(A/N: 4K+ words long chapter! Two chapters combined into one!)
Antique Stone Garden.
Kiba along with Ashlyn looked around the store and checked out the stones. Kiba has no experience with such types of stones. In fact, it was his first time learning about them despite his past in BSE79.
"So lively," Kiba mused while seeing the sea of crowd inside.
Most of them were here just to look around with no actual intentions of buying. Some of them wanted to expand their horizons while a few just wanted to waste time.
Even though there were over a hundred people the shop didn't feel crowded thanks to its size and distribution.
The number of stones was innumerable with dozens of staff members helping customers. Security staff was in both official and civil dresses to handle any mischief.
The entire ceiling was lit with soft light so that no one has any difficulty while observing the stones and crusts.