Episode 28: Please teach me, I don't know anything
Episode 28: Please teach me, I don't know anything
I decided to do everything Yoo Ara asked for, just for today.
It was her day to be the star.
She chose a date.
Since this was a celebration for her taking 1st place, I wanted to make sure her Wish Ticket was worth using.
I prepared a full course from lunch to dinner.
So, I treated her to an expensive dinner, too.
An omakase, no less.
It cost well over 150,000 won per person, but I could afford that much of an investment.
Because the performance she showed in the 2nd Examination had the kind of impact that would earn me 15 million, no, 1.5 billion won more.
Though, it seemed like she liked the occasion itself more than the food.
After the date, this is what she said to me.
"Um, Ssaem, would you like to have a drink?"
I couldn't bring myself to refuse that request.
As I said repeatedly, Yoo Ara was the star of the day.
However.
"Ssaem, should I take it off now?"
Yoo Ara, her face slightly flushed, began to take off her red underwear.
Her naked body was revealed in all its glory.
'I didn't expect things to turn out like this just from drinking without thinking.'
How did it end up like this?
"Come on in, Ssaem!"
I walked in with Yoo Ara, carrying snacks and alcohol we'd bought at a convenience store.
It was a humble menu compared to the omakase, but hey, you can't eat expensive food all the time.
We entered Yoo Ara's place, which I was now used to, and set up a small drinking table.
It was the cramped desk we usually used for tutoring.
Once we sat down with the drinks laid out.
"Ssaem, can I sit next to you?"
"Sure."
Yoo Ara, having taken off her striped shirt, pressed herself right up against me.
Sitting next to me, Yoo Ara was now wearing only a spaghetti-strap camisole.
[Yoo Ara: Conquest Rate - 89%]
The Conquest Rate was rising little by little.
It was already approaching 90.
Honestly, I wondered if this date was actually her way of confirming her own feelings.
As she sat close to me, for some reason, I felt like I could smell flowers.
My body kept reacting to the soft scent.
"Here, let me pour you a drink."
"Thanks."
As she poured the drink, her top slipped down, revealing her cleavage even more explicitly.
I didn't know where to look with those large breasts flaunting their presence.
"Ahem, here, take it. You have a drink too."
With some modest snacks in front of us, Yoo Ara and I downed one glass after another.
Who said hunters have a high tolerance for alcohol?
'In most cases, that's true.'
Many use mana to detoxify alcohol.
'That only applies to guys with active skills.'
For a "skill-less loser" like me who only has passives, that technique was absolutely impossible.
Because it was a technique that burns off alcohol using the explosive power of mana while using a skill.
That's why I don't usually drink.
Even if I had to drink, I always kept a detoxification potion by my side.
The reason was simple.
The Hunter world isn't a place you can afford to be drunk in.
At least, not for me.
But since I'm not a hunter anymore.
'It should be okay to get a little drunk.'
And it's not like anything would happen at Yoo Ara's place.
Cheers.
So I drank.
Clinking my glass with Yoo Ara's, I tasted soju for the first time in a while.
Ugh, it's bitter.
'The sky is spinning.'
As the alcohol hit me, I started feeling good.
My lips curled up, and I found myself smiling without even realizing it.
"You did well, Ara. I was watching on TV, and those guys who were badmouthing you shut their mouths once you did well. Hehehe."
"R-really?"
"Yeah. You have no idea how proud I was."
I patted her shoulder and gave her a bright smile.
"That's the third time you've said that."
"Is it? Sorry. It's just stuck clearly in my head."
Thinking about the success she'd bring me, it would be strange if I didn't remember. Definitely.
As soon as I emptied my glass, Yoo Ara filled it again.
"Aren't you drinking?"
"I, I still have some in my glass. It's fine. Hahaha."
"Is that so?"
Soju tasted pretty good once you got used to it.
It's drinkable.
Drinking like this...
"Um, Ssaem..."
"Yeah?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend?"
"Yes. I mean, I was the one who asked for this, but when I thought about it, I wondered if you shouldn't be doing this if you had a girlfriend."
"No."
"Really?"
"If I did, I couldn't grant a wish like this."
How would I handle the backlash if I did?
"I haven't dated since I broke up with my ex."
After breaking up with Shin Seo-ah, I didn't even think about getting a girlfriend.
Thinking about it now, I even wonder if we were actually dating.
"O-oh, really? That's a relief."
"Of course. It is a relief. If there's a misunderstanding, it'll be troublesome for both of us. Don't you think?"
"..."
No answer.
"Do you dislike being with me like this, Ssaem?"
"What?"
"I like being with you like this, Ssaem. I don't really know why, but I just feel at ease."
She pressed herself close to me.
Yoo Ara's breasts touched my elbow.
Soft.
Like a marshmallow, squishy...
Startled, I met her eyes.
Yoo Ara, meeting my gaze, smiled with her eyes.
This was 100% intentional.
She grinned and leaned into me.
Her top slipped down, giving a glimpse of her cleavage and red underwear.
"Do you really not know? The reason I invited you all the way to my house?"
"Hey, you..."
Yoo Ara's face turned red.
"Ssaem, why are you so shy? It's not like you haven't seen it before. Where did that manliness go when you were stripping me without hesitation to do the Mana Circulation?"
Yoo Ara smiled mischievously and tugged at her collar slightly.
I looked up at the sight that became a bit more explicit.
"Alright, alright, let's stop talking about that."
"Pfft."
I looked at Yoo Ara.
"Since we're on the topic of Mana Circulation, let's talk about the exam."
"The exam?"
"Yeah. The exam."
"The 2nd Examination is over. It's vacation now."
"What about the 3rd and 4th? In your second year, you have to go out into real combat, aren't you going to do that?"
"Th-that..."
Yoo Ara stuttered, looking flustered.
"You can't improve if you're always satisfied with the past."
It seemed like I changed the subject well.
I knew what her intentions were.
It looked like she intended to do the deed with me one way or another.
[Yoo Ara: Conquest Rate - 94%]
The Conquest Rate was rising uncontrollably.
It wasn't like I said anything to seduce her or did anything to earn her approval.
We just had dinner, drank, and talked.
But the Conquest Rate kept going up.
I could only guess that it was because it had already reached a critical point.
That's probably why she's coming onto me like this.
"How can I improve?"
Yoo Ara, pressing her body close to mine, asks with teary eyes.
"How can you improve, you ask?"
"Yes."
"You have to practice. Listen well in class, keep coming to tutoring, and do your assignments well. If you keep doing the Mana Circulation and your mana becomes pure, your Psychokinesis will get stronger."
"Then can I take 1st place in my second year too?"
"Who knows? But at the very least, you won't fall out of the rankings."
At this rate, 1st place is possible, but excessive praise is poison.
"I see... Then I can't play right now either."
"What?"
"Ssaem, since you're here..."
Yoo Ara twisted her body.
"Please tutor me. Ssaem, teach me, I don't know anything."
"Now?"
"Yes."
"We were just drinking until a moment ago?"
"Can't you do it if you've been drinking?"
"It's not that I can't."
It wasn't like having alcohol in my system would cause a problem.
I couldn't do the Mana Circulation, but that didn't mean there was nothing to teach.
"I might not be able to control my strength."
"It's okay. I can endure it."
"...Alright. Since I've been drinking, I can't do the Mana Circulation. Instead, I'll give you a massage to widen your blood paths a bit more."
"That's fine."
Yoo Ara, who was looking at me with a face slightly flushed from the alcohol, suddenly took off her clothes.
"I just need to take them off, right?"
"Yeah..."
Having taken off the camisole that exposed her breasts and the short shorts that showed her thighs, she stood before me in her underwear.
Red underwear with a pretty design.
Now that she was undressed, Yoo Ara seemed shy; she peeked at me and opened her mouth, stuttering.
"I, I didn't wear pretty underwear on purpose because I knew this would happen!"
I couldn't help but laugh at her voice, which sounded like a child making excuses.
"Yeah. I know. Lie down."
"O-okay."
Yoo Ara lay down on the bed, chest down.
The contrast between her slender waist and her firm, voluptuous buttocks was striking.
Her voluminous buttocks, covered by the red underwear, defied gravity and rose high into the air.
'What a luscious ass.'
My hand touched her waist.
Specifically, the Dantian, where human mana gathers, also known as the Mana Core.
I raised my mana and forcibly awakened the mana sleeping in Yoo Ara's Mana Core.
"Haa!"
Her moan tickled my ears.
Even though she should have been used to it by now, Yoo Ara flinched every time my fingers moved.
The trembling of her muscles was transmitted to my fingertips.
'It's definitely hard to control.'
Because I had been drinking, my mana control was a bit more aggressive than usual.
The reason she was moaning was probably because of the stronger stimulation than usual.
"Ah-ung! Ssaem, that's too strong... Haa-ung!"
Yoo Ara, feeling the sensation of her whole body being stimulated by mana, tensed her waist.
Her erector spinae muscles became distinct, and sweat beaded on her back and buttocks.
My hand slowly moved upward.
My hand traveled up her waist, grabbed Yoo Ara's shoulders, and kneaded her arms as it moved up.
Following my hand, Yoo Ara's mana swirled violently.
Her violently swirling mana gradually widened her blood paths.
The pain of having the blood paths, also known as Mana Gates, forcibly widened was quite excruciating.
Even so, Yoo Ara...
"Heung! Ugh..."
She was suppressing it with only moans, without screaming in pain.
"Haa! Ssaem, that hurts so much..."
"I know."
Only when it gathered at my fingertips did Yoo Ara let out a cry of ecstasy.
"Haa, haa, that's good. Right there..."
I went back down along her waist.
Now it was the lower abdomen's turn.
Following the lower abdomen down to the thighs, then down the lymph nodes to the tips of her toes, and finally, back up to the head and into the Mana Core.
That completes one round of the massage.
My hand, heading downward, kneaded her buttocks.
Yoo Ara's plump buttocks dug between my fingers.
"Ugh! Ssaem, harder... That's good. A little more..."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. The more it hurts, the stronger I can get... Haa-ung!"
If that's what you want.
I squeezed her buttocks hard, maximizing the mana reaction.
"Kyaaah!"
With a scream, Yoo Ara's buttocks jolted.
"Aaaah, ah..."
Brrr.
Yoo Ara's buttocks, trembling like a vibrating phone, lifted into the air.
With her face buried in the bed, supported by her two arms and toes, her buttocks and waist rose up.
Her waist was tense, and her butt cheeks quivered.
"Are you okay?"
"Aaaah... Ugh."
What I heard instead of an answer was a desperate scream.
I waited for a moment.
But that didn't mean the pain was over.
The mana I awakened in Yoo Ara was still settled in her buttocks.
The pain had just subsided a little; it wasn't over yet.
"P-please. More. More..."
Tears welled up in the corners of Yoo Ara's eyes as she struggled to turn her head.
But her expression was definitely not one of pain.
Her lips, slack from exhaustion, were curling up on their own.
"Alright."
As my hand reached to grab her buttocks again, anticipation filled Yoo Ara's eyes.
I squeezed her buttocks hard once again.
"Haaaaang!"
With a moan, she trembled violently once more.
My hand moved further down and touched her thighs.
The trembling grew stronger and stronger, and when it was time to massage her soles...
"Heu, uung, haa, haa."
She started panting, as if exhausted.
"This is the last part."
My fingers moved back up.
Thighs, buttocks, waist, shoulders, neck, and...
Head.
"Haaaaang..."
As her tightly tensed muscles relaxed, a moan that sounded like her soul was leaving her body escaped Yoo Ara's lips.
"Heuuung... This is so good..."
Many people couldn't forget the pleasure of this moment—the moment when tightly tensed muscles and the mind relax—and sought out Kim Si-woo's special massage.
It was a side skill that helped with mana recovery.
When mana control reaches its peak, things like this are possible.
It was a technique I never did for men.
Why?
Because I don't want to see a guy slack-jawed and climaxing.
The massage ended, and I shook the limp Yoo Ara.
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, yes... I'm okay. But Ssaem..."
"Why?"
Yoo Ara grabbed my arm with her trembling hand.
"It's still not enough. Please do it harder."
"You'll die if you keep doing that."
"It's okay. I felt myself get stronger just now. So..."
She whined with a slack face.
"Phew, alright."
"You said it's more effective if I take off my underwear, right?"
Finishing her sentence, Yoo Ara brought her hand to her red bra.