Episode 12: I just want to take her down a peg.
Episode 12: I just want to take her down a peg.
Yoo A-ra, who had firmly declared to me that she would get first place in the regular exam as well, gritted her teeth and prepared for the exam.
Every day, she never forgot to circulate mana while undressed, and she memorized the formulas I had taught her by heart.
Does she want to win that badly?
Then, as her teacher, I suppose I should help her a little.
"You can't just memorize with your head. You have to learn it with your body."
"How do I learn it with my body?"
"Follow me."
For the last lesson, I took Yoo A-ra and left the room.
The place I arrived at was a small playground in front of the dormitory where she stayed.
A playground empty of children and deserted was a perfect testing ground for her.
I looked at Yoo A-ra, who had followed me, and began to warm up.
"From now on, I'm going to approach you. However, I'll only use methods written in the famous combat manuals currently out there. If you can fully grasp these methods, you'll be able to easily dodge the attacks of a first-year cadet."
At my words, Yoo A-ra stood there hesitantly.
"Do we really have to do this? I already passed the monthly evaluation with first place anyway."
"You said you wanted to get first place in the regular exam."
"I did say that, but..."
"Do you think the people you beat will come out the same? In the regular exam, you can also interfere with your opponents."
"...."
That was why the difficulty of the monthly evaluation and the regular exam were different.
In the monthly evaluation, attacking other teams was strictly forbidden, but the regular exam was different.
To increase the realism of the field, attacking opponents was also possible.
Killing, however, was prohibited.
Right.
Killing was prohibited.
That meant everything else was allowed.
"If you don't practice here, you'll never get first place. You might get fifth. But can you be satisfied with that?"
"...."
Yoo A-ra had already tasted what it was like to be first.
A carnivore that has tasted the meat of victory can never go back to the way it was.
"Okay."
Yoo A-ra steeled her resolve.
"That's the spirit."
I walked toward Yoo A-ra, who had fortified her will to fight.
"Dodge well. It's even better if you can counter with Psychokinesis."
I closed in on her.
A basic swordsman's surprise attack aimed at a ranged hunter. My hand headed for Yoo A-ra's chest.
"Kkeut!"
Yoo A-ra stepped back.
But she was far too slow.
"Too slow."
I grabbed her chest firmly.
Something soft filled my hand.
"With that attack, you would have been judged as having your heart pierced and you're out. You wouldn't die, but you'd be hard-pressed to avoid last place."
Yoo A-ra stared at me, dumbfounded, as I held her chest.
"Kyaaak!"
She screamed belatedly and covered her chest.
"What, what are you doing?"
"I'm giving you a penalty, in my own way. So you can be aware."
"B, but..."
"We've already seen you naked, so don't act so surprised now. Next."
"W, wait a moment..."
But my fingers didn't wait.
"Kyaaat!"
This time, I grabbed the opposite breast.
"Judged as having your lung pierced. Likewise, since it's not a real sword, you wouldn't be dead."
"Gr, grabbing them like that..."
"You're not getting excited or anything, are you?"
"Ex, excited? Who's—Aat!"
Contrary to her claim of not being excited, her body flinched.
"Moving on. Focus quickly."
"J, just a moment..."
This time, my hand went to her back.
"Your rear defense is weak. If you can't defend like this, it'd be better to float objects around you with Psychokinesis."
I said, holding her bra in my hand.
"A sky-blue bra. You have more ordinary taste than I thought."
"Wh, what?"
With her bra removed, Yoo A-ra hurriedly covered her chest.
Through her thin t-shirt, her nipples were visible.
"Size G? Your chest is huge too. Does all your food go straight to your breasts?"
"Wh, what does that have to do with you, teacher...? G, give it back!"
"On the battlefield, you never know what will happen. So we'll continue."
I needed to prepare for every situation.
I used a different footwork to approach Yoo A-ra.
She moved this way and that, covering her chest with both hands.
She tried in vain to cover her breasts, but she couldn't block all the bouncing movement.
Without a bra, the motion was even more explicit.
"Heueut!"
Every time my hand brushed past her chest and side, Yoo A-ra let out a moan.
She trembled and dodged frantically to minimize the area that got hit.
She was better than before.
'She's protecting her body in her own way.'
Her movements had become more flexible.
See, you need to be touched—no, hit—to come to your senses.
Jjaak!
"Your butt is sticking out perfectly to be hit."
"Kyaaang!"
Then, during several rounds of repetitive training.
"Heueung!"
As I hit her buttocks, dodging her attempt to block my hand from striking her side, she suddenly collapsed.
"Aaaaah."
"What's wrong?"
"M, my legs gave out... W, wait, teacher, t, turn around! Don't look here..."
Yoo A-ra, still sitting on the ground, frantically waved her hands in panic.
What happened?
Is she sick or something?
Just as I thought that.
Jjoreureureu.
Her black training pants began to get wet.
A yellow liquid trickled down from the pants, spreading darker and wider, wetting the ground.
I knew what that was without having to ask.
I quickly took off my shirt and draped it over her waist.
"Heuk, heueueuk."
Yoo A-ra, her face contorted with tears, bit her lip.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do this..."
I only intended to raise her awareness and give her effective training.
But I made her legs give out and even made her pee herself.
This wasn't in the plan.
Yoo A-ra, her cheeks puffed out, looked at me with teary eyes.
"At least cover it with that..."
The moment I opened my mouth, her expression crumpled and she burst into tears.
"Uwaaaang! Th, this is why I told you to stop...! Heueuk!"
Yoo A-ra began to sob pitifully.
"Hiikkeuk! I, I said stop, hiikkeuk! I told you to, didn't I! B, but why! Hiikkeuk! You, you didn't stop! Heuaaaaang! I, I'm twenty years old and I, I wet myself...! And it's right in front of my house, hiikkeuk! I'm so embarrassed, how can I even walk around this neighborhood? Heuaaaaang!"
"I'm sorry. So please calm down a little..."
"How can I calm down here! Heuaaaaang!"
"If you cry like that, people will stare even more. Let's go inside first. Lesson's over for today."
I covered her pelvic area with my removed clothes.
Unfortunately, she was wearing long pants, so there were many parts I couldn't cover.
The dark stain left on her training pants clearly showed the grand incident she had caused.
I quickly took Yoo A-ra and led her into her house.
"Do you want me to wash you?"
"No. I'm fine. I can wash myself."
With her lips pouted, Yoo A-ra went into the bathroom still in her wet pants.
Sswaaaa!
The sound of water ran.
After a long while.
Deolkeok.
The door opened, and Yoo A-ra walked out wearing nothing on her lower half.
"What are you doing now? You should have asked for clothes instead..."
"So what? It's not like you haven't seen everything anyway. You've already seen me naked when I was circulating mana. And under that excuse, you even took off my bra outside and did everything."
She looked quite angry.
Since the incident happened because of me, she must be annoyed.
And it was a disaster right in front of her own house.
In this situation, I was the guilty party.
She walked out confidently, took a pink pair of panties from her wardrobe, and put them on.
While she did that, I turned my head.
That was the bare minimum of decency.
"I've shown you most of the approaches that you cadets will face. You've learned them with your body, right?"
I said to Yoo A-ra, now dressed.
"Thanks to you, I've definitely learned them."
She's a smart girl, so she'll remember.
And an unforgettable incident happened, albeit unintentionally.
I looked at Yoo A-ra's reddened profile.
Maybe it's because she has a pretty face.
Her crying face was especially beautiful.
How should I put it?
Should I say it's a face that makes you want to bully her?
Her reactions were so rich that I unconsciously put more force into it.
"Well, compose yourself and do well on the exam."
"Yes. Got it."
She'll probably feel more comfortable alone.
I stood up from my seat and left her house.
"Hey, what's this?"
"Why is it only wet here?"
When I saw the kids gathered in the playground muttering while looking at the spot where Yoo A-ra's incident had occurred, I couldn't help but turn my head away.
I'm sorry, A-ra.
Yoo A-ra arrived at the exam venue for the regular exam.
"Hoo, how annoying."
She bit her lip, forcing herself to erase the disaster from yesterday.
Let's focus on the exam.
I can worry about the disaster later.
No, let's just forget it.
It's not something that's good to remember anyway.
After Kim Si-woo left for the day, Yoo A-ra once again circulated mana and pulled herself together.
What mattered was passing the exam with first place.
'If I get first place, I'll get the reward I promised.'
Reward?
Get a grip.
I just want to put him in his place.
I have no other intentions.
Why would I have any intentions?
What's so good about a man who bullies a grown woman to the point of making her pee outside in public?
Ridiculous.
Of course.
'That was my first time seeing that expression.'
She saw the expression he made the moment she peed.
A face that genuinely felt sorry.
Someone who seemed to have no emotions at all, panicking and taking off his own clothes to cover her pants.
At that moment, the humanity Kim Si-woo showed made her burst into tears.
She just felt wronged.
Whether it was because the month she had spent learning from him came to mind and made her feel wronged.
Or because his suddenly revealed different side made her heart relax and she felt wronged.
She wasn't sure.
'And why does his body have to be so good...'
The moment he took off his clothes, Kim Si-woo's entire body was a sculpture itself.
She'd heard he was the valedictorian, and his body was fantastically fitting for that title.
The kind of body any woman's eyes would follow.
Her face was hot.
"Get a grip!"
Jjaak!
That man was the one who bullied her until she peed outside.
The man who undressed her and even molested her as if he had no interest in a woman's body.
But his skills were solid.
If it weren't for him, she'd probably be sighing and worrying about failing by now.
"Let's focus. The exam hasn't even started yet."
Just then.
"You're early?"
Lee Hye-ri greeted Yoo A-ra.
"Hye-ri, you're early too?"
"Preparations are essential."
Since the monthly evaluation, she had grown quite close to Lee Hye-ri. She was a girl whose face was as pretty as the spear she carried. How should I put it? She was also subtly good at taking care of people.
But maybe because she was too beautiful. Or maybe because of her unusually taciturn personality.
In Class 23-D, the number of people close to her was truly minimal.
She was a hard type to get close to.
"So we're going to do this as the two of us today?"
"No."
"Then that means."
At that moment, both of their gazes fixed on one spot.
"I'm sorry about last time."
Jang Won-hoo, who had tried to betray them and take first place alone.
Now he was the traitor who scored the lowest in the monthly evaluation and was aiming for a turnaround in the regular exam.
It couldn't be helped.
Once a team was assigned, it remained until the end of the regular exam.
'If he looks like he'll betray us, I'll just strike him first.'
Yoo A-ra hid her intentions and waited for the exam.
And not long after.
"Welcome to the simulation ground for the regular exam!"
Professor Park Ji-yoon appeared.
"The rules are the same as the monthly evaluation, except for one. Complete your given mission in the simulation ground and return first. You know the missions are different for each team, right? And the rule added for the regular exam! You can attack other cadets. So keep that in mind. You can't get first place just by doing your own job well."
She explained the simple rules, and then.
"Then, let's start the exam!"
The cadets entered the simulation ground.
I will definitely get first place.
Yoo A-ra steeled her resolve.