## Chapter 473 – Sword Energy Man Kim Katt
The air outside was refreshing.
My steps were light too.
Something I’ve realized recently is that even when my mana is depleted, I don’t feel like I’m about to lose my mind like before.
I guess I’ve gotten used to it.
Repeatedly exhausting my mana through training seems to have adapted that part of me.
Even if I completely run out of mana during a fight, I probably won’t fall into a groggy state anymore. Honestly, that was fucking critical. Every time I thought about those goddamn sons of bitches turning on their ‘prey the weak’ mode and rushing at me when I was all worn out from using up all my mana, it was pretty scary.
As expected, repeated training makes a person stronger.
—Thud, thud.
The city is peaceful as always.
“Hey, you son of a bitch! You bumped my shoulder!”
“What, you moron!”
“What did you say…? Hey, you bastard? You’re a pickpocket!”
“Bullshit!”
Here and there, adventurers were getting into fights and throwing punches at each other. Seeing that they weren’t even drawing their swords, this time, a little past noon, is peaceful indeed. People become more forgiving when they’re full after lunch.
If it were me, I would drag the pickpocket to a secluded place, get a bigger settlement, rough him up a bit, or check his identity and then stab him.
“Make way!”
“Shit!”
What stopped the fight was none other than a carriage.
Since they were fighting in the road, the adventurers threw themselves aside as the carriage came barreling towards them. Peaceful, indeed.
I adjusted my backpack and headed towards the market.
I checked the faces of the guys wearing martial arts uniforms I saw here and there, and they flinched and avoided my gaze. Bunch of fucking weaklings.
Anyway, since there are five people living together, groceries and daily necessities get used up quickly. So, I have to go grocery shopping often.
Having spent nearly a month at home just training, I didn’t have any money left in my own hands, but my wallet itself was overflowing.
I spent all the money I had saved up on buying a house and other things, but Claudie and Winia still had money left, and Karin and Risha were also contributing to the living expenses.
A life of going grocery shopping with living expenses from my four wives.
Still, I want to earn my own living expenses.
But what are Claudie and Karin doing, going out so early?
They both got up before me, rustled around, and then left. Do they have something to talk about? They seem to be getting along well these days. Risha and Winia also seem to be sticking together a lot. It’s truly a warrior & mage combination.
Thinking such thoughts as I walked, I arrived at the market street.
—Buzz, buzz.
The noisy market street is always crowded.
The market street, with tents set up here and there, boasts the largest scale in the city. The prices are a bit cheaper here. As I moved to buy the things I had decided on, I spotted a woman in a familiar cheongsam outfit over there.
—Golden hair.
And a white cheongsam-like martial arts uniform.
The exposed thighs looked as resilient and healthy as those of Claudie and Karin, and the white boots she was wearing looked sturdy at a glance.
“Mariel?”
She was Mariel, a lower-level instructor at the Martial Arts Guild.
As I watched her for a moment, our eyes met.
“Cheonma!”
“It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? Are Lisette and the guild master doing well?”
I think it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen this one too.
Since we live in the same city, we do run into each other a few times.
Anyway, she reacted as if she was startled to see me, hesitated, and took a step back. It’s a kind of fighting stance, but since my resentment towards the Martial Arts Guild has almost disappeared, this son of a bitch does this every time I see her.
“You try to attack me every time I see you. Relax your stance, you idiot.”
“Ah… that’s right. My body reacts first whenever I see you, Cheonma, so I can’t help it.”
“Why does your body react first?”
“Because you made my body that way!”
I made her body that way…?
Bullshit!
“Y-you pervert! What the hell are you talking about!”
I never did anything like that!
“What? Pervert? What are you even saying… Eek! How dare you insult me with such nonsense!”
“You’re the one who started talking nonsense!”
“The problem is that you took it as nonsense!”
“Whatever. I’m not planning on fighting, so lower your voice.”
“Ugh… okay.”
Looking at her holding a basket, it seemed like this one came to the market too. Come to think of it, she was the one who ran errands for the guild master.
She’s so easy to push around that the guild master probably treats Mariel like that.
“By the way, is Lisette doing well? What’s she up to these days?”
“She’s doing well, teaching the members as usual. But why do you keep asking about Instructor Lisette’s whereabouts? If you’re trying to flirt with Instructor Lisette, stop it. Instructor Lisette may be pretty, but she’s by no means an easy woman. I’ve seen countless times the guys who hit on her get completely destroyed.”
Mariel said as if giving advice.
Of course, I have no intention of hitting on Lisette. With four women of my own, how could I have eyes for another woman?
In the first place, I’m not particularly interested in anyone other than my wives.
“That’s not it. Flirting? What flirting? We’re just kind of friends, so I’m just curious about how she’s doing.”
“I don’t know when you became friends with Instructor Lisette.”
“I find it strange too.”
It’s largely thanks to surviving the hellish slum race with Lisette.
But in the end, we never went to rob the slums as we had promised. It’s quite a shame. If we had time, it would have been okay to set up a tribute organization together in the slums. Now that Lina has left the slums, there’s nothing to worry about.
It’s okay to do that to those sons of bitches.
Ugh, thinking about it makes me fucking angry.
I want to kill all those bastards.
“Come to think of it…”
Mariel started, touching her chin.
“The guild master told me to tell you, Cheonma, that if she sees you, she wants to see you sometime.”
“What!”
Damn it!
That Liztina bitch!
She hasn’t given up yet after taking off my pants last time! I need to be careful from now on. I don’t know when she’ll make another unreasonable request.
As Karin said, old maids are quite scary.
“Okay… I understand. But don’t tell her you saw me for now.”
“Why should I do as you say, Cheonma?”
Mariel said provocatively, widening one eye.
“…”
Words are unnecessary.
—Pat, pat, pat!
“Mayor’s Fist.”
—Boong, boong!
I immediately unleashed the Mayor’s Fist to threaten Mariel, and she screamed in shock.
“N-no, I’m kidding! Can’t I even joke! Of course, I have no intention of telling her! I don’t want to get involved with you, Cheonma, and get into trouble either!”
“Hehehe, good to know. More importantly, did you come to the market too?”
“Y-yes. It’s also my job to replenish the guild’s supplies.”
“A lower-level instructor has it tough.”
Mariel is a salaried worker, so she probably can’t even talk back to the guild master. After that, we talked briefly and bought things, putting them in my backpack. Since our paths overlapped.
Serka, a name I can never forget, is just adventuring and diligently practicing martial arts with the money she earns from it, while also paying her tribute money.
“Then I’ll be going now, Cheonma. Honestly, I hope we don’t get involved in anything strange again.”
“What reason would we have to get involved in anything strange?”
“You might relapse… well, not really. I guess it’s unlikely. Ah, no. You’re an adventurer too, Cheonma. As long as you don’t pick a fight with our guild members, who are also adventurers, there won’t be anything strange.”
“I don’t start fights first, you bastard. Educate your martial artists properly.”
“I am!”
Every martial artist I’ve seen has been a thug.
Anyway, with that, Mariel left.
I also bought almost everything I needed and parted ways with her.
All that’s left is to go to the general store to buy daily necessities, stop by the bakery for bread, and then stop by the butcher shop for meat before going home. What should I eat for dinner? I feel bad that Risha keeps making dinner, so should I start helping with the cooking from today?
I first looked for a shortcut to get into the main street.
The butcher shop is on the main street.
I went straight into the gap between the buildings to get there. I can shorten the travel time by just passing through this passage.
—The passage was dark.
Tall buildings were built on both sides, so no light came in, and it was cooler than other places. Of course, it’s not a slum, so there are no beggars lying around.
It was when I was passing through the fairly long passage.
“Hmm, you seem very busy?”
“Not really…”
—Rustle.
The woman’s voice that suddenly came from behind was a kind I remembered.
—Fwoosh!
As if a winter chill had set in, I immediately drew the sword I was wearing on my waist at that voice and turned around, pointing my sword.
“Shit!”
“Nice to see you, knight. How have you been?”
The woman behind me was none other than Hildegard, the succubus demon of Pandemonium!!
“Shit! Fuckingdegarde!”
“Fuckingdegarde…? My name is Hildegard?”
“Shittingdegarde!”
“…”
Feeling extreme danger, I instinctively stabbed my sword into her chest. The thrust, which I had repeated countless times, pierced her with lightning speed. It was a clean and powerful thrust, with muscles bulging and even creating a gust of wind.
—Whir!
However, the blade only passed through her body. An unrealistic being that physical attacks don’t work on!
“It doesn’t work, does it?”
“Damn it!”
I immediately tried to draw up mana, but because I had even practiced apple peeling at home earlier, there wasn’t much mana left in my body. Using sword energy can damage beings that are immune to physical attacks. But I don’t have enough mana right now.
Why did she have to appear at this timing…!
I wasn’t even wearing armor right now. If I get hit by her magic in this state, there’s a high chance I’ll be done for. Moreover, it’s a straight passage, so there’s no room for evasive maneuvers.
Fortunately, the passage isn’t that long.
Let’s just run away!
A demon has infiltrated the city! I have to tell the church right away!
“Don’t run away, knight. I didn’t come to fight today. No, I have no intention of fighting you at all.”
As I turned around to run away, Hildegard blocked my path, as if she had used high-speed movement or Blink. She’s not going to let me go easily.
But her outfit was a bit strange.
It wasn’t as lewd as when we fought last time, I couldn’t see wings or a tail on her back, and, crucially, she didn’t have horns on her head, and the whites of her eyes were white, not black.
It was as if she had transformed into a human form.
Considering the succubus’s magical abilities, it might be possible. Anyway, she was in plain clothes, except that her hair was blue.
“Shut up, you satanic demon bastard! I have nothing to say to a demon!”
This bitch! She must have returned to hell with fatal injuries last time, recovered in the meantime, and infiltrated the human world again!
“You’re still stubborn, aren’t you?”
“Today is your last day! There are so many priests and paladins in the city! You’ve walked into your own grave today!”
I immediately rebuked the succubus with my sword drawn. But she said as if she didn’t care at all.
“Hehe, they can’t fly, can they? And I’m confident in running away, you know?”
“Can you say the same in front of the Bronze Paladin of the Brass Celestial Angel Society?”
“The followers of Verde, you mean?”
“Yes!”
I turned around again to run away, but Hildegard was standing there as well. Blink? She didn’t use this skill last time? Well, even if she’s not good at anything else, her magical skills are amazing. I don’t think she’s combat-specialized, though.
“Really… other men are so happy just to see my face, but you’re really stubborn, knight. I can see your hot lust burning like hellfire in your eyes? Don’t you want to unleash that wonderful virility to your heart’s content?”
I’m definitely not sexually frustrated.
“Let’s talk, shall we?”
Fuckingdegarde was trying to seduce me by unreservedly displaying the succubus’s racial traits.
“As I said before, I have no intention of harming you at all. Love and peace. Even though I’m a demon, we can love each other and achieve peace, right?”
“Shut up, demon! Why do you keep doing this to me!”
Of course, seduction doesn’t work on me.
“…To be honest, I’m very greedy for your virility. I have a bit of a pride issue too… I just want to receive a little of that energy in exchange for providing pleasure. Could it be that you don’t like pleasure? You don’t seem like it.”
She narrowed her eyes and spoke coquettishly.
“If you want something else, I can give you my belongings. They’re quite useful items, you know? Won’t you trade with me, Hildegard? I’ll give you my belongings, and you give me your energy.”
“How dare you try to solicit prostitution to me!”
This hellish pimp!!!!
“Get lost!!!!!”
