The sun was slowly making it''s way higher into the sky.


    A new day began.


    Orion opened his eyes, and looked at the window. The ray of light coming from between the curtains woke him up.


    ''It''s going to be a hot day.''


    He stayed a few minutes laying in bed, until his brain was fully awake.


    The temperature in the room was hot, but not unbearable for Orion.


    He slept with a shirt that was hiding his chiseled abs, and simple underwear.


    As he sat on his bed, wiping the little sweat he had built in his body while asleep with a towel in his bag, he looked at the same window again.


    ''It is a beautiful sight.''


    The rooms Orion and the girls were staying in showed only a small portion of sea, since it was on the side of the building, but the glistening blue sea was captivating, even for him.


    On the other side, Karteira was also looking at the blue sea.


    ''This is not nearly the same as our sea. So much life, so much people, so much activity.''


    She was amazed. When she listened to Tiohr-nam saying that she had to see the world for herself, and return with news on the state of the world, at first, she thought that there wasn''t much to see. That most cities were ruled by tyrants, and that nothing beautiful could exist.


    ''Mother was right, there are beautiful things still in this world. And the food is great too. There might be hope for this continent.''


    Her role in all of this was to come back with a definite conclusion. If the continent was impossible to save, the fairies would never return, and stay in their realm.


    If there was hope, mainly created by Orion, Amelia, and herself, the realm would be broken, and the fairies would return to Triazils.


    That was what her mother asked of her. But, she also told her to enjoy the time she was going to spend with her friends, because who knows what can happen.


    The blue sea was reflecting in her blue eye as she thought.


    Amelia slowly opened her eyes, feeling the breeze coming from the window Karteira had opened.


    She grunted a bit, and woke up as usual, her mind full of fog.


    Karteira looked at her without saying anything. She knew Amelia was unresponsive in those moments, even thought it was kind of funny.


    After ten minutes of lifelessly looking at the wall in front of her, the gears finally began to shift in her head.


    She looked at Karteira on her right.


    "Morning Karteira."


    She smile at her, moving from her bed, to the window.


    "Morning Amelia."


    A strong breeze flowed between them, pushing their long air.


    They enjoyed a bit a calm, before they moved away to prepare for the day. Their hair was a mess like every morning, and they were in their underwear, so they had to get clothed before going out, obviously.


    This was an usual thing for them. It took roughly fifteen minutes for them to be ready.


    Today, Amelia decided to go for the high and side-braided ponytail hairstyle. Orion seemed to like it.


    Karteira chose to keep her hair loose, like she always does. She didn''t particularly care about her hairstyle.


    But her hair was beginning to get too long.


    ''Maybe it''s time to trim it. What should I do?''


    She was lost. Before, she just randomly cut it here and there, but for a reason she didn''t knew, he didn''t want to be lazy about this anymore.


    ''I should ask Amelia about it.''


    She placed her hairbrush down, and turned to Amelia.


    "Say, I want to cut my hair, but I don''t know how to go about it."


    Having caught Amelia''s attention, they began to discuss it.


    "That''s rare coming from you."


    "Well, I don''t want it to bother me, and it''s starting to arrive below my thighs, so."


    Amelia had long hair too, so she knew what she meant.


    "Do you want to cut a lot of it, or like before?"


    "Like before?"


    Amelia nodded at a confused Karteira.


    "When we first met, your hair was above your hips."


    "Oh, you''re right. I had forgotten since I''ve never really cared about it that much."


    "That''s a shame, you have really beautiful light blue hair."


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    The praise hit her full force. Karteira had a little rosy color on her cheeks.


    "So, what are you asking me? To cut your hair, or help you choose a haircut?"


    Karteira began to fidget slightly. In a quiet voice, she answered.


    "Both, if possible."


    ''What is this cute creature?!''


    Amelia almost forgot that she was younger than Karteira, as she was about to pounce at her and hug her.


    *cough*


    "I don''t mind. But why the sudden change? If you don''t care, that shouldn''t be too hard to decide right?"


    Amelia erased those feelings and asked another question.


    "That''s a good question. I don''t really know why either, but I don''t want to look like a mess when both of you are looking fine."


    ''So it''s just a question of comparing? There''s something else isn''t it?''


    A devious smile appeared on Amelia''s face for a split second. Karteira did not saw it.


    "That''s all? That shouldn''t bother you, since you have already a great style. Having long hair doesn''t mean that you are not taking great care of it. You look fine already."


    Karteira looked at her with a blank stare.


    "Are you trying to get something out of me? Why so many compliments?"


    Amelia looked away. That didn''t work as expected.


    She stopped bothering, and just asked her friend.


    "Sorry. But I really think so, you really do look good. I just thought that there was something else behind those words."


    Amelia scratched her cheek in embarrassment, to which Karteira simply looked down.


    "You always find new hairstyle everyday, and manage to look great with it. I got a bit jealous of that."


    Silence fell in the room.


    "Did I say something bad?"


    Karteira looked at Amelia. Her hair were hiding her eyes, showing only darkness behind it.


    She was waiting to be shout at for saying something like this to her friend.


    But Amelia began to laugh.


    "It''s fine to be jealous isn''t it? You should have said so before, I would have helped. I said it before, if you need something from me, just ask."


    "Finding and having different hairstyles is not secret I keep to myself to begin with."


    Karteira was shocked. She really did make a great friend.


    "Thank you."


    She smiled warmly to Amelia.


    "Orion would love to see a new hairstyle on you too."


    *gulp*


    Karteira looked away instantly.


    "..."


    Amelia looked at her with a dry stare.


    "I knew it. I baited you successfully this time."


    She knew there was something to do with Orion, so she was waiting for the perfect time to strike.


    "I don''t care, go for him if you want. I know that he loves me already."


    Amelia shrugged, she really didn''t care.


    "No! That''s not the reason why. I just... rarely receive praise from him beside my fighting abilities, so I thought that maybe I was unattractive."


    "Even I do not receive that much praise, you know? He is like that. It doesn''t show on his face either, and it''s a pain to know if he likes it or not."


    Karteira nodded, she felt exactly like that.


    "For you that feel down, I''ll give you one advice on understanding Orion."


    Tension began to form inside Karteira.


    "Look at his eyes. If he likes something, he will stare at you for a second, before looking somewhere else. That''s his way of not getting caught."


    ''I saw him stare at my thighs and breasts quite a lot of times already. At least, he doesn''t act like a beast about it.''


    She liked the way he was about it. He enjoyed it for a second, and then returned to his usual mood.


    Well, Amelia was knowing of Orion''s resolve not to focus on this side of things, but he was still a young man.


    "That should help you see if he thinks you attractive or not. Though, as a woman, I think that you are extremely beautiful."


    ''She still show some cute sides sometimes. I shouldn''t forget that even if she is a fairy, she is a girl.''


    ''I wonder why Tiohr-nam made her more human looking than fairy? Well, in term of usefulness, it''s better to look like us if she needed to travel the world.''


    ''This is most likely a coincidence, but coming from a Remnant, I cannot be completely sure. I doesn''t change anything, even if I think about it though.''


    Karteira was feeling strange. She was smiling from the constant praises.


    "I never imagined in my wildest dreams that one day, I''ll find friends like you and Orion. With him, I can let my emotions go wild and enjoy what I like the most."


    "But with you, I get to relax and enjoy my time talking about anything. It''s strange."


    The warm smile she displayed caught Amelia off guard.


    "I almost doesn''t want to give you to Orion when you say that."


    Amelia laughed and joked about it.


    "What do you mean by that?!"


    But Karteira didn''t receive it like that. She became flustered.


    "You''re just so cute when you act all girly. It was just a joke though, so don''t worry. I already have Orion anyway."


    She shrugged, speaking facts about how Karteira was becoming cuter.


    "Mmh..."


    While Karteira''s brain completely stopped working from the overload of praises, Amelia switched her mood.


    "We should go soon. I''ll talk with Orion later to borrow his scissors, and we''ll look at your new look together. If you want, I can even ask Orion, his opinion on hairstyles is pretty solid."


    Karteira returned to her normal behavior too, and stood up.


    "You''re right, Orion is definitely awake. I''ll ask him myself, I can''t let you do everything for me."


    The girls nodded to each other, deciding that it was time to leave the room.


    They both walked out of the room, and looked at the room in front of theirs, room 101.


    Amelia was going to knock on the door, but instead, Orion opened it at the same moment, taking all three of them by surprise.


    "..."


    A strange silence fell around them.


    "Pffft-"


    Orion began to laugh, breaking the silence.


    "Morning ladies, care to come with me for breakfast?"


    He return to just a smile, and closed the door behind him.


    "Of course!/ Yes."


    They said at the same time, following behind Orion that was walking downstairs.


    "Good morning, sir, ladies. How did you sleep last night?"


    One of the manager and receptionist, Chelsea, was alone at the counter.


    "The bed was really comfy. I fell asleep in not time."


    Orion gave his honest opinion.


    "It was the same for us. We haven''t slept in a bed this comfortable in quite some times."


    Chelsea smiled proudly.


    "We are glad to have provided you with our best. Are you going for breakfast?"


    He nodded, with the girls, especially Karteira, showing great enthusiasm to go.


    "Please enjoy your morning."


    She bowed her head down in a professional manner.


    ''I can''t get used to it.''


    Orion smiled at her and walked with the girls next to him into the restaurant that provided breakfast.


    They all sat at a table in the seemingly empty restaurant.


    "There''s no one yet, is it too early?"


    Amelia look around her, there was maybe four other early people enjoying their breakfast.


    "Most likely. People like to sleep, and the feeling of those beds doesn''t really help."


    Orion made a fast conclusion that satisfied Amelia''s curiosity.


    "What are we doing today?"


    Karteira looked at Orion.


    "We are waiting for a signal to move. Now that we''ve made an enemy out of that man, we might as well wait for the right moment to strike."


    "How long will it take?"


    "Not that long. If he is impatient, he should do something today. If not, then tomorrow. We either depart tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow."


    Orion closed his arms.


    "For today, we''re going shopping."


    Amelia''s eyes began to shine.


    "Can we go together?"


    She became exited, it has been quite a long time since she walked around town with him.


    He nodded.


    ''Yes! Finally a date with Orion!''


    She wanted that to happen, but she had forgotten something.


    ''Oh, there''s Karteira, so that''s not really a date is it?''


    "I can stay at the inn while you walk around town you know."


    "As if, we''re going to find the furniture and the paint for our house. You''re going to buy the stuff in your own room. If you''re not here, you won''t have anything."


    She wasn''t disappointed. She knew Orion would not leave Karteira alone.


    "Fine."


    She lost the argument to help Amelia splendidly, leading to her quiet reply.


    "Now that we have our plans, we''ll have breakfast, and then we''ll walk around town. Let''s go."


    Orion stood up, followed by the girls.


    They ate their breakfast, and returned to their rooms momentarily to take whatever was needed.


    With the idea of having a great day together, they all walked out of the Flying Fish inn, toward the bustling market place.