Before going to the festival, Enrico had returned to his room, while Yumeha waited outside, standing in front of the door. Her expression was not the best after Kai's comment. She was still thinking about how that boy had dared to say that in front of her master. To Yumeha, Kai was practically asking to die.
"Tsk... He won't get away with that."
Yumeha noticed four people approaching through the hallway. All of them were girls. Immediately, she assumed a guarding stance, like a true guardian, and pointed at the four of them. She would not allow those threats to get close to her master.
Meanwhile, inside the room, Enrico had kept his eyes closed for some time. During the previous week, he had entered the fake dungeon and defeated every enemy that appeared.
On one of those occasions, he finally encountered Jago and was able to discover what he was really like, taking the opportunity to carefully observe his behavior, intelligence, and the way he moved. Throughout that entire period, Enrico also continued fighting in a different way than usual, using the dungeon to test his fighting style.
"Here. This is for you."
Enrico threw Rirus's core toward the fake Jago, who caught it with a confused expression. He was practically identical to the original Jago, possessing the same goals and the same intelligence. Because of that, it had been quite difficult to defeat him inside the dungeon.
"You know I'll evolve to Faizes Rank 2, right?"
That was exactly what Enrico wanted. Even after defeating all the enemies, he continued handing their cores to the fake Jago so he could absorb them and evolve. Until that point, Enrico had faced all of them at Faizes Rank 1, but now he was already at the same level as them. What he wanted was something even worse so he could continue improving.
"Just absorb it already and stop wasting my time."
The fake Jago smiled, still not completely understanding the situation, and began absorbing the core. Enrico had already given him all the cores of the other evolved zombies and was now providing him with the last one. That would be the maximum level that dungeon could offer, so Enrico wanted the next arc involving a dungeon to arrive soon.
After a few minutes, Jago finished absorbing the core. His appearance remained practically the same, but Enrico knew, from the other times he had fought Jago, that he usually hid his transformation when he evolved to the Faizes Rank. Perhaps he did not have a completely new transformation, but there would certainly be some change in his power.
"But tell me... Why didn't you choose the others, who would have been easier to defeat?"
Jago was right. If Enrico wanted to get used to that type of combat, he should have started with the weaker enemies. Enrico gave a fake smile as a few veins began appearing on his neck.
"Nothing much. It's just that your face makes me want to vomit."
Surprised, Jago raised an eyebrow. Enrico, however, was already preparing to fight.
The battle did not last long. Enrico managed to damage Jago mainly by using his fire bow and Flaming Shot, which was certainly his best attack at that moment. Even so, despite being able to injure him, he did not come close to defeating him.
If he had fought the other enemies, he probably would have been able to advance much further in the fight, but he had chosen to start precisely against someone who, besides possessing greater power than him, was also intelligent.
A few minutes later, he was taking a shower, enjoying the pleasant sensation it gave him after training.
[Don't you think you're letting your anger out too much?]
'I would rather eliminate him already. That way, I can concentrate better.'
After leaving the bathroom, having already taken a shower and wearing only a towel, Enrico picked up a wooden spear and began practicing his movements.
He tried to remember everything Takeshi had taught him and, at the same time, looked for ways to combine it with some of Liam's and Yumeha's techniques. Even though Yumeha used a staff, some of her movements could be adapted to a spear.
'Just to confirm again... You and the constellations aren't watching me take a shower, right?'
Enrico's face remained neutral. He did not care much about other people seeing his body, but the situation was different when it came to that annoying system.
[No. I already told you. And who would want to see you naked?]
Enrico already had an answer on the tip of his tongue and almost said it, but at that moment, the door was pushed inward and several girls ended up falling to the floor. Apparently, there was some confusion happening outside.
Yumeha and Serenya had fallen first, ending up underneath Rina and Seraphina.
"Why do you want to bother Master?"
"I don't want to bother the subordinate. You're the one who wasn't letting me pass... And, please, can you stop calling him Master?"
"Never."
On top of them, Rina stood up and began fixing her clothes, looking toward Serenya with an angry expression.
"And can you stop calling my Ketsumei subordinate?"
"Never."
Seraphina also stood up, fixing her hair, which had become messy. She looked at the nicknames the two used and became thoughtful, shyly wondering if she should give Enrico a nickname as well. Some thoughts went beyond that, imagining what it would be like to call him her hero, since he really seemed like someone who appeared to save her.
'He saved me twice... He and my parents are the best.'
Valença, who had been the only one not to fall during the confusion, simply watched the girls. She did not care much about those who, in her opinion, had no chance of winning him over. Valença was truly confident and calm.
"You should get up or—"
Before she could finish the sentence, Valença froze when she looked ahead. Her cheeks turned red.
The other girls noticed her reaction and also looked in the same direction.
Enrico was standing in front of them wearing only a towel, while a few drops of water still ran down his hair. To them, Enrico's body was quite well-defined. They all immediately blushed and hurriedly stood up, trying to act as if they were not embarrassed.
"Do you want to come in? I just need to change clothes, and then we can go to the festival together. If you want, you can wait on the bed."
Enrico pointed at his own bed without showing any embarrassment.
Rina and Serenya immediately sat elegantly on the bed and looked at him as if they were about to watch a show. Yumeha and Valença, however, pulled the two of them outside.
There was no way they would let other girls stay there watching Enrico like that.
"What are you doing, plebeian? Don't take me out of my subordinate's room."
"I'll take you out whenever I want. This room belongs only to Enrico, so don't bother him."
"Yumeha, why are you pulling me? We can watch together since we're sisters."
"Rina, stop being so shameless."
The two still wanted to remain there, but they ended up being dragged outside. Seraphina was the last to leave and, before closing the door, she gave Enrico one last look before running down the hallway.
[If you aren't embarrassed, then why don't you let me or the constellations watch?]
'Because I don't want annoying people watching me. Any problem?'
The system quickly disappeared while Enrico began putting on his clothes after closing the door.
Without him noticing, however, someone was watching everything from afar.
In a tree near the dormitory, Aoi was hanging upside down, looking through the window and enjoying the situation.
'He's pretty good... He has a strong body, but there's just one thing missing for him to be completely my type. So, let's see his lower half.'
Aoi shook her head while continuing to watch from her hiding place.
'That girl is a pervert. Why is she spying on the young master?'
At that moment, Angela appeared behind her, about to kick her. However, before either of them could do anything, they both fell silent as Enrico removed the towel and put on his clothes.
"interesting... very interesting."
Hearing Aoi's words, Angela kicked the girl in the back, making her fall.
"Pervert."
She climbed down from the tree with a deadly look that made Aoi tremble.