Chapter 1: Hope House
Boom!
The pain woke Kira from his sleep.
"It hurts! Who on earth is so blind that dares to disturb my nap? I will definitely..."
"it's me!"
He opened his sky-blue eyes and saw the woman in front of him with long hair of the same color as his. When she was angry, she looked like the bloody pepper next door. Her eyes were unfriendly, as if to say, "If you don't get up, I'm going to smash your store."
Kira's eyes suddenly cleared up, and his tone suddenly changed: "...I should thank her for waking me up to work."
"Oh, isn't this Erza?" He stood up instantly and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth: "Sit down, sit down, what do you want?"
At this moment, Kira looked more like a waiter in a tavern than the owner of a magic shop.
"Oh... I heard that you bought all the strawberry cakes from the new cake shop next door yesterday?"
"I see. I'll prepare it for you right away!"
Kira was so attentive not because he was afraid of Erza's power, but because...
"Dear VIP customer, please enjoy your meal! If you are dissatisfied with the taste, I will help you smash the cake shop!"
The "Hope Hut" run by Kira is the best magic shop in Magnolia, selling all kinds of magic props, which naturally include some powerful weapons and armor.
Therefore, Erza, who can use dress-up magic, knight magic, and is an S-class wizard, naturally became a VIP customer of the "Hope House". Of course, the most important thing is that she is rich.
One minute later...
Erza sat on the leather sofa and tasted the new cake with a unique flavor in an elegant posture: "It tastes good and the texture is to my liking, but the serving speed is a bit slow."
Wow, you still think this is slow?
After tasting the delicious food, Erza finally stated her purpose: "I'm here to pick up the armor I ordered the day before yesterday."
"I see. Wait a moment."
Kira nodded and turned to walk towards the small room in the store. After a while, he came out holding a set of glittering armor.
The armor is snow-white and seamless, thin and hard. The helmet, breastplate, arm guards, leotards, boots and gloves seem to be integrated into one. With a round shield, the overall combination perfectly demonstrates the unique beauty of power that is extremely suitable for Erza.
"This set of diamond armor was made according to your requirements and the design drawings of the H-K store. It uses brand-new technology and the best materials..." Kira introduced it very carefully, saying that it was made of giant snake scales, rhino horns, jackal claws, and crocodile teeth. "I also cast a defensive magic that I have been using for twelve years on it to ensure that the defense is first-class."
This was the experience he gained from communicating with the owner of the most famous magic shop in the local city when he traveled to the royal capital last month. He claimed that this was a rhetoric that could fool customers.
Unfortunately, now he is facing Erza.
Although Erza was very polite and did not interrupt Kira's endless introduction, in fact, not a single word entered her ears. She was only concerned about the practicality of the armor: "Well, let's try it now."
"Ah? But I haven't finished yet!"
This is my masterpiece, which took me a long time to create. Even if you are a VIP, it is too much to be ignored like this! If I can't tell you about it, wouldn't it be as uncomfortable as walking in the night in a brocade robe?
"It's okay. I don't care."
"Okay, I get it... There's also our store's small logo here, from now on..."
"Yeah, okay," Erza continued to deal with it perfunctorily. She didn't care about the logo or not. As long as the armor was good, she had no shortage of money: "Hurry up!!"
"yes!!!"
Kira methodically placed the armor in front of a uniquely shaped wall, a wall made of energy-absorbing stone.
Energy-absorbing stone is a special kind of mineral that is very expensive. It can eliminate most of the energy of magic, physical attacks, etc. that hit it, preventing the aftermath of the attack from spreading to the surroundings. This stone is used to build protective walls in many places that need protection, such as city walls.
In Ishgar, there is another special mineral called Magic Sealing Stone. However, it is more often used to make handcuffs. A wizard wearing handcuffs made of Magic Sealing Stone will not be able to use magic.
As a magic shop, it is of course necessary to show the power of the equipment to the customers. Therefore, having a wall made of energy-absorbing stones is the symbol of an excellent magic shop.
Therefore, even though the energy-absorbing stone was expensive, he still made one in his store.
Kira pulled out a unique magic wand from his sleeve. The magic wand was only about 30 cm long, as thick as an index finger, silver in color, and had a very metallic texture. There were also some strange words engraved on it.
From the appearance, it is just an exquisite short stick, but if it is a powerful and experienced magician, he can sense at a glance that it contains a special magic circle.
"Watch out!" Kira gently placed the magic wand against the armor and chanted softly, "Energy shock."
The surging magic power was released, and a red magic circle suddenly flashed in the air. The magical power of words responded to Kira's drive and transformed the surging magic power into a huge energy impact. Under the amplification of the magic wand, it formed a destructive force enough to destroy the entire magic shop, and it sprayed out from the tail of the magic wand!
The energy created a strong wind that made Erza's hair and skirt fly everywhere, but her feet did not move at all.
Kira glanced at Erza and thought: As expected of Erza, she can be as steady as a rock even with such aftermath!
Erza also glanced at Kira and thought: As expected of Kira, he can cast such high-intensity magic with ease!
After a brief look at each other, they looked away, and then another idea came to their mind at the same time: I have to find time to practice with her/him!
Erza exclaimed in her heart: "Kira has been slacking off for so long and not doing any missions. I thought his strength hadn't improved much, but I didn't expect his Word Magic to have become so strong."
Since there was no fixing device, the powerful energy impact directly knocked the armor against the wall, but the armor hitting the wall did not make the expected sound - the wall made of energy-absorbing stone absorbed the aftermath of the magic and reduced the vibration to a minimum.
As long as this wall exists, no amount of attack can cause damage to this small shop.
Kira ran over to pick up the armor and patted it in front of Erza: "Look, the defense is super strong, there is no damage at all."
Erza stepped forward and took a closer look. Indeed, she had personally .
The armor was not damaged even under such magic. The defense was obviously a level higher than her previous armors. Erza couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
