Lady amara offered to give up one of her guards as an escort during their brief time in the city but caelia politely refused her, taking renjiro's hand and leading him out of the establishment.
''when we are done I will request for my vehicle to be brought over, if you don't mind''
''that wouldn't be a problem'' lady amara replied with a smile
Anyone who saw caelia pulling renjiro around would have found the scene completely hilarious because of the height disparity between the both of them. Renjiro was over six feet tall and caelia was about five feet and two inches.
With the speed at which caelia moved renjiro didn't have enough time to look around, it seemed like she had a specific location in mind, she pulled him through the crowd of people till they came to a stop in front of a large building, the building looked like one of the numerous shopping malls that existed on earth.
The front of the building was covered in transparent glass that where people passing by could see the goods available for sale on display, and there were integrated LEdD displays showing different fashion trends and the timing for special events
''let's go in'' caelia said pulling him into the mall, the interior of the mall was brightly lit but not in a way to distract potential customers, there were numerous racks and clothing lines with gowns of different colors hung on the racks, with holographic tags above them showcasing the cloth sizes and prices.
Renjiro didn't have the chance to marvel at the elegance and aesthetics before being pulled away once again, compared to the number of people he saw outside the mall, the amount of people in the mall were sparse and they all looked to be wealthy, another aspect he pondered on was the fact that there were no attendants not even robots.
Caelia picked up a plain red gown and entered into one of the available dressing rooms, to put it on, renjiro noticed that once a dressing room was taken, the lights above immediately turned red and a protective array was activated not allowing anyone in but the person inside. He tried walking inside but he was stopped by an invincible wall.
Caelia's head popped out first, she had a huge grin on her face and soon her body followed. ''what do you think about this?''
''I think it's alright just like the other clothes that you have'' he replied with a bored look, moments like this made him wonder what happened to zephyrus's father, if he was available he wouldn't be subjected to this torture.he also noticed that asides her white coat, caelia liked plain gowns and simplistic designs.
A mirror popped up startling renjiro, at first it reflected renjiro and whatever was going on around him but when caelia stood in front of the mirror and tapped on a few things the view changed, showing caelia in different colors and designs of the gown she was putting on.
Renjiro racked his head trying to see if he had a memory of this device, but he couldn't find any, he wondered how zephyrus who was from a noble family knew absolutely nothing about the technological marvels of this world.
He also wondered why caelia had stopped being over protective, since he transmigrated to this world he had the freedom to do whatever he wanted and go wherever, without someone breathing down his neck.
''which of these designs do you think is best'' caelia asked halting his thoughts
''I think they all look good on you, what is that'' he said pointing at the mirror like object
''you are no help, that is a smart mirror you can try it out if you like''
''thanks but I am not interested'' he replied shutting down her proposal, he knew that if he stepped in front of the mirror caelia would make him try out all the clothes available to people his size and gender.
Caelia selected the colors and styles she liked and panel the size of a palm popped out prompting caelia to place her palm to make payment, she filled in the necessary details and they walked out of the mall after returning the dress she tried on to it's rack.
By the time they left the mall, the sky was dark with rain cloud and there were lightning flashes, renjiro felt the hair at the nape of his neck rise, and a lightning bolt struck the ground some meters away from them.
''it looks like that's our cue to leave'' caelia said and put a call to lady amara and the vehicle arrived a few minutes later, they were about entering into the vehicle when two men materialized from thin air.
''hey there pretty lady'' one of them said.
Both men looked sick and wore very cheap clothes, they also smelled so bad that someone could perceive their odor from a mile away making renjiro wonder why he didn't notice them till they decided to reveal themselves.
''how did you guys do that'' he asked
''why ask silly questions boy, you are about to get robbed. The reason we were able to sneak up on you snobs is courtesy of this beauty right here'' he pointed to a ring on his pinkie
''why don't you and your girlfriend give us some of your money and we can be on our way'' the other man said
''that's my mother you id…''
''that's alright zephyrus'' caelia said interrupting him ''caelia poked around the vehicle and retrieved a small brown bag tossing it to them.
''nice doing business with you'' they said bowing to caelia and renjiro before walking away.
''lets leave before it starts to pour heavily'' at that point it had already started to drizzle, renjiro hopped into the vehicle and caerlia followed him with the door shutting as soon as the were seated, the temperature in the vehicle adjusted immediately warming them.
''why didn't you get rid of those guys, I am sure that they'd look for someone else to rob'' renjiro asked, he was sure lyra would have approached the issue differently.
''that is lady amara's kingdom, I am sure she'd do something about them, and I have a lot of money to spend so there was no harm in losing such measly amount''
Renjrio grunted agreeing with her logic