Sections

She then led them towards one of the sections on the first floor.

"Here we are. Since you are recommended by Larissa, she would surely send you here for this section.", she said, before pointing at the sign, which said "Erotic Section 1". It seemed like it wasn't the first time Larissa had recommended someone to her store and it had always been for the same reason.

Yevina laughed. "It seems like you know Larissa well."

"Of course. She is a good friend of mine.", Jacky agreed.

"What does the 1 mean at the sign?", Key asked curiously.

"The number on the sign would show the grade of the section. Starting with 1 which would contain items suitable for everyone below Foundation Realm.", Jacky explained.

Below Foundation Realm meant everyone from 'Flesh Refining', 'Blood Refining', 'Pathway Refining', 'Qi Gathering', and 'Qi Condensing' realm. Since they were still in 'Flesh Refining', it meant that the targeted group was still above them.

"There are higher sections even for the erotic stuff?", Yevina asked in surprise. Ivan too couldn't imagine, why there was a need to differentiate such stuff into different sections.

"Of course.", Jacky replied as if it was obvious. "There are many things, that have to scale with the power of the user. Just think of bondage gear. If it doesn't scale, then it would be completely useless. Who would want to use it, if a simple tug could tear it?"

"Which means you use high-grade ingredients to make bondage gear?"

"Sure. If there are people, who buy it, then we will make it and sell it.", Jacky answered in the typical style of a merchant.

While talking, they had entered the section. They were greeted by a seating area where four men and four women were seated. All of them were wearing the store's uniform and they were freely chatting, when they entered. As soon as they saw them they hurriedly stood up and came over to greet them.

"Usually the attendant would call them, so they are prepared when the customers enter.", Jacky explained. Evidently she hadn't done so, which led to them still sitting on the couches.

"Boss!", they greeted her, before greeting the others as well, "Welcome."

"Cait.", Jacky called one of the women, "you will be responsible for them."

She then turned towards Yevina, "I have to go. Cait here will take good care of you. She and the others will help you with anything in this store, from testing toys to modeling the clothes, if you don't want to do it yourself." It seemed like the service provided was quite complete, making Ivan wonder if it was like this for everyone.

Jacky seemed to have guessed his thoughts as she continued, "Although this is usually a service only available for VIP 3 or above members since Larissa send you I'll make an exception this time.", she then turned towards Ivan and pulled out a card.

"Here.", she gave the card to him and to his surprise it was a VIP card. It had a 1 on it which indicated that it was a level 1 VIP card. But there was also a J on it. "The 'J' on it indicates that you can ask the service person to contact me", she explained, before he could ask. "But don't use it for fun.", she then warned him.

"Why would you give this to me?", he asked her.

"Because of the talent, you have shown. If you want to learn more about Spacial Magic, then come here to meet me after you have reached level 50 in Mana Manipulation.", she told him. After that, she didn't wait for any response and directly vanished.

"Hello, I'm Cait and I'll be your personal attendant.", the woman Jacky had pointed at, introduced herself to the group. "May I know, if you already have something specific in mind, or if you want to walk around and look first?"

Everyone looked at Yevina, who was the one who had wanted to come here and waited for her response.

"To be honest, I don't have any idea.", she shrugged her shoulders.

"Alright.", Cait said, "Then how about I introduce some things to you and you can then decide if you want to take a closer look?"

"Sure."

"I hope you won't be insulted, but it would be useful to know, how much you are willing to spend.", she asked carefully.

Nobody felt insulted since after Jacky's introduction they understood that some of the prices here were unbelievable.

"I didn't plan to use more than a million gold.", Yevina responded. Although to most people a million gold was a lot, to her it wasn't that much, so she was more than willing to use it on her enjoyment. After naming her price, she then looked at Key.

"To be honest I just wanted to accompany you.", he told her, making her smile happily. She didn't need him to buy her anything. Just him accompanying her was more than enough.

Celine and Ivan smiled at the sight of the two flirting with each other. They felt happy for them. It seemed like they really loved each other.

"I don't know. Originally I didn't plan to buy anything, but if I find something I like I could pay up to one EU.", Celine said, surprising Yevina and Key. They wouldn't have expected her to be able to pay one EU. Ivan, on the other hand, wasn't surprised. Although she should have used up quite a lot during her illness, she had been to the upper realms after all and even reached the Earth Realm.

"I don't have any money.", Ivan said when the others looked at him.

Cait smiled at him frankly admitting it. She had seen many customers try to hide the fact that they were unable to pay much, just to impress others. Some had even used their entire fortune for that reason. Ivan's frankness was much more impressive than their behavior.

"Alright, so it will be the Ladys shopping, correct?"

Everyone nodded.

"Then how about I'll lead you to a private room. This way you can enjoy some tea while waiting and it will be more comfortable for you to show off your outfits. Or do you want two separated rooms?"

"That would be great. If you two are alright with it we should take one room. I would love to hear Ivan's opinion as well.", Yevina said while looking at Ivan and Celine.

Ivan too looked at Celine, making it clear that it was her decision.

"Then let's use one room. A second opinion wouldn't be bad. And the two can talk while we search.", Celine agreed. She wasn't shy about showing her body, she just wouldn't give it to anyone else but her current partner.

Having heard their respond, Cait led them to a private room at the side. While Key and Ivan sat down on one of the couch and were served a cup of tea each, she then took Yevina and Celine outside to select some outfits for them.

"Not only are there different designs, but also different materials, which are used in crafting. I recommend to first select a material and then look at different designs.", Ivan could hear her explaining while leaving.

"Did you know that the only reason you are still alive is Jane?", Key suddenly asked a shocking question.

"Yeah. Your family must have hated me back then.", Ivan responded calmly. It wasn't unexpected that they would have wanted to kill him.

"Well, I'm glad that it went the way it did. And for fathering Jane we have to be thankful. Although the process was very disagreeable, I can't deny that it saved my sister."

"What do you mean? Did something happen with Lara back then?", Ivan knew that Key wasn't talking about the situation back then, but something different.

"I'm sure she didn't tell you and I don't think she wants you to know either, but I think you have the right and need to know.", Key said and then paused, collecting his thoughts. Ivan didn't disrupt him and patiently waited for him to continue.

"It hasn't happened ever since Jane has been born, but you will still have to be careful of her periods of suicidal actions."

"Huh?", to Ivan, Lara was one of the calmest and self-controlled people he knew, so he couldn't imagine her to have suicidal tendencies.

"As I said, it hasn't appeared ever since Jane has been born, but back then she would often go into situations with a high chance of death. One time when she came out of a dungeon, she was just barely alive. And do you know what she did as soon as she was healed? She went in again, and she returned nearly half death again. If we hadn't used force she would have surely tried again.", while talking he became emotional. "And do you know what the worst thing was? It was the fact that none of us knew why? Anyway, after that we only allowed her to go out with her friends. Only that way was it possible to keep her safe."