Renard tried to keep a straight face, he could already imagine his reputation being destroyed if this was spread throughout Littlefeather. The tremble in his facial features was barely noticeable however, Renard's body in shock and self-protection had already taken a step back.
A gloomy feeling rose to Renard's head. 'Must I make a fool of myself in front of everyone I meet. I thought I would be able to adapt to this world easily. Apparently I'm still trying to hold on to my concept of reality from my past life. I'm in a fantasy world, anything could be possible. Even this tiny girl being able to move a jumbo jet is possible.'
Although this seemed to take a moment in his mind, it was a few seconds in reality. To the little girl, the man she had just come up to serve had taken a step back and slowly smiled while staring into blank space.
The girl ignored what the customer was doing and decided it was best to just continue what she was going to do.
As Renard snapped out of what he thought was a good deception, a high-pitched and delicate came from the young girl. "Hello there, welcome to Beth's Gear. I'm Kathy how can I help you today?"
As Renard was listening to Kathy he had a proper look at her and he realised that she was a bit peculiar. She stood on a stool behind the desk, from Renard's position she was only about a metre tall. If she was young that would make sense but she was serving customer all by herself and she had managed to move the desk by accident. It was like a ferocious beast was packed into this tiny body.
She was wearing dark and thick leather trousers that covered the entirety of her legs. Attached along her waist were various loops and pockets filled with different tools that a blacksmith would use. Her chest was covered with the same leather material but it stopped at her head and shoulders. Covering her shoulders, arms and lower torso was a dark mesh that was tight to her body, it seemed like it a faint dark pink mist that covered it.
Renard then saw her face, soot covered her face with sweat streaks breaking though the dust in areas. She had light blue eyes but there seemed to be a fire burning in them. She had short black hair that fell to the right side of her head it only just fell below her ear, this style was complemented by the left side of her head being shaven. It was not a look that he expected to see on a girl that size with that voice. As she spoke Renard even had the image of a terrifying beast mimicking a human voice to hunt its prey.
Renard kept his cool and answered as if he hadn't been spooked. "I noticed that there is quite a lot of armour around here, I was wondering if I could purchase a set."
Kathy responded easily, "All of the items on display are either reserved orders or not for sale but we also have some sets for sale. You can either reserve an order or take a look at the sets we have in stock."
Renard spoke honestly, "Can I take a look at the sets you have in stock, I feel that reserving and order will take too long, I'm an adventurer so I need this soon as I am planning to go out hunting in the not too distant future."
"Of course. We currently have two sets which I can adapt to your size. The first is a reserved order that never got picked up, this happens sometimes, it was probably an adventurer that died. It has decent defence however, it is only a torso piece as that is all that was requested."
"The other set we have is a full set of leather however, it was made as a test with the skin of a Sturdy Bull. It is a type of bull which moves very slow, it moves so slow that earth elemental energy sees it as part of nature and gathers in them. This makes the skin become quite strong. The only problem is the armour made from them reduces your speed, that is why it hasn't sold." Kathy responded showing an excellent grasp of knowledge. Kathy also showed of her skills as a merchant as on the end she added. "This also reduces the price of the armour too."
Renard noted what Kathy had said and thought to himself. 'Although that armour has that disadvantage I only need to protect myself when I am attacking, Almighty Power let me deal enough damage not to worry about the reduced speed.'
Renard knew that he should first try the armour anyway before he made any decisions. "Is it possible for me to try on the second armour set before I consider purchasing it."
Kathy gleamed at the prospect of someone buying that waste of space armour. "Of course. Based on your size it should be too big for you so can just slide the chest-piece on. Give me a moment I will go fetch it."
It didn't take long for Kathy to bring round the piece of armour it was quite large but she carried it above her head with one hand. She put it down on the desk and said "Try it on and see what you think."
Kathy unusual strength did not agitate Renard any more and he simply picked up the armour to try it on. As he grabbed the armour the system made a noise.
-[Sturdy Bull - Armour Chest-Piece]-
[Analyse]
[Place in Inventory]
[Equip]
[Cancel]
'That's interesting. I better not choose any options in front if Kathy, I don't want it to magically disappear or pop onto my body.' Renard thought the Cancel option and the menu went away.
Renard then put the chest-piece on over the top of his head, he did have to strain as it was quite heavy. Once he had it on he realised that it was very large on his body. However, he didn't feel the slowness effect that had been mentioned. Renard though for a moment and decided he should try and analyse the armour.
'Analyse'
-[Sturdy Bull - Armour Chest-Piece]-
[Defence +15]
[Speed -5%]
[Speed De-buff negated due to Almighty Power]
A large smile appeared on Renard's face.
"I'll buy it."