Chapter 168 In Search for a Robe

After eating our meal at this restaurant which had an Orc with a scarred face as the manager that made one ask Are you a former mercenary with a long experience of being in service?, we left to complete our plan for the afternoon which was to buy equipment.

There are so many stores that I cant decide where to start.(kurono)

After crossing the plaza once again, we reached the crowded shopping district that had various shops for adventurers lined up like weapon shop, item shop, a blacksmith workshop, and even a suspicious looking magic item specialist shop as well.

They werent ones used by normal people but even so the number of adventurers here was simply too big compared to a rural village. And even here countless number of people were passing through here.

As expected, since Im a Japanese, I am used to such big crowds so I wasnt carried away by the flow of people.

And since their various shops here and I since I had no sort of guide which I could have referred beforehand, just as I had said, I was currently troubled in deciding which shop I should start from.

When the number of people increases, the percentage of bad guys mixed with them also increases. Im sure that in this city as well, shops that aim to fool newbie adventurers exist.

Kurono look! That robe looks so cute!!(lily)

Near my legs, Lily sparkled in high tension. In her line of sight, a white fluffy robe with bunny ears attached was being displayed.

That too, it was made for babies. It was a size which would perfectly fit Lily. This is what destiny must be like!

It seems that shop specialises in selling magic robes.(Fiona)

Is that so? Then lets go check it out.(kurono)

After all, our party is one made of all magicians and completely ignores every adventurer theory used.

Since there are no warriors or knights to act as the vanguard, we [Element Master] had no business with the armour shop.

Well, the only one who needs a new defensive gear right now is me since I lost my [Baphomets Embrace].

If the shop specialises in magician robes then I should be able to find a black robe befitting me, a black magician.

While getting excited about the robes I had not even seen yet, I cut through the crowd and opened the doors to [Fix & Fica], the magic robe specialist shop.

By the way, Lily was still entranced with the white bunny robe in display at the window and didnt enter with me.

Welcome.

In a voice that didnt sound too welcoming, the middle-aged woman sitting on the counter glanced towards me.

Having a tall nose just like the witches in those fairy tales, she also had a glaring look but as if she was not interested in me, a customer, she returned back to reading the hardcover book in her hands.

As I looked as she said nothing at all, I judged that it should be fine to look around by myself.

Since I didnt really have much expectations in the first place, I didnt mind her being not very courteous and walked around the inside of the shop which was bigger than I expected.

At a single glance, half of the robes here were either black, grey or white.

The robes had been displayed on some mannequins but will they arrange it in a different size for me if I ask them to?

While thinking such things, I looked at the various types of robes casually.

Unlike the Irz villages item shop, most of the articles displayed had a price tag attached to it.

Since they had no intention to negotiate the prices, thats why they can show sucha dry attitude towards customers, eh? No, maybe thats just how that witch-like old lady is normally.

What do you think?(Fiona)

Suddenly, Fiona asked me while standing beside me.

Since I cant really appraise them, I am not sure about anything with just seeing them.(kurono)

There was not a single one here that was a high class item with a defensive magical enchantment that even I could sense. Also, with every robe, the affinity to an element, elemental resistances and the level of defensive magic, all change.

More than half of the ones here had used the skin of monsters, without knowing what monster had been used I couldnt even roughly discern what kind of property it would have.

Ill just obediently ask if they have any robe that is suited for black magic.(kurono)

Considering the grade of this shop, I doubt something very high quality would appear though.(Fiona)

Fiona-san, those things shouldnt be said out loud even if you think thats true.

While hoping that miss shopkeeper didnt hear that, I headed towards the counter.

Excuse me.(kurono)

What?

The woman looked at me with a really sharp glare.

Un, though shes wearing a simple apron that had the shops logo on it, if she were to wear the same clothes as Fiona, shed completely look like a perfect witch.

While holding such rude thoughts, for the time being I asked for the thing I was looking for.

Do you have a robe called [Baphomets Embrace]?(kurono)

It had been destroyed after the fight with Cyprus and then taking on Fionas Aur Soleil, but if possible, Id like to get the same thing

Dont talk foolish Rank 1, those apprentice use robes over there would suit you more.

An incredible abuse came at me.

At the end of the line where she pointed, a simple black robe with a For newcomer use! board was kept.

Umm, I had been wearing [Baphomets Embrace] before as well so Im looking for a new one. Do you know of any store that might be keeping them?(Kurono)

Since this old woman doesnt seem to be interested in selling me one even if she had one, I changed my question.

Had been wearing before? Hah, what, so youre a spoiled brat of some noble? Then ask your wealthy papa to take you to one of those upper stores. Theyll have the amazing magic equipments that youre looking for.

What an incredible level of sarcasm. Let alone the son of a noble, Im not even a resident of this world. Family and lineage is the last thing that has any connection with me.

But, if I try to interpret her words well, then these upper stores, basically the stores in the upper strata of the city might have [Baphomets Embrace].

But thats troublesome. Ill need some kind of big achievement to be allowed to pass to the upper levels or Id need a special level of permission.

After arriving to Spada, I had received the explanation and reward for the emergency quest from the guild HQ but that was a one-time thing allowed by the Spada government.

To normally go the upper levels, Ill need to become rank 4 as an adventurer.

If you want high level equipment like your companion witch then go to the upper levels. Only come here when youre coming to the school or the guild. Im not trying to make fun of you but an ignorant rich kid like you would catch the eyes of bad guys that live here.

Hihihi, the old woman laughed as if she was the representative of those bad guys but I decided to ask something that caught my attention.

Her equipment is really that amazing?

I mean of Fiona, of course.

If I recall correctly, she had said that she built it as her graduation exam in Elysion magic academy I think.

Normally, she seems to create magic items but as expected, to collect materials, plan, and manufacture it all alone, such memories would definitely become a far too gloomy of an episode to listen to while chatting over a cup of tea.

Even without appraising, you can tell what kind of thing is that in a single glance. Abyss silk and feathers of a Black Bird, on top of it, theres something included in the lining as well. If she was not acting as your bodyguard, that witch would definitely be a rank 4 adventurer.

I dont really understand but apparently some amazing ingredients have been used by her.

Also, I have become a rich noble brat and Fiona has apparently become my escort for some reason.

Well, the fairy whos admiring the bear rabbit Kids robe outside also has an Ancient velvet for clothing. Who made it in the size of a childs I wonder.

Not a rabbit but a bear rabbit?! No, rather than that,

Thats something I gave to her as a present. Got any problem?(kurono)

You really are of a high status eh? To give such a high class present to a pet, nobles really do have extreme hobbies hihihihi.

As expected, I became irritated on seeing Lily being treated as a pet.

She isnt a pet, shes a precious comrade of mine.(kurono)

Comrade? Hihi, so is that a new trend? Well, its better than just spoiling her as you please.

It seems Ill have to explain from the start that Im not just some rich noble brat whos playing as an adventurer along with a beautiful escort and a cute pet.

But, I guess the reason must be that I asked for a high class item even though Im just a rank 1 adventurer.

Well, I dont have the image of [Baphomets Embrace] as a high class item that I cant deserve since Im used to wearing it but to an outsider like her, it would really look like that.

It cant be helped, its not like I had much money and I didnt know how much would a high class item like that cost so now at least I know that its too costly for me right now.

Right now, I should complete some quests and collect some money then go to buy such items.

Till then, yeah, lets go with that newbie magician robe.

Can I have that?(kurono)

As I showed the will to buy the robe she had pointed out earlier, her sharp eyes showed a slight surprise.

hee, to take this old womans sarcasm honestly, did you have some sheltered upbringing, boy?

Im not some noble, I really am a rank 1 adventurer.

Dont try to act cool. While still not believing me, she went inside the store to bring the robe.

As she returned before even a minute had passed, in her hands was the same robe displayed here with one bigger size.

10,000 klan.

After asking for the money that held no discount, I was about to bring out 1 gold coin, but stopped.

That gold coin was earned at Irz village created in Daedalus. After being captured by the Crusaers, I doubt these coins with dragon print on them are still in circulation.

Thinking that I had no reason to let go of a coin that held a lot of memories for me, I decided to pay it out of the reward of the emergency quest I had received in klans.

Thank you for your patronage.

After hearing her shopkeeper like words instead of witch-like, I wore the robe there itself.

The feeling wasnt bad but it was nowhere near the sensation of becoming a part of my body that the [Baphomets Embrace] gave.

Now that I think about it, I didnt feel hot even when wearing it in summer but this one made it hotter almost instantly.

Still, its not unbearable. Without showing any discomfort, I decided to leave since I was done with my business here but then I stopped, and asked her.

That, rabbit robe, how much does it cost?(kurono)

37,000 klan

That much!?!

Its a cost big enough that would make me hesitate to buy intantly.

Ill come back to buy it after I reach rank 2.(kurono)

Hihihi, Ill be looking forward to it.

While taking her ill gaze on my back, I left the store.

Now then, next is weapons but the fact that Im a rank 1 and my lack of funds is clear. Itll probably be impossible to get both, a wand of [Black Ballista Replica] and swords for Magic Sword Arts.

After leaving the store with Fiona, and pulling away Lily who seemed to have gotten attached to that bunny robe, we left towards the weapon shop.