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110. Envy.

Thud- Thud-

After meeting Sarah, Johan and his party were walking along the main street with her sword squad.

Johan was walking side by side with Sarah, and a certain man was constantly bombarding Johan with questions.

It was the man who had shouted earlier.

“How did you get to know the Grand Master?”

“We lived in the same village when we were young.”

Johan answered indifferently. Perhaps his attitude didn’t sit well with the man, who frowned.

“Same village? Maybe you got separated by accident······.”

Clack-

Johan stopped walking. And he glared at the man with cold eyes.

“Why are you so curious? Vice Captain. Perhaps, are you harboring feelings of affection for Lady Sarah?”

The man was visibly flustered. It was amusing to see him constantly checking Sarah’s expression.

“H-Huh? What, what are you talking about! Don’t talk nonsense!”

At that moment, Sarah opened her mouth in a chilling manner from the side.

“Nonsense?”

“······Huh?”

Swoosh-

Immediately, her sword was quietly floating above the man’s eyes.

The man was startled and took a step back, but the blade continued to follow.

Thud!

Eventually, the man couldn’t overcome her overwhelming presence and fell on his butt.

Only then did she sheath her sword.

“Speak politely. Vice Captain. If you intimidate Esquire Johan one more time······.”

Snip, the man’s collar is cut off. The man’s spine tingled. If she had cut just a little closer, his neck would have been cut off!

“You should give up on the thought of relinquishing your position as Vice Captain alive.”

“Yes, yes······.”

Johan nodded in satisfaction. Yes, this is more like her.

Johan said with a hateful smile.

“Don’t scare him too much. Isn’t getting to the detached residence the priority?”

“Ah, that’s true.”

Johan reached out and grabbed the man’s wrist. And he pulled him up with force.

Yellow dust was on the man’s robe. Johan brushed it off. The man’s face turned as red as a carrot.

“Haha, Vice Captain. Let’s be careful.”

After saying that, Johan turned around and followed her.

The Vice Captain’s body trembled. He was humiliated.

‘That damn bastard······.’

***

The group entered a detached residence that felt simple.

Sarah said to a man with the impression of a scholar.

“Guide these people to their rooms. The best rooms possible.”

“Yes.”

The man obediently carried out her orders. Johan and his party were assigned rooms according to the man’s guidance.

The man politely bowed and asked the group.

“There is a bathhouse in our detached residence. Shall I guide you?”

Johan readily nodded.

“Please.”

“Yes. I will escort you.”

It wasn’t like their bodies were dirty. It was easy to maintain cleanliness thanks to Johan’s spell.

‘Still, soaking in warm water is on a different level.’

A huge bathhouse appeared before the eyes of Johan and his party who followed the man. The scale was quite large and clean, it seemed like a place that was specially managed on a regular basis.

Cheeeeee-!

“Hooeeeee······!”

Master let out a strange moan and relaxed his body.

“Good, good. Disciple. What is your relationship with that woman? Even if it’s a long-standing relationship, to bring you to the detached residence.”

Jangcheong was pretending not to care, but he was perking up his ears. He became curious.

“Didn’t I tell you? We just grew up in the same village.”

“Are you telling me to believe that?”

“Don’t believe it if you don’t want to.”

“Impertinent fellow.”

Master said that, but he didn’t really care.

He was just satisfied that he had gotten a good place to sleep.

The group enjoyed the bath for a while. Just as they were about to get up, the entrance to the bathhouse slid open.

Johan tilted his head with a question.

‘Didn’t they say that no one could enter?’

The man who guided the group earlier had clearly said that.

However, Johan understood when he saw the face of the man who entered.

“Nice to meet you. Vice Captain. Have you come to enjoy a bath?”

“······Yes.”

The Vice Captain said in an almost inaudible voice. Johan smirked.

He seemed to think he was hiding it well, but the animosity felt subtly stinging.

Johan raised his palm and scooped up water in a leisurely manner.

“The water is very clear. It must be because it’s well managed.”

“······.”

The Vice Captain kept approaching.

And with a splash, he sat next to Johan, causing a violent spray of water.

He said.

“I’ll get straight to the point. Interdimensional Being. Leave the Grand Master’s side.”

Oh, so he knows my identity. Well, since he’s the same status as Yeom Han-jin, it’s definitely possible.

“······.”

“The Grand Master will become a key executive of the Black King Castle in the future. Of course, she is important now, but she will become even greater in the future.”

“······.”

His face moved closer. The Vice Captain glared fiercely and said.

“Just one day, only one day. If you stick around here any longer than that, I will punish you myself.”

When Johan didn’t answer, the Vice Captain growled.

“Answer.”

“Get out.”

“What?”

“Won’t the water get dirty? The quality of the bath is deteriorating because of you. Now that I see it, you smell bad too. Hurry up and get out.”

The muscles in his face twitched.

“You······ bastard!”

Whoosh, the Vice Captain quickly stretched out his right arm.

Johan watched this with an indifferent gaze, then tilted his head slightly.

Whoosh-!

The muscular arm brushed over Johan’s face.

The Vice Captain was surprised.

“You! You’re pretty fast!”

“An ambush, Lady Sarah would scold you.”

When Johan said that, the man roared.

“How dare you! Don’t call that person’s name with your dirty mouth!”

The Vice Captain instinctively brought his hand to his waist. But this was a bathhouse. He was currently naked. There was no way he could have a sword.

The Vice Captain made a blank sound.

“······Huh?”

It was an opportunity.

Jangcheong and Master, who were watching this from the side, quickly rushed in.

“To ambush the Lord!”

Jangcheong threw a punch, and Master kicked.

The Vice Captain snorted. Even if two small fries joined forces, nothing would change.

The Vice Captain’s hands blurred. He was planning to shatter the two men’s jaws. At the same time, Johan flicked his finger.

Jjeoooooooong!!!

“Kkeuaaaak!”

A faint membrane that suddenly appeared blocked the Vice Captain’s strike. The Vice Captain screamed in pain as if both hands were shattering.

Thanks to this, Jangcheong and Master’s attacks hit the Vice Captain’s body accurately.

Master’s foot hit his waist, and Jangcheong’s fist struck his face.

“Keuheok!”

The Vice Captain hurriedly took a step back. Jangcheong and Master were not going to miss this golden opportunity.

Their fists and kicks poured down like thunder.

Pabababak!

The Vice Captain’s entire body was shaken mercilessly. His lips were torn and blood splattered, and his hair was disheveled.

“S-Stop! Can’t you stop!”

But even a rotten crucian carp is still a crucian carp. The Vice Captain showed off a fluent back kick and created distance, taking advantage of the gap where the two men retreated.

There was his weapon on the floor. It was the long sword he had thrown down when he took off his clothes earlier.

Swoosh-

He hurriedly drew his sword. He was showing a rather foolish figure, but he was a man of the same status as Yeom Han-jin.

He must be a fairly skilled person. Johan also looked at him and drew a sword from his inventory.

“The water is definitely clear, but there is a loach that is dirtying it. For the sake of Lady Sarah’s face, I won’t kill you.”

The Vice Captain’s face turned red at Johan’s words.

“I don’t know what kind of sorcery you’ve used! But I will never forgive you!”

“It’s just deploying Hostile Vigor. Your imagination is excessive.”

“Shut- up!”

Swoosh-!

With a sound like wind leaking out, the Vice Captain’s sword was drawn. His sword strike slashed down in a diagonal line.

Johan grabbed the sword hilt with both hands and lifted it upwards. The two long swords collided in the air.

Kwaaaang!

“······!”

A circular shockwave spread around them. The bathwater surged violently.

In the scattering droplets of water, the eyes of the two men met intensely.

A single water droplet falling slowly obscured their vision. Immediately after, they retrieved their swords and unleashed their sword strikes again.

Rustle-

The water droplet was divided into exactly four parts and burst in all directions.

The Vice Captain gritted his teeth and put strength into his entire body. Johan was slightly taller, but the muscle mass and the depth of internal energy were superior on this side.

At least, that’s how the Vice Captain saw it. His deltoid muscles twitched and put strength into the sword.

“Heuhah!”

“Hup!”

Clang!

Contrary to his expectations, it was the Vice Captain who was knocked back. The Vice Captain’s ribs were wide open.

An opportunity was seen, and the magician did not miss it.

Johan kicked with his back foot, using his right foot as a pivot.

Ppeoooooeok!!

A large footprint appeared on his abdomen, and the Vice Captain flew far away, parting the water.

Kwaaareung-!

The rock that marked the boundary of the bathhouse was shattered. Only then did the Vice Captain’s form finally stop.

Johan slowly lowered his left foot and stared ahead. The Vice Captain was writhing like a live fish.

“Will you do more?”