Guardian: Hello again, my dear readers!

Guardian: Are you expecting this is another spoiler alert again? Too bad! It is not spoilers this time. (Please read this in Vanir's voice for fun effects, even though he won't appear in the story for a period of time) So this time, we have...

Claire: *whacks Guardian in the head* Cut the crap! *turns to readers* Ahem. We have a mild mature warning. This chapter contains semi lewd content. So-

Guardian: *whacks Claire in the head as payback* Viewer discretion is advised-

Guardian and Claire: *start fighting*

Rain: So, if you don't mind that, please enjoy the following chapter *looks at Iris afterwards*

Iris: Making Preparations for the Search!

Rain: *looks at the fighting duo* Iris-sama!

Iris: *knows what's up and giggles* Let's go break them up.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Claire and I said in sync as we pointed at each other.

"To check on Iris-sama."

"Just checked on Iris and is about to drink some wine."

"Oh ok."

"Anyway, would you like to have a drink as well?"

"Yeah. I know the right place for that. Follow me." Claire answered as she signaled me to follow her.

A few minutes later, Claire led me to a door, then she knocked on the door a few times and it opened a few seconds later.

So behind the door, there was a hidden cafeteria.

"Welcome Claire-sama! And this is..." the manager greeted Claire and then looked at me.

"He is the Magic Swordmaster, Guardian." Claire introduced me to the manager.

I waved at him with a forced smile (even though everyone couldn't tell I forced the smile).

"Did you had that thing ready?" Claire continued as she turned her attention back to the manager.

"Yes." The manager answered as he brought out a bottle of wine. I didn't really know what kind and brand of wine was this, but this bottle of wine must be pretty expensive, considering Claire was from the Symphonia House, one of the highest ranking nobles in the Belzerg Kingdom (not that I care anyway).

"Excuse me, sir. Would you mind hand over the wine? I thought I should um... respect Symphonia-san once in a while." I asked the manager as I figured she might add some hypnotics into the wine.

"Sure." The manager maintained the smile on his face as he handed me the bottle of wine.

"Wait!" Claire interrupted. "I think you are pretty badass and you saved me from the hands of that maniac back then. So I figured I should... be nice to you sometimes." Claire continued as she grasped the bottle forcefully in attempt to stop me from taking it away.

I knew it. Something was odd about that bottle of wine.

Meanwhile, I tightened my grip and tried to pull the bottle away.

A few minutes later, people turned their attention onto us as we yelled at each other.

"Hey, just let go already! Do you actually think your makeshift excuse would work on me?!"

"You are the one who should let go! Stop making dumb excuses and just let me do it!"

We glared at each other as we continued the tug of war.

"Let... go!" x2

We broke the bottle with our grips. However, the manager used some sort of speed magic and caught the splattered wine with two cups mid-air while everyone gasped at us.

By the way, we also stared at each other with amazement as we never thought our grips would be that strong.

'If he/she gave in his/her all back when we shook hands, I wonder what would happen...'

Before we could comment anything about that insane speed of his, the manager forced us to drink.

"Now, drink up!" The manager said with a sly grin on his face.

And we both felt drowsy and fell asleep instantly.

The manager dragged us to somewhere inside the cafeteria after he closed the bar and chased away the customers.

He probably tried to mock us, as he stripped our clothes off before he positioned us on one of the tables and left. By which if I have to say, his strength stat must be pretty high, considering how he managed to carry both of us without breaking a sweat at that time.

So anyway, I woke up shirtless, with my forehead touching Claire's, my belt unbuckled and my pants and underwear pulled halfway down. That went for Claire as well. Matter of fact, her panties were pulled down as well, and a few drops of an unknown red liquid was found near her vital spot. Her shoes and socks were removed too (but he didn't remove mine, in case you are wondering), maybe because the manager was a weird guy or had some kind of weird fetish, not that I really care anyway.

Moreover, our bodies were in extremely close contact (since we got stripped), and the position was lewd enough to make people think we did something naughty throughout the night.

Wait, what the hell happened last night?

Claire brought me to a cafeteria...

Then we fought over who should pour wine for the other...

And after that... Argh shit! My head hurts!

Also, Claire woke up after a few seconds I regained my consciousness.

I think she also noticed our attire were messed up, since her face was red as a tomato.

We moved away and turned our backs against each other.

"I can't believe you, out of all men would be my..." Claire said between sobs.

"*sobs* That's my line! I couldn't believe you made me lost my..." I cried as tears flowed down my face.

Wait a sec. Something's wrong, I can feel it. Or rather, smell it.

"Hey *sniff* Do you smell wine?" I asked Claire as I wiped my tears.

"*sniff* Huh?" Claire replied as she was still crying.

I followed my nose and the smell came from Claire.

Just when I followed my nose and went somewhere near her naval, Claire pushed my head away before I could went down any further.

"Hey, where do you think you are smelling?! I will execute you for sexual harassing a noble!"

"What do you think you are doing?! I was so close to reveal the truth!" I grabbed Claire's shoulders and pulled her towards me.

After a few minutes of squabbling...

"If anyone was going to do that, it should be me!" Claire shot back in exasperation as she wiped the liquid on her vital spot and smelled it.

"Hmm...? It smells like wine and tomato..." Claire muttered to herself.

Then, she tasted the liquid to confirm what I said.

"It's... wine and tomato juice!" Claire exclaimed happily.

"Yes!" I couldn't help but felt happy for her, as that proved nothing happened between the both of us last night.

I guess Claire was too happy at that time, as she hugged me with tears formed at the corners of her eyes.

I did the same since me too, was really happy that I didn't have to face the fear of being executed and had my innocence taken by an obnoxious woman.

I wouldn't deny Claire had a nice body and decent looks, but her personality turns me off.

At any rate, we were happy to an extent where we didn't even notice the door was opened.

The one who opened the door and was standing at the doorway was the third bodyguard of Iris, Rain.

She looked at us with an expression that wrote "Impossible".

I acquired the Lip Reading Skill a few days ago, so I knew what she said.

So here's what she said:

"Impossible... They were oil over water and tried to kill each other every time they met... I didn't expect they have this kind of relationship..."

Without a doubt, the first thought that came to my mind was: Hold up, what the fk are you talking about? What relationship?

But then, when I looked at myself, I realized Claire and I were still in a half-naked state. And the fact that we had our arms around each other probably made us less convincing to her.

'Oh right...' I thought to myself as I facepalmed myself internally.

And Rain closed the door slowly and gently before she ran off with a disbelieving look.

"Wait!" x2

Rain knelt in front of us after we dressed up partially (since we didn't have enough time to put on our coats) and chased her down a few minutes later.

"I am sorry! Please forgive me!" Rain pleaded as if she was about to be brutally murdered by the two of us.

"Well, it's okay." I reassured Rain as I put my hand on her shoulder. "You haven't tell anyone yet, do you?"

"Um..."

"Remember to forget what you just saw, Rain." Claire sighed in resignation.

"I am sorry for misunderstanding the both of you." Rain apologized once again. "Thank Eris-sama that you two didn't do anything unwise."

"You honestly think I would develop a relationship with him/her? What the hell is your problem?" Claire and I said in sync as we pointed at each other.

We glared at each other literally at the same time after we said that.

Well, it didn't take that much time before we ignored Rain and started to throttle each other.

'They really are two birds of a feather...' Rain thought to herself as she watched us fighting.

Two hours later...

"Hey, Onii-chan..." Iris asked as she tugged my left sleeve.

"What is it, Iris?" I responded with a smile.

"What happened between you and Claire? Why are you two naked when Rain found you?" My face turned pale as Iris blushed while she whispered these two questions.

Then, my cheeks turned as red as pepperoni right after Iris asked me those questions as I clenched my left fist.

"RAINNNNN!"

"I swear I will fkin kill you when I get my hands on you!" I chased Rain down with my sword pulled out and its blade turned blue gradually as she ran across the hallway.

"No! Save me!" Rain cried as she continued running.

"What's wrong with you?" Claire looked at me like I was some sort of a deranged killer.

"Iris knows what happened this morning!" I replied as Claire's face turned pale like mine did when Iris asked me.

A few seconds later...

"RAIN...!" Claire yelled as she drew her sword and joined the chase.

"Claire-sama too?! What is wrong with you two?" Rain said with a shocked expression as she kept running and dodging our attacks.

"Hey." I looked at Claire as we chased Rain down.

"What?" She looked back at me.

"Let's kick the manager's ass tonight. I will make him regret for mocking me." I brought up the topic about the guy who brought us the trouble.

"Sounds good to me." Claire answered as she nodded.

Then we surrounded Rain in another hallway in the palace a few minutes later.

Rain apologized with tears in her eyes once again as she said Iris peeked on her while she was writing a secret diary about what happened that morning.

At that night...

We went to the cafeteria after it closed, and sure enough, the manager who screwed with us back then was locking the gates at that moment.

He turned around and saw us.

"Um... Hello...?" He greeted us wearily as he waved at us.

I dashed forward and restrained him onto the ground.

Then, I used Shadow Bind on his body and shadow then tied him up to prevent him from escaping. After all, I knew full well that an ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure.

"Oh my god! That feels good!"

Meanwhile, Claire approached slowly as I gave him a beating.

After that, she stepped on the man after giving him a few kicks.

"Look, you lewd piece of shit. Are you satisfied now?" Claire asked with a sadistic smile on her face.

"Yes! More... more..." The man replied between aroused breathing.

Then Claire took off her shoes (She did take off her socks as well, if I remembered correctly) and continued stepping on the man.

"You are disgusting."

"I know right? I never thought he was rotten to the-"

"No, I meant you." I interjected as I pointed and stared at Claire with a blank expression.

Claire's expression stiffened as she stared back and turned her attention on me.

"What was that supposed to mean?"

"You should know by now he is a masochist. Did you even look at his expression after he got tied up with my Shadow Bind? He was over the moon when I used mythril rope level equivalent of Shadow Bind on him. And why the hell would you comply to his request? How fked up could you be? Not to mention, you still stepped on his body, knowing that you have a chance triggering his fetish? Who am I supposed to call disgusting except you, who triggered a disgusting fetish-"

Claire kicked me in the face.

"What the fk are you saying? What fetish?

"He removed your shoes and socks back then. Isn't that obvious that he had a fetish-"

I got dropkicked in the face by Claire again with no apparent reason.

"Shut up!"

Unable to keep my cool, I punched her in the face as payback for kicking me.

In the end, we got sidetracked from teaching that guy a lesson into beating the shit out of each other throughout the night.

The next morning, in Iris' bedroom...

"Ow! Be gentle please!" I asked Iris as she applied some kind of ointment on my bruises and cuts.

So Claire and I fought last night, right? The thing is, we treated each other as a punching bag that could fight back and we went all out as we tried to inflict as much damage onto each other as we could. As for the guy who got tied up, he breathed heavily in pleasure as his fetish got triggered (most likely) and the ropes started to tighten and make him bleed. If I had to say something about that, he would be a witness that gave zero fks about what happened in front of him last night. Also, as far as I heard, he was still enjoying the Shadow Bind I cast on him. What a degenerate. (Again, not that I care anyway, since we only met once before)

Back to the topic, we started out from fighting bare-handed and exchanged a flurry of punches and kicks in an extremely fast speed. A few moments later, we drew our swords and clashed fiercely as we figured that fighting bare-handed wouldn't deal a lot of damage to each other.

By the way, we didn't make each other sterile while fighting bare-handed. It was kinda funny that we literally hit each other by every inch of the body only except our vital spots. By which I don't really know whether or not should I thank Eris (-sama) anymore.

According to Iris, we passed out the moment she found us when she went to the toilet and wandered in the castle right after, most likely due to the blood loss during the fight. And the scene was filled with blood, and made it look like a scene of murder.

As far as I know, Claire was brought to Rain's room to treat her injuries and me on the other hand, was brought (or rather dragged, as I was a bit heavy for her) to Iris' bedroom by Iris herself. The man who got tied up got accused for ridiculing a noble (namely Claire, not me of course).

Anyway, Iris was treating my injuries as she sighed in resignation.

"Geez, Onii-chan. Can't you just give Claire a break?" Iris asked as she shook her head.

"It was her who never cut me some slack! Ow..." I replied as I raised my hands in exasperation, then put them down again due to the pain from the wounds. "Seriously, what is wrong with her? I didn't anything offensive to her. If anything, she was the one who offend me on purpose every time we met."

"Anyway, thanks for tending my wounds." I thanked Iris as I sighed at Claire's insensible act.

"You are welcome, Onii-chan." Iris replied.

"Hey, Iris."

"Yes?"

"Are you interested to get some stuff with me?"

A few hours later, in the blacksmith...

"Welcome!" the Blacksmith waved at us as we entered the shop.

"Hey chief! It has been a while!" I called as I waved back at the Blacksmith.

"Have you finished what I asked for?" I asked the blacksmith handed him a pouch of coins.

"Of course! Follow me." The blacksmith answered as he led us inside.

"Here." The blacksmith handed me a red and black scroll, a blue and white scroll and a new pair of pants. Both scrolls are palm-sized. If you can't imagine what they looked like, just go search Naruto Summoning Scroll online. I am quite certain any browser should give you the general image of the scrolls.

"Onii-chan, what are these?" Iris asked curiously.

"These are summoning scrolls. It has teleportation magic written into them. So, if we put something inside it, I can summon the items for battle. All it takes to summon an item is my mana or my blood and can be used multiple times." I explained the concept of summoning scrolls briefly to Iris.

"Iris, please hold onto the scrolls and give me a sec to change my pants." I hid in a dark corner as I changed my pants.

The new pants was basically the same as the one I was wearing, but it had a strap on each side of the upper leg to contain the summoning scrolls.

"Thanks." I took the summoning scrolls from Iris and strapped them up, with the red one on my right upper leg, and the blue one on my left.

"The red scroll can store your weapons and equipment and the blue one can store some miscellaneous stuff like manatites and food. Or you can make that the other way around." the Blacksmith suggested.

"Yeah I got it, thanks." I answered before we left the shop.

On our way home...

"Remember to stay alert, OK? Don't forget about the infiltrated followers mentioned by Saki." I reminded Iris softly and glanced around, looking for any suspicious people as we headed back to the castle.

"I understand." Iris whispered back as she nodded.

I looked around a bit harder, you may expect my eyesight was sharp enough to find them out. But unfortunately, they weren't in my area of sight yet. To avoid being outnumbered, I pressed on one of the buttons of my communicating device to call support from the other teammates.

Now, now, before you think my eyesight wasn't good enough, here's the funny thing: Just when I wanted to left Iris in a dark alley in attempt to lure them out, we ran into them in the alley, with them in the middle of putting on their black hoods.

"Ah." x2

"Um... Sorry for barging in." I pretended to be awkward and asked.

"No, it's ok."

"Oh I see. Have fun in whatever you are doing. See you." I turned around and waved them goodbye as I left the scene with Iris.

"Hey! You are the Magic Swordmaster! Don't you dare run away from us!"

"Aw fk me dead!"

A few minutes later, I held Iris' hand and ran down the street to avoid being caught by the followers of the Cult (I think they were to say the least, considering they were wearing black hoods at the moment).

"Quit running you little shit!" One of the hooded people shouted as we ran down the street.

I kept on running and tripped on the pavement a few minutes later.

The hooded figure stabbed me in the back.

"This is xxxx. I have-" Before the hooded figure could finish, I turned into a smokescreen. At this point, you may have guessed it correctly.

"That's right, it's a Shadow Clone!" I walked towards the smokescreen with my sword drawn as the blade started to turn blue as I began to channel my mana into the sword.

Oh, and by the way, in case you are wondering, the Iris that ran with my Shadow Clone is another Shadow Clone I created. The real Iris, on the other hand, was currently with Claire and Rain. I think they were about to return to the palace.

All of a sudden, everything in front of my eyes turned black as someone knocked me out.

"You may have outsmarted me, but I have outsmarted your outsmarting!" A raspy voice whispered next to my ear.

I didn't completely remember what happened back then, but I think I got drugged and got thrown into a closet (my instincts told me so, to say the least).

And it turned out it was a false alarm as I heard my fellow adventurers discussing how to deal with me.

But seriously, what the hell were they thinking? I mean, why would they do that? Even though I know that they probably do that as they hated me a lot.

Well, I don't really care what reason they have to do this to me, since I am going to kick their asses a few seconds later.

"Core change, Pegasus to Wolf." I muttered as the Core Outfit changed into the black and purple outfit.

Then, I cut the binding ropes and kicked the doors open. Fortunately, those ropes were common ropes instead of mythril ones, so I could manage to cut the ropes in a few seconds.

"You little pieces of shit...!"

"Run!" The adventurers scattered in all directions with paled expressions when they saw the murderous expression on my face. Just when you expect they wouldn't go down without a fight, but they ran away instead.

Well... What a disappointment.

"Don't think you guys can run away from me, you spineless sons of guns!"

A/N: To the one who posted the latest review: Thank you for your detailed review! Starting from the next chapter, I will remove the romaji (if there is any that is). But the honorifics and romaji for certain anime memes (in order to let the readers know what the MC is talking about) will still remain in the story, so I truly hope you are fine with that.

As for the story, the next five chapters will be an arc. Please look forward to it.

Once again, thank you for your review.

Hope you all enjoyed the story and stay tuned for the next chapter!