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Lunch the next day. Despite the commotion yesterday, perhaps because Jeong Eun-ji
did not actually take off her clothes, other people's interest cooled down very quickly,
and the time passed peacefully as if nothing had happened.
However, if you took a closer look at this group of four, including me, Yu-ri Lee, Su-
yeon Choi, and Eun-ji Jeong, there had been quite a few changes...
"Water."
While eating, I uttered only one word. Yu-ri Lee and Choi Su-yeon both raised their
heads and looked at me, not knowing what was happening. Of course, what I said was
not to those two.
"Hey."
I called out to Eun-ji Jeong, who was eating, while pushing her glass of water in front of
her. Jeong Eun-ji, who didn't realize I was calling her, looked at me with a puzzled
expression.
"Me?"
"Water."
Jeong Eun-ji took one look at the glass of water in front of her, and one look at my face,
and she got irritated.
"Ah, order something like that! To be honest, it doesn't matter if you do that—"
"Water."
"Tsk..."
"Don't you? Then why don't we watch yesterday's video?"
Jeong Eun-ji, who was reminded of the humiliating "video," blushed and snatched the
cup of water in front of her.
"I'll give it to you! You can give it to me!"
Jeong Eun-ji took her water cup and went to the water fountain, making it seem like
she was suppressing her anger.
When Yu-ri Lee saw her go to fetch water at my word, she couldn't control her
curiosity and asked me, "Seong-jin, what did you do yesterday?"
"Huh? Why?"
"No... Something happened so Eun-ji suddenly wanted to do as you asked. I'm sorry
for saying this, but she... doesn't like you very much. When you told her to fetch water
earlier, if it were normal, she would have grabbed you by the collar and made a fuss, I
guess."
"It's no big deal. Yesterday, I saved her from being embarrassed as a penalty for
betting, but I told her to follow my words unconditionally for a month."
"... Eun-ji said she knew that?"
"If you don't know, then what can I do? Get naked in front of so many kids? She had no
choice."
At my words, Choi Soo-yeon grinned and looked at Jeong Eun-ji, who was fetching
water, with an accusatory expression. "Hmph, you're saying that after being so picky,
you ended up becoming a slave? It's amazing to see a senior with a dirty personality
doing something like that."
"Hey, my friend. Don't talk nonsense."
"But it's true, right?"
Yu-ri Lee and Choi Soo-yeon were still feuding and keeping each other in check
whenever they had the chance.
Meanwhile, Eun-ji Jeong brought the water and roughly dumped it in front of me.
"Okay, water. Are you done?"
"Yes. It would be great if your attitude was a little softer."
"Fuck you."
Jeong Eun-ji still did not give up her sharp attitude toward me. Deciding that I needed
more education, I tapped the table lightly.
"Eun-ji, come and sit here. What is the attitude of a slave toward his master?"
"No, who's the slave? I'll just put up with it and listen to you for a month—"
"That's called slavery. But if a slave keeps snapping at his master and losing his
temper, wouldn't the master feel bad? Wouldn't it be hard to think of what the master
would do if he got upset?"
"Ugh... Okay, okay! And what kind of tone are you talking about? Are you some kind of
father? I don't want to hear it, so stop!"
"Attitude."
"... Okay... I'll restrain myself..."
Jeong Eun-ji obeyed my words, trembling. Choi Su-yeon, who was watching from the
side, openly laughed.
"Senior Eun-ji, you can't really show off your strength? Do you think he's caught some
kind of weakness? If it were your usual temperament, you would have rushed at me
already."
"Won't you shut up? If you keep fussing, are you really going to be beaten?"
"Oh, by the way, don't keep whining and scolding Suyeon."
At those words, Jeong Eun-ji looked even more aggrieved.
"Why! He has nothing to do with the bet! Isn't it my freedom to act toward him?"
"I care. Anyway, from now on, you don't have to treat Sooyeon the same way you treat
me. At least treat her the same way you treat Yuri."
"..."
"You have to answer, right?"
"Okay!!! Everyone has eaten, so I can go now!? I'm going!"
Eun-ji Jeong turned around and tried to leave the restaurant first, as if she didn't want
to see me. But I called her over right away.
"Stop."
"Why again!"
"Throw away my plate and go."
"..."
Physical Education Slave
Afternoon physical education class was self-study. Now that she was on the main
stage, Eun-ji Jeong began to take out her hurdles from the gym storage to relieve her
stress.
As she was carrying the large hurdles, one on each arm, onto the track with a
whimper, the face she least wanted to see appeared again.
"What are you doing?"
Seong-jin Han. Unbelievably, he was the culprit who beat her and made her sign a
one-month slave contract. Of course, it was she who caused things to get to that
point, so Jeong Eun-ji couldn't blame anyone and was in a position where she was
sobbing and praying that the month would pass quickly.
"No matter how much it is self-study, at least leave me alone during class. I'm going to
practice."
"That's too much. Do you think I came here to manipulate you into doing anything?"
"Uh."
Jeong Eun-ji answered without even looking at Han Seong-jin. However, Han Seong-
jin, who she thought would argue further, instead remained silent. Then he went into
the gym and started to come out with hurdles on either side of him.
"How should I space this out?"
"... What are you doing?"
"I'm helping. You wouldn't know it if you looked at it."
"What?"
Jeong Eun-ji was momentarily shocked and embarrassed and asked back. Are you
helping me? Why suddenly, for what reason? Jeong Eun-ji, who thought there was
definitely something up to him, heightened her guard even more and snatched one of
the hurdles that Han Seong-jin was holding on her side.
"You don't have to help, so just go."
"I'm the one giving orders, not you? And even if it wasn't like that, I thought you'd just
say, 'I'll understand if you tell me~' and just leave?"
Jeong Eun-ji chewed her lip and turned to Han Seong-jin. He was about 1.5 heads
taller than her and had an overwhelming size. Just looking at his slightly exposed
forearms as he held the hurdle at his side looked sturdy. Jeong Eun-ji, who briefly
turned her gaze to his strong body, quickly came to her senses and maintained her
distance again.
"Yes, I guess so. You're great. Will you help me? Then place it in the white mark next to
the track over there."
She didn't know why Han Seong-jin suddenly came to help her, but since he was
offering, she would take at least a little revenge. With that in mind, Eun-ji Jeong
pointed out the place to place the hurdles and told Seong-jin Han to do the work.
Once the hurdles were all in place, Eun-ji Jeong stood at the starting line on the track,
tapping her shoes on the floor, ready to start practicing. At that time, Han Seong-jin
approached again.
"Shall I measure the time?"
"It's okay. I'm just going to warm up without worrying about the record."
"What is your highest record so far?"
"12.19 seconds."
"100-meter hurdles in 12 seconds? That's so fucking fast."
"It's slow."
Eun-ji Jeong answered calmly. Among Jinsu Academy's men, there are very few who
can run 14 seconds for the 100-meter sprint, but even that was a slow record for her,
who ran 12 seconds in the hurdles.
"I see. Then, I'm bored. Let's just watch you run."
"Get out of here. What kind of zoo monkey am I? If you're bored, go over there and play
soccer with the boys."
"The kids will really like it if I join them."
"That's your problem. Anyway, go somewhere else. I don't care if other people, not
even members or coaches, are watching."
"What if you give me one day as a slave instead of letting me watch you train?"
"Deal! It's a deal! You must have said that right now!? You're giving me one day less! It
doesn't matter if it's sightseeing or anything else, so do whatever you want! No, now
you can watch even if you don't want to!"
Jeong Eun-ji, who had been refusing, was relieved that Han Seong-jin was giving up a
day of her servitude. The good news is that this time it was a genuine offer with no
hidden agenda.
Afterward, during her physical education class, Han Seong-jin watched Jeong Eun-ji
run and sometimes helped her with her training. Of course, the help I offered was just
standing at the goal line with a stopwatch, recording the score, and setting up fallen
hurdles, but I had no choice but to admit that there was much less to worry about
compared to practicing alone.
'It's comfortable.'
Normally, the track and field coach would do this for me, but when I was practicing
alone like now, I was worried about running with a stopwatch and wasting a lot of time
setting up all the fallen hurdles myself, but now I was able to focus entirely on
practice.
'But why is this kid suddenly acting like he's fine? Have I really changed... Have I...?'
When her thoughts of acknowledging that Han Seong-jin had changed rose, Jeong
Eun-ji shook her head vigorously.
'No, no, you did that to me yesterday! And he threatened me by stripping me naked
and filming me!
With so many conflicting thoughts, there was no way she could properly concentrate
on the obstacle in front of her. Eun-ji Jeong was crossing the midpoint hurdle when her
leg got caught hard, and her body lost balance in an instant.
'Oh, damn it...! Focus...'
Jeong Eun-ji fell onto the track without even having time to curse herself and ask
where she was concentrating.
"Ahh!"
As she had experienced this many times during practice, Eun-ji Jeong instinctively
turned her body when she fell and prevented herself from getting seriously injured, but
she could not stop the bleeding from the skin that was rubbed on the track.
"Ah, hell..."
Jeong Eun-ji swore softly because of the stinging sensation felt from her wound, and
immediately Han Seong-jin, who was at the finish line, came running.
"Hey, are you okay? Your legs and arms are bleeding right now."
"Ugh... It's okay. I've suffered worse injuries than this while practicing."
"You don't look okay. Hey, get on my back."
While saying that, Han Seong-jin offered his back.
"What? I don't like it! I can just walk alone... Ah..."
Jeong Eun-ji was trying to get up on her own and frowned because of the pain from her
leg rubbing against the floor.
"It's bullshit if you say it hurts just to move. Just take a piggyback ride."
"Ah, but..."
"Do you want me to listen if I give you an order?"
When Han Seong-jin presented the slave contract, Jeong Eun-ji bit her lip and
approached his back.
"Really, everything is an order, it's annoying..."
However, when she actually carried him on her back, she couldn't deny that his back
was much bigger, firmer, and warmer than she thought.
"Teacher, Eun-ji Jeong is injured, so I'm going to take her to the nurse's office."
After receiving permission from the physical education teacher, Han Seong-jin carried
Jeong Eun-ji and headed to the nurse's office. Jeong Eun-ji, who usually made a fuss
and cursed constantly when she was alone with Han Seong-jin, was very quiet this
time all the way to the nurse's office.
"Oh, hey."
While walking down the hallway, Han Seong-jin called Jeong Eun-ji.
"Why?"
And Jeong Eun-ji's voice as she answered was quite calm, unlike usual.
"My shoulder hurts. On the way back, massage my shoulder. Use the hand that
doesn't hurt."
'... As expected, this kid hasn't changed at all!'
Jeong Eun-ji only got 2 points, but she admits that Han Seong-jin has changed
because he got better grades than her and saved her from getting naked in front of so
many kids, but she can't accept it easily.
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