Chapter 57 (Please Teach Me Tutor)
Episode 57 Shin Seo-ah
<Lee Kang-san POV>
Shin Seo-ah was a member of Lee Kang-san’s party when Lee Kang-san was active in Korea. She was
a B-class supporter whose skills were somewhat questionable to join his party, which was an S-class.
There was one reason why Shin Seo-ah, who was a B-class hunter at the time, was able to be with Lee Kang-san, who was an S-class hunter at the time. It was because she was the girlfriend of a party member who was an A-class dealer.
And less than a month later, she broke up with him and dated another man in the party.
She changed men like that every time.
Every time that happened, the existing party member would become a wreck and leave, and soon a new party member would join.
I don’t know what she did, but the eyes of the departing party members were clearly not in their right minds.
Shin Seo-ah even swayed him a S-class hunter.
However, Lee Kang-san, who knew her true nature, refused and left the party that had changed.
He went to find the original party members he had trusted and relied on, but they had either quit being hunters or had become useless.
Some had even taken their own lives.
Upon hearing the shocking news from his comrades, he headed straight to America.
Many things happened along the way.
Even after leaving for the United States, rumors about Shin Seo-ah continued to be heard periodically.
And I also saw the process of how she came to be called the guardian of the River Gate, destroying the River Gate where monsters were pouring out three years ago.
I knew it was the Shadow Mask, her boyfriend who was next to me at the time.
I had no way of knowing how many boyfriends she had.
Her success always had a man by her side. And when he became useless, she would often switch to a better man.
It had been quite a while since she had been with the Shadow Mask, so I thought he had come to his senses, but the ending was the same.
No, it was even more horrifying.
Because he became an irredeemable criminal and was forced to quit being a hunter.
Lee Kang-san did not believe that the Shadow Mask had killed his comrades in the dungeon.
‘There’s definitely something.’
Something he didn’t know.
Lee Kang-san didn’t know much about the Shadow Mask.
He didn’t know his face or his real name under the mask.
The only time he encountered the Shadow Mask was during the River Gate incident.
Even though we only met briefly, I didn’t think of him as a villain who would stab a comrade in the back.
Rather, it is closer to Shin Seo-ah sticking the knife in.
‘Because she’s the kind of girl who’ll do anything for her own success.’
Lee Kang-san disliked Shin Seo-ah’s opportunistic side. No, he hated her.
He wanted to express his feelings more, but this was a public place.
He was here as a representative of the Saint Guild.
Not Hunter Lee Kang-san.
“Let’s stop talking nonsense and get to the main point. The Saint Guild claims that we own 80% of the material rewards and mana stone mining rights from this S-class dungeon.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
It opened the door to hellish negotiations.
***
<Kim Si-woo’s POV>
– It has been said that Daesung Guild, Korea’s representative guild, has collaborated with Saint Guild to conquer an S-class dungeon discovered in San Francisco. While both guilds are unable to come up with a definitive solution to the problem of distributing materials and mana stones from the S-class dungeon, Saint Guild’s conqueror, the iron wall Lee Kang-san, and Daesung Guild’s conqueror, the guardian of Korea Shin Seo-ah, are negotiating in the United States for a final agreement…
Beep!
After finishing my workout, I wiped my sweat and turned off the TV.
The last thing I saw on the screen was Lee Kang-san of the Saint Guild in his huge armor and Shin Seo-ah in her sleek leather armor, holding a mace in one hand.
Shin Seo-ah.
My ex-girlfriend who betrayed me and became attached to Daesung is now actively working as Daesung’s key hunter.
“Now there’s no place that isn’t on TV.”
Thanks to her busy work on the front lines of Daesung, she has now become a star hunter known to everyone.
She was the guardian of River Gate, but she has also become the guardian of Korea, and is now one of the representative hunters of Korea.
-Shadow Mask always treated his colleagues like burdens.
I closed my eyes tightly as I remembered what she had said in court.
“Ha…….”
Her false testimony oppressed me and I ended up losing in court.
As memories of the past came back to me, my desire for revenge against Daesung burned stronger and stronger.
What I wanted to do was to break the unfair treatment that Hunters received and make them receive fair treatment.
‘That was stupid.’
Since he openly showed his hostility by saying that he would fight despite his lack of strength,
he should have kept his sword hidden in his bosom until the end.
Until he had completely assassinated the enemy.
I learned from one failure how to fight against a giant.
There are no two failures.
“Shin Seo-ah……. Sorry, but you stood in the wrong line.”
I resumed my exercise, loosening up my hamstrings.
***
<Yu Ah-ra’s POV>
“Daesung……”
Yu Ah-ra was walking back home, mumbling.
The corners of Yu Ah-ra’s lips twitched as she walked back.
She looked like she was desperately trying to hold back her laughter.
“Don’t overthink it. Just forget about it. Daesung’s interest is fleeting. If you can’t maintain this ability, the interest will disappear like the wind. So…….”
The conclusion is that she needs to study harder from teacher Si-woo.
She is where she is now because of him.
She must never forget.
It was Kim Si-woo who saved Yu Ah-ra, who was struggling on the edge of a cliff.
So I had to repay the favor.
The teacher said two years, but… ….
Now, I want to stay longer than two years.
Wouldn’t it be better to just get a permanent job?
“I have to brag to my teacher. I heard that a scout from Daesung was interested in me. And I turned them down.”
The teacher would like it, right?
Of course, because who would hate it when she was scouted by Daesung and is left right next to him?
“Maybe he’ll give you a prize?”
Just thinking about it makes me feel good.
“Ahem ahem ahem~.”
I found myself humming.
My steps were light.
My shoulders shook.
I walked forward like a ballerina stepping.
“Sister, I guess something good is happening.”
“…….”
And that pleasant moment suddenly cooled down with Lee Hye-ri’s appearance.
“You haven’t left yet?”
“Yeah, I was waiting because I had something to tell you.”
Yu Ah-ra faced Lee Hye-ri.
The classmate who stole her teacher Si-woo.
Actually, to be exact, he wasn’t her teacher Si-woo.
As Lee Hye-ri said, Yu Ah-ra and Kim Si-woo are also like a private tutor and student.
‘But I started learning first.’
I knew in my head.
That Lee Hye-ri had her own circumstances.
That she was desperate to learn from the teacher.
That she had a strong desire to switch to a tank.
And that she didn’t have a special relationship with Kim Si-woo yet.
But there were times when I knew it in my head but couldn’t convince myself in my heart.
That was now.
The reason was simple.
Lee Hye-ri kept thinking about Kim Si-woo taking lessons like she did.
“What do you want to say?”
“I’m sorry.”
Lee Hye-ri immediately apologized.
“What are you sorry about?”
The barbed words kept coming out.
“I went to see the teacher without telling my sister. I was in a hurry too. I thought I wouldn’t be recognized as a tanker if I continued like this.”
“…… So?”
“My sister wouldn’t tell me, so I followed her. And I saw my sister taking a class from the teacher.”
Yu Ah-ra’s face turned red at Lee Hye-ri’s words.
“You, you, you, you saw that?”
“Yeah.”
“Really?”
“I saw it all.”
My head was spinning.
Where did she see that?
Getting a massage from the teacher naked?
Or doing this and that with the teacher?
Or sniffing his scent while being held by the teacher?
Enjoying it while getting hit?
Did she see peeing outside?
Unless that’s it.
Unless… … .
“Sister, sister!”
Yu Ah-ra woke up from her delusions as she felt Lee Hye-ri shaking her body.
“Oh, yeah?”
“Don’t worry. I didn’t see much. Just a little? Just naked. That’s about it.”
You saw it.
You saw it all.
I’m embarrassed now.
Her body trembled with shame.
However, even as she trembled with shame, Yu Ah-ra felt a strange sense of pleasure.
“Even after seeing that, why did you still decide to take private lessons from the teacher?”
“Because your skills have improved unbelievably.”
“Is that the reason? Is that all? Was it because the teacher was handsome, or because you fell for him the first time you saw him and found him unbelievably charming, or because you kept seeing him and started going to see him… It’s not like that?”
“I thought that was a bit selfish of you to say that?”
Yu Ah-ra shook her head at Lee Hye-ri’s words.
“Forget it. It was just now.”
“I was really interested in Teacher Si-woo’s abilities, nothing else.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, because nothing you’re worried about happened between him and me.”
“It didn’t happen?”
“My class curriculum is a little different.”
“……Different?”
“Yeah, we don’t take our clothes off during class. So don’t worry.”
“…….”
“But I’m sorry I went to see you without telling you. Can you forgive me?”
I looked at Lee Hye-ri, who was reaching out her hand. Now, it was Lee Hye-ri who was always calling me “sister.”
I guess she was feeling sorry too.
‘Haa, what is this, being an older sister?’
However, I should have been the one who approached her first, being a year older, but I made my younger sister suffer.
Besides, without Lee Hye-ri, Yu Ah-ra would have been in trouble too.
They were the ones who had already formed their own factions in Class A, and had been dropped out of the class in the second semester.
Yu Ah-ra knew very well that the only people she could rely on and call friends were each other.
I’m apologizing like this….
Let’s forgive each other.
I’m one year older than her so I’ll be more open-minded.
“Yeah. I’m sorry too. I was so immature as an older sister.”
Yu Ah-ra held Lee Hye-ri’s hand. I don’t think it’s a complete ceasefire.
As long as Lee Hye-ri is taking lessons from Teacher Si-woo, there may be a time when she will grab her hair and fight with her.
But it won’t be now.
That’s what Yu Ah-ra believed.
***
<Lee Hye-ri’s POV>
Lee Hye-ri thought deeply after fighting with Yu Ah-ra in the morning.
Why did she overreact so much?
Why did she act so sharp?
‘Does Ah-ra like teacher?’
If that’s the case, then it’s understandable to be angry to some extent. After all, Ah-ra’s class content is a bit like that.
Take off your clothes and leave everything in the man’s hands… … .
It could have been a misunderstanding.
Lee Hye-ri also takes such classes.
So that’s why you were jealous.
Lee Hye-ri decided to lie to Yu Ah-ra.
No, if you think about it, it’s not a complete lie.
‘You shouldn’t take your clothes off during class.’
Corporal punishment is a bit different from classwork.
Strictly speaking, it was true.
To her, Yu Ah-ra was also an essential existence.
She was a classmate who had transferred from Class D together, and a fellow student who studied under the same teacher.
And…
She was also the one who understood that she would take on the tanker role during the second test.
In the future, when Lee Hye-ri demonstrates her tanking abilities, Yu Ah-ra will be almost the only one who can help her, at least within the academy.
‘I need my sister right now too.’
Until it’s fully settled in.
Lee Hye-ri apologized with dark intentions.
Furthermore.
‘I can’t let my older sister monopolize Teacher Si-woo.’
She was jealous too.
***
<Han Mina’s POV>
“Mina! It’s been a while.”
“Nice to meet you. Did you have a good vacation?”
Han Mina returned to the academy for the first time in a long while, just in time for the start of the second semester.
Although she was living the life of a celebrity, she was still an academy student. She couldn’t miss the academy classes.
There was one reason why she was so much more popular than other celebrities. In addition to her beautiful appearance, she was a promising hunter who was in Class A of the second year.
In order to keep this title, she had to attend all the classes during the semester and get good grades.
Once she graduated, she wouldn’t have to spend much time at the academy anymore.
‘Not yet… … .’
And because her agency knew her selling point, they did not stop her from attending the academy and were considerate of her.
-There aren’t many activities during the semester.
That was one of the key terms of Han Mina’s contract.
I had classes late today.
Once I became a sophomore, my schedule got too tight, which was a problem.
“Sigh, today I just want to go home and lie down and sleep.”
Han Mina, who was walking home from school alone, saw two women facing each other at the crossroads.
‘Yu Ah-ra and Lee Hye-ri.’
They are famous kids at the academy.
Their rumors spread even to the second year.
Yu Ah-ra, who showed incredible growth, and Lee Hye-ri, who seems to have switched back to being a dealer and is moving quickly.
The duo of these two is said to be amazing.
But the atmosphere between the two was not normal.
It was a precarious atmosphere, like a tightly stretched rubber band.
In the ears of Han Mina who was just passing by.
“What really interested me was Mr. Si-woo’s abilities, nothing else.”
I heard a familiar name. Si-woo?
Is that the person I know?
The man at the convenience store who was not easily hypnotized.
His name was also Kim Si-woo.
Han Mina, who was just about to pass by, stood tall and listened to the two people’s conversation.
“Really?”
“Yeah, nothing like what you’re worried about happened between me and the teacher.”
“Never happened?”
“My class curriculum is a little different.”
“……Different?”
“Yeah, there’s no undressing during class. So, don’t worry.”
Oh, you’re taking your clothes off?
In class?
What, is that guy a real pervert?