Chapter 2 – Episode 2 Take Off Your Clothes

Tutoring?

“Are you going to teach one-on-one with academy students?”
“That’s right.”
“Will that make money?”

It’s nothing else, tutoring for academy cadets.
If it’s not at a certain level, it won’t be noticed.
That would be too.

The opponents are the cadets of the Korean Hunter Academy, who are said to be the best among Korean Awakeners.
Their pride and confidence in their abilities were the kind that could not be overcome.

“You know that senior is also a student there. You will lose your hair while dealing with them.”

Terrible skill supremacy.
The hunter society looked down on even graduates if they did not have the skills.
It seems like a reckless business to start with the title of just graduating from the Korean Academy.

“Wouldn’t it work if you were from the first-class hunter guild, Daesung Guild?”
“So did it work?”

No answer.
It’s obvious.
Got rejected

“Keah hmm. But it’s a business with plenty of potential.”

Jeong Bong-sik cleared his throat and turned around.

“Tell me honestly. Senior.”
“What?”
“Are you here to try and capture my title?”
“…”

When I make eye contact, I avert my gaze.

“Kuhm!”

I couldn’t make eye contact at the end, so I coughed for no reason and put my elbow on the table.

“Okay. I came because I needed that title. Korea Hunter Academy’s top graduate. I don’t know anything else, but with that one, I can eat all of my tutoring business…”
“You know that that’s impossible, right?”
“…”
“The association disqualified me. All of the Korean academy graduates and records of hunter activities were all wiped out, but now what? And you saw my title disappear from the side, too.”

It was the price of confrontation with Daesung, the number one company in the industry.
I lost everything I had dedicated my life to, but I have no regrets.
Even if I went back, I would have made the same choice.

Senior Bongshik, who had been looking at me without a word, lowered his voice.

“Let’s talk among ourselves. Honestly, the title that the association got rid of, isn’t there any meaning in tutoring? Most of the things that get called a villain anyway happen only when you enter a dungeon or use your abilities against citizens. Rather, we are trying to make lost children go on the right path. What do you have to do there?”

That’s not wrong.
The standard for classifying a villain as a villain by the Association is when he infiltrates a dungeon with a forbidden ability, or injures an Awakener or civilian.
But in tutoring, that doesn’t happen.
But.

“Teaching children is not my taste.”

Especially hunters with strong pride.
I don’t want to engage in a useless emotional fight.

“Are you following your taste in earning money?”
“You know I’m not the kind of person who moves here and there for that money.”
“Ha, are you really not going to do it?”
“I don’t know if I have a child worth teaching. I wouldn’t do it otherwise.”
“If there is a child worth teaching, would you do it?”
“Yes.”

The reason I said that teaching children was not my taste was simple.
It’s because I get angry when I see people who don’t understand the basics.

Even if you say it ten times, it’s extremely rare to understand it properly.
I didn’t have the patience to make them understand.

But.

‘It’s different for kids who digest something right away when I tell them.’

At least it keeps me from saying the same thing over and over again.
It’s not stressful, so it’s worth meeting once.

Senior Bongshik tapped her fingers, and she asked me.

“Then let’s go with me just once. There’s a guy who’s good enough to tempt you.”
“Your senior is also very persistent.”
“Originally, a salesman has to be persistent. Even if he gets rejected 10 times, he needs someone to go back to 20 times.”

Wait, salesman?

“Did you really mean to entrust me with teaching the children?”
“Ugh! That’s what the saying is Big hum. Can I leave everything to you? He’s a guy who wants to do business in name.”
“Anyway, are you saying there’s a good kid?”
“Of course. You said it before. Are already in business. We have quite a few teachers on our team. However, there is one friend who says that the teacher is difficult to handle. She’s a smart kid, but she’s good at cooperating with the teacher… Uh, I’m not done talking yet.”
“Did I tell you? I have no intention of teaching disobedient children.”
“You look smart when you take notes.”
“Is practice a problem?”
“That’s how it is.”

This is the most annoying case.
Kids who have a lot of things in their heads and know a lot, but don’t apply them in real life.
The problem is that they often do not digest the teacher’s advice well.

Why?

Because of the arrogance of thinking your way is right.

“How long are you going to live only with emotions?”
“…”
“You must take revenge. There’s something that happened to Daesung, are you going to spend it here just appreciating it? Kim Si-woo of the world?”
“Senior Bongshik, be careful with your words.”
“That’s what it says. I mean, you didn’t do anything wrong. They did everything, and you didn’t kill anyone.”

I didn’t answer.
No, I couldn’t answer.
It was because of the oath with Daesung.
Promise not to open your mouth about it.
It is a pledge made in exchange for dropping the accusation and making it a thing that never happened.

“Anyway, imagine the kids you raise are the best in the world. Daesung will make a deal with you to scout your students, and if you do, wouldn’t it be possible to solve the accumulated sediment?”

My head flashed at Bongshik’s words.
As he said, what if the student I taught became the best?

‘Can’t that be my weapon too?’

I was the one who only had the passive.
I have the downside of not having a useful active skill, but my skill is a skill that supports growth.

Until now, I only wrote it for myself because there were only unbelievable people around me.
However, if I use this skill on my students and make them stronger, the existence of the students who have grown because of me will soon become my weapon.

If they were recruited into a guild that could keep them in check, not Daeseong or Taesan.
Wouldn’t it be possible to get revenge on Daesung someday?

The mistake I made when confronting Daesung was that I ran into Kim Si-woo as an individual.
But what if he’s not an individual, but a group that’s equivalent to him and fucks them?

‘Is it worth a try?’

“I will reduce your travel expenses. But if you don’t like it, you can reject it. How are you?”
“How much will you give me?”
“Two million won.”
“It counts for one business trip.”
“Are we earning a lot?”
“If I really don’t like it, I’ll jump out of there and say something about my senior business.”
“Does not matter. If you say you can’t do it, you have to spit out the money you received from that friend.”

돈의 액수가 중요한 건 아니었다.
It was important that I get paid for it.

“All right.”
“Good. 그럼 내일 퇴근하고 보자고.”
“I see.”

After finishing the deal, Bongshik got up from his seat.

나도 다음 손님을 받았다.

“감정 받겠습니다!”

***

It was an ordinary daily life.
별다를 것 없는 일상.
It was a much more stable and less burdensome job than when I entered the dungeon to live as a hunter.

But the pay was very disappointing.
Even if you are running at the top of the appraiser industry, how much do you earn if you earn a salary?
It was barely enough to make ends meet with a C-class Hunter.
수입이 아쉬워도 너무 아쉬웠다.

Emotions often reminded me of my active duty days running around in dungeons.
돈 때문만은 아니었다.
The joy and tension felt on the bloody battlefield was something that could not be felt anywhere else.

The seniors who started Hunter earlier said this.

‘던전은 마약이야. Once you get a taste of the dungeon, you can’t escape it.’

I didn’t know what it meant, but lately I sometimes thought I knew.

“담배 존나 땡기네.”

I remembered the cigarettes I had quit working as a hunter.

Follow me!

퇴근 시간을 알리는 종이 울렸다.
I immediately grabbed my bag and got up from my seat.

“고생하셨습니다.”
“Uh? Get off work right away? There are many customers who visited Siwoo today.”

The team leader secretly wanted to work overtime.
그러나 오늘은 불가능하다.
2백만 원짜리 부업이 생겼거든.

“Are you done?”
“선배는 일 없어요? 30분 전부터 기다리게.”
“It’s a busy body no matter what you see.”

I got into Bongshik senior’s car.

“Isn’t this a pretty expensive foreign car? Senior, it seems that the punishment is really good.”
“Because I earn quite a bit.”

Feeling Bongshik’s soft handling, I moved to meet the smart tutor he said.
It was all about chatting with Bongshik in the passenger seat.

우리가 도착한 곳은 출장비로 2백만 원이나 줄 정도로 비싼 과외를 쓰는 사람의 집으로 보기엔 다소 허름한 집이었다.

“It’s here.”
“It doesn’t look like you have enough money to pay 200 for travel expenses.”
“That’s what I did for the bleeding service.”
“How much?”
“한 명당, 한 학기에 오백만 원.”
“가격이 엄청나네요.”
“Considering the academy tuition, it’s on the cheap side.”

Hagin Academy tuition is well over 20 million won per semester.
Students with good grades get scholarships, but what about those who don’t?
A place where you can only visit if you have to pay a lot of money to make your head dizzy.

However, after graduating from the academy, life was solid, so it was worth investing in.
“The children of rich Awakeners must be the main target.”
“Most of them?”

Bongshik smiled and said.

“Of course there are kids who don’t.”
“What do you mean?”
“Kids with good grades receive less tutoring fees. It’s a bit of a scholarship concept. We are raising such great kids. It’s such a concept.”
“Is this friend like that too?”
“No. You said The practicality is a mess.”

I also thought that the student’s condition would not be better than I thought.

“Let’s meet first.”
“Let’s go.”

Ding-Dong.

-Who are you.
“Student Ara Yoo, tutoring.”
-Ah… Could it be that he came last time? That person was not good.
“We have a new teacher. The skill is certain.”

There was silence for a moment, and then the door opened.
The person who opened the door was a young-skinned woman.
With her black hair down to her waist tied back, she was looking at us with her weary eyes.
Did you study all night?

Sick of her fatigue.
All academy students have it.
Terribly tired.
The academy class was so tight that it was difficult for even the Awakened to keep up.
It must be because of that.

Or maybe he became neurotic because of his grades.

One thing is certain.
Even though she was exhausted, her appearance was that she was strikingly beautiful.
It must have been quite popular within the academy.

Even amidst her beauty, those brown eyes that shined especially were impressive.

“This is the new private tutor… Are you?”
“Haha, yes. He is the teacher who will teach our Ara students. Introducing the representative history…”

Senior Bongshik looked at me for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“He was a top graduate of Hunter Academy in Korea.”

With that one word, Yuara’s expression changed.

“Top… Are you a graduate?”

Looking in disbelief, Bong-shik took out the document.
It was the senior diploma I received in the past.

“Are you sure the academy is stamped here? Haha, he is a very trustworthy teacher.”
“Ah…”

When Yooara pretended to take a closer look, Bongshik quickly put the document into his bosom.

“Well then, I would like the teacher to simply grasp the condition of her student, Yuara, and slow down the pace today.”
“Bongsik… No, where is the CEO going?”
“There is someone I was supposed to meet before you. Call me when you’re done.”

Bongshik made a phone shape with her hand and shook it, closed the door and left.

Thud.

So the student and I were left alone.

“Are you a senior who graduated top of the class?”
“That’s right.”
“But why don’t you work as a hunter…”
“There are several circumstances.”
“Ah…”

An awkward atmosphere ensued.

“Ignore the circumstances, and I’m here to teach students, so let’s focus on that.”
“Ah, yes.”

I was guided by Yuara and entered her room.
It was a small house with one room and living room.
It was probably a self-catering house prepared separately from home for commuting to the Korean Academy.

It was desolate for a house where a woman lives alone.
The room was filled with countless books about Awakeners, Hunters, and dungeons.
I could feel how sincere she was about Hunter.

“I received a report that I am strong in writing and weak in practical skills. Is that correct?”
“Yes that’s right. The writing is almost perfect, but…”
“The thread?”
“It’s not up to date.”

It was difficult.
At Hunter Academy, the proportion of handwriting is 30%.
No matter how much you get a perfect score in your writing, you can’t get out of the failing grade if your practical skills are insufficient.
So, the student named Yua Lara in front of her right now is not just a student who is good at taking notes.

‘She’s a child who’s about to fail.’

“Have you already failed once?”
“Yes.”
“Then, get paid this year and next year…”
“That doesn’t work.”
“Why?”
“I have already been paid once. If you fail here, you will be expelled.”

Yuara’s face reddened at her shame.
For some reason, she paid expensive money and applied for private tutoring.

It’s expulsion.

This is messed up

Korea Hunter Academy was an academy famous for its brutal competitive society.
Students who did not achieve the standard in the regular exam, which is held four times a year, received a failing grade, and students who received a failing grade twice a year had a system in place.
It was because of the academic tradition of Korean academies that only the strong can survive.

It was famous for mercilessly expelling students who had been suspended once, if they were suspended again.

‘They chose to kick out the failing students rather than die in the dungeon.’

“I will never be able to fall this time. That’s why I applied for expensive tutoring… I can’t break down here. I must become a Hunter.”

There was a sense of urgency in his voice.
But being desperate doesn’t mean you can solve anything.

“But if your practical skills aren’t good enough, you won’t be able to avoid failing this time again.”
“That’s why I paid expensive money to find teachers. You can help.”

Senior Bongshik.
He said he was a good kid to raise.
Is this totally ridiculous?
Somehow, the travel expenses were expensive.

“Are you so desperate? Enough to do anything?”
“Yes. I bet everything here.”
“You risked everything…”

Jeong If so.
Let’s see how far the resolution went.

“Then, would you like to take off your clothes for a moment?”