Gray Ashborn and his half-brother Alex von Ashborn were nearly the same age. Alex was slightly older, but he lagged behind Gray.
So, the duchess became jealous and kept poisoning Gray. As a result, the gap between Gray and Alex grew wider.
As they made their way to the training ground, Lina revealed to Eunuch Jang that he was being poisoned, though how it was done remained a mystery.
Now, Eunuch Jang, who was in Gray Ashborn's body, and Alex's maid stood at the center, facing each other. Alex's maid was also wearing a training outfit and wasn't bad-looking, though not as beautiful as Lina, Gray's personal maid.
Then, a knight wearing armor with a sword at his waist stepped forward to oversee the match.
"Are you both ready?" he asked Gray and Alex's maid.
"Yes," Alex's maid answered. Then she pulled out her wooden daggers and took a fighting stance.
Meanwhile, Eunuch Jang, who was in Gray's body, remained still. He held a wooden sword in his hand, but he didn't take any fighting stance.
Confused, Alex's maid said, "Young Master Gray, please focus on the fight."
But Eunuch Jang ignored her words. His eyes were fixed on the tall building, where a couple sat on throne-like chairs.
The man had black eyes, black hair, and a pale complexion, as though weighed down by stress.
Beside him sat a beautiful woman with blonde hair, staring at Eunuch Jang with a strange expression....one that looked as if she were gazing at trash.
'She must be the duchess, Lady Versa von Ashborn.' Eunuch Jang deduced.
The couple seated in the high chairs were none other than the Duke and Duchess of the Ashborn family.
The man was Duke Theron von Ashborn, the Patriarch of the Ashborn family and father of Gray Ashborn.
'So that's Gray's father. He doesn't look like a bad guy,' Eunuch Jang thought. He felt that the Patriarch wasn't truly a bad man, but rather someone being manipulated by the duchess.
'Well, the duchess is beautiful though.' Since Eunuch Jang was mentally older, he had an attraction to older women, like the duchess. But at the same time, he felt anger when he saw her eyes. They were looking at him with amusement.
'Let's see if you can still look at me with those eyes when I step on your son's manhood,' Eunuch Jang thought with a soft smile. However, to those watching, it seemed as if he were laughing like a madman.
The crowd began murmuring, thinking he had lost his mind in fear.
"Uhm... young master Gray?" the knight overseeing the match called out, noticing his awkward, evil smile.
"Ahh, yes, yes. Sorry.....I was lost in thought." Eunuch Jang replied.
Then he looked at the maid, who had taken her fighting stance, and said urgently, "Come at me."
Hearing his confident words, Alex's maid gritted her teeth. She then spoke in a low voice so only he could hear, "I thought I beat your maid enough. But for you to come here....don't you care about her?"
As soon as Eunuch Jang heard this, he looked at his maid, Lina. 'So she was being bullied because she's Gray's maid....'
As his thoughts began to wander, Alex's maid rushed toward him with her wooden dagger.
Just as she was about to slash, Eunuch Jang stepped to the side, causing her strike to lose its power.
"How!!!" Alex's maid was confused by how he moved like that. Then she slashed at him again.
Swing! Swing! Swing!
She swung her dagger, but missed every time.
Even the spectators were speechless, seeing him dodge so easily when they were both in the same Soul Realm.
Well, Eunuch Jang was a legend in swordsmanship, so winning this duel wasn a piece of cake for him.
The path of her daggers was vividly clear to him, he could read her every movement like a book. To him, she felt no faster than a snail.
Let's finish this. Eunuch Jang stopped and then rushed at the maid with his wooden sword.
The maid quickly raised her dagger to block him. But something unexpected happened. Just as Eunuch Jang's sword was about to strike, a system window popped up
Ding'
[A female enemy detected]
'hmm....' As his body had already moved and he wasn't yet accustomed to it, Eunuch Jang couldn't stop his momentum. He slashed at the maid head-on, their paths crossing as his momentum carried him past her.
Slash!
When the strike ended, Eunuch Jang looked at the system window.
[A female enemy detected]
[Activating: Lust Sense]
Upon seeing the system window, Eunuch Jang's eyes went wide in surprise and then he frowned.
He was speechless to see such a strange name. But why is it named like this!? Lust?
Just then, a scream came from behind.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!" The scream came from Alex's maid's mouth. Confused, Eunuch Jang looked back, he hadn't struck hard enough for her to scream like that.
As he saw why she was screaming, his eyes went wide in shock.
Her clothes were torn to pieces, exposing her soft white skin, bra, and panties. She was barely clutching her torn clothes to cover herself. Her eyes were teary and filled with anger.
Meanwhile, Everyone in the training ground looked at Eunuch Jang with surprised eyes. To them, it seemed as if Eunuch Jang had done it on purpose.
Seeing their gazes, Eunuch Jang stammered, "Uhm… I…." unsure of what to say.
What type of sword art shredded only clothes? Eunuch Jang was dumbfounded at the system window's feature. It wouldn't have been a problem if there were actual cut marks or wounds, but only her clothes were shredded.
Eunuch Jang clicked his tongue in frustration.
"I… I didn't mean that. It just happened… I…" he said awkwardly, trying to ease the mood, but no one was buying it.
Just then, from the high building, the duchess shouted,
"How vulgar. Tsk." As she said those words, she left the place in disgust. Even the Patriarch didn't look at him and just left.
"Damn, I messed up."