It was obvious she was upset, and I hurried to calm her down:
- Don't worry, we'll buy a good outfit too. Only now the protection is more important.
To be honest, I didn't know exactly where to go. Well, I haven't had to buy such things yet. Therefore, it remained a mystery to me which shop to go to. In the end, the choice was made on a small, but quite noticeable shop with colorful signage and full of different goods showcase. A second later, she hesitated to grab the door handle and just wanted to open it, as was called from behind:
- Hey, girl! What's your name... Blue! No, shit! What about you... Oh, Azure!
I stared at the big man at the age of questioning.
- Yes, I am talking to you! Come here!
Serena, who was standing next to me, cramped on my arm.
- Don't, Oceania. Isn't it not enough... Don't pay attention to.
But I was already awakened to some wild interest, and it was unstoppable.
- Come on, Serena. Don't be afraid. What will he do to us? This place is full of people.
And I wasn't afraid of him, so I came up to the man. He was about fifty years old. Full, very tall, with blue hair and big bright blue eyes.
- Hello, what did you want?
- You are this... - the man was funny and scratched the back of the head, - Well... You're participating in the Games...
- Yeah, that's right.
- Well... And you are here to buy something to protect yourself?
- Yes, I am.
- So you are not here, - my uncle smiled at me. - Here you can only buy potions, and they are forbidden.
- Yes? And then where do I go?
- Oh, so why did I call you. Let me show you the best shops here. I know everything here," he blew his nose off.
- Why should we trust you? - My friend said she was hiding behind my back the whole time. I shouted at her. If they help, then we should take advantage of the opportunity. Otherwise, we'll be here for a long time and in the end, we won't have time for anything. And who needs it? That's right - no one!
- I with pure soul... - the man muttered offended, and I hurried to interrupt him:
- You will forgive my friend. She was just a panicking woman. She sees something suspicious in everything.
- What's that?" Serena was outraged.
- Lead on," I smiled, and grabbed Serena's hand and followed him.
We wrapped around the corner and took a couple of steps, just like Ladian (and that's how the man introduced himself) pointed to a pretty big, but quite inconspicuous shop and said pretty much:
- There is no better product than here.
- How can you..." the girlfriend was nagging. - It's a hundred poods for his or a relative's shop. Or maybe he is paid for advertising at all. You can not be so naive, Oceania.
I only put my shoulders on these words. Let's see... And I went inside...
For God's sake, at first, I thought I was in a dwarf's gun shop. All the walls were covered with weapons: swords, blades, daggers, bows, even a pipe with darts! And there were a lot of incomprehensible pieces of iron, the names of which I didn't know. But my attention immediately attracted a large, all-wall glass shelf. There were dummies inside, wearing protective suits. Just what I needed! I went right up to them and first of all, I looked at the prices and... deflated. Seriously, I didn't even have half that amount. What was I actually hoping for? I knew that they were expensive...
Anyway, I was upset and I was about to leave, but Ladian came up to me.
- What you see is the best costumes in town! You won't find them anywhere else!