The day after Kamala suddenly met with Florian again.

There was a lot of paperwork to do, but she simply couldn't focus, and was enjoying a nice cup of coffee in her living room.

'I wonder what is going to happen from now on.'

'We don't have to fear attacks from other Apostles now. Ivan was our only neighbor, and since we've dealt with him and that nothing remains of Kaios, we can enjoy some peace and quiet.'

She took a sip of coffee and placed the cup on the table.

'But what about the region around Albriar? There's conflict happening, but we can't do much from where we are.'

'Truly, the only option is to depend on Orion's portals to move freely around the continent.'

*knock* *knock*

Just when she thought of that, she heard knocking on the door leading to the portal Orion created before.

'That room, is that them? Why so suddenly?'

She stood up and walked to the door and opened it.

"Hi. Can I do something for y-"

When she opened the door, she couldn't continue her sentence because of the surprise.

She watched as three people she knew well entered the living room.

"Hi Kamala, I came because I need to drop off these girls with you. If that isn't an bother that is."

"Thanks for having us once again."

Having trouble processing, few words left her mouth.

"Ah. N-no, no it doesn't bother me."

"But... what about these clothes?"

Pointing out the clear difference in outfits, the three smiled at her.

"Yes, those are the clothes you bought us. They really are nice."

Orion's new outfit was vastly different from the ragged clothes that suffered through training and battles.

The clothes Kamala bought for them were more durable, and more flexible. They were also easier to clean. If they needed to repair them, they simply had to return to the shop that made them in Hocride.

From his usual black shirt with sleeves stopping before his elbows, now, he had a dark grey sleeveless shirt.

His black pants, that were partially destroyed near the knees, and opened near the feet, were changed to a tight but flexible pants, still black, but more classy. They were still jeans though, which was something he liked to wear.

The was a pocket strapped on the left side of his thighs, were a dagger was placed, used for emergencies. He also added a nice leather belt with a silver crest at the buckle.

Over the jeans, Orion changed to black boots with a silvery accents on the laces and rings. Their height stopped just after his ankles.

And the last piece, his new coat, the clothing part he loved the most.

A dark coat that stopped a little lower from his buttocks. There was a little pocket on the right side to place an item, and he chose a pocket watch, something none of them bothered to get until now, because they didn't care.

On both sleeves, aegean blue bands followed a line from his shoulders, to the interior of the elbows, and stopping at his wrists.

The interior of the coat showed the same blue line near the bottom, lining right to left at the edge.

All of this completely changed the aura around him. He looked less like a beat up traveler and more like a normal person. Though he still chose to look like a hunter with the coat, the rest was closer to the normal clothes humans wore.

For Orion and Amelia, who lived with clothes made by beastmen, this was everything to get used to.

Talking about Amelia, she changed her clothes too. She had clearly less ragged clothes compared to Orion and Karteira, but since they both changed, why would she remains the only one not wearing her new clothes.

She often wore blue jeans, that quickly found themselves dirty. This time, she switched to black leather pants, tightly packing her thighs. It was tight enough not to hurt.

The rosy shirt she wore before got replaced with a white shirt, hiding under a light grey fleece sweater, copying as close as possible Orion's grey sleeveless shirt. There was no special design on it, it was a really bland long sleeves sweater. It also greatly highlighted the necklace Orion gave her.

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Compared to Orion, she wasn't a huge fan of boots, so she chose durable and flexible low shoes. They were black to follow the leather pants' color. Over the heel kick was a silvery line, once again copying Orion while also being different.

You could say that her beauty was pushed forward a lot with this outfit. Her figure was now outlined by tight clothes, and it greatly marked anyone that saw her. For her who wanted Orion to look at her, this was a perfect outfit.

She was able to move in it with ease too, thanks to the wind and water elements that she used in battle.

And last but not least, Karteira.

Karteira was more of a no design at all and only cared about what she had to wear. That's why she wore a jean with the right leg ripped off.

Before, she had a grey shirt that she always wore, but it was a little too big for her. Since she was training a lot, she thought that it would avoid it sticking to her skin after sweating, but it was way worse with all the creases.

So she changed to a different type of shirt. It was a mix between a vest and a shirt, with odd parts.

To begin with, the shoulder and armpit areas were uncovered, but her arms were still covered by sleeves. Two straps were holding the sleeve from the shoulder, and that on both sides, while the sleeve itself was tightly wrapped by a rubber band hidden inside a white crease, to make it unmovable.

The shirt was devised in two parts, the black outward which joined both sides from her back, and the white inward. In the middle of the white part, a vertical line was drawn as a design choice.

Near her neck, she had a bow that was integrated to the shirt. It was black like the outside, with white sewed outlines, and a cerulean jewel incrusted in the middle.

The sleeves were made of three colors, white, black, and blue. The white was the creased tissue that was clipped by the straps. The sleeves were black, and widened to avoid the cloth to touch the arm, before joining to another sewed piece of cerulean blue tissue that almost covered her hands.

It was the most intricate design between the three, and it really boosted her appeal as a woman.

She kept the eyepatch for when she was outside Horizon, as it was a gift from Tiohr-nam, her mother.

Next was the jeans. The tight black pants with the right leg torn off was changed for tight blue jeans with a brown belt. There was nothing special about the jeans.

Her shoes were also changed. From a pair of basic shoes, she changed to a similar one, with only the heel kick being slightly higher. It seemed to make it easier for her to sprint with this kind of shoes.

And to topple everything, she wore the hairclip she received from Orion in her hair. The flower design completely removed the air of unfriendliness she had on her on face, replacing it with the grace a woman like her had hidden.

There was a different grace in her to Amelia.

"How do you like it?"

Orion smiled at Kamala, waiting for her response, and after a few seconds, she got out of her shock.

"I thought you wouldn't wear these clothes. It looks really good on you three."

They all seemed to like the compliment, as they looked at each over and smiled.

"You choose that for us, so of course it looks great coming from someone who wears graceful dresses."

Amelia didn't miss the change to also compliment Kamala for her design choices, and she took it with a blush.

Karteira moved her arms roughly to show that her sleeves were tightly wrapped around her arms.

"Those are good, the straps are not hindering my movements since they only hold it from sliding off, but the band is holding fine around my arm. Look how much I can move in it."

"Karteira is quite happy about the outfit it turns out. She was so reluctant at first."

Orion joked about what happened before they all wore the bought clothes.

"How could I not doubt about it? It looked absolutely horrible to wear, but it was easier to wear than I expected, and it feels more comfortable than before. You were right, jeans are way better."

With a bright smile, she turned around, showing her back to Orion, who took a moment to look, before looking back up at her face.

"Definitely a plus."

'Those thighs are treasures.'

Not even trying to compare between both girls accompanying him, they both looked great in his eyes.

"It's good to know that you like it that much. So, you said that you've decided to 'drop off' Amelia and Karteira here? Are you going somewhere?"

Kamala changed the conversation back to the main point.

"Yes, I need to go back to the fairy realm. Something happened while we were inside Horizon that needs the expertise of someone we know."

He said the bare minimum about his plan, and avoided speaking about his encounter with Miasma.

"Isn't it going to take some times?"

Orion took out the pocket watch from his chest pocket and opened it.

'That sure is more handy than I expected.'

"It is close to 1PM, I should arrive over there near 5PM if I take multiple breaks. I will have to wait a bit before entering, but once I'm in, I'll come back to get them."

After explaining what he schedule, Kamala had only one question.

"Do you think I could enter with you?"

Silence fell for a moment, before Orion stopped thinking and asked her instead.

"For what reason? I don't want to be cautious toward you, but they are quite bothered by humans. I can't let you in without their agreement."

A slight look of dejection appeared on her face, but she managed to answer him nonetheless.

"Since we've chosen to ally with you, I thought it would be a good time to try to reconcile with the fairies."

The one that showed the most surprise was Karteira. She wasn't expecting such a reason.

And as she was thinking, she looked at Orion, who had a returned to his sterned gaze.

"I will talk to mo- to Tiohr-nam about it."

"Are you sure?"

Orion glanced toward her while asking.

"Yes. There's more chances she will agree if I ask."

Finding Karteira's words extremely out of character, she bowed forward.

"Thank you very much."

"Don't thank me right know, I don't know what her answer will be."

Kamala straightened her body and looked forward at Orion.

"When are you leaving?"

"Right now actually."

"Already?"

"Yes, I don't want to miss the time the realm opens. So I'm going to leave."

Turning around without waiting, Orion walked toward the door, and stopped abruptly.

"See you later."

After saying that, he opened the door and walked outside after closing it behind him.

*sigh*

"Always in a hurry. Only when we are in Horizon does he ever slow down."

"There's not much time for him, and every minutes counts at this point."

Amelia and Karteira began to talk about Orion in front of Kamala.

"So, did you speak about it to him?"

Until Amelia asked the dreaded question. It turned Karteira bright red, catching the interest of Kamala.

"What are you talking about?"

"That Karteira is in love with Orion, and that she needs to speak to him about it."

Bluntly giving all the juicy details, Kamala was now completely interested.

"Come with me, we'll talk upstairs."

Kamala and Amelia forced Karteira to move upstairs, and forced her to speak about her own feelings, and the little incident that happened inside the men's changing room in their house.

All of that, while Orion was 'Space Shifting' from Hocride, back to Dead White forest.