The bathroom hidden inside the Principal's Office was a place Yi Chen had fortunately gotten a glimpse of the last time he came here. Separated by a secret door, Principal Deslin seemed to enjoy bathing in it.
He had never expected to actually get the chance to enter this time,
and the bathtub had only just been filled. Judging by the faucet's flow rate, the water had probably been turned on when the sparring began.
"Is the gap really that big? Principal Deslin calculated the timing of our sparring perfectly. She even factored in the time it took me to fall from upstairs and walk back here.
"Ugh~ What a drag! Ever since I broke through my limits, I've been beaten up by Yuri, then beaten up by my teacher.
"After resting with Jin for a few days and finally getting myself back into shape, I went right back to getting beaten up by the Principal... Before breaking through, I could at least often slay pathogens and fight above my level. Why do I feel more and more useless?"
Kicked into the bathtub, Yi Chen lay flat on his back. He even had Huangpi control his clothing, leaving his body and hanging the clothes on a nearby coat rack.
Yi Chen also untied his bun and let his hair spread out in the water,
while his body slowly sank until the water's surface lay between his lips and nose, allowing his thoughts and body to become completely immersed in the warm, comfortable pool.
"Lying flat feels great."
As he relaxed, the fatigue that the Mad Brain had always kept out surged in all at once. His eyelids gradually drooped like curtains.
Just as his eyelids were about to close,
his eyeballs peered through the narrow gap between his eyelids at