Chapter 171
The clothes were the first to be complete . Daniela borrowed one of the changing rooms and quickly got dressed . The word I would say she embodied when coming out was ‘lovely . ’ Damn cute .
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“It looks good on you . Terribly cute . ”
“Hmm…”
Daniela brushed her hair awkwardly out of her face . Even that gesture was cute, but I had to stop with the compliments at some point .
“Yes, it suits you well . But it is to be expected, since I made it . ”
“Turia makes clothes in the style of Usk . ”
Turia and Segura joined in assaulting Daniela with praise, causing her to turn bright red .
“Well, that is enough embarrassment for one day…”
“But you look good . ”
“Yes . ”
“Exactly . ”
Daniela glared at us hatefully and stormed back into the changing room . It may or may not have taken me an hour to persuade her to come out .
We thanked the two women of the White Lily Clothes and Accessories store and made our way to an armor shop . Daniela needed a replacement for her broken gauntlets . We still had some wind dragon materials left, so we wanted to get something good .
However, something unexpected happened . None of them were capable of working with dragon materials . No matter how many craftsmen we visited .
“Wind dragon materials? Do you want me to break my bloody hammer?”
They said . The problem was quite a headache for us, and we were not sure how to proceed . Still, to think that there wasn’t a single person who could do it… Well, I didn’t know anything about smithing, so I couldn’t tell what the exact issue was . They could make clothes but not armor?
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But they had made me some armor at the Paw Armor Shop back in Spiris . My ice dragon armor . While the dragons were young, the armor was still very strong to this day . They were like my second partner .
Nick could do it, but these craftsmen couldn’t…did it have to do with the environment?
“It is no use . If there is no one who can help us here, we will just have to wait until we reach the imperial capital . ”
“Daniela… Yeah, you’re right . There should be no shortage of skilled craftsmen there . It’s the capital, after all . ”
I had tremendous expectations for that place . Still, it would be necessary for Daniela to have something to wear until then…
“Well, I shall look for a different gauntlet tomorrow . ”
“We don’t have much time left here anyway…”
Just how long had it been…?
“We checked in at the inn on the first day, and the next day I took the wind dragon to the guild . Then I met Rachel, they dismembered the dragon on the day after that . We did a quest and ate curry and then received the money and materials the following day…”
“And then we visited the White Lily, and waited for one week . ”
In other words, it had been eleven days . Time stood still in Rachel’s room, so my perceptions had been messed up a little . So we had three more days left .
“We’ll look for your armor tomorrow, the day after will be for preparations and visits . Then we can leave on the following morning . ”
“Yes . It is quite impressive that you always insist on visiting people before we leave . ”
“Really? Well, I do think saying goodbye will make for a happier reunion, should that happen . ”
I didn’t want them to think I was so rude as to not say anything beforehand . It had always bugged me that we had left Fhiraldo without being able to say goodbye to Gardo and Ness . Well, they had been happy enough to see us after that, but that was just how they were .
And so I intended to always make the rounds . I didn’t want to leave any loose ends . Something like that .
“Alright, let’s return to the inn then . I’m tired of all of this walking . ”
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“Yes . ”
The sun was coming down as well… And so we decided to retire for the day .
The next day, we returned to one of the armor shops that had looked quite promising .
“This place . Barito’s Armor Shop . ”
“They have lots of armor made from monster materials . ”
The first thing you saw upon entering the place was armor made of monster bones . The owner was a kind-looking man of short stature .
“Hello . ”
“Yes . Oh, you are the people from yesterday…”
“I’m afraid we’ll be disturbing you again . ”
“Oh, don’t mention it . It is I who lacked sufficient skill…”
We started on a very apologetic note . When that was all finished, we explained to him why we had come .
“…And so I have given up on dragon armor for now . I will settle with whatever is the best this town can offer . ”
“I see… Then you were very wise to single us out!”
Well, it’s not like we put that much thought into it . It was mostly because of the short distance .
“…Yes, if you are looking for armor, you could not have come to a better place!”
“Brilliant . Then please show me your gauntlets . ”
“Yes, certainly!”
It was always worth treating people respectfully . The owner came back with several items that he claimed were the best of the best .
“This one was made from the skin of moss lizards . They are aquatic lizards that appear upstream of the Frusulviar River that separates Usk and Nicora . ”
“So, does that mean it has the water attribute?”
“Of course!”
“I am sorry to say it, but I use wind and earth . Do you have any others?”
“Certainly…”
The man put his prized gauntlets away and picked up a different pair .
“These are specialized for the wind attribute! They were made by the wings of the Blast Eagle . This means that while they are light, they have the guaranteed durability you would expect from a high ranking monster!”
“Hmm…may I try them on?”
“Yes, please do!”
Daniela accepted them and put them on .
“Hmm…”
She opened and closed her hands and tried unsheathing her sword and pulling out her bow . Every movement must be tested .
“It is too light . ”
“You don’t like it…?”
“Do you not have something a little heavier?”
“I…there is the Sword Turtle gauntlet . It has good damage reflection, but it is quite heavy . ”
There was a gauntlet sitting on the table that had a retractable blade attached to it . The blade shot out upon impact . It was honestly kind of cool .
“Much too dangerous… It is likely to injure me . ”
“Yes… In fact, it is so difficult to handle that no one has agreed to buy it…”
But it really is good! He insisted in vain . Daniela merely shook her head . We ended up leaving the shop without buying anything .
“Hmm… Maybe you’re expecting too much?”
“Well, my originals were very good . Why should I not want something that is at least equal to them?”
I couldn’t disagree with that . But I didn’t feel like we were likely to find anything satisfactory, no matter how much we walked around . But then again, she couldn’t leave without armor . There had to be something…
Just then, Daniela stopped in front of a certain store .
“Daniela?”
“Let us look inside . ”
She said, and then entered without waiting for a reply .
“Hey, uh…alright …The Solo Antique Armor Shop, huh?”
Antiques… It sounded like a bit of a gamble, but I guess that meant we just had to win?
I had once wasted quite a bit of money on such machines when I was still working the night shift . And I had a bad feeling about this . But Daniela had already gone in, and so I had to follow her .