Chapter 27 Birthday Sui (1/2)

The bell rang. It made a pretty noise. The inside of the building was a lot quieter than the busy streets outside. I was thankful for the reprieve, the noises did hurt my ears and the information overload was simply unbearable. Buddha's Wisdom blessing triggered with every new sight and experience, making Mind's Eye very busy. The notifications flooded my senses and I couldn't react very well.

Thankfully, the goddesses were familiar with this area and we reached our destination fairly quickly. The queerest thing was how a path was made automatically by the crowd as the goddesses walked. Everyone seemed to know of our arrival and moved aside for us to pass. I wonder why.

Even in the shop, the moment Freya told the shop assistant her name, the poor half-dog man shot off like a bullet to fetch the owner of the establishment. Yes, half-dog because he had the head of a dog but the body of a man. Quite a strange happenstance but there was nobody as strange or extreme as Gaia so I held my tongue.

A man slightly shorter than my current self hurried over on his stumpy legs. The man was generally round and had saggy skin. The tip of his ears were pointed like Sedna's but he wasn't covered in scales. What's fascinating was how his hair was orange. Mind's Eye gave me some information and it looked something like this:

[Master Tailor] Grem Lee

Race: Fairy-Gnome

Age: 246 years old

Skills: Handless Stitching, Puppet Master, Legendary Merchant

”Goddesses!” Grem panted. ”Why didn't you inform me of your arrival? Also, who's this charming young lad in his birthday suit?”

Birthday suit? I tried to search Mind's Eye with Wisdom's help but nothing showed up. It must be a local term.

”Sorry,” I whispered. ”What is a birthday suit?”

Grem Lee paused to turn and looked at me. He squinted and frowned, humming a low sound that made me slightly nervous. Was there something wrong?

”You look completely human but you're not. What are you? I've lived for a long time but have never come across a species like yourself.”

Sedna was the first to place a hand on my shoulder and answered the perceptive master tailor. ”He is someone of importance. Unfortunately, we cannot disclose any information to you unless he desires so.”

Freya nodded. ”He requires clothes suitable for travel in the human world for various occasions. We apologise for the lack of notice but it is of utmost importance.”

Grem nodded and called for an assistant. She was a pixie with green hair and according to Mind's Eye, her name is Jen. Her status display looks a little like this:

[Grem's Apprentice] Jen

Race: Pixie