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Tier 3, which was 40, now gets up to 50 chapters ahead of Webnovel, Scribble Hub and Royal Road.]
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"Well, at least now we know why Adam doesn't like to draw attention to himself; it's a result of the bullying he received at school," Lorelie stated as she continued to get changed into the first outfit she was going to model.
"It's hard to believe that someone who defeated a Scorpo received bullying in school," Aphrodite remarked.
"People change from their experiences," Rowena replied before continuing, "From what we have learned from his chat, after Jenny was killed right in front of him and Adam was thrown off a cliff and left for dead. He went on a revenge spree and killed all those involved.
My guess is that the revenge spree and the killing he committed changed him on the inside, though whether it changed him a little or a lot, perhaps only he knows, if he's even realised it himself yet."
"At least he didn't get a taste for killing, so far I have only really seen him kill when he had no choice or when it was to protect one of us," Lorelie stated.
"What about all those Herpolisks he killed during the Siege of Fenix Nest? And it wasn't just them; some of the Phoenix race also got killed when he used the planetary annihilation beam," Aphrodite asked.
Rowena froze halfway through putting on a dress before, turning to Aphrodite and asking with a surprised look, "You know about that? Who told you?" As she finished speaking, her gaze moved to Lorelie and narrowed into an accusatory stare.
"Don't blame me, I didn't tell her anything," Lorelie said defensively.
"It was Adam," Aphrodite replied with a smile.
"Oh," Rowena remarked before continuing to get dressed as she added, "Well, out of everyone who knows, he's technically the only one who can't get in trouble for revealing that information."
"Those outfits are really unique, but I have to admit that I like them," Aphrodite commented as she admired Rowena and Lorelie after they finished getting dressed.
"These are spring clothes, right?" Lorelie asked as she admired herself in front of a mirror, wearing a dark indigo denim sleeveless waistcoat, indigo mix high waisted smart wide leg jeans and wide fit suede stiletto heel pointed ankle boots. She also had some black sunglasses in her hair.
"That's right," Rowena replied as she looked at her own reflection wearing a black pure silk collared shirt that she left open near the top to highlight her cleavage, white high-waisted smart wide-leg jeans, with black leather block heel pointed ankle boots.
"Well, how about you go get the opinion of the only Earthling we know?" Aphrodite suggested before she turned and held the door open for the two.
Lorelie and Rowena nodded to each other before leaving the dressing room to find that Adam was helping Eri set things up for the shoot by moving around different pieces of furniture into the places she instructed.
As the three women stepped out, Adam and Eri looked over and were momentarily stunned by the sight that appeared before their eyes.
Although it wasn't exactly something Adam was interested in when he lived back on Earth, he couldn't help but see the images of different models modelling the season's new clothing lines in the shop windows he passed, or advertised on TV. However, compared to what he was seeing now with Lorelie and Rowena, the models of Earth paled in comparison to the two beauties that now stood before him wearing Earth clothing.
"It seems he approves," Aphrodite said with a smirk as Lorelie and Rowena smiled at Adam's reaction to seeing them.
"Are you ready to start?" Rowena asked as she turned to Eri.
"Errrr, oh, yes, yes," Eri replied as she snapped out of her own surprised state.
"Cool, let's begin then," Rowena said with a smile before both women moved over to where Eri indicated and took their places.
"Remember that this first shoot is a test to see what you can do, Eri. You need to satisfy my requirements to become our photographer, so let's see what you can do. If the photos turn out anything like that one downstairs, I don't have any problem letting you continue," Rowena stated.
"Leave it to me," Eri said as her expression turned serious before she started positioning her camera before instructing Lorelie and Rowena on what pose to make and taking a photo. She then inspected the photo and, after deciding how it could be improved, she changed the settings on the camera slightly before taking another photo.
This continued for a few minutes with Eri either changing the camera settings or asking Rowena or Lorelie to alter their positions or poses slightly.
"She looks like she knows what she's doing," Aphrodite commented as she came up beside Adam, who nodded in agreement before asking.
"Have you never done any modelling yourself then?"
"Not unless you count posing naked for my past boyfriends," Aphrodite replied with a smirk.
"I hope you made sure he deleted them after you ended the relationship."
"Oh, don't worry, I made sure of it and also made sure he didn't have any stupid ideas like making a backup of them beforehand," Aphrodite replied with a cold smirk.
"Do I even want to know what you did?"
"Remember when I said I could make someone feel pleasure or pain? Well, when they were my boyfriend, they felt immense pleasure; however, after we ended it, I made sure to give them a small sample of the immense pain that would be waiting for them should they do anything stupid."
Adam was about to reply when Eri suddenly said, "This looks pretty good."
"Let's take a look," Rowena said.
Eri nodded before sending the photo she liked to the console in the room that caused it to appear on a large holographic screen for them all to study.
Rowena studied the photo closely with a critical air of an experienced professional, while the others stayed quiet since she was the most experienced of them when it came to this.
"Hmmmm, pretty good indeed," Rowena finally said before turning to Eri with a smile and saying, "You have real talent, Eri. You're still a bit rough around the edges, but given time and with some proper training, you could make a push to be a professional photographer if you tried."
"Thank you, Diva Lorelie. While I enjoy taking photos, it's mainly for posting on Xer-verse. Though doing this sort of thing now and again makes a nice change," Eri replied happily.
"Well, if you change your mind and want some proper training, just let me know, as I can introduce you to a few professional fashion photographers who can take you under their wing," Rowena proposed.
"I will keep that in mind, thank you."
"So I take it you approved of Eri continuing as our photographer?" Lorelie asked with a happy smile.
"Naturally," Rowena replied with a nod before adding. "While not at the level of a top professional photographer, she is definitely at the professional level."
"Then shall we continue?" Lorelie asked before they started the modelling session for real.
Except for a few occasions where Eri asked him to move some of the furniture around, Adam spent most of the time watching the modelling photo shoot from one of the sofas off to the side.
Aphrodite didn't miss the opportunity to sit next to him, and although she wanted nothing more than to cuddle up to him, she held herself back as per the rules of her punishment, and kept telling herself that the time would come when Adam would accept her and she could do anything she wanted with him.
The photoshoot continued as Lorelie and Rowena changed into summer wear, next as they both wore beautiful summer dresses with sunglasses covering their eyes, to autumn clothing featuring jeans and jackets, before finally reaching winter as they wore warm clothing with knee-high boots.
"So which season was your favourite?" Aphrodite asked as the winter season photoshoot was underway.
"Hmmmm, I would probably have to say the winter," Adam replied.
"That's surprising, I was expecting you to choose spring or summer since those outfits showed more skin," Aphrodite replied before asking, "Why winter?"
"The knee-high boots. I don't know why, but I have a thing for attractive women in boots," Adam replied as he scratched his cheek with slight embarrassment.
"Is that right?" Aphrodite said with a smirk before winking at Adam and saying, "I need to make sure I get myself plenty in the future then."
"I look forward to seeing you in them," Adam replied, surprising Aphrodite slightly, as it was the first time he had said that he looked forward to something with her.
Aphrodite's surprised look turned into a happy smile before she leaned in slightly and asked quietly, "Would you fuck me in those boots?"
Adam gave her a side glance before looking away and as Aphrodite was starting to feel disappointed that he hadn't answered her, she heard him say something at an almost inaudible level that made her beam happily.
"You would have to fight me off you."