As they chatted, Karl followed Jin into the clothing shop, where he found all sorts of comfortable looking robes and suits, as well as a massive selection of ladies' fashion.

"Interesting, they use an Illusionary Domain in here as well. Is that common in the city?" He asked the Divine Fire Dragon.

"I wouldn't say common. It's a luxury, but it's not uncommon, if that makes sense."

So, not an 'everyone has one' sort of practice, but common enough that luxury shops would use it to increase the space in their shops and give a more luxurious experience.

"It does. Now, we can start over here with the Hanfu styles."

Jin looked confused until Karl pointed. "Oh, is that what they call them in your world? We just call them robes. Layered robes, training robes, summer robes."

Rae winced in linguistic agony. The words that the dragon used were essentially the same, and were just the word for 'clothing' in three different languages. It was the System that translated them to the Common tongue for them.

Which meant that the dragon likely heard Karl's response as "Han Clothing".

Interplanetary cultural conflicts were a marketing nightmare.

But the clothing in here was nice. She wanted to come out and explore it.

"Hey Jin, what is the policy on new arrivals? One of my bonded partners wants to come shop, but she hasn't met everyone yet."

The Divine Fire Dragon shrugged. "The badger shows as a member because she's bonded to you, so this one should as well. Someone might initiate her, but that comes with the territory."

Rae appeared behind him, incorporeal in [Night Haunter] form.

"Do you promise? Don't threaten me with a good time." She whispered in a sultry tone.

The dragon shivered, then turned to see who was speaking.

"Oh, this one is going to be trouble." He muttered, as Rae solidified in front of him.

She was wearing an embroidered silk dress with an ornately decorated coat, both in gold on black silk. Her long black hair was curled and pinned up to hold a golden tiara on her head, and for some reason, she was wearing glasses.

[I have done research. Glasses are popular. Males think they make a woman look more alluring.]

But Jin's attention was noticeably lower on her anatomy than her glasses.

[I guess we found his type.] Rae joked.

"Good afternoon. My name is Rae Bloodbath. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mister Jin."

She extended her hand politely, then gave a confused blink when Jin raised it and kissed the top of her hand.

"A pleasure to meet you, Lady Rae."

He was going to say something else, but the store clerk pushed between them and vigorously shook Rae's hand in both of hers.

"Lady Rae? It's so wonderful to meet you. I've been admiring your fashions since yesterday, when The Karl and the Dana Mage first arrived in the dining hall. Your style is incredible. Who supplies your silk? It is absolutely flawless." She gushed.

Karl pulled Jin back. "You can talk to Rae later, she will be busy talking fashion with the shopkeeper for a while. Once she gets talking about fashion, she gets distracted."

He dragged the dragon over to the men's section, while Rae pulled the shopkeeper to the ladies' fashion.

There was so much she had to learn about casual wear in this world. The fancy dresses were actually similar to what she already knew, but the casual wear was all different, made with an expectation of combat, but somehow not made to be armour, only to be worn with it.

"These look comfortable. Is there a reason you don't wear them instead of the ones you have on?" Karl asked, looking at a casual suit.

"They don't work with armour, so they're not suitable for travel. They're quite popular with businessmen, but not so much with those of us who spend a lot of time sparring or travelling.

I am only in the Clan territory about half the time.

In fact, I'm leaving again in the morning. I will be taking Alisha, Brother Chin and Argoth along with a group of students on a training exercise into the wilderness.

They're learning how to gather resources safely, and we all graduated from herbology classes, though we never took up the Alchemy profession. Going out like that, we expect that someone will try to either poach or snipe our rookies, so we have to be ready to fight all the time, and having two sets of fashion for home and away is just a hassle."

Karl looked at the suit he had on and shrugged. "Well, I just use a skill to make my armour, so I guess I don't notice as much.

I might change, though. When visiting the temples, we all wear robes. The comfort and freedom are hard to argue with."

Jin laughed. "Oh, I almost forgot that you are a friend of the Green Dragons."

Karl nodded. "Pants under robes are overrated."

From behind the counter, Karl heard the cashier giggled.

"Sir, there are robes like that if you prefer. These styles are intended to be worn as a three-piece outfit, four if you add the coat."

Karl shook his head. "No, I will reserve that for visits to the Dragon God Temples. On a daily basis, it's better to keep my pants on."

The staff member who was with Rae came to the front with a whole armload of clothing, all casual wear. She had a look on her face that said she had just won the commissioned salesperson lottery, and Rae was still exploring the store.

With less enthusiasm than before her first pass, but she would likely pick a few more items.

"Put her shopping on my tab. I will take these three as well. One of each style to see what I like best." Karl decided.

Really, he would just give them to Rae and let her make him something that suited him in human form. It had been so long since he stayed human that he wasn't even sure what looked good on him anymore.

But Azov was right about the fact that a Cat Demon would be horribly out of place here. Even the few Demons who lingered around the Clan were an anomaly, and they were all mainstream Wrath and Obsession Demon species.

He would have to ask Jin about that sometime.

There was most likely an excellent reason that only a few species gathered here. Possibly, just racial animosity. But it might be due to differences in growth style between them. The few Wrath Demons he had seen were mostly tanks for travel groups, or combat instructors.

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