Anything But Study

“You can teach me.”
“Me… teach you?”

A week before she was to be sold off as the concubine of an old noble because of debt,
Melia, the top student of Erpen Academy, was offered a high-paying tutoring job.

“If I give it to you, then you don’t have to withdraw, right?”

From none other than Hailon, the heir of the Duke of Alfred.

A man who seemed to have not a single point of contact with Melia.
But why did every tutoring session with him make her heart race so much?

It had gotten to the point where she didn’t know why things kept turning strange.

***

“St-stop…”
“You’re not about to say you can’t do this now, are you, Melia?”

His voice carried a hint of laughter, but Melia instinctively knew.
That smile was not merciful.

Rather, it carried impatience and obsession.

Hailon’s attitude made it clear there was no such option as stopping here.
His firm voice rang out.

“You have to let me suck to my heart’s content. It’s a promise.”
“Th-that…”

This was exactly why.
The promise with Hailon.

She had never dreamed he would actually achieve scores high enough on this exam to challenge her top position.
If she had known, she would never have let careless words slip.
The truth was, Melia still had doubts.

“But Hailon, for your grades to suddenly…”
“Didn’t you know, Melia? You’re the one who taught me everything.”

There was a subtle joy in Hailon’s voice as he answered.