Sometime before Gilberto met his horrendous fate in Lyrica's hands, the girl comes out of the bathroom with a bathrobe. She goes over to the living room where everyone is looking in awe at her fixed clothes.
"It looks good as new, huh?"
Said Mila as she flaunt the clothes she fixed with her magic ability towards Riko and his siblings.
"Unlike before where it's covered in holes, it almost looks like you got rid of the torn one and bought a replacement."
"I can't believe you really fixed it."
Lyrica's calm voice resonates behind Riko and the others. When they look, the sight of Lyrica only covered in a bathrobe struck Riko and especially Robert like thunder. The two young men turned away before realizing what they did as they look at one another.
"Ate Lyrica, is it true that you're going to meet with the high commander?" Nela mouthed her thoughts. "But didn't kuya Riko..."
"So you knew about it," Lyrica replied nonchalantly. "They did what they gotta do, and this is my answer. Simple, isn't it?"
It surely isn't that simple to meet someone despite knowing they have ill intentions towards you. Nela can't help but feel incredibly concern and nervous.
"It's all right." Lyrica pats Nela's head after seeing the concerned look in the girl's eyes. "I'm the kind of person who is true to my word."
"Oh..."
Lyrica gets in a position where she can see the girl eye to eye.
"I will be gone for a while, but..." After a short pause, Lyrica gave Nela a serious face and uttered: "...I'll come back."
When the young knight heard the girl spoke those words, he could not help but wordlessly gaze at Lyrica as he ask himself:
'Did she really just said that?'
Right at that moment, Mila appears beside Riko.
"You know what, even I could not help but look at her in that attire." Said Mila mischievously, startling Riko. "Even though she's wrapped in tuwalya (bathrobe), you can still tell she has an excellent body."
"W-What are you talking about, Mila?!" Riko replied with a bashful look on his face.
"The fact that we are attracted to people who are shorter?" Mila followed suit with a soft chuckle. "I guess we really are alike after all."
"I-Idiot, I never said I liked her or anything... Wait did you just say you're attracted?"
Riko never felt more concerned after repeating those words.
A hearty chuckle escaped Mila's lips. "You don't have to worry, I will only have eyes for you." She said as she walks over towards Lyrica.
Soon after that, Mila interjected between Nela and Lyrica.
"Your clothes are ready."
"Ah, thank you." Lyrica mouthed in reply as she took her clothes from Mila's grasp. "I'll be back in a sec."
While Lyrica is getting herself dressed, the people in the town square have eyes that are filled with wonder, anxiety, and fear as they wordlessly walk around while gazing at the high commander, Agario, and the Kalesa that was brought in the town square for Lyrica.
Moments later, a knight approached Gilberto.
"Preparations are all set, high commander."
"Very well," Said Gilberto in reply as he looked at Agario with a mocking gaze. "Once we take off, Agario will be in charge of Takkot until my return."
Agario remained silent while avoiding eye contact with the high commander.
"Come on now, Agario, why do you keep avoiding me like that~?" Gilberto mouthed in an insulting tone. "Didn't you want to become a high commander, too? You wanted to catch up with your wife. Well, at least you can feel like you are until I come back."
Gilberto's contemptuous laughter irks up Agario, especially now that he mentioned his wife.
"Ah... It's supposed to be a good day that Lyrica herself is joining me on the way to the capital, but your face is ruining it."
Following his statement, Gilberto orders Agario to be the one to escort Lyrica on her way to the town square. The commander goes on his way towards Riko's residence without saying a word.
"Once the Hari allowed me to kill again, you're the first person to experience hell with my fist, Agario."
Saying this, Gilberto watches the commander disappear into the crowd.
Back inside Riko's residence, Lyrica comes out of the bathroom after going back in to get herself dressed.
"I fixed everything using your own clothes."
Unlike then where Lyrica's black blazer is neatly covering her torso, the same blazer could no longer interlock on both ends due to the shortening of fabric. Now, her white button-down shirt is exposed between her black blazer.
"I made sure to keep the design intact when I fixed it. I hope it's all right even if you can't button or unbutton them anymore."
"Yeah, this is fine."
Similar to the black blazer, Lyrica's pleated skirt's length has been reduced to fix the holes it received from the fight with the Mother Bee. Unlike then where her lower body is tightly hidden, now it reveals the lower part of her thighs as well as the end of her stockings below her knees.
"As for the white button-down shirt, I used the washcloths lola Esmeralda have to patch the holes up. Basically, it's the only part of your attire that kept its original design."
"Seems like it," Lyrica replied. "They all fit me perfectly, but it's kinda strange. They look sturdier and feel a bit heavier than they used to."
"Ah, that's the work of my magic."
Mila's magic ability is what she called fabric manipulation magic. It's a rare type of magic ability that lets Mila control, reshape, and even strengthen fabrics that she touches. Using her magic ability, Mila can fix Lyrica's school uniform, dry them, as well as hardening them.
"That's a pretty handy magic ability, thank you." Said Lyrica sincerely to which Mila replied with a slight nod. "And thank you for letting Mila use some of your washcloths to fix my undershirt, lola Esmeralda."
"It's no big deal, really."
With Lyrica finally ready to go, the girl heads over to the door and opens it. Right at that moment, Agario appears right before her.