Chapter 181: Getting dressed. (2/2)

‘That’s a possibility…’

Roland frohile putting the letter to the side At the end of it, he was invited to the auction house The date was for to any ti with the city lord’

It was an unwritten rule for any commoner to answer the call of a noble If he decided to not show up, he would be accused of dishonoring the noble’s name This was an actual law for which you could be thrown into prison The sentencing depended on the noble and they chose when they felt disgraced

“The new lord wishes to see you?”

“Yes, that’s why I need your help…”

Some time had passed since he received the letter, and noas discussing everything with Elodia

“I’ up in my usual clothes would be appropriate…”

Roland never really cared about his appearance, he liked to wear ood Thus his wardrobe only consisted of things that he could either take into battle, like arear Other than that he had loose t-shi+rts and loose pants that he hen he was relaxing at ho that bulky robe and armor would be appropriate for the visit…”

Elodia looked to the coat hanger where a dark cloak was hanging It was one that Roland liked to cover his half-plate arh the city in Then there was the ugly facewith him To this day Elodia was not sure why he was that pedantic when it ca himself but at this point, she was afraid to ask

“Yes but he wishes to needat the tailor this fast…”

This was not the et their measurements A person would not just create twenty sets of clothes of varying sizes and leave the skills they did work fast though, it wouldn’t take longer than a week for the order to be finished The person with the proper skills wouldn’t even need to take measurements of the potential customer They could just take a snapshot of their di they had previously worked on

“I don’t think that will be needed, it was supposed to have been a surprise but …”

“A surprise?”

Elodia smiled and told Roland to wait afrom the store After a few minutes, she returned with a locked box in her hands Roland recognise this box as so that she kept up in the attic

“This is?”

While still being silent, she opened up the box to take out a nice-looking set of clothes There were pants, a vest, and a nice proper shi+rt that at first glance looked to be made from some expensive fabric

At this e of skills, tailoring was one of them She was not an expert tailor so she would not be able to work as fast but this did not ht that she ment for the bracelet that he h as he had given her the bracelet recently and with the orphanage situation on her mind, it would probably be hard to focus on it

“It should be proper enough for aleather boots to go with it…”

“This is great, when did you have tih the box and could see hi with a rich h quality and while buying the , it still had to have cost Elodia a bit

Initialy he wanted to ask about the costs of those ue It was clearly intended as a gift and if he tried to cover the cost of it all, it would just lessen the work Elodia went into

“Mostly when you were out on your adventures or in the workshop, not like we have custo to keep o wash your face”

It see into these clothes here and now Lobelia and Are now due to the problems with the merchants While Elodia did have some more time on her hands, he would not want to keep her away from her extended fa at Elodia’s rather radiant face he decided to drop the issue Perhaps what she needed was so to keep her mind off it, instead of a constant reminder of the deadline

While he had shared his tent idea with her beforehand, she didn’t see him up on the offer It seeoodwill and was still trying to fix her problems by herself

Thus he headed over to his bathrooretfully he was refused when he offered to take a bat together Elodia proved to be a tough nut to crack when it ca to clean up and after soiven the clothes

“These really fit well, how do I look?”

Roland asked while looking into the mirror with Elodia next to him He was quite surprised at just hoell these clothes fit him There was never a point where he was measured by Elodia whichskill must have worked its wonders as it was a perfect fit

He was now standing with a dark vest on and with a white shi+rt under it His pantsthat he was o with it

“Is there a probleone quiet after he put on some clothes He even attempted to style his hair into a irlfriend that had gone quiet She was clearly staring at his face with a red tint to her cheeks

“Problem? Ah now… but o into the city…”

“So you want me to wear my old robe?”

He wasn’t sure what this was about as Elodia clearly agreed with him when he pointed out his lack of attire

“Well… ill you do if your clothes get dirty? You only have one pair and it could start raining”

“Raining huh?”

Roland nodded a bit as it was possible that he could accidentally get some dirt thrown his way

“Maybe I should take the cloak instead, et messy…”

“N-no, just put the robe on!”

“Oh… uh, okay?”

It did seem that Elodai wanted him to cover up from head to toe apparently He wasn’t sure why but there was no reason to dig into it too much

When it was an hour before the intended s going through his head At first he thought to bring up the orphanage with the lord but this would show a big weak spot

If they were there to discuss business the lord could prod at this issue He could proned an unfavorable contract It wasn’t out of the picture but first, he needed to prod this Arthur Valerian for answers What kind of person was he? What did he want to achieve here and as he giving hie offer of cooperation

It didn’t take hi to arrive at the Auction House It was a place that he had not visited in quite some time, even Bernir and his ere eventually banned fro it Any known associates that tried to sell anything were seen as potential eyesores

He came half an hour early and it didn’t see, he decided to hile exas ell, then perhaps he could resume his involvement with them

How they treated him for the past few years didn’t matter to him It was clearly just business-related and he just did not have enough pull to ed to attract the eyes of the city lord While he still didn’t like to ith or for the nobles, if it allowed hi to take some risks