Chapter 59 (Please Teach Me Tutor)
Episode 59: Corporal Punishment Addict Lee Hye-ri (1)
<Kim Si-woo’s POV>
After sending Yu Ah-ra home yesterday, I kept thinking about Han Mina.
I couldn’t just sit still after confirming that Kim Hyun-jung and Daesung were getting close to her.
‘I guess I have to do something about it.’
I had no intention of hypnotizing Yu Ah-ra into obeying me.
Using her powers in that way is against my will.
I want a capable hunter who will fight alongside me, not a toy that will only obey my orders.
But Kim Hyun-jung was different.
She is a threat to my secret.
I planned to use Han Mina’s hypnosis on her so that she would not approach me anymore.
Kim Hyun-jung is just the beginning.
If Yu Ah-ra stands out more than this, she will receive attention from hunters who are not just team leaders, but also higher, and if that happens….
‘Inevitably, people who know me will approach me.’
If that were to happen, it would be difficult.
If I were to fight a huge guild like Daesung, I would have to crouch down for a while longer.
Even though it is progressing successfully.
‘I have to recruit Han Mina somehow.’
Since I couldn’t go to the academy myself, I was wondering how she could come near here.
“Hee, heeeek!”
Han Mina appeared.
It was a coincidence that I met her at the convenience store.
No, it was more like fate.
The fact that I kept meeting her at the convenience store near my house for the past few days means that her house is near my house.
Han Mina, who ran into me, stepped back in shock.
She was wearing only opaque sunglasses, and at first glance, it was hard to tell that she was Han Mina, as she gave off a different vibe.
‘I guess that means you’re not hypnotizing yourself right now.’
She covered her mouth in surprise when she came face to face with me. Even as I looked at her like that, I pretended not to know anything and asked.
“What did you ask?”
“Yes, yes, yes?”
“Did I get a bug on my face? Why are you so surprised when you see someone?”
I responded to her as if it was my first time seeing her.
“Oh, that… I’m sorry.”
Han Mina bowed her head deeply.
“What a strange person.”
At my words, Han Mina stared at me for a moment.
She looked at me for a long time with eyes that scanned people.
I couldn’t see well because she was wearing sunglasses, but I could definitely see that the corners of her mouth were twitching upward.
Han Mina was smiling.
“……?”
When I looked at Han Mina with a frown, she nodded as if she was satisfied.
And as she was about to go out, she stopped and looked at me while I bought the beer and put it in the basket.
“Excuse me.”
“Yes?”
“Excuse me, don’t you think we’ve seen each other somewhere?”
“I don’t know.”
“Thank goodness.”
Han Mina left the convenience store with a satisfied smile on her face. She had a face that made me really sure that I didn’t know anything about her.
As I watched Han Mina’s back moving away, I thought.
‘Maybe there’s a card here that can attack Han Mina.’
A continuous encounter disguised as a coincidence. The moment when the name Kim Si-woo appears firmly in her mind once she recognizes it.
‘I approach her and introduces himself as a private tutor.’
The plan was perfect first of all.
What mattered was how effective it was.
***
<Han Mina’s POV>
Han Mina was worried.
The conversation between Lee Hye-ri and Yu Ah-ra wouldn’t leave my head.
-What really interested me was Mr. Si-woo’s abilities, nothing else.
-Take off your clothes….
Should I go find Kim Si-woo?
Or should I just pretend not to know him and pass by?
It was Kim Si-woo who saw her true self.
Of course, he wouldn’t remember that she was Han Mina or that he had met her in the past. Because he couldn’t escape her hypnosis.
‘Wouldn’t that be okay?’
Even if you go to see that man, he probably won’t remember meeting her anyway.
It seemed like it would be okay to completely hide my identity and pretend not to know anything and ask about Yu Ah-ra and Lee Hye-ri.
But I didn’t have the courage to do that.
If he met her and the hypnosis broke, it would be a big deal.
And if he found out that she was Han Mina….
‘I have to use hypnosis again.’
That was the only thing she hated. Using hypnosis on others was her last resort.
Her last weapon to prevent her identity from being revealed.
If she abused it, she would end up relying solely on hypnosis.
Of course, she had gotten this far through self-hypnosis, but Han Mina believed that using it on herself and using it on others were completely different.
At that time, I met him by chance at a convenience store. I’m talking about Kim Si-woo.
I was a little complacent and didn’t even wear a mask, but then I met him.
‘Oh, what should I do?’
It’s not like the hypnosis will suddenly disappear, right?
Or maybe you’ll notice me without the hypnosis?
That won’t work.
I swallowed with anxiety.
Contrary to my worries, Kim Si-woo did not remember me at all. Rather, he faced her as if he was seeing her for the first time.
‘Shit, it worked. The ability worked properly… … .’
Kim Si-woo was a strong hunter who raised Yu Ah-ra and Lee Hye-ri. I can’t believe my ability works on a hunter like that.
I had guessed that my ability would work on an A-class hunter, but when I actually succeeded, I felt like I was flying.
‘I’m truly multi-talented! Competent! A natural born idol!’
The inner servility that made her become a celebrity boiled over.
It was a hidden desire to be recognized by others and to show off her greatness.
It was the first time that she had relieved the desire for recognition that she had never been able to show because she was timid.
Because Han Mina was always hypnotized when she received recognition from others. This was the first time she had felt this way without being hypnotized.
Thump thump.
I couldn’t figure out why my heart was beating.
Is it a good thing that the arrogant Kim Si-woo was hypnotized and couldn’t do anything?
Or is it because she feels a strange sense of superiority that she is the only one who remembers that day?
Or maybe it’s because her power works on the capable hunter who recently raised two successful cadets.
Han Mina didn’t know it, but a faint smile appeared on her face without her knowing it.
The corners of her lips relaxed.
“Hehehehe.”
A grumpy smile appeared.
Han Mina left, leaving behind Kim Si-woo, who found it strange.
She didn’t know.
The fact that Kim Si-woo, who pretended not to know anything, was glaring at her from behind with the sharp eyes of a hunter.
***
<Kim Si-woo’s POV>
Today, I visited Lee Hye-ri’s house for her class.
Now, she seems to have mastered all the secrets of the Thousand Streams Sword Art, and her movements have become more proficient.
The speed is incredible.
Lee Hye-ri is the first to have grown this much in just over a month.
‘If the Black Star had known, he would have been furious.’
At this rate, by the end of the second semester, she might not have a rival among the tankers in her grade.
‘Did you say Baek Han-beom?’
A promising S-class tanker.
A supernova who is said to be the next Lee Kang-san?
It was clear that the grown Lee Hye-ri would fight better than him.
After finishing my thoughts, I swung my sword.
It was currently Lee Hye-ri’s class time.
Thinking about anything else was forbidden.
My sword shot towards her Adam’s apple.
And in an instant, Lee Hye-ri swung her spear at a speed that was difficult to follow with the eyes, and knocked my sword away.
Look at this?
“Haa, haa. Teacher, you’ve become really dull?”
Lee Hye-ri, who had drained 80% of my attacks, spoke with confidence.
Now that her chances of success had increased significantly, she lightly stepped forward and laughed at me.
“Teacher, you were sloppier than I thought. I thought it would be really hard, but you’re a bit slow, aren’t you? Hehe.”
She was giggling and smiling. It seemed like she was determined to let out all the things that had been building up in me.
“Yes. Hye-ri, you learn faster than I thought.”
“As expected, you know that, teacher? Who am I? I’m not someone else’s but your disciple, so I should be able to do this well.”
“Yes. My excellent disciple. But you know. You use skills to dodge, but I don’t use any skills, and don’t you like it too much?”
“Tsk!”
Lee Hye-ri’s skill, Mobile Strike.
Not only does it make you more agile in battle, but it also explosively gives additional damage every time you deal damage while moving.
It’s a skill optimized for use as a dealing skill while moving, but it’s also a very effective skill for her, who has high agility, because it increases agility even if you don’t use it for attacking.
And Lee Hye-ri secretly used a skill to try to beat me and deflect my attacks.
“Isn’t the reason you’re taking private lessons to learn the Thousands Streams Spear Technique, not to decide who’s going to win?”
“Ha, but in the end, you’re going to fight using your skills in a real fight!”
“That’s true in a real fight. But right now, you’re just learning, right?”
“Ugh…….”
Lee Hye-ri bit her lip, unable to find a word to refute.
In fact, she had used the mobile strike several times while learning the Heavenly Spear method.
On the other hand, Kim Si-woo did not use the skill until the end even after seeing it.
She deliberately avoided using her skills to the point where she thought she might not be able to use them.
That hurt Lee Hye-ri’s pride even more. She thought that no one could beat her except Lee Kang-san, so she used her skills and was completely detected.
“So don’t be too happy about winning by cheating. You said you’d beat Ah-ra and get first place and get a gift certificate?”
“That’s right. I’m going to beat Ah-ra unnie no matter what. I don’t want to lose at all. Since the teacher said Ah-ra unnie is stronger… I can’t lose.”
“Ah-ra unnie?”
“Didn’t you call her Ah-ra before?”
“We fought a while ago at school.”
“You fought?”
“Yes.”
“Seriously?”
“You could say seriously.”
“Ah-ra said it wasn’t a big deal?”
“That older sister, haa… … . If you think about it, it wasn’t a big deal. But depending on your perspective, it could have been a big deal. And the fact that I was trying to win like this… … .”
Lee Hye-ri, who was speaking, shook her head.
“But we made up. Even though our hearts grew a little distant.”
“Is that why you call her Unnie?”
“It’s similar.”
It was a problem between two people I didn’t know about. It wasn’t my place to get involved.
If I got involved without knowing the circumstances, I would only make things worse.
‘I have to be careful.’
These are the friends who will become the aces of our guild in the future. It will be difficult if the two of them fight.
“Did you know there’s a month-end evaluation this month?”
“I know.”
“By the way, I decided to give Yu Ah-ra a prize if she beats her opponent in the follow-up evaluation.”
Lee Hye-ri’s eyes widened at my words.
“What about me then?”
“You have to beat your opponent in the vanguard evaluation.”
“Last time, if you beat Ah-ra unnie……”
“Probably, unless it’s a regular exam, the vanguard and rearguard won’t fight each other separately.”
“……”
Lee Hye-ri bit her lip.
“You said you’d give me a reward if I beat my opponent in the monthly evaluation, right?”
“Yes. I have to beat Baek Han-beom.”
Lee Hye-ri was recognized as the best dealer in Class A.
No one knows that she has the appearance of a tanker.
She will probably be given Baek Han-beom.
Even so, the compatibility is not that good. It is not easy for an evasion tank to beat a main tank with a tough skin.
Unless they break down a large wall.
“You can win. That tight little head is nothing.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“Okay. Then let’s look forward to the test.”
“It’s punishment time. Uh, what should we do?”
Lee Hye-ri asked, pretending to take off her sweaty gym clothes.
“Since you won today, there’s no punishment.”
“T-Telling me there’s no punishment?”
“Right.”
“Ha, but I cheated by using a skill… huh?”
“I wouldn’t call it cheating. I didn’t say you couldn’t use skills.”
“Ha, but you scolded me for using a skill just now.”
“Right. I meant that you shouldn’t use skills when practicing. I didn’t mean to say that using them was wrong.”
“Ah… ”
“You’re right, we’ll be fighting in dungeons using skills, so I don’t think we need to hold ourselves to such strict standards.”
I said while organizing my weapons.
Then Lee Hye-ri twisted her body and bit her lips as if she was disappointed.
“Why, are you sad that you didn’t get corporal punishment?”
“Eh? Oh, it’s a shame! Why me? It was already hard and humiliating every time I got corporal punishment, so, uh, uh, it was really hard! Not at all!”
She cried out in disgust. But there is a saying from the past that goes like this.
Excessive negativity is affirmation.
I didn’t say those words out loud. I didn’t want to make Lee Hye-ri’s face, which was already red, explode.
“Then let’s organize it and see you next week.”
“Oh, I understand!”
And then I saw.
[Lee Hye-ri: Favorability – 74%]
I’m talking about her favorability, which has increased by a whopping 20%.