"Sophia's Emotion Fae Emporium".
Was a store that Arthur was very familiar with in his previous life. This caravan came from the East and travelled towards the Western coast of the Azure Envy Continent, travelling from one side of the White Dominion Sect territory, all the way to the shared territory of the Slavik Clan.
The original Sophia's Emotion Fae Emporium was located within the White Dominion Sect territory, but had various branches all around the nearby territories.
The goal of this trip, for most of the stores selling Fae was to transport various Attributed Fae from one store to the next, selling some of the more common Fae, while seeing if they could get a special deal involving some rare or powerful Fae.
Arthur glanced at the small quaint little cottage before smiling and opening the door. The complexity of this Fae Construction was within his realm of comprehension, but definitely above the powers of a Rank 2, or even a Rank 3 Fae Master.
Some of these buildings were shrunk using Fae and then stored in Storage Frogs. However, those buildings that houses Fae, most often needed Fae in order to create them.
This one.... used quite a number of Wood Attributed, and some Emotion Attributed Fae in order to be created.
The faint sounds of a bell ringing echoed throughout the store. Emotion Attributed Fae weren't that popular in the first place, especially within a small region like Parachenko Village, so even if Fae Masters had their interests peaked by Emotion Fae, it would definitely be after they checked out some of the more.... mainstream Fae Attributes.
Arthur's eyes immediately glanced over the numerous Fae Boxes scattered all over the store. It was obvious from the lack of order within it, the person who managed the store wasn't quite ready yet.
A young woman, probably a few years older than Arthur lifted her head up and turned around, hearing the bell come from the front door. Her long, fuzzy orange hair seemed completely suitable for such a messy, disorganized room.
A pair of thick glasses sat on her nose, and she adjusted them slightly while gazing at Arthur standing at the door. Her eyes widened slightly and she stood up flicking her arm slightly and pushing away several Fae Boxes behind the counter.
The young woman smiled at Arthur politely, waving her hand slightly and gesturing to the Fae Boxes all around them.
"Welcome to Sophia's Emotion Fae Emporium! Are you just browsing, or are you looking for something in-".
"The Mind is the ocean. An endless sea adrift in a formless space. The tears of Emotion fill the pond. The Desires cry out, turning the pond into a river. The orderliness of Thoughts guide the river to the ocean. All things return to the ocean. All Intents return to the Mind".
The young woman's eyes widened significantly and her mouth opened a fraction of an inch before she smiled, waving her hand again, activating Fae to close all the curtains and windows. The light from the outside sun never once stopped shining through, despite nowhere for it to enter.
The sunlight was created from Sunlight Fae, not from the fake windows that were plastered on every wall.
The young frizzy haired woman smiled, before giving Arthur a small bow. In the time it took to blink, her appearance had changed, and her long, messy orange hair had straightened, falling down her shoulders like the sun on a bright summer evening.
Her glasses had disappeared as well, and her posture was fixed. The disorganized demeanour that she once gave off had been complete replaced with a more mature, if not slightly seductive expression.
Her rose coloured lips turned upwards, smiling slightly as she slid her fingers over the counter.
"Welcome to Sophia's Emotion Fae Emporium. How may I be of service, honoured guest?".
Arthur nodded slightly before sliding over a piece of paper on the table. The beautiful orange haired young woman picked it up and glanced at it, before raising an eyebrow and gazing at Arthur.
"These Fae are quite rare. Are you sure you can match the price for such a thing?".
Arthur didn't even so much as blink as he took out a Fae Box containing a Rank 2 Bone Expansion Fae, capable of pushing a the maximum capacity of a Fae Master's Body origin essence sea by a total of 40%!
The orange haired young woman raised an eyebrow before smiling and nodding.
"This would be more than enough. With the excess, is there anything else that you would like?".
Arthur nodded.
"In the future I will be taking a trip to your White Dominion Sect Headquarters. When that times comes I hope that you can prepare a few things for me. I.... will be needing passage from the Azure Envy Continent to the Viridian Greed Continent. I can make up the difference when I get there".
The seductive young redhead nodded before giving Arthur a once over. She raised an eyebrow when she couldn't peer into Arthur's origin essence sea, but then felt a burst of killing intent from the young man before her.
Her eyes widened slightly.
'Such a pure, yet unbelievably concentrated killing intent! If he had some Killing Attributed Fae, he might be unrivalled in his own Rank!".
The services of the "Sophia Emotion Fae Emporium went beyond just the selling of Fae. Emotion Attributed Fae had to do with the Mind, so it was only natural that those who owned and controlled each store specialize in Emotion, or even Desire and Thought Attributed Fae.
That was only on the surface though. The truth was, was that this "Sophia Emotion Fae Emporium" was run by a single person behind the shadows. A member of the White Dominion Sect, and a Rank 5 Fae Master.
In the future, she would become a Rank 6 Fae Immortal, so for the time being Arthur didn't have anything to worry about. When creating this "front" she embedded a small part of her consciousness into every store member, such as the girl in front of her.
When undercover members of the White Dominion Sect, or some of her "business partners" from other Sects need to contact her, they do so using the trigger words Arthur had used earlier.
It would "switch on" the dormant part of her subconscious buried within them and then let that part take over for the duration of her meeting.
Arthur was a.... friend of hers in his previous life, although the events that led to such a friendship wouldn't happen for another few decades or so.
He knew the trigger words to activate the hidden features of her store, and knew that it was carrying two rare Emotion Attributed Fae that Arthur could use.
He didn't let her know his name, his cultivation, his abilities or the fact that he was in possession of a Sovereign Boundary Physique. They may have been..... "friends" in his previous life, but they were no such things in Arthur's current life.
As the young girl went behind the curtains to go retrieve the Fae, Arthur's frozen expression stilled as he noticed another Fae in one of the nearby boxes.
His eyes widened somewhat, and his mouth dropped as he turned towards the redhead pointing at it with a newly renewed aloof expression on his face.
"How much for that?".
The redhead raised an eyebrow and turned towards the Fae Box, letting out a small tsk before shaking her head.
"That isn't for sale".