‘This is the best day ever.’

Smiling to herself Inara was beaming with happiness since Alex talked her up.

She was really worried about the bet, since Hera added the fact that he had to acknowledge her skills in bed she wasn’t sure that he would speak up for her.

No guy would actually admit that even if it was true. But on top of it the truth of the matter was that she was always dominated in bed. She tried to be the woman of the relationship but whenever they spent the night together he would always target her weak points. It was unfair how he would always take the lead from her after a few moments, he never relented in bed. She wanted to pout because how defeminated it made her feel being dominated like that, but she couldn’t actually speak up because she loved every moment of it.

Well tonight she would live up to his expectations, she would lead the whole time and last longer than him while taking the dominant position.

Daydreaming to herself she didn’t notice Alex bringing them towards a small shack. They had said goodbye to the orphanage and thanked them for taking care of him while they were on the mission.

“I have a surprise for you girls. It’s not done yet since we need to take measurements, but with the help of Nira and Clara I managed to make a new type of wear.”

They entered the small dilapidated shack.

“Lyria, you’re back. I’m so happy that you are safe and sound. Come over here so I can see you.”

Nira was really happy to see Lyria, Lyria walked up to her old friend with a smile on her face greeting her.

“Hey Nira.”

Giving her a hug they smiled at each other.

“So what is this about a new wear?”

Lyria asked.

“Ohh, Alex here is a brilliant young man. He noticed how inefficient the usual chest wrappings worked so he made up a new type of underwear that is really comfortable and easy to use.”

Alex looked embarrassed from the praise and scratched the side of his head.

She had noticed that he would do that whenever he felt embarrassed about something. The funny part is that he was completely immune to the usual things that men found embarrassing, but on random occasions that didn’t make any sense he would. Getting praised for inventing a new type of clothes was embarrassing for him but he could plainly say in public that he was aching for her touch and show of his bare chest or initiate sexual contact…

‘I guess he is a pervert… How lucky.’

Getting lost in her thoughts again she didn’t notice what they were talking about.

“Inara.”

Jolting out of her own world she looked at Nira who was just done measuring Nyla.

“It’s your turn.”

“Huh? Yeah coming.”

She didn’t even know what she was measuring for, it seemed like the others had seen it and shown how it worked already. It was some kind of underwear that was supposed to replace the chest wrapping but that was all she knew.

Well if it was a present from Alex so she would appreciate it no matter what it was.

Getting it done and over with they left with promise that she would have them done in two days, and that they should send Cassandra her way.

Getting home they sat around the table while telling about what happened while they were gone. It was really nice to hear how much he improved his Valerian while they were on the mission. He still had a distinct accent, but he understood everything they talked about. And he didn’t have any problem telling them about his time, she was livid when he told her about the woman who grabbed him.

While they were relaxing and talking to each other Cassandra finally came home.

“I’m back.”

“Welcome home.”

Smiling Alex stood up and went over to hug Cassandra as well. She mutely hugged him back, Inara couldn’t for the life of her understand why Cassandra was still so standoffish with Alex. It didn’t even feel like she was intrested in him outside the fact that the rest of them wanted it.

“So I assume the bet went well with how hard your smiling right now Inara.”

Laughing when she was reminded about what happened earlier.

“You should have seen it, the faces on all of them where so dumbstruct. It’s like they couldn’t even understand what happened.”

Smiling towards her she nodded.

“I told you there was nothing to worry about.”

That was true she did call Alex shameless and that he wouldn’t even blink while doing something outreages.

Changing the subject while smirking from the memory.

“So did you get everything set at the guild?”

“Yeah, it was just a report about the cave complex and what we found. The money is also paid in full, including the bonus.”

Alex looked inquisitively at them.

“Didn’t you say that you didn’t finish the mission?”

“The mission was a lot bigger and more dangerous than they initially projected, so obviously they couldn’t dock our pay. So was it alright staying by yourself Alex?”

“Well, I prefer it if could be with you girls. It was okay and the people at the orphanage are really nice. But I was wondering if you could help me train and maybe I could sign up for the guild.”

They looked skeptically at him at the last request. Not really knowing how to properly reject his request Inara deflected.

“We are planning to stay at home for a while now, we got a good commission plus a bonus from Hera. So we can figure it out later if you show that you got what it takes.”

The rest of the girls nodded to Inaras suggestion.

“Mercenary work is very dangerous and I’m not sure how I would handle bringing you along. When you told us about what happened to you my heart was in my throat even when I knew you were alright. I’m just glad that nothing untoward happened to you when that nasty women grab you.”

Lyria added.

Alex looked sad when he heard their response, but that look quickly turned into determination.

“Don’t worry, I’m gonna make sure that I won’t become a hindrance. And it’s the same for me when you left. I was worried sick about you girls out there, when you didn’t come back after a month it was the worst…”

The mood became slightly dour after that. Nyla squirmed in the mute silence that followed and after a moment tried to liven up the mood and change the subject to something else.

“Well it’s nothing to worry about. All’s well that ends well. It was really satisfying seeing you put Hera in her place Alex. And was there anything you wondered about the city now that you got to spend some time here?”

“Well I rarely see any guys out and about, it’s mostly women.”

“That’s normal guys tend to stay at home watching the house and kids they also take care of pregnant wifes. Normally women are responsible for most things outside the house and only in poor households or when a guy fancys something that they get a job or vocation.”

Inara answered his question, he really didn’t know the most common things.

With the mention of kids and pregnancy Alex got a worried look on his face.

“Shit, I forgot. We have been going at it without protection, ehmm about pregnancy…”

Lyria giggled at his hesitation while answering his implication.

“Don’t worry about it, for regulars it might have been a problem. But we can control if we can become pregnant or not. And it’s a women’s job to worry about pregnancy silly.”

Nyla also spoke up she asked him the question everyone of them had on their mind.

“Alex, where are you from? We have been curious about it for a while now, since you are so different from anyone we ever met before.”

Looking hopefully and inquisitively at him there was a silent tension in the room.

He took a deep breath while looking seriously at them.

“The truth is I’m from another world.”

Everyone reacted slightly differently, Lyria had her mouth open looking shocked at him. Cassandra cocked her eyebrow while looking skeptically at him. Nyla just looked confused.

“What? Did you mean another continent or something?”

Inara was trying to get him to clarify.

“No, I’m from another planet, world. There is no magic there, no elves, dwarfs, beast-people and no monsters. There are the same amount of men as there are women, and humans are the only sentient race on the planet. I always found it weird how there are so many women here compared to men.”

Cassandra mechanically responded to his implied question while having a blank look on her face, trying to process what he said.

“What do you mean the same amount of men as women? It doesn't make sense. A man can impregnate a hundred women at the same time while a women can only hold one child at the time. For the species to prosper and propagate it's logical that more women should be born. And there is no magic? How can anything survive and thrive then? Are you lying to us? If this is a joke it’s not funny at all.”

Shaking his head at Cassandra he looked dead serious.

“No it’s the truth, I don’t know how I got here. But there isn’t a problem to survive without magic, everyone is just like a regular person. And since there is no magic there are no insane monster to defend from. Besides we have science that made powerful enough weapons to handle most things anyway.”

While Cassandra was opening and closing her mouth like a goldfish unsure of how to respond Lyria blurted out.

“Those weird clothes that you came with were made from a material we never saw before and in a unique style, is it from your home world?”

“Yeah, some of it is synthetic material from back home. You know back in my world you girls would be deemed as some of the most beautiful women around.”

Smiling towards us he dropped another bombshell.

“What? I’m considered attractive?”

Inara couldn't help but blurt out.

“Yes, I feel extremely lucky to have met you girls. Back home I would never even dream about getting close to someone like you. But here I got three of you that would even gladly share me. It’s so insane that I have to remind myself that I’m not dreaming everyday.”

They were all staring at him in mute shock now. Inara couldn’t really believe what she was hearing but it made so much sense. No guy from here would act and react like he did towards them and everything around them. He didn’t even know about awakening and found them attractive. He often acted more like one of the girls instead of a dainty guy.

There was so much evidence pointing that he was speaking the truth, but it was still hard to wrap her head around since it was so impossible. Glancing towards Cassandra who was muttering to herself.

“Cassy?”

When in doubt they always trusted her judgment. After hearing her name her mumbling became louder.

“I know about teleportation across the continent, I have heard about ritual summoning that spawn entities from other planes. But those are rumors from ancient time and all the stories are hearsay about summoning incorporeal elementals or twisted soul entities.”

Lyria on the other hand was beaming with happiness while they were trying to digest what was going on.

“The Goddess listened to my prayers, I wanted for our dream to come true. For us to be happy and she obliged.”

Shinning with fervor she stared at Alex with glowing eyes.

“Shut up, you know the Gods don’t answer prayers, there has to be another explanation.”

Pouting towards Inara Lyria went over to Alex and tightly hugged him.

“Well you don't have a better explenation. I believe in you Alex. I've been so happy since we met that I honestly don’t care where you are from. As long as you are here with us I’m content.”

Inara nodded towards Lyrias statement.

“That’s true, it doesn't change where you are from considering you are already here. What it does is explain your lack of common sense and unique outlook on life.”

Which was a good thing since he actually thought he was lucky to be with them, when he could probably get a stronger and richer family whenever he wanted.

This whole time Cassandra was trying to understand how it could be possible while muttering to herself.

Nyla was looking completely out of it swiveling her head between Cassandra and Alex looking for some answer that would clear up her confusion.

Lyria was blissfully hugging Alex while looking fervently towards him.

And Inara was mutely standing there unsure of what to do, she still wasn’t sure on what was really going on. At least Lyrias last statement had relaxed her considerably.