After being summoned, Orion entered the same room where he met the Queens the day before.

"Could you explain what happened? I am sure that hill wasn't there before, am I wrong?"

Dramia, the coldest of the two Queens, pointed outside the window to a tall mound of fresh dirt and gravel.

Orion, the reason for this mess, was now being questioned about it.

"Well, what can I say? I didn't expect it, either."

He had some remorse about scaring the inhabitants, but apart from that, he shrugged it off.

"I've purposely avoided firing in the direction of the village, so I hope there wasn't anyone injured from the shock."

Hearing the genuine concern in his voice, Dramia closed her eyes.

"You don't have to worry; no one got hurt. What I'm having trouble accepting is the range of the damage. Just looking at it from here, it scares me to imagine having you as an enemy."

Orion sighed in relief before an honest smile replaced his previous emotion.

"I have no reason to be your enemy. What happened was only a slight oversight on my part."

Orion bowed slightly.

"I apologize for the inconvenience."

The two Queens nodded in satisfaction. Any man capable of showing humility was a good thing in their eyes.

"So, what did you do to arrive at such a result?"

Drania left her seat and used her speed to move closer to him. Something Orion became used to.

"I can't tell you the full explanation, but if you want a simple answer, I can tell you."

Nodding rapidly like a child, Drania waited for Orion to speak.

"I just fired an arrow; it pulverized a rock into dust, and said arrow traveled until it hit the ground further away from its trajectory, creating that new landscape."

As he glanced at Drania, only disbelief appeared on her face. Her dragonfly wings stopped flapping all of a sudden while she looked at her sister, who had the same reaction.

'This is bad, sis. Maybe it is not the right moment to play the simple-minded? We should explain to him now, don't you think?'

'Not yet; he hasn't shown a single ounce of his power. He might have obtained his legacy, but he's not ready to learn the origin yet. He displays promising growth, so we need to keep an eye on him for now.'

The two sisters began to speak with their eyes, or more accurately, in their minds. Living a long time together and being twins made them able to read each other's minds with incredible ease.

The instant Drania nodded, the wings on her back flapped at full speed before she vanished from her spot to reappear in her seat.

'I'll never understand how those two possess such speed. Why do they not fight if they possess this attribute?'

Orion wondered about the monsters below. Now that his movement speed while using the 'First Gear' was constant and painless, he understood how speed was one of the best weapons in this world.

Attacking, dodging, countering, fleeing... all those tactics were much easier to perform with greater speed.

But those two didn't seem to participate in the fights against the corrupt beasts below.

'It doesn't make sense; why not use all of your power if you can? They definitely have something making them unable to participate.'

As he continued pondering, Dramia and Drania discussed many things related to Orion's power. They were convinced Orion was hiding something important.

The room stayed silent for a few more minutes, until someone broke the silence.

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"I need to go; I have to prepare for the mission. I also have a fight with someone else planned."

"Yes, we know. Our commander, Karteira, came to ask for permission yesterday to have a bout with you. As she seemed quite excited, we have accepted. You've decided to accept her request, too, it appears."

A confident nod answered Dramia.

"Yes, though be reassured, I won't use that stupidly strong shot again. My body cannot support multiple of those."

Touching his wrist, he frowned.

'I almost broke my wrist with the recoil, so it's not something I can use repeatedly.'

Orion was starting to understand what the 'Overdrive' ability did to his body.

Other than his arm, no other limbs were influenced. Since he slotted the arrow into the groove with his right hand and held the crossbow with his left hand, the power was transmitted to the arrow instead of his arm.

His left hand not being strengthened or reinforced meant that the amount of power coming from a shot was dangerous.

Breaking his wrist would be the worst thing to happen on a battlefield, so he refused to use it until he had a way to mitigate or completely negate that pain.

After finishing his sentence, he stood up from his chair and walked to the door. Before leaving, he turned to the Queens, still sitting at the table while sipping their cup of tea.

"Feel free to come see the fight. I'm sure she would be happy to have an audience cheering her on. Though I've seen when I stepped into this realm that she was not very much liked by her peers."

He shrugged and left the room.

...

Once Orion walked out of the room, Dramia placed her cup on the tray and spoke to herself.

"Is it because he acknowledged Karteira's strength that he shows such respect to her? For some reason, he expresses the same respectful behavior toward us. Has he already deduced our strength?"

Drania was also pondering while making her chair stand on two feet.

"I'm certain he doesn't know that much. He might be wondering why we haven't resolved the problem of corruption by ourselves, and I could understand if he were suspicious of us. Instead, he keeps treating us normally."

Her sister, too, was constantly watching his every move.

"There's no reaction coming from him anymore when I approach him."

With a faint smile on her face, Drania looked at the ceiling.

"Usually, when I do that, it either scares the guest or makes them angry. He is different. So different yet quite familiar. Noah, too, was cold, but never in a bad way."

"We had forgotten about him until now, but seeing Orion seems to have reignited our memories. We need to wait for now, as the moment we are freed, we will be able to support him."

They both nodded to each other before turning to the tree trunk.

"Did you speak to Tiohr?"

"I had to. She said it was alright to do whatever we wanted. We've protected her until now, so we have the right to protect others too, she said."

"Won't she be lonely if we left? How much time have we spent next to her?"

"Too long. I want to see something else. I need to see the state of the world. The same world Noah shoved on our shoulders before leaving us alone."

Drania brought her chair back to its four feet and hugged her sister, who was sitting next to her.

"Don't force yourself too much; there's no need to think about what has not yet happened. Let's continue to observe for now."

Dramia, being hugged by her sister, felt relatively uncomfortable.

"I don't say that usually, but the way you can change your behavior from being an airhead to a perfect older sister is scary."

"Wha-"

The two sisters continued joking around for a few minutes before exiting the room.

"..."

A small sigh of satisfaction echoed inside the empty room.

"..."

"These children. No, they are full-fledged women now... Maybe they will finally be able to turn the page and live for themselves after this. I should prepare, too."

Tiohr-nam woke up for a few seconds before falling back into a deep sleep to preserve her energy.

~

"Oh, you're back? How was it? Did you get scolded?"

Amelia was waiting for Orion in his room. The smirk she had on her face was quite unpleasant to him.

"No, I did not get scolded. I did expect it, but they seemed more concerned about another matter. Since there were no injured fairies, it did not cause any problems."

She closed the book taken from Orion's bag and immediately switched to being serious.

"Orion, I have a bad feeling. My instincts are telling me someone is trying to snatch you from me!"

Or so Orion thought before being disappointed.

'So much for a serious mood.'

"Can't you stop with that? It's the third time since coming back yesterday evening that you said that. There's no one trying to 'snatch' me away from you, alright?"

"Don't underestimate a woman's instincts! I can't shake it off, and it's only getting worse. I need to find out who it is before it is too late. Is it one of those Queens? Maybe an inhabitant saw you and fell for your charm yesterday."

"'What are you, my mother?'"

Orion grumbled.

'Damn it, I've let my inner voice slip out.'

"Well, at least I'll be proud to say to your mother that I protected you from all the vile women only going for your body. Though, it is a well-built body, I can't lie on that."

"Can you stop now? I'm starting to get bored by this skit. Moreover, why did you take this book out again?"

He pointed to the book holding his secrets. He did manage to see that Amelia was on page 41 before she closed it, so he knew she was looking at it once again.

"I simply wanted to see this picture again. The pearl beach is so beautiful that I can only dream about it."

She closed her eyes, probably imagining herself near that beach.

(One day, I'll take you there.)

He whispered this so low that she did not pick it up.

"Well, I'm going for my daily training, and you're coming with me. You still haven't shown much improvement in earth magic, right? Today, you're going to spar with me using only that."

He took her hand and hurriedly moved outside, almost dragging her.

"Wait! Wait, I haven't changed! I'm not ready, please!"

Realizing he was too eager, Orion released her.

After being scolded, he had to wait for her to change, and then they both left to train.