushed red face made her look even more vibrant.
“T-this isn't the time for this.”
This was no time to be wasting on such absurd thoughts.
Whatever his feelings were, one thing was certain.
The expectations he had for her, or his feelings, were far beyond ordinary.
‘I want to repay him.’
She wanted to show him.
To reward him for his hard work.
She wanted to show him a new version of herself, one who had completely erased the weakness he pointed out and had soared to new heights.
In the end, she wanted to become a reliable asset, a teammate he could trust his back to anytime, anywhere.
“…Let's do this.”
Her intensified will fueled the speed of her growth.
* * *
Every Wednesday.
This was the day for tempering the ugly duckling instead of his teammates.
“Welcome, Teacher.”
“Hello, Do-jin.”
I entered the mansion to a warm welcome from Ahn Joo-ri and Kim Eun-bi.
“You have time today as well, right?”
“Of course, Mother.”
After having tea to build rapport with the two women, I headed to the training ground.
Through the crack in the door, I could see Kim Jeong-hun, lightly sweating.
The guy, who hated seeing me joking around with his family, was always down here first.
He couldn't be more of a fool.
Just because he doesn't see it doesn't mean we're not growing closer. Tsk, tsk.
“Our praiseworthy Jeong-hun, you came down early again today to warm up?”
He glared at me, his gaze sharp in response to my tone, which was like I was talking to a child.
Over the past few weeks, his body had become much sharper.
The fat was gone, the muscle had grown, and his physique had become more befitting of a Hunter, I suppose.
It was absolutely necessary, but it wasn't something he achieved entirely of his own free will.
“First training, you know the drill, right? A thousand of each of the three basic slashes.”
The routine for teaching him was very simple.
First, I make him practice to build his fundamentals, then I head to Kim Eun-bi, who's waiting in her room.
Knock, knock!
When I knock and enter, Eun-bi opens the door as if she's been waiting and clings to me.
“What took you so long…♥”
A subtle sexiness now tinged her once-cheerful voice.
“Jjureup…, haup♥”
I embraced her as she dangled from my neck with her fingers interlaced, and we kissed as we entered the room.
By the time we sat on the bed, she pulled her lips away and asked me.
“What should I do for you today…?”
Her tone was laced with subtle anticipation.
“Hmm, what would be good.”
For the past few weeks, Eun-bi had drained my semen without fail.
With her mouth, of course, but also with her hands, her breasts, and her feet.
To put it bluntly, it meant we'd done almost everything possible except for actual penetration.
“Your mouth would be good today.”
“Okay, I’ll use my mouth today, just as you want, Do-jin.”
Kim Eun-bi naturally slid down my body and moved to the floor beside the bed.
With practiced hands, she removed my pants and underwear, caressing my limp penis until it stood erect.
Soon, she began to suck my penis with her saliva-filled mouth.
“Cheueup…, cheup…! Ha-eup…, he-eup…♥”
She was still clumsy, but as I was enjoying her improving movements each week…
Click.
The sound of the doorknob turning reached my ears.
A sound that Eun-bi, frantically sucking my penis, couldn't hear—a sound only I could.
Through the slightly open door came a dirty gaze and hot, rough breaths.
Our ugly duckling visited his sister's room every week.
To see the back of his own sister, lewdly sucking the penis of the guy he had tormented so much.
“Hoo… this feels so good.”
I said the words deliberately to provoke him.
When I did, Eun-bi naturally played along, making her brother's anger surge two, three times over.
“Chyureup… does it feel gwood in nuna’s mouth…?”
“It’s the best.”
“Hnng… Do-jin’s dickie is yummy, so it feels gwood…♥”
Her slurred pronunciation from speaking with a penis in her mouth made the atmosphere even more exciting.
Following the slowly building sensation of ejaculation, I unloaded my semen freely into her mouth.
Byuryuryuryut!
Eun-bi, her cheeks puffed out, pulled the penis from her mouth, easily swallowed the semen, and opened her now-empty mouth to show me.
“Beeh… Thank you for the meal today…♥”
Along with the polite greeting, she even began the clean-up fellatio.
“Hoo… that was really good, nuna.”
“Hee… I enjoyed it too. But you know…?”
“Yeah?”
“When… when are we going to learn the rest…?”
The change was so drastic it was hard to believe this was the same girl who used to flinch at the mere sight of a penis.
“Hmm… when should we.”
“I’ve even studied! I-I think all that’s left is to do it for real with you, Do-jin…!”
I stroked her head as she demanded the real thing, saying she'd even studied, though I had no idea how.
“Let’s do it in exactly one month. I think all the preparations will be finished by then.”
“A month… that seems so long, hng.”
I soothed the whining Eun-bi with a light kiss.
“Just wait a little longer, okay?”
“Okay… if that’s what you say, Do-jin.”
I could feel her will leaning more and more on me.
To the point where I thought we could easily manage not just sex, but a threesome.
“I should get going now.”
“Tch… aren’t you leaving too early these days?”
“I have to oversee Jeong-hun’s training. On the surface, that’s why I’m here, after all.”
“It’d be nice if he could just improve on his own…”
“Who can do that?”
“You became a B-rank Hunter without any tutoring, Do-jin.”
“Well… that’s true, but.”
Grind!
An unnatural sound came from outside the door.
It seemed Kim Jeong-hun, feeling betrayed, couldn't hold back his anger and had ground his teeth.
Promising to see her next week, I left the room, and I could sense his presence as he quickly headed down from the second floor.
I deliberately walked slowly, arriving at the training ground to allow for his perfect voyeurism.
The guy, who had arrived ahead of me, was swinging a practice sword, drenched in sweat.
It would be nice if all that sweat was from training, but unfortunately, it wasn't.
They were just beads of sweat from the excitement of his body growing hot while watching his sister's lewd display.
“Finished your basic practice?”
“…Yeah.”
“Then… it’s time to move on to the next training.”
The second part of his teaching routine.
“Come at me whenever you’re ready.”
It was a spar as intense as a real battle.
“Chaat…!”
I lightly dodged the sword he swung powerfully as he rushed in, as if he'd been waiting.
Hwoooong-!
A fierce sound of a blade cutting through the air rang in my ears.
“Hey, hey. I told you not to swing the sword with all your strength.”
“……”
I offered sincere advice during the spar, but he rarely listened.
Sparring was a method I chose to dramatically improve his skills, but that wasn't the only reason.
“With skills like these, you won’t be able to save your sister even in ten years.”
“Shut up…!”
That's right.
Before starting the spar, I had made a deal with him.
“You just have to land one hit. Focus, focus.”
If he could land even a single blow on me during the spar, I wouldn't go near his sister.
That was the reason he was screaming and charging at me.
I threw another log on the fire to further fuel Kim Jeong-hun, who was charging like an enraged wild boar.
“Hey, I’m planning to have sex with Eun-bi nuna in four weeks.”
If you want to stop me, you'll have to try harder, right?