Chapter 490: Onward to Smargdas (1/2)
Feeling refreshed after his day off, Zero left his clones in the village and gave them individual tasks. After a long debate with Mii and Wii, they decided to only leave three clones in Half Moon Village. One clone was to constantly be soaking and cultivating in the pool, one clone was to manage the business in Half Moon and New Moon Village while the last clone ran important errands to various places such as Heaven, Hell, Nirvana, Arabesque just to name a few common places. In addition, Zero assigned the errand-running clone to visit Magnus Hilda on his behalf once Dorgo sent word that the Freya statue was ready.
With the pending matters settled easily, Zero made his way over to New Moon Village. As discussed with Truen, Zero decided to go with his more matured vessel appearance with his long hair and white lab coat. He no longer had to pretend to be Truen's sister or brother if they were going to be Smargdas envoys. In fact, appearing human was a wiser option.
Truen was surprised to see Zero in his white lab coat and smart attire. He thought Zero would be more comfortable travelling in his red tracksuit.
”Are you going with this appearance?” he asked his friend after Zero left the waystone array.
Zero nodded. ”Should I make myself taller? I wanted to keep an androgynous appearance so that people wouldn't know if I was male or female. At the same time, I wanted to look like both a doctor and a magician so I thought this made the look complete. Maybe it's the hair colour? Should I make it red?”
Truen laughed. Leave it to Zero to contemplate over such things. He ruffled Zero's long brown locks, messing his ponytail a little and Zero sulked as he fixed his hairstyle.
”No, it looks great. That sling bag and YY Tonfa fits very well with the overall look. Nobody would be able to tell that you're carrying a dimensional storage bag and a magical weapon, they look very ordinary but you look closer to a scholar than a magician or a doctor.”
Zero checked his overall look one last time. He was wearing the sky-blue button-up shirt and navy blue business pants underneath the white lab coat. The boots from the magician's outfit were the only thing out of place in this crisp look but Zero preferred practicality over aesthetics. He wasn't going to wear heeled shoes or dress shoes if he was going to be doing a lot of walking and fighting. YY Tonfas were in their inactive state and Zero fashioned it into a reliable-looking wooden staff. His vessel was slender and he looked unathletic enough to make the sling bag from Enma look heavy.
”I'll give it a ten out of ten,” he told Truen. ”I look like a weak scholar and you look like a tough escort. Oh, before I forget, the necklace from Dorgon that should be used for a guild pass has been converted into a bracelet.”
He held up his right wrist and Truen approved of it.
”That works just fine, don't lose it. Shall we set off? The first town of Smargdas isn't too far from here. If we ride on Bob we will arrive at the capital very quickly.”
Zero paused. ”What would people think if they saw us riding on dragons to arrive?”
Truen blinked. ”Nothing. They won't know. I'm going to use illusion magic and we will be landing a little outside the city to walk over. Nobody will suspect a thing but we need to register you at Mitchnew's guild the first thing we arrive.”