[A/N: Weeeee chapter 200!! Let's go! I got 4 extra chapters pending and I've procrastinated enough so I'll try to get them done in the next few days. Oh yeah, RRY CHRISTMAS !!!]
Keith and his team followed Alia into a small shop, but in contrast to their expectations, the inside of the shop was extrely clean.
Inside, there was a short middle aged woman with a bob cut and Alia imdiately waved at her with a wide smile on her face.
The two of them got into a small talk until Alia decided to introduce her friends.
"Okay so Aunty, these people here are all my friends as we were invited to the youngest princess's coming of age ceremony. We all need an outfit that works well for the occasion."
The woman nodded and looked at all of them, checking them out slowly with just her eyes before nodding.
"You all have good looks." she said and nodded before tapping on the counter with her finger a few tis.
"Let think... three gorgeous dresses for the girls and three sets of suits for the handso n here. Though, I have one question. Do you guys want to break the rules a little and wear sothing that'll draw the eyes of people towards you?
The clothes will still be luxurious ones, but just not suits or a simple dress. What do you guys say?"
Keith shrugged before placing his hand on Alia's head who was in front of him, "We'll just go with what Alia says. She knows best."
The lady focused her gaze on Alia and saw her nod. Seeing this, she smiled and pointed towards the door, "Let's go to the Gold Royale Fabics store that's a few ters away from here. We'll have to pick proper clothes with which we can make you guys sothing."
Just as she said that, she took out a small rectangular piece of cloth and in front of everyone, the strands of the cloth began to co undone. In just two seconds, the cloth had beco a bunch of threads.
"Controlling threads with such efficiency... really cool." Keith comnted and the woman smiled, "Thank you, now let's go."
The group followed her out and after she locked the door of her store, they left for the fabrics store.
It didn't take them long to find this place and compared to the small shop they had visited earlier, this one was vastly different. It was huge and that wasn't all. It had four floors and all the floors had rolls upon rolls of fabric for people to buy.
One by one, the woman bought different kinds of fabrics of varying lengths. Red for Alia, Creamy white for Clara and black for Laura. When it ca to the guys, she took a bit more ti as she tried to decide what would go well on them.
And do to this, she asked them to take their shirts off and they did.
A few months ago, Keith was a scrawny guy who was no different than a skeleton. But now, he had a good amount of muscle on himself and looked pretty athletic.
Nathan on the other hand had gained so muscle compared to before thanks to the training and diet that Keith had planned for the team but his genetics did not help him much with aesthetics. He had two pack abs and was very slim even though the muscles could be seen.
Caleb on the other hand, was extrely blessed by genetics as his six packs had a slight definition. Even though they weren't as pronounced as Keith's, they showed promise.
"Nice arms but we have to do sothing about this guy." she said and looked at Nathan before choosing a high quality cotton fabric for him. She picked two different colors with one of the fabrics being thicker than the other.
"You guys have anything to say? I'll keep your words in mind when selecting colors or the types of fabric."
Caleb hesitated for a second, but after he glanced at Laura, he spoke up, "I want black. I want to match with her."
She accepted Caleb's suggestion and bought so black cloth before she faced Keith, "What about you?"
"I'm fine with anything. Just make look presentable."
"Nah, he's the face of our group so he should stand out." Alia interjected before glaring at him, "Take this seriously will you? Those dumb dogs will try to find anything to put others down and since you have great looks, they'll get jealous. You'll be their pri target so it's better to not give them a target to hit."
Keith looked at her with a confused expression on his face, "Isn't it better to look like an idiot then? This way, they won't get jealous of ."
"They will get jealous of your face and make fun of your dressing sense. You should show your dominance and to do this, you'll have to appear perfect." she said stubbornly before shifting her gaze to the woman.
"Aunty, make him sothing that'll make him stand out a lot. No one should be able to talk bad about his clothes in any way."
The woman nodded and glanced at Clara before smiling at Keith, "Okay then, we'll go with a red shirt and black trousers for you. I'll switch Clara's dress to red so she can match you too.
Three mbers in your team have black clothes and two have red, so black and red will represent your team well and I will make sure that your outfit will send a strong ssage to the nobles in the banquet."
Keith shrugged, "Anything you say. Though, how much will everything cost by the way?"
"Hmm, I'll get a discount for you guys at this place but it will still cost you quite a lot. I plan on picking silk for your shirt so the cost of it will be higher than the other ones I picked. Let's see... it will cost you around thirty Zen just for the fabric."
"Oh." Keith said, looking quite surprised as he had expected the costs to go in Chrons instead of zens.
The woman smiled and added, "I kept the budget in mind but if you want to pick better materials, then as long as you give the yes, I will."
Keith looked at the others in his team and thought for a bit but before he could answer, Alia did.
"It's fine. We'll probably only wear this once and maybe a few more tis in the future so the quality of the fabric won't matter. The one that will give our clothes more value is your stamp, aunty."
"Hahaha, that's true." she said, but still waited for Keith's answer.
Keith looked at Alia and nodded, "Alia is right, it's not like we're going to wear these clothes everyday."
The group then headed over to the counter and Keith settled the paynt before leaving with the others. He didn't mind spending a little on his team since this was an important event and he didn't feel like telling them to pitch in so money of their own.
This was mostly due to Laura and Caleb being trainees, which earned them less compared to the others so asking them to spend 5 to 6 zen on their clothes did not feel right.
He walked back to the woman's shop and once inside, she got to work in front of everyone.
Strands from the fabric flew out and quickly weaved themselves back together, forming perfectly fitting dress for Laura. Things went sa for everyone and once she was done, she handed over the clothes to everyone and pointed at the door behind her.
"Go inside and change. Let's see how you look."
One by one, everyone walked in and ca out with their new clothes on. While Keith didn't really care about his clothes, he couldn't help but admire the way everyone looked. Especially Clara.
While he was ogling his girl, Alia walked out and yet again, he couldn't help but agree that she was gorgeous.
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'No wonder the guys want her so bad.' he thought and grabbed his clothes before heading into the changing room.
The trousers were a perfect fit, but his red shirt was pretty lose and didn't even have the first two buttons. He tucked it in and didn't feel like he looked great when he looked at his reflection in the mirror.
"I think a suit would fit better..." he muttered and walked out.
The woman chuckled when she saw him and simply let Caleb go in before she pointed at Keith, "You co here. That's not how you're supposed to wear that."
She grabbed his shirt and pulled up the part that he had tucked it. She didn't completely pull it all out and still made sure that it was tucked. The loose part that was out, was carefully patted so it sat snug.
Keith saw her take a few steps back and after she looked at him, she shook her head and went back to work.
By the ti she was done, both Caleb and Nathan had put on their clothes.
Keith went ahead and looked at his reflection.
The front of the shirt was tucked in completely, but that was only the center and the part that was tucked in was around fifteen centiters. The rest was pulled out slightly while so of it was still tucked and this gave out a unique look.
'Her fashion sense is different from most people here.' he thought as he recalled a few people who wore their clothes this way in his previous life.
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