Chapter 18: Relax, This Play’s Totally Safe

The strongest warrior of Donghui Kingdom—
A world-renowned swordmaster who had transcended the ordinary and reached sainthood—
Leon Alex was now doing something he could never have imagined in his life:

Sneaking into the women’s section of a hot spring resort to spy on a girl.

All because he was too worried.

He just couldn’t help but suspect that Fiora and Vivian might be doing something strange together in that luxurious private room.

He had to see it with his own eyes to confirm.

So, on a momentary impulse, Leon bought an invisibility potion from the black market merchant and decided to sneak into their bath.

At this point, there was no turning back.

This invisibility potion was special, too—not like a mage’s practical invisibility spell.

“Lord Sword Saint, remember,” the black market merchant had warned,
“The effect of this potion is to erase your presence, not make you literally invisible.”

“For example—you can see the pebbles on the side of the road, but you don’t pay them any mind, right?”
“This potion works like that.”
“So, the moment someone consciously notices you, the effect will break.”
“Therefore, please be extremely cautious when using it.”

Those were the merchant’s exact words.

Also, the potion didn’t make clothes disappear.

So Leon first went to the men’s hot spring, stripped down, drank the potion, and—after confirming that no one could sense him anymore—gathered his courage and slipped into the women’s section.

Leon firmly believed this was the craziest thing he had ever done in his life.

Honestly, even when he’d fought the Demon Lord Diablo alone, that had felt like a trivial errand compared to this.

Now, he was surrounded by women.

A crowd of naked women.

He felt like he was about to go insane.

Leon told himself over and over:
Other women are completely worthless to look at.
Only Fiora’s flat-chested loli body has the highest viewing value.

Despite this self-suggestion, women would pass in front of him from time to time, making his blood flow faster and turning him unbearably hot.

The entire bathhouse was filled with a dangerous, intoxicating fragrance that nearly melted his self-control.

To calm himself down, Leon launched into a fresh round of self-hypnosis:

Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else.
Quickly find Fiora, don’t look at anyone else…

Leon clenched his fists, forcing himself to stay focused.

At last, after enduring the mental torture for what felt like an eternity, Leon finally found Fiora and Vivian’s private room.

He swallowed hard.

With a do-or-die expression, he slipped inside.

“Ahaha… this is my first time at a hot spring since I was born.”

“Fiora, you’ve never been to Sunrise City before?”

“Mhm. Before, I was always at the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow—uh, it’s nothing.”

Leon heard his sister and Fiora chatting casually.

Through the shadows cast by the frosted glass window, he could make out the two of them changing clothes.

He quickly lightened his steps, carefully cracked the door open, and slipped into the hot spring first.

Since this was an expensive, deluxe private bath, there was no one else here—
Except for Fiora, Vivian, and a certain suspicious Sword Saint.

That should be Fiora, Leon thought, peeking from his hiding spot.
She’s coming.
I should move farther away first to avoid being discovered.

Leon shrank into a corner of the bath, keeping his distance from the center.

That way, even if Fiora and Vivian came in, they wouldn’t notice him right away.

He lowered his head, eyes squeezed shut.

I absolutely will not commit such a shameless, hooligan act as peeking at girls in the bath.

I came here to confirm a situation.

Otherwise, what’s the difference between me and a pervert?

Leon, man of unyielding integrity, solemnly declared to himself that he would not commit any ungentlemanly acts.

The sound of bare feet softly splashing against the wet floor reached his ears.

It was like the music of heaven.

Leon lifted his head.

He saw two pairs of girls’ legs.

His eyes were immediately drawn to the fairer, smaller pair of feet.

At a glance, he knew they belonged to Fiora.

If not for his Mind Like Still Water skill, he probably would have exploded like a bomb on the spot.

Fiora and Vivian entered the hot spring together, chatting and laughing.

Their voices weren’t too far away, but Leon couldn’t hear the details of their conversation clearly.

More importantly, the two girls hadn’t noticed Leon at all.

They paid no mind to the large man quietly lurking in the hot spring.

This finally allowed Leon’s tightly wound heart to relax a bit.

He even silently thanked the black market merchant for his help.

Growing bolder, Leon thought:

I can’t hear their conversation clearly from here.

Maybe I should get just a little bit closer.

Just a little bit.

Inside the hot spring, Leon slowly shifted his body, inching toward the girls in a way that wouldn’t draw attention.

It’s fine. The invisibility potion is reliable.

As long as Fiora and Vivian don’t perceive me, I won’t be discovered.

Leon tried to soothe his own nervous, excited heart.