The Survival of the Third-rate Villain

-Meeeep!

Pyro chirped loudly. He was worried after seeing Raye pass out.

-He's alive. Probably.

Then, Zephyrus said that to calm him down.

Fwoosh—

Zephyrus flew on top of Raye's head and carefully—

Pat- pat-

He started nudging Raye to wake him up!

-Yeah, he's out. He'll live, though...

He mumbled.

Then, looking at the worried Pyro, floating above him...

-You helped a lot in his survival. Good job, kid.

Zephyrus declared that with a smile!

-...

Pyro just remained silent.

He was glad that he was of help to Raye, but seeing his contractor's current condition, he couldn't bring himself to be happy.

-...

Zephyrus understood what Pyro was feeling too, so he just let him be for now.

Instead, looking at Raye—

-[Gracious Wind]

Zephyrus muttered that!

And then—

One of his personal skills activated!

Swish—

A small dome made of wind covered Raye's whole body.

And inside it...

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Fwoosh~

Raye's body started healing!

His weak heartbeat started becoming normal again after that.

And Raye's expression relaxed!

-He'll live.

Zephyrus repeated, watching Raye sleep inside his wind dome.

Then, looking around...

-Haaaaa...

He let out a sigh.

And looking at Pyro—

-We should probably clean up again this time too.

Zephyrus said that!

-Meep?

Pyro looked around.

And then, seeing the bloodied bed and the pool of blood under it...

-meeep...

He agreed to Zephyrus' words.

And with that...

FWOOSH~

SWAAAA—!

The two of them started cleaning up the mess.

Just like the first time this happened...

Zephyrus was collecting the blood up in the air again with his wind magic, and after that, Pyro would burn it!

...

After about an hour...

-Finally, the room's clean.

-meep...

Zephyrus and Pyro finished cleaning up.

They were really tired now.

Zephyrus also stopped healing Raye now too. He deemed that Raye was already good and didn't need it anymore.

Anyway—

-Ugh...

-me..eep...

Zephyrus and Pyro couldn't relax and sleep.

After all—

-Raye stinks.

-meep!

And so, to avoid having to smell that—

-Let's go.

-meep!

FWOOSH—

Zephyrus and Pyro flew out of the room and went to Old Man Rey's room.

And after entering...

Poff—

They immediately laid down on top of the Old Man's bed. This wasn't actually their first time doing this, so they acted all natural.

And just like that, they closed their eyes—

-...

And they both fell asleep soundly.

...

*****

The next day...

"..."

Raye regained his consciousness, and he immediately opened his eyes!

"Ugh..."

His head hurt, and he was really tired. He didn't have much energy.

Though—

"...?"

He was feeling a lot more energy in his body!

And that's not all...

'My mana capacity got larger.'

He felt a lot more mana circulating in his body!

The mana was even flowing smoothly!

"My overall physical abilities probably shot up too."

Raye added, mumbling.

And then—

"Ugh, what the fuck?"

He smelled something rotten!

It was coming from his mouth!

And not just there...

'I smell like shit!'

Raye exclaimed in his head, frowning!

His whole body smelled like fucking waste!

"Ugh..."

Raye groaned in disgust.

And without further ado—

Fwish—

He stood up and walked toward the door.

He planned to wash himself in the nearby river.

Creak—

Then, when he opened the door—

"Oh, hello."

Old Man Rey greeted him. He was just outside by complete coincidence.

"Urgh...? Why do you smell like that?"

The Old Man asked, pinching his nose and backing away from Raye.

"Erm, shit happened."

Raye replied.

"I can tell. You smell like shit, after all."

Then the Old Man replied with a smirk.

"..."

Raye just stared at him for that joke.

After a while, though—

"Whatever. I'm going to the river."

Raye said that.

Tap—

And he walked past the Old Man.

"Eat breakfast when you come back!"

Old Man Rey shouted, watching Raye walk away.

"Yeah."

Raye simply responded, waving his hand in the air.

And when he got out of the cabin—

WHOOSH—!

Raye immediately started dashing toward the river!

Just then—

"Ah, doesn't he have an event at the school to attend? Isn't he going to be late?"

The Old Man asked that to himself.

"Meh."

But he just shrugged his shoulders after!

He couldn't catch up with Raye now anyway, so he just decided to tell him after he came back.

*****

Raye arrived at the nearby river not long.

After all, he was dashing with all of his might!

Tap-

And as soon as he got there—

Splash—!

He got into the water, even with his clothes on!

They smelled too, that's why.

Anyway, getting in the water...

"Welp, here we go."

Raye started rigorously washed himself and his clothes.

He was scrubbing himself and his clothes so bad—

That's how bad the smell was!

Raye was brushing his teeth too—

Rinsing them—

He made sure every part of his body was clean and that no smell was left behind!

Raye was so dirty that the water around him turned murky from all the filth!

He frowned, seeing this.

"Disgusting."

He muttered that, watching the dirt swirl away with the current.

...

After about half an hour—

Raye's whole body was finally clean.

"Fuuuu..."

He stretched his limbs, feeling refreshed.

He didn't bring any clothes with him so he's currently topless.

The sunlight reflected off his wet skin, highlighting his toned, well-defined muscles.

His blue eyes gleamed as he ruffled his soaked hair.

'Damn, I bet I look good.'

Raye declared in his head with a smirk.

But then—

"Haaaa... My clothes are still wet."

He mumbled, looking down at his soaked pants and his shirt that he was holding in his right hand.

"Hmmm..."

Raye thought to himself for a while.

A smirk formed on his face.

Then—

Click-

With a snap of his fingers—

FWOOSH—!@@novelbin@@

A powerful gust of wind enveloped him!

Raye spun around, using his mana to manipulate the air—

And just like that...

Fwish~

The excess water on his clothes and body was blown away!

"Heh."

Now dry, Raye stood by the riverbank, satisfied with his work!

Then, cracking his neck—

"Alright. Time to head back."

He said that.

And in the next moment—

WHOOSH—!

Raye dashed off toward the cabin!

'I'll probably name that skill, [Dryer].'

Raye thought, pertaining to the skill earlier that he used to dry himself.