A commotion took place in the harbor of Hocride, unknown to Kamala.

Many guards on duty were already rushing to the place.

This time was a rare occurrence. A man, most likely a merchant coming from another continent, had pushed a woman of Hocride on the ground, and was strangling her.

The first one close enough to react were Orion and Vincent, who were at the marketplace, directly in front of it.

While avoiding the crowd of curious people who wouldn't move a muscle to help the poor lady, both finally had the criminal on sight.

"Vincent, take care of the woman! I'll subdue the man."

"Yes!"

Orion let the protection of the woman to Vincent, on the guards of Hocride. After agreeing, they both went to act accordingly.

Splitting from Vincent, who continued forward, he chose to stay in the crowd while running left.

There was no other way than to tackle the man from the side... or that was the plan. The docks were stopping Orion from circling around him.

He stopped and analyzed the reaction of the criminal seeing Vincent come for him.

'Vincent has his attention, but...'

'He's trying to finish her off quickly now. I need to move.'

Forcing the First Gear that was unlocked permanently, and adding the speed enhancement from the light element, Orion went past the crowd, and with Vincent, cornered the man with a pincer attack.

In the blink of an eye, someone ran past the front row of people, and grabbed the man by the neck.

"I've got you."

This man was everything Orion hated, and he would be glad to kill him on the spot, but that had to wait for more details on the crime.

He released the woman as he began to choke.

"Ha!"

The woman was finally able to breath again, thanks to Orion.

"Madam! Can you breathe correctly? Talk when you feel comfortable to, please."

Vincent crouched in front of the woman and massaged her back to help her relax her body. Panic could only make the matter worse.

Both men looked at her neck. The mark of the strangulation was clearly visible, and there was even a weird cavity on it.

Worried that her windpipe could have been crushed by the strong grip of the man, Orion placed his hand on her head, and healed her.

Not long after, she calmed down, and felt her throat return to normal.

'I was right, he did crush her windpipe.'

"You have a really good explanation to give for such an act."

Orion turned to the choking man. He wasn't exercising any strength at all. The man was in this state simply because he was lifted off the ground.

Other guards began to arrive, and helped the woman.

"Re...lease me!"

"Why should I?"

His eyes were dark. There was no trace of compassion left in him.

'Criminals I swear. They think everything is possible, and that they can stay unpunished forever.'

Noticing that the woman had finally relaxed, Vincent began to ask question, as to understand why she was in such a predicament.

"As you can see, you are in the care of us guards, and that man will be unable to harm you anymore. What happened? Could you please tell us?"

Seemingly a little shaken, she explained.

"I-I was walking down the docks, when this man called to me. I talked a little bit with him, and since he was manly and quite handsome, I thought that it would be fine to follow him.

"After talking outside, he invited me inside his ship. At one point, I wanted to go to the toilet, but since I am not familiar with boats, I couldn't find it."

Her eyes fell to the ground, and bad memories resurfaced. In terror, she explained something that irked everyone.

"This man, somewhere below the deck, he has cadavers of people strapped to the walls. When I saw that, I tried to flew immediately, but I ended up getting caught."

Orion slowly turned his head and stared inside the man's eyes.

"H-HIIIII"

He thrashed around, trying to break Orion's grip, but that was in vain.

Gently, Orion dropped the man to the ground.

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"E-eh?"

But that wasn't an act of kindness.

*CRACK*

"AAAAAH"

Orion broke both of his knees with his strong legs, before grabbing the by the neck, dragging him inside the ship.

Hearing the horrible sound of bones breaking, and the shout of pain coming with it, Vincent watched as Orion walked inside the ship.

'What am I doing?!'

"Madam, I will investigate the ship with this man. Us guards will take care of everything, so please return home and relax as much as you can. If possible, do forget about what had happened."

Vincent stood up, told the other guards to safely walk the woman home, and followed behind Orion quickly.

~

*Ding*

The sound of the front door opening was noticed by the clerk.

"L-Lady Kamala?! Boss! The Lord is here!"

Immediately, she turned around and called someone else.

"She's here?! Oh, great!"

A tall man with purple bandanna around the top of his head walked past a curtains, and instantly brightened up after seeing his favorite customer.

"Miss Kamala! How are you doing today?"

The man approached her, and bowed gracefully, a bit exaggerated you could even say.

"I am doing fine today, Enzo."

"This is such a good thing to hear. Have you came once again for a custom outfit? Or is it for... the cute women behind you?"

He noticed the four others behind Kamala, but only now did he pay attention to them.

"Oh! Wait a second, these outfits... I made those!"

Physically, he was tall, with a muscular body. His skin had a lighter color than the chocolate brown skin of Kamala.

In the shop, he always wore his purple bandanna on his head. He was also always seen with a purple leathery apron, full of needles and sewed threads of various colors.

Enzo was a man quite eccentric, and he loved his work.

So when he saw Amelia and Karteira wearing the outfit he previously took a lot of efforts to create, his face once again brightened up.

"I remember you two. I also made one for a man. Is he wearing it too?"

Amelia nodded.

"Of course. He said that it was quite comfortable and easy to move in."

Enzo laughted wholeheartedly.

"That is good to hear."

He nodded a few times, satisfied.

"Are you here for those two young ladies?"

Dramia and Drania felt a little intimidated by his imposing presence, but he looked really kind judging by his demeanor.

Kamala continued, explaining why they were here.

...

"I understand. But why do you want openings on the back? I remember you asked for something similar for the blue lady other there."

Karteira felt everyone's gaze fell on her.

'I'm not the 'blue lady'. My name's Karteira.'

She wanted to say that, but she simply smiled.

"Well, there is reason for that."

"Secret?"

With a nod, Enzo obtained everything he needed.

"Everyone, follow me. Katia, the store is yours."

"Eh?!"

Katia, the clerk of this shop, and employee for quite a few years, was in shock.

As she began to process the order, they were already gone.

Following Enzo, they went past the curtains, and into a tightly shut metal door that took a few seconds to open.

"Karteira, can you show him."

After the door was tightly shut, Kamala asked that she revealed her fairy features.

Closing her eyes, she began to think.

'If we're going to create a future where humans and fairies can live together, I guess it's alright to start with that?'

She internally agreed.

"Fine."

Her cerulean scorpion tail's invisibility slowing disappeared.

"O-OOOOH! What is this?! A tail?!"

The muscular man began to rotate around Karteira like a child around a mascot.

...

"Fairies... I really made an outfit that pleased a member of a faction I never knew about?"

In shock, Enzo opened and closed his hands multiple times.

"Are you two fairies by any chances?"

The sisters nodded, before Karteira added something.

"They are our queens."

"..."

With no other solution but to absorb the information, everything began to form in his mind.

"So, they have the same status as Lady Kamala. We need something that can remain graceful, yet cute because of their build. I will ask one of you to take the measurements if possible."

Ideas continued to pour in his head.

"So, the two vertical openings on the back are for wings I suppose."

To help, both sisters revealed their true appearance to the man, because he seemed trustworthy in their eyes. After looking at his overall information, they noticed that he was an honest man.

"GREEN! That's a new one! I had blue recently, but green is new! Oh Lord Kamala, thank you very much!"

His clothier blood began to boil, as an outfit for both of them was created in his mind.

"The whole outfit can't be green. A little there, and there. White? No. What could goes well with... Wait, are they twins?!"

He turned around and began to draw sketches on a piece of paper.

Only five minutes later, the designs were already done.

"This here, that here, and..."

Enzo looked at his new masterpiece (only drawn).

"This looks great! Let's craft it right now!"

Without waiting, the man went to work, leaving the five woman talk between each other in the meantime.

~

"STOP! NO MORE! IT HURTS!"

A man with weirdly bent knees was dragged inside a ship.

"Can you shut your mouth for a minute?"

Orion formed Taygeta and fired a Mute arrow in the man's left leg.

"..."

"Finally, some peace and quiet."

"Sir Orion! Great, I've managed to catch up to you."

About to walk down the wooden stairs, Orion turned to Vincent.

"If what that woman said is true, what you are about to see might be too much for you. You can still turn back."

But he shook his head.

"Even without you, our duty would have led us to investigate inside. Do not worry about me, I am simply doing my job."

Shrugging, Orion walked downstairs, dragging the man with him.

"Suit yourself."

...

"O-Oh."

This was the only word that came out of Vincent's mouth.

"This is disgusting."

A sight of bad taste and true psychotic behavior was in front of them.

"No wonder she fled rapidly. You've hit the jackpot Vincent."

At least twenty people (?) were strapped to the wall, bloodied from repetitively being hit in the face.

"But there's something wrong. They're not humans."

Orion was quick to notice, and better yet, it was hard NOT to notice.

"I knew of the Kelpies, but they are horses. What are these? Half-fish, half-human?"

In front of them, a faction they never heard of was had been reduced to such a state.

"..."

Vincent was speechless. This was truly horrible.

"..."

Also remaining silent, Orion ignored the thrashing of the man behind him, and focused on the room itself.

"!"

Before noticing something.

"They are all still alive! Vincent!"

Orion let go of the man, throwing him at the wall, and immediately went to detach the captives.

Finally absorbing the words Orion said, he also went to help.

"Yes! I'll do the right side."

In a few minutes, they were all down on the floor.

"T-T...hank... you..."

One poor soul was almost lost, so Orion quickly healed him. But for some reason, he's state wasn't improving.

'Damn it! That never happened before! What can I do to save them?!'

He listened in despair for any clues.

'W...at...er...'

A silent, almost inaudible whisper caught his attention. He turned to a woman looking at him with a dimmed gaze.

'Water? Half-fish... Of course! But Amelia's not here right now. I can create a portal to h-'

But another idea came to him.

"Vincent. Leave the boat."

"Huh?"

"Trust me."

Knowing that Orion was planning something, he followed the order, and left the room, but not before looking on last time at these poor people.

Once Vincent had left, he stood up.

"You're sinking with your ship, Captain."

Alcyone in hand, Orion fired at the man, piercing his chest, and the hull of the ship at the same time.

"Time to go. I hope this will help you."

Without waiting, he ran up the stairs, and exited the ship before it sunk.