Walking along the street, I admired the beauty of this city, due to the fact that there was one of the academic streets and buildings that were not built for the inhabitants of the city, several times I saw orcs that acted as guards of the city. After the exodus of the five races, the remaining orcs were able to settle in a small territory, many races distrusted them because their brothers betrayed the trust of other races, but after a while, trust began to appear to the orcs, like the dwarves, but still they could not wash away the betrayal of their race during the exodus. I have already managed to buy a magic tent, a supply of food for three days, magic bandages and much more that I might need in the test, as I thought.
Now I was heading to a clothing store to change clothes on the map was a magic book store that sold books that could help in understanding the talent. In order not to attract too much attention to myself, I decided to change out of uniform into plain clothes, a half-elf in plain clothes will arouse less interest than a half-elf in academy uniform, although I could lose the discount, this did not really bother me, since the gold taken from the castle would last for a long time.
And knowing my talent for magic was an important step for me, who only got it yesterday. When I entered the store, I saw the store employees, one was an elf, the other was a man.
- Good afternoon, welcome to Kerry & Co. we specialize not only in expensive clothes but also in hidden armor that can take on any kind of thing that you have touched. What are you interested in? - Asked melodic voice elf coming up to me.
Hearing about the hidden armor, I thought I heard about it in the castle that many guards walked in it when the emperor or empress left the empire or went out to the people. There may not be the same level of armor here, but approximately, it may be nearby, but I don't plan to fight against monsters of S or A rank, deciding what I want to see, I looked at the elf, formulating my question.
- Hidden Armor, what monster level can it handle and what talents does it specialize in? - I asked the elf, each armor was unique due to the fact that by sealing it only the owner could put it on and use it, the clothes were powered by magic, who wore it, just like any armor, it had a level of durability, one could hold back S and A rank attacks, but I dismissed this idea in this store will not remain B,C if the armor can only withstand level D hits it was useless to me.
- She can withstand attacks from S to D rank, it all depends on your talents. Are you a magician or a swordsman? - the elf asked inquiringly, her answer was skipping my question was made consciously if I am a swordsman then what attacks the armor had to withstand, there was at least A rank if I am a magician then due to the fact that magicians are weak in close combat, they rarely let opponents close to themselves and armor was more for restoring and blocking magical attacks than physical ones.
- I have both talents developed as a swordsman and a magician. Do you have such armor? - I answered the question of the elf, hearing my answer for a second, the mask of a friendly seller fell off her face and showed shock and distrust, pretending that I did not notice the change in her face, I began to inspect the store waiting for her to come to her senses.
- I apologize for my behavior if you really have both affinities on the same level we have one copy that you might like follow me. - The elf tried to hide the disbelief in her voice but she was not good at it I could not blame her for that if someone told me a week ago that I would have the same talent for both magic and the sword I would call this person crazy.
Nodding to the elf, she led me into the depths of the store, going through different sets of clothes from trousers to T-shirts, we went to a closed rack on which armor hung, it looked like a mixture of dragon scales and some kind of lizard color, it looked like a mixture of red turning into black. I didn't know maybe it's fate? If I remember correctly, Ges had the same color eyes.
- What is it called? - I asked the elf considering the armor.
- It is called a harbinger, when it was created, parts of the dragon and basilisk armor were used to protect well from both physical attacks and magical ones. - The elf replied in her voice, there was admiration for this armor, I thought maybe someone from her family created it, but shrugging my shoulders, I drew attention to the name of the harbinger, the whole situation was like a big joke, but so far I liked this joke.
- Can I try it on? - I asked looking back at the elf, who had distrust on her face that she did not try to hide.
- Yes, of course, you can try it on, but not all the functionality of the armor will be available to you, only the basic ones are changing the appearance of the armor, storage and that's it. - the elf spoke, approaching the glass and swiping her hand, the glass moved aside, allowing her to take the armor and pass it to me.
Nodding to her, I went to try on the armor, it was soft to the touch and I didn't feel its heaviness when I entered the fitting room, looking at the elf who was looking at me, I closed the curtain. I hope she did not think that I would change clothes in front of her?
Having put on the armor, I looked in the mirror, my hair was untied, so I had to throw it back. in armor, I looked menacingly pulling back the curtain, I saw an elf butt against me, at first her face did not change, then she began to blush and move away from me, whispering words that I did not understand, maybe it was in elvish, although I looked like a half-elf, but the knowledge of the language I didn't show up.
Leaving the fitting room, I decided to walk around the store and check how the hidden armor works by selecting a couple of things, touching them with my hand on the left side of the armor, a magic seal appeared and a request appeared to confirm the change in the type of armor, I poked yes and it began to change in a second I was standing in comfortable black jeans close to the legs and a short sleeveless red shirt lifting the rack of the shirt I looked at myself in the mirror raised my hands, squeezed my legs to check that there was no abrupt change in the structure of the armor, having enjoyed the quality of the work, I decided to open the volume of the storage, it also managed to surprise me visually, it was huge, but upon due consideration, the volume was only ten by seventy-eight. But for the first armor, I was really lucky. Turning to the elf who did not take her eyes off me.
- I take this armor how much from me? - I asked in a casual voice, I expected that the price would be high but I thought that I could afford it like any prince I was not used to the fact that I might not get something if I wanted it.
The face of the elf began to change after my words, first surprise, then misunderstanding, and then disbelief.
- This armor is worth half a million gold. - the elf said, she did not believe that the half-elf would have such money with him, but he was from the academy, but both noble people and ordinary people could enter it.
Now was the time for me to wonder half a million for armor? I expected such an amount for S rank armor, I could be wrong, but not so determined to confirm my conjectures, I decided to clarify.
- Okay, what's her rank? I asked looking at the elf who had a complex expression on her face.
- Young man, the armor is A in terms of physical indicators in terms of magical protection and armor replenishment S. - The elf spoke in a lost voice, she continued to doubt, but as a good seller, she could not hide information from the buyer.
- Can I pay for it and seal it right away? - I asked in a quick voice in which there was a reluctance to put it off for later and play games with an elf in the question answer armor of course will not go unnoticed for my wallet, but I can earn money, but return my life if I don't die.
- Yes, you can pay for it and immediately seal it. - The elf answered my question, she returned her seller's face and smiled, although distrust of this whole situation was read in her eyes.
Nodding, I returned to the fitting room, touching the uniform, I took out a bag of gold in it, there were seven million gold, counting half a million, I left the fitting room and the elf and I went to the cashier, she bought the armor, handing me a check, she put a small needle next to me, indicating where to shed blood, I took the needle and I pricked my finger, spilling blood on the seal of magic, it began to glow, then ceasing, I felt how the armor began to absorb my magic and how it became even more convenient, I stopped feeling any inconvenience. Back in the fitting room, I sent the form to storage and walked to the exit of the store.
- Wait. - Hearing the voice of the elf, I turned around and saw in her hands a black card that she handed me.
- Take it, this is the VIP card of our store, our stores are not only in this city, but also in all capitals or large cities, you can show this card to view closed goods. - The elf said in shock that this armor was bought, she almost forgot to give him the card, but remembered in time.
Having accepted the card, I left the store, and headed to the last place where I wanted to go - a store of magical books.