She was a hard time fighting with the enemy, who was almost twice as slow. She couldn't understand why it was so difficult for her to defeat him. And finally, she got the answer... That monster had excellent movement skills.

{What is the level of his battle fist?! I can't believe the piece of trash is higher than Master Jean!} - the young lady was quite arrogant but certainly not a blind fool. Now she had to admit the bitter truth: her movements became better not because of training with master Jean, but because of the time she gave the slave the first thras.h.i.+ng! She had unwittingly copied his style of movement. It was insulting to admit that she had earned something from a slave... Learning from someone means recognizing that this someone is better than you. Even the idea was unbearable to her.

Juno rejected unnecessary and obviously harmful thoughts about the supernatural talent of her enemy and desperately tried to figure out how to hit him with lightning and knock him over. Soon the sophisticated mind of the clever lady came up a reasonable idea to give up ether and focus on the wind element. She'd never attacked with its help.

Juno approached the guy at arm's length (otherwise it wouldn't work) and, with a graceful wave of her hand, launched wind blades at the enemy.

The blades can scratch a few millimeters deep. The slave had a choice to admit his defeat or be cut into shreds. It was time to send a message to the arrogant dastard!

Kyon squinted his eyes. With difficulty, he could distinguish active air turbulence around the girl, and it didn't bode well. He abruptly stretched his arm in front of him, covering it with the barrier of the ether.

Juno was eager to see the blood of the hated enemy spurt, but the blade got into the translucent film and just evaporated, innocent and harmless.

The large, emerald eyes of the slave girl nearly popped out.

«But?!»

Kyon took advantage of the rival's momentary confusion: he struck her in the chest with a powerful blow, electrically charged. The impact of the blast was comparable to the 9th stage. She was going to recover that quickly.

*bang*

Juno freaked out when she saw a bunch of sparks from the electric shock, and her body twitched in uncontrollable convulsions. She almost forgot her name.

Kyon wasn't going give in. He decided to knock her off her feet and win an unconditional victory.

He wanted to trip her up but missed. The girl inhumanly quickly recovered and dodged, doing a backward roll. She was still trembling, and it seemed that she'd lost control over her body. She had constant ringing in her ears, and she couldn't wrap her head around what had happened.

Kyon attacked again, but the girl used her advantage of the speed and began to retreat.

{For shame… I've missed such a chance!} – the guy was displeased with himself.

Juno pointed out her trembling finger accusingly:

«You… You can't know the ether! It can't be!»

«What are you talking about?»

Kyon was slowly and decisively cornering the pretty frazzled and banged up but still adorable girl.

The girl shook her head in disbelief.

«You can't! It's impossible to master two elements for such a lowlife as you! Especially ether! Where did you... How did you use the lightning?! And why is your discharge so powerful?! Tell me!»

«Shut your s.h.i.+tty mouth, b.i.t.c.h. It was your idea, after all, that slaves have no right to ask questions and speak without permission. It's high time I cut you down to size, miserable slave! Just accept the fact that you are an insignificant mediocrity, and admit that your magnificent master is much more talented and stronger than you. Then I might spare you and won't beat you that hard.»

«NO!» – the loser screamed almost hysterically. Her world was bursting again, like a soap bubble pierced with a sharp needle. All too often, she had to experience failure recently. Only yesterday her master showed no hint of having the element of ether, but today she learned the hard way it was quite the opposite.

Kyon slowly forced the girl into the corner of the area. She tried to get tricky and escape, but the guy managed to grab her by the long flowing hair. He pulled her a little too hard. At last, he'd caught that smart and cunning bird.

Juno let out a mournful squeak, similar to a naughty kitten, which was taken by the scruff of the neck. Her legs did not reach the floor, and in fact, she looked harmless, pitiful and so cute.

«LET ME GO!» – Screamed the girl, re-launching the wind blades at the guy and trying to scratch his face with her nails.

Kyon easily repulsed the attack with a careless wave of his hand. He intercepted her fist and poured in a pretty bad current discharge. Let her pay for impudence and useless resistance.

*bang*

The body of the young lady started shaking in convulsions again. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes as she was dangling in his hands. The tears ran down her pale, almost white with pain and terror, cheeks. The b.l.o.o.d.y demon was frightening her like no one else in her entire short life. Was she so pathetic? What about her dream to win over her sister? Was it all really for nothing?

Kyon poured into her one discharge after the other until her hands went limp. Then he threw her onto the floor, sat down right on the joint of her knees, and gave her a hard blow to the chest, which made her cough hoa.r.s.ely.

«Did I tell you that you are miserable mediocrity? I did. And now for my favorite part: punis.h.i.+ng you for trying to kill me!»

«P-please, don't hurt me... I was not ready... It's not fair!» – Juno mumbled in protest, but the guy remained steadfast and continued to beat her up. Sharp pain like flas.h.i.+ng fireworks spread throughout her whole body. Here again, she was going through h.e.l.l... She was in that position because of her own weakness, not the order not to move... Is she weaker than him, after all?

The slave girl tried to cover the most vulnerable places with her hands, but the ruthless monster moved them apart by force and continued his torture. She was hurt, but the greatest agony came from the realization that she'd lost to someone two stages lower than her in development and twice slower in speed. He'd suppressed her as if she was a pathetic, worthless commoner... How could it all turn out that way?

«Recognize me as your master. Admit I am above you both in strength and talent, and then I will stop.» – The young man was nice enough to give her the chance to stop her torment herself. Revenge is revenge, but first, he needed to rehabilitate her. If she bent under pressure, things would get easier.

But the girl just stood there silent, covering herself.

Kyon frowned and continued his dirty work.

The cries and moans of Juno sounded very quiet under the influence of the order. She looked like she was going to faint. She was shaking; her limbs were cramping, she had trouble covering her body with her hands. Her eyes were painfully closed all the time, and tears were streaming down her cheeks.

The guy felt like an insane s.a.d.i.s.tic executioner, he wiped the sweat off his forehead and was about to continue, but he suddenly noticed that the girl didn't move or cover... She opened her eyes and was staring at him carefully and intently without a shadow of fear. Far from it: the desire for revenge, the bloodthirst, the ferocity - that's what was glowing brightly in her bright green eyes.

The guy shuddered involuntarily. He hit her a couple more times and found that she no longer moved at all. No, she didn't break... She'd just realized that he was rejoicing at her sufferings, and somehow she just forbade herself to resist.

{Is she... Is she really a human?} – Kyon was once again fascinated and amazed at the will of that amazing sly girl. To take all his blows, staying immobile and not reacting at all, just like that? Human beings don't do that… Well, if he'd found out that she was morally broken, then such behavior would be logical and reasonable, but her eyes were burning with life, with genuine emotions of hatred and a clear desire to fight to the very end.

In a fit of anger, Kyon pounded the ground next to her face.

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«Are you crazy?! Just say: "I am weaker than you, sir, please do not beat me anymore. I will be an obedient slave." And I will immediately stop beating you!»

There was no answer. The guy rose, put his foot imperiously on her chest, and slightly pressed. He wanted to strike the cherished pride of the high-born lady.

«I can not hear you.»

However, the girl stayed calm. She didn't not even flinch. Then she slowly opened her lips and uttered a barely audible response, just whispering three words:

«Just die, please…»

Kyon ran his fingers through his hair, perplexed. He was staring in shock at the indomitable stubborn girl. {Crazy girl, you... are really reckless.}

Juno wearily closed her eyes and turned away. She did not want to see that ugly vermin anymore. He could beat her all he wanted. From that moment on, she wasn't saying a word until she died.

Suddenly, she felt a strange wet touch to her bare neck. The girl realized with horror that the guy clung to her with his repulsive lips.

«Аа-а-а-а-а-аh! No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!» – the girl, who was so calm before, screamed, disgusted, and pushed the "mosquito" with her foot lightning fast.

Kyon was so mesmerized by the unusual behavior of the girl that he decided to get a taste of her will, but she gave an unexpected rebuff, thereby surprising him again.

The girl squatted and backed away, looking at the slave with a grimace of some animal fear.

«Don't you dare! I'll kill myself if you do that again! And I'll take you along!» – The lady struggled to her feet and staggered back, that time faster. She felt her way to the gate with trembling hands, opened them shut and ran to the mansion. To be more precise, she calmly walked away, yielding to the action of the orders. Her heart was beating frantically. She was unable to calm down the turmoil that was building inside of her. A lowborn slave had kissed her in the neck! At that moment, her life was no different from the common trash in the slums.

Kyon helplessly scratched his head, not even trying to stop her. Something told him that if he'd continued s.e.xual pressure (and it seemed to be the only thing that worked on her), she'd have simply broken. Not to the point he wished, but to the state of a weak-willed puppet with strings cut off.

The guy a.s.sumed that his kiss was worse for her than a knife in the heart. It didn't affect Juno when he humiliated her with an "honest" beating, but an innocent kiss had almost destroyed her. He doubted she'd ever seek to kill him again if she's afraid of being dishonored.

Kyon sighed sadly. {Probably, if she treated me as an equal, I'd make her my girlfriend.}

…

In the meantime, Juno returned to her chambers and jumped onto soft pillows. Tears were pouring down her cheeks and couldn't stop. It was so gross. She felt a thorn in her heart. He kissed her on the neck... Her n.o.ble essence had been desecrated. She had been beaten like mediocrity in a fair fight.

Gradually, pain overlapped the feeling of disgust and self-pity. There was only h.e.l.lish, unbearable, excruciating pain.

The girl carefully removed her blouse and was horrified. Her entire chest, stomach, and sides were black and blue. The pain was so intense that her body was numb, and only because of that she wasn't crawling on the floor stifling her moans.

With a trembling hand, she took out a tube of ointment from the ring and awkwardly put it on her finger, proceeding to the treatment of her injuries. Although the beaten beauty was still sick at heart, she never ceased muttering to herself with murderous determination:

«I will kill this monster at any cost... I will kill in the most cruel way…»

It was inexpressibly bitter to see her body in such a crippled state. She'd always been proud of her figure: a wasp waist, neat b.o.o.bs, and slender legs. But now all that depressed her with an ugly blue and b.l.o.o.d.y red pattern of bruises and abrasions. It would take days to cure the injuries with ointment, and there were the old ones that didn't even have time to heal properly. Her healing, accompanied by pain and anguish, would drag on for a long time. d.a.m.ned slave... What she did she do to bring him upon herself?

The tube of ointment ended too quickly. Juno wanted to go for a new one to the treatment room, but then fiercely gritted her teeth in annoyance. She remembered that there was an order in her cage of orders that forbade her to raise any suspicion. She'd already taken the ointment for the "master"... Her subconscious wouldn't allow her to take anymore.

She was going to have to suffer in agony even longer than she'd imagined... All because of him. She hated the name Kyon to the depths of her soul. The girl sadly curled up in bed, gently hugging her legs, trying to sort her thoughts out. It was going to get only worse. But…

Juno will never give up.