Women dress up session are scary

*Yawn* "Damn, I didn't get enough sleep last night." Lucas grumbled as he and Elea step out of the stairway.

"You fare better than me, you still had some sleep but I had to stay up all night," Elea complains with a sour face.

"Jeez cheer up Elea, we need to put our best attitude to hide yesterday event from the girls after all." Lucas smiled wryly as Elea glare at him. 'this guy always have such sour mood after meeting his mother, well with how she acts it's understandable I guess.'

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The night before, Golden Mole thieves guild hideout.

"Bahahahahaha you punks got warned for fighting in town after getting your ass kick? How pitiful can you be." Said an old man with a thick messy beard and long untidy brown hair before he laughed once more.

"No, we didn't get our ass kick, well maybe Elea, we are the one that kicks ass." Lucas denies before puffing his chest proudly.

"Look at me pops, I can defeat an older man all by myself now!"

"Yeah yeah I'm sooo proud of you, you need four healing potions from a friend before you can take him down." The man teases him.

"Dad!" Lucas pouts and folds his arms.

*Knock knock*

Light knock resounds from the office open door, there stands a man with golden hair donned in a black chain mail with plating over the vitals area.

"Guild leader, everyone is gathered." He said will a straight face.

"Oh alright, I'll be there in a jiffy. Now, Lucas, you must be tired why don't you get some rest?" With a beaming smile the old man pat Lucas's head.

"Alright pops, I am a bit tired. I'll check up on Elea before I crash for the night." Saying that Lucas left the office.

The moment his son left, his smile turns into a frown, all hint of gentleness and playfulness left his eyes and replaced with a cold, calculating gaze.

"Now, let us meet with others and discuss our plans."

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Golden Mole thieves guild, Elea's room.

"Mm... Other than blood loss everything is completely healed up, well except this scar on your chest." A woman with a long blonde hair said as she runs her hand on Elea's chest.

"Mother I have told you I'm fine, you don't have to worry so much." Elea tried to console her.

"How can I not? My precious little baby is hurt by bad bad guys, they even ruin your perfect skin!" The woman says as if spitting poison before hugging her son tightly, burying him in her chest.

"That boy, Lucas too is such a letdown, how can he let you get hurt. Hmph just wait, when I see him I'll give him an earful!"

It was at this moment, the subject of her complain burst into the room.

"Yo Elea, how's your check-up... Eh? Madam why are you looking at me like that?" Lucas asks nervously as the face of the woman in front of him suddenly turn into a sharp glare.

"Why am I looking at you? Well for one, you know your friend is unwell yet you still slam open their door and talk with a loud voice. what are you even thinking to do so? don't you know that would get in the way of their recovery, you need to be more careful! Second, how can you let your friend get hurt in the first place, as a warrior you..."

The madam keeps going and going with her speech that it has somehow sound like nothing more than buzzing in Lucas's ears until she said something that brings him horror.

"By the way, it's been a while since you two visits and I have prepared many nice clothes for you two. Now, where did I put them again? And don't you dare run boy, you know I'll catch you." The woman went to dig clothes from the cupboard at the corner of the room with her back against him but she still somehow know Lucas was about to bolt out of the room.

Knowing he can't escape, he went to sit at the chair the madam use moments ago and feel a hand clap his shoulder.

"It's okay, we'll suffer together, like always."

Soon the madam returns with tuxedo and a wedding dress. Looking at the attire the two had their eyes wide like saucers.

"Let's try these first and don't worry, I'll record everything in a memory crystal." The madam said with a beaming smile and soon hell began for the duo.

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Alandria, western/business district

Lucas couldn't help but shudder when his reminiscing reaches the madam dressing session and seems like he's not the only one who thinks about it. They are about to enter a small diner when he and Elea hear some familiar voice.

"Hey you two, so this is where you are!"

They turn around and see a girl with a pink frilly dress that falls a bit under her knees, her red hair and dress enchant her fair skin and slim pink lips, her blue eyes are sharp and have a sense of deep knowledge in it.

The girl that is walking towards them draw all Lucas attention, not because she's cute but because he couldn't figure out who she is even though her voice sounds familiar.

"Why are you just staring at me? tell me why you two didn't return yesterday." She said with an expression that says "this is not worth my time."

"Um.. do I know you?" It comes out a bit rude but Lucas couldn't think of anything else to ask.

"Huh? What are you... Oh..." The girl seems to realize something as she sighs before taking a pair of glasses out from a small side bag around her waist and put it on.

Only then did Lucas recognize who she is, she is Stephanie, the Acolyte that loves eating from before.

"Oh hey, it's Stephie, and about yesterday why don't we talked about it over breakfast? I'm famished." Lucas says as he gestured towards the diner which Elea had already gone ahead and enter.

"Alright, but I'm a bit tight on cash so you're paying." She casually says as she went ahead of him.

Lucas let out a dry laugh before going in after her.