Rest.

By the time they returned to the royal capital, the sun was already setting.

I’ll report to His Majesty tomorrow, he thought.

“Good job today, everyone. Take it easy and get some rest.”

Even though they had used spatial magic to travel, they had still fought an army of tens of thousands of demonic beasts. More than physical exhaustion, the mental fatigue was heavy.

“Maybe I’ll take a bath.”

He took off his robe and casually tossed it onto the living room sofa. This was a bad habit of his, and Aria often scolded him for not handing his laundry over properly.

“Is the bath ready?”

“Yes, Lord Vim. Thinking you might want to bathe, I went ahead and prepared it.”

“Thanks. I’ll go head in now.”

“Understood. I will prepare your change of clothes and a towel.”

“Yeah, thank you.”

After thanking Aria, he headed toward the bathroom. He undressed in the changing room, grabbed a face towel, and stepped inside.

The bath in this estate was huge—so spacious it felt wasted on just one person.

As he soaked in the tub, his exhaustion seemed to melt into the warm water.

“Man, this really is the best…”

Facing demonic beasts that radiated a filthy, dark aura took a heavy mental toll. He could feel all that built-up stress being washed away.

As Vim stretched out his arms and legs in the bath, he thought he heard lively voices coming from the changing room.

Moments later, the bathroom door opened, and Misa and Diana walked in, virtually unclothed.

“Eh…”

Vim felt his brain completely short-circuit.

“Oh, if it isn’t Master!”

“V-Vim?!”

Misa’s cheeks flushed deep crimson. Diana, on the other hand, showed no embarrassment whatsoever, standing there completely unfazed.

It seemed spirits had a very different sense of modesty compared to humans.

“Sorry, I was just leaving, so go ahead and take your time.”

“Why not bathe together with us, Master?”

“As if I could!!”

He had already been soaking long enough to call it a long bath. There was no way he could casually share a bath with two stunningly pretty girls like this.

Vim wrapped a towel around his waist and beat a quick retreat from the bathroom.

“Good grief, that was close…”

For a split second, his reason and instinct had been at war, but reason won out. Normally, a situation like this might be something to celebrate, but both Misa and Diana had incredible figures. It was simply impossible to know where to look.

“I might need to give this some serious thought…”

This mansion had an overwhelmingly high proportion of women—and every single one of them was a cute girl. The only men around were Vim, James the butler, and a few guard staff.

“Anyway, time to sleep for today…”

Perhaps because of the warm bath, his fatigue had suddenly surfaced all at once. Heavy drowsiness washed over him.

Heading to his bedroom, Vim collapsed onto the bed.