## Chapter 262 – (13)
Eva couldn’t keep still.
With an anxious expression, she paced around the room incessantly.
Tap, tap, tap.
The speed increased in proportion to her anxiety.
Then, she let out a deep sigh.
This alone wasn’t enough to relieve her growing unease.
“Why, why isn’t she here yet?”
Thud.
Shivers.
She barely managed to sit on the sofa, but she couldn’t stop her leg from shaking.
She turned her head to check the time.
“It’s late…”
A day had passed.
It had been a whole day since she heard that Seonghan’s unique magic was massage and asked Rebecca to receive it on her behalf.
Could it be that the reservations were full?
No matter how many people wanted to receive it, if Rebecca herself had asked, they would have surely made it happen.
Are the reservations full?
Rebecca, really.
If the reservations were full and she couldn’t receive it, shouldn’t she have told me when she might be able to get it?
Thinking that, Eva leaned back on the sofa.
“Haaa…”
Eva sighed.
She spoke her honest feelings.
“If I’m so curious, I should just go myself.”
She was unfairly urging Rebecca in her mind.
There was a reason why she wasn’t going herself.
There were two reasons.
The first was that mysterious massage.
Actually, she was the first one to receive that massage.
Back when Seonghan was still in the Black Knights.
At her request, Seonghan massaged her back then.
And at that time, she felt it.
Something intense stirring inside her body.
Mana, magic.
Something foreign that couldn’t be explained by those words entered her body from Seonghan’s hands.
It was as if she had drunk strong liquor, something hot stirring inside her.
That sensation was truly…
Indescribable.
It was frightening.
“Hmm, hmmm…”
At the same time, it was so electrifying that her whole body still remembered it.
A shiver, perhaps?
The feeling of experiencing fear and pleasure at the same time.
The thought of experiencing that again made her hesitate a little.
The second problem was that if she went to the main tower, there were a few people she would have to face, whether she liked it or not.
Even though she was practically the owner of the Magic Tower, there were still one or two people who made her uncomfortable.
Someone who was her student, and also a strange guy who was after her position, or perhaps even her as a woman.
“Haa… I can’t just fire him because he’s a professor.”
Grumbling, she picked up a book.
It was the book she had dropped in surprise when she heard the news about Seonghan, and even trampled on.
She had somehow restored it to its original state.
“I won’t neglect you again.”
It was a precious book that had elevated her to the realm of magic.
She would never drop it again—
Knock knock.
“Eva-nim.”
“Ugh!”
Thud.
No sooner had she made up her mind than she dropped the book on the floor.
But she wasn’t angry.
Because she had finally arrived.
Rebecca.
“C-Come in!”
The door opened, and Rebecca walked in with a serene expression.
A strangely light step, a lively look on her face.
Rebecca, who was usually uncomfortable because of the mana that filled this room, now had a good expression, even slightly raising the corners of her lips.
She had changed.
“Something happened, didn’t it?!”
Eva pointed her finger at Rebecca.
She was certain.
Just by looking at her expression, something had happened.
However, the words that came out of Rebecca’s mouth were completely unexpected.
“No, nothing happened.”
“Nothing?”
“Yes, nothing.”
A lie.
Eva stared at Rebecca’s eyes, which were telling an obvious lie.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Swoosh.
Rebecca subtly turned her head, avoiding eye contact.
“…Why, tell such an obvious lie…”
“…It’s not a lie. Something personal happened, but I didn’t get the massage.”
“Why?”
“The reservations were full.”
“…I thought that might be the case…”
Could it be that even to Rebecca, who was a professor who taught her, they strictly kept the reservations?
That was amazing.
“Haa…”
She thought there would be many mages looking for Seonghan.
Permanent mana enhancement, after all.
As long as you had the job of a mage.
You couldn’t help but want it.
Rebecca would definitely want it too.
Eva examined Rebecca’s expression again.
Sip.
She swallowed and tilted her head.
“No matter how I look at it, there’s definitely something going on…”
Since she said it was a personal matter.
She couldn’t pry any further.
“Ahem, the effects seem certain, so you should just get it yourself.”
“…A-Alright, I’ll try it… later…”
With those words, Rebecca went downstairs for class.
Eva, left alone in the room, made a decision.
Three weeks.
She had to get the massage within this period.
For the sake of her growth as a mage.
Swoosh, swoosh.
She dusted off the dropped book once more.
***
It had been a week since I started the slightly special massage.
I had made various connections.
“Th-That… Ah, hello…!”
“Uh, yeah.”
A timid-looking woman approached.
She mustered the courage to greet me.
She was timid, but when she received the massage, she made loud noises, so I had to cover her mouth.
Her boyfriend said she was too quiet.
“D-Don’t get the wrong idea! Forget everything I said yesterday!”
“Yeah, yeah.”
A woman with blue hair fluttering approached.
She had received a massage from me yesterday.
She was prickly, but she must have been weak to pleasure.
When I massaged her a little, she begged me to date her.
Of course, this woman also had a boyfriend.
On the floor where I came to have lunch.
Two women exchanged glances, then approached and said a word each.
Then, they disappeared quickly, as if afraid of being caught by someone.
It was a secretive and swift greeting.
The two people next to me.
Camille and Kai stared at me intently.
“Who are they?”
“People who received the massage.”
“Ah~.”
The two, convinced, nodded.
They still looked at me with wonder.
It wasn’t just women who approached.
“Hey, Seonghan, I think I’ll pass thanks to you.”
“Yeah, that’s good.”
“Enjoy your meal, you two next to him too.”
“U-Ung…!”
If I only massaged women, I would be suspected, so I massaged men too.
The massages I gave to men were, of course, ordinary massages.
I used a little bit of inner energy, but I didn’t want to see a man in ecstasy.
I only used the minimum amount of inner energy to burn away some impurities.
The man who approached greeted not only me but also the other two warmly.
“…Wow… we got greeted too! Kai…!”
“…Hehe…!”
Camille and Kai looked at me in admiration.
Kai’s laughter was a laugh of respect and admiration.
I just felt like it was.
Looking closely, the siblings had similar reactions.
“You’re totally popular, aren’t you?”
“Whatever.”
It was all thanks to the massage.
The students who received my massage and saw the effects treated me kindly.
The same was true for the students in Rebecca’s class.
Image is originally easily created and easily changed.
Once a good rumor spreads, good points that were not revealed begin to appear one by one.
And the students in Rebecca’s class, who were evaluated as a group of troublemakers.
Were actually just ordinary, good students.
If there was an opportunity, it was natural for the evaluation to improve.
I received my meal and sat down.
“Ah, right.”
Camille raised her finger as if she had remembered something.
“Rebecca-nim has been a little different lately, hasn’t she?”
“…She has.”
“What do you think, Kai? Do you have any guesses?”
Camille smiled slyly.
Kai, who received that smile, awkwardly avoided eye contact.
Why are you asking Kai that?
That question was resolved by Camille’s following words.
“If you like someone, you can see things you can’t normally see, right? Huh?”
Whispering, Camille teased Kai.
“Hehehe… I don’t know.”
Kai laughed and waved his hand.
‘…Kai likes Rebecca?’
Looking at Kai’s expression, it didn’t seem like a lie.
‘…I didn’t know that.’
Recalling what I had done with Rebecca while covering half of my face, guilt welled up.
Would anything change if I had said it in advance?
That wasn’t the case either.
I still would have done it.
…While being even more excited.
Anyway, after that day, I intentionally kept my distance from Rebecca.
It didn’t matter if I got caught.
However, that was my position, and I didn’t know what Rebecca would think.
Not only was her shameful behavior exposed, but her mouth and neck were treated like sex toys.
And the protagonist of that act was in her class.
Wouldn’t that be too much of a shock?
“Oh, by the way, a special guest is coming tomorrow, right?”
“A special guest?”
“Yeah, I don’t know much, but I heard they’re a very famous adventurer.”
“Hmm…”
“Baran seemed very excited.”
A beastman.
With just that one word, at least the adventurer’s race became certain.
An adventurer.
I don’t know what their purpose is for coming to the Magic Tower, but I was interested.
And a beastman.
‘What race will it be?’
I thought of Baran as a furry, but.
Beastmen were beastmen in their own way.
There were definitely beastmen who were closer to the human appearance, and there were also beastmen who looked a little closer to animals.
Depending on the degree, there were cases where even ordinary people didn’t feel repulsed by their appearance.
I was looking forward to it in many ways.
After finishing our meal, we headed back to the class.
I walked a little faster.
I hadn’t exercised because I was only researching magic and massage.
Even with this much movement, my body became a little hot.
I lifted my clothes with my hands and cooled my body.
At that time, a familiar silhouette brushed past me.
Long ears, a robe. A well-balanced body.
Someone who was probably heading to the same place as us.
It was Rebecca.
“…”
Rebecca, who was passing us, stopped abruptly.
Sniff sniff.
The tip of her nose twitched.
Then, her eyes shook.
“Hehehe… Rebecca-nim?”
“We’ll go ahead! Let’s go!”
The moment Rebecca stopped in her tracks, we passed her again.
I glanced sideways.
I examined Rebecca’s expression.
She hadn’t completely noticed yet.
However.
[Fortification : Outdoor Exposure, Masochist]
[Favorability : +60]
Her favorability began to soar.
