At one point, the body stopped convulsing.

His companions were still in his arms, and he couldn't find the strength to move them, as he was the reason they had to do this.

What he didn't know was that they were perfectly fine now.

'I'll take my time and enjoy his warmth. It's been so long since I've hugged him like this.'

Amelia was in full romance mode.

'He caught me. He didn't give up on me. He caught me.'

Karteira was like a broken record inside. She couldn't believe someone would act this way toward her. She believed in strength, and Orion had definitely shown he was a terrifying individual.

Who would catch two people plunging toward a wall? She was expecting Orion to save Amelia and abandon her to her fate.

At that moment, without knowing it, Orion gained the complete trust of the strongest fairy.

This sealed the deal for her, as she was unwilling to part with them anymore.

After a few minutes of everyone catching their breath, the first one to move was Karteira.

"Thank you. I didn't think you would make it in time."

"I gave my word, didn't I? I never go back on my words. I said I'd catch both of you, and I did. That's all that matters."

After seemingly getting her dose of his warmth, Amelia finally removed herself too.

She turned to look at the corpse she had fiercely fought against.

"And there's two like this... can we make it in two days?"

Orion stood up, dusted his back, and spoke.

"Don't think about it too much. From the way I feel it, it should be around 1PM. We still have time."

The situation was not so dire anymore. They cleaned a whole section of the underground and managed to defeat one of the powerful 'Corrupted Lord'. In total, they destroyed more than a third of the nest.

This was a real achievement to kill well over five thousand enemies in four hours.

"There's something more important. Karteira, remove your armor, and you, Amelia, show me your hands."

'Ah! My hands, I forgot about them.'

She released her grip on the daggers, and the two elements returned to Orion. Amelia opened her hands to show how bad the injuries were.

"This looks... fine. I need to clean it, disinfect it, and put the bandage around the rashes."

"It shouldn't open again, as it is only scraping from the hilts."

He turned to Karteira, who had removed her 'Cerulean Aegis' armor.

His only reaction was.

"It's bad. Don't move a muscle. Wait here."

Orion walked toward the entrance, where they originally came from. They had left their bags here so they would not be hindered while fighting.

He grabbed the two bags and walked back to them, who were waiting for him to return. Orion dropped the small bags to the ground and rummaged through his belongings to find his healing box.

He crouched next to Karteira's leg and began to look closely between the torn fabric of her pants.

'This looks more like a cut than missing flesh. If she had such a bad injury, I wouldn't be able to do anything.'

"You can thank your armor. If not for it, it would have left you unable to fight again."

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He took out the spray, carefully spread the ripped fabric away from the cut, and cleaned it. This time, it seemed to hurt more than when he healed her tail, as she grimaced a bit.

"Kuh... You're right."

She didn't know what to say. It was her fault to have let a wind blade graze her.

Orion finished by giving her a bandage and straps.

"Wrap it yourself. I can't wrap it over your clothes, and I can't ask you to strip in front of me, can I? I'm going to take care of Amelia, so do it in the meantime."

She nodded and moved further away, then stopped. She looked behind her and watched Orion's back in silence.

'Is he angry at me for hurting myself in battle?'

Knowing he wasn't going to look, she pulled down her tight black pants to her ankles, showing her white underwear.

She looked at her left leg, which had a deep horizontal cut in her flesh. The blade sliced her leg slightly less than a centimeter deep.

'I hope it doesn't leave another scar.'

'Orion's right, if not for my ability, I would have most likely lost my leg.'

She wrapped the bandage around her leg and pulled her pants back up. As she began to walk back to them, she made up her mind.

'I need to take better care of myself. If I want to continue standing by their side, I have to do something about my reckless actions.'

Now that she had decided to change her ways, she stopped next to Orion, who was disinfecting Amelia's hands with the spray.

"Was catching its attacks hard to the point of creating such injuries? You gripped the daggers' hilts too strongly."

As he wiped her hands with a soft tissue to clean any trace of impurities off her hands, she looked at them.

"I was scared."

"It would surprise me otherwise."

Surprise painted her face, but she continued nevertheless.

"When I countered those attacks, my arms kept cramping. It reminded me of when we fought Karteira."

"Me?"

Karteira pointed at herself.

"During the fight, my arm cramped up, and I couldn't continue to parry her attacks, which led me to lose Dana. The same was happening after each strike, and it was so much worse for the last three counters."

Orion remembered Amelia redirecting the trajectories of the wind blade each time she got in contact with one.

"It might have been unconsciously, but my hands gripped the daggers to avoid something like it happening again. It wasn't like against Karteira; if I had made a mistake, we would have died."

Her serious expression showed that she wasn't making any of it up.

"When I opened my hands again, my arms were trembling, and blood was already flowing down my wrists."

Silence took over after she finished.

After a minute of focusing on cleaning her wounds, Orion wrapped the bandage around her hands and stood up.

He placed his right hand on her head and caressed her blonde hair.

"Being scared is alright. As I said before, it doesn't surprise me. If I had the choice, I would have avoided taking you with me to let you live the normal life you deserve."

"At the end of the day, both of you are normal women. Well, maybe it's different for Karteira, but it doesn't change much that even a fairy can be happy."

He brought his left hand to Karteira's head too and caressed her blue hair this time.

They both looked at him with fondness.

"The only thing I can do for both of you is make sure you don't get too injured during fights. Without you two, I'll be dead before long. For that matter, I would have died earlier if not for Karteira's quick reaction."

He laughed and removed his hands from both heads.

"Let's take a break here. I don't think we'll see any bugs now. Are you two thirsty?"

He took two bottles of water from his bag.

They approached him and grabbed the bottles.

"Ouch... I had forgotten."

Amelia touched her stinging hand with the other.

"Well, I hope it doesn't hinder you too much during the next fight."

Orion fell into his thoughts after watching Amelia and Karteira touch their bandages.

'They won't be able to fight correctly if we're going like this.'

This was the reality of the battle. Injuries were common, and, usually, they lasted a few weeks, which posed a constant problem.

'Yes, they won't. That is why it is your role to keep them in shape.'

A voice he recognized entered, mixing with his thoughts.

'Ego, what do you mean? I already healed their wounds; I can't do better than that.'

'Of course, you can do better than that.'

Hearing her say this with confidence, as if this were a given for Orion, made him wince.

'In normal circumstances, I shouldn't give you advice, but I'm done following those arbitrary rules. If it is to keep Amelia from being hurt, I am ready to help you.'

Orion closed his eyes and discretely nodded.

'You have my attention. If I can do something for them, then I will listen to your advice.'

Ego's words weren't foolish ones. Only a fool would ignore them. That's why Orion focused intently on her every word.

'Alright. It is only advice. If you cannot make out what I am going to explain, then it is your own fault.'

The teasing in her voice was unavoidably present, but he ignored it. It was better than hearing the monotone voice Ego had at the very beginning.

'I get it. I won't blame you if I can't understand.'

After a small pause and once she sensed Orion's emotions, 'Ego' gave a hint.

'I understand you only managed to comprehend your light element attributes the day before, but there are many things you still do not understand about them.'

'Think deeply about your elements, and you will get your answer. I cannot help you further.'

With his eyes still closed, he took on a thinking posture. Amelia and Karteira were looking at him, intrigued by his current behavior.

'Thank you, Ego. I'll do just that.'

He thanked the voice.

'Well then, I'll give you peace of mind by leaving.'

The voice died down, and only his distinctive thoughts remained.

'My elements. I just understood how to wield them correctly yesterday, but I was expecting them to be much more complicated than that. They are not simply weapons. They can be used as enhancements now.'

Pondering everything he knew about his elements, he slowly pictured the whole thing in his head.

'Light can be used to increase the speed of what I choose, and the dark element is perfect to afflict my enemies with various ailments.'

This was what he knew about his elements. It wasn't the simple understanding he had, compared to the time he trained in Auro's forest.

It was understanding on a fundamental level.

In his mind, he was able to separate the two into categories and separate those categories based on what they were actually capable of.

'If what 'Ego' said is correct, then one of my elements can be used to improve the healing of these two. Obviously, it can't be the dark element. So it leaves me only with the enhancements of the light element.'

'But it is only used to speed up things, though... What am I supposed to-'

Amelia and Karteira appeared surprised at his sudden reaction. He opened his eyes suddenly and looked at his hands with shock.

"Wait. Speed up things?"

If the 'Ego' could smile, it would be doing so.

'He is a genius. To find the answer so fast. Maybe his care for his partners makes him prone to great understanding?'

There was only one thing left: try his new discovery.