The man smiled and extended his hand, "Diamond, honoured to meet you."
Azure extended his hand to greet the man in confusion, "Azure, the honour is mine."
Diamond looked at the coat's section, "It's not that the coat isn't there, but it's hidden. Those who brought you here didn't explain why the prices in this store are high, did they?"
Azure nodded his head slowly. He was cautious of Diamond; there was something inside him telling him to beware of the man.
Diamond chuckled lightly, surveying the clothes around them. "The matter is simple, all the clothes here have special traits; they are made from rare skins and materials, they have passive traits and skills within them."
Azure was shocked by the information and looked at the clothes around him, "All of them?"
Diamond nodded his head, "Since you're new here, how about I help you? After all, we men should help each other." his voice and way of speaking made anyone trust him easily, his gaze and smile made you fall easily into his words, his voice like a soft ether.
Azure nodded his head in agreement. The smile on Diamond's face grew larger, and he began to examine Azure's shape closely. Azure felt a bit embarrassed to be inspected every inch of him by a man.
The smile on Diamond's face faded slowly, "Tsk tsk tsk, you need a lot of work. What clothes do you want now? Wait... no need to answer me, with your current clothes and being at the coats, I'll say you like casual clothes," Diamond was talking and answering himself as he slowly examined Azure, he was thinking carefully about the clothes that could suit Azure, not just in design but in materials too, Azure suddenly asked, "What do you think of dresses?"
"Huh?!" Azure raised his eyebrows as he looked at him. Diamond stared at him for a few seconds before laughing softly, "Nothing, I was joking," then he returned to thinking seriously. Azure didn't understand what this man was thinking...
After about a minute of contemplation, Diamond moved toward a specific coat, "What do you think of this coat," he spoke as he pointed to a long dark blue hooded coat, it looked like an ordinary coat at first glance but if you focused on it for a long time, you would see the material ripple like water.
Azure looked at the coat with curiosity. The problem was that, despite knowing the coat was special, he didn't know what made it special. Diamond smiled and explained, "This coat has good resistance to the water element; it makes the body lighter underwater, and it also makes you last longer underwater."
Azure stared at the coat in silence. Without waiting, Diamond grabbed the coat and headed to the upper clothing section. "We need a t-shirt for you."
Azure sighed as he followed him, Diamond examined the t-shirts and chose a black t-shirt for him, the t-shirt had a unique passive skill: heart strengthening, then he pulled Azure and took him to the pants and shoes area, he didn't find any good pants so he chose only a black pant with strong material, and a gray shoe that gives an increase in agility.
Azure felt like a puppet, pulled right and left by Diamond. He began to feel dizzy from the amount of clothes, outfits, and prices he saw. After Diamond chose everything, he pulled him again to the changing room.
"Change to see if the clothes suit you or not," Diamond spoke as he watched him.
Azure stared silently at his face. Diamond got confused as he looked at him, "What?"
Azure blinked twice before pointing outside. Diamond didn't understand.
"Get out!" Azure glared at him angrily. Diamond finally understood. He scoffed as he rolled his eyes and left the room.
Azure sighed as he looked at the clothes. He began to change his clothes and put on the new ones.
He began to feel a strange feeling as soon as he finished wearing the clothes. He really felt that his body became lighter and that his body became more active. He went out of the room and found Diamond waiting.
Diamond smiled when he saw him. He began to examine azure from all sides, muttering in an inaudible voice as he thought.
"Not too bad," Diamond laughed lightly as he looked at Azure's new look. With the new clothes, his appearance became much better; at least he didn't look like a miserable, poor person anymore...
After they finally finished this strange dressing tour, Azure wanted to ask him why he was helping him, but before he did that, he heard an angry voice from afar.
"DIAMOND!" The voice was sharp and angry, approaching them.
Azure and Diamond turned at the source of the voice to find Evelyn approaching with an angry face. Diamond smiled and opened his arms, "Ah, Evelyn, it's good to mee----," before he could finish his words, Evelyn slapped him on the face.
Kira and Raven approached quickly behind her, glaring at Diamond. Diamond rubbed his cheek slowly, "You're still the same as always."
"What are you doing here?"Kira demanded before Evelyn could speak. Diamond grinned, draping an arm around Azure and pulling him close. "I was helping my friend." Azure flushed with embarrassment at being tugged like that.
Lycarius laughed mockingly, "You look really pretty like this, almost like his lover."
Raven, Kira, and Evelyn stared at Azure and Diamond. Azure looked at Diamond and muttered with embarrassment, "Can you let me go?" Diamond stared into Azure's eyes for a second before letting him go.
He held his neck as he moved away from them, "Never mind, I'm already happy I met you again, Evelyn," before he disappeared completely. He spoke again, "No need to pay for the clothes, they're a gift for our new friendship."
Kira and Raven fixed their gazes on Azure. He looked away, whispering, "What?"
Evelyn spoke coldly as she looked at Azure, "Tell us exactly what happened and how you met him."
Why does this feel like an interrogation... Azure sighed before recounting the events.
They listened seriously, their expressions changed after knowing what happened, they didn't understand what Diamond was thinking, Kira sighed deeply as she looked at Azure, specifically at the clothes Diamond chose, "Although we don't know his motive, he didn't lie when he said those clothes are very good, the chance of finding clothes with any abilities in the first place is extremely low, you need an expert in materials and skins or someone with a strong inspection skill."
"And he gave you a set of clothes with good abilities for a newbie, that's strange," Raven teased. "Maybe he really likes you."
Azure rolled his eyes and tried to change the subject, "Since I changed my clothes, shall we go to the headquarters?"
Kira nodded her head, "Yes, we've wasted a lot of time here. Evelyn has already made a reservation for you."
Evelyn didn't say anything and started moving away. Kira and Raven didn't say anything and followed her. Azure sighed as he followed them.