Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

3. Shopping

400 Years have passed since the end of Light War. It was the largest and longest war in history. A war was going on between the witch and the Demon King.

Goodness against evil. And it's the good that always wins, but-

Is that really a victory?

At that time, the number of witches was not as much as in the present. Witches used to be a rare existence that became a determinant of the power of a country.

Before the Demon King appeared and messed up the world, a war broke out between the countries to seize the land on the Orladist continent, but when the Demon King appeared, the war stopped and the entire world united to stop the Demon King.

Is that not what we call a true victory?

At this time not only the number of magicians is increasing, but the development of technology that uses magic [Magitec] is also increasingly advanced and growing. Even ordinary people can use simple magic using the help of magic objects. Of course they were only able to use F-ranked magic.

This is a common knowledge that is now only a history and a fairy tale for young children so as not to forget the most dangerous existence ever recorded in history books.

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Kuro goes to Sirei Mall along with Fila who looks sweet and beautiful while wearing white clothes decorated with pink ribbons. It was hard to imagine him changing drastically just by changing his clothes.

From a distance they may look like a matching couple who are dating, but of course all that is wrong.

"Huuuhh. This place is amazing.."

"I am my. Is this the first time you've entered a mall?"

Sirei. It is the largest store in Areshia. No competition makes the business grow rapidly.

Lights made of magic objects adorned the entire place and made the scenery so beautiful. Especially with holograms that fly here and there like ghosts that can penetrate visitors. Although it was part of the entertainment, it was quite scary.

Sirei mall consists of 6 floors. 4 floors above and two floors below ground. The first 3 floors are places that sell various magic objects, such as, while the top 3 floors are a place to sell daily necessities.

In other words if they wanted to buy the Titran Stone, then the two of them should have gone to the underground floor, but they were currently walking on the second floor.

On the 2nd floor it is filled with shops selling various food and daily necessities. It was in one of the shops that they were chatting accompanied by two cups of coffee.

"Yes more or less so, all this time I lived in a village in the middle of the Rukia forest. And even though I'm in town, I'm only making a temporary stopover with no time to visit a place like this."

"Rukia Forest? Isn't that the most dangerous place in the empire?"

Kuro nodded.

Besides being inhabited by ferocious and powerful monsters, but the unpredictable forest territory makes powerful witches difficult to survive. There were even rumors that the forest was inhabited by the Demon who was once a Demon King's men. Until now no one has tried to explore the region.

"..... used to be attacked by monsters almost every day, and it has become my duty to face the monsters that attack the village. But because of so many things, then I came to this city."

"Ngg? You mean now you don't do it anymore?"

"Yes. It was all thanks to Ania, Ruoka, and Charllote. They are the ones who help us to drive out the monsters that will attack the village."

"Heeehh, so that's the reason why you're so strong even though Kuro isn't a witch, but I'm sure the three of them are also strong because they're able to protect the village from monsters."

"Ha ha, so you now believe that I'm not a witch?"

"Yes. I believe after you fought my father. Do you know what distinguishes witches from ordinary people? Mana or magic energy. A magician has mana and an ordinary person does not have it, and since mana is already owned from birth, then a witch will use mana in each of them doing something. Even as they walk, a witch will use mana even in very small quantities."

That is common knowledge that many people already know. Kuro doesn't want to dispute it, but doesn't want to.

".....hoooo... Fila knew this because of a witch right?"

Of course it was only a guess, but from the attitude and behavior, the fact that Fila was a witch was not surprising.

Fila just smiled. He had no intention of hiding the fact that he was a witch. But isn't a witch obligated to attend a magic school?

Kuro initially intended to ask that, but he felt that there was a certain reason that made Fila not go to school.

Kuro remembers that Fila's father once said that he was a general, is that related?

"Alright, I think we should go upstairs."

"Upper floor? Didn't the 3rd and 4th floors only contain clothing stores?"

"Thank God you understand. I want to go shopping for clothes before I buy Titran Stone. Well because I haven't been here in a long time, then there's no harm in all the shopping, right?"

"Ha ha basic woman."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Fila smiled with pleasure when she found out that Kuro was willing to accompany her, no, precisely being forced to accompany her because she could not buy Titran Stone alone, but Fila felt that Kuro did not mind accompanying her.

After paying the bill, the two of them walked towards the stairs connecting the 3rd floor. Although there is actually an elevator, but they choose to walk all together to see the view.

Arriving on the 3rd floor, as before they became the center of attention of the visitors. Although visitors are also curious about the sword that Kuro brought, but this time Fila is the center of attention.

With a beautiful face like a fairy, she attracts every visitor at Sirei mall, especially the men who visit the mall, but because they think Kuro is Fila's boyfriend, she is a girl, then no one dared to tease Fila.

No one blames this. With a one piece dress in white matching with her hair. Then coupled with the perfect curves, it is not wrong if Fila is categorized as a first-class girl.



(It's really embarrassing. This father, why was I told to dress like this? And why did I arrive, I was also told to buy clothes?)

Yep. The reason why Fila dressed so beautifully was not of her own volition. It was her father who forced her, but I don't know why this isn't so bad.

(But I don't think there's any harm in being a normal girl for a day.)

Although it was quite troublesome to prepare, but Kuro who was willing to wait was proof that he was a gentle man.

It was at that moment that he glanced towards Kuro who was walking beside him. His handsome face and indifferent look, for some reason made Fila's heart pound, even his face flushed red without him noticing.

They had only met for a few hours, but Fila was already interested in Kuro. Maybe this is what we mean by charisma.

I don't know why Fila felt that Kuro was glancing around like he was looking for something.

On this floor everything contains the latest model clothing store and because it is summer, the clothes are dominated by thin and light clothes.

"Kuro...?"

" ..ahhh sorry. I just feel like this mall is a little weird. I've seen so many people dressed up and have strange symbols on their clothes."

"mm?"

After hearing that, Fila looked at the mall visitors around them.

Kuro was telling the truth, if he paid close attention, there were some people who were dressed so tightly that they covered all parts of their bodies, and in their clothes there was a small circle symbol with a red crow.

With a sense of mana, Fila knew they were not witches.

"Maybe they are just a certain group of organizations that are gathering in this mall. You know that kind of group pretty much. Because they're not witches, so I doubt they'll do anything weird."

"....I hope so too."

"Haha, I think you're just being too careful. There are 10 Knights on each floor anyway, so you don't have to worry!"

The knight was a witch who maintained peace and security in the city of Areshia and the rest of the other cities in the empire. Knights were dressed in light armor which made them easily distinguishable to ordinary people.

During this mall, Kuro had seen 16 Knights who were patrolling to maintain security.

Carrying weapons and using magic are not prohibited in this city, but if using magic for no apparent reason or using magic for evil, a witch can be instantly put to death on the spot, that was why the Knight members were top-ranked B-ranked magicians.

"Well, I think I'm thinking too much about it, but it doesn't hurt to be careful, right?"

"Yes, you have a point, ahhh we have arrived at the shop we are going to enter."

"..........."

They both stopped at a store that sold dresses for a party. Although Kuro did not really understand why Fila entered this kind of store, but Kuro knew that the clothes in this store were all expensive.

"Kuro, is there anything you like?"

"No, it's a pity that I'm not interested in this kind of clothing at all."

"Ummm, is it because you're from the village?"

"More or less so."

"That's what it looks like, but you should still buy one party outfit!"

Hearing that, Kuro did not understand what Fila said.

".......?"

"Listen, now that you are a student of Kuryuu Academy, in other words you will definitely attend a lot of parties. Don't you know that?"

No. gabe. He doesn't know and doesn't care. He was not at all interested in some kind of party, but if remembered, he was indeed told to buy clothes.

"Huh, so the clothes that grandma was referring to***** were party clothes, ... until when she wanted to force me to do something I hated.."

"Grandmother ******?"

"Yes. The principal, you know, he's the one who forced me to go to school there and told me to buy clothes, but I just found out that grandma meant**** that it was party clothes."

"Haha, you called one of the 5 Paladins in this empire by the name of grandmother ******? Well it's true considering she's 60 years old but looks 17, but I'm sure you're the only one who dares to call her grandma ******."

Both of them laughed.

"Oh yeah, I know I need party clothes, but why do you have to buy party clothes? Does it have anything to do with your father being a former general?"

In this empire, a person of high rank in the military was also a noble. So despite his retirement, Kuro is convinced that Fila is actually a noble.

And if Fila's father is a general, then Fila's father is a high-ranking SSS wizard or Master, but Kuro doesn't yet know why the former general worked as an ironworker.

Moreover, if her conjecture was correct, Fila was also a high ranked magician, yet it seemed that Fila did not want her to know about it.

"Yes, more or less so. You know in a few days Riana Levt Vermilist's daughter is coming to town, we're invited to her welcome party."

"That's what it looks like."

"So are there any clothes that Kuro likes? This is the best shop and my subscription store, so I'm sure we'll get some good party clothes, and if it's a money thing, I'll talk to you to get a discount."

Kuro just laughed bitterly. He doesn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The fact that Fila was a noble surprised him quite a bit, but what surprised him was the fact that Fila thought he had no money.

Damnit.

"Hahaha, I don't have a problem with money. I have a lot of money from my side job anyway, but like I said, I'm not interested in some kind of party dress."

"You mean there's no matching clothing collection here? Don't worry, in this store we can order....excuse me, we want to order clothes, can you call Mr. Sellena?"

Fila shouted and told a shopkeeper to call the shop owner.

"Hoi, I told you I'm ti-"

"Don't worry, just consider this a gift from me."

Fila smiled. She looks very sweet, but when her opinion is not heard, Kuro feels a little irritated, but that's okay, but somehow he gets a bad feeling when he remembers the name of the shop owner.

Mr. Sellena.

Don't tell me that he......