The entire group of girls continued to talk for a bit longer, but it wasn't long before everyone said their goodbyes. Sofia had gone to change her clothes while Monica left the area in the direction of the place where the public was, and Evelyn approached where Blake was.
"Good, Good… Everything is in perfect condition, it seems that you have taken good care of the clothes I made for you."
"Yeah... I couldn't mistreat it, haha..." Blake scratched his cheek a bit as he said that since it was actually the first time that he had worn the clothes Evelyn had given him.
She was appraising Blake's figure, looking for anything she needed to fix, and evaluating Monica's work, but she found nothing to bother her.
"Hmm…" Evelyn had gone silent after making that little sound.
"Something wrong?" Blake had to ask after a while.
"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that you're handsome, Blake." The sincerity in Evelyn's voice was quite remarkable, and her comment had taken Blake by surprise.
"This… Thank you..."
"Hehe, you don't need to be ashamed, don't think I'm lying either, girls like to be told they look beautiful when the time is right, so I guess guys don't mind being told they look good." Evelyn returned to laugh a little when he saw Blake's expression. "In any case, I'll tell Raven that it's time for her to come out, you might want to see her together with everyone, but it would be bad if someone looks at you too soon."
Blake nodded as Evelyn's words made a lot of sense. She said goodbye to Blake and went back to Raven before saying goodbye to her as well.
He was busy with her thoughts going over what he had to do a bit, so the voice she heard the next moment managed to get her attention.
"Are you also participating?" Perhaps such a question was unnecessary once someone seeing Blake at that moment, but Raven asked because she felt the need to make sure of it.
"Ah, hi, Raven... Yes, Evelyn asked me if I wanted to go out on the catwalk, the clothes I'm wearing were designed by her." Blake moved a little intending to show Raven the outfit that he was wearing.
"I see... It suits you..." Raven let out those words unconsciously, and she herself realized it a second after her making her feel somewhat restless.
Blake could hear that quite clearly, he didn't expect Raven to give him that little compliment either, he was about to thank her, but that was when he remembered what Evelyn had told him earlier.
"Thank you… You… You look beautiful, Raven." With some difficulty, Blake was finally able to say those words.
A deep silence followed after that actually. Blake felt nervous, but even so, he didn't take his eyes off Raven as he was remembering the moment when he had said the same thing about her.
So instead of going through with a little misunderstanding, Blake felt it was the perfect time to tell her directly.
"Possibly many will think the same as me once they see you, but I wanted to tell you now that I had the chance, and… And I-I also wanted you to know that I'm not just saying it out of kindness, I really think you're beautiful even if you're not wearing that kind of clothes or makeup all time…" Blake felt like his nerves had hit him suddenly since he wasn't thinking clearly, but he was able to recover without a problem. "S-So let's do our best to help Evelyn!"
That sudden burst of energy completely reached Raven, she had obviously just heard Blake's words, which made her, although it was normal, now she didn't know what to say, but before the situation turned into a completely awkward one, or she run away, she felt the enthusiasm that Blake gave off and she couldn't help but be influenced a little by this.
Raven let herself be carried away by her steps and put her hand on the curtain that went to the platform, the crystals that were part of her clothes began to shine with intensity indicating that at any moment they would release the flames they contained, it seemed that Raven was determined, but before crossing, he turned his gaze to Blake and said something in a low voice.
"Idiot..." Maybe that sounded a bit strange due to the situation, but Blake didn't feel that, again his attention was busy appreciating Raven's beauty, but now there was something special, and that was the small but visible smile that she was just showing him.
Raven didn't say goodbye to him as she only crossed the curtain in front of her, Blake had subconsciously raised her hand as if he wanted to say goodbye, but he quickly lowered it again, leaving him alone in that place while expressing what was in his mind.
"Sigh... Maybe... Maybe Shara was right..." Only Blake knew what his words meant, but that strange situation didn't last too long as he raised his hands again to later hit his cheeks with them. "Well, I think I still have time."
Blake was aware that it wouldn't be long before it was his turn to get out on the catwalk, but he felt the need to do something special, so, reciting the familiar teleportation spell, his figure disappeared from the place without leaving any trace.
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"Are you going to a party in the capital?" That was the first question that came out of Gaius once he saw Blake's figure and how he was dressed.
"I've come for you." Blake didn't answer his question since he didn't have much time to waste.
"I don't think it's very ethical to take things from a shop by force, a piece of iron costs two hundred coins." It seemed that Gaius was still deep in his role, but at least he didn't keep completely silent... Although he really did that when heard some characteristic sounds at the counter.
"Here is the exact amount, so now come with me."
"Sorry, we ran out of iron…" Yes, Gaius was being quite stubborn, even he himself was surprised by this as he unconsciously rejected Blake's idea.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll go." Blake felt a bit of a headache due to Gaius's attitude, he didn't really understand him, but he would have time to find out later.
He didn't say anything else, the sound of his footsteps moving away reached Gaius's hatred and he sighed with relief, he thought he could go back to looking at the ceiling in complete calm, but then something happened that he had a hard time understanding.
'What is a wooly doing here?'
[Progress… Saved.]