Alice had initiated the trial.

 

The result was,

 

-Hesitant.

 

“I’m sorry, Ninomiya. I got excited.”

 

“No, it was understandable… I was at fault.”

 

A dramatic reconciliation between both sides.

 

…As expected, me, the second-round hypnosis breeding man.

 

The skill I had in mediating my wives’ quarrels before the regression didn’t disappear.

 

I couldn’t help but feel proud of my own prowess.

 

I was also grateful to the Chairman.

 

‘If I hadn’t brought the gifts the Chairman suggested, this reconciliation wouldn’t have been so easy, right?’

 

After fighting like that, would it just end with a shower of compliments? Even if it seemed okay now, once we got home, there could still be some lingering resentment like, “But wasn’t she wrong?” Women tended to hold grudges.

 

So, gifts.

 

For my master who liked baths, a cherry blossom-scented bath additive.

 

For Alice, who was like a pine caterpillar, a perfume with a pine needle-like scent.

 

[Here, and this. A gift. I thought of you, Alice, while I was out and bought something I thought you’d like.]

 

[Yujin, really~ You only thought of me even when you were out? It makes me happy.]

 

[Disciple…?]

 

[Of course, I bought something for you too, Master. How could I forget you?]

 

[…I have no choice but to accept it, seeing your thoughtful sincerity. Haha. Really, my disciple adores me too much.]

 

Both seemed very pleased with their pinpointed gifts, which put them in a good mood.

 

Thanks to that, the reconciliation was quick.

 

If I hadn’t bought the gifts based on the Chairman’s advice, it would have taken a bit more time.

 

‘I apologize for thinking you were a senile old woman spouting nonsense, Ha-yeon noona!’

 

Grandmother. Now I realize. The depth of your wisdom.

 

I’m sorry for calling you senile.

 

Next time, I’ll bring you some red ginseng drink or something.

 

While I swore to repay this kindness, Alice hesitated and stood up.

 

“Then, I’ll be going now. Yujin, about the coat….”

 

“Oh. You can return it later. You can’t go back like that.”

 

“…Yujin, you lend your coat often. Only to me, especially.”

 

“Because I’m a man, it’s only natural to do this much. Anyway, be careful on your way back.”

 

“Okay~.”

 

Alice left, holding the paper bag with the perfume carefully.

 

Her pink ponytail swayed with her nodding head, showing she liked the gift.

 

It was a sight that made me feel proud as the giver.

 

“So then… Master? Now it’s just the two of us left. The sun is setting.”

 

Anyway. Now it was just the master and me left in the dormitory.

 

We cautiously made eye contact.

 

The sun was setting, and considering my master’s attire.

 

What we had to do was clear.

 

-Gulp.

 

“With just the two of us left….”

 

“Yes. Let’s start training before it gets too late. I’ll start exercising first, so please change your clothes.”

 

“…….”

 

We had to work out. Work out.

 

* * *

 

A while later.

 

While my master was changing clothes, I focused on squats, facing the wall.

 

For almost 30 minutes. Alone.

 

“Huff, huff….”

 

‘She’s late. Is she having trouble deciding what to wear?’

 

It was strange.

 

Usually, my master couldn’t resist meddling.

 

She would say things like, ‘Oh, that’s not how you do it’, ‘Straighten your shoulders’, like a fitness trainer.

 

But letting me exercise alone for 30 minutes?

 

How long does it take to change clothes?

 

Or what was she changing into?

 

-Step, step.

 

“……Disciple.”

 

“Oh, Master. Are you done changing?”

 

Speak of the devil, and she appeared immediately.

 

I turned around quickly.

 

My master was wearing a plain dress.

 

‘Huh. That’s what took 30 minutes to put on?’

 

It was pretty. A white sleeveless dress.

 

It highlighted her feminine side perfectly.

 

Still, hmm. I thought she would wear something more to her taste.

 

Not something so pure, but more like a flowy, girly outfit.

 

Seeing her in something she genuinely liked was really cute.

 

I felt slightly disappointed.

 

‘Maybe her fashion sense hasn’t returned yet. Well. After wearing a hakama for 12 years, that’s understandable.’

 

Of course, I didn’t show my disappointment.

 

As a husband, I should compliment my wife no matter what she wears. Absolutely.

 

It suited her so well and looked beautiful, even more so.

 

“Wow, you look so pretty! No matter what you wear, it suits you so well, Master! I’m falling for you!”

 

I praised her enthusiastically.

 

She had a surprisingly strong desire for recognition. Frankly.

 

To my praise, my master smiled without hiding her joy…

 

“I’ll help you with sit-ups. Come here.”

 

“……?”

 

I thought she’d be happy. But she didn’t seem to hear me.

 

My eyes, which had been fixed on her chest, finally took in her whole appearance.

 

There was no light in her pupils.

 

‘Uh oh. Is she angry?’

 

“Sit-ups aren’t very effective….”

 

“I can help with that. Lie down quickly.”

 

She wanted me to do sit-ups… But why? I felt a bit scared.

 

It was a look I hadn’t seen even before the regression.

 

“Th-that….”

 

“I have something I want to talk to you about, eye to eye.”

 

“……Yes.”

 

I couldn’t run away just because I was scared.

 

It was a husband’s role to calm his wife’s anger.

 

And I could guess why she was acting this way.

 

I obediently sat down.

 

“Alright. Then, I’ll start.”

 

-Thud.

 

‘It’s because of the ‘sow’ comment, right? Alice. I’ll defend you well!’

 

Why was my master acting like this? It must be because of what happened earlier.

 

Well. Alice did go too far.

 

Calling our pretty master a sow, seriously.

 

I racked my brain to mediate.

 

‘To defend Alice while calming my master…’

 

-Thud. Sigh.

 

76
“I’ll hold your feet. Come here.”

 

“……!!!?”

 

My mind went blank.

 

Why? Goosebumps rose on my skin.

 

“Th-the underwear is showing.”

 

“You can look if you want, or just don’t look in the first place.”

 

“I can do it alone without your help.”

 

“Come here.”

 

“Eek!”

 

It wasn’t just goosebumps; my instincts as a former S-class rank 1 were ringing alarm bells.

 

This was dangerous, no matter what.

 

Run away now – it was saying.

 

But,

 

‘I can’t run away. It’s common sense to follow the master’s words.’

 

How could I disobey my master? I approached her feeling like I was walking into a death trap.

 

It took less than three seconds for my calves to be firmly secured by her limbs.

 

-Squeeze. Squish.

 

“Um, Master, you don’t have to sit on me like that.”

 

“It’s to keep you steady.”

 

“Your chest is touching me too.”

 

“It’s to keep you steady.”

 

“…….”

 

Her weight pressed heavily on my instep.

 

Her arms clung tightly to my calves, and her chest was pressed against my knees.

 

With my current inability to use hypnosis, the close contact was too intense to handle.

 

Moreover, my master showed no signs of letting me go.

 

Since we promised not to use self-hypnosis during training sessions,

 

I couldn’t control my arousal, and my desires surged…

 

-Squeeze.

 

‘Think about it, think about the naphthalene-smelling swimsuit! The senile Chairman!’

 

I couldn’t show such an embarrassing sight in front of my master.

 

I forced myself to recall the Chairman in her swimsuit.

 

My scattered self-control miraculously returned.

 

“…Alright. Please guide me.”

 

“Raise your body to the count. One. Two. Three.”

 

We quietly started exercising.

 

My master counted at a fast tempo.

 

I did sit-ups without using any momentum.

 

Doing them without momentum was more effective…

 

Most importantly, if I used momentum, my feet might lift.

 

I didn’t want my toes to poke into inappropriate places.

 

“Huff, huff….”

 

‘This is quite a workout. My calves are cramping.’

 

The exercise was highly effective.

 

Since I was applying mana to my body, I was soon drenched in sweat.

 

“Nineteen… sixty-nine… seventy-four… eighty-nine… eight hundred ninety-two….”

 

My master simply stared at me with vacant eyes.

 

Contrary to my expectation that she would nitpick about Alice’s mannerisms, she really said nothing besides counting.

 

For 30 minutes, until I collapsed from exhaustion.

 

“One thousand seven hundred ninety-nine. One thousand eight hundred. Done.”

 

-Thud.

 

“Huff, huff….”

 

‘I held out for 30 minutes. Thank you, Ha-yeon noona!’

 

It was the end of a grueling training session.

 

I finally smiled and looked at my master.

 

To convey that she could let go now and listen to what I had to say.

 

Instead, my master gripped my legs even tighter.

 

-Squeeze.

 

“M-Master?”

 

“You’ve worked hard.”

 

She even pulled her body forward to look down at me.

 

This caused her chest to press more tightly against my knees, and her clothes to become disheveled, revealing more skin.

 

If I moved my knees just a bit, I could expose her clothes further.

 

I quickly thought of the Chairman again.

 

‘Think about it. That musty smell of mothballs from the wardrobe….’

 

“———So, who do you like between the two?”

 

“…!!!?”

 

Before I could even think of the Chairman, she suddenly asked the question.

 

I let out a gasp.

 

“W-What do you mean?”

 

“When I went to change, I saw a lot of notifications on your phone. About interviews and such.”

 

“…….”

 

So that’s why it took her 30 minutes to change.

 

She had been reading the interview.

 

She wasn’t angry because of Alice, but because of me.

 

“Who do you like between them?”

 

“I like all three of you, including you, Master….”

 

“Not me. Who?”

 

-Squish.

 

She was so angry that she even buried her upper body into my calves.

 

My knee slipped between her breasts.

 

Her clothes spread apart, revealing the lower part of her chest.

 

“M-Master!!? Your chest might be fully exposed.”

 

“Don’t change the subject. Who is it? Alice? Yu Shia?”

 

But my master didn’t care.

 

She just kept asking who I liked.

 

As a result, all the blood rushed to one place.

 

‘At this rate…!!’

 

-Wriggle, wriggle.

 

“Let go of me! I’m at my limit now!!”

 

“Tell me who you like. Why can’t you say? Who is it?”

 

Desperate shouting. Unchanging insistence.

 

I wouldn’t be released until I revealed the truth.

 

“It’s, it’s….”

 

‘If I say it, it’s over!!?’

 

Revealing the truth in any form would be the end.

 

If I said I liked my master?

 

Her possessiveness was world-class. A harem would be impossible.

 

If I picked one person to like?

 

I’d survive for now, but any chance of being with my master would be lost forever.

 

In the first round, she only confessed because she thought, ‘If it were just one person, I’d give up, but since there are two…’.

 

My master wasn’t the type to intrude on a pure couple.

 

If I said I liked all three?

 

I’d definitely be torn apart.

 

It was a no-win situation.

 

‘What should I do….’

 

“Ha. So you get like this thinking about them.”

 

“……!!!!!?”

 

I didn’t even have time to think deeply.

 

The weight on my lower half made it clear that I couldn’t hold back anymore.

 

My master’s reaction to this?

 

“Should I call this a dirty sight? As the disciple said?”

 

“Eek!!!”

 

She was smiling, but it wasn’t a normal smile.

 

It was a look I had never seen in my life.

 

‘To get out of this situation… There’s no choice, me?’

 

-Grit.

 

I gritted my teeth.

 

Abandoning the naive thought of getting through this unscathed.

 

To quell my master’s anger even if it meant suffering great losses.

 

‘It’s still too early, but it’s fine. I can do it.’

 

Thus, I,

 

With a determined and solemn heart,

 

Took a deep breath…

 

“I have no choice. As a master….”

 

“———It’s wrong for a master to get turned on!!!!!!”

 

-Ding!

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ activated!]

 

“…What?”

 

I challenged the world’s strongest.