The other side

"So you guys are finally here, you fools!!!" yelled Mereoleona.

"The Yultim Volcano becomes completely dormant at night. You're supposed to get here before that, damn it!!!"

Mereoleona looked at her squad in anger and started yelling at them once again.

Once she was done with that Leopold looked at her and pointed a finger at her face.

"...Sister...why is there a bruise on your cheek?" asked Leopold.

Mereoleona looked at her brother with a frown before her gaze fell ok Sekke who had a similar bruise on his cheek as well.

'Tch, his bruise is lighter than mine. And mine actually stings a bit.' thought Mereoleona.

During their exchange of fists, the two of them changed the direction of the attack at the same instant which resulted in their attacks hitting each other's faces and the two of them getting blown away by the attack.

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Flashback:

The two attacks hit the other's face sending both of them flying and crashing into the walls of the Volcano.

The orange-black fire pillar erupted at that moment but Sekke freed himself off the wall sooner than Mereoleona did.

"How was that attack?! You felt that?!?!" asked Sekke in a provoking manner.

Mereoleona who soon freed herself as well had a maniacal smile on her face and wanted to continue but stopped once she noticed that others were about to appear at the top as well.

End of Flashback

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"It's nothing of importance," replied Mereoleona and then started to lecture her squad once again.

Anna who somehow slipped out of her squad stood beside Sekke and looked at her bruise.

"Sekke-kun, you are injured?" asked Anna.

"Hm? Well, it's not that big of a deal. It will heal over time." replied Sekke.

But Anna shook her head and said, "Let me heal you." and her grimoire started flipping.

[Flame Magic: Phoenix's Feather]

A feather made of flames appeared in Anna's hand as she held Sekke's face and touched the bruise with the feather.

The bruising soon started to fade away as Anna stared at Sekke's face.

Sekke on the other hand looked at the feather with curiousness.

Once the bruising was gone and Sekke was healed the features disappeared from Anna's hand and she looked at Sekke with a smile.

"There, you are healed," said Anna as she tapped the area where the bruising occurred and Sekke didn't feel any pain.

"Thanks, Anna."

Anna's smile widened as she said, "Mention not Sekke-kun...I can heal you anytime you want so, don't hesitate to ask....but don't get injured too often as well."

Sekke nodded absent-mindedly as he was still focused on the smile on her face.

"...You are very happy today, Anna. Any reasons?" asked Sekke.

Anna's stopped smiling after hearing Sekke's question and she blinked her eyes in surprise.

'...my reason to be feeling happy?' thought Anna as she started at Sekke.

She smiled once again and leaned in towards him and whispered near his ear, "I think that you should be knowing Sekke-kun." and moved away and walked back to merge with her squad leaving behind a surprised dark lord who had a very faint tint of red on his cheeks.

"...So you can be perceptive on the first try as well," said Vritra.

'Vritra. Shut up.'

"Yeah, yeah," replied Vritra.

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Once the discussion amongst the crimson lions was over the people were allowed to soak in the hot spring, which was immediately separated into male and female sections by Sol's earth magic.

"...I wanted to enter with Sekke-kun..." muttered Anna in a whining tone.

She got excited about the prospect of seeing Sekke's naked body in the hot spring, but Sol poured cold water over her excitement by making a wall to separate the hot spring by gender.

"Oi! Why are you sulking so much? Do you not like the hot spring?" asked Mereoleona as she sat near Anna.

"Mereoleona-sama! It's not like that. The hot spring feels great." replied Anna, slightly surprised after seeing her squad captain, who was royalty as well sit beside a peasant like her.

Mereoleona smile after hearing her answer and said, "I know right? This hot spring is fu*king awesome. So why are you sulking so much?"

Anna was about to reply but suddenly all of them heard a commotion coming from the men's section.

Sol's and Noelle's eyes immediately turned sharp as they glared at the wall.

"Those despicable men!!" said the man-hater Sol.

"Ho~. Now that's how the crimson lions should be, fearless," commented Mereoleona as she gulped the alcohol that she brought with her.

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On the men's side:

"Listen here you all, didn't that demon lioness bring you all here to whip you all back to shape? How the hell will you become fearless if you get scared at every moment? You all are men and men want to see what is there on the other side of that wall." said Yami as he pointed at the wall.

The men from the crimson Lions who heard Yami's words got excited steeled their resolve and rushed towards the wall to climb it and peek at the other side.

"Hahaha look at them go!" laughed Yami as he pointed at the idiots who wanted to peep at the women's section.

Yami then looked at the rookies of his squad and said, "Now then dumbass 1 and dumbass 2 get up there and make me proud."

Sekke snorted and just relaxed in the hot water and said, "Shut it, I am not a pervert like you. It is beneath the dark lord to do such things."

And immediately Yami grabbed Sekke's head and started crushing his skull with his reinforcement magic and brute strength.

"Ouch ouch ouch! What the hell are you doing?" asked Sekke.

"You bastard are you saying that you are superior to me? That you aren't a pervert?" asked Yami.

"Hey! I didn't mean that!"

Yami simply looked towards the wall as his muscles started tightening up. A smile soon appeared on his face as he said, "Then go out there and show them what men can do." and threw Sekke away with full force.

"Yami-san!!! If I die, I am gonna kill you!!!" yelled Sekke as he glared at Yami but soon looked forward once he saw that he passed the wall and was now on the other side.

His gaze immediately fell on all the naked ladies that were present there.

'...This is...amazing.' thought Sekke.

But he soon snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a huge amount of mana gathering below him.

Sekke looked down and saw that some of the girls were about to attack him, though he also noticed that many were looking at him with a blush on their cheeks while some even had nose bleeds as well.

'...I feel proud.' thought Sekke.

"You should feel scared instead, you are about to be attacked," said Vritra.

Sekke realized that Vritra was right and wanted to use defensive magic, but soon realized that his grimoires and Extase were left on the other side of the wall.

"Fu*k," muttered Sekke as various spells started raining down on him.

He immediately used the weaker version of his [Bronze Magic: Bronze Body] as his grimoire was not with him and covered his 'little brother' with his hands.

'Not gonna risk any spell even grazing my mighty 'dragon'.' thought Sekke.

"...Don't call it a dragon," said Vritra.

'You dick!' replied Sekke.

"DON'T CALL ME A DICK!!" said Vritra as Sekke was bombarded by various spells and he soon landed in the spring.

'Hm? Soft...' thought Sekke as he felt his face buried in something cushiony.

He grabbed what he found nearby and tried to get out but soon looked up and found himself being sandwiched between Anna's and Mereoleona's breasts.

"Ho~...prepared to die?" asked Mereoleona as she found Sekke groping her other breast.

"...

"Sekke-kun, Ah~" moaned Anna as Sekke groped her other breast as well.

"First of all, this is Yami-san's fault. Secondly-"

But before Sekke could finish Mereoleon punched him with full force knocking that dark lord unconscious.

'...I almost regret nothing.' thought Sekke as he soon fell unconscious.