Chapter 25 The Master’s Boldness is Like the Sky (2)

 

The woman I thought was Bojji Kkong’s secretary.

 

She was actually the Master hiding her identity with a robe.

 

‘No, why is Master here!!? She usually shows up in the second year!!’

 

I was so shocked I could barely speak.

 

My Master, Ninomiya Aika, usually visited in the second year of the academy.

 

It was something that should happen a year from now.

 

But, why already?

 

‘Could it be, Master also remembers from before the regression…’

 

“Your swordsmanship. Who the hell taught you?”

 

“Ah.”

 

The culprit was me.

 

…Well, I did use the Zaha Swordsmanship during the entrance exam.

 

Master had meticulously created that profound martial art, and now some undeserving person was using it.

 

No wonder she rushed here, shocked like she found a pearl necklace on a pig.

 

But,

 

“If you lie, I will cut you.”

 

‘To explain, I’d have to reveal the regression…?’

 

My lips refused to part.

 

It was impossible to explain.

 

Even if I revealed the regression, would she believe it?

 

Even if she believed the regression, would she believe we were master and disciple, and also a married couple?

 

Would she believe that while glaring at me so fiercely?

 

‘…She might surprisingly believe it.’

 

A sudden thought.

 

If it were any of my other wives, maybe not…

 

But Master might believe it.

 

Unlike my other wives, Master was a compassionate person who loved me without any hypnosis.

 

When I was writhing in guilt, she comforted me saying it was okay. She even helped organize my harem of wives.

 

Such a person would at least listen to my confession.

 

No matter how outrageous the story, she would hear me out.

 

If I succeeded in persuading her?

 

Even if she didn’t believe the wife part, if she believed in the destruction 15 years from now?

 

It would be like gaining an army. I could advance my plan by at least five years.

 

If she didn’t believe?

 

There would still be no loss.

 

She might even find it endearing that I wanted to be close to her, even with a far-fetched lie.

 

In other words, revealing the regression to Master was…

 

No risk, high return.

 

There was no reason not to reveal it.

 

I quickly opened my mouth.

 

“Well, actually. The truth is…”

 

‘I am a regressor from 15 years in the future…’

 

A secret I couldn’t reveal to anyone.

 

The absurd destruction only I remembered.

 

The hope I had hammered out over two weeks of endless self-reflection.

 

I wanted to tell all this to my Master, my emotional support.

 

———However.

 

-Ding!

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ is activated!]

 

“………!!!!!?”

 

The moment I tried to speak of the regression.

 

My instincts rang the alarm.

 

I must never say this out loud.

 

If I did, my soul would be torn apart and erased from this world.

 

What I was about to do was break the deepest self-hypnosis on me.

 

‘Hypnosis? I hypnotized myself?’

 

-Ding!

 

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Name: Seo Yu-jin (20 years old, Male)

 

Current State: Hypnosis (Forced Release Attempt), ???

 

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Noticing my confusion, a status window popped up automatically.

 

A hypnosis I hadn’t placed.

 

A hypnosis enforced upon me from the subconscious…

 

Preventing me from revealing the regression.

 

I was trying to forcibly release it.

 

‘What…? This feeling, it’s undoubtedly my ability….’

 

[Possessing a similar skill. Checking each other’s rank….]

 

[‘An Overwhelming’ Difference in Rank! The skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ recoiled in shock as if asking why Mom was here.]

 

“…Keugh!!!!!”

 

Before I could process the message, a violent cough erupted.

 

A cough mixed with blood, at that.

 

Of course, it wasn’t because I was injured.

 

Thanks to the ‘Indomitable’ trait, I couldn’t get injured in the first place.

 

This was just a few drops of blood-tinged saliva splattering out like a cough.

 

Judging by the stinging sensation on my tongue, I must have bitten it without realizing it.

 

Moreover, my body was gradually collapsing.

 

My soul was shaken, making my consciousness fade.

 

[Due to the failure, you are afflicted with ‘Soul Collapse’, ‘Mild’…]

 

-Ding!

 

[A superior skill ‘???’ shows mercy! An absolute being cradles your soul, greatly mitigating the failure’s side effects.]

 

[The skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ becomes unusable for 10 minutes.]

 

‘A superior skill, what…?’

 

My fading consciousness returned, thanks to something cradling my soul tightly.

 

I hate to say this as someone who grew up an orphan…

 

But it felt like a mother.

 

Looking at the notifications, it was clearly the work of this ‘superior skill.’

 

‘An EX-rank superior skill, does such a thing exist?’

 

A superior skill of the rare EX-rank talent.

 

If such a thing exists…

 

It must be the power of a god, or an equivalent absolute being.

 

But why would such a skill be cast on me?

 

Just to prevent me from revealing a mere regression?

 

To toy with me like a plaything?

 

Yet, it felt too warm for that.

 

A kindness that cradled my very soul.

 

It was as if it was imbued with maternal love.

 

‘What the…’

 

“Ah, ah…!!!”

 

“……?”

 

Amidst the jumbled, chaotic thoughts.

 

A voice seeped through my dull ears.

 

It was Master’s voice.

 

“Are, are you okay!!!?”

 

-Thud.

 

Then, a weight on my lower body. A soft sensation.

 

I strained my barely focusing eyes to look ahead.

 

Master was sitting on top of me.

 

“Answer me, please!!!”

 

“………!!!!!?”

 

An incredibly violent yet gratifying sight.

 

Thanks to that, my complicated mind went blank.

 

No, Master. Let’s set aside the fact that your clothes are open in the front.

 

Your bandages are all coming undone.

 

I understand why you wear bandages instead of underwear.

 

You once went to buy a bra, and the whole world reported it as ‘Ninomiya Aika’s Underwear’, didn’t they?

 

People spread rumors like ‘As expected of the number one S-rank, needing custom-made bras.’

 

And the degrading ‘Aika Challenge’ even trended overseas.

 

Since then, you’ve only worn bandages instead of bras, which your unworthy disciple fully understands.

 

But still, Master, you need to wrap the bandages properly.

 

They’re coming undone in real-time, you know?

 

If this continues, your disciple will get a nosebleed.

 

“S-sorry!! I didn’t mean to press so hard, I’ve done something terrible!!”

 

“M-Master… no, it’s just that.”

 

-Soft, soft.

 

‘And, um, the position…’

 

Master, it’s not that I’m against you sitting on me.

 

I am more than happy to be your cushion.

 

But, it’s a bit problematic if you sit squarely on that part of me, you know?

 

Just the stimulation is already difficult, but with such a view in front of me…

 

“Ah, ah… I shouldn’t have kicked you! To do such a thing to someone as delicate as you!!”

 

‘No, what am I even thinking!!?’

 

For a moment, I was momentarily taken to bliss by the overwhelming combat power of one of my three wives.

 

But, upon hearing Master’s wailing, I barely managed to gather my wits.

 

Even before the regression, Master cherished me excessively, to the point of overprotection.

 

Perhaps she thought I was seriously injured and panicked.

 

Why she was acting this way when we weren’t even married yet…

 

Well, maybe she had already marked me as a potential disciple.

 

Even before the regression, she took me in as her disciple on the first day.

 

So, to reassure her, I quickly opened my mouth.

 

With my tongue still numb from the earlier shock, I stammered.

 

“I’m, I’m okay. More importantly, you’re touching me.”

 

“Are you really okay?! Open your eyes properly!! I was wrong!!!”

 

“Your bandages, they’re coming undone. I can see everything.”

 

“I really didn’t mean to hurt you, but it’s my fault anyway!!”

 

-Shake, shake. Slip.

 

‘She’s not listening!!?’

 

It was useless.

 

The bandages were just getting more undone.

 

My patience, as the two-time transmigrator, was reaching its limit.

 

‘At this rate… I might get an erection!!’

 

I managed to hold back when I was with Siana and Alice.

 

My inner self was in my mid-thirties, and they were still in their early twenties.

 

Reacting to them went against my moral compass in many ways.

 

But… against my Master?

 

A heart as broad as the sky that made Alice seem ordinary.

 

Physical contact so intense it made Sia look like a veiled Arab girl.

 

And most importantly, just a three-year age difference.

 

How could I possibly hold back?

 

‘Even if it’s Master, I don’t think she’ll forgive me for this….’

 

But I had to endure somehow.

 

I couldn’t get an erection against someone who was worrying about me right from our first meeting.

 

Desperately, I tried to hypnotize myself.

 

‘It can’t be helped. From now on, Seo Yu-jin will suppress his libido for 10 minutes…’

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ is currently overloaded and unavailable. (Usable in 9 minutes and 17 seconds)]

 

‘…….’

 

I was shut down by a message I had never seen in the game or in my first life.

 

…Come to think of it, there was a notification earlier about it being unusable.

 

Yeah. I’m screwed.

 

-Grab.

 

“The infirmary!! I’ll take you to the infirmary!! Just hold on a bit longer!!”

 

In the midst of my enlightenment, Master lifted me in a princess carry.

 

The difference from a typical princess carry was that she fixed my neck tightly to prevent it from dangling.

 

By pressing my face firmly into her chest.

 

Thanks to her considerate gesture, I ended up nose-diving into Master’s chest.

 

Since the bandages had all slipped off by then, it was directly against her bare skin.

 

-Bang!! Crackle.

 

“I’ll heal you quickly….”

 

‘I can’t, anymore….’

 

My patience finally KOed by the nose-diving.

 

Master carried me to the infirmary in that state.

 

Finally,

 

“Yu-jin, you’re late… Eek!? Ninomiya Aika!!!?”

 

“What? Why is the number one S-rank suddenly… Yu-jin!!!!?”

 

“Wait. What is happening….”

 

-Swish.

 

Siana and Alice’s voices growing louder and then fading due to the Doppler effect.

 

Even in the midst of the chaos, one thing was certain.

 

Superior skill or whatever…

 

If I’m not careful, I might not survive today.