## Chapter 52 – 52. Cutting, Thrusting, and Swinging
#52. Cutting, Thrusting, and Swinging
A grand mansion located in Seongbuk-gu.
As the nameplate on the gate indicated, this was the main residence of the Choi family of Seongbuk, wielding immense influence across Korean society, including the magic and political circles.
Choi Hyena, the sole heir to the Choi family of Seongbuk, who lacked nothing in wealth, power, or history, was considered the ultimate bride-to-be by all the upper-class families in the country.
Adding to that, the fact that she had reached the 3rd Circle at the age of 21 made her value skyrocket endlessly.
At this rate, it was clear that Choi Hyena would become the next or the next after that Great Magic Tower Master. Although, when considering that the current Great Magic Tower Master, Han Ra-el, had achieved the 4th Circle at the age of 21, it was also true that Choi Hyena’s talent was somewhat overshadowed.
Nevertheless, due to her position as the sole heir of the Choi family of Seongbuk, her guaranteed future as the next Great Magic Tower Master, and Choi Hyena’s young and beautiful appearance, the madams of the upper-class families were desperate to have Choi Hyena meet their sons even once at this very moment.
Of course, Choi Hyena, who wouldn’t know or want to know such a fact, was spending her busy time alone.
“Hngh…♡ You bad boy…!”
A moan that seemed to melt away echoed throughout the large bathhouse.
Her busy hands between her legs looked similar to when she was horny in the gate.
“Th-there…!♡ Haaah…?!♡”
A shallow climax, she didn’t know how many times it had happened, tormented her.
She had clearly told Kang Hyun-woo to forget everything that 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 like children’s play, tormented her day and night.
At first, it was a small hand job before going to bed, but now it had become impossible to stop even during the day and while taking a bath.
“I never imagined that the first contractor would be such a pervert.”
“Shut uuuup…!!♡”
Wendigo, in the form of a spirit, leisurely watched Choi Hyena, who was trembling and pathetically craving pleasure.
“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 Hyun-woo’s, her fingers were insignificantly thin and small.
She couldn’t forget the size, thickness, weight, and heat that seemed to push up her uterus.
She had tried hard to ignore it, but this was the result.
Like a teenage girl who had just awakened to sexuality, she was comforting herself while thinking of a man’s figure.
She was filled with self-loathing at her own pathetic appearance, but it was impossible to stop on her own.
Eventually, she found herself waiting for his call.
-Kang Hyun-woo must be masturbating while recalling the memories of that day…?
He certainly would be.
There was no way he wouldn’t.
He had taken her first time, so he had to.
But why!
“Why don’t you ever call…!!”
At this point, shouldn’t he call first and try to meet with some lame excuse?
How can a man act as if nothing happened like this?
“If I see you next time, I’m really going to kill you…”
Beep, beep-
Mixed with bewilderment, expectation, and joy, Choi Hyena’s expression bloomed as she looked at the loudly ringing phone screen, along with the statement that Kang Hyun-woo would have felt wronged if he had heard it.
[Badass]
“Kh, khm, khm!”
Wendigo was appalled at the sight of her smoothing her hair back and straightening her posture, even though it wasn’t a video call.
Regardless, Choi Hyena timed it neither too fast nor too slow, then carefully pressed the call button.
“…Hello.”
-Ah, hello?
It was Kang Hyun-woo’s voice, which she had heard several times in her imagination.
“Wh, what did you call for? You haven’t contacted me once since you were discharged.”
As if to mock her determination not to say it, it flowed out as soon as she heard his voice.
-…I got discharged today? And we met yesterday too.
“…”
He was really clueless.
If he were in front of her, she would have grabbed his hair and torn it out.
“I’ll hang up if you don’t have anything to say.”
-No, no. Why are you in such a hurry? Well, it’s not that, but I called because I have a favor to ask. Is now a good time?
“…What is it.”
If you have a favor to ask, you should come to meet me in person instead of calling.
She felt unnecessarily resentful of him.
Choi Hyena listened to the contents of Kang Hyun-woo’s request for a while, unable to control her pouting lips.
To summarize, gangsters were causing trouble at the orphanage where he lived when he was young, so he was asking if she could dispatch a bodyguard to protect the orphanage until they decided where to move.
It was a simple request that made her want to laugh.
“…Is that all?”
Before she knew it, a sharp voice came out.
-There’s more, but I’ll talk about the rest when I go to your house tomorrow.
“…What?”
He’s coming tomorrow?
Where to?
To my house?
It was news to her. It was the first time she had heard of it.
-Huh? Didn’t you hear? Your grandmother contacted me and told me to come over?
“I didn’t hear…”
Apart from her somewhat listless voice, the corners of her lips were shaking more violently than ever.
-It’s okay if you heard it now. Anyway, I’m going tomorrow, so can you recommend some gifts?
“Gift?”
Kang Hyun-woo’s head had been slightly complicated since he received the invitation from Mrs. Choi Young-ok.
The reason was that since he was going to the invitation of the mistress of the Choi family of Seongbuk, the top class in Korea, it was natural to have some formality, and a gift was an essential option.
It was common sense to be crazy to buy something like Jeongxjang for that huge position, but he didn’t have the connections to ask about this.
Even though it was a bit cheap, asking Choi Hyena, the only connection? and the granddaughter of the family, was the most reliable way and a way to avoid wasting money.
“Th, then shall we meet this evening…?”
Choi Hyena sat on the edge of the tub and crossed her legs.
It was a habit that came out when she was nervous, which she didn’t know well.
“It’s not that, but I also have something to buy at the department store. While you’re at it, I’ll buy your gift together…”
-Ah, sorry. I’m busy this evening.
“…What?”
-I was thinking of going to buy it before going tomorrow from the beginning.
“…”
-Anyway, if you send me a list of gifts by text, I’ll pick a suitable one from them and buy it…
Click-
Choi Hyena, who had roughly hung up the phone, threw her cell phone far away and then put her body back into the tub.
“…Castrated bastard.”
She felt bad.
***
“Hello? Hello?”
I stared blankly at the phone that had suddenly hung up while I was talking to Choi Hyena.
“What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”
But it wasn’t like we had a long conversation enough to make a mistake.
I was wondering if I should call again, but I decided to call again later if I didn’t get a text message, then quickly changed my 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 gym clothes because I was inevitably wearing a suit.
But usually, dojos have up to 3XL for the members to wear? These days, 4XL is basic.
“…Just wear it.”
“Yes?”
“I said just wear it.”
“Yes.”
Why are you suddenly showing hostility?
Scary disciple.
“Then what should I do now?”
“What do you mean, what to do.”
The wolf woman suddenly threw me a wooden sword.
“You see that wooden doll over there, right?”
“Yes.”
“You’ll see the part painted in red too.”
“I see it.”
“What are you doing.”
“Yes?”
With an expression that couldn’t be more serious, the wolf woman said.
“Cut, thrust, and swing 10,000 times each.”
“…?”
“Start.”
“Bullshit.”
Bang!
“Start.”
“…Start.”
I thought it was a joke, but it wasn’t.
Tak!
Due to the coercive attitude, I had no choice but to swing the wooden sword at the wooden doll, and the only thought that came to my mind was.
‘…Is this right?’
Honestly, I thought the training of a hidden master who draws out sword energy would be something special and amazing.
Of course, I know that the basics are important, but isn’t this too simple?
“I can see you thinking about other things.”
She’s short, but her sense is no joke.
Bang!
“Ouch?!”
“I can see everything.”
“Does that mean you hit a disciple who is training?!”
“What disciple, I don’t raise disciples.”
Suddenly, the wolf woman’s expression became strange.
“Then what am I?”
“What do you mean, what? A member. I’m the master.”
There was no joke in the line that cut off like a knife.
It was like she was pushing me away, telling me not to cross the line.
I wasn’t so oblivious that I couldn’t notice that, so I silently cut, thrust, and swung at 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 keep going without resting.”
Tak!
“Ouch?!”
This time, even though I was working hard as she told me to, the wolf woman suddenly hit my wrist, waist, and pelvis in order with the wooden sword.
“No, why are you hitting me this time?!”
“Do you think I hit you because I was having fun? I was pointing out your posture to correct it. Even if it’s hard, keep your back straight, maintain abdominal pressure, and try not to twist your pelvis. And you have to use your wrist flexibly, if you just give it strength like now, it will break quickly.”
I couldn’t argue with the reason, so I had to swing the sword again without any other complaints.
If a trainer gets angry because they point out their posture while exercising, that’s crazy.
By the way, the hit area didn’t hurt as much as I thought.
I was wondering if this was the skill of a master, but I felt like I was getting more and more angry at the constant nagging.
Of course, there was nothing I could do even if I was angry.
I didn’t want to rush at a monster who draws out sword energy and die young.
I kept swinging the sword.
I kept swinging until I was out of breath and couldn’t even guess how much time had passed.
Counting numbers was a luxury. Anyway, I was going to lie down on the floor if it seemed impossible.
Until then, I continued to move while maintaining my posture according to the wolf woman’s instructions, swinging with all my might.
Gradually, the feeling in my arms disappeared, and my legs were staggering, when something amazing happened.
It was definitely possible to swing, cut, and thrust a little more neatly than when I was full of energy.
Was it because I was getting better?
Even so, it felt like something fundamental had changed so much in a short period of time that it could change this much.
I was starting to think that I could fight a little easier in the isolated gate with the current feeling.
Distribution of power.
Correct grip.
The trick of using the shoulder.
Even the unidentified sensation that climbs up from the legs from the ground.
All of that seemed to flow naturally like water and then be loaded into a single sword strike.
I could forget about the breath that was rising to my chin and the trembling arms.
With the feeling that my hand was sticking to the sword handle, I was about to swing the sword again.
Tak!
“…Huh?”
“Stop.”
Familiar pain stabbed into my waist.
“The 10,000 times are over, so go now.”
Only then could I see that the sun was setting outside.
‘It’s already time…’
I didn’t imagine that the sun would be setting already, even though it didn’t seem like much time had passed.
However, it was already long past lunch when I arrived at the dojo. But the 10,000 times are already over?
“What.”
“…No, it’s nothing.”
I couldn’t resist and say I’d do more when the master told me to go.
“Don’t stray from the path, just go home and rest today. Unless you want to collapse on the street.”
“You’re so worried about your disciple.”
“Want to die?”
You’re so shy.
“Oh, right. I don’t think we’ve even introduced ourselves.”
“I know your name.”
“I don’t know yours.”
“What are you going to do knowing it?”
“…”
That’s true.
“I want to rest too, so go quickly.”
“…Even though you didn’t do anything.”
Bang!
“I can hear everything, you son of a bitch.”
***
Jeon Seo-ha, who was left alone in the dojo after Kang Hyun-woo left, stared at the wooden sword he had been holding for a long time.
“What’s up with that guy?”
She carefully looked at the deeply carved handle.
I was wondering if a magician who didn’t use magic could do this, but when I thought about the fact that a guy who hadn’t even held a sword for a year had come to the threshold of the state of immersion with only 3 or 4 hours of training, it was a part that I could just pass over.
The more I looked at it, the less I understood why he became a magician.
With this talent, there would be no problem making a living even if he only honed his swordsmanship steadily.
Besides, although it was only once, the way he corrected his posture before I even pointed it out was quite impressive.
“Disciple…”
Jeon Seo-ha, who had been chewing on her words for a while, threw the wooden sword away and went into the master’s room.
It was a story that she would never have in her life.
