It was a well sunny afternoon.
　I had come to the whorehouse on this day and was relaxing at Ortiz's place.

　I threw my arms and legs out and relaxed in the lazy air.

'Hermes, please for life!
....
"Hermes?

　Ortiz tilts his head slightly and looks at me.

''It's soothing to hear your lifelong request...''

　I spoke my heartfelt thoughts.

　Yeah, it's soothing.
　Oltia's "Please for life! I feel like the "everyday life" has become "the same".
　That is very comforting.

　It's even more so since Erika has been pushing me around a lot lately.

　In this way, I felt a sense of security in Oltia's, as if she were my own family's home, but now she is.

You're not going to be able to find out what the hell you're looking for, Hermes-chan, did you pick up and eat something strange?

　And for some reason, he was in a hurry.

'Should I call a doctor?　Or maybe I should let you exorcise it.
Oh, no, no, no. I hope you don't mind.
Oh, yeah?

　I nodded clearly.
　Then Oltia was a little relieved.

　I didn't think it was a good idea to bring my private affairs into the whorehouse, so I composed myself and asked Ortiz back.

'So, what is it?　The next time you ask for a lifetime of favors.
'What?　Oh yeah ... um ... well,

　Caught by me, Ortiz also regained his composure and replied.

'Actually, I'm going to be interviewed sometime.'
What's going on?
'Yes!　What was it... yes!　An interview with the title 'The Freshest Eleven Ortians of Today'
'It's going to be a photo album!

　I poof, I picked myself up.
　I stuffed myself into Oltia and ate it up.

'Uh-huh. Hermes-chan, your face is so close.

　Ortizia was unusually confused - but I wasn't so sure about that.

'Seriously!　That's great, Ortiz.
I don't know.
'Yes!　And it's good content!　It's the freshest and most positive thing that's going on right now, and it's getting a lot of positive feedback. That's amazing.
Eeehee.......it makes me happy when Hermes-chan compliments me like that.
'Well it's going to be a photo album, Ortizia.
And...

　Ortiz cuts him off, as if to regain his composure.

'I need to take it with the most popular accessory among us right now. We need Olivia's tears to do that.
It was Olivia's tears, wasn't it?

　I knew I was getting myself all excited, but my familiarity - or rather my guess - is going to be a photo album.
　I'd be crazy not to be excited.

'But Olivia's Tears is so hard to find.
Okay, I'll handle it.
Really?
Oh, all you have to do is go get it, right?
'Yes!　Please, Hermes, please. If you can get it for me--
I'll be back.
I already said I don't care how you use it.

　I ran out of the whorehouse without hearing the last of what Ortizia had to say.
　He slipped through the downtown crowds with pinpoint accuracy and returned to the mansion with enough force to set a new record for time attack back home.

'Oh, welcome back Hermes. What's wrong with you, you look so serious.
Hey, miss, just in time.

　I went up to the front door and ran into my sister.
　I figured either my sister or Mimis would know more about this sort of thing, so I was lucky to meet her right away.

'Is it just right?'
"Sis, have you ever heard of Olivia's tears?
Are you talking about the reverse scale of an ice dragon?
"The reverse scale of an ice dragon?
Yes, the scales of the dragon species that live in Mount Kerins, the one scale that grows upside down on its back. If you grind it up, it will turn your skin as white as snow.
I see.

　Point taken.
　Ortiz wants to use it to take prettier pictures and make a photo book.

　If that's what you're talking about, there's no reason not to cooperate more and more.

'We can take those upside down scales, right?
Yes, but be careful, the reverse scale is--
Thank you, sister.

　I jumped out of the mansion.

　　　　　☆

I said that's the part of the story that pisses them off the most.

　Sola was left alone in the house.
　When she looked out the front door to follow Hermes, she saw him flying through the air with a papuncle.
　Unlike usual, he was completely unaware of the public eye.

　Thora's eyes flashed with a cupin'.

"This is.........a premonition that Hermes is....

　He didn't want to miss this opportunity.
　Thora called the maid and had her prepare what she needed.

　　　　　Star.

　I flew through the air and came to Mount Kerins in a straight line.

　Kerins is far from the city of Pindos, and it's covered with snow all year round.
　It should be a difficult place to come and climb, but this is not the time to waste on such things.

　Let's find this ice dragon.

　I looked down from the top of the mountain.
　As I looked around the mountain, I soon found it.

　It was a pale, pale looking beast of the dragon species.
　Dragons are easy to find at times like this.

　I swooped down and made my way to the iced dragon.

　An ice-dragon, lying comfortably on the snow.
　It spotted me and looked up at me.

　I can't help but notice the look on its face.

　I look down at him from above.

　It was easy to spot him because he was laying there.
　There was definitely a single upside-down scale on its pale back.

'I'll take that,'

　I "landed" on the ice dragon's back.
　I touched its upside-down scales - the inverted scales - and pulled them off.

''--Huh!　Goooooooooooo!

　Instantly, the ice dragon roared.
　The mountains shook, and the sky trembled.
　An avalanche of magical power was released in an explosion.

''Shut up, shut up.''

　I jumped to my head, thump!　and slammed the ice dragon's head from the top down.
　The ice dragon's head was slammed into the ground.
　The top of its head had a huge fist dent on it, and the ground had a spiderweb-like crater from the impact of the slamming.

　The ice dragon stuck out its tongue and stretched (,,) and the roar, the sky, and the mountains ceased.

'.............................Good.

　I looked at the reverse scale in my hand, Olivia's tears, and nodded with satisfaction.
　As it was, I "left the ice dragon alone" and flew back to the city of Pindos.

　　　　　☆

We're back, Ortiz!
'Hermes!　Are you back again?

　Ortiz was surprised to see me come in, perhaps because coming twice in one day is unusual for a whorehouse.

'Yeah, I figured I'd better give it to you as soon as possible. 'This is it, right?　Olivia's Tears.

　With that, he held out the scales to Ortiz.

''True, thank you, Hermes-chan.''

　Oltia hugged me with a big smile on her face.
　She also put a kiss on my cheek.

'Thank you so much, Hermes-chan,'
Is one piece enough?
'Of course!　But it's amazing how quickly you can get them. Did you have it in stock at some chamber of commerce?
No, I got it.
Do you get it?
Yes.
...now?
Now.

　I nodded widely.
　'That's not the point.

'Is this going to make me a good Ortia (,,,,,,,)?'
"Well, ummmm.........
Okay.

　I think Ortia said something to me, but it fell on deaf ears because I was so consumed with the idea that I could be a "good Ortia".

　Now Ortia will be a good Ortia with a photo book.
　I'll have to buy at least 100 copies of that book.

　I thought about it, and excitedly, I found Oltia and returned to the house.

　I take a slower step than before.

　Then, perhaps in time with the pace at which I was walking, the tension gradually subsided.
　It's back to the original - normal tension.

　And then I suddenly realize.

　Ortia and her sister, too.
　Did you say "difficult" in your talk?

　That's what I did in an instant........

'Oh shit......'

　I paled, but it was already too late.

　I was excited and out of control with the fact that it was a photo album of Ortias, and I was out of control.
　Later, I investigate the traces of the ice dragons my sister left behind to find out exactly how she killed them.

　My reputation is raised.