-And who is this supposed to be?
-My hound, thanks to her I had to freeze some griffon riders, so we need to finish this before the ice melts and the rain of guards arrive.
-Haah* Hah* Hah* Now I´m an animal?!
It didn´t take me long to reunite with Fei Xue outside the walls, Iris was trying to regain her breath and color behind us while a group of birds of different sizes and colors surrounded her.
-B-Birds... Lots of birds...
While the eyes of Iris were taking a trip with the magic beasts from the surroundings, Fei Xue walked to me.
-Master, to avoid any trouble with your identity, I took the time to get you a suit more fitting to... Work, as you would say.
Her arms held dark blue and black clothing, also boots, gloves, and a white mask without facial features, but with a golden snowflake painted in the center.
-Where did you get these?
With a flirty wink, Fei Xue answered leading her finger to my lips.
-Kukuku~ A woman needs to keep some secrets-.
-... Is that so?
I wasn´t satisfied with the answer, but I knew that she wasn´t ready to give more details, so I left the conversation for another occasion.
-Hey, hound, catch.
I returned the quiver to Iris, for a moment she looked happy to have her arrows back, but then she realized that I called her hound again.
-I´m not a hound!
I ignored her groans with a small smile, took the clothes, and walked away to the trees nearby.
With the snap of Fei Xue's fingers, the birds of bigger size made a perimeter to clog peeping toms.
I inspected the clothes in search of some trap or problematic spell, but I found nothing, so I changed without many worries.
While changing, I heard the conversation between both girls.
-Forgive him dear, he´s usually a bit rough.
-... Ah, no, it´s okay, I don´t blame him...
-By the way, Is it true that your name is hound?
-What?! No! My name is Iris Greenwood, and I´m a high elf from the sacred forest.
-Kukuku~, a pleasure, Iris, my name is Fei Xue, partner, and lover of that man.
-Really?! A woman as beautiful as you is the lover of that brute?! That is such a waste!
-Kukuku~, thanks for the compliment.
-And who are you calling brute you damn hound?
When I was done changing, the birds walked away, letting me walk to the elf I would soon hit.
-Kukuku~, as I thought, the clothes suit you marvelously master.
By feeling my intentions, Iris hid behind Fei Xue´s back, popping out just her head.
-I´d say he looks like a suspicious mercenary.
Like the last time, Fei Xue made a mirror of ice, but this one was full size.
-Amazing... Miss Fei Xue, you´re amazing!
Iris didn´t hide her amazement.
-Kukuku~, with enough practice and talent, anyone can do it.
Fei Xue just enjoyed the compliments.
Dark blue long sleeves shirt, a jacket of black leather with fluffy hoodie, and white snowflake-shaped needlework in the back.
The pants, boots, and gloves were of the same material and color as the jacket.
The forearms and tighs had covers loaded with thin throwing knives, the belt in my pants had several pockets filled with test tubes with liquids of different colors.
The knuckles of the gloves and the front part of the boots were covered by a transparent metal, but it didn´t add weight or movement difficulty to the clothes.
-A bit too excentric, but I guess it´ll do.
Despite the lack of holes from the mask, I was able to see perfectly, and my voice could be heard with no problems.
Fei Xue approached me and took off the mask, after toying with it and a "Click" was heard, she put it on my face again.
-It may not look like it, but right now you´re using armor.
-What did you... Oh.
My voice had changed, now it was more robotic and distorted, nothing to what it originally would be.
-All the clothing is made of the rarest materials the world has to offer, "Goddes blood" and "Mithril". Not only is hard and resistant to the elements, but it also has the capability of self-reconstruction as long as you have one piece of the armor and mana in your body, the mask is a dungeon artifact capable of changing the user's voice, I took the liberty of decorating both.
It was funny how prideful she was about all of this when all she did was pick up everything from somewhere and decorate it according to her tastes.
-Clothes made of Mithril and Goddes blood?! Did you say dungeon artifact?!
Iris approached me to inspect the clothes and the mask, completely forgetting that it was me who wore it.
-Certainly, the brightness of the knuckles is characteristic of the Mithril, if you look closer you can notice that the threads of the shirt have a particular texture, plus, the jacket has a metallic feeling from outside but...
I overlooked her invasion to my personal space while she talked with herself, in my hand I could feel Álvaro about to decapitate her from the ring.
-Well, the spiritual weapons could be troublesome, but the damage can be repaired in time.
Now I was interested.
-Spiritual weapons?
-Those are weapons occupied by-
-Those are weapons occupied by ethereal beings called spirits, there are of all kinds, but most are related to the magic elements!
Iris interrupted the explanation of Fei Xue halfway, she was smiling, but her anger was almost palpable.
This elf has the talent to make the worst enemies.
-And what does it do a weapon like that?
-It makes the weapon almost indestructible and it endows it with the element of the spirit!
-...
The knowledge and enthusiasm of Iris for these things and the shameful show from before made me realize something.
-U-Um, it´s a bit unpleasant if you stare at me like that...
-Iris... You´re not a warrior, Are you?
-!!
For a moment Iris got astonished, with that reaction I already had my answer.
-O-O-Of course I am!
A bad lier.
-Try to say that again without stuttering.
-Um, o-of course-
I put my finger on her lips before she could continue.
-I was joking, you don´t need to lie to me, is quite obvious that you don´t have either the talent or the skills of a warrior.
-That is...
-True, Right?
-...
Her silence said more than a thousand words.
-To who belongs this bow?
-... It´s my sisters, it´s been a time since she and other civilians disappeared from the forest... Using my eyes I managed to track her to this kingdom, but...
-You met the cultists.
-Yes... I found out that she and the other elves got captured by them, I´m sure they confused me with a warrior thanks to the uniform, but the truth is that I prefer to study the weapons instead of using them.
-I see... All right.
I placed my right hand over the shoulder of Iris so she couldn´t escape, and lifted my left fist.
-I´m sure your sister will give you another, but you deserve both.
-Eh?
Before Iris could realize what was happening, I gave her a "soft" punch in her head.
-HYYYYAAAAAA!!
Yhea, "soft".
While Iris twirled in the ground with her hands over her head and teary eyes, I continued my scolding.
-You big idiot! Why the hell a library mouse like you is doing something so dangerous as an investigation of missing people?! What do you think would have happened to you if it wasn´t for that uniform?!
She really did something very stupid, not only she exposed herself to one of the most dangerous enemies of this world, but she was forced to try to commit a delict that doesn´t matter the result, she would die anyway.
From my belt I pulled out a test tube with green liquid, then I grabbed Iris's head and made her drink its content.
-Cough* Cough* What's up with that punch?!
-Does it still hurt?
-Of course!... Not...
-...
-Staring again? Can´t you stop that? I feel like you´re going to make me a hole.
It doesn´t look like the potion has poison or a spell of mind control, good.
I certainly stared at Iris, but it was to know if the potions had something strange, not for other reasons.
I offered my hand to help her to get up.
-...What the hell? Are you kind or not? Decide already.
The elf accepted my help and raised from the ground.
-I´m someone evil that sometimes does kind actions, stay with that and start guiding us.
-People must think of you as someone evil for that way of asking for things.
-Ha?
-Nothing!
Iris quickly let go of my hand and began to walk in a certain direction.
-Over here!
-... Haaah* Were following.
After expulsing my mental tiredness with a sigh, we began to follow the elf.
Fei Xue walked to my side and held my hand, for some reason she had a smile on her face.
-... What?
-Kukuku~ Oh it´s nothing, I just fell in love with you a bit more master~.
-...I see... Thanks...
-Kukuku~.
I didn´t dislike her smooth body or the breasts that wrapped my arm, but I couldn´t let my guard down, at least not now.
I´ll just enjoy this a bit, yhea, just a bit.