episode_0015

“Oh my goodness, Ain. Thank you for changing the subject so quickly. I had no idea where this story would have gone if we had continued. Today’s lunch was prepared by Bandine’s servants.”

“Thank you, Bandi Senior.”

“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”

When I smiled and thanked him, Bandi smiled back beautifully.

“What’s Ain’s next lecture? Medicine?”

“Medicine was yesterday. Today is non-medical science.”

“Leave early. Are you going to keep reading ‘Baekjak Genius (short for Baekjak Family Face Genius)’?”

“You have to finish watching what you’re watching.”

After spending about 30 minutes in the study group, I left the club room so as not to be late for the non-academic lecture.

The non-skill lecture also went smoothly. Today’s achievement was that I gained one more level 2 spell slot and learned the useful spell ‘Oil’.

“This magic will definitely, definitely save your life at least once in your life. Keep it in your head.”

As the non-academic lecture ends with the words of encouragement from Professor Niel, the hen, the students rush out of the classroom.

Since the remaining lectures were free to attend anyway, I didn’t have anything urgent to do, so I didn’t leave my seat where I was taking the non-academic lectures and looked through the schedule in the game menu.

‘What lectures are there after this…’

Lulu, since there’s still a lot of time left until your dinner appointment with Ion, you’re looking around the game menu, thinking you’ll listen to a light lecture or two, when you hear a familiar voice from outside the classroom.

“Ain? I guess you had your vision lecture here today?”

I turned my head and saw Hoyo waving and smiling, so I got up from my seat.

“Yes. What about Senior Hoyo?”

“Ah, I’m going to take a free class called ‘Close-up Fighting’. The professor told me to show up once a week.”

“I see.”

In response to Hoyo’s words, I searched for a lecture on close combat techniques.

[Close-range Combat]: Increases stamina, strength, endurance, and range of motion. You can also gain special skills such as [Unarmed Combat] and [Tavern Brawler].

The rising status isn’t bad, so it looks pretty good.

“Can I go too?”

“Hey, Ain, you too? Woohoo, Ain is also doing basic physical education, so will it be okay? ”

I need a certain level of physical stats, and since Hoyo’s family, the Iron Foxtrot family, is famous for its martial arts, I think there will be good synergy if I take classes with her.

“Then let’s go!”

Hoyo answered without much thought and walked ahead briskly, her sandy tail wagging.

“Do you still have your gym uniform?”

“Yes, I have it.”

As we walk with Hoyo, it feels like we are crossing the halls of knowledge. Before long, we come to a gymnasium where lectures are held.

“Professor Baekmyo~”

“Hey, Hoyo, you’re here.”

As you enter the gym, you are greeted by Professor Baek-myo, a female panda with a slender body and a height similar to Hoyo.

“Huh? Who is the student that came with you?”

“Ah, he’s my club junior.”

“This is Ain Frostgarm. I came to take a free class on close combat techniques.”

The professor nods at my greeting.

“Boyfriend?”

“Oh no, Professor!”

When Professor Baek Myo laughs and raises his little finger, Hoyo waves his hand in shock. It’s a bit disappointing when you deny it like that.

“Anyway, you don’t need a lecture, I just called you here so you don’t get rusty, so you take charge of the student there, Hoyo.”

“Oh, is that me?”

Hoyo reacts as if to say, “Who is it? Me?” and I look back and forth between Professor Baekmyo and Hoyo, and Professor Baekmyo explains to me the reason.

“Hoyo had already mastered the art of boxing before entering the academy. Since he is from the Iron Foxtrot family, Ain has never tried boxing before, right?”

“Yes, all I do is come to the academy and do basic physical education.”

“Oh, basic physical education? That’s strange for a male. Then I guess it would be better to do boxing together.”

In the end, I decided to take today’s lecture from Hoyo instead of Professor Baekmyo, and I changed into my gym uniform and came.

I thought she had just changed and come out, but Hoyo came out even faster. With the gym clothes over her slender and voluminous body, she looked amazing.

Most importantly, the female students of the Academy (including, surprisingly enough, the professors) do not wear bras when they wear their gym uniforms. What is even more disturbing is that both the males and the females take it for granted.

The reason I didn’t explain this during basic physical education class earlier and am explaining it now is because Hoyo’s ‘point’ had quite a strong presence.

“Okay, let’s get started!”

I try not to look at Hoyo’s ever-catching point… and follow her as I do some simple stretching. My body feels a little loosened up, and I begin to learn boxing in earnest.

“Okay, let’s start with the posture. In the close combat class, we learn ‘Imperial Infight’, but since we’re learning it, let’s learn ‘Iron Foxtrot’!”

“Iron Foxtrot?”

“Yeah, Iron Foxtrot is not only our family name, but also the name of the martial art our family uses. Our family’s martial art is so famous that we were given a title and it became our family name or something.”

As he says this, Hoyo adopts an unusual stance: with the left side of his body forward, his left hand under his body and his right hand in front of his chest, his legs slightly wider than shoulder width apart, and his center of gravity slightly lower.

“Okay, do you want to give it a try?”

At Hoyo’s suggestion, I circle around her and examine her stance in detail. It seems somewhat similar to the stance of the character ‘Gouki’ from ‘Street Fighter’, but a bit lower.

“Is this what it feels like?”

“Oh, you understood better than I thought?”

Hoyo gradually modified the formula I had awkwardly adopted. Then, a system message appeared before my eyes!

―Acquire the [Iron Foxtrot Rubber Art] trait through intimacy synergy with ‘Hoyo Iron Foxtrot’.

– Strength, stamina, endurance, range of motion, and fighting spirit slightly increase, and the limits of the corresponding statuses increase.

Luckily, I was able to acquire the trait right away, perhaps because I was close to Hoyo, who was very familiar with the technique.

And when I felt inwardly surprised as the jockey posture I had taken was automatically corrected little by little due to the effect of the trait, Hoyo was also surprised.

“Oh, oh? Isn’t that great?”

“Are you okay now?”

Hoyo nodded his head wildly, as if his corrected posture was quite correct.

“Yeah, if this keeps up, the ceremony will be flawless. I think even my sister and mom would praise it!”

“I hope I get a chance to show you.”

“Oh, hoo-ee…”

She laughs and twists her body at my words, as if it’s embarrassing to meet her mother. But let’s try to focus on the lecture for now.

“First of all, it’s a quick one. Okay, like this.”

When Hoyo, who was also wearing the same uniform, jabbed next to me, I heard a ‘bang!!’ sound. I could barely see him blurrily extending his left fist.

“Oh, maybe you didn’t see this?”

“It was just a blur. You’re so fast.”

“Right? Oh, no, you saw it?”

“But I barely saw it. It was like, swoosh.”

“Your kinetic vision is pretty good!”

Hoyo jabs several times, and I somehow manage to catch the moment when he extends his jab, however vaguely.

“Ain, maybe you unexpectedly have talent in boxing?”

To be honest, if I hadn’t been lucky enough to get the Iron Foxtrot Rubber Maneuver trait when I took the Riders, I probably wouldn’t have seen a single one.

“I guess it’s because Senior Hoyo taught me well.”

“Oh, is that so~ Hehe.”

Hoyo, blushing and smiling like Shin-chan on TV, explains the jab again.

“Now, don’t think that the left jab is for attacking the enemy and causing damage.”

Hoyo, who said that, stretched out his left arm very slowly and then pulled it back again. The appearance was like,

“It feels like I’m grabbing something in front of me.”

“That’s it. Instead of clenching your fist and extending it, clench your fist at the point where your left arm is fully extended. Like catching a bug.”

And then Hoyo explained, ‘Since clenching and extending your fist is meaningless anyway, you can increase the amount of impact by momentarily clenching your fist at the end point where your arm extends.’

“Then, do you want to try a left-hand jab slowly? I’ll check your posture.”

I slowly move my body, keeping in mind the left hand jab movement that Hoyo showed me.

Turn your upper body slightly to the right, extend your left hand as far as your left arm can go, and then make a fist.

“Hooo, this is really good! Okay, let’s do it again slowly!”

This time, Hoyo is right behind you to correct your posture. Thanks to this, your status is going up well, and your Iron Foxtrot skill is also going up well, but there is a bit of a problem.

“Okay, that’s right. Don’t lose your center of gravity. And I’ll support your upper body so it doesn’t fall too far back.”

…Hoyo’s large breasts and the milk at the end of them… no, the point… are constantly stimulating my back. Because of that, the one between my legs… no, another me keeps trying to reveal myself, so I’m breaking out in a cold sweat and singing the national anthem in my head.

“This is pretty good! Now let’s try some repetition and mastery.”

I had no time to answer because I was repeating the national anthem over and over in my head, so I just nodded and slowly repeated the left hand jab.

“Okay, just a little faster!”

Hoyo, who judged that my posture was not bad, asked me to increase my speed, and I started to increase my speed slowly.

“Keep going at that pace. Be careful not to let your body get caught up in the jab, keep your center of gravity, and make sure your body doesn’t shake when you clench your fist at the end! ”

Fortunately, as I started to practice repeatedly, Hoyo took my body off and focused on my posture, so my other self calmed down and I was able to practice seriously.

“Okay, okay~ Now at full speed!”

Hoyo seems to be excited by my ability to do well, and he laughs, “Nyahaha,” and pushes himself harder in his training. Then, after figuring out my maximum speed, he stands next to me and practices with me like a running mate.

“Okay, stop it!”

When sweat poured down like rain and my whole body, including my left arm, started to tingle, Hoyo stopped me. My left arm was shaking, so I gave it a light rub.

“Isn’t it so great? I want to teach you light straight and hook at this rate, but I don’t have enough stamina…”

Hoyo (thankfully) folds his arms and mumbles in thought. Of course, I am the only male taking basic physical education classes, and I have never seen a male train at the same intensity as I did just now, even though I have only been at the academy for a few days.

“Then how about this? I’m recovering my own body.”

“Huh? Um… … …Uh huh!”

At my words, Hoyo makes a mysterious expression as if he had never even thought of such a thing.

“Professor!”

“What, why?”

When Professor Baekmyo approached Hoyo at Hoyo’s call, Hoyo conveyed my opinion to the professor as well.

“Training while recovering your body on your own? Hmm, that’s pretty fun.”

Professor Baek Myo, who was thinking for a moment, instructed Hoyo to check the condition of my muscles.

“Hoyo, can you check this guy’s muscle condition?”

“Yeah.”

When I stretch out my left arm, Hoyo gently touches my arm and various parts of my body. If it were his usual personality, he would say, ‘How could I touch a male body!’, but since it’s related to his specialty, he shows quite a professional attitude and it’s quite cool.

“That’s cool, Hoyo-senpai. You look so serious.”

“Um, yeah… Oh, come to think of it!”

Hoyo, who only realized after hearing me say that he was touching my body, gets startled and runs away next to Professor Baekmyo. This is pretty cute.