In fact, Aika herself felt it.

 

She felt that her anger was extremely unfair.

 

Even if Yu-jin liked someone, there was no reason for her to be angry.

 

‘Nothing happened while we were living together. It can’t be me… Maybe he likes someone his own age, another disciple.’

 

‘Well, I am in my thirties. I’m thirty-two, an old maid. How could a disciple be interested in someone like me?’

 

‘…Still, shouldn’t he talk to his master first?’

 

‘Yes, of course, he should talk and consult with his master first. Not telling me is like ignoring me.’

 

‘Daring to see his master as an old woman and ignoring her? This won’t do. I’ll have to give him a stern lesson.’

 

Thus, Aika subtly redirected her anger.

 

The problem wasn’t that her disciple liked someone.

 

The problem was that he didn’t consult her, his master, about it.

 

Ha. Daring to see his thirty-two-year-old master as someone who has never been in a relationship?

 

This won’t do. I’ll have to give him a stern lesson.

 

With this nonsensical logic, Aika pressed Yu-jin.

 

Draining his stamina so he couldn’t move a muscle.

 

And that wasn’t enough, she tightly wrapped her body around his legs.

 

“Which one of them is it?”

 

‘I told you to tell me first if you have such concerns. Bad disciple.’

 

She pressed the flustered Yu-jin persistently, asking who he liked. Who it was between the two of them.

 

She had no doubt it wasn’t her, as she had a significant complex about her age.

 

“Heh. So, thinking about that person got you like this?”

 

– Staring.

 

‘When you’re with me, you don’t even budge, but when talking about another girl, your veins pop with excitement. As expected, disciples are liars. Telling me I might fall for you and all, it was all lies.’

 

Thus, she went berserk.

 

Even though Yu-jin was showing a perfectly natural physiological response, she didn’t even think of looking away.

 

No, she even used her magical eyes to see through him.

 

Like an 8-ton truck with broken brakes, no one could stop her…

 

‘It’s the disciple’s fault. I’m not wrong. This is just a health check as a master…’

 

“Master, it’s your fault for being aroused!!”

 

“……What?”

 

The truck that was rushing ahead suddenly came to a halt.

 

What was that? What did I just hear?

 

My disciple, huh? What did he say?

 

“What did you just say…?”

 

“It’s because you keep arousing me!! I’m a man too!!”

 

“……!!!!!?”

 

When asked again, Yu-jin’s pent-up truth burst out.

 

A cry that was 2% acting and 98% sincere echoed loudly.

 

“And you keep showing me your defenseless side!! There’s a limit to how much I can endure!!”

 

– Ding!

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ activated. Failed….]

 

[Failed.]

 

[Fa….]

 

[Failed….]

 

‘As expected. Self-hypnosis is still too much since my training isn’t over yet… but I can hypnotize my master!’

 

Of course, Yu-jin wasn’t going crazy.

 

His golden eyes continued to flash as he attempted hypnosis.

 

Against the S-rank No.1, the world’s strongest, Ninomiya Aika.

 

‘Even if it’s the weakest hypnosis, it’ll be enough. I just need to cast one.’

 

– Ding.

 

[Failed….]

 

‘…But this is bad. Her guard is tougher than I thought.’

 

It was an extremely dangerous gamble.

 

No matter how many opportunities he had gotten and how much real combat he had experienced.

 

Yu-jin was just in his second week of the academy.

 

His highest ability score was only in the mid-5 range.

 

On the other hand, Aika’s abilities?

 

Except for intelligence and luck, which weren’t 10, everything else was maxed out.

 

The strongest among the recognized awakeners.

 

Hypnotizing her was like hitting a rock with an egg.

 

It was a life-threatening act with an impossible probability, but…

 

‘I’ll somehow create an opening by flustering her. I’ll think about what happens next later!’

 

– Crack.

 

Yu-jin was also a seasoned warrior.

 

He shook his master’s mental state, chasing a sliver of hope.

 

With a heart filled with 99% sincerity.

 

“Even now, if I move my leg a little, I can take off your clothes, master?!”

 

“Th-that’s.”

 

“When the woman arousing me is like this in front of me, how can I endure it as a man!! I obviously can’t!!”

 

Thanks to this, Aika’s anger disappeared.

 

Where the anger left, embarrassment filled in.

 

“Ar-ar-aroused….”

 

“This is just you telling me to look, right?! I’m going to see your chest, master!!”

 

“N-no!! Nooo!!”

 

“You were staring at me too, master!!”

 

“Anyway, nooo!!!”

 

Aika, unable to even think of letting go of her disciple, kept repeating her denial.

 

She was simply panicking, worried that her one complex, her slightly sunken chest, might be discovered.

 

That’s exactly what Yu-jin was aiming for.

 

But even though he hit her weak point perfectly.

 

He bit his lip nervously.

 

– Ding.

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ activated. Failed.]

 

‘At this point, just fall for it, please!!’

 

Talking about arousal to his master was a self-destructive move.

 

It might get him out of the immediate danger, but dealing with the aftermath would be his problem tomorrow.

 

So he wanted to finish it as soon as possible after hypnotizing her…

 

But damn. Even in this situation, it wasn’t working at all.

 

Yu-jin realized anew how formidable his master was.

 

‘I have no choice. I’ll have to endure my master getting upset and returning to Japan for a while…!!’

 

With that, his eyes grew even more determined.

 

Yu-jin resolutely opened his mouth.

 

Ready to end even his cohabitation with his beloved master.

 

“This is why Alice calls you a sow!!”

 

“Huh……!!!?”

 

“You don’t even realize how arousing you are, and you say things like letting your disciple touch your chest!! Asking to be spanked!!”

 

“Th-that, that was for the disciple’s sake….”

 

“Yes. If you offered your arousing body for the disciple’s sake, you should let him be aroused a little, don’t you think!?”

 

Master, you were the one arousing me.

 

I’m innocent. It’s you who is guilty, master.

 

“That, that. I thought my disciple was affected by other girls.”

 

“Even now, look? If I just move my knee a bit, your big chest will pop out. If I move my toes a little, they touch your groin. How can I endure this!?”

 

“That’s, this is because of sit-ups.”

 

“It’s not sit-ups; it’s standing up!!”

 

Just look at the position.

 

Criticizing me for being aroused in this position is like hitting someone and getting angry when they get upset.

 

“No, no… I didn’t mean it like that. Disciple.”

 

“And, in the first place. From the first day, you buried my face in your chest, bathed me in nothing but a bathrobe!”

 

“That, well. I made a mistake, so calm down.”

 

“Do you know what you did wrong?”

 

Wrong? Yes. What did you do wrong?

 

Having said this much, Yu-jin shut his mouth.

 

The secret skill he suffered from Shia. The ‘What did you do wrong’ attack.

 

Silence tightened Aika’s sense of guilt.

 

“I showed my disciple, th-that. A defenseless appearance.”

 

“……”

 

“Th-that, yes? I shouldn’t have gotten angry with my disciple. It was a natural reaction. I shouldn’t have gotten angry.”

 

“………”

 

“Say something….”

 

Everything Aika was babbling about.

 

Every word was embarrassing, but Yu-jin’s mouth remained shut.

 

He even crossed his trembling arms as if to say ‘Is that all?’

 

– Ding.

 

[Skill ‘Complete Hypnosis’ activated. Failed.]

 

“Is it not working even after pushing this far? If I go any further, I might really sever ties with my master forever?!”

 

Despite his confident demeanor, he was screaming inside.

 

If he went further?

 

It wouldn’t end with her just exploding in anger.

 

Taking advantage of this opportunity to challenge his master would inevitably lower her favorability.

 

In the worst-case scenario, they might sever ties forever.

 

But if he stopped here?

 

Regardless of sunk costs, he would be beaten to death by his master right away.

 

At the very least, he had to cast one hypnosis spell to ensure his survival.

 

In the end, Yu-jin…

 

“———Apologize. Apologize for not knowing how arousing your body is and for behaving like a wanton sow that made your disciple aroused. Apologize for making me aroused!!”

 

He played his strongest card.

 

The final blow to break Aika’s mental state.

 

Forcing her to apologize, saying ‘I’m sorry for making you aroused.’

 

Aika’s eyes spun in circles.

 

“What, did you say…?”

 

‘Did he tell me to apologize for making him aroused? So, it’s not that the disciple didn’t see me as a woman. On the contrary, he saw me too much as a woman…?’

 

The fact that her disciple found her arousing didn’t feel bad.

 

No. It actually felt a bit good.

 

She was glad that her disciple had been holding back to the point of bursting.

 

Ninomiya Aika, still had it? It seemed so.

 

However,

 

‘But still, apologizing for being an arousing sow….’

 

Aika, surprisingly, had a girlish sensibility.

 

She still dreamed of being a virtuous wife and mother and had secretly been honing her skills, which she called ‘womanly abilities.’

 

What? Apologize for not knowing how arousing my body is?

 

Apologize for behaving like an arousing sow?

 

It was impossible to say that while in her right mind.

 

As a woman, not as the S-rank No.1, it was too embarrassing.

 

‘But, since my disciple is so furious. Both up and down.’

 

But… for her disciple’s sake.

 

After a short contemplation, her hands and feet slowly loosened their grip.

 

Yu-jin, who had been restrained, quickly escaped.

 

– Shashak.

 

“Now. Apologize, Master.”

 

Standing in front of Aika, he didn’t even think to cover his rather embarrassing lower half and crossed his arms.

 

Aika slowly straightened her posture as well.

 

She changed from sitting cross-legged to kneeling.

 

Then, her hands gently rested on her thighs, and her tearful eyes slowly rose from below Yu-jin’s…

 

– Trembling.

 

“M-Master’s sorry. I’m sorry my body, uh, aroused you…”

 

When their eyes met.

 

Aika let go of her pride.

 

– Plop.

 

“I didn’t know my body was arousing and, behaving like a, a, a sow… I’m sorry for arousing you…”

 

“……”

 

Not satisfied with that, she leaned forward deeply in apology.

 

The highest form of apology in Japan, called ‘dogeza.’

 

“Sob, sob… I’m sorry for arousing you…”

 

“……”

 

– Ding!

 

[Mental Barrier partially succeeded. The target is….]

 

‘I’m sorry, Master. I’m really sorry!!’

 

Neither the one apologizing nor the one receiving the apology felt very pleasant.

 

* * *

 

After successfully hypnotizing my master.

 

I immediately hypnotized her.

 

To somewhat clean up this mess.

 

“I’m sorry….”

 

– Hug.

 

“……!!?”

 

“I’m sorry, Master. I blurted out nonsense because I was momentarily overwhelmed with blood down there!!”

 

I quickly stood my master up and hugged her tightly to apologize.

 

Then,

 

“No, it’s my fault….”

 

“No, Master. It’s natural for me, a man twelve years younger, to not see you as a woman.”

 

“……”

 

“But you are strong, beautiful, elegant, and noble. Plus, you’re only thirty-two. For an awakened being, that’s still very young….”

 

– Stroke.

 

“It’s only natural for a disciple to react.”

 

I slipped hypnosis into the cracks of her soul.

 

My master is an extremely beautiful and lovely woman.

 

So, it’s only natural for a disciple like me to explode after holding back for so long.

 

That kind of hypnosis.

 

The effect was dramatic.

 

– Ding!

 

[Confirmed alignment with the other party’s intention. Despite the difference in rank, the target falls under ‘extremely mild’ hypnosis!]

 

“Th-that’s right. I’m ‘only’ thirty-two. It’s only natural for a disciple to react. Right.”

 

My master’s age complex. Somewhat resolved.

 

Additionally, my punishment would undoubtedly be reduced.

 

There is a world of difference between a disciple who lusted after his master and one who couldn’t help but react to an attractive woman of the same age.

 

If my master is pleased…

 

Hmm. I might just get away with a severe beating.

 

“Once again, I’m truly sorry. The disciple, after holding back and holding back, eventually exploded. The disciple is a pathetic fool.”

 

“No. I was wrong for arousing you. You’re not at fault at all.”

 

“……?”

 

What is this? Is she just forgiving me?

 

No matter what, I forced her to say she was an arousing sow.

 

“No. I…”

 

“———Rather, I should take responsibility.”

 

“…What?”

 

My master’s tear-filled eyes looked at me.

 

Her trembling eyes were filled with determination.

 

“Well, I know that boys have a lot of trouble in many ways. Unlike girls, they are full of vigor.”

 

“Master? What are you saying.”

 

“But as a master who has caused his disciple to suffer from inner demons, I should take responsibility and solve it.”

 

The conversation was getting suspicious.

 

I took a step back.

 

My master, on the other hand, took a step forward.

 

A different sense of crisis rose.

 

“There’s no need for that. I can endure…”

 

“No. This is my duty as a master….”

 

As I kept stepping back, something lightly touched my back.

 

A wall.

 

I was cornered with no escape.

 

And my master, with no way for me to escape…

 

“Well, I don’t know exactly. But I’ll help you….”

 

– Bang bang bang bang bang!!!

 

“Ninomiya, I don’t know what’s going on, but stop it!!!”

 

At that moment, the chairman’s knocking sound echoed.

 

‘Sister Ha-yeon. No, Lady Seol!! Thank you….’

 

“———Yu-jin, run!!! In three minutes, you’ll be spitting blood and collapsing!!!!”

 

“……?”

 

The warning from my future-reading friend was a bonus.