novelraw Chapter 181 : Breathe Properly
Chapter 181 : Breathe Properly
"But, Evie, you're really thinking far ahead..."
Although aware of her personality, Elsa was still somewhat surprised.
Perhaps it's just like Evie? She's even considering things several years ahead...
"Hmph... What's wrong with long-term planning? Isn't it responsible to plan ahead?"
"Hehe, I didn't mean anything by it. I just think Evie is very reliable!"
She let go of her hand, skipped ahead, then stopped, pivoted on her toes to face her, with an expectant look.
"So... have I been included in your plans? Am I part of Evie's life plan?"
Saying this, her eyes sparkled as she gazed at her.
"Well..."
Thinking of the expensive custom rings being made, Yvonne felt a bit flustered.
Their future...
"Of course, we'll get marr—"
...Uh!!
Almost, just almost, she nearly got caught up in the momentum and blurted out her thoughts.
That was close—
Yvonne quickly shut her mouth, metaphorically zipping it.
She shifted her gaze to the side, feigning ignorance:
"Hmm~ As for specifics, how should I plan it? Oh my, I haven't really thought about it..."
"Evie, you're lying!"
"Haha."
Although she complained, the hand that re-grabbed hers slipped into the gaps between her fingers, holding tighter.
...
......
"Huff... um... ha..."
Her breathing gradually became irregular.
In the tightly closed room, only her heavy breathing could be heard.
"Elsa, you need to put more effort into it below."
"Wait— wait a moment~ Uwah!!"
As she spoke, her hand had already explored down below.
"Suddenly attacking like this is cheating~"
Yvonne sighed,
"I've been wanting to say... Elsa, your breathing rhythm seems too fast."
"Eh... but, what can I do about it... haa..."
With a flushed face, moving up and down, she replied breathlessly,
"Of course there's a way. This improper breathing habit can be corrected. Besides—if your breathing is more efficient, you can achieve twice the effect with half the effort during exercise."
"Eh... is that so?"
"That's right."
Many works involving 'martial arts' place great emphasis on 'breathing methods', such as the well-known "Demon Slayer", where breathing techniques are essential skills to master on the path to becoming stronger.
Of course, artistic works tend to be quite exaggerated. In reality, while not as dramatic, breathing can indeed have a significant effect, especially during exercise.
"...I can't... I'm at my limit—at my limit! This is really... the last one... ugh!!"
Saying words as if she was about to breathe her last, Elsa finally couldn't continue. She sprawled out, spread-eagled on the mat.
"Come on, this is only the third set of 30 sit-ups... Isn't your core strength a bit too weak?"
Yvonne, who had been counting, felt a bit helpless as she released Elsa's hands.
"Because... it's been too long since I last practiced... ha..."
"So you don't do it unless I supervise you? Really..."
Lately, Yvonne had been busier and hadn't supervised Elsa's training as before. As expected, this was the result.
But there was no helping it. Seeing Elsa gasping for breath and exhausted made her feel a bit sorry. Today's training would have to stop here.
"Let's take a break then."
"Eh? Wait a minute! You say it's a break... but why are you climbing on top of me, Evie~!"
Elsa realized that every time they exercised, Yvonne would become particularly merciless, transforming into a strict instructor and Spartan coach, unwilling to stop until she had squeezed out every last ounce of Elsa's strength.
So for any action Yvonne took in this state, Elsa's body reacted with ingrained fear.
"Just lie still and don't move. I'm going to teach you how to breathe."
"Uh, breathing lessons? How do you teach that? Don't tell me it's with your mouth? If so~ please be gentle..."
"......"
Yvonne felt her mouth twitching.
This person with her mind full of lewd thoughts is really hopeless...
Ignoring Elsa's teasing, Yvonne cleared her throat and continued teaching seriously.
"Elsa—when you exert force, you like to hold your breath, right?"
"This... it does seem to be the case?"
With Yvonne's reminder, Elsa realized that whenever she exerted herself, she would unconsciously hold her breath, disrupting her breathing rhythm.
"See? That's why you get exhausted so easily. It's all because of improper breathing habits."
"Ah..."
"Now I'll teach you how to breathe. Look... you should exhale when exerting force, and inhale when relaxing—and use your lower abdomen."
Sitting on top of her, Yvonne took Elsa's hand and placed it below her ribcage, demonstrating,
"Can you feel it? When breathing, your lower abdomen should expand your ribcage outwards... then when exhaling, focus on tightening the muscles in your upper abdomen, squeezing the air out..."
"Eh? Just breathing... there's so much to it?"
"Of course."
Elsa realized that she had lived for so many years and didn't even know how to breathe properly!
"Now it's your turn, try to counter my hand."
Yvonne crossed her hands and placed them on Elsa's lower abdomen, indicating where she should focus her effort.
"Ugh——!!"
Huff... huff...!
Elsa struggled to find the right feeling for breathing.
Breathing... was it always such a painful thing?
But gradually, under Yvonne's guidance, she finally found the right rhythm,
"How is it, have you found the feeling?"
"Ha... I think... I've got it a bit!"
She felt her whole body starting to heat up,
"That's right, just like that, continue."
"Huff——"
The correct breathing method can absorb more oxygen, helping blood carry oxygen into cells, activating every corner of the body.
But soon, she surrendered again.
"Ugh...! Wait, this time I inhaled too much... feeling dizzy."
Inhaling too much oxygen at once made Elsa feel a bit lightheaded and dizzy. If this continued, she felt she might pass out before learning how to breathe properly.
There was no choice but to pause the breathing lesson.
"You really are hopeless..."
Yvonne felt a bit helpless,
"There should be a limit to how weak you are."
"What can I do, I'm just like this..."
Covering her face with her hand, she looked a bit unwell.
Yvonne got off her and reached out to touch her still-warm cheeks.
"If you don't take care of your body now, you'll regret it when you're older."
"There you go again~ Evie, you're thinking too far ahead... You don't sound like a 16-year-old at all, more like a 30-something auntie— Yah!!"
"Who do you think I'm doing this for! You—ungrateful person!!"
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow——!! I know I was wrong, don't pinch my face!!"
Kneading her cheeks, Yvonne finally felt some of her anger dissipate.
"Ugh..."
Elsa rubbed her slightly swollen cheeks with tears in her eyes.
There's a price to pay for teasing.
"Sigh... really, after messing around with you, I'm starting to feel tired too."
Hey——!
Taking advantage of her inattention, Elsa suddenly grabbed Yvonne's arm, trying to pull her down to lie flat and become a couch potato together.
"Since you're tired, why don't you lie down and rest with me?"
"Wait a minute, so you still have energy after all!"
Was the lack of strength earlier all an act?
"Hehe~ I can muster up the strength to push Evie down if I try hard enough!"
"Oh? Then keep trying and let me see!"
This—lazy bum!!
Her fighting spirit ignited, Yvonne got serious and employed the fighting techniques she had learned before.
"Wait, Evie——I, I was just joking~ I really have no strength left~~ It hurts! It hurts!! Using joint locks on someone who's exhausted is too much, Evie——!!"
When it came to martial arts skills, Elsa was completely outmatched.
"Hmph."
Only after Elsa completely surrendered did Yvonne release her arm.
"Ugh... I give up."
Lying on the mat, Elsa was on the verge of tears, making dejected whimpers.
What to do... she's completely no match for her.
Thoroughly defeated, Elsa lay flat like a salted fish.
"Please be gentle with me from now on..."
"Really... It's not like I'm going to slice you up like a fish fillet."
Sighing, Yvonne began to knead Elsa's belly with her hands.
"Uwah~ It hurts! And it tickles...!!"
Her hands kneaded the flesh on both sides of Elsa's waist and abdomen like kneading dough, then her fingers pinched and pulled, moving upwards bit by bit, like climbing a mountain, pushing the flesh to the middle, then starting again from the bottom, gradually increasing the pressure.
"Evie, wait... it seems to be getting more painful... can you... ugh!"
Elsa pleaded, but the other party showed no signs of stopping.
"If we don't properly relax your muscles like this, you'll be sore all day when you wake up tomorrow, you know?"
Yvonne said this while mercilessly continuing to increase the pressure.
"...Then please knead a bit more, ugh!!"
"I was going to do that even without you asking——"
Ouch~~~
However, as the kneading continued, she gradually got used to the pressure.
Slowly, her body started to feel strange.
No matter what, the waist and belly area was one of her sensitive zones, but being constantly touched by her was far from satisfying.
In this situation, a feeling of restlessness arose in her heart.
"...What's wrong?"
Noticing Elsa's strange gaze,
"Can't help it... because... my body is reacting."
She mumbled softly,
The flush on her face was no longer just from the intense exercise, but due to other reasons.
Dangerous and seductive words were challenging her psychological defenses.
"You've been quite direct lately. At least take a shower first..."
"No——"
However, just as she was about to get up, Elsa held her back
"...I want to do it, I want to do it now."
Seeing her look at herself with teary eyes, Yvonne's heart started racing,
Sensible and willful, innocent and alluring... she always managed to strike a delicate balance between these attributes.
"What should I do... My upper body is also sending signals, wanting to be touched by Evie..."
Lying flat, she writhed her body, saying bold lines, only her smile remained pure and innocent.
She's really so cute, this girl.
"You won't dislike it?"
She shook her head with a light hum,
"I love being touched by Evie..."
Her current appearance was just like a puppy with 'pet me' written all over its face, pushing its head under its owner's hand.
There was no choice but to satisfy this little puppy's desire to be loved, so Yvonne slowly moved her fingertips, which were already touching her lower abdomen, upwards over her clothes.
Even caresses through clothes felt good,
So ticklish...
When touched in sensitive areas, her body trembled slightly.
"Oh... we're already there? Sorry, I didn't notice at all."
"That's the most hurtful thing you've said today, Evie."
Her chest was never large to begin with, and in this position, lying down, there was hardly anything there, almost completely flat.
Elsa glared at her resentfully. Yvonne had no choice but to console her:
"Don't worry~ They should still grow. Besides, I'm not the kind of man who likes big breasts... Staying like this is quite cute, isn't it?"
"...Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
Saying this, she reached under her armpits, using the base of her palms as support, gently lifting those two small, soft mounds. The remaining fingers followed the index fingers, gently stroking and pushing from top to bottom,
Until Elsa was so overwhelmed by the caresses that her whole body went soft and trembled, Yvonne didn't stop,
"Ugh..."
Seeming to be holding back from making sounds, she trembled and bit her lip,
"I told you earlier, right? Don't hold your breath."
Yvonne thought for a moment, then as Elsa wished, began the breathing lesson.
"...Relax a bit."
"Mm..."
Prying open Elsa's tightly closed lips, Yvonne began to try to lead her in deep breathing together.
Exhale...
Their breathing rose and fell like ocean waves,
The rhythm of the two slowly overlapped.
The pounding heartbeats also calmed down.
"You breathed properly this time."
"Mm..."
"How was it? If you learn to breathe and exchange air, you can kiss for longer like this..."
"?! Really?!"
She suddenly became motivated.
"Teacher Yvonne, I'll definitely practice hard!!"
...This girl is really easy to understand.