Chapter 22 (Please Teach Me Tutor)
Episode 22: I’ll suck it up.
<Kim Si-woo’s POV>
After starting the exam for the second round, the class with Yu Ah-ra was not a massage for mana rotation, but a class where we ran around outside.
The practice place was in front of her house, the playground. It was the space where she peed.
“Again.”
I picked up Yu Ah-ra, who was a dirty mess.
“Ugh……”
“A real villain won’t stop here. He’ll keep stabbing you with his weapon to kill you. Or else, he’ll use his own weapon to toy with you. That’s why you have to get into position as quickly as possible.”
“Oh, I understand.”
She changed into her gym clothes, rolled on the ground and threw herself to block my attacks.
Because of that, she got completely dirty with sweat and dust.
“As I said last time, even in simulations, the villains have irregular movements. They’re not easy opponents because they’re based on real villains. You can’t get through them without speed.”
“I know.”
Of course, if you can hold out for 30 minutes in the second test, you will be in the top 20%. In the first place, the second test was a relative evaluation. However, I couldn’t be satisfied with just the top 20%.
The second test was a combined test for classes A through D. Even if she didn’t get first place, she had to get enough to get noticed.
“Then let’s begin.”
“Yes!”
I moved my body. The villain I’m going to show you this time is the villain I caught in Cheongju four years ago, Mori Takashi. He’s a vicious villain who cut the throats of five B-class hunters with two daggers.
He’s even a tricky guy who can attack from a mid-range by attaching a chain to his dagger.
Phew!
The model dagger aimed for Yu Ah-ra’s neck.
“Haat!”
She throws her body.
“The response is too slow.”
Before Yu Ah-ra, who had thrown her body, could even reach the ground, I approached her and swung my foot. A blow aimed squarely at the stomach.
Pfft!
“Crunch!”
Yu Ah-ra drew her telekinesis with her hand and blocked my foot.
I twisted my body as it bounced off and attacked with dagger again. She blocked the sword with the wooden sword she was holding in her hand.
“Huh?”
If it had been the case, I would have just gotten hit here and it would have ended. But I stopped it.
She achieved significant growth over the course of three weeks.
At first, she couldn’t even react to the first attack.
I wrapped the dagger around Yu Ah-ra’s shoulder with the chain. The chain around her shoulder led her towards me.
“Oh!”
She lost her balance and fell to me. I held Yu Ah-ra’s falling body and held the model dagger to her neck.
“It’s an elimination here.”
“…….”
It was a picture of her being held in my arms. Yu Ah-ra didn’t move at all while her hand was on my chest. I could see her quietly sniffing my scent while her face was pressed against my chest.
“Still, you’ve made a lot of progress.”
“Oh, yes……. Thank you.”
Yu Ah-ra, who came to her senses late, pushed herself away from me.
It’s been like this lately. She’s been trying to hug me a lot. It’s probably because her favorability rating has been rising so quickly.
[Yu Ah-ra: Strategy – 81%]
The favorability didn’t go up any further than 81. Maybe it’s because I’m concentrating more on class.
‘If she do well on this test, she’ll probably get 100.’
I felt that Yu Ah-ra had feelings for me. But right now, I couldn’t respond to her feelings. The reason was simple.
Because the test is important, I was using her desire, to look better now to increase her concentration in class.
“We’ll stop here for today.”
“Okay.”
I saw Yu Ah-ra, drenched in sweat. Her light blue underwear was visible through her thin gym clothes.
But she didn’t seem to notice yet and smiled at me.
Fortunately, no one else was visiting the playground in the apartment complex.
I took off my short-sleeved gym clothes and draped them over her shoulders.
“Put this on.”
“Uh, yeah?”
“It’s all see-through.”
“Ah…….”
Yu Ah-ra’s face turned red. The favorability didn’t go up. It seemed like it wasn’t a level that could go up like this anymore.
I looked toward the presence I felt in my body. A gaze I had felt once before. A gaze I felt once a week, if not every time. It came again today.
A woman who secretly spies on our private lessons.
‘Lee Hye-ri.’
I found out that she was Lee Hye-ri a while ago. When my senses returned to 80% of their prime through personal training, I knew for sure that she was Lee Hye-ri.
I was curious about something, so when I was giving lessons indoors, I watched her through the window, and when I went outside like this, she watched us from between the bushes full of shrubs and trees.
I asked Yu Ah-ra because she kept coming.
‘What kind of girl is Lee Hye-ri?’
‘I don’t know. She’s just a little weird.’
‘Has she ever asked about our tutoring?’
‘Her, her, her? Not at all!’
It was clear that Lee Hye-ri had said something at least once, as she was flustered and pulled away. Judging from Yu Ah-ra’s flustered attitude, she probably didn’t answer.
‘Because surprisingly, she have a possessive spirit.’
So it seems like they followed me to spy on how I was teaching.
It seems like Lee Hye-ri is interested in my tutoring.
Why on earth?
Even though she switched to being a tanker, isn’t the top student in her class Lee Hye-ri?
That doesn’t mean I approached Lee Hye-ri first.
In class, the teacher had to be A, and the students had to be B. That way, the students wouldn’t dare climb over the tutor’s head during class. Since there weren’t any school-specific rules like the academy, the teacher had to have charisma.
So, I waited until she approached me first.
So, even though I knew about Lee Hye-ri’s existence, I ignored her.
“Ah, teacher.”
“Why?”
“Well… Go wash up and go. You sweated a lot though.”
Yu Ah-ra, who was burying her nose in the gym uniform I handed her, mumbled and spoke to me.
“Wash up and go?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Although I shed less than her, I also sweat quite a bit while teaching Yu Ah-ra. It’s a bit much to go back to this.
“But are you okay?”
“Oh, its okay. Yes. Hehehe.”
“Okay.”
I went into her house with Yu Ah-ra. I feel a little sorry, but I owe you something.
***
<Yu Ah-ra’s POV>
Thump! Thump! Thump!!!
‘What should I do? I told you to wash!!!’
Yu Ah-ra shook her head, holding Kim Si-woo’s gym uniform draped over her shoulders tightly with her hand.
It was the first time. We had been doing outdoor classes for three weeks, but so far he hadn’t told her to wash up.
It wasn’t the right atmosphere.
Until now, Teacher Si-woo hadn’t shown any signs of sweating.
So I just let him go.
But today was different.
He had been training and teaching for three hours longer than usual for the final practice for the second test in three days.
Because of that, both she and Si-woo had sweated more than usual.
Why else would her underwear be visible?
‘Teacher Si-woo’s smell… … .’
Yua buried her face in the gym uniform and looked at the clothes that Kim Si-woo had taken off.
Even his underwear was there.
‘No. But to that extent… … But isn’t it a little okay?’
There were two selves fighting in her mind. Yu Ah-ra who thought it was okay to take a little bit of it and Yu Ah-ra who thought it shouldn’t be done.
In the midst of a tug-of-war between the two.
“Ah-ra, thank you.”
The shower room door opened and Kim Si-woo came out wearing new underwear and pants.
In the end, she felt regretful inside because she couldn’t smell Si-woo.
“Teacher… the clothes on top….”
“Oh, sorry. It’s become a habit for me to not wear them when I leave the house.”
Kim Si-woo hurriedly put on the shirt he had prepared in advance.
‘The muscles… … .’
Yua unconsciously swallowed her saliva at the sight of his well-toned and well-defined muscles.
As expected of a hunter. Kim Si-woo, who has a body that is often called lean muscle, naturally wore clothes that clung to his body.
Yua had nowhere to look, so she covered her face with her hands. Even so, she could see everything by slightly spreading her fingers.
“Ah-ra, why are you still wearing my gym clothes after you washed up?”
“Oh, I just didn’t realize it……. Hahaha.”
“It smells. Give it to me now. I…….”
“Oh, no! Teacher! I, I’ll wash it and return it to you! T-you’d be a bad girl not to do this after receiving help! Ha, hahaha.”
In fact, I hoped that Kim Si-woo, wouldn’t have any clothes to change into. I hoped that he would come out wearing a white gown around his waist since he didn’t have any clothes to change into. He couldn’t go out wearing sweaty clothes, so I wanted to set the mood by saying that I would wash his clothes for a while.
But.
Don’t do it!!
This clueless tutor meticulously packed everything, including clothes and underwear.
Now, she’ll take those clothes back with her?
Then, all her plans to create a good mood will be in vain.
To be honest, this was the first time this had happened.
In the first place, she’d never had a romantic relationship with a man. The number of times she’d been single was the same as her age, so how much worse must it have been. She had a vague idea that she wanted to have a boyfriend someday, but she never thought she would be the one to make the first move on a man.
But.
But!
Why are you coming here and stepping on the brakes!
‘Do you really think I don’t like you?’
Hey, no way.
I had some confidence in myself.
My chest, my face, my body.
Even though my skills as a hunter were a little lacking, I didn’t think I lacked feminine charm.
‘Not your taste?’
Ugh, I don’t know. It’s a one-sided interest that the other person doesn’t respond to. It was harder than I thought.
“Is that really okay?”
Teacher Si-woo asked.
“Of course! I’ll wash it and give it to you cleanly next time you come to class. Uh, the underwear is a little small, so just leave out the underwear.”
Should I have said I would wash your underwear too?
“Okay, but the underwear is a bit weird.”
At the moment she was regretting it, Kim Si-woo only took his underwear. Yu Ah-ra picked up Kim Si-woo’s sweat-soaked gym clothes. Her head was dizzy.
The man’s scent made me dizzy.
“Ah, ahh…….”
I wonder if he’ll think I’m a pervert?
Yu Ah-ra worried as she put the clothes in the washing machine. But instead of pressing the wash button, she looked at Si-woo.
“Hey, teacher.”
“Huh?”
“Before you go, check out the ramen, no, X-Flex…….”
“Ah-ra.”
“Yes, okay?”
“You have a test in three days. Stop checking out the X-Flex.”
“Ah……. Yes.”
“Let’s check out the test once you’re done.”
“Um, really?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Yu Ah-ra opened her mouth to Kim Si-woo, who was putting on his shoes to go back home.
“Excuse me, teacher!”
“Huh?”
“I’ll make a bet this time too.”
“A bet?”
“Remember the bet we made last time on the first test? I bet that if I got first place, I’d give you anything.”
The smile on Kim Si-woo’s face faded.
“Can you do first place?”
“I guess I should try.”
Kim Si-woo stared at her quietly. Yoo Ah -ra felt that Kim Si-woo’s gaze was very deep and beautiful.
It was like a starry night sky.
Kim Si-woo nodded slowly.
“Okay. But I’ll put a condition on it.”
“What is it?”
“If you don’t make it into the top 5, you’ll recommend my tutoring to other students.”
“…….”
“You’ve been hiding it from me until now, haven’t you?”
Yu Ah-ra had no choice but to keep her mouth shut at the sight of Kim Si-woo’s gaze that seemed to pierce through people’s hearts.
“Yes……”
“Even if I get another tutoring class, I don’t plan on neglecting my current students. So don’t worry.”
“……”
I couldn’t answer. It was just as Kim Si-woo said. I didn’t tell him because I was worried that he would neglect me if he had another student.
I didn’t want to lose him.
I wanted him to be my private tutor. Because he was someone I could rely on.
As Yu Ah-ra kept her mouth shut, Kim Si-woo slightly raised the corners of his lips and stroked her head.
“Then good luck on your test.”
I didn’t hate that touch. Kim Si-woo’s hands smelled like the body wash that Yu Ah-ra always used. It was a smell I’d always smelled, but the scent coming from him was a little different.
Should I say it was a little more fragrant?
“Yes.”
I nodded, enjoying the scent.
Thud.
Kim Si-woo is leaving.
“Phew…….”
Yua, who needed peace of mind, took out Kim Si-woo’s clothes that had been put in the washing machine.
It wasn’t for me. I did it on purpose for the teacher who worked hard for me. It’s not because I’m a pervert.
It’s not like it’s a smell fetish.
Sniff! Sniff!
Her face, which she had been denying, slowly disappeared into the clothes. The smell of men tickled her nose pleasantly.
‘Just one more time… … .’
Sniff! Sniff!
Her hand went down.
***
The long-awaited day of the second test.
“Let’s work hard.”
Yu Ah-ra nodded at Lee Hye-ri’s words. Jang Won-hu, who was in the same group, was nowhere to be seen. The reason was simple. He was eliminated after falling below the standard score in the first test.
He was reassigned to the group of losers.
And the new group member who joined as their partner was.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Baek Han-beom.”
He was a big man.