Chapter 375: Visiting The Armory
Alma POV 11/17
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Of course I want some armor! I am not a corny little girl to come here asking for stupid dresses, I have no interest in going around wearing a new dress every day, that's just pointless. What I want is a good, hard, and hopefully magic-enhanced armor!
Of course, there was one stupid living weapon complaining about it…
"(Uwah! A-Alma! Don't you want me anymore?! You want an armor now?!)" he asked.
"(Shut up! You're a dagger, not an armor! How do you possibly hope to give me the same protection as one?)" I sighed.
"(But I can become an armor for you! There's no need to find another, you can use me for everything! Through the Shape Change Ability, I can shape my body and even extend it through the use of mana, like liquid metal! I could become your armor!)" he said.
"(Huh? I didn't knew about that… But you would need a crap ton of Mana for that! I need my armor, so I am going to go and buy a good one. Don't worry, you're still my main weapon, I don't think I can wield anything else than a dagger…)" I sighed.
"You want an armor, my lady?! But you're a little girl! I thought you wanted a beautiful dress and that's why you brought us here…" said Rose.
"A dress? Why would I want a dress? I got a hundred in my room! I want a big and shiny armor." I said.
"B-But Alma, that's not really… Lady-like…" sighed Elred.
"And who cares about being lady-like? I do whatever I want." I said.
"Y-Yes! I wasn't trying to tell you what to do… O-of course, you can do whatever you want…! I'll always agree to it! I am actually very open-minded." said Elred, suddenly acting serviceable once more.
I suppose he sometimes disagrees with me, but he fears the prospects of having a discussion with me or me hating him later, so he swallows his own pride and acts submissive. I have to give him props for that.
"I see, I am glad my beloved future husband understand that a lady can also wear armor. I wish Rose could be half as understandable as him…" I sighed.
"M-My lady… Please, don't get angry with me! I-I apologize… Let's buy you your armor!" sighed Rose.
"Heh, alright then, I am glad you understand." I said with a cheeky smile.
I suppose I am being spoiled by my maid and my arranged husband; this is not too bad. Now, let's get to it.
We moved across the shops and reached an armor shop, there was an old man, actually, he was a Dwarf. I had only seen them in books, I had never seen one, and he was as small as us, 7-year-old kids, if not a bit smaller, actually.
Their torsos were actually as tall as normal adult men, but the legs they had were stumpy and small, and that's how they were so small. The man that greeted us when we entered the armory had a long white beard with many braids and was bald too. He had an ugly scar across his face, and sharp brown eyes. His skin was white, but it looked red or almost orange, most like tanned by being near the forge for so long.
When we entered, he was actually hitting an ingot with a magical hammer, while using what's called Smithy Magic, a special type of magic that smiths learn, which they use to further perfect their craft through the infusion of Mana into their creations. He was hitting an ingot and slowly shaping it as a plate of some kind, the magic flowed into it.
Rose and Elred looked at the scene with a bit of disgust. The entire area was incredibly hot and smelled like molten metal everywhere. To boot the old man looked rude, more like a bandit than a citizen. And he was ignoring us when we got inside.
Of course, I was fascinated, the entire shop was filled with armors of all kinds, of all shapes and colors, some were green colored, others were red, there was a massive spiky black armor too, and even a beautiful white armor with golden wing-like decorations, like the armor a holy paladin would wear.
There were also weapons, enormous longswords overflowing with mana and sparkling energy, glorious battle axes that could slice through anything, beautiful and long bows with sharp arrows, and even a massive hammer made up of monster materials that looked like something straight out of a Monster Hunter game.
There were all sorts of shields too, I began to wander around the entire armory while feeling fascinated by what I was seeing, my eyes sparked each time I found something new and interesting, and I was using Appraisal to continuously checked everything, these armors were all of amazing quality, solely equipping them would grant me a lot of extra benefits.
"A-Alma, don't get too far away…" sighed Elred, following me around while I moved everywhere, inspecting every single item in the store.
Rose, in the other case, was asking the man to attend us, but he was very concentrated on his craft and was completely ignoring us.
CLANK!
"Hey! You! Stop doing that, the princess of this Kingdom have come to-"
CLANK!
"Stop that! You're purposedly ignoring us, don't you?!"
CLANK!
"This is a grave offense to the Kingdom!"
CLANK!
"H-Hey!"
CLANK!
"Rose calm down, its fine, let him do his craft. He's the best at it!" I said, as I looked at the dwarf work, his mind was completely submerged in what he was doing, as if everything else around him didn't mattered. His eyes flashed with strong quantities of mana coming out of his body and being transferred into his hammer.
CLANK!
He shaped the ingot into a large and round plate, and then, he finally grabbed it and put it on water to cool it down.
FLASH!
"Hahh…"
The man sighed in relief, as he suddenly noticed us.
"Oh? I am sorry for not noticing you, dear guests- Huh? A little girl?"
"I want an armor, old man!"
"A-Armor? …You?!"
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