episode_0012

Since the dojo-raising program started, I’ve had a lot more mental and physical leeway.

For a while, I was busy with the dojo’s renovations, but once that was more or less settled, there wasn’t much to do. After all, I only have one member, Jung Ye-sol.

I do some window shopping online, work out on my own, and ponder what to teach Jung Ye-sol to more naturally knead here and there, and that’s pretty much the end of my day.

Sometimes I even take a walk outside, looking for pretty women.

It’s a boringly leisurely life, but I don’t dislike those times at all.

Since being discharged from the military, I’ve been running around busily, and especially the past year was mentally exhausting, leading to burnout, so now everything, including Jung Ye-sol’s training, feels like healing time.

Thanks to that, today I am…

-Weeeeeeee…

I was having a leisurely time jogging lightly on the treadmill that arrived in the morning. This is what came as a random exercise machine purchased with dojo points.

When I came in this morning, it was installed neatly in the corner of the dojo so as not to be in the way.

I was a little disappointed that something so ordinary came, but I was still satisfied because it was something I could use without any problems.

And also, on a related note.

“Do you still have overtime at work these days? Isn’t that illegal?”

─It’s not illegal if they pay you properly. They also give dinner. I feel like I’ve gone back to my high school days of staying late for self-study.

“Oh~ As expected of a big company. Is the dinner delicious?”

─Of course it’s delicious. I would have deserted if it wasn’t.

I called a friend after a long time.

─Hey, anyway, let’s grab a bite to eat sometime. I’m going to forget what you look like if we keep this up.

“You tell me when you’re free. I’m always available. Want to get some grilled intestines?”

─Grilled intestines or whatever, anything you want to eat. Not anytime soon, maybe next month… Oh, I’ll bring Yena then too.

“Lee Yena? Bring her. It’s been a while since I’ve seen her too.”

─Won’t Yena be uncomfortable?

“Why would I be uncomfortable? You’ll be the uncomfortable one. You almost never brought her out because she hated her hanging out with other guys.”

─Because I can’t trust those other guys. But I trust you.

“Whatever, man. More importantly, is married life happy? You crazy bastard who got married at 26 right after getting discharged?”

─Haha! How could it not be happy? You know Yena and I have been together for 20 years. I actually think we did it too late.

“I know, I know. We’ve been friends for 12 years too, but you only properly introduced me to Lee Yena right before you enlisted. Wow, now that I think about it, saying you trust me after doing it like that pisses me off so much?”

─Hey, is our Yena pretty or what? You said you understood my feelings as soon as you saw Yena, didn’t you? Can’t you grasp it since you’re still single?

“Hmm, can’t grasp it. But I think I could fold your waist in half?”

─Sorry… Anyway, it seems like you’re really doing better. Doesn’t your voice sound a lot brighter?

“…Well, I was a bit sensitive for a few months there, wasn’t I?”

─You were extremely sensitive. That’s why we barely contacted each other.

“I’m sorry. But I’m okay now. Things are finally working out a bit.”

─That’s good to hear. Oh yeah, when we eat, show me around the dojo again. You said you completely renovated it, right?

“Come anytime. If you want to improve your stamina, sign up. I’ll give you a friend surcharge and charge you ten times the registration fee.”

─……?? Surcharge instead of a discount? You have no conscience… Anyway, I have to go in soon, so I’m going to hang up. I’ll text you when we set a date.

“Okay. Good luck.”

The call ended.

The person on the other end was Yoon Jae-min, my closest friend since middle school.

He’s the very definition of a life success that makes you envious just looking at him. But he’s such a good guy that there’s not even room to be jealous.

That’s the kind of friend he is.

From high school onwards, we went to different schools, but even though we were physically apart, our friendship never faded.

I went to a regular humanities high school, and he went to a Meister high school. Thanks to his good grades there, he graduated from high school and went straight to work for a large company.

He’s smart and makes good money.

Even.

“Lee Yena is pretty, that’s for sure.”

Yena Lee, who Jae-min has been dating since elementary school and is now married to, is the epitome of an ideal childhood friend and a wise wife and mother.

She has a pure and innocent appearance, as well as a gentle and feminine personality, and her unwavering love for Jae-min for twenty years is truly heartwarming to see.

I was sincerely envious, and I would think, if I married a woman like that, I would be happy until I died.

That’s how good of a woman Yena was.

If she were the wife of someone I didn’t know, I would have sincerely had bad intentions using this dojo system.

But since she’s Jae-min’s wife.

“I can’t do that to my sister-in-law, no matter what. Nope.”

I have no intention of denying that I’ve already become trash, but I haven’t fallen that far down.

If she comes to visit the dojo, I’ll just give her a quick tour.

Well, Jae-min seems very busy these days, so the earliest we’ll meet is next month.

“I wonder if the treadmill effect is kicking in? I can’t really tell.”

Even though it was a slow speed, I ran for about 30 minutes while talking on the phone.

It was supposed to greatly increase the exercise effect, but since I’ve been exercising steadily for a long time, it was hard to feel my stamina increasing.

Hmm, am I being too shameless trying to feel the effect from running casually while talking on the phone?

“I guess a new member needs to come… or maybe I should have Jung Ye-sol run a little bit?”

I increased the speed of the treadmill while pondering those things.

Since there’s nothing I can do right now anyway, I decided to just exercise more.

But then.

-Ding!

I heard the sound of the door opening. In 0.1 seconds, I turned off the treadmill and jumped down.

I wondered if the internet advertising was successful.

However.

“Is Seong-hyun here?”

“Ah, Manager.”

It was Lee Da-mi who came into the dojo.

Wearing an unusually, unusually chest-enhancing tight top today.

I suppressed the natural gaze that went towards that area and asked her what brought her here.

“What brings you to the dojo?”

“Oh my, do I need a reason to come? Are you upset?

“Ah, no, of course I welcome the Manager anytime. It’s just rare for you to come all the way here…”

“Hehe, is that so?”

With a face that had a half-spoon of playfulness and mischievousness, she takes one step at a time towards me.

I made a slip of the tongue about the diet thing last time, but I was able to barely ease her mood by sucking up to her every time I saw her since then.

Thanks to that, she’s approaching me with the same smile as usual.

‘She’s so alluring every time I see her.’

Was it because of the clothes that revealed her chest and hip line? Somehow, even her walk felt sexy.

While I was swallowing hard as I watched that, Lee Da-mi arrived next to me.

Close enough that our forearms touched.

“Didn’t you say some members signed up? It’s quiet today?”

“As I mentioned before, I’m only taking reservation PT. When there are no reservations, there’s no choice… And if you only count the numbers, it’s still small.”

“You’re sure you’ll be okay with next month’s rent, right?”

“Of course. If you want, I can pay for 12 months in advance.”

“I like seeing you so confident. Hehehe… I’ll trust you. After all, my husband and I too…”

During the conversation, Lee Da-mi’s eyes narrowed. A little more seductive, a little more intense.

And she subtly slipped her arm inside my arm… Uh, uh-oh? A, an arm in arm?

“If a diligent tenant like Seong-hyun stays for a long time…”

-Squish…

Lee Da-mi put her arm in mine and gently hugged my arm. At the same time, my forearm was buried in her soft chest.

It was an insane, unbelievable softness, a sensation.

But something even more than the squishy feeling of her side breast caught my eye.

The clothes Lee Da-mi was wearing were a type that was very low-cut on the chest, so from my perspective looking down, her cleavage was clearly visible.

A deep, deep cleavage, slightly exposed upper breasts, along with a voluptuous scent different from Jung Ye-sol’s.

It captivated me.

“It’s comfortable and nice. You know?”

“…….”

Her words didn’t enter my head. My body froze as if a fuse had blown in the unexpected situation.

Then, belatedly, like an idiot.

“…Ye, ye… Th, that’s… I know…”

I answered stuttering.

“Hehe…”

Lee Da-mi chuckled at my reaction as if I were cute, and then dropped her arm.

“Well, I have to go now because of work.”

“…Yes? Ah, you, you just came to talk…?”

“Hehe, that’s right. I wanted to talk to Seong-hyun for a bit before I left. See you next time.”

“……Yes.”

Leaving behind those strange words.

She shook her hips slightly and showed a definitely different, lewd gesture than before as she left the dojo.

“…….”

Inside the dojo where I was left alone again, I was dumbfounded.

Why is she suddenly doing this?

Over the past year, she’s been kind to me as a tenant who pays the rent on time, but she’s never contacted me like this even once.

In the first place, I was so busy with the dojo that I didn’t even pay attention to Lee Da-mi, no matter how attractive she was. I also deliberately avoided giving her attention because she’s the landlord’s wife.

But now, suddenly, something seems off ever since the system was created.

It really was strange.

She’s not a member, so she shouldn’t be affected by the dojo raising, but even if she was affected, it doesn’t make sense for her to act like this.

“What’s going on? Why are you suddenly doing this to me? Damn, her breasts are so soft… No, that’s not it.”

I felt good about the soft breasts that touched my forearm, but the situation was so strange that it was hard to be honestly happy.

Why on earth…

-Ding!

The sound of the door was heard again in my ear as I was blankly trying to grasp the current situation.

Did the Manager come back?

But the person who opened the door and came in was someone else.

“U, um… Th, trial… I, I wanted to try it out… so I came…”

Wearing a hat pulled down low.

Trembling in both body and speech like a timid herbivore.

“……!! Welcome!!”

The second member came to the dojo.

***

“Ah~ You want to exercise because your stamina is too low?”

“Ye, yes…”

I sat across from the new prospective member with the office desk in the middle and talked.

Her information had already been updated in the dojo raising program.

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Name: Ha Yu-na

Age: 23

Training Satisfaction Level: Stage 0 [0 / 100]

Permitted Touch Areas: ─

Sexual Sensitivity: 10

Physical Arousal: 0

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Values that were neatly empty except for the sensitivity that increased due to achievements. It already made me excited at the thought of raising experience points like leveling up in a game and unlocking locked things one by one.

I swallowed my lewd intentions and glanced over her entire body with the kindest smile I could muster.

A small height that seemed to be slightly under 160cm.

A head as small as her height.

Long, straight black hair.

Round eyes, a small nose, and a small mouth.

She had no fat, so her arms and legs, as well as her whole body, were thin, and in proportion to that, her breasts and buttocks were also a little small.

But overall, she was a woman who could definitely be evaluated as pretty.

‘She’s like a rabbit.’

I felt like she was a herbivore. Just looking at her, she seemed timid and shy, and she was also stuttering.

As a person who trains people, I was very happy.

Because she had the courage to come out to exercise despite knowing her personality.

Originally, starting is half the battle in anything.

“Don’t you usually exercise often?”

“Th, that’s… N, no… I, I work from home, so…”

“Ah, I see. Then, Yu-na. Could you tell me roughly what your current level of fitness is?”

“U, um… that’s…”

“These days, a lot of people feel a lack of stamina like Yu-na because they work from home. So don’t be embarrassed and tell me honestly. That way, I can help you as much as possible without making it too difficult for you.”

Her pure white face turns red at my question. She had even whiter skin than Jung Ye-sol, maybe because she doesn’t see the sunlight often.

She slowly starts to talk.

“La, last year… I, I tried an app that would set a schedule to run for 30 minutes…”

“Ah, that one? I know it too. What was it called, something like running for 1 minute and walking for 2 or 3 minutes.”

“Yes… At first, I had to repeat that five times…”

She closes her eyes and takes a moment to catch her breath, as if even speaking with stutters like now is tiring, and then continues.

“I, I somehow managed to finish it… B, but it was too hard… S, so after it was over…”

“Dizzy and nauseous?”

“Ah! Yes, yes… That’s right…”

“Hmm.”

This is really serious.

It’s a symptom felt when doing exercise that exceeds the typical fitness level. If you feel that by repeating running for just 1 minute and walking for 2 minutes five times… Hmm.

Well, the method may have been wrong too, but it’s serious.

I sometimes feel those symptoms myself, but that’s because I’ve been doing high-intensity exercise.

I taught my friend Jae-min how to exercise for a short time in the past, and he struggled with these symptoms back then too.

Because.

“That feeling of nausea is really tough. Actually, isn’t that harder than the physical difficulty? It’s also scary to have to keep experiencing that after exercising.”

“Th, that’s right! After that, my stomach feels bad for about 30 minutes… and I can’t even drink water because I feel like I’m going to throw up…”

You get dizzy and out of breath, and then your stomach gets upset and you feel nauseous, which is really unpleasant.

That becomes a minor trauma and can often lead to a feeling of aversion to exercise.

Ha Yu-na strongly nodded her head in agreement with my words, her face brightening.

Starting with gaining minor empathy wasn’t a bad start.

Now, I just need to show her that I can solve that.

High-intensity exercise enthusiasts either endure it or adjust it on their own, but for beginners who are trying to build their basic stamina with running, the solution is surprisingly simple.

“Yu-na. Instead of explaining the registration, how about I help you with exercising for a bit since you came for a trial event?”

“E, exercising? I, I didn’t bring anything…”

“You came after seeing the free trial event, right? We’re offering a short class for free on the first day.”

“That’s true, but… I, I was just going to listen to the explanation today…”

“Of course, we won’t be doing anything that difficult. Based on the app you tried last year, maybe about 30 minutes? I promise you. I promise I won’t make you feel as bad as you did back then.”

“Umm……”

“Also, whether you like this trial class or not, I won’t be recommending any explanations or registrations today. Try it out and if you like it, come back and register next time. If it wasn’t good, it’s a shame, but there’s nothing I can do.”

“I, if you’re willing to do that much… Okay… I’ll try it…”

“Thank you. Then shall we go for a bit?”

From Ha Yu-na’s point of view, it would be a condition that she would never regret.

I took Ha Yu-na, who got up from her seat hesitantly, and left the office.

-Swish

I subtly put my hand on her waist.