Chapter 308: Say cheese

Chapter 308: Say cheese

Holding up a deep blue robe matching the arm harness, the dwarf narrowed his eyes.

This would probably be the best base for work clothes, an ample robe, comfortable, discreet, can be worn at home and outside. A basic but good choice all around, he explained.

Hmm. Why not? It looks a bit boring honestly.

Well, of course, this is just a base template. Since you wear a lot of gold, Im thinking I can add some golden embroidery. Ill also get you a matching shawl and sapphire earrings Oh, and an opaque white pantyhose, thats an important detail. You can keep using that one white glove youre wearing. Do you also need shoes?

I only have those.

Alright, so you do need shoes.

That all sounds fine I guess How much would I owe you?

The dwarf who was frantically running around picking stuff from his racks of clothes and accessories stopped suddenly, slowly turning his head to look at Sofia. He reached for his glasses and lifted them, looking at Sofia in the eyes, Young lady, what do you mean? Were just getting started. Im not leaving until you have at least five complete outfits. Dont be ridiculous.

Can I really afford that?

Lady, the armor on your right arm could buy everything I own a hundred times over, you dont exactly strike me as someone unable to afford some proper clothes.

... Fair point. Next outfit then?

If you trust me with this one, then yes. Ill do the fitting and enchanting later. I assume none of your outfits need to include a right sleeve?

Right. Oh, I usually wear this crown, too. Does that change anything?

The Clothier observed the crown for a moment, Just dont wear it in the imperial palace if you can help it. Besides that, its just more gold, so no big deal, fits well with the rest.

No crown in the palace, noted. That might be disrespectful to the emperor I guess. Makes sense. Then can I request something more practical next? Just something easy to move around in to wear under my armor.

Oh, sure thing. Do you need it padded or light?

No need for any padding.

Aye, just a sturdy white shirt and black pants then. Cant go wrong with the basics, Ill make sure the self-repair on this one is the fast acting kind. Next I can get you something thats currently popular amongst the Exidian nobility

Are you sure this isnt a bit too You know

Youre the one who said you were fine with some cleavage, its nothing excessive. It might look like a lot of exposed skin from above, but we cant see shit from below, and youre pretty tall, so unless you bend over there aint going to be a lot of watchers. Unless its the split longskirt that bothers you?

No, its Ah, yeah, youre right, whatever. Everyones already looking anyway so its not like this would make it any worse. Can you make it with an open back? Actually, can you make them all with an open back? Im used to having my wings out at this point, might as well.

The Clothier was a bit taken aback at the sudden appearance of a pair of bone wings behind Sofia, but his mind was already at work on the task. All of them? No, that wont do. This one and the court robe yes, but it wouldnt look good on the other ones. I can make openings for the wings like I do for winged beastmen though.

Fine with that.

We have our ways, at low levels its thread manipulation, mostly. Kind of like all the races of magic spiders. We also have the advantage of being able to adapt our gear to pretty much any situation. Its a lot of planning. What about you? I know all saints have different gimmicks depending on the patron God.

I summon skeletons.

The dwarf looked around again at the entire bone-made furniture and at Sofias wings. Somehow Im not surprised, the summoning class students sure are in for a special ride this time, arent they?

I dont even know how Im going to go about teaching anything to them yet. But I cant deny that.

Heh, youll do just fine, headmaster doesnt recruit just anybody.

And lastly for this one, it felt like a waste to remove the sleeve, so I enchanted it to be retractable, when you wear your armguard thisll fold up and become a ribbon behind your waist, the red haired dwarf explained as he activated the magic to show Sofia the ribbon.

Oh? Thats nice, thank you. I think this is my favorite design out of the lot honestly.

That so? Short skirts like these are still not very popular among my feminine clientele, but I think this is bound to pick up speed sooner or later. Oh I also added an obscuring enchantment to prevent people peeping from underneath on this one, since youre so tall. That fine with you?

Yeah, of course! Thank you, actually. I didnt really think about that detail but now that you say it thats kind of embarrassing.

Just doing my job teach. Whatd you say you try it on, see if I got the size and everything correct? Theyre all the same so if ones good theyre all good.

Sure, give me a minute.

Sofia grabbed the outfit and went to change in her bathroom. She removed all her accessories except Aphenoreths glove, to see what the clothes were worth by themselves.

Its comfortable enough. The skirt is much shorter than I expected, good thing he added that enchantment. I did think the white shirt would highlight my chest a bit but this might be too much Oh well. Might as well leverage my large charisma

I was dubious about the fake belts but this works better than expected too. I have to admit, this guy is good at his job.

When Sofia came out of the bathroom, she found her living room free of all of the Clothiers mess of tools and clothes, instead he was setting up a large mirror and a big chair.

Hot damn! Looks even better than I expected, Im rather proud of myself on this one. Hows the fitting? the clothier exclaimed as he finished setting up the lightstone torches near the mirror.

Thanks, it feels great, I can tell it was an experts job.

You flatter me. Come, Ive prepared a set so you can look at yourself. This is the only chair I have for your size so I hope you dont mind the design, just sit on that and smile.

Smile? Sofia asked as she sat on the large wooden chair.

Oh that does look good. That the obscuring enchantment? I cant see through even with VPPV Ah, maybe I should still cross my legs, what if he can see

Yes, sit comfortably and smile, dont move. The mirror will capture your image, the dwarf explained, giving two taps on his big mirror. Itll transfer it to a piece of paper, you can keep it or whatever, its something that I always do, noble ladies usually like to see themselves like this. Keep a souvenir of their younger self.

Sofia sat still and smiled.