"What are you two doing here?"


    The sisters surprised the group by being outside of the realm.


    "Sis, I forgot there was seasons in this place. It''s so cold!"


    Drania began shivering. There was no changing seasons in the fairy realm, it was always warm although there was weather changes.


    The current season on Triazils was fall. But because it was closing on winter, the cold was harsher for those not used to it.


    "Bear with it, it''s not like we''ll stay for a long time."


    Dramia placed a hand on her sisters head. She then turned to look at the group.


    "We have an errand to do. If you thought we were going with you, then no, we aren''t."


    "Cold as usual."


    Karteira shrugged, having expected such an answer.


    "If it''s like that, I won''t ask about what you''re planning to do. Be careful though."


    Orion approached the sisters and looked in his bag. He found two of his warmer clothing, and gave them to the shivering sisters.


    "Wear this, it''ll be easier to bear the cold wearing these."


    Dramia thought about refusing, but picked the grey sweater in the end. Drania jumped on the black one, and both wore the baggy sweater.


    "We can''t fly like this."


    Drania said while smiling sarcastically.


    "I don''t plan on getting them back, turn around."


    She listened and turned around. He took the pair of scissors he always had in a box, and while carefully avoiding the wings, he cut openings into the back of her sweater.


    "Better?"


    She flapped her wings a few times, and nodded.


    "Your turn. Turn around."


    "Fine."


    He did the same thing to Dramia''s sweater, creating openings for her wings.


    "Thank you for the clothes! I am already feeling better."


    Drania, who was way smaller than Orion, tried to pat his head, but she couldn''t reach.


    Watching the girl struggling made him laugh, because he knew she had forgotten that she could fly and reach him.


    He dropped a knee to the ground, tidying the scissors in the box, and at the same time, gave Dramia some time to caress his hair.


    "Wah! So silky! Sis, come touch it!"


    "No way. Why do I need to?"


    "Because it''s your only chance to do so."


    Dramia caught sight of the sad smile on her sister''s face, which she finally understood.


    "Fine, but just a second alright?"


    She walked next to her sister, and placed a hand on his hair. Like her sister, she caressed it.


    Orion couldn''t see their faces while he was tidying, he simply knew it was their way of saying goodbye.


    The two sisters stopped stroking his hair, and both moved their faces close to his ears.


    "Thank you. Be careful."


    He closed his eyes, and nodded silently. He considered them as his sisters now.


    They walked past him and walked toward the girls that were watching with a warm smile.


    "You two, on your knees."


    "Sis, your way of asking for something is terrible. Don''t mind her, I can reach."


    But she didn''t. Orion was 192cm (6,3ft), Amelia was 181cm (5,9ft), and Karteira was 185cm (6ft). The two sisters were the same height, 151cm (4,9ft).


    They were really small, but it was the main reason for their unbelievable speed.


    Amelia had to bend her knees for Drania to normally reach. Dramia was touching her brows watching her sister act like a teenager. She sighed and caressed Amelia too.


    "Hehe, this is nice too."


    "..."


    They both enjoyed the feeling of Amelia''s hair.


    "Try not to do more than you can, take your time to grow, and one day, you will have what you desire the most."


    "Don''t lose hope, there''s always a reward for the most hardworking girls!"


    The sisters gave her advices. They knew what Amelia wanted the most, just watching the exchanges between her and Orion was proof of it.


    She blushed in a bright red color.


    "I will, thank you."


    She dropped her face, looking at the ground. She tried to hide her face as best as she could.


    Having finished their goodbye with Amelia, they walked to Karteira.


    "Do your best, grow stronger, and come back alive. That''s all you need to do."


    "There are so many things you will have to face, but I know how strong you are! Take care."


    Karteira bowed her head, while the sisters took the opportunity to caress her blue hair.


    "Orion, we''re going to talk with the dragons. I heard you''ve been to their nest?"


    Dramia turned around and asked Orion who was looking at the ring in his hand.


    "Yes, we did before coming to this forest. If you want to find them, you definitely need the direction right?"


    Dramia liked when Orion went straight to the point. He was someone that understood fast and didn''t need all that useless talk.


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    "We do in fact. Are you fine with sharing what you know?"


    Orion didn''t have to think, the answer came by itself.


    "I would trust you with my life if I had to. Of course I''ll give you the way to them."


    The sisters looked at him with shock. Trusting them with his life? That was one of the greatest form of trust they could have received from a man as cautious as Orion.


    "Well... thank you."


    She didn''t know what to say anymore. Even her cold expression disappeared, leaving only a gentle smile behind.


    ''Sis finally stopped putting distances between him and herself.''


    Drania watched as her sister changed her way of seeing Orion. If before he was the savior of Tiohr-nam, now, he was a friend.


    "Come here, I''ll show you."


    Orion put the ring back in his pocket, and took a map out of his bag. Amelia and Karteira walked closer too, following the sisters.


    "You see this mountain range? That''s the Talviera Mountain Range. We currently are in the Dead White forest, there."


    Orion showed the Talviera Mountain Range on the map, which was spanning almost all of the northern part of Triazils. It started from the merged Eogis in the west and finished close to the Parsmata Desert all the way east.


    He then pointed to the Dead White forest, the forest of dead birch trees, where no living being stayed. It was below the mountain range, closer to the desert than Eogis.


    "What you are looking for is... what was it''s name? Amelia, do you remember?"


    He looked at Amelia, hoping that she remembered the name of the dragons'' nest.


    "Wasn''t it something like Ormdivin? Monolavir kept saying it''s name when we arrived."


    Orion snapped his fingers.


    "You''re right, thank you."


    He returned to look at the map, and pointed at the west part of the mountain range.


    "This is where you''ll find Ormdivin, the dragon''s nest."


    Dramia and Drania thought about the time it would take them to arrive, and the problems they could encounter. Dramia was the one to ask.


    "It will most likely take us two days at top speed. This is not what we should focus on. Can we even get close to that place without being attacked?"


    Orion understood her worries, they never encountered the famed and feared dragons before.


    "Do you have a way to understand them? If not, it will be difficult."


    "We don''t. Is that a problem?"


    Orion simulated the encounter in his mind multiple time to find the best way for them to succeed in conversing with the dragons.


    "!"


    "This might work. Knowing Monolavir and Ruminona, they would easily believe you."


    Orion explained his plan.


    ~


    "Do you think it will work?"


    Drania asked, absorbing everything Orion explained.


    "Most likely than not. I could even bet that you will be received and treated correctly afterward."


    The sisters stood up, and nodded at each other.


    "Thank you Orion. There''s somewhere we have to go, but we can''t without the help of the dragons."


    "I see. Don''t go near Eogis. I don''t want you to get hurt."


    They both smiled.


    "We''re not going there, you can relax."


    Orion stared at them to notice anything that would show otherwise, but they seemed to have said the truth.


    "Fine. In that case, just be careful."


    "The same to you three."


    The three stood up at that moment. Orion took his father''s ring out of his pocket once again.


    ''It hasn''t reacted at all since we returned. Am I missing something?''


    As he kept staring at the ring, the four girls understood that something was going on.


    "Orion?"


    Amelia walked next to him and looked at the ring that definitely looked like a normal, powerless ring.


    "I don''t get it. Dad said that it would help locate the strongest peaks of corruption close to us, but the ring is doing nothing. I don''t understand why it doesn''t react."


    Orion was slowly worrying. He didn''t want to become an headless chicken running around the continent in hope of finding ''something''.


    "I think it''s magic as been completely depleted when you took it back. If there''s no magic, there''s no reaction."


    Karteira walked on the opposite side of Amelia, and also looked at the ring.


    "I don''t feel the magic it had when I touched it the first time. And here I was panicking for nothing."


    The girls laughed at Orion. He simply smiled.


    "Though, I don''t know how to give it more magic."


    Then silence.


    That was true, there was no way to give magic to an item. The only one that managed to do it was Reon... and Noah.


    "We might have a solution."


    Dramia and Drania walked really close to Orion. They looked up and stared in his eyes.


    "Sis, is he ready for that?"


    "He should be."


    They nodded and walked one step back.


    "Noah showed us how to infuse magic in living beings and items. We can teach you, it shouldn''t take too long."


    The sun was setting, and the stars began to show their sparkle. The portal to the fairy realm closed completely without them noticing.


    "Eh? That''s all?"


    Amelia blurted out unconsciously.


    "It took many years for him to find this method, I know what you mean. It''s usually the most common method that gives results."


    Dramia answered.


    Orion had his eyes wide open, the greatest idea he ever had formed in his head after listening to their explanation.


    He moved forward and hugged them both.


    "Hyaa! / What are yo-"


    "Thank you! You have just gave me hope!"


    Not understanding anything, they froze in place. They simply gave him a solution to make the ring store magic again, it wasn''t something that needed such an over-reaction.


    ''He had another idea.''


    ''Indeed, we better watch out.''


    Karteira and Amelia exchanged a few glances, understanding each others.


    Orion let go of the sisters and walked away from everyone.


    He hid the sun by standing in front of it. The orange hue outlined his body, while the stars above him blinked and shined.


    The four gulped at this sight.


    "I will reproduce what you said."


    The panicked face of the sisters, and the shocked face of Karteira and Amelia entered his vision, as he created two massive spheres of elements in his hands.


    "NOT AGAIN!"


    Dramia almost ran to stop him, but her sister stopped her.


    "This is not the same. I know it."


    Drania continued staring at Orion. She never looked away a single second.


    "Look at him."


    The other two returned to their senses, and the four of them simply watched as Orion brought all of his heart into his idea.


    ''Please work. Please work... please work!''


    His two elements spun faster, faster, and faster. They began to suck the air around them as they turned faster.


    When Orion found the right moment, he released his magic.


    The spheres began to dissipate differently than normal. Usually, by ending your magic, you cut the feeding power from the element, and it instantly vanishes.


    What Orion did this time was ending the magic without cutting the magic feeding the elements. It''s a simple process that doesn''t require a lot of focusing.


    The elements began to disintegrate and send magic particles into the air. Black and white particles began to float in the air as the two sphere continued to dissipate. Once completely vanished, Orion looked at the sight around him.


    So much magic particles, it would make a normal human sick instantly. Even worse, they could die if they absorbed them, their magic system would abruptly open and burst. This was an effect Noah had to deal with in the past, magic overdose.


    The good point was that only Orion was able to do this on the continent right now. No one knew about this effect today.


    "Don''t come closer alright? Let me finish."


    They all nodded, observing his every moves.


    He took the ring out of his pocket and placed it on the fourth finger of his left hand. The ring began to glow and react with the floating particles.


    "Absorb."


    The ring drew a large amount of particles, and began to emit sparks of lightning. It''s jewel began to glow brighter and brighter, until it''s magic storage was completely full. After a few seconds, the ring returned to look like a normal ring, instead this time, the jewel was lit.


    "It worked, but there''s still so much particles."


    Karteira noticed that there was way too much particles remaining. She had no idea what he was planning to do.


    *Clack*


    ''Magic Lock Level Three Released: Magic Diffusion. Congratulations.''


    Ego''s voice echoes in both Orion and Amelia''s mind.


    "I''m not done yet."


    Orion began to lift his left arm in the air. An item on his wrist began to shine from the setting sun''s light.


    "Don''t tell me!"


    Amelia brought her hands to her mouth. Tears began to form in her eyes when she realized what his real objective was.


    "Absorb!"


    The bracelet his parents created for him began to glow, as it absorbed the large amount of particles in the air. Everything got sucked slowly toward the bracelet.


    When all the particles got absorbed by the bracelet, Orion continued to stare at it.


    Suddenly, a notice appeared on the bracelet, where his name was. In a really tiny writings, ''Energy: 0.6% -> 53%'' was written.


    "It worked."


    Orion slumped his shoulders while looking at the stars above him. He had no idea if doing this accomplished anything, but he hoped his effort managed to help Reon and Orianne who were stuck inside the bracelet.


    "Orion. You really are impossible."


    Amelia was the first to walk toward him. She grabbed his left hand and looked at the bracelet, noticing the small new notification.


    "I know. The moment I remembered dad say that the bracelet worked with a magic storage too, I had to try it."


    "What did he do?"


    The three remaining girls remained in their spots, simply trying to understand what had happen.


    "He shared his magic with the bracelet. Inside it are the souls of his parents. Without magic, the bracelet shuts down it seems, forcing them to sleep."


    Dramia made a hard face after Amelia answered her question.


    "This is horrible."


    Drania looked at the ground.


    "I hope what you did helped in some way."


    "Thank you, I hope so too."


    Karteira kept staring at him.


    ''Every time, he finds new ways to make me respect him more. The kindness he shows for his friends and family is something rarely seen. I hope his kindness will not be the end for him.''


    Having ominous thoughts, Karteira remained on the spot while everyone swallowed the hard reality about Orion''s parents.