A vast estate located in Seongbuk District.
As could be gleaned from the nameplate hanging on the gate, this was the main residence of the Choi family of Seongbuk, who wielded tremendous influence throughout Korean society, including the magic and political spheres.
Choi Hyena, the sole heir of the Choi family of Seongbuk, possessed everything – wealth, power, and history – and was considered the perfect bride material by all the upper-class families in the country.
Combined with the fact that she was a promising talent who had reached the 3rd Circle at the age of 21, her value skyrocketed.
At this rate, it was clear that Choi Hyena would become the next or the next-next Magic Tower Master. Although it was also true that Choi Hyena's talent seemed a bit faded considering that the current Magic Tower Master, Hanlael, had achieved the 4th Circle when she was 21.
Nevertheless, thanks to her status as the sole heir of the Choi family of Seongbuk, the guaranteed future as the next Magic Tower Master, and Choi Hyena's young and beautiful appearance, the mistresses of upper-class families were desperate to have Choi Hyena meet their sons even once at this very moment.
Of course, Choi Hyena, who neither knew nor wanted to know such facts, was spending her busy time alone.
"Hngh…♡ You bad boy…!"
A melting moan echoed throughout the large bath.
Her appearance, busy playing with herself between her legs, was similar to when she was aroused in the gate.
"Th-there…!♡ Haa…?!♡"
A shallow climax, she didn't know how many times, tormented her.
She had told Kang Hyunwoo to forget everything that had happened here once they left the gate, but it was Choi Hyena who couldn't forget.
The memory of the overwhelming and dangerous pleasure, which felt like massaging her brain every moment, not the subtle pleasure of children's games, haunted her day and night.
At first, it was a small self-stimulation before going to bed, but now she couldn't stop even during the day or while taking a bath.
"I never imagined that the first contractor would be such a pervert."
"Shut uuuup…!!♡"
The wendigo, in the form of a spirit body, leisurely admired Choi Hyena, who was desperately craving pleasure while trembling.
"Why don't you admit it now? You know it too. You can't get what you want no matter how much you poke with those slender fingers."
It was something Choi Hyena also knew.
Compared to Kang Hyunwoo's, her fingers were insignificantly thin and small.
She couldn't forget its size, thickness, weight, and warmth, as if pushing up her womb.
She had tried hard to ignore it, but this was the result.
Like a teenage girl who had just awakened to her sexuality, she was comforting herself while thinking of the man's appearance.
She was filled with self-disgust at her own despicable appearance, but it was impossible to stop on her own.
Eventually, she found herself waiting for his call.
-Kang Hyunwoo is probably masturbating while recalling the memories of that day…?
He certainly would be.
There was no way he wouldn't.
He shouldn't not, especially since he took her first time.
But why!
"Why don't you call me…!!"
At this point, isn't it normal to call first and try to meet with a flimsy excuse?
How can a man act as if nothing happened like this?
"The next time I see you, I'm really going to kill you…"
Ring-
With a statement that Kang Hyunwoo would have found unfair, the expression on Choi Hyena's face, who was looking at the loudly ringing cell phone screen, was filled with a mix of embarrassment, anticipation, and joy.
[Bad Boy]
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Even though it wasn't a video call, the wendigo was appalled by the sight of her sweeping her hair back once, clearing her throat, and straightening her posture.
Regardless, Choi Hyena carefully pressed the call button after timing it neither too quickly nor too late.
"…Hello."
-Ah, hello?
It was Kang Hyunwoo's voice that she had heard several times in her fantasies.
"Wh, why did you call? You haven't even contacted me since you were discharged."
As if the determination not to say it out loud was meaningless, it flowed out as soon as she heard his voice.
-…I was discharged today? And we met yesterday too.
"…"
He was a really clueless man.
She wanted to grab him by the hair and tear it out if he was in front of her.
"I'm going to hang up if you don't have anything to say."
-No, no. Why are you in such a hurry? Th, the thing is, I was calling because I have a favor to ask, is it a good time?
"…What is it."
If you have a favor to ask, you should come to see me in person instead of calling.
She felt like he was being annoying for no reason.
Choi Hyena listened to the contents of Kang Hyunwoo's request for a while without being able to control her pouting lips.
To summarize, gangsters were causing trouble at the orphanage where he used to live when he was young, so he was asking if she could dispatch a bodyguard to protect the orphanage until a place to move was decided.
It was a simple request that made her laugh in disbelief.
"…Is that all?"
Before she knew it, a sharp voice came out.
-There's more, but I'll tell you the rest when I go to your house tomorrow.
"…What?"
He's coming tomorrow?
Where to?
To my house?
It was unheard of. It was the first time she was hearing about it.
-Huh? Didn't you hear? Your grandmother contacted me and told me to come over?
"I didn't hear…"
Despite the somewhat listless voice, the corners of her lips were shaking more violently than ever before.
-It's okay if you heard it now. Anyway, I'm going tomorrow, so can you recommend a gift?
"A gift?"
Kang Hyunwoo's head had been slightly complicated since he received the invitation from Mrs. Choi Youngok.
Since he was invited to the home of the Choi family of Seongbuk, the top class in Korea, it was only natural to have some dignity, and a gift was an essential option.
It was common sense and crazy to buy something like a can of SPAM for such an important event, and he didn't have the personal connections to ask about this kind of thing.
Even though it was a bit cheap, asking Choi Hyena, his only connection? and the granddaughter of the family, was the surest way to avoid wasting money.
"Th, then, should we meet this evening…?"
Choi Hyena sat on the edge of the tub and crossed her legs.
It was a habit she didn't know she had, something that came out when she was nervous.
"It's not that, but I also have something to buy at the department store. Since I'm going anyway, I'll buy your gift with…"
-Ah, sorry. I'm busy this evening.
"…What?"
-I was planning to buy it before I went tomorrow from the beginning.
"…"
-Anyway, if you send me a list of gifts in a text message, I'll pick one that's appropriate and buy it…
Click-
Choi Hyena, who had hung up the phone roughly, threw the cell phone far away and then soaked her body in the bathtub again.
"…Castrated bastard."
Her mood soured.
***
"Hello? Hello?"
I stared blankly at the cell phone, which had suddenly disconnected from Choi Hyena, whom I had been talking to.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
But it wasn't like we had talked long enough to make a mistake.
I was wondering if I should call again, but I decided to wait until I received a text message later, then quickly changed clothes and left the locker room.
"Don't you have anything bigger? It's a little small."
"XL is small?"
"Yes."
I had no choice but to borrow some athletic clothes since I had come in a suit.
But usually, dojos have up to 3XL for the members to wear? These days, 4XL is standard.
"…Just wear it."
"Yes?"
"I said just wear it."
"Yes."
Why are you suddenly revealing your hostility?
Scary student.
"So what do I do now?"
"What do you mean."
The wolf-woman suddenly threw me a wooden sword.
"You see that wooden doll over there?"
"Yes."
"You can also see the parts that are painted red."
"I can see them."
"What are you doing."
"Yes?"
With an expression that couldn't be more serious, the wolf-woman said.
"Slash, stab, and swing 10,000 times each."
"…?"
"Do it."
"Bullshit."
Smack!
"Do it."
"…Do it."
I thought it was a joke, but it wasn't.
Crack!
Due to the coercive attitude, I had no choice but to swing the wooden sword at the wooden doll, and I had only one thought in my mind.
'…Is this right?'
Honestly, I thought the training of a hidden master who draws out Sword Essence would be something unique and amazing.
Of course, I know the basics are important, but isn't this too plain no matter how you look at it?
"I can see you thinking about other things."
She's short, but her awareness is no joke.
Smack!
"Ow?!"
"I can see everything."
"Does that mean you can hit a disciple who's training?!"
"Disciple, what disciple, I don't raise such things."
Suddenly, the wolf-woman's expression became strange.
"Then what am I?"
"What do you mean, a student. I'm the master."
There was no joke in the line that was cut off like a knife.
She seemed to be pushing me away, telling me not to come over.
I wasn't so oblivious that I couldn't notice that, so I silently slashed, stabbed, and beat the wooden doll.
It felt better than I thought.
Instead, after hitting it for about 10 minutes, my arms were shaking and my palms were tingling.
"It's normal to be tired, so don't rest and keep going."
Clack!
"Ow?!"
This time, the wolf-woman suddenly hit my wrist, waist, and pelvis in order with a wooden sword, even though I was diligently doing what she told me to do.
"No, why are you hitting me this time?!"
"Did I hit you because I was having fun? I was pointing out that you should correct your posture. Even if it's difficult, keep your waist straight, maintain abdominal pressure, and try not to twist your pelvis. And you have to use your wrist flexibly, if you only use strength like you're doing now, it'll break down quickly."
Due to the irrefutable reason, I had to swing the sword again without any particular protest.
If you get angry because your trainer points out your posture while you're working out, that's crazy.
By the way, the parts I was hit didn't hurt as much as I thought.
I wondered if this was the skill of a master, but I felt more and more angry at the constant pointers that kept poking at me.
Of course, there was nothing I could do even if I was angry.
I didn't want to die young after running into a monster who could draw out Sword Essence.
I kept swinging the sword.
I kept swinging until my breath reached the tip of my chin and I couldn't even guess how much time had passed.
Counting numbers was a luxury. If it seemed impossible anyway, I was just going to lie down on the floor.
Until then, I kept moving while maintaining my posture in accordance with the wolf-woman's pointers.
As my arms gradually went numb and my legs staggered, something amazing happened.
It was clear that I was able to swing, stab, and slash a little straighter than when I had plenty of energy.
Was it because I was getting better?
If so, it felt like something fundamental had changed enough to make such a difference in a short period of time.
I was increasingly filled with the thought that I would have been able to fight more easily in the isolated gate with my current senses.
Distribution of power.
Proper holding method.
The trick of using the shoulders.
Even the unidentified feeling rising from the ground and running up my legs.
All of those things flowed naturally as if they were flowing like water, and I had the illusion that they were put into a single slash.
I was able to forget all about the breath that had reached the tip of my chin and the trembling arms.
With the feeling that my hand was sticking to the sword hilt, I was about to swing the sword again when.
Clack!
"…Huh?"
"Stop."
The familiar pain stabbed into my waist.
"The 10,000th time is over, so go now."
Only then could I see that the sun was setting outside.
'Already this time…'
It felt like not much time had passed, but I couldn't have imagined that the sun would already be setting.
However, it was already well past lunchtime when I arrived at the dojo. But the 10,000th time is already over?
"What."
"…Nothing."
There was no way I could insist on doing more when the master told me to go.
"Don't stray off the path, just go home and rest today. Unless you want to collapse on the street."
"You're so considerate of your student."
"Want to die?"
You're very shy.
"Oh, right. I don't think we've introduced ourselves yet."
"I know your name."
"I don't know yours."
"What are you going to do with it?"
"…"
That's true too.
"I need to rest too, so go quickly."
"…Even though you didn't do anything."
Smack!
"I can hear everything, you bastard."
***
Jeon Seoha, who was left alone in the dojo after Kang Hyunwoo left, stared at the wooden sword he had held for a long time.
"What's wrong with that guy?"
She carefully looked at the deeply dented handle.
I wondered if a mage who didn't use magic could do this, but considering that a guy who hasn't held a sword for even a year had come to the threshold of the realm of immersion with only 3 or 4 hours of training, it was something I could just brush over.
The more I looked at it, the more I couldn't understand why he became a mage.
With this talent, he could make a living even if he only honed his swordsmanship steadily.
Besides, it was only once, but the way he corrected his posture before I even pointed it out was quite impressive.
"Disciple…"
Jeon Seoha, who was chewing on what she had said for a while, threw the wooden sword aside and entered the master's office.
It was something that she would never have any connection with for the rest of her life.