"How about this sword and the two shovels?" Katherine offered as she reached her hand into her pocket.
"Sure. But the shovel needs some time for the protective layer to dry up first."
"No problem. I'll come back later to take it."
As Katherine handed the bag of coins over and took the sword from the wall, the look on the dwarf's face changed for a second.
"This is too much——"
"Then how about I take this shield and this set of armor as well? Is that enough?"
Katherine quickly made a counteroffer as she grabbed onto a knight's armor that was clearly meant for dwarfs.
After a short silence, the dwarf finally accepted the bag of coins and put it into his pocket.
"Thank you for the purchase."
"No problem... Come on, let's go check out the next experience."
After Katherine teleported all the gear and equipment into her pocket dimensions, they finally left the shop.
As the six of them walked down the street, Meiya suddenly had a question in her mind.
"Katherine, what are you going to do with all that stuff?"
"We're going to a dungeon tomorrow. So, I might as well let Alex over here fulfill his dream of being a knight."
"Wait, really? Mom, you aren't joking?"
Alex's face immediately turned into excitement. He thought Katherine had only brought those things as a kind gesture.
"Do I look like someone who's just burning money for fun? I'm going to use the stuff that I brought no matter what."
After hearing Katherine's answer, Alex's smile got even bigger as they continued walking down the street.
"Mom, where are we going now?" Sophia curiously asked as the sun indicated it was now the evening.
"To be honest, I don't know... Actually, let's go tour the dwarf's castle."
"Dwarf's castle? Aren't we already in the castle?" Mary pointed out as she thought back to the wall earlier.
"That's just the outer layer. There's one more layer meant for the king of the dwarfs."
"We're allowed to visit that?" Meiya raised her concern as it sounded a little ridiculous.
"Yep. Just wait and see."
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After walking for almost twenty minutes with constant twists and turns that confused all five of them, Katherine finally led them to the castle.
As soon as they saw it in the distance, they were in awe of its sheer design.
Unlike the castles they had seen in Regina or the capital, it was completely white and had no signs of being made of stone.
Looking closer, they soon realized the creamy whiteness was due to the fact it was made out of marble.
However, it wasn't just any marble. It was a whole solid chunk that ran continuously to the edge of their sight.
"This castle is so beautiful," Luqing commented, feeling a sense of purity as they approached the entrance.
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As the knight walked down the paved path, the three kids were even more in awe, as all the surrounding buildings were made of marble.
From the garden fountain, they walked towards the giant statue in the distance.
There was so much wealth and luxury everywhere, yet it was elegant in the artistic design.
"Who's this person?" Mary curiously asked as they stopped right before the giant marble statue.
"He's the hero of all dwarfs. He led the counter-attack that freed all dwarfs from being under the control of orcs."
Hearing the knight's answer, the five of them could feel the respect in his voice.
"How long was that?" Alex curiously asked, as he couldn't remember that ever happening in the history book.
"Almost hundreds of thousands of years ago. Way before your empire ever came in place."
Alex slowly nodded as he quickly realized the event that the knight was describing was extremely ancient history.
"Who made all these statues and buildings?" Sophia curiously asked as they continued walking down the garden.
"The grand architect back a few thousand years ago."
"Sorry to ask this, but how long can your kind live for?" Meiya suddenly asked.
"We usually can live up to one hundred fifty years old. But we have elders that are up to two hundred."
As they reached the end of the garden, the knight began guiding them toward what appeared to be a church.
Unlike the other buildings, this one wasn't made of marble.
However, it wasn't any less fancy, as the entire wall seemed to reflect the sunlight with its silver-like look.
At the very top, the golden dorm almost appeared to be made out of real gold from the distance.
Right at the very front, various silver pillars had what appeared to be another language carved into the wall.
The moment the knight opened the church's door, they could hear the door creaking, echoing as the sound bounced back to them.
"Wow..."
The inside stunned all three of the kids and the two adults as soon as they saw what was past the door.
Various colored glass was on both sides, covering almost half of the wall as sunlight illuminated the inside.
Pictures were painted all over the ceiling, with all kinds of dwarfs in different gears and weapons fighting some sort of monster.
At the center of the church itself was a simple wooden podium, seemingly out of place at first glance with all the fancy appearance on the inside.
However, it oddly looked perfectly in place the more they looked at it, as the color matched well with the red carpets.
Meanwhile, on the side, hundreds of rows of church seats ran down on both sides, enough to seat at least a few thousand people at once.
"This is our Church... Usually, it has a lot of people inside, but today was an off day, so it's empty."
As the six of them followed the knight down the red carpet, their mind was still blown by all the elegant elements in the room.
"What's this church called?" Luqing curiously asked as they walked down the aisles of seats.
"Cathedral of the Tharngrim, in respect to our Grand Architect's wish." The knight responded as they stopped right before the alter.