episode_0017

I replied to the system’s question as if answering a promotional text.

[When promoting directly through text to the user, success is guaranteed with a 45% probability.]

Wow.

She was a jaw-droppingly beautiful employee.

The promotion success rate of such an employee is a whopping 45%.

It was a remarkably high probability.

Is she a woman who is interested in exercise?

Or is there another reason?

Since she didn’t tell me, I couldn’t know.

‘What does the reason matter.’

With this kind of probability, not doing it would be strange.

The problem is that I have to show the text message directly.

I was worried that she might think it’s strange.

‘Anyway, she’s not someone I’ll see again…’

It’s not that strange of a content.

Taking a deep breath, I sent a text to the counter employee.

“Excuse me.”

“What can I help you with?”

[Starting text promotion. Using 50 points.]

The typical text ad slogan appeared on the phone screen.

The expression of the female employee, who had been looking at her phone, changed.

She, who had just shown a friendly smile, looked at the screen with wide eyes and a vacant expression.

“I’m not interested in exercise….”

The female employee replied in a weak voice.

She seemed to not understand what she had said even after rejecting it.

[Promotion failed. Would you like to try again?]

Failed?

It’s a shame, but I didn’t have any more points to proceed.

[Insufficient points.]

I had 30 points left.

But it’s not like I can exercise in the middle of a bank.

Pressing the reject button, I looked around.

No one in the bank was looking at me strangely for suddenly showing them my phone.

As if it was natural for me to do this.

“What brings you here?”

Even the female employee, the person in question, seemed indifferent as if she didn’t know what I had just done.

As expected.

The power of the system was tremendous.

It’s a shame that I didn’t succeed, but…

Knowing that it’s okay to show a text message outside was important.

“I’m sending tuition fees to school.”

“Oh, would you show me your ID first?”

I wondered if I could do direct promotion, but it turns out I can.

Admiring the power of the gym once again, I transferred the tuition fees.

Ah, my hard-earned money.

The money I earned from part-time work disappeared in an instant.

After sending the tuition fees, it was time to go back to work.

I’m quitting soon, but I still have to do my best until the end.

I headed to the store as quickly as possible.

“Oh? Jae-ho oppa…”

Mi-ju was at work early again today.

“You came early?”

“Oh, yes…”

Is it because of my mood?

It seemed like she avoided my gaze when we met eyes?

“Are you okay? You seemed to have overdone it with the exercise yesterday.”

“Oh, no, I’m fine. Thanks to your massage, I hardly had any muscle pain.”

Her reaction was a bit different from usual.

What should I say?

A slightly embarrassed feeling?

“Haha…”

Even I, who is insensitive, could tell that she was blatantly avoiding eye contact.

‘What’s wrong?’

Did I make a mistake yesterday?

I had no idea.

No, I wasn’t even aware of making a mistake in the first place.

I was under hypnosis, taking off my clothes and getting a massage, so of course I didn’t notice anything strange!

I had a constant stream of question marks in my head.

I couldn’t understand Mi-ju’s reaction.

Why is she acting like this?

At times like this, it’s better to just ask directly.

“Mi-ju, what’s wrong?”

“Oh, nothing. Everything’s fine.”

It didn’t look like nothing was wrong, so I was worried.

But Mi-ju seemed unwilling to speak.

I didn’t want to force her to speak if she didn’t want to.

“Was yesterday’s exercise too difficult?”

“No. It was great! It was really great. It was so good that I want to go again!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

Mi-ju desperately nodded her head.

“Why do you look so upset?”

“W-Well….”

Miju stammered, looking flustered.

Clang!

“Oh, s-sorry!”

She accidentally knocked over the glass she was moving.

It was a mistake that Miju would never make under normal circumstances.

Is the situation really that bad?

“Be careful. You’re acting unusual.”

“Yes, I-I’ll be careful.”

Miju quickly bowed her head and hurriedly ran inside as if escaping.

That’s when it happened.

I felt a sharp gaze from behind, and when I turned my head, I met eyes with Yeojin, who was glaring at me.

“Hmph!”

Yeojin snorted and quickly walked inside, blatantly ignoring me.

A look of blatant disregard.

I was filled with discomfort.

It must be because of the fight with Jangnam’s brother.

“There’s no way someone who hits the guy they like would look favorably upon them.”

I thought our relationship couldn’t get any worse, but it seemed to be deteriorating even further.

Honestly, I was surprised.

“Anyway.”

The atmosphere in the store had definitely changed.

Those who had treated me as if I were nothing were now showing interest in me.

Whether it was a positive or negative reaction, a change had occurred.

It was awkward.

“I guess they like me…?”

***

I returned home after finishing work.

Today was particularly tough.

Miju had been avoiding me all day, Yeojin’s glaring eyes were obvious, and Jangnam’s brother had treated me uncomfortably.

The boss said it was okay, but the tense atmosphere in the store was far from pleasant.

“I’m glad I’ll be leaving soon.”

Otherwise, we would have had another big fight.

“Phew.”

I let out a deep sigh.

[Today’s Exercise]

Work may be over, but my day is not done yet.

Exercise after work.

As soon as I got home, the system notified me of a new quest.

It was as if it knew I had finished work.

It had become a routine now, but I was so surprised at first.

“Let’s start lightly….”

I took a squat position.

Even bodyweight squats were quite challenging for me now.

How my muscles would ache after doing this.

I leaned forward yesterday, so today it’s the lower body.

“Let’s get started, then?”

As I adjusted my posture and bent my knees, ding dong!

The doorbell rang.

“Huh?”

It was close to midnight.

Who could it be at this hour?

“Who is it?”

I opened the door without any suspicion.

“Nice to see you.”

It was Haedayeong.

The second guest to visit our house after Miju.

“Why is she here?”

I hadn’t even received a quest to make her an official member yet.

“W-What’s up?”

“I-I came to work out at the gym.”

She was out of breath and her face was flushed.

She seemed to talk fast.

“At this hour?”

“Is it not allowed? I came after work last time. I thought working out after work was a natural thing.”

“Well, that’s true, but….”

She came at this hour the first time too.

“Oh, did you close already? I came to register officially today.”

Haedayeong asked with a hopeful tone.

Wait, what?

“Official registration?”

“Yes, you said it was free for the first session last time. I want to register now.”

“Oh, I see.”

“You didn’t close, did you?”

“No, not at all! Come in.”

New members were always welcome.

I led her into the house.

“Oh, I see some new equipment here?”

“I’m gradually expanding.”

“I see. Hah, hah.”

Haedayeong’s breathing behind me seemed to have gotten rougher.

Swoosh.

I heard a fabric brushing sound from behind.

Something felt off.

This sound shouldn’t be heard right now.

I turned my head to look at Haedayeong following me.

“Huh?”

She began to undress in the living room.

“Why are you undressing here?”

“Just a moment. Ma’am, the changing room is over there.”

I pointed to my room.

“I want to exercise a bit faster today… I’m quite tired. Is that okay?”

“Uh, well…”

However, Heda-young didn’t even listen to my response and finished undressing.

Swoosh.

The sound of fabric brushing echoed in the quiet house.

Wow.

Just watching made my heart race like crazy.

I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

When Heda-young unhooked her bra, her large chest swayed as she revealed her face.

“Ah!”

I found myself holding my breath without realizing it.

This is really…

Incredible.

Not paying any attention to me and undressing like this in front of me.

“I only put a hypnosis on Heda-young member that removes fatigue substances during exercise, right?”

In such a hurry that she forgets her embarrassment?

[There are no additional effects to hypnosis.]

The system pinpointed what I was curious about.

[Heda-young member currently has a satisfaction rating of 100 from the previous personal training, leading to a high desire for exercise.]

[Due to the desire for exercise, a decrease in judgment has been confirmed.]

Is that all?

Undressing and shaking her chest in front of me because she wants to exercise so badly…

“Cough.”

“I’m sorry. Trainer, don’t worry about it. You’re not the type to get aroused by looking at a member’s body.”

Uh… It’s nice that you trust me, but I’m not that kind of person.

I couldn’t bring myself to say those words.

Heda-young changed into workout clothes and stood in front of me.

The image of her naked body kept flashing in my mind.

Let’s keep that a secret.

“What kind of exercise should we do today?”

Was it because of the anticipation for the workout?

Her face was flushed.

“Uh, since it’s been a few days since you last came, let’s start by correcting your posture.”

I adjusted her posture as the system instructed.

“Alright, let’s get started.”

***

I wanted to exercise like crazy.

After exercising, I was truly happy for a few days.

My quality of life changed.

I smiled all the time, and everyone liked how radiant I looked.

My skin became more elastic, and other colleagues asked me what skincare products I used.

If Manager Jung, the popular guy in the company, made time to flirt with me, the effect must have been significant.

“I kind of wanted to go.”

But I didn’t feel like it.

What was it?

I just wasn’t attracted to it.

So I rejected his date proposal.

Four days after going to the gym, she woke up to a sluggish morning and realized.

“That gym!”

I wanted to go.

I wanted to go like crazy.

She wanted to get rid of the stress and fatigue substances that bothered her fresh morning all at once.

Even after going to work, she thought about it all day.

“I want to go, I want to go, I want to go.”

I couldn’t focus on work.

I tried climbing the stairs lightly to see if it would help after exercising, but it didn’t.

“It has to be that gym.”

She wanted to feel the intense freshness she felt when she exercised there again.

She was so desperate that she even considered taking a half-day off in the afternoon to run away.

She was so obsessed with the gym that she didn’t even know how she spent her day.

Only after finishing overtime could she finally escape to the gym.

Ding-dong!

“I want to do it. I really want to.”

Even as she pressed the bell, her body was burning up.

She was restless because she wanted to exercise no matter what.

So, to shorten the time until she could go to the changing room, she changed her clothes right there.

She didn’t care that the trainer was in front of her.

That’s how urgent she was.

She wanted to exercise.

She wanted to relieve this intense fatigue and stress.

Heda-young moved her body according to the guidance of the trainer, Jae-ho.

Squats and various weightlifting exercises were followed by other workouts gradually.

“Haa, haa.”

Despite the trainer’s diligent instruction, something was missing.

Something was…

Unlike the first day, there was a lingering dissatisfaction that couldn’t be resolved through exercise.

“What’s going on? What’s missing?”

At the moment when Hedyoung was feeling dissatisfied.

[Due to the member’s excessive desire for growth, some keywords will be temporarily changed.]

[Hedyoung: Resolving fatigue through exercise.]

[Keyword: Exercise -> Sex]

The main keyword has been changed.

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