Episode 35: Only until the vacation ends.
Episode 35: Only until the vacation ends.
Every time Kim Si-woo struck her body with the whip, a red line appeared on her white skin.
Jja-ak!
"Ggeu-eup!"
The reason her body flinched every time she was hit was not because of pleasure, but pure pain.
Lee Hye-ri bit down hard on the gag in her mouth due to the pain she felt with every strike.
It hurt.
It hurt like hell, too.
"Heu, heu-euk......."
She exhaled, enduring the pain felt throughout her entire body.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
She had agreed to be hit because it was called corporal punishment, but she hadn't known it would hurt this much.
'How am I supposed to endure this.......'
Especially when the whip struck her chest, she felt shame along with the pain.
Every time she was whipped, her navy blue tank-top style gym uniform rippled.
"Euu-eup!!!"
Jeol-geu-reong.
Every time Lee Hye-ri flinched, the metallic sound from the handcuffs binding her hands made her realize the current reality.
She hadn't known that not being able to move her two hands freely would be this uncomfortable.
If only she could stroke the painful spots with her hands, it would have hurt less than this.
'Annoying. Annoying. Annoying.'
She was angry at the sense of helplessness, being unable to do anything.
It was a sensation she had never felt before.
She is the younger sister of Lee Gang-san, who is called the best tanker.
That wasn't all.
She herself was also called a Supernova.
Although she dropped to Class D because she chose to be a tanker instead of a dealer, no one doubted her potential.
Even the academy professors couldn't treat her carelessly.
That was the treatment for the promising Lee Hye-ri.
To make someone like her do such a shameful thing.
Jja-ak!
"Ggeu-eup!"
However, her thoughts didn't last long.
Kim Si-woo's whip struck her body again.
It was a persistent movement, as if he wouldn't allow any distractions during class.
"You're overreacting. It shouldn't even hurt that much. The corporal punishment is just starting. Follow along slowly."
She was dizzy.
This doesn't even hurt?
Is this human sane?
No, has he ever even been hit himself?
Probably not.
Because he would have always been the one doing the hitting, let alone getting hit.
"Euu-eup!!!"
She shouted to argue, but only pitiful moans flowed from Lee Hye-ri's mouth, which was gagged.
Her saliva flowed down from the hole in the gag.
The saliva ran down her chin and soaked her gym uniform.
She was embarrassed.
The fact that she couldn't even wipe away the flowing saliva with her own strength made her feel even more miserable.
"Euu-eup......."
"Don't worry. I'll only hit you enough so you don't collapse."
Kim Si-woo raised the hand holding the whip.
Lee Hye-ri squeezed her eyes shut.
Jja-ak!
"Heu-eup!!"
It hurts, it hurts. It hurts! I said it hurts!
Stop it now!
This should be enough!
"Euu-eup!"
"Your crying sounds good. But it's not over yet."
Jja-ak!
"Eup!"
Another red line was carved onto her back.
Lee Hye-ri bit down on the gag.
Hot breath burst out of her mouth.
Why are you going this far.
Do you hate me becoming a tanker that much?
Are you trying to hit me until I give up while pretending to do it moderately!
You told me I had talent as a tanker.
What does this have to do with becoming a tanker!
Lee Hye-ri glared at Kim Si-woo with fierce eyes.
"Good look in your eyes. That's it. Burn with fighting spirit. The fighting spirit that you will never lose."
The whip struck her thigh.
"Ggeu-eup!"
She didn't know how much she had been hit.
She didn't know how much time had passed either.
Sweat surged over her entire body, and her head was dizzy from the burning pain.
She couldn't put strength into her legs, as if she would collapse at any moment.
But she couldn't collapse.
Jeol-geu-reong.
Because the handcuffs binding her hands were hanging from the ceiling, holding her in place.
Was it because she used up a lot of stamina from tensing her whole body every time she was hit and struggling to avoid the pain as much as possible?
Her vision was blurry.
To the point where even Kim Si-woo in front of her didn't look clear.
It was hard to even open her eyes.
You didn't say it would be such grueling corporal punishment.
Liar.
Swindler.
Pervert.
He must be a sadist.
He's definitely a pervert who feels pleasure in tormenting and hitting people.
If not that.......
"How is it? How do you feel after receiving your first corporal punishment?"
Kim Si-woo's voice was heard.
"Euu-eu......."
Lee Hye-ri mumbled something while drooling through the gag.
Even she couldn't tell what she wanted to say.
Because it was babbling spat out by her unconsciousness.
"Ah, I didn't take off the gag."
Kim Si-woo, who had put the whip away in his bag, untied the gag in her mouth.
"You can speak now."
"Pervert....... Sadist....... Swindler......."
"Hmm, that's somewhat aggressive language to use toward a tutor."
"Heu-euk. I said use words."
"What?"
"If I don't have talent as a tanker, tell me with words....... I can understand well enough even if you just say it."
What am I saying.
Her mental strength was worn out from enduring the whip for dozens of minutes, and her cognitive ability had dropped significantly due to a lack of oxygen in her brain because of the gag.
"You told me I had the qualities of a tanker, you told me I had talent, so why are you tormenting me like this......."
"I think there's a misunderstanding."
"Fuck......misunderstanding, my ass. I know too, that I don't have talent as a tanker. But what can I do. I'm Lee Gang-san's younger sister, and I want to become a cool tanker like my oppa."
She was dizzy.
But seeing that arrogant tutor in front of her make a flustered expression, her heart eased a little.
"I thought you were just a quiet girl, but your mouth is rougher than I thought."
Kim Si-woo approached.
Is he trying to harm me?
Is he trying to do something to me?
"Don't......come."
"Stay still. I'll take off the handcuffs."
"I don't need it. Just get lost......."
Because I don't even want to see your face.
However, Kim Si-woo ignored her words and approached.
Jeol-geu-reok.
The sound of the handcuffs unlocking rang through the room.
As the handcuffs were unlocked, Lee Hye-ri's body tilted forward.
Since she had already reached her limit, she couldn't put strength into her legs.
"Whoops."
Kim Si-woo caught Lee Hye-ri in his arms.
"It seems your stamina is lacking more than I thought. I'll need to make some adjustments for the next lesson."
As her tightly tensed body relaxed, her consciousness faded away.
Lee Hye-ri felt Kim Si-woo's voice fading away.
"Since it seems you have a misunderstanding, I'll say one thing: I am certain you have talent as a tanker."
Kim Si-woo's voice was heard above Lee Hye-ri's head.
A low-pitched voice that made her feel at ease the moment she heard it.
Listening to his voice, Lee Hye-ri closed her eyes.
Her eyelids were too heavy.
She leaned her head against the solid muscles of the man holding her in his arms.
Solid muscles that were reliable when held.
That was enough to remind her of Lee Gang-san, the reliable shield that had protected her.
"Oppa......."
That day, Lee Hye-ri had a dream.
-Hye-ri, you have talent as a tanker.
A dream of a man stroking her hair and praising her.
His face wasn't clearly visible.
However, the moment she heard that voice, she felt certain that she could really become the best tanker.
-Trust only me and follow me.
Listening to his voice, Lee Hye-ri in the dream grasped a spear.
[Lee Hye-ri: Conquest Rate - -34%]
"Hmm."
I sighed while looking at the miserably dropped Conquest Rate.
Was the method wrong?
I could see that Lee Hye-ri's Conquest Rate had dropped miserably.
"I didn't think she would like it that much, but......."
I didn't know it would drop this much.
It must mean it wasn't to her taste.
'Yoo Ara was a special case.'
She luckily had the 'Masochist' trait, and that helped a lot with the training.
However, Lee Hye-ri didn't have that trait.
Rather, looking at her reaction when being hit.
'She has a strong sense of rejection. If I had to classify it, she's closer to a sadist.'
I looked at Lee Hye-ri, who was sleeping soundly in my arms.
She might hate this method, but there was no other way.
To increase her adaptability as a tanker and make her acquire the proper posture of a tanker, she had to endure greater pain than this.
"If I keep this training method, the Conquest Rate will drop a bit, but it can't be helped."
There was no better method than this.
The core of this training was to increase her stamina through endurance training, make her accustomed to pain, and make her proficient in parrying attacks.
'It's a method that actually had results.'
Because it was a training method that turned a hopeless rookie into a tanker capable of doing their part.
After some time passes, she will realize.
That she can become a complete hunter thanks to me.
When that time comes, the dropped Conquest Rate will go up.
If it's Lee Hye-ri, who has high ambition, she will follow my method without a word after experiencing the change.
"I hope she realizes it quickly."
I want our arrogant young lady to become docile.
I wiped the sweat flowing over Lee Hye-ri's entire body, applied a special ointment, and then laid her down on the living room sofa.
I thought about laying her on the bed in her room, but it's not good manners to enter someone else's room carelessly.
I had at least that much cultivation.
"Anyway, young ladies from wealthy families are high maintenance."
I left a note with instructions for her and returned home.
"Oppa......."
Lee Hye-ri woke up only when it became evening.
"T-the tutoring?"
Having grasped the situation belatedly, she opened her eyes wide and jumped up from her seat.
Outside the window that had already become dark, herself lying on the sofa, her cracked voice, and the disappeared Kim Si-woo.
"I-is it over?"
When did it end?
She remembered up to receiving corporal punishment because she couldn't endure the training he proposed.
Because her mind became hazy while being whipped all over her body, she didn't remember anything after 20 minutes.
"He didn't do anything to me, did he?"
She urgently examined her entire body.
It was strange.
There wasn't a single scar left on her body.
There were clearly red marks left vividly.
"What on earth......."
Did that man really hit me without hurting me?
I wasn't just exaggerating, was I?
She didn't know.
Because the pain she felt was real.
"Haa......."
Sighing, she looked at the bright red marks carved on her wrists.
They were the traces of where the handcuffs had been, where she had struggled.
They were scars showing that the corporal punishment she received was real reality.
It hurt like crazy.
To the point where it was hard to endure.
"Do I really have to keep doing this?"
She felt doubt.
He said she had the qualities of a tanker, but looking at his attitude, it's like.......
"It feels like he's just trying to torment me."
Come to think of it, he used to make Ara do strange training methods too.
Taking off clothes and massaging the whole body.
Burning.
"Ugh....... Should I be glad he doesn't make me do that."
Lee Hye-ri stroked her wrists and bit her lip.
Every time she saw these scars, the pain and shame she felt came back vividly.
"Only until the vacation ends......."
One month.
If there's no special change within that time, she will quit.
Then she'll ditch this strange training method and go back to training the original way.
"How did Ara endure such grueling training?"
No, maybe she became stronger because she endured the grueling training.
In her eyes, holding the question, a fluorescent memo note caught her eye.
-Do the endurance training you did today once every day.
-Write down the number of failures and successes every day and send it by text. If you failed, write down at which set you gave up.
-I will proceed with corporal punishment as many times as you failed, so be prepared.
"I have to do that again?"
Goosebumps rose on her spine.
Can I really endure it for a month?
-After finishing the endurance training, mix this in hot water and drink it. It's Merubasa's Bone Powder. It will relieve the fatigue accumulated in your muscles.
Next to the memo note was a bottle containing white powder.
Merubasa's Bone Powder.
It was a dungeon item that comes from a snake-shaped monster that appears in A-rank dungeons.
It was a medicine that is traded at a high price among hunters because it is effective in improving muscle pain and soreness.
"Looking at this, it doesn't seem like he has no skill at all......."
She didn't know.
She really didn't know.
She looked at the message written on the next page.
-I believe you can become a great tanker. So don't give up halfway and endure. Then I will make you into one.
"Haa, really annoying."
The fact that she felt relieved for a moment after seeing this message.
Lee Hye-ri took the Merubasa's Bone Powder.
"Teacher, please help me."
A text came from Yoo Ara.
It was an urgent text that didn't seem like her.
"What's going on?"