The girl's angry shouts and insults sobered the young man at once, he immediately regretted what he had done, but it was too late: the maids literally threw him by the collar out of the mansion, turning a deaf ear to his excuses or apologies. As if he was good for nothing! Only the highest servants, under Juno's order, had the right to treat him like this, he was, after all, the most promising genius in the Stone family. By the age of 18, he was supposed to become the strongest among the incompetent young generation of the family, the eldest members pinned their faith on him. Juno could not forgive him that offence for a long time, avoiding sparring with him. Since then, Egorka was afraid to behave inappropriately with the wayward girl. And today she gave in, at last. However, he noticed with each pa.s.sing day that Juno was increasingly catching up with him in development. Her rate of growth frightened the young man, he was afraid to become unworthy of her position in the future - in just three months she had risen to the 5th sage of the baseline area! It took him two years to do it when he was a child! She was definitely more talented ... Sooner or later she'd advance and never look back, which meant he had to act before it was too late, act decisively and firmly! But she was so unapproachable, moreover, he was just a friend for her, all his efforts to build any romantic relations.h.i.+ps had no effect. All that remained was to watch his happiness catch up with him and leave him far behind with nothing but memories, shadows from the past. However, he did not lose hope, he kept trying to reach the girl's heart, the girl who was so unique and only in the whole world - at least for him.

Juno changed the subject:

«Yegorka, how are you doing… after the loss?»

The guy, unable to keep his emotions, turned away and gasped for air:

«I'm fine ... At least I'm sure that my father died, doing his duty. The slaves must have given him such hard time that he had a stroke caused by excessive stress and ... And…»

His voice faltered. How he wished the girl would hug him from behind, comfort him. But ... G.o.d, no ... She kept silent, neither sympathetic sighs, nor friendly pats on the shoulder! {Say something, I am begging you…}

«I see…» - nodded Juno. - «My friend told me he had lost his student. Martin was a good formarcist and must have been a good father.» - Her voice was very soft in the end, she nearly whispered.

At the same time, Kyon, at the gate, could hardly help himself slapping his forehead. It was he who had killed Martin! What was the chance of meeting the offspring of that greedy b.a.s.t.a.r.d so soon? It was not the first incredible surprise the world had had in store for him.

The guy swallowed the offense, turned around, fumbled in a deep pocket and took out a colorful box:

«I've bought your favorite raspberry cakes. What about a snack before the fight?»

Juno took one with a bored expression on her face, bit off a piece and put it back. She liked Yegorka only for his highest potential of development among the younger generation, the reason why the adults respected him and his peers envied him. Such genius might be worthy of being her friend and sparring partner, and he managed to keep from drooling in her presence, which was no small thing.

On the one hand, being friends with him was like living on easy street, but everything else about him drove her up the wall! From gifts and poems to averting his eyes if she looked at him for more than a second. In fact, it was pure disrespect for such an important person like her! She had a good mind to make him address her with all formalities, but it would seem quite weird, as they had agreed to communicate in private without any formalities. That is, only when they were in private, because around other people, Egorka had to show his respect to the elder in rank.

Yegorka could feel in his guts an approaching awkward silence and changed the subject.

«By the way, I am going to tell you a secret at the party that your grandfather had promised everyone. I've kept it since childhood. What is more, I have a surprise for you, a gift - it will definitely help you with development.» - the guy sincerely grinned from ear to ear.

Juno raised her thin eyebrows.

«Do you really want to give me something for my development?! Yegorka, you're so sweet!» - she praised him with a smile.

The boy's heart just melted. His legs bent treacherously, giving away his feelings. The smile from the cutie made his soul sing, his heart trembled happily; she smiled so rarely at him, more often than not he had to see her evil or malicious grin.

Juno tossed her head scornfully and turned away.

«We'd better fight. Only this time, change your stage of development to mine, not two stages higher. It's only fair this way.»

Yegorka shook his head:

«Juno, if you fight on equal terms, you'll never get stronger.» - the guy sighed, and his development plummeted to the 7th stage of the baseline area. Anyone, with the level of development starting with the second area, could do such a trick.

It might have seemed from the outside that he did that in order to instruct Juno, in fact, he feared lest the talented girl should thrash him once they were equal. He would be disgraced and crushed with hardly any chance of making her his. Otherwise, it would seem to be a giveaway, and if she succeeded in knocking him to the floor, it would not be suspecting at all.

Juni rolled her eyes, stood opposite the guy and the fight began.

Kyon, peeping through a small hole in the gate, was completely convinced in the young man's feelings. He was like Jean in a way. Everyone was snarling over that demoness in the angel's skin, like enchanted, but he was different. In any case, it was stupid to fancy someone who could finish you at a whim.

For Egorka, fighting with the girl was definitely the best pastime, everything was written on his face. He seemed to be dancing a love dance with her.

Juno snorted, surprised. {Hm… My movements are getting better. Practice with Jean must be paying off. Even if he acts a bit weird, most importantly, I become stronger with him.}

If only Kyon knew that she had given all his credit to Jean…

Egorka noticed that the girl's response to his attacks was getting much more confident than before, he pursed his lips in displeasure. Really talented. His advancement in two stages was hardly an advantage any more.

They'd been fighting for some minutes when Juno's tight b.u.t.tocks got so conveniently close to the guy's palm that he could not resist and grabbed them reflexively...

«What! Are you f.u.c.king stupid?!» - Juno turned on him like a wild cat, fixing an angry stare on him.

The guy looked stunned. He did know what he had done but he felt like a stupid poodle that soiled himself. Immediately he withdrew the mischievous limb, stared at it in disbelief, as if he could not recognize it, and babbled:

«Juno, I'm, I'm sorry! I have no idea how…»

«Shut up, a.s.shole!» - the girl pressed the formation with no mercy.

Within five minutes, Dina and Anna ran in. One gesture of their mistress - and they grabbed Egorka by the collar and kicked him, like a mongrel, out of the mansion, to the accompaniment of his screams:

«Juno, forgive me! It was a mistake! My hand twitched by itself and …»

The girl snorted coldly and turned away, without looking back at that petty dirty-a.s.s pervert. If he didn't have the greatest development potential, and if he wasn't her friend, she would have ordered to cut off his b.a.l.l.s and head, exactly in that order — she really hated h.o.r.n.y guys.

Juno strode quickly towards the mansion. Her mood was completely spoiled, she didn't want to practice anymore and she had an urgent need to take a shower to wash off the touch of that w.a.n.ker. {All guys are the same… They want only one thing.}

Kyon let out a sigh of relief. I say! That arrogant a.s.shole had just unwittingly helped the killer of his own father. The sun had long gone over the horizon; most likely no one would remember him before morning. No one at all... His stomach rumbled demandingly, his mouth was dry. He experienced such a wide range of indescribable sensations that he was glad that at least the pain of injuries was eliminated from them by Synergy that had blocked his receptors. It was quite obvious: no one in that mansion cared a s.h.i.+t about him. No bed, no food ... No chance to survive.

{Take me back to the mine, please… There's at least a bed and food, while here…} The guy clenched his fists in frustration with the reality. But he was not giving up. It was time to act. It was time to get up on his feet.

An hour later, Kyon secretly left the training ground. All the servants had already gone to their quarters, so the park was supposedly empty, but no less dangerous. If Dina would get her hands on him...

The guy came into the territory of the source, made sure that there was no one inside, gulped some water, and headed for the entrance to the mansion, making his way quieter than a soft breeze.

The main entrance between the park and the mansion did not have a lock, neither had the doors. It was a walk-through. Apparently, the winters were warm there, if seasons made any sense, at all.

Kyon listened carefully - silence. He went further. Sometime later, he heard almost intangible steps; it took some effort to recognize in them the maids' walk. The young man laid low.

The girls entered the bathroom, locked the door with a bar latch. There came a sound of water running: it seemed the sisters preferred to take a bath together. A straight story for a p.o.r.n movie.

The guy's eyes sparkled dangerously, he rushed to the source, where he had recently drunk water, carefully put a handful of amber stones (money at the advanced area) at the bottom, and dashed to his wait-and-see post in the mansion.

His heart pounded so fast that it could break through his chest and jump out. He was about to fulfill his wish. See, if it can work.

The countdown has begun: three, two, one... Next to the source resounded a loud *bang*