A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 58 : Taking Atala for a walk
{Chapter 58} Taking Atala for a walk
“Anna, why are you taking me shopping?”
The next day, Anna, who could have chosen to laze around at home, seemed to realize something after seeing Atala.
After saying a word to Louise and Helga, she dragged Atala out.
This left Atala greatly puzzled.
“You wear the same clothes every day, I can't stand it anymore.”
Now, Atala wears the adventurer outfit that Anna and Helga bought for her every day, never changing into anything else.
Although in terms of style, this adventurer attire combines practicality and aesthetics, and indeed gives Atala a dashing ranger look when worn...
But wearing the same outfit every day easily leads to aesthetic fatigue.
Anna is quite sure that she and Helga only bought one set and didn’t get multiple sets for Atala to rotate, that’s why Anna feels confused.
Elves are supposed to be a beauty-loving race, so why can Atala wear the same outfit for so many days...
“Even if we’re going shopping, it should be with Louise and Helga,” Atala tilted her head. “But why are you taking me out alone, Anna?”
“This... I didn’t think too much about it.”
...
That was a lie.
Alright, Anna admits, Anna also wants to try to improve her relationship with Atala by shopping alone.
Unlike the inner city, which is reserved for the royal family and houses numerous administrative institutions, the “middle layer” is the wealthy district of the entire capital, where the nobles reside, and also boasts the largest, most prosperous, and arguably the most bustling commercial street in the entire kingdom.
This is a massive commercial area that occupies half of the middle layer, so large that even walking briskly would take from morning till evening. It’s only called a “street” out of habit.
Anna had been to this super commercial street when she was studying at the knight academy, but back then, she only played in the amusement park with her roommates.
“Later, I can bring Lou and Helga here to date too...”
Looking at the bustling amusement park by the roadside, Anna glanced a few more times before focusing on riding her horse towards the clothing district.
“Amusement park... Oh! The amusement park recorded in the book! It’s completely different from the illustrations!” Atala also noticed the amusement park and immediately took out the travel diary, which could be hundreds or even thousands of years old, from her spatial ring, flipping to the corresponding chapter.
“After all, so much time has passed, places like amusement parks are bound to have changed,” Anna was also surprised that the queen’s travel diary had records of this amusement park... So this amusement park has such a long history?
“Mm-hmm, it’s indeed here, let me see... The amusement park was established under the auspices of the kingdom’s first chancellor, utilizing the most advanced magic conduction technology of the time, and through the chancellor’s ingenious ideas, many amusement facilities were built.”
This amusement park is related to the first chancellor? Anna who was a native of the kingdom, didn’t know about this.
This travel diary really has some interesting stuff.
“We definitely have to go in and take a look!”
“Next time, let’s come with Lou and Helga, okay?” Anna suggested.
“Okay!”
Although she couldn’t see Atala’s expression behind her, Anna felt that Atala’s eyes must be shining.
“But... The magic conduction technology from the first chancellor’s era... I remember that back then, magic conduction technology wasn’t widely used yet, and it was already applied in that amusement park...”
Magic conduction technology involves safely transporting refined magic from excavated magic stones through specially designed pipelines.
It was based on this technology that many magic stone machines were developed, such as the most common magic stone lamps on the streets.
However, due to the difficulty of mining magic stones and other issues, magic stone machines are still exclusive to the rich and nobles, and the poor rarely get to experience the convenience of magic stone machinery.
Meanwhile, Atala was still flipping through the travel diary:
“Hmm... The initial amusement facilities were meant to allow the poor to experience the convenience of magic stone technology and provide them with more entertainment options, but after the first chancellor, the amusement park’s fees gradually increased, and by the time this diary was written, the amusement facilities had become exclusive entertainment for the nobles...”
...
It’s unexpectedly heavy.
Even now, that amusement park isn’t a place the poor from the outer city can afford.
...
“Atala, what kind of clothes do you like?”
After arriving at the area where clothing shops were concentrated, Anna asked Atala behind her.
“Well, I don’t have a particular preference for styles,” Atala shook her head. “If I had to say... I prefer the style of hunting clothes that don’t hinder my movements...”
“...It’s hard to imagine an elf saying that.”
“After all, I still have to fight...”
“This time, we’re here to pick out clothes for you to wear normally, not for when you’re taking on commissions,” Anna interrupted Atala.
“Hmm...” Atala hesitated for a moment before saying, “I haven’t really bought clothes for myself before.”
“...?”
“At home, my clothes were all arranged by Mother,” Anna needed a moment to process Atala’s use of “Mother” to refer to both her parents, both of whom were female.
“I actually... don’t know how to pick out clothes.”
“Is that so,” Anna thought for a moment. “Then let’s go take a look there?”
As she said this, Anna rode her horse to a stop at the clothing store she had chosen.
It was a small shop that specialized in selling morning coats to minor nobles, offering standard styles and accepting custom orders, though not many opted for customization.
When Anna was at the academy, there was a need to attend banquets, and at banquets, she had to wear at least a formal dress.
At first, she borrowed dresses from her roommates, especially Gianna, who had a similar figure, but they never fit quite right.
Later, her roommates took her to buy clothes, and that’s where she got her morning coat.
The reason few people custom-ordered here wasn’t because the shop’s custom service was bad, but because minor nobles often couldn’t afford to customize formal wear, while the wealthy major nobles usually had better options or private tailors.
“Formal dress... Is Anna taking me to some banquet?”
“Not really, morning coats here in the kingdom can be worn as daily attire...”
This was also why the poor Anna had come to buy a morning coat back then.
After all, in the kingdom, even just going out for a stroll, nobles would be seen wearing morning coats.
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Chapter 58 : Taking Atala for a walk
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