Harassing Thief Girl - Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Shopping

Ellis forgot that Claire had no equipment other than the Magical ring they bought her .

“Everyone, don’t leave me…… . ” Claire was quickly becoming teary eyed .

Ellis began to panic . She turned to Frau asking for help . “What kind of equipment do magician’s use?”

Frau was also looking troubled and her words just started to tumble out of her . “Magicians don’t really use much equipment . They wear cloth and tools to increase their affinity with magic, but metal or leather armor interferes with the exercise of magic . ”

“What?”

“It’s a stupid story, but, magician’s uniforms are just made up of their hobbies . ”

Apparently magicians wear robes because they think they feel nice . That’s kind of disappointing .

“So the point is that anything goes?”

“Ideally it would be clothing that could raise their magic . ”

I see . Well money has been accumulating from the overfishing of cows and horses, and income has stabilized with Lily Garden . We should be able to afford getting some spare equipment .

“The upper labyrinth is said to be dangerous because undead appear right?”

“That’s right, but we have already taken countermeasures,” Frau delightedly laughed .

Undead cannot be damaged by normal weapons, but the Purification bastard sword was the prize from the Gozame labyrinth .

Purification–Can deal damage to undead . Undead receive twice as much damage . Required MP: 0 . Autonomous type .

Along with that, a Stupor mace was also obtained .

Stupor–An opponent struck by this has a 50% chance of having their movements be constrained for a time . Required MP: 1 . Command word: {An Obstacle} .

It was already confirmed through some experiments that an autonomous type ability and a command type such as Inhalation and Flying Swallow can coexist in one weapon . If they prepared normal damage weapons and weapons for undead, will everything be fine?

“Alright everyone . Let’s go shopping!”

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Each person prepares to go out .

Ellis puts on a white blouse with a sky blue jumper skirt . She picks out a red brooch and pins it to her chest .
Reeve wears a thin red shirt over a black tank top . She decided to go with an unusual choice for herself and selected a light brown long flare skirt . Although the belt armor and shamshir were attached to her waist as usual .
Frau decided to go with a forest green Chinese long dress with slits on both sides . She combined it with a pair of white long pants and ties with a thin red crimp on the waist to add in an accent . (TL Note: I’m learning a lot about clothes from this novel . )


Katie wore her white short tank top with similarly white denim pants, but she put on some gold bracelets and anklets to add in a little color .
Well, Claire is Claire . She was standing on the stairs wearing a pair of indigo carpenter pants with a slightly dirty out-of-style ocher shirt .

“Before equipment, we need to fix this . ” Four people carved these words into their hearts .

“Take this off quickly!” Claire isn’t allowed to object or ask questions as the other four stripped her down to her underwear .

First Reeve picked through some of her own clothes . “The top should be fine with this black tunic . ”
Ellis prepared a skirt . “The bottom will be a red flare skirt . ”
Instead of clothes, Frau focused on the shoes . Frau picked up Claire’s construction boots and threw them behind the shoe box . “Please wear construction boots only when you are on site . I’ll make a few adjustments to my sandals so that Claire can wear those instead . ”

When Claire stood up again she was fully dressed . A red flare skirt that exposed the knees and a slightly too large tunic that had its own charm with the string adjustments . Frau attached a leather strap to the sandals and tailored them to fit .

Long black straight hair with jelly-like boyish eyes wrapped in cute clothes .

“Great job . ”

Ellis and the other three were all satisfied with their work and gave each other congratulatory handshakes .

Meanwhile Claire was pulling on her skirt as she was embarrassed about being able to see her knees .

That irritated look of hers only served to light the fashionable hearts of the four even further .

“Today we are going clothes shopping for Claire!”

Ellis took point to the city followed by Reeve and Frau . Claire was held by the two’s arms and was being dragged backwards without room for objections . Katie took up the rear .

While carefully watching the figures of the four people heading towards the town, Katie unintentionally murmured, “Will I also be part of the group someday?”

Claire heard Katie’s quiet whisper, and as she was dragged backwards, gave Katie a wink . “Katie is fine . I was anxious at the beginning too, but look where I am now . ”

Yes, Claire was being dragged out by Reeve and Frau, but she was enjoying it . Naturally Reeve and Frau who were doing the dragging felt the same way .

“Such a thing…” Katie didn’t really understand the situation, but gradually, she started to have fun .

They headed straight for the city’s center .

“Let’s first check out the performance for magic armor and clothing at the high-end armor shop . ”

Following Frau’s proposal, everyone headed to the shop that Ellis had gone to when she was first investigating magic tools .

“Oh, come on in . ” The shopkeeper who noticed Ellis invited her in .

Ellis had already become a celebrity in Warren . Besides her beauty and cuteness and high income as an adventurer, every man knew her as the cute little girl who could inflict the Scarlet Laundry punishment with a calm expression .

The five girls looked around the store carefully . It seems like the abilities granted to armor were largely dependent on the material the armor is made of . For instance, metal armor generally has enchantments that increase their defense while the leather armor increases mobility .

“So welded armor and sewn armor are considered different things,” Ellis muttered .

“Ellis, Claire, there is some interesting armor over here . ”

Ellis and Claire were brought over to the clothing section that Frau was at, and she pulled out a jet black high-neck one piece .

Guidance dress–By casting a spell in advance, the spell can be stored in the dress . The accumulated magic is activated immediately by the wearer’s will . Required
MP: 0 . Autonomous type . Price: 3 million ril .

 “Because it’s exclusively for magicians, the price is cheap for the effect . ”

While listening to Frau’s explanation, she took a good look at the designer one piece dress . This is a really cute dress isn’t it? Then the answer is obvious .

“Claire, try this on for a bit . ”

“Oh, but it’s embarrassing . ”

Ellis put forward a merciless condition to the shy Claire .

“If you don’t try it on, I won’t come over tonight . ”

Horrified, Claire almost ran into the dressing room designated by the clerk .

After awhile, she came back out and shyly asked, “How is it?”

The black fabric came up to her neck and went down to her wrists and ankles . Only Claire’s head, her palms, and her feet could be seen . Her black hair held a contrast with the jet black dress and wonderfully complimented each other .

“Really cute!”

Ellis held back the sudden urge to hug her .

Frau and Reeve came forward having already prepared some similarly colored boots beforehand .

“The size should fit you . ”

Then Katie came out with a black triangle hat .

The boots hid Claire’s feet while the triangle hat hid her expression . The only parts of Claire that would peep out were her milky white hands and her thin red lips .

With this, the Raven Witch Girl was complete .

“Claire’s battle uniform has been determined with this . ”

“It is decided . ” x3

Claire, who was checking out her appearance in front of a mirror, was also fascinated by her figure . It is important that Claire feel comfortable in her outfit in the labyrinth as she not only has the highest attack power but the lowest defense as well . She checked herself from every angle . Even though the enemy could only see her fingers and lips, she made sure that the hat didn’t also obstruct her vision . When she was satisfied, she turned back to everyone else, picked up both ends of her skirt and did a curtsy .

“Everyone, thank you . ”

Once seeing that Claire was satisfied, Frau took Ellis’s hand and brought her over to another corner of the store .

“How about this outfit for Ellis?”

Shadow clothes–creates an alter ego of the caster for a certain period of time . Necessary MP: 5 . Command word: {Come out shadow} .

The costume hanging up before her had a design similar to the black clothes Ellis usually wore, but this outfit was made of soft leather instead of cloth . It also had a black and white color scheme to it .

The price is 10 million ril . It is probably this expensive due to the versatility of the ability, but the ability is very attractive . If it is copied, it would continue to be used in the future .

“I will try it on . ” Ellis took the outfit to the dressing room that Claire had just been in .

When she came out, Ellis looked a little awkward . “It’s a bit big . ”

The outfit was made for adults after all . As soon as she came out, the clerk got to work adjusting the clothes to match Ellis’s body size .

“Since the leather is thin, you can adjust the size by folding back the main points like this . ”

Apparently the size can be adjusted by adjusting a belt that was sewn into the wrist, elbow, ankle, knee, waist, and chest . The people selling these expensive outfits are certainly prepared to not allow anyone to say no because the size doesn’t fit .

Ellis wearing her black clothes stood beside Claire for comparison .

The shopkeeper let out a great sigh at the two girls posing before the mirror in front of them . Because reflected in the mirror were two black bisque dolls–one with golden locks and another with black . The shopkeeper couldn’t believe that there was such a sublime cuteness before them . They wondered if these two sets of clothes were set out for these girls specifically, so they made a proposition .

“If you purchase the one piece, I will throw in the hat and boots for free . ”

A prompt decision was made .

Ellis took out 10 million ril for her own outfit while pulling out an additional 3 million for Claire since she hadn’t been exploring yet, and she paid the shopkeeper on the spot . Then both of them changed back into their original clothes and put their new battle outfits into their bags .

Next the five people went around to take a look at other armor shops .

Since Reeve had acquired the bastard sword and Frau had the Minotaur’s mace, no new weapons were really necessary . So the five of them were looking for preliminary equipment for Katie . However, it could not be found easily .

Whenever asking either weapon shop owners or armor shop owners for cat warrior weapons, they always just gave out a quizzical look and asked, “What is that?”

After awhile, they had one hit with a weapon shop owner . He took one look at Katie and nodded his head . “Sorry about this . Claw equipment is over her . ”

The shopkeeper guided them to the back of the store to a set of white silver claw gauntlets and claw shin guards .

Despite them not having an ability, the price was an expensive 1 million ril . The store owner explained that it is expensive because it is rare . The claw type weapons don’t sell well, so it is only natural that it would have a higher price . In short, there is no supply because there is no demand and the price goes up accordingly .

Meanwhile, Reeve is eagerly looking at another item being exhibited . A set of ten throwing knives .

“If you gave Stupor to these, it would be great for keeping enemies in check . ”

Frau agreed . “Even on there own, throwing knives are a versatile secondary weapon set that could help out in emergencies . ”

This one set is 500 thousand ril . It could be a surprisingly good deal if you consider it as one knife for 50 thousand ril .

Then Claire called to Ellis from another part of the store . “Hey Ellis, I found something unreasonable!”

Claire pointed to an estoc . A sword with a blade similar to a thin needle .

Berserker estoc–The damage to an enemy increases 5 fold for a certain period of time . Required MP: 10 every attack . Command word: {Annihilation} .

“What a messy performance . ”
“The ability is awful too . ”

Reeve and Frau were astounded by the terrible weapon, but while the MP cost is outrageous, the high offensive power is also insane . If the average mental power of a person is 10, then an ordinary person would faint after just one attack . Depending on the person, they could very well end up fainting before they could swing the estoc .

The price here is also 500 thousand ril . The reason for the cheap price is undoubtedly due to its lack of practicality, and there is no meaning to owning it other than for collection purposes . Even if it was used as an assassination tool, it would almost be essential to have a Spirit ring along side it . And if you have 100 million ril to afford a spirit ring, then there are better avenues for assassination available to you . It was an item that only Ellis could use .

Ellis got the shopkeeper’s permission and pulled the small needle sword from its black sheath . It’s weight and size were perfect for an eight year old girl .

“I will buy this . ”

The shopkeeper looked like he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself . It is a fact that he was finally able to get rid of a troublesome item .

By the end of shopping there, Ellis had spent 500 thousand ril, Reeve had spent 500 thousand ril, and Katie had 1 million ril .

Ellis paid for Katie since she didn’t have that kind of money yet .

“Katie, do your best to earn 1 million ril quickly . The interest is exorbitant . ”

“Why is Claire treatable while I’m in debt?”

“Work well and quietly . ”

By the way, Ellis’s interest rate is a 10 percent increase every ten days . The type of rate where one could be accused of robbery .

Then the five people made their way to the regular clothing store .

At this store, Claire was forced to spend 1 million ril on new clothes . All the while, she was made into a victim as four other people treated her as their own life size dress up doll .