Episode 41: I'm sorry!
Episode 41: I'm sorry!
[Thousand Flow Sword Technique]
True to its name, which meant "a thousand flows," the Sword Saint's swordsmanship was softer than anyone else's.
The essence of the Thousand Flow Sword Technique was to use the flow to deflect, much like drawing power from a wave, and to gently redirect the enemy's force.
If one reached the pinnacle of the Thousand Flow Sword Technique, they could deflect an enemy's attack and even use that force to counterattack.
The Sword Saint had realized everything about this Thousand Flow Sword Technique, and he had deflected the attacks of giant monsters with just a single sword.
Of course, that would have been impossible without the active skill, "Pinnacle of Swordsmanship," that he possessed.
It was a fraudulent active skill, exclusive to the Sword Saint, that helped one realize the pinnacle of swordsmanship just by learning it.
The Sword Saint had risen to the ranks of the strongest through the harmony of the swordsmanship he possessed and his skills.
In the past, the Sword Saint told me:
'If you realize the Thousand Flow Sword Technique to its pinnacle, you will be able to do as well as others even without active skills.'
It must have been a remark meant to give hope to me, who only had passive skills at the time, but that only made me feel more miserable.
The fact that I had to realize the pinnacle of the swordsmanship that made the Sword Saint the strongest just to be barely comparable to others.
I put down the swordsmanship I was learning from the Sword Saint.
To me, the Thousand Flow Sword Technique had that much meaning, but for Lee Hye-ri, it was different.
If she had the current technique to deflect the enemy's attacks without getting hit, Lee Hye-ri would be able to hold her ground firmly at the vanguard of her party members.
Not as a half-baked tanker, but as a complete one.
The memories I learned from him and the copy of the Thousand Flow Sword Technique that came into my hands.
With these two things, I would be able to teach Lee Hye-ri sufficiently.
What she needed was enough to play her role as an evasion tanker.
She didn't need to know the pinnacle of swordsmanship.
Unlike me, she had talent, and she possessed an active skill that could strike back against a monster's power.
If I taught her the basics, she would do well on her own.
"Did you listen well?"
"Yes. That reading the enemy's power and gently deflecting it is the most important thing."
"The sword technique you're looking at assumes the person is holding a sword, but you should be able to demonstrate it sufficiently with a spear as well."
"......."
Lee Hye-ri looked at the sword technique manual without a word.
"I think it's possible."
Her voice was filled with confidence.
"Then let's start right away."
"Yes."
I stood in front of Lee Hye-ri, who was holding a spear.
"Wait a moment."
-Switching to practice mode.
As Lee Hye-ri pressed the button, the size of the room expanded again with the power of magic.
An absurdly large room.
A size that wasn't too bad for two people to train in.
S-rank is definitely good.
"Ten times. If you succeed even once, there will be no punishment today. But if you fail?"
"I have to choose one of those punishments, right?"
"That's right."
I gripped the wooden sword.
I have no intention of imbuing it with mana.
Since the purpose today is to train her.
"Here I come."
I said, looking at Lee Hye-ri, who was holding the spear with both hands.
"Come. I'm ready."
Unlike before, she looked at me with a determined face.
It was the face of a warrior ready to fight.
I extended my sword toward her.
"Kyaa!"
"Ten. It's all over."
My wooden sword stabbed Lee Hye-ri's chest.
The soft underwear covering her soft breasts was pushed in by the sword.
"Ugh......."
She glared at me with a tearful face.
Ten attacks.
But unfortunately, Lee Hye-ri couldn't properly deflect a single attack.
Her soft breasts were violated by my wooden sword, and as a result.
"W-what are you doing!"
Her clothes were all torn, and her cute, frilly bra was exposed.
"You're wearing cute underwear, just like a young lady."
"U, ugh!"
In the end, Lee Hye-ri, who had put down her spear, covered her chest and glared at me.
"Y-you aimed for this on purpose, didn't you!"
"No way. I was just making you realize that enemies on the battlefield can aim for anywhere."
"......Liar."
It wasn't all a lie.
Lee Hye-ri didn't seem to have any resistance to lewd things, and she had a tendency to lose focus if the gestures became even slightly lewd.
What she needed was to get used to lewd things.
To be precise, to get used to lewd situations.
That's why I intentionally aimed for her chest, and that number worked exactly as intended.
"Are you going to fight so passively in future battles, too? Just because your underwear showed a little?"
"Th, that's not it, but......."
"Anything can happen on the battlefield. Don't be embarrassed just because your underwear showed a little. Enemies won't go easy on you just because you're embarrassed."
Lee Hye-ri bit her lip.
Because what I said was true.
Her movements had become very unstable after her chest guard was torn.
"You must stay calm. You have to calm your mind to properly unfold the Thousand Flow Sword Technique. So focus. Always. Don't let your guard down."
"O, okay."
"Then......."
Crack!
I stretched out my fingers.
"Which punishment do you want?"
Punishment combined with impact training.
Punishment combined with burn training.
Punishment combined with laceration training.
Punishment combined with weak point training.
"Choose one of these."
Lee Hye-ri's face turned beet red.
Having heard the list of punishments, it seemed all sorts of imaginations were already unfolding in her head.
Impact was the palm, laceration was the whip, burns were candle wax, and even the unknown weak point.
"What do you want?"
Hye-ri, who had squeezed her eyes shut, pointed to the impact with trembling hands.
"So, you've seen it before? You chose the palm."
"S, seen it? Wh, what are you talking about? I, I have no idea what that means?"
Lee Hye-ri reacted particularly strongly to the mention of seeing it.
Why, she should just say directly that she secretly watched Ara getting punished from the side.
"Take off your clothes."
"H, how much should I... take off?"
"What do you mean how much, take it all off."
"......."
"If you don't want to be a tanker, tell me. You can quit anytime."
At those words, Lee Hye-ri closed her eyes tightly and took off her clothes.
Slide.
Lee Hye-ri's face turned red as she took off her clothes.
Having even taken off her underwear herself, Lee Hye-ri covered her chest and lower parts with both hands.
A strange sexiness permeated her appearance as she bit her lower lip and blushed.
She probably didn't intend it, but her beautiful appearance, her shy demeanor, and her position as Lee Gang-san's younger sister were creating an inexplicable sexiness.
Is this what they call injected sexiness?
Before giving the punishment, I checked Lee Hye-ri's conquest rate.
[Lee Hye-ri : Conquest Rate - -8%]
Minus 8%.
Considering that the last time I checked it was minus 34%, it had gone up by a whopping 26%.
Even though she was being subjected to such a shameful thing.
'As expected, the conquest rate went up after confirming that I have ability.'
I felt like I roughly knew what kind of feeling I needed to use to conquer her.
Skill and results.
These two were the key keywords to conquering Lee Hye-ri.
The conquest rate would drop again if the punishment continued, but it didn't matter.
In the end, this kind of punishment was necessary for Lee Hye-ri's results.
"Lie face down on my lap here."
I pointed to my thigh.
"Y, you want me to lie down on Teacher's lap?"
"That's right. You've come this far, are you going to give up because you're embarrassed?"
"Ugh......."
After hesitating for a moment, Lee Hye-ri clenched her fists and lay face down with her stomach resting on my thigh.
Her sweat-drenched back and buttocks were fully exposed.
Her two hands covered her buttocks as if embarrassed, but I slapped Lee Hye-ri's hands.
Smack!
"Kyaa!"
"Don't cover it. This is a punishment. Don't think useless thoughts."
"Wh, who's thinking such things....... Teacher, don't you think such things either."
"Why? Are you afraid I'll fall head over heels for your body?"
"O, of course!"
"Who would get excited looking at a body without volume like that."
"Wh, who doesn't have volume? Me?"
"That's right."
"I'm a G-cup, you know?"
"Something to be proud of."
Smack!
"Kyaa!"
I slapped Lee Hye-ri's buttocks, who was opening her mouth cheekily.
A red handprint appeared clearly.
"Don't forget that this is the time I'm punishing you."
"......."
"Every time I hit you, shout that you're sorry."
"Okay."
"And shout out loud why you're getting hit."
"Do I have to go that far?"
"That's the only way you'll know your fault."
A perfect hierarchical relationship created through punishment.
It was a task of building the relationship between her and me by having her state her faults herself and lower herself.
That way, she would rely on me more and more little by little.
I lightly coated my palm with mana.
I intended to do it a bit harder than when I did it to Yoo Ara.
Because this is a punishment.
Not foreplay to make her feel good.
"Starting."
I slapped the buttocks of Lee Hye-ri, who was lying face down on my thigh, with my mana-coated hand.
Smack!
"Ugh! I, I'm sorry."
Smack!
"I'm sorry!"
"Say why you're sorry, too."
"I, I'm sorry for failing to properly deflect Teacher's attack."
Smack!
"Again!"
"I, I'm sorry for failing to deflect Teacher's attack!"
Lee Hye-ri's buttocks wobbled.
Smack!
"I'm sorry! I failed to deflect Teacher's attack!"
"Again!"
Smack!
Every time my palm collided, Lee Hye-ri's buttocks became redder and redder.
Smack!
"I'm sorry!"
Her voice trembled little by little.
Smack!
"Kyaat!"
This time, she couldn't self-reflect.
"Say it quickly. The reason you're getting hit."
"I, I'm sorry for failing to deflect Teacher's attack."
Sniffle, sniffle, a tearful tone settled into Lee Hye-ri's voice.
Smack!
I didn't go easy on her just because of that.
This is a clear punishment.
Work and personal life must be distinct.
Smack!
"I'm sorr, y......."
Lee Hye-ri, lying face down on my thigh, squeezed out an apology.
Smack!
My palm is also stinging.
Lee Hye-ri's buttocks had been red for a long time.
The stimulated buttocks went beyond turning bright red and started to swell up little by little.
"Ugh....... It hurts......."
I could feel her trembling through the skin touching my thigh.
Smack!
"Hngh!"
"Speak."
"I'm sorry......."
"What are you sorry for?"
"For, for failing to take in Teacher's teachings......."
Sniffle, sniffle.
Even her ears turned red.
I couldn't see the expression of Lee Hye-ri, who was lying face down on my thigh with her buttocks exposed to me, but I knew.
What kind of face she was lying there with.
"Say it again."
"I, I'm sorry."
"You have to say what you're sorry for."
"For, for failing to learn properly....... I'm sorry."
"That's right. If you don't realize it with your body, you can't become the tanker you want to be. You want to be like your brother, don't you? Isn't that right?"
"Yes."
"Then embody it with your body. Make every technique I taught you your own."
"Yes......."
"And show it. The changed you, Hye-ri. Become a tanker that no one can ignore and stand at the forefront of the party."
"Yes......."
"Today is a time of training for that. If you overcome this pain, you will be able to do it. Understand?"
"Yes......."
"Good. Then I'll hit you one more time. No complaints, right?"
Nod, nod.
Lee Hye-ri nodded her head.
"Good. Well said."
A piece of carrot given between whips.
This alone would put her mind at ease.
Smack!
"Hngh!! I, I'm sorry!"
Lee Hye-ri shuddered.
"I'm sorry for failing to block Teacher's attack!"
"It's a process to become the best tanker. Endure it."
"......Yes."
I don't give her time to think.
I make her keep reflecting on the reason she's getting hit, and I plant suggestions so that she can gradually follow my words.
This method will help you develop.
Only this method will make you a tanker.
I am your teacher.
The teacher who will make you a tanker, just as you wished.
Smack!
"I'm sorry!"
She apologized in a tear-choked voice.
Now, she couldn't even say why she was sorry, just repeatedly shouting that she was sorry.
Smack!
"I'm sorry!"
Now Lee Hye-ri wasn't even thinking about covering her chest or her buttocks.
She was just sniffing and wiping away tears.
I've whipped her enough now.
It's time to give her the carrot.
Basically, what is needed for training is the carrot and the stick.
The whip shouldn't be too excessive, and the carrot shouldn't be too sweet.
The key is to keep the opponent on edge with the right intensity and the right sweetness.
Since I pushed her to the limit, she would feel the taste of heaven with just the right carrot.
And this praise would soon become Lee Hye-ri's driving force.
"Well done."
I took out an ointment made from a high-grade potion and applied it to her buttocks, as she was still lying face down.
"Hngh!!"
As I applied the ointment to her buttocks, which were red and swollen from being hit so much, Lee Hye-ri's moan burst out.
I could see her buttocks cooling down quickly.
It wouldn't make all the pain disappear, but she would be able to sit and study at least.
"Bear with it a little. I'm applying the ointment."
"Ah, it hurts......."
"Did it hurt?"
"Yes......."
"The attacks from enemies that you will take on behalf of your team members in the future will hurt more than this. So you must adapt. Even if you become an evasion tanker, there will be times when you absolutely cannot avoid them."
"Yes......."
"If you can't deflect it, you get hit. Keep this in mind."
"I will keep it in mind."
"Good."
After applying all the ointment, I gently stroked the hair of Lee Hye-ri, who was still lying face down on my thigh.
"Get up. The punishment is all over."
"Is it...... over?"
"That's right."
"Th, that wasn't much."
Lee Hye-ri, who got up from her seat and acted relaxed, couldn't look at me.
She wouldn't want to show her face covered in tears.
I didn't bother to look at it either.
"I'll leave the sword technique manual, so keep looking at it and make it your own. This is your homework. Keep practicing holding out, too."
"Is there a punishment if I can't hold out next time, too?"
"That's right. But if you do well, I'll praise you."
"......."
I put the remaining ointment container on the sofa and stood up.
"Apply it to your buttocks every night before you sleep. It will alleviate the pain."
"Th, thank you."
She still couldn't look at me.
"And, I still believe you can become a tanker comparable to Lee Gang-san."
"But I failed today."
"That's right. You failed today."
I turned my back and stroked the hair of Lee Hye-ri, who was standing there.
"You'll succeed tomorrow, won't you?"
Then I gave her a light smile.
It was my sincerity.
I believed she was a child who could succeed tomorrow even if she failed today.
Why?
Because she's my disciple.
A disciple I decided to raise.
Then I have to believe in her.
What else can I do?
"I'm going. Practice hard. I won't say sorry. I would have done the same if it were any other student."
"......."
I left her house without waiting for an answer.
Today's lesson ends here.
Lee Hye-ri's face was hot.
It wasn't because of the embarrassment of having exposed her naked body.
It wasn't because of the pain of being spanked.
The last thing Kim Si-woo said.
-That's right. You failed today. You'll succeed tomorrow, won't you?
I saw Kim Si-woo's face when he said that.
He didn't seem to see it, but Lee Hye-ri saw Kim Si-woo's face through the mirror in front of her.
He was smiling.
A warm smile.
The same smile that Lee Gang-san, who had protected her at the gate, used to give her in the past.
-You're not hurt, right? Then that's fine.
Even though he was covered in wounds, he would smile brightly just because she wasn't hurt.
The smile of her own brother she saw at the moment she decided to become a tanker.
It resembles him.
The smile Lee Gang-san gave that day.
"Smiling like that is cheating."
Lee Hye-ri bit her lip.