Episode 31: I don't want to talk to someone who has no intention of passing the test. (Revised)
Episode 31: I don't want to talk to someone who has no intention of passing the test. (Revised)
Bang!
"Ar, ar, ar, are you crazy? How could you be so shameless!"
She shouted loudly, forgetting that they were in a cafe.
"If you speak that loudly, everyone around us will hear."
"Ah, ahem......."
"Are you saying you can't do it?"
"O, of course! Even so, to a man I've just met....... I can't do that!"
"Understood. Then the negotiation has broken down. Have a good day."
"Yes?"
Lee Hye-ri looked at me with a bewildered expression.
"It's my own tutoring method. A sort of shame test. Unfortunately, Hye-ri-ssi, you failed that test."
"......Ah, no, why is that......."
"I have nothing more to say."
"W, wait a minute."
"The conversation is over. Thanks for the coffee. Thanks for introducing me to a good house."
I stood up from my seat without hesitation.
It was the beginning of the process to establish dominance as a teacher.
Between the two of us, it was Lee Hye-ri who was lacking and desperate.
I needed to show clearly who was the 'gap' (superior) and who was the 'eul' (inferior).
The reason I was being firm was simple.
She was the younger sister of the world-class hunter, Lee Gang-san.
On top of that, she had Supernova-level talent.
The problem was that she didn't want to use that Supernova-level talent, but that didn't matter.
Lee Hye-ri was practically born with a silver spoon in her mouth in the hunter world.
Siblings who reached the pinnacle, and her own overwhelming talent.
On the other hand, what about me?
A half-baked hunter who lost his qualifications and was kicked out.
To teach her properly, I had to take the lead.
If I couldn't do that, I'd just be dragged around.
Being dragged around wasn't my style, and besides, I had a teacher's pride.
I had no intention of being dragged around by a student.
'That won't do.'
If Lee Hye-ri rejected my proposal and gave up here, it was a shame, but I'd have to move on to the next target.
I had nothing to lose.
But was it the same for Lee Hye-ri?
No.
She had a lot to lose.
A dealer Supernova who wants to be a tanker.
People around her told her that tanking didn't suit her, but she insisted on becoming a tanker like Lee Gang-san.
I didn't know why she refused to use the talent she possessed.
But if I could just find out that reason?
Making her quit being a tanker and become a dealer would be easy.
The reason Lee Hye-ri came to find me was to become the best tanker.
But I had no intention of doing that.
Who would do something as stupid as turning a minimum S-class dealer into an A-class tanker?
To me, every single piece of manpower was precious.
I felt sorry for deceiving Lee Hye-ri, but.
'I intend to raise you into the best dealer.'
If she knew, she would have jumped up and left immediately, but it didn't seem like she had the ability to read people's minds.
"H, hey!"
Lee Hye-ri grabbed me as I was about to leave.
"What is it?"
"I, if it's something else, it's fine. So......."
"Sorry, but there are no other candidates."
"B, but even so......."
Lee Hye-ri still didn't let go of my sleeve.
"Do you still have something to say?"
"G, getting naked outside is......"
"Who do you take me for, a pervert? Getting naked outside. Do I look like the kind of guy who would make you do that?"
"B, but......"
"But what?"
Lee Hye-ri couldn't continue her sentence.
She probably wanted to talk about how I gave Yoo Ara a massage after making her strip completely.
The scene from that night, which she had secretly watched like a rat.
"N, no, it's nothing."
"Anyway, I don't want to talk to someone who has no intention of passing the test."
"......."
I shook off Lee Hye-ri's arm and left the cafe.
She fidgeted a few times, but she didn't hold onto me until the end.
'It doesn't seem like...... the end.'
I saw it.
The lingering attachment that remained on Lee Hye-ri's face.
Maybe because of her pride, she couldn't bring herself to hold onto me, but I saw her hands still fidgeting.
I left without saying a word.
I had to finish my routine today.
I headed to the Training Center, and Lee Hye-ri didn't follow me.
At least, not today.
It was the very next day that she came to find me again.
Ding-dong!
The doorbell rang before 11 AM.
I knew who it was without asking.
There was only one person who couldn't wait and would come in the morning.
Lee Hye-ri.
She was wearing a flowy pink dress, looking at the camera with determined eyes.
"What's going on?"
-Is it still valid?
"Valid? I don't know what you're talking about."
-The test you mentioned, Teacher.
"That test ended yesterday. Isn't that all in the past? I have nothing to say."
-B, but put yourself in my shoes and think about it!
Lee Hye-ri shouted urgently from the other side of the intercom.
"Think about what?"
-H, honestly, before making such a shameless proposal, shouldn't you first show that you're a person worth that much?"
Ho-ho, so that's how you want to play?
She wanted to say that I wasn't capable enough for her to accept a test that was close to an order.
Even though she came all the way here after seeing my abilities.
It must be the pride she still had left.
I understand the sentiment.
It must have been her first time receiving such a proposal.
"Is it really necessary to show you?"
-Yes?
"Don't you already know? About my abilities. Yesterday, you said you came because you knew enough about my skills, but your story has changed, hasn't it?"
-Th, that is.......
"It's not like Lee Gang-san's younger sister came to find an incompetent tutor to learn from."
-.......
"Doesn't the mere fact that Lee Hye-ri came to find me first prove my skills?"
-.......
Lee Hye-ri was speechless.
I could see her biting her lip.
I didn't respond.
Now it was time for her to choose.
Whether to discard her pride and learn from me, or to keep her pride and study alone.
-You're not wrong....... Okay. Please open the door.
At her determined voice, I opened the door.
Lee Hye-ri stood there in casual clothes, looking hesitant.
"What is it?"
"Th, that, it's my first time entering a man's house, so......"
"Are you dating me? Hurry up and come in."
"B, but that......"
"What's the big deal about taking off your clothes? If you don't like it, leave. I don't want my break time interrupted either."
"O, okay. I'll come in."
Lee Hye-ri hesitated and stepped inside.
"I, it's cleaner than I thought."
"What kind of den did you think a man's house was?"
"It's not that....... It's just that there isn't a speck of dust."
"Well....... I quit my job, so I don't have much else to do."
It was quite spacious for a man living alone, but if you looked closely, it wasn't that big of a house.
A small 19-pyeong apartment with 1 room, a large living room, and a kitchen.
I originally lived in a larger house, but after clearing out my hunter life, I sold that house and moved to the current one.
I was living on monthly rent because I spent most of my money on lawyer fees, but I was satisfied enough.
As I closed the door, silence followed.
Lee Hye-ri, who couldn't bring herself to meet my eyes, heaved her shoulders and gasped for air.
Her breathing became increasingly ragged.
"J, just one more question."
"I'm getting tired, this is the last one."
"Yes. That......"
Lee Hye-ri, who had been stammering, continued.
"Are you, by any chance, not going to do anything lewd to me...... right? Y, you might not know, but my brother is Lee Gang-san......"
"I know. That you're Lee Gang-san's younger sister. I think I said that earlier? And I have no intention of doing the lewd things you're thinking of. Everything I do is strictly related to the lesson."
"......You really don't have any ulterior motives, right?"
"Yes."
"O, okay. Then....... I, I'll take them off."
Lee Hye-ri took off her dress.
The sound of the dress fabric brushing against her skin tickled my ears.
Sarak.
Underwear with a rather modest design revealed itself.
No, it was closer to a sports bra than underwear.
It was smaller than Yoo Ara's, but the elastic breasts hidden by the beige bra, similar to her skin tone, caught my eye.
B-cup? Maybe a risky C-cup if I were generous?
'No, considering it's a sports bra, it might be bigger.'
But what caught my eye more than that was the 11-shaped abs clearly engraved on her stomach.
The muscles separated near her navel emphasized her healthy beauty even more.
'Like a hunter.'
It was a body truly befitting a hunter.
But I wasn't satisfied.
Why, you ask?
It was annoying that she had intentionally worn a sports bra with less exposure just to take off her clothes.
"This is problematic."
"Yes? What do you mean? I overcame my shame and took off all my clothes just like the teacher said......"
"Take off your underwear too. I didn't tell you to wear a sports bra."
"B, but......"
She was trying to resist again.
I had to press her down properly here.
I needed to make the power dynamic clear.
"Take it off."
"......."
"I said take it off. If you don't want to, quit."
I spat it out in the most coercive tone possible.
Lee Hye-ri's eyes looking at me wavered.
"You came all this way, and you're going to give up? If you want to give up, do it. I'll just dress you and send you home."
"Did Ara do this too?"
"Did Ara do it? Of course. She did even worse things. To avoid getting expelled. It seems you don't have that much resolve."
"Okay. But if you do anything else......"
"I won't."
"Okay."
Lee Hye-ri turned around and took off her sports bra.
As Lee Hye-ri turned her back and took off the bra, her side-boob protruded slightly beyond her back.
'She really was hiding it with a sports bra.'
As she took off her sports panties as well, her elastic buttocks swayed.
Lee Hye-ri, covering her chest with her arms and her lower body with her other hand, turned around to face me.
I saw it.
The bra and thin panties hidden in the hand she used to cover herself.
However, I didn't bother to call her out on it.
Telling her to take off her underwear was just a stepping stone to make her listen to me.
"Great body. Like a hunter."
"Is that enough now? I, I took them off."
"Good. Well done. Now lie down here."
I pointed to the bed.
"I, I took them off. Isn't that the end?"
"I never said it was the end."
"But......"
"Lie down. I won't do anything useless."
"Why do I have to lie down?"
"To find out your problem and the solution. If you find it hard to believe, you can quit anytime."
"......."
"Lie face down on the bed."
"O, okay! I'll lie down!"
Lee Hye-ri, who finally declared defeat, lay down on the bed.
I stood next to Lee Hye-ri, stretched my arms out, and did some stretching.
"From now on, I'm going to start a preliminary investigation to identify your problems and areas for improvement. It might hurt a little, so raise your hand if it hurts."
"Yes."
Lee Hye-ri, who had buried her face in the pillow, answered in a small voice.
And I placed my hand on her back.
"Hiyaat!!! Wh, what are you......"
"Quiet. I told you. The investigation is starting."
[Contacted the target.]
[Activating Appraisal(SS).]
[Name: Lee Hye-ri]
[Ability: Mobile Strike(S)]
Ha, an S-rank skill from the start.
As expected of a silver spoon.
[Preferred combat style: Frontline Tanker]
[Suitability: Very High]
[Utilization: Very Low]
[Can draw aggro and attention from enemies at high speed from the front. If utilized well, can handle both dealing and tanking.]
[The user's own proficiency is low. Choosing a traditional tanking combat style, so the potential is not being realized.]
[Recommended combat style: Can develop if utilizing combat that uses speed.]
What is this.
Lee Hye-ri has high tanking suitability?
Why on earth?
"Ha-eung!!"
Did I put too much strength into it?
I grabbed Lee Hye-ri's buttocks too hard.
"Y, you clearly said you wouldn't do anything......"
"Shut up. I'm concentrating right now."