Episode 10: Ah, it's thrilling. It feels good.
Episode 10: Ah, it's thrilling. It feels good.
The lesson I prepared today was, as I said, about tricks.
How to do better on the exam.
This was a lesson curriculum I brought with the intention of genuinely teaching her.
"I-is that so?"
It seemed Yoo Ara wasn't happy about that.
Twisting her hair and fidgeting like that.
She looked like she wanted something.
I know what it is, though.
'I have to hold back until the Monthly Evaluation.'
The important thing is to get a good score on the evaluation.
And the ultimate goal is to pass the Regular Examination.
"You can consider the results of this Monthly Evaluation as essentially the results of the Regular Examination. The exam scores are similar, and..."
I ignored Yoo Ara, who was wiggling and trying to stick to my side, and continued the lesson.
"The Golems that appear in the simulation are set with high defense, but there is a fatal error in the system..."
"The Regular Examination and the Monthly Evaluation use the same simulation. Although there are cases where they summon actual monsters, in that case..."
"Ignore your partners in the Monthly Evaluation. In the end, clear speed is just as important as teamwork."
"If you really want to get teamwork points..."
I taught her all sorts of tricks that appear in the Monthly Evaluation and the Regular Examination.
Around the time the lesson was coming to an end.
"Is this all?"
"Yeah. As I said earlier, you have to pass both the Monthly Evaluation and the Regular Examination in 1st place."
"I don't really need 1st place..."
Yoo Ara said in a shrinking voice.
Yeah. She probably doesn't need 1st place.
Passing the Regular Examination.
That was her goal.
She was sulking for a moment, then suddenly lifted her head.
"Then!"
"What is it?"
"If I pass both the Monthly Evaluation and the Regular Examination in 1st place, what will you do for me?"
"What will I do? I'll congratulate you."
"Th-that's all?"
"Are you a retard? If you get 1st place in both, it's only good for you, so what more do you want me to do?"
Yoo Ara, flustered, turned her eyes away.
"Ah, no, that's... Even at school, if you get 1st place, they give you a scholarship for your hard work, and the professors praise you..."
I recalled the thick scent of a woman that had brushed past my nose every time I conducted the lesson.
The seductive scents that are still stimulating my nose.
Perfume, shampoo, air freshener, the scent of soft skin, and.
'The scent of vaginal fluid that smells lewd.'
There was no way I wouldn't know this scent.
Because it's a scent I've smelled countless times while training, no, tutoring Yoo Ara.
It was the scent of a female seducing a male.
She probably wasn't producing it intentionally.
Perhaps rather than wanting to seduce me.
'It must be the result of the training she received here.'
Because she's been stripped naked countless times in situations alone with a man, and has been doing Mana Circulation while getting hit with a leather belt like a whip.
The memory of feeling it countless times with a body that has become incomparably more sensitive than an ordinary person's must be vivid.
Those memories remained, and her body reacted reflexively.
Just like Pavlov's dog.
"Th-therefore... um... p-please give me a reward."
"A reward?"
"Yes! A reward!"
I didn't need her to say it to know what kind of reward she was talking about.
Because I also wanted to do it with her right away.
Yoo Ara's appearance was remarkably excellent.
In our first meeting, her face was worn out from fatigue, but even then, she was a beauty who caught the eye.
Long hair reaching her waist and especially shining chestnut eyes.
She was beautiful, indeed.
To the point where I wanted to pull out my cock and fuck her right now.
But not right now.
However.
'If she passes both the Monthly Evaluation and the 1st Regular Examination in 1st place as she said.'
It would be enough of a carrot to tame a beast in heat.
'Because I need you to defeat Daeseong.'
Yoo Ara was the starting point for my goal.
So.
"Alright."
I'll coax you with a proper reward.
"If you get 1st place, I'll give you whatever reward you want. Instead, brag about it everywhere. That I taught you."
"Okay."
Thus, the final lesson preparing for the Monthly Evaluation ended.
"Ugh!"
Yoo Ara's pride was hurt.
Because Kim Si-woo didn't look at her until the end and focused on the lesson.
"Just a while ago, he told me to take off my clothes!"
Why now?
"Is he a eunuch? I'm coming onto him like this, and he doesn't know?"
Yoo Ara looked at her reflection in the mirror.
A flowy skirt that one would wear on a date, heavily applied makeup, and even the subtle scent of perfume.
She was a woman anyone would find attractive.
These were clothes she bought to get a boyfriend once she settled into the academy.
They were items that had been locked in the closet until now because of her hellish grades.
Unlike her past self, worn out by fatigue and classes...
"Don't tell me. Did he already get turned off after seeing my bare face?"
N-no, right?
She bit her lip.
That absolutely shouldn't be the case...
Suddenly, she recalled what she had done.
The way she acted like a child, throwing a tantrum asking for a reward if she got 1st place.
She was frustrated.
That Kim Si-woo wasn't doing anything with her dressed up like this in front of him.
"I will definitely get 1st place."
Yoo Ara vowed while looking in the mirror.
The exam began.
Monthly Evaluation.
The students stood in front of a simulation arena so huge it was like combining three soccer fields.
This massive simulation arena was the pinnacle of technology, containing all the techniques of the Korea Hunter Academy.
This technology, which provides realistic combat through simulations that are just like the real thing, was a machine newly introduced four years ago.
The class of '23 cadets gathered at the simulation arena all began to check their equipment with tense faces.
The first exam of the Monthly Evaluation was for [Class 23-D], which was said to have gathered only the students with the lowest grades among them.
Perhaps because this Monthly Evaluation was an exam held one week before the Regular Examination.
"Hoo, hoo. I'm nervous."
"Is your team well prepared?"
"Of course. We've planned a winning route until the Regular Examination."
"I'm jealous."
"Oh, right... You have a repeater on your team, right?"
"We're screwed. We have to avoid a failing grade..."
"We have a dealer spot left on our team, do you want to join?"
"As if that would work."
The students had finished all their teamwork preparations for the Regular Examination.
Except for one person.
Yoo Ara.
The legend of the class of '22 who repeated a year with the lowest score in history last year.
The only student from the class of '22 in [Class 23-D].
The only repeater.
She was the one everyone avoided.
They say she got good grades in the recent weekly evaluations, but it's just a weekly evaluation.
It was an exam anyone could get a good score on if they had just a little bit of skill.
But the Monthly Evaluation was different.
The Monthly Evaluation was an exam where not only individual ability but also teamwork between team members was essential.
Would she, who was ignored and rejected by everyone, really be able to show proper teamwork?
Well.
The students' thoughts were negative.
"Assholes."
Yoo Ara gritted her teeth while looking at the students whispering while looking at her.
Dog-like bastards.
Guys who think that's everything in the world just because they're a little better than others by pure luck.
'It's okay. I'm invincible today.'
The day of the exam.
Kim Si-woo suddenly visited in the morning.
'What's the matter?'
'I came just in case. I have something to give you in case something other than the simulation I pointed out appears.'
'You sound like you want me to get 1st place.'
'Of course. I want my student to be the best.'
'But isn't this cheating?'
'Cheating? That only exists for regular students. Where is there cheating for hunters who have to survive on the battlefield somehow? If you stick to things like that, you'll all die.'
At that moment, Kim Si-woo's expression looked somewhat dark.
'Make sure to get 1st place.'
Yoo Ara looked at the small ring he gave her.
He told me to clench my fist and shout Arpen if a dangerous enemy appears that I can't defeat with my own power.
I don't know his intention.
Even though he clearly knows what he's going to make me do...
'Does he have feelings for me?'
The imagination of a girl who graduated from an all-girls middle and high school and has never dated began to spring up.
"Hehehehe. If you're shy, just say it."
Yoo Ara checked her team members one last time.
Her team members were dealer Jang Won-hoo, who had been chattering with his friends from behind earlier, all-around tanker Lee Hye-ri, who was silently sharpening her sword alone, and herself, Yoo Ara, who originally provided support from the rear.
But today is different.
"We're going without a rear guard today."
"What? Are you out of your mind?"
Jang Won-hoo said, frowning at her words.
"Are you trying to ruin someone's life, you repeater? If you want to ruin something, go ruin it alone. Where do you..."
"Shut up. You trash who can't even deal damage. I'm saying this because I have a plan."
"What?"
Jang Won-hoo frowned at the words of Yoo Ara, the representative repeater of the class of '22.
"I may have repeated a year, but I've been at the academy for a year longer than you guys. So, no more talk..."
"This bitch, I've been letting her be..."
"Why. Are you going to hit me? Go ahead. See if you get demerit points for assaulting a team member."
"Argh, this f*ck..."
Lee Hye-ri, who was watching Jang Won-hoo and Yoo Ara, looked at the two with calm eyes and shook her head.
"The team is going great."
They were [Team 33].
The worst team, randomly formed because they couldn't make a team even in [Class 23-D], where only the biggest troublemakers were gathered.
While the worst team members were bickering, the time for the evaluation approached.
"Are you all ready?"
Professor Park Ji-yoon, the professor in charge of [Urban Combat Training] who was in charge of the Monthly Evaluation, focused everyone's attention.
"Yes!"
"This Monthly Evaluation is simple. Each team just needs to carry out the assigned mission within this simulation area. Currently, the total number of students in 23-D is 99! Among them, the bottom 20 will receive the lowest grade!"
The team was made up of 3 people, but Park Ji-yoon said the bottom 20.
It means that just because you're in the same team, it doesn't mean you all pass, or that you all fail.
Yoo Ara knew.
This unreasonable rule.
That even though they say to value teamwork, not everyone can pass together.
'That's why I failed too.'
But this time, it will absolutely not be like that.
Yoo Ara clenched her fist tightly.
The ring Kim Si-woo gave her as a gift before the exam felt even more distinct.
Professor Park Ji-yoon, the professor in charge who explained the simple rules, raised her hand.
"Now, then! Start!"
Beeeep!
All the students of [Class 23-D] entered the simulation arena.
Even Yoo Ara of [Team 33], and her team members Jang Won-hoo and Lee Hye-ri.
Yoo Ara thought.
'I-it's more doable than I thought?'
The difference between the Monthly Evaluation and the Regular Examination is the difference in difficulty.
Playing by the rules set in the simulation arena was the same.
And Yoo Ara was dealing with the enemies in that simulation arena without any trouble.
'The Golems that appear in the simulation have a fatal error. It's the connection between the back of the head and the neck. It's a weakness that actual Golems also have, but it's set excessively.'
Kwa-ang!
Knocking down a Golem famous for being tricky in one hit.
'You'll often see citizens asking for help in the simulation, but if you look closely at their eyes, they will look red. Those guys are Creepers. Monsters that disguise themselves as humans.'
Kieeeeek!
She annihilated all the Creepers disguised as humans.
'Goblins always hide one individual that ambushes the enemy from behind, so don't let your guard down. Letting your guard down is death.'
Keureureuk!
Keureuk!
Just as Kim Si-woo said, she even took care of all the Goblins trying to ambush from behind.
Yoo Ara, who was clearing the simulation, thought.
'This is crazy.'
Kim Si-woo's teachings were genuine advice.
Her team, led by Yoo Ara, who had memorized the strategy, advanced with unstoppable force.
"What the hell is that repeater..."
Jang Won-hoo's flustered voice was heard from behind.
Ah, thrilling.
Feels good.