Chapter 73 (Please Teach Me Tutor)
Episode 73: Hypnotist, Han Mina (5)
“Then, let’s begin the orientation.”
Kim Si-woo opened my mouth while quietly watching Han Mina watching me.
“You said you were a second-year student?”
“Yes.”
“I’m the teacher now, so I can speak freely.”
“Do whatever you want.”
Han Mina continued to glance at Kim Si-woo as she answered. Her eyes were wary, as if she was worried that he might do something.
To her, who had observed Yu Ah-ra’s class, Si-woo would be a pervert who made a student take off her clothes.
Nothing happened, and it was a serious class for both Yu Ah-ra and me.
‘It might be confusing to someone seeing it for the first time.’
Because it wasn’t the usual way.
“Don’t worry.”
“Yes, yes?”
“I told you I wouldn’t. I told Han Mina that I would teach her in a normal tutoring style.”
“Oh, yes…….”
“If you build a wall in your heart for that reason, it will only interfere with the class.”
“I’m sorry.”
She had boosted her self-confidence through self-hypnosis, but she seemed passive throughout her answer.
Anyone who saw her would think she had broken her own hypnosis. She also hid the fact that she knew her ability was hypnosis.
There would come a day when she would tell them, but it wasn’t now.
Even if she became a confident celebrity through self-hypnosis, she is a reclusive loner by nature. She
will not be immune to such situations.
If he pretends to be too friendly here, it will only create an even bigger wall.
“If you were a second-year student, you must have gone to a dungeon with guild members to gain practical experience?”
“Yes, I went with the professors and current guild members before the second exam in the first semester.”
“Did you bring your report card with you then?”
“I brought it with me because you asked me to bring it with me when I left class.”
Han Mina took out a piece of paper from her bag. It was her dungeon practice report card.
“Hmm.”
The results weren’t as good as he expected.
-22-A. Han Mina. Practical Training Evaluation.
– Field Coping Ability – C
– Teamwork – A
– Rear Support Ability – C+
– Combat Power – D
– Comprehensive Evaluation – C+
It’s a C+.
Her practical grade wasn’t as good as Si-woo thought.
“How were your grades in class A?”
“I always got a B+ or higher on my tests.”
“Your position is the rear buffer, right?”
“Oh, yes…….”
“Buffer…….”
Is hypnosis not your only skill?
“But you got a C+ in the dungeon practice?”
“Yes, I wasn’t feeling well that day.”
“Hmm.”
He looked at Han Mina for a moment. She met his eyes but avoided his gaze.
“Wh…why?”
“No, I was just curious as to why you got a B+ on the test but only a C+ on the practical part.”
“Oh, as I just said…….”
“Your condition was bad. That could be true. Then can you disclose the stats? I need to know the student exactly so I can come up with a solution.”
“Oh, if that’s the case, they’re here.”
She took out another piece of paper from her bag. It was the stat values measured by the Academy.
-Han Mina.
-Strength: C
-Mana: A+
-Intelligence: A+
-Stamina: B
-Agility: D
“Your stats are a bit lacking to be in Class A. Were you in Class A because of your skills?”
“Oh, yes…”
“Your skills aren’t written down?”
“They didn’t make that public. The Academy doesn’t know either. But I did get grades worthy of Class A….”
Him Si-woo faced her.
“Then can I give you a quick massage?”
“Yes? But I definitely won’t do that.”
“I don’t plan on taking your clothes off. I’m just going to massage your shoulders, hands, and feet to help with your blood circulation. I can do a quick check. Like, if this information is true or not.”
“…….”
“You don’t have to if you don’t want to. Of course, that means I’ll be able to help you in a lot less areas.”
“Ugh.”
Han Mina bit her lip.
“Ten million won, are you just going to throw it away?”
“No, but…”
“I’ll just massage your arms, legs, and shoulders. If you don’t want to do this, I won’t stop you, but if you’re this uncooperative, I can’t do anything about it. I have no intention of forcing you to take it off or anything like that, as per the contract.”
“Oh, I understand. Ha, I’ll do it.”
Finding out their student’s current status was an essential step for any teacher as an educator.
Han Mina turned her back to him.
“Uh, but you have to massage my shoulders and arms and legs.”
“Don’t worry.”
Now it was time to harness the power of Appraisal.
Si-woo rubbed Han Mina’s shoulder.
“Whoa!”
“Calm down. I’m not doing anything.”
“Euuuu…….”
[Contact with target.]
[Activates Appraisal (SS).]
[Name: Han Mina]
[Active Ability 1: Cheerleading (B)]
[Increases the abilities of team members registered in the party by 50%.]
‘Cheerleading.’
‘I guess I can see why she’s the buffer with her hypnosis.’
[Active Ability 2: ???(S)]
[240P points available per day]
If there’s cheerleading, that question mark must be hypnosis.
Huh.
Hypnosis is an S-class skill?
Then, if my charisma was A-class… … .
It meant that she would be like many people who were hypnotized by her.
[Passive Ability: Innate Charm (A)]
[Makes others feel attracted to you.]
‘There are two active skills, one S-class and one B-class.’
‘In some ways, she was a talent of all time.’
Considering that most hunters only have one active skill, this was a part where you could see how much potential she had.
Of course, among the top hunters, there were many cases where they had one active skill and several passive skills that supported it.
However, those with multiple active skills were extremely rare. There was one reason why those with multiple active skills were highly rated. It was because they could diversify the fighting style and freely choose between vanguard, rearguard, dealer, and buffer.
Of course, just having an active S-class skill was no different from having the qualities of an S-class hunter.
If her personality had been just a little more positive, she would have definitely been rated much higher than this.
He continued the massage by kneading her shoulders and arms. Since she was clothed and only kneaded certain areas, his information was extremely limited.
[Han Mina]
-Strength: D
-Mana: B
-Intelligence: ??
-Stamina: C
-Agility: ??
-Ability: Active Cheerleading (B) ?? (S)
Passive Innate Charm (A)
-Attribute: ???
-Compatibility Attribute: ???
-???
In status window, there were too many question marks.
‘I felt her body, rubbing her toes to find out as much information as possible.’
“Huh……”
“Are you feeling a little better?”
“Ah, yes……”
“That’s good.”
[Han Mina’s concern is the persistence of hypnosis.]
[She is using hypnosis to ??? her ??? personality.]
[It costs ??? points to use, and 240??? a day is ???. So she ??? to increase mana or reduce the consumption of ???.]
Although the information was not clearly visible due to gaps here and there caused by the parts covered by the clothes, it was possible to infer what her problem was.
‘She want to use hypnosis for longer?’
Her problems, as seen through her Appraisal, were clear.
‘Stats that don’t meet Class A’s expectations, skills that are too high level, not being able to check your own stats accurately, and even your immaturity of not knowing your own strengths.’
The ability values measured by the academy.
-Strength: C
-Mana: A+
-Intelligence: A+
-Stamina: B
-Agility: D
But what about your own ability?
-Strength: D
-Mana: B
-Intelligence: ??
-Stamina: C
-Agility: ??
Overall, it was about one or two notches lower.
It could be that the person in charge was tricked by hypnosis, or the Academy may have given it a higher rating because it was a celebrity.
Let’s say the Academy said so.
‘But why can’t Han Mina understand herself properly?’
Is it because she hadn’t fully awakened?
If not…
‘I guess self-hypnosis might have confused the stats.’
The skill is such that even Han Mina herself has been deceived.
‘If that’s the case, it’s a pretty serious situation.’
It meant that one day, Han Mina might fall prey to the hypnosis she had put on herself.
[Current Grade: B-]
[Potential Grade: ???]
[Suitability: A]
Compared to Lee Hye-ri and Yu Ah-ra, her score was quite low. But that’s okay. Her suitability and potential grade were not reasons to give up on her.
Because what Si-woo was looking at, was Han Mina’s skills.
“Okay.”
Just like he promised her, he ended up just massaging her arms and legs.
“Is it really over?”
“Who do you think I’m, a pervert? I won’t do anything useless. It’s written in the contract.”
“Oh, that, that’s right…….”
Item 5 of the contract.
5. A will never do anything to B and will not force B to take off her clothes if B refuses.
You can probably raise your favourability without taking off her clothes.
“So, do you want see how I will teach?”
“Yeah.”
Kim Si-woo sighed and sat back down in the chair opposite Han Mina.
“Are you worried that your skills aren’t growing at all?”
“…….”
She didn’t answer, but looked flustered.
“No matter how hard you try, if you feel like you’re stagnant because you’re not growing, it’s not a problem with your ability, it’s a problem with your skill, right?”
“Well, how……?”
“A capable private tutor has a method for everything.”
“…….”
Her eyes opened wide in surprise as she looked at Si-woo, her doubts slowly subsiding.
“I don’t know what skill it is, but there are two ways to grow the skill.”
“What is that?”
“One is to raise the level of the skill itself. It’s an extremely wicked method with strict conditions and few successful cases.”
At those words, a look of disappointment appeared on Han Mina’s face.
“And the second is increasing the amount of mana and improving the method of mana management.”
“Amount of mana and method of management?”
“Yes. In the end, mana is what uses skills. How much mana you invest and how you invest it determines the operation of the skill.”
“Ha, but my mana is A plus? If I want to increase it any further, I have to go S-rank…….”
“No.”
Unfortunately, it was time to tell her the truth, as she was lying to herself.
“Mina, your mana isn’t A-plus level.”
“Huh?”
“I’ll look at it favourably, it’s B-level.”
“But at the Academy……”
“Shall we make a bet?”
“Wh-what kind of bet?”
“I’m going to test whether your mana amount is A-plus level or B-level.”
“…….”
“You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to. Then there’s nothing I can do for you.”
“Nothing you can do? What do you mean?”
“There’s nothing I can do for a student who can’t see their own present and tries to ignore reality. I can only console them by telling them that they did well and are doing well.”
“…….”
“What I think is best is to improve the amount of your mana and how you use it to increase the purity of your mana. And I’m willing to do anything for that.”
After Kim Si-woo finished speaking, he stood up from his seat.
“That’s all for today’s orientation. If you want to take the next class, call this number. If I don’t hear from you after three days, I’ll assume you don’t want to take it and automatically cancel your contract.”
In fact, he could have pressured her by mentioning item 3 in the contract. But now is not the time to use that.
It is not too late to comply with the teacher’s curriculum and not rebel when she is fully immersed in my class.
So now is the time.
“Then let’s go, Ms. Han Mina.”
Just wait until the prey takes the bait.
***
Han Mina, who returned home, breathed a sigh of relief.
“Hoooo.”
Han Mina, who had released the hypnosis skill on herself, stretched out on the bed.
She was exhausted.
He was too tough of an opponent. She was worried that he might do something to her. In the end, he didn’t do anything…
‘Massage, what the heck is that… … .’
‘Are you saying that you can easily figure out her worries?’
She was left with about 50 points because she was afraid something might happen, but she didn’t use them thanks to Kim Si-woo who didn’t do anything.
“It was a better class than I expected.”
Han Mina thought of Kim Si-woo’s class.
He did give a massage right away, but it was all part of the class.
‘Is it possible that he has the ability to know his students well by touching their bodies?’
Thump thump thump.
“Ugh.”
Just thinking about it made her heart thump like crazy.
Not because he was handsome, or because Han Mina was in love with him, or because she was embarrassed to touch his skin.
It was just because of the slight fear and shame that she felt at the thought of being with someone.
For her, who didn’t have hypnosis, standing in front of others was hell.
“Ugh. He asked for an answer within three days…….”
That teacher who says my mana is B instead of A+. That can’t be true.
The academy has already decided everything…
“I, I can see it like this too.”
[Mana: A+]
It couldn’t be wrong. But she couldn’t help but think that it was too much to not accept it.
Other than that, he knew her worries too well.
It was as if he had known about it in advance.
That was when.
Woohoo!
-Manager Kang Jeong-hoon.
“Huh, huh?”
‘What, what’s going on? ‘
The manager doesn’t have anything to call her for. She didn’t have any plans today.
Of course, she had pushed aside all of her previous schedules for the past few days. She was so panicked by the sudden situation that she didn’t even think about hypnotizing herself.
No, she didn’t have enough left to make a separate call.
As soon as the call ended after not answering for a long time, the phone rang again.
Woohoo!
“Oh, what should I do?”
‘Is this urgent?’
‘I barely have any points.’
Woohoo!
When her phone rang again, she reluctantly picked it up.
“H, hello?”
– Mina, here you go.
“Ah, yes, yep, y, manager.”
– What’s going on these days?
“Yes, yes? Yes? T, what’s that?”
– It seems like you’ve been skipping your schedule a lot lately. Are you okay? If you have a boyfriend, please let us know in advance. That way, we can deal with it somehow.
“Uh, ah…….”
Communicating with other people was torture for her.
She could somehow manage with a convenience store employee whose face she didn’t know, but it was nearly impossible with someone who knew Han Mina’s true identity.
‘I needed to tell him that I didn’t have a boyfriend, but I couldn’t find the words.
– I contacted the academy yesterday because you said you were absent due to an academy schedule, but they said there were no additional lessons yesterday. This is a more important issue than you think. If something really happens in a place we can’t predict, we’ll be in trouble. What’s going on?
“T-That’s what I mean. T-Truthfully.”
‘I feel dizzy.’
‘I can’t breathe.’
‘My ears are ringing, and I can’t hear Manager Kang very well.’
‘I’m scared.’
‘Why are you doing this to me?’
“I, I, I mean, if I were to text, if I were to text……”
– This isn’t a problem that’s light enough to be texted. This is a really serious problem.
“Th, that’s right now……”
She felt breathless.
She was in a state of panic.
She felt dizzy.
The little bugs that appeared before her eyes were gradually eating away at her vision.
-/? <@#뤂$%^#궭&*%엢*#욻! @$벪.
“Euuu…….”
Han Mina hung up the phone. Then she turned off the power.
She was scared.
She didn’t like being scared. She turned off the lights and locked the door. She went under the blanket in fear, wrapped herself in the blanket, and went inside.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
“Mina!”
Manager Kang’s voice was heard from afar.
[Points available per day: 240P]
[Current points: 57/240]
[This hypnosis costs 100 points.]
[Cannot be used.]
[Cannot be used.]
[Cannot be used.]
[Cannot be used.]
‘Please, please.’
She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping that the day would pass quickly and she could get new points.