After finishing breakfast (Elaine asked Bailey to make another breakfast, so she had another meal), Elaine took her three children out for shopping.
Queeg and Daniel seemed to think that Elaine was unable to take care of three little brats on her own, so they followed them silently. Their concept was probably that an adult must take care of a child to be safe.
…However, in this team, the only one who can truly be considered an adult is Queeg. Now Elaine doesn’t look like an adult, either mentally or physically.
"You, don't you have to go to work?" Elaine asked Daniel doubtfully.
"Ah, there's no need to worry about that. I've been working overtime before, and the Knights gave me several days of vacation." The young Silver Knight replied, "I'll stay with you until the end today."
"Ha, haha..." Elaine laughed awkwardly a few times. She always felt very embarrassed.
"Actually, you don't need to buy me clothes specially," Io, the red wolf boy who was following Elaine, also whispered: "Just the clothes that big brother gave me are fine. I'm here to help you, right?"
I want to get something else from you..."
"No, don't do this." Elaine said helplessly: "If you don't have a change of clothes, do you have to follow me naked? I, I will be very troubled."
"Then, okay." Io thought Elaine had a point, so he said: "But you don't need to buy me too expensive clothes, just the cheapest and poorest linen clothes."
Elaine didn't answer. This was not his plan. He originally planned to put all three children in clothes of the same price, which didn't need to be too luxurious, as long as they were comfortable and fit. But it was impossible for Io to wear coarse linen clothes.
Otherwise, he would have to let Bailey and Pierre wear that kind of clothes equally. Wouldn't this be treating these children poorly?
Daniel seemed to be able to guess Elaine's thoughts, and he was very familiar with the roads in the old town of Edinburgh. After walking a few steps, he pointed to a large chain shopping mall in front: "Argoes also sells clothes, and
Good value for money."
"Just, just over there." Elaine walked into the mall with the children.
Of course, Elaine and the others were a group of orcs, and Elaine also entered the mall with three children wearing strange loose clothes. The guard at the door almost wanted to intercept them. But Daniel gave the guard a hard look.
, deliberately reached out and wiped the Silver Knight Medal on his chest, scaring away the guard.
It was still early, and today was not a holiday, so there were only a dozen or so scattered customers in the Nuoda shopping mall. Elaine quickly found the clothing department selling children's clothing and took the little guys there: "You, you guys pick what you like?"
"
"Such expensive clothes..." Io whispered.
"Talent, talent is not expensive." Elaine emphasized: "Anyway, just pick a few more clothes to change. If you don't have a change of clothes, you can't go anywhere naked."
"Okay..." Io has been staring at the price tags on the shelves since just now, as if he wants to find the cheapest clothes on the shelves to buy.
Pierre didn't say anything, he just happily picked out the clothes he liked.
"You, don't you want to pick, Bailey?" Seeing that the little fox was unmoved, Elaine urged.
"It's okay. I'll just ask for the same one after Io finishes picking it." The blue fox boy replied, smiling sweetly.
This kid also wanted to save Elaine money...but he seemed to have thought a lot and didn't express his thoughts like Io did...What a well-behaved kid.
Elaine didn't say anything. He originally planned to give Bailey the best and most expensive clothes, but he felt that it was not good to treat other children differently. And there was actually no difference between the most expensive and cheapest clothes in this store.
It doesn’t matter how big it is, so just let the children choose what they like.
"I have a question." Daniel looked on and asked curiously: "Don't you orcs know that, um, what is it? [Gigantization]?"
"Crazy transformation." Elaine corrected.
"That's right, the madness technique. After using that, the body will become huge, right? In that case, won't the clothes burst with it?"
"Well, it needs to be blended with fiber that can absorb magic power. Well, it seems to be called [Magic Fiber]?" Elaine answered matter-of-factly: "Well, when [Crazy Transformation Technique] is activated, that kind of fiber will also absorb the body's
The magic power emanating from it grows bigger together. Therefore, the clothes will not be torn. Listen, I heard that the clothes worn by the giants are also like this. The clothes of the giants can even sense the [shrinking technique] used by the giants.
Follow, follow and shrink together."
Many contemporary giants who have integrated into human society use [shrinking] to reduce their body size. At least that's what Elaine has heard. For example, Frey, the wife of Prince Kai of Great Britain, is a female giant. She usually uses
[Shrinking Technique] Shrink your body so that your physique looks almost the same as that of a human being.
"Are these clothes also blended with [magic fiber]?" Daniel picked up a piece of children's clothing from the shelf and looked at its label carefully.
"No, this, this is just ordinary children's clothing." The white lion boy replied.
No one will prepare clothes specifically for orc children. Normally, orc children are not able to use the [Insanity Technique] so early. These abilities are usually learned slowly when they reach adulthood, and they require long-term training.
After hard training, even Elaine couldn't make good use of the [Crazy Transformation Technique]. In normal battles, he basically wouldn't use these abilities that he couldn't fully master.
As for the clothes prepared for adult orcs, if magic fiber is mixed in, the cost will naturally be many times more expensive.
"I can use the madness technique." Io picked up a set of clothes he wanted and said worriedly: "If I use it, will it burst the clothes?"
Elaine observed the clothes Io chose. The red wolf boy had specially chosen a kind of short-sleeved clothes made of elastic fabric and very loose. But if you really want to use the madness technique to toss this clothes, there is no doubt about it.
It will be torn.
"Yes, yes, yes." Elaine replied truthfully.
"Then, what should we do?" Io actually showed a surprised expression: "Before this, I only fought in my underwear, and I didn't think so much. Isn't it true that this clothes can't be worn? If it needs to be used in battle [
Madness Technique], wouldn’t it be bad to tear your clothes? Sure enough, you still need to take off your clothes before fighting——"
Before Io could finish speaking, Elaine put her hands on the red wolf boy's shoulders: "No, Io."
He paused for a moment before continuing: "You, you don't have to fight anymore."
"But I'm here to repay you——"
Elaine pressed harder on Io's shoulders, interrupting the red wolf boy's words.
"No, don't." He shook his head: "Let, let a child fight or something, it's too cruel. France, the madmen in France may be able to do this unscrupulously. But I, I can't do it. No, don't Fight, Io. No, don't risk getting hurt because of someone like me."
Io showed a confused expression: "But I just want to help you..."
"Then use it, in a way other than fighting." Elaine said, stuffing the suit into the arms of the red wolf boy: "A, promise me. In addition to fighting to protect yourself, no, don't fight, don't fight because Fighting and tearing this suit. It’s not, it’s not worth it.”
Io hesitated for a long time before answering: "Okay..."
He originally thought of a bunch of excuses, "I'm here to repay you", "You saved me, my life is yours, please use it as you like", "You gave me freedom, I can even do it for you" "You will die", and so on. But Elaine's request directly interrupted Io's words. It would be meaningless to say it now, and it would even change the taste. So he simply stopped talking.
"Hehehe~" Bailey laughed at the side and rubbed Io's wolf ears.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't say such rigid words. You always talk about fighting, life and death. It's really scary. Brother Elaine is so strong, he doesn't need you to fight to help him. Just do what you can. ."
"Hmm..." A drop of sweat broke out on Io's forehead.
"Also, there is one more thing," Elaine added: "No, you are not allowed to bully Bailey. Protect Bailey. For example, if Bailey's life is in danger, you use your life to protect Bailey."
"But you just said..." Io wondered.
Elaine has double standards.
Bailey pinched Elaine's thigh hard.
"Ah!" The white lion boy jumped up: "You, what are you doing?!"
"Brother, you are an idiot!" the little fox said slightly angrily, and then pushed Io towards the dressing room: "Let's go try on clothes quickly."
"Hmm..." Io didn't resist, and was pushed away in confusion. He had already felt that Bailey was a very important person to Elaine, and he would need to be completely obedient to him and his children from now on.
"Ah, wait for me." Pierre also picked out a few sets of clothes and followed him to the dressing room. In fact, the clothes he picked were not much more expensive than those of Io and the others, they were just one or two more copper coins.
Elaine shook his head. Why are these kids trying to save money for him? It’s obvious that he won’t be able to use up all his money at all, and he plans to spend all his savings before going to Atlantis to die. If this continues It's impossible to spend all your savings.
"What's going on with the wolf kid?" While the kiddies were in the fitting room, Daniel asked in a low voice, "I'm talking about fighting and saying I want to repay you. It sounds so dangerous."
"So, he was a slave before and someone planted a bomb in his body. Don't force him to fight." Elaine also replied in a low voice: "I helped him remove the bomb. He should be free obviously." .But, he came here again. Really, what an idiot."
"I understand -" Daniel listened and replied in a long tone.
"I, I obviously can't take them where I'm going... I'm going to die, absolutely." Elaine muttered to herself, "Obviously, I'm the only one who's going to die..."
He said this so quietly that even Queeg couldn't hear it (Leopard was helping the little devils choose shoes on the other side of the shelf), but Daniel, who had a sensitive hearing, heard it. So the Silver Knight boy made a low grunt,
Try to forget about this heavy topic.
The children each picked five sets of clothes, and Elaine went to check out. Bailey and the others put on new clothes that fit them and walked in the mall, finally looking presentable. And because this is a large department store,
In addition to the children's clothing store, there is also a store specializing in stuffed dolls and toys nearby. A fist-sized plush stuffed lion hanging in front of the store caught Pierre's attention.
"So cute!" The kid ran over and picked up the puppet from the shelf: "It's still a white lion, just like the big brother, hehe! Can I have this?"
"Hey! Don't push yourself too far, you will always have to spend money for you!" Io said angrily.
"Here you go." Pierre gave Io another stuffed wolf doll, but it was not a red wolf but a gray wolf.
"I, I don't want this kind of thing, this is for little girls to play with." Io said unhappily, wanting to put the puppet back on the shelf.
"Yes, yes, I will buy it for you." Elaine said, "Keep it as a souvenir?"
Io didn't say anything, but he might have realized something. He took the puppet that he was planning to put back on the shelf again: "Then, just one..."
"Which one do you want, Bailey?" Elaine asked: "A lion? Or a fox?"
"I don't want either." The blue fox boy picked up a plush stuffed doll of a big white bear from the shelf and held it in front of his chest: "I want this. The bear is cuter."
Elaine's face became solemn. Bailey, the kid, was very keen and might have noticed something a long time ago.
He noticed...Elaine's true face. But is Elaine's true face really the White Bear? Or the White Dragon? Or, before he turned into that kind of thing, that kind of creature, what?
Other species?
What is the real Elaine?
"White, how cute are white bears..." Elaine asked tentatively: "They are fat, ugly, and clumsy."
"No, it's very cute. This fat belly must be soft and fluffy when you hold it, and it will be very comfortable, hehe." Bailey replied speciously.
"For example, what if I tell you that the real me is that fat, ugly, stupid, lazy, clumsy... guy?" The white lion boy asked in a low voice: "You still say the same thing?
If so? Don’t you think I lied to you or something?”
"No." Bailey hugged the stuffed white bear in his arms tighter: "No matter what you become, big brother, even if one day you become old, ugly, dirty, covered in filth and pus
, I won’t even hate you. If my eldest brother gets sick one day, let me take care of you. If one day you are too old to walk, let me stay by your side until you pass away peacefully.
.Appearance is not important at all, the big brother is the big brother...the one I have always loved, the big brother."
"Bailey..." made Elaine's eyes wet and he almost wanted to cry. So he turned his face away, trying his best to prevent the children from seeing his weak appearance.