* * *
The assailant could not stand it and moved first. With a big movement, he aimed for Philip’s torso and shouted the regime, but Philip succeeded in dodging the attack without difficulty.
It was easily dodged, but if it had been hit properly, it had destructive power that would have broken it somewhere.
The technology itself acquired was close to completion, but the application ability was below the standard. Philip calmly put in a counter while dodging the next attack.
The first fist turned his jaw, and the second put a knee into his side.
Even in a situation where a normal person would have already lost his fighting power, the assailant felt only pain and charged Philip like a mad buffalo.
‘You believe in durability and rush at random. No matter how long I can hold out, let’s take a look.’
“aaagh! Like this loach!”
The assailant let out a scream-like roar in anger. His attacks did not reach Philip with only a towel on his bare feet.
‘It’s like that because I fight without thinking.’
It would have worked well against lower level opponents, but it was just a moving punching bag for opponents who couldn’t hit. I could send it in one shot if I wanted to, but I wasn’t confident not to kill it, so Philip only dealt a moderate blow.
Philip laughed at the assailant and blocked his movement by kicking him in the knee whenever he tried to do something. After about ten seconds, the assailant felt that his legs were not responding.
Sensing defeat, the assailant prepared the strongest attack possible to overcome the situation.
“Aww! f*ck you!”
It was a punch that carried all of its weight and aura. Watching until the end of the blow that seemed to smash his head, Phillip slipped sideways and completely turned his chin with a hook with his right hand.
The assailant’s exposed eyes turned upward. He staggered as if trying to resist the mind-bending shock, but soon, unable to resist the commands of his brain, he plunged head first into the hot spring water.
It was then that the soldiers and bodyguards began to play their part. It was because of the wall that the assailant had knocked down.
“Gwa, are you okay?”
“It’s not very good, so go get it.”
“Oh my God, fighting him bare-handed and winning is really amazing. He is so powerful that he can knock down even four knights armed with armor… Oh, sorry.”
A female bodyguard armed like a knight stared at Philip in admiration, then noticed his outfit and blushed.
“I don’t think this is the time to praise me. What kind of fuss is this? I booked this place because it was the quietest and safest place. Do I have to go through this?”
“ah… that is. I’m really sorry. I have nothing to say.”
Admiring Philip’s performance, the bodyguard finally came to his senses and bowed.
“Let’s go in sooner than that. Philip. kids will be cold What is this?”
Felicia said as she comforted the students. Philip nodded slightly and told the bodyguard.
“Call the person in charge. I need an explanation for this matter.”
* * *
“What the f*ck, oh my god. You can’t kill that damn bastard!”
The owner of Hardin Hot Springs was Viscount Hardin. After receiving this hot spring as a gift from the red dragon Hardiana, the ancestors even changed the family name to Hardin and managed the hot spring from generation to generation.
As soon as Viscount Deborah Hardin, now thirty-two years old, heard the news of the attacker’s intrusion, she felt a regurgitation of the bread she ate four hours ago.
“Of course! All of a sudden, Yusef Sang Sangju is harassing the guest who directly organized the reservation!”
Youssef Sangin was the most important business partner of Hardin Hot Springs. All ornaments and building materials to satisfy the tastes of guests from all over the continent were brought in through Yousef, and the food materials used in the restaurant and materials used in other leisure facilities were also from Yousef.
It wouldn’t have been such a disaster if this incident led to a rift with the Yusef corps. The influence of the Yusef guild was too great to be called aristocrats.
It was a family that had walked the path of a merchant rather than an aristocrat for hundreds of years in the first place, so they had to act faster than anyone else.
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Viscount Deborah Hardin headed straight to the villa where the distinguished guests, namely Philip and the students, were staying.
“I’m really sorry. customer. It is our fault for not preventing such an unfortunate incident in advance. If you kindly go over it just once, I will definitely repay you.”
Philip and Felicia looked at each other and exchanged glances when a man who was almost a viscount came to them without hesitation and sinned against the plaster.
‘How to?’
‘I have to accept it, what can I do?’
Among the siblings who exchanged opinions only with their eyes, the younger brother stepped forward.
“You are the first to apologize, so I can’t help but accept it. After all, they are seniors in life more than us, so there is no need to be too polite.”
“No, no. How can you not feel bad that such a thing happened in a space that should be the most private? Moreover, since they are students of the academy, what a shock it must be to their young minds… .”
Looking at Viscount Hardin, who appeared too low-key even in the position of viscount, reminded me of the fact that personal connections are important in the world.
No matter how noble the Oswald family was, if Philip had not been closely linked to the Yusef family, such a reaction would not have come out.
Philip was unexpectedly friendly and the viscount, who took a breather, soon came up with a compensation plan.
“As an apology to all guests who have suffered damage, we will ensure that you can enjoy a dinner from our family’s most outstanding chef during your stay. We also issue a membership pass that allows you to use the hot springs for free once a year… .”
It was an excessive reward that made Felicia’s eyes wide open. In terms of gold coins, it would have exceeded a hundred per person.
But Philip asked for one more thing.
“In addition, if you allow me to visit the hot spring, I will pretend that this never happened.”
“You mean ten thousand? Why is it there? How do you know the existence of ten thousand in the first place?”
Viscount Hardin asked in surprise. The thermal spring was the source of the Hardin hot spring, and because of the full heat and steam, it was so hot that if you put a chicken in it, it would become a boiled chicken in an instant, so people stopped walking.
“It’s okay if you’re in trouble.”
“No, it is not difficult. I’m just curious what you’re going to do there. If you’re okay with that… .”
There was nothing he could do there, so Viscount Jardin nodded easily.
“And one more thing, please don’t let the assailant get around, at least while we’re here. Rather, what will happen to him?”
The viscount’s expression darkened at Philip’s question.
“… ah. It’s him. They will probably spend a few days in prison and then be released.”
“Even with this mayhem?”
When Felicia asked in surprise, the viscount nodded.
“… yes. He didn’t hurt anyone seriously, and he broke a few things. His guardian has no choice but to pay compensation and let him go. In fact, even though he is lacking, his mentality is not bad. The reason why robbers and thieves have gone down around here is because of him and the group he belongs to.”
“Do you know him well?”
“It’s a guy named Lyle, and he’s a friend who learns some kind of martial arts from somewhere and goes on a rampage claiming to establish justice in the world.”
‘It must have been him.’
‘Kwonchi’ Lyle. In the original work, it was an NPC that I occasionally encountered here and there. Quite strong, but with a low intelligence setting, you could see them in danger or often becoming corpses whenever they encountered them.
It means that if you leave it alone, you will be destined to die somewhere.
It was clear that life would be very tiring if he became involved with this walking corpse. In addition, the group to which Lyle belonged was also a tired group that could be called a nuisance itself.
“I will take responsibility and make sure there is no more misfortune than this.”
At the viscount’s assertion, Philip nodded.
“That would be fine.”
* * *
Philip, along with Felicia, Lua, and Chanya Uzechu, headed for the hot springs, guided by Viscount Hardin’s nephew Flandis Hardin, who was in charge of security.
When she came to the tourist destination and was suddenly told to climb a mountain, Felicia expressed dissatisfaction.
“What do you mean we have to go together here?”
‘Sure, what is this place?’
Flandis Hardin, who was walking in silence in front of him, also thought so, but did not show it. As far as she knew, this was just a place with filthy hot water.
The thermal spring was the entrance to the mountain range behind the hot spring. After passing through the underground cave and descending to a certain extent, I felt the stuffiness in the air.
“Guests, I will wait outside.”
Flandis Hardin immediately fled. She was only a guide, and she didn’t want to experience getting her underwear wet with sweat.
The floor was hot enough to pierce through the soles of my shoes, and a few drops of sweat flowed with every step I took, as if I had entered a dry sauna when I had a load of firewood.
“… It’s too hot.”
Lua flapped her collar with her fingers and panted like a puppy on a summer day. It was a level of heat that could not be endured by human patience.
“if… Why did you bring me?”
Cha and Ujechu, who were dragged in out of nowhere, felt a desire to take off their clothes in the excessive heat. If it hadn’t been for Philip, I would have taken off my underwear.
‘It’s all about wanting you guys.’
Philip sighed and moved on. Perhaps because of the aura filled with the elixir, the heat of this place did not burden him too much.
It was the same for Felicia, but her expression wasn’t too uncomfortable.
‘Since I drank that good elixir, there must be some change.’
Her expression suddenly brightened as if she realized how positively her body had changed. When her eyes met Philip’s, she smiled bashfully and mouthed her thanks.
“If you can’t stand it, change into this and follow me.”
Philip put out a few clothes from his luggage. One of the products of ‘Copia’, which I recently became a member of, was a striped swimsuit with a childish design.
“Professor, please change into this. Because I have to go into the water.”
“… you go into the water? What water?”
“I know when I see it.”
Felicia felt extremely uneasy about something, but decided to follow her sister’s words for now.
‘But you can tell me what you plan to do.’
She pursed her lips and went to a corner with the students to change into a skimpy bathing suit. Of course, it was an old fashioned design by Philip’s standards, but for them, it was just a strange outfit that was more exposed than pajamas.
But it was a lot cooler, so I didn’t really have any complaints. In the case of Chanya Ujechu, she wore cooler clothes than this when she lived in the forest, Felicia was a brother and sister, and Lua didn’t seem to be shy in the first place.
Seeing the group wearing clogs, Philip nodded and went down deeper.
Soon after, a large spring appeared.
‘… Ten thousand here.’
It seemed to be no different from the well of groundwater springing up. The only minor difference is that it is so hot that the spring boils.
“too… It’s hot. hehehehe… .”
Chanya tried to control her body temperature by exhaling, but Lua started to stagger as if she was dizzy. Philip took Lua’s hand and injected some aura into her body.
As the aura pushed away the heat, Lua’s expression instantly eased. I could only feel the warmth of lying down by a fire.
“As you would have guessed, I’m going in there.”
Philip said, pointing to the bubbling hot springs. Then Chanya’s brown skin turned pale.
“Did I do something wrong, Instructor? If you go in there, you will die. Did you bring me here for this?”
Phillip smiled as he saw Chanya, who was white and stuttering.
The thermal spring here had the effect of increasing the durability of the body and removing wastes from the body accumulated during life.
In the game, there was an effect of increasing various statuses instead of continuously depleting HP, and it was a course that was essential to attend if there was an event related to hot springs.
Of course, there was an upper limit, but the expected profit was pretty good.
It looks like a fountain of hell, but it didn’t die the moment it entered. Of course, Luana Chanya wouldn’t last even a few seconds if she went in naked.
And Johnny’s, Stefan’s, and Cheryl’s wouldn’t even get this far. Of course Camilla did too. Among the students who came here, only Luana Chanya, who trained her body, was able to come this far.
Haley Baroun had experienced this place, as she knew, when she was very young, led by her grandfather.
“You don’t have to worry about dying. It might be a little hot, but you’ll feel better once you’re inside.”
Philip gently comforted Chanya. But she stared at Philip with suspicious eyes. Philip reluctantly gestured to Felicia.
“professor. wait for a sec.”
“… You really aren’t going to put your kids in there, are you? this is abuse know?”
“Okay, so come see me for a second. professor.”
As Felicia approached while tilting her head, Philip quickly grabbed her by the waist and jumped high after holding her in her arms.
“Quaaa! hey!! Philip!”
Startled, Felicia struggled, but her body was already floating in the air, and Philip’s arms showed no signs of loosening.
Philip fell into the hot springs, holding onto Felicia. Water splashed everywhere and Felicia screamed for her throat to break.
“Aww! hot! let go of this! I felt like I was going to die of heat!”
“Is it really hot?”
When Philip asked, Felicia shouted as she hit Philip with her fist as if it were natural.
“Of course it’s hot, you fool! I came into boiling water! however… Why isn’t it hot?”
Felicia suddenly realized that it wasn’t hot at all and widened her eyes. The hot spring was not ordinary flowing water. Felicia stirred her limbs as if she were curious because of the strange feeling of being inside a low-density jelly.
It had a soft, silky texture that was pleasant to the touch.
“The clothes you’re wearing right now, that’s a magic item enchanted with heat blocking magic. It blocks direct heat from the body.”
“… this?”
Felicia pulled the stomach part of her swimsuit and released it. She flinched at the sensation of the spandex swimsuit hitting her skin.
Felicia, who couldn’t understand it no matter how much she thought about it, couldn’t help but ask a question.
“What kind of perverted sorceress would cast such a spell on such embarrassing clothes?”
“I don’t know either. professor. Because it’s something I got.”
Philip couldn’t understand either. The principle of blocking the heat in a swimsuit that exposes all of the legs and arms was working mysteriously to the extent that even that could not be grasped.
As much as the effect of the items sold in ‘Copia’, even Philip could not properly grasp the effect.
‘It seems that a divine being is involved.’
I was only guessing that way.
“Chanya, Lua. you guys come in too I’ll be out in a few minutes, so it should be bearable.”
“yes!”
Lua answered brightly and jumped into the heat.
“… Hick!”
Chanya was startled by the sight and closed her eyes tightly before opening. Then, I saw Lua clinging to Felicia’s side, wriggling.
‘… Is it true?’
Chanya, who did not let go of the string of doubt until the end, also put her legs into the hot spring. Strangely, it wasn’t hot at all. It just felt like being in water with a temperature similar to body temperature.
While Chanya was impressed by the performance of the magic item, Felicia started scratching herself.
“Oh, Professor. Are you itchy?”
To Lua’s question, Felicia answered with an awkward smile.
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“… I know? It tickles me a little. I washed earlier… .”
Soon, her pores opened and the impurities accumulated in her body began to leak out. As the area around her body turned black, Philip pulled Lua away from her.
“this… Why is this?”
When Felicia asked in tears, Philip replied with a smile.
“It’s about getting rid of waste products accumulated in the body. It will all be gone in a few minutes, so be still.”
Felicia blushed at the bizarre phenomenon of sputum coming out of her body. As Chanya, who had been paying attention, moved towards Philip, Felicia became tearful and shed tears.
“mi… Could you have told me in advance… huh?”
This was several times more than showing her naked body. Soon, the same phenomenon occurred in the body of Chanya Ujechu.
Luckily, the hot springs had such a powerful purifying function that the impurities quickly evaporated.
The same phenomenon did not occur in the bodies of Philip and Lua.
‘As expected, this kid… .’
It was a story that almost no impurities were accumulated in the body from the beginning. Fat that obstructs blood flow, and takgi accumulated in the aura passageway were things that were inevitably accumulated as they were born and lived.
The fact that there is almost no such thing was the story that I was born with that constitution from the beginning. It could be said that one out of hundreds of thousands of people had a constitution.
And Philip seemed to be born that way too.
‘Philip, you’re saying that this bastard was born with a body like this and then dies like that? If that’s a skill, it’s a skill.’
Seeing Lua waving her hands in the water, Philip smiled.
Then Philip, who suddenly felt something like a gaze, tensed his body and looked in a certain direction.
“What is there?”
As Lua tilted her head, Philip shook her head.
“No, nothing. How is your body?”
“Um… I do not know. It seems to have gotten a little lighter.”
“okay? I think it’s done now, go outside with the professor and change your clothes. professor? You may leave now.”
“… … okay. If the instructor tells you to do it, you have to do it.”
Felicia, downcast, grumbled and took the students out. As soon as he confirmed that she and the students were away, Philip asked, staring into empty space.
“Who are you there?”
Then, a crack formed in the empty space, and soon a red-haired fox beast appeared. Philip watched the phenomenon quite a bit.
‘portal… ?’
It was portal magic that could be said to be the exclusive property of dragons.
Those swimsuits are for the DLC, the extra money you know.