"Tututu, Ouch!" A young woman was playing around with needles until she poked herself and a small amount of blood started to pour out from one of her fingers.
This woman was in her early twenties, her long dark red hair flowed over her shoulders and on her back, and her face, refined and pale as if carved out of a block of Marmol only gave start to her gorgeous and well-proportioned figure.
Her elegance and demeanor only contrasted with her simple-looking clothes, and the set of bandages she wore on her hands and fingers due to her constant poking of herself while she worked.
Behind her, a few sets of dresses and suits of the utmost quality were adorning her workplace. As not even a single spec of dust could be seen anywhere.
An old-looking portrait was placed on a shelf at the end of her room, this painting illustrated a group of five people. Berta, Richard, two other men, and a young-looking Leona. They wore a metallic set of armor and their weapons glinted as they reflected light, as Leona as a kid hugged one of the mysterious men in the picture.
*Cling* *Cling* *Tlack* The sound of a bell chimed as a door opened and closed. Leona stopped fiddling around and got up.
"Welcome to Leona's Treasure Trove! What can I do for... OH, Berta! Hi! it's been a while!" "Who's this little angel?" Leona said while crouching a bit in order to be at Janette's level.
Janette furrowed her eyebrows, although Marcus was already at peace with being on a girl's body, but he still disliked being treated like a kid most of the time.
"My name is Janette, nice to meet you." Janette said while making a small bow with her simple dress.
Leona's nose started to drip a bit of blood, and her breathing grew agitated.
[She's a creep...] Janette's eyebrows twitch once more the moment she realized what was going on.
Leona took a deep breath and calmed her diabolical impulses for a few seconds.
"FFffff... ok ok... What are you guys here for?"
Berta had a small drop of cold sweat flowing down her forehead... She had forgotten that Leona was F-ng NUTS.
"Am... We need to make Janette a Maid uniform, she will start working for Lord Hendricks from now on..."
Leona's eyes shinned for a second she went for her tools and brought a measuring tape and started working as a hurricane.
Legs, torso, chest, shoulders, arms, and neck measures were taken in seconds and Leona's crazed expression resurfaced as she giggled like a psychopath.
A tailoring demon with three heads and six arms was fast at work the shadows of her movement almost brought the fabric to its flash point but her control over her work was immaculate.
*Sight*
"Let's go, Janette, she is just completely crazy..." Berta had an apologetic expression as she saw the weirded-out expression on Janette's face, Leona was the only tailor who could get the job done that same day but Berta started doubting if she was the right choice for the job.
After leaving the store Janette shuddered. She felt as if Leona would have swallowed whole if she had gone by herself...
After thinking for a couple of minutes while they did the rest of the errands Janette spoke.
"Miss Berta, who exactly is Lord Hendricks?"
"Uh? You don't know? Well. It's only natural you guys just arrived..."
"Lord Hendricks is Blue Bell Academy's principal and the main specialized instructor. You may not know it but the Master and Disciple relationship isn't as simple as it seems... The Master must look out for the Disciple's safety and help them in every step along the way, in contrast, the Disciple must bring honor to the Master in their accomplishments as well as maintain the utmost level of loyalty. This relationship is believed to be sacred all around the continent and few dare to disregard it."
"Sadly I'm not one of Lord Hendricks Disciples. I don't even know why he started to think about getting one all of a sudden." Berta's expression turned melancholic, it seems there was more to that story that she refused to talk about.
"Let's go back. I will retrieve your uniform from Leona, so you don't have to go back inside. Work will start tomorrow at sunrise."
Janette and Berta walked back to Lord Hendricks Mansion, they brought along a heavy cart with all kinds of provisions along the way...
~~~~~~ Back At Janette's Room ~~~~~~
[It seems Nana isn't here... Let's check that weird shard before going to train for a bit.]
[Please...]
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[Yeah... I figured something would appear sooner or later.]
[I mean, I tried to look at the Shop Tab but it was completely empty, hopefully, there's something useful in there.]
[Open Shop please]
[Hmmm this is so weird... I'm barely understanding a thing.]
[Man, I can't even afford a cosmetic addon? The hell?]
[Free? Don't mind if I do my G]
Janette got into her familiar grassland in excitement she had absolutely no idea what she just got but it sounded really cool.
When she arrived she realized something immediately, There was another Janette waiting for her inside!
Both of them were right there. looking at each other face to face.
But there was no expression on the other Janette almost as if she was asleep. She approached her double. But then, the double spoke.
"Hi Marcus, I see you have enjoyed living in my body." The voice of a sweet little girl chimed in Marcus's ears, he hastily looked back at his hands only to realize he didn't look like Janette anymore but like his old self instead...