Chapter 12
By the time I was heading home after working out with Choi Mari, a reply from Cha Eun-joo had arrived on CocoaTalk.
「Really?!」
「(Squirrel emoji holding a light stick)」
「What a relief! Then see you at the training facility at ten!」
「I really won't be late today!」
「(Squirrel emoji bowing its head)」
…She's really cute.
Reading it while thinking of Cha Eun-joo, I nearly got an erection right there in the street. Of course, the real-life Cha Eun-joo probably couldn't say things like this in front of someone.
No, wait, would it be possible if I made her say them while hypnotized? I did want to see her blushing as she did it helplessly.
The fact that she had sent a reply now meant she was awake, so the odds of Cha Eun-joo being late today were low too.
Cha Eun-joo hated inconveniencing other people in the first place, so being late two days in a row was impossible for her.
If anything, at this rate I might be the one running a little late. My morning workout had gone on a little longer than expected.
‘Even if I go home, shower, and come right back out, it might be cutting it close.’
The problem was that Choi Mari had gotten excited after learning I’d passed the written exam. She kept saying I needed to build up my stamina somehow, if only for the practical exam.
Of course, it was also my fault for failing to call it quits and sticking with her until the end.
What could I do? When she was rubbing her breasts against my back while supposedly helping me stretch, it was impossible to exercise normal judgment.
Once we became close, Choi Mari's problem was that she made physical contact like that unconsciously. I didn't mind it since it was nice to watch when it was between girls, but I needed to restrain her so she wouldn't do it with men.
‘Now that I think about it, meeting her exactly as I am isn't really so bad.’
There was a faint smell of sweat clinging to my body, but I'd naturally start sweating once we began training anyway. In fact, we had hugged each other while sweaty yesterday and the day before, so it wasn't anything new.
Besides, Cha Eun-joo was already being conditioned through hypnosis. It might not be a bad idea to get her accustomed to my scent while I had the chance.
‘I’d probably be late almost for certain if I stopped by home anyway.’
Yesterday, I'd used being late as an excuse to freely touch Cha Eun-joo's breasts, and if I ended up being late today, I'd lose my pretext for conditioning her.
With that decision, I turned my steps toward the training facility instead of home.
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“Hey, Cha Eun-joo.”
“Oh, Seonho…!”
I arrived in front of the training-facility building about ten minutes before our appointed time, and Cha Eun-joo was already waiting.
Unlike yesterday and the day before, her messy hair had been lightly tidied. She had probably gotten up early to fix it properly before coming out. Her clothes, however, were still the same shabby black tracksuit.
“Sorry, did you wait long?”
“Oh, no! There are still ten minutes until our meeting time….”
“Still, I made you wait. Your hair looks pretty today.”
“Huh, wh-what?! R-really…?”
“Yeah. It looks neater than usual, so it’s nice to see. Your hairpin is cute, too.”
“I-I see….”
Cha Eun-joo blushed, looking strangely pleased that I had noticed the part she had paid attention to.
Judging by this alone, she definitely seemed to have developed at least some romantic interest in me as a man.
Of course, it would be strange not to develop romantic feelings after being tightly hugged, receiving a confession of love, and even having her breasts touched.
Wanting to run my hand over her glossy hair, I unconsciously reached out with my right hand, and Cha Eun-joo naturally pushed the crown of her head toward it.
-Sliiide.
“It smells nice. What shampoo do you use?”
“I-I don't know…? I-I just use whatever's at home….”
“Oh, sorry. I touched you with a sweaty hand after working out.”
“No, it’s okay…. W-we’ll have to touch each other once training starts anyway….”
“Really? Then can I touch it some more?”
“…J-just a little….”
She was still embarrassed, but she didn't refuse to let me stroke her hair—in fact, she even seemed to like it.
The thought that my conditioning over the past two days was proceeding successfully came to mind, and for some reason my cock began to stir.
Yesterday, I'd only progressed as far as lightly touching her breasts, but I was also looking forward to seeing how far I could go today.
“Let’s train first. After we finish, we’ll go get something to eat together.”
“Y-yeah….”
Harboring lewd thoughts in my heart, I led Cha Eun-joo into the training facility.
Of course, I didn't forget to pay the training-facility fee so she would feel guilty.
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“Let’s stop training here for today. Five orcs should be enough; there’s no need to increase the number any further.”
“U-uh, o-okay…. S-so this is it for today….”
“We have time left, so let’s do the hypnosis treatment now too. Come here, Cha Eun-joo.”
“Ah, uh, o-okay…. Should we…?”
It had already been three days since Cha Eun-joo and I began hunting holographic monsters at the training facility.
By now, I was boldly announcing that I would hypnotize her after training, as if it were simply the natural next part of our routine.
I had to make each action feel ordinary like this; then, even if she eventually sensed something strange, she wouldn't be able to voice it easily. If I asked, ‘You were fine with it until now, so why suddenly?’ timid Cha Eun-joo wouldn't be able to logically argue back.
This wouldn't work well when pursuing the other heroines, but it worked on Cha Eun-joo.
If I could use her timid personality to condition her quickly, I wouldn't hesitate to do so.
“All right, I’m going to hypnotize you.”
“O-okay….”
Even though she knew what I was going to do to her, Cha Eun-joo couldn't refuse and instead thrust her head toward me.
I placed my hand on her head and began conditioning her through hypnosis again today.
「Suggestion: Hypnosis ※ Target: Cha Eun-joo」
-Squeeze.
“…Ngh, huff….”
By now, I didn't even ask whether she was hypnotized. Even without that step, Cha Eun-joo would now naturally act as if she were hypnotized.
-Soft.
“Mmph, mmph….”
As I pulled her small body into my arms, I felt the soft sensation of one of her more sizable body parts pressing against me.
-Squeeze!
“Ngh, hya…?!”
Today, too, I pretended to accidentally move my hand downward and kneaded Cha Eun-joo's buttocks with all my strength.
-Knead, knead….
“Hngh…!! Eek…….”
‘Haa, this is driving me crazy. I want to pull down these tracksuit pants, shove my cock inside her, and fuck her just like this.’
No matter how much it was for the sake of perfect conditioning, I couldn't help feeling frustrated after three days of halfway physical intimacy.
With her huge breasts and soft buttocks, it was incredibly difficult to restrain myself in front of a woman whose body was practically made for sex.
Even more so because, if I made up my mind, I could force things and have sex with her at any time.
‘But all I’d gain from that would be Cha Eun-joo’s body.’
Some might say that alone was enough, but I didn't think that way.
Cha Eun-joo was a heroine of 『Surviving at Hunter Academy』. Her abilities would definitely be useful if I kept her by my side.
A villainous extra I planned to sleep with once or twice for amusement and then discard could perhaps be treated that way, but I couldn't condition Cha Eun-joo like that. I had to build a bond with her strong enough that she wouldn't yield even if the original protagonist pursued her.
In the first place, I personally liked Cha Eun-joo, so I didn't want to treat her roughly.
-Sliiide.
“Hoo, hoo….”
After ending the hug during which I had kneaded her buttocks, Cha Eun-joo let out a slightly relieved sigh as she was released from my arms.
She seemed to be cautiously releasing the excitement she had felt while held in my arms.
By now, she accepted both being held by me without a word and having her buttocks touched under the pretense of an accident as ‘something she could simply let slide,’ so the conditioning process was proceeding quite smoothly.
Of course, considering how far Cha Eun-joo and I had progressed yesterday, I couldn't stop here. Once we'd progressed to the point of touching her breasts, the next day had to go further, no matter what.
Slowly but surely, advancing one step at a time was the safest way to condition Cha Eun-joo.
“Eun-joo.”
“……Uh, yeah.”
“Yesterday, when I touched your breasts while you were hypnotized, how did it feel?”
“H-how did it feel…?”
“Yeah. I want you to tell me honestly. Without lying.”
In the first place, even if she wanted to lie while hypnotized, she wouldn't be able to.
Her answer was practically predetermined. Everything she experienced while hypnotized would feel to her like something she had wanted to do herself.
“I-it wasn’t unpleasant….”
“If it wasn’t unpleasant, does that mean you liked it?”
“…A little. I liked it.”
“……Really?”
-…Nod.
Her voice trembling, Cha Eun-joo gave a very careful nod.
The sight of her timid nature forcing her to pour out her true feelings under hypnosis was so arousing that my cock kept twitching inside my pants.
“Cha Eun-joo.”
“……Yeah.”
“I’m only asking this if you really, really don't dislike it.”
“……”
“If having your breasts touched by me yesterday really did feel good to you.”
“……”
“Then…could I touch them again today?”
It had probably been permission for ‘just once’ for Cha Eun-joo yesterday.
She had probably intended to allow me to touch her breasts only once as an apology for being two hours late.
But once 『Suggestion: Hypnosis』 was in effect, Cha Eun-joo's original intention didn't matter much. Her breasts were practically mine now, after all.
“Answer me, Eun-joo. If you really didn’t like me touching you, I won’t do it today.”
“……”
“But if it felt good when I touched you, let me touch you again today. It’s not as though you disliked how it felt, either.”
“……”
-Nod.
Cha Eun-joo's head moved up and down very slowly, but with unmistakable intent.
This was exactly the response I wanted to keep drawing out of her.
If I simply reached for Cha Eun-joo's breasts and asked, ‘I touched them yesterday, so it’s okay today too, right?’ it would just be sexual harassment.
Cha Eun-joo had to clearly realize that she had enjoyed being touched, and therefore clearly understand that she was giving me permission to touch her breasts.
Only then would she think, even after the hypnosis wore off, that she had let me touch her breasts because she wanted to, and would regard having them touched under hypnosis as natural.
“Thank you, Cha Eun-joo.”
“……”
“Then I’ll touch them. Don’t run away; stay still.”
-Soft.
“Mmph, hngh….”
The moment both my hands touched her large breasts, Cha Eun-joo's body jerked in surprise. Even so, she showed no sign of resisting or trying to escape.
She might not have felt like resisting because she was hypnotized, but more importantly, her own will was involved.
-Soft, soft.
“Hngh, hah…! Hoo…!”
-Soft, soft, soft.
“Haaa, sob, hah…!! Hngh, hyaat….”
Standing rigidly and unable even to think of running away, Cha Eun-joo let me slowly savor her soft breasts with both hands.
I also made sure to please her, so that in the future Cha Eun-joo would genuinely look forward to having me touch her breasts.