Kyon got out a sound transmitter and dialed Marina's frequency. She was his only hope — his skinny, though athletic body was running out of energy. If it went on like this, one more beating from his Lady and he would turn into a pile of half-dead meat with no chance for recovery until the next Juno's practice, he would just have no time or energy for that. He was dead.

There was a pleasant voice in the device:

«h.e.l.lo?»

«h.e.l.lo, Marina. How are you doing?» - The guy started the conversation as if he couldn't care less.

«h.e.l.lo, Kyon! I didn't recognize your frequency…» - the girl perked up for a short while but instantly drooped her head: - «Nothing much… Flitz has been aggressive lately… What have you been up to?»

«I am fine.» - he answered with a barely suppressed sarcasm. - «Only, I have a request of the utmost importance. It's a matter of life and death, if you wish. Please come as soon as possible to Juno's mansion with five fat sausages, and while you are at it I will tell you about your master's weakness. "

The girl exclaimed with joy: «Really?! Oh…» - Marina stumbled. – «I am sorry, Kyon… But Flitz has given me strict instructions not to approach Juno's mansion…»

Koon's heart sank and next second raced in a frantic pace. His hope was slipping out of his hands like a slippery little fish.

«Marina, listen carefully, there is no jackpot without risk. Flitz will never know! Just bring the sausage and hand it over to the guard. I will arrange it with him ... And then I will tell you everything you ask.»

Kyon blamed himself for all he was worth: trusting wrong people with his life was unwise and completely against his nature. But what could he do...

After a pause, Marina replied with a sigh:

«Ok, I will come but I am busy tonight, at night, as well…» - he could hear a suppressed whimper in the sound transmitter. – «Tomorrow, ok? I will try my best to come tomorrow.»

Kyon groaned and said, trying to hide his discontent:

«All right, see if you can do it as early as possible, please…»

«Yeah, sure…»

After the short conversation, Kyon ended the call and thought what to do. Can he get the sausage off the girl's hands? Will the security allow it?

All these reflections made him drowsy; he leaned against the wall and fell asleep. His body required some rest to recover. It turned out that the servants attend the ground very seldom. Juno obviously wants to avoid the witnesses of her atrocities.

At about eight o'clock in the evening a young girl, energetically working her tight shoulders, opened the gate. She looked around the ground with a sly glance, immediately spotted the skinny slave's figure and grinned almost happily. A little female demon had come to reap the torments of mortals.

Kyon wished he could run up to her and kick her in the stomach but such an arrogant attempt would end him quickly smashed on the floor.

So, what does he have?

1) He is forbidden to speak to her, to utter a single word. That order of hers is clear and understandable. It wasn't that hard to guess that if she had ordered him to keep his mouth shut; he would not have been able to cry out in pain, that was why she'd ordered specifically to say nothing. Sly b.i.t.c.h, she'd gained experience with previous slaves, she let them wail just for the sick pleasure it gave her. To h.e.l.l with her, he would never cry out in pain, even more, beg for mercy, he might let out some moans at times and that's it. He could do nothing about that. He is just a man, albeit with Synergy.

2) He cannot touch her body because of the ether barrier, which means, it is impossible to infuse Synergy just as it is. Moreover, his body is already weak. And if by some miracle he manages to touch her, he will most likely be immediately killed, because the lady will be "tainted".

3) He is forbidden to look into her eyes for his own good.

These three points created a strong cage around Kyon, from which he could not escape. In fact, he had exhausted all his opportunities to influence reality without hurting himself. What remains? Just try and survive, steal lingerie, wait for Jean.

~Exhale~

With no delay Juno attacked him in silence. She really enjoyed beating up that guy. Especially, she liked the idea of making him wail, not just moan in pain. Besides, he was strong, wiry and handsome, so making him miserable and ruining his face was doubly satisfying. She might have experienced some remorse if she was beating a man of her rank, but there was a slave in front of her, her property, her punching bag, guy like him were a dime a dozen.

The girl's speed had increased twice anew, which allowed her to exceed the enemy in strength. Kyon dreamed about the basics of pure force, that Jean had promised to him.

{How surprising… This slave is still holding on!} – Juno snorted and wondered what the source of such stamina was. She was sure an elephant could have collapsed, while that puny guy was hanging on for his dear life. It was commendable, but she didn't want a slave, who had showed her disrespect. She did not intend to give him neither food nor place to spend the night; he had to die, if not today, then tomorrow. Her disposable things needed no maintenance, and it was beneath her level to give an order to take care of the slave. The mere thought that she would take care of the slave, even if giving a simple order, made her feel uncomfortable.

On the other hand, she felt a kind of secret world in his movements, and she could not understand what the secret was. He took good punches, but every time she missed where she was aiming. He could see through all her tricks, it was impossible to knock him down, he was really good at dodging, he forced her to move and expend energy three times more.

However, since she did not understand his movements, she did not think that the slave could teach her anything, because he was constantly receiving her blows. Therefore, his value did not grow in her eyes at all. In her opinion, it was better to train with Jean, who easily fended off any of her attacks, and the movements of the master were clear and obvious, it was easier to learn with him.

Stupid girl. Kyon figured it out during the previous fight, he realized that he had no reason to prove himself, she did not see the potential in him because of her "wrong" upbringing. A dog cannot learn play the violin.

The fight lasted five minutes. Ken was exhausted, his body was numb, the beating had completely erased the effect of the ointment. He was about to fall, when suddenly ...

They heard a cheerful voice at the entrance to the ground:

«Hi, Juno.»

The girl's vicious victorious smirk disappeared from her face at once, she was confused and stopped midway so suddenly that she lost her balance and flopped down on the slave, knocking him down.

Kyon got a whiff of expensive shampoo, her golden curls tickled his face, something supple tumbled on his chest. Oh, how he wished he could squeeze that seemingly frail body in his arms! And then again, stronger that time - to hear a wonderful sound of breaking bones. But next moment, the wonderful vision was gone - the girl couldn't care less about the slave's feelings, pushed him off and plunged her fist in his stomach pressing it to the ground, the guy gasped and coughed.

Juno awkwardly shook off the invisible dust and turned immediately into a completely different person - an innocent pretty girl, an angel, descended to the sinful earth. She crossed her arms, turned defiantly away from the young man, who had approached her, and grunted:

«Hi.»

«Well, Juno, please forgive me for giving you such a bad time ... I do not know what got into me. Don't sulk at me! You know, my father died…»- he added in a softer voice.

Juno turned around, startled. She took a pitiful look at Yegorka:

«I am sorry to hear that…» - she said kindly: - «All right, you're forgiven but never do it again.»

«I won't!» - the boy's face beamed. He looked about 14 years old, but even at such a young age, an expression of arrogance was firmly imprinted on his face, which ruined the impression of his beautiful features and fair hair. He was dressed in obviously expensive clothes, which gave away his high-rank family status.

Yegorka measured with a glance of scorn the guy in black clothes lying on the floor.

«Who is this shrimp of the second step of development?» - he intentionally emphasized Kyon's development, trying to hurt him more painfully.

Juno tucked a little strand of hair behind her little ear and said indifferently:

«It's a slave of mine. Just ignore him.»

The guy snorted:

«Another punching bag? Well, this ugly freak is fit for nothing else.»

Kyon frowned with annoyance. He could be anything but ugly.

«Would you like to start sparring?» - asked the girl, slightly raising her voice.

«Juno, how many slaves have you had? Three or four?» - Yegorka wouldn't stop.

«Stop it, enough! What's your problem?» - the girl said firmly, and folded her arms in displeasure. Her second cousin was always meddling where he didn't belong.

Yegorka lost his spirit from her tone and smiled apologetically:

«Ok, forget it.»

He lazily waved at Kyon, without giving him a second glance:

«Get lost, sc.u.m.» - he felt an urge to beat that slave to a pulp just because he had the honor to feel his lady's gentle body over him, but, of course, in the presence of Juno he could not afford such luxury - he did not want to seem petty in the girl's eyes.

Kyon, suppressing groans from a dull pain in his whole body, got up and left the ground, however, he did not hurry to move very far away. He leaned against the gate, so that he couldn't be seen from the inside but he could hear the whole conversation of this couple. He couldn't figure out who that guy was but judging by his appearance, he cared for the girl, at the very least, which was completely unsurprising.

«Juno, you and I have been friends for a long time and I noticed that you haven't been yourself lately. It bothers me if you have deliberately killed slaves and justified yourself with some idiotic reasons?»

«I killed slaves? Is that what you think of me?» - The girl put her hands at her hips and frowned her graceful eyebrows.

Yegorka shook his head:

«No, no… I don't mean… It just feels weird.»

Juno sighs, feigning distress:

«Well ... I just hit them a couple of times, just to keep myself in good shape, and then for some reason they die ... They die like flies. Perhaps, the doctors are bad… I don't know. Get lost!»

Kyon almost choked with indignation at hearing that innocent and completely confused babbling: {Bad doctors? Hit them a couple of times? b.i.t.c.h, you deliberately cause a h.e.l.l of a pain to make them wail!}

Yegorka nodded in understanding:

«I see. Sorry for suspecting you. It's just, sometimes your mood swings frighten even me.»

Juno theatrically rolled her eyes:

«I am fine… No need to worry.»