7 The Pleasant Act

The cloaked man looked over at Nadia in surprise she was like a different person to how she was acting towards him earlier and how she was acting know. 'She's real good at putting up an act.' He thought looking over at the odd women. In this land Nadia was quite odd and had a foreign look to her. Then there was her gradient hair, and two different colour eyes not to mention she acted unlike any lady he's met before so far.

Nadia picked up the first sword the blacksmith son Tamaro suggest and properly looked at it checking the blade quality, sharpness stuff like that like a merchant inspecting the goods. An odd ring sparkled on Nadia's finger one he didn't notice before. It was a plain silver right with a lone gem stone.

She was very picky on choosing the sword. "Honestly all these swords are quite good but they wouldn't work for what I need. I need a sword that can easily be hidden." Nadia sighed putting the 10th sword down.

"Are you planning on secretly killing someone miss."

Nadia bite her lip slightly, "Killing someone… not yet." She replied with a sly grin but for chuckling at Tamaro's expression. "I'm joking. Honestly the person that is using this blade is about to be in a fair amount of danger. Having a blade she can keep on them at all times would be beneficial as at any point an enemy could appear to try and kill them. It's something they could not trust another person with aside from themselves its that dangerous." she replied crossing her arms.

"Ah sir about your order-!"

"It doesn't matter just send it where its requested. But I must ask that lady it is the first time she's come here correct?"

"Yes I've never seen her before."

"So there is nothing known about her."

"You have little reason to know anything about me sir. But I'll tell you this I've recently arrived in this area… aah, 2 weeks to be exact I remember it well I cause broke that mirror out of fright." Nadia replied with a light tone. Tamaro went over to his father and begun to talk to him. "I don't see a reason to tell you who I am anyways. I do not give my name out to stranger's unless its for business which is not the case." she replied waving her hand slightly with a slight smirk.

"Ah Miss let's get those other item's you requested while my father get's the last item for you to check out."

"Alright." Nadia answered Tamaro and followed him to the next part of the shop. The cloaked man followed the two of them.

As Tamaro took of knife's Nadia took them in her hand and begun to balance them on one figure when they begun to fell she acted quickly and held it properly. Eventually she got to a particular set of knifes and they balanced perfectly on her finger. "These are the one's they are prefect."

"Those wouldn't work great knifes in sudden combat."

"They are not for fighting close range though they could be used like that. They are for long rang targets of a certain range."

"What?"

"These are prefect throwing knives with these I could defiantly hit vitals." Nadia muttered looking at the blades. 'I could also try inscribing magic on them to make sure they return to me so I don't have to worry about losing them.' She thought looking at the blades in her hand.

She then begun to twirl on of the blades around her hand and smiled slightly and nodded her head slightly. "Yes these blades are perfect even better than the ones I have back home. Fufufu, in the future I might just get you to make me a set of kitchen knives these are so nice." Nadia purred with a smile her eyes gleaming. "A lovely set of throwing knives, I'll take 2 sets to giving me 8 knives in total." she told Tamaro.

"Of course I'll get that ready for you right away." Tamaro replied gabbing the knives that Nadia indicated. As Tamaro left the main shop area it left Nadia with the cloaked man.

Nadia looks over as the cloaked man. "So have you completed your task here?" Nadia asked in a flat tone. It wasn't one of curiosity or intrigue more like a question just asked to pass time.

"Yes I've finished what I have to do here."

"Have you now." Nadia replied in a slight drawl as she pushed back her bangs back revealing her violet eye for him to see. "If you are done is their anymore of a reason for you to stay here?" she asked tilting her head slightly.

"My reason for remaining? It because you intrigue me that's why."

"Oh I intrigue you. How so?"

The cloaked man looked at Nadia for a moment as he smirked slightly. "You are clearly a foreign women of unknown origins, coming here purchasing such things, not long after you beat 3 mercenaries with little difficulty. How wouldn't someone be intrigued by that?"

"Ah right, I guess thinking in terms of your perspective I can see that. I just tend to travel a lot so these kind of things don't typically come to mind." Nadia replied shrugging her shoulders. "I assume you plan on following me the rest of the day then?"

"Yes. I find you interesting to watch."

"Tsk I don't know if that's a complement or not. Ah whatever I don't plan on doing too much else today anyway so I don't mind. However could I please get a name to call you? I don't want to keep calling you cloaked man." Nadia sighed shifting her stand slightly as she ;et her bangs fall back into place.

"… Mate call me Mate."

"Alright then Mate. Nice to meet you I'm Nadia Luna, a jack-of-all trades merchant planning to make a name here." Nadia greeted with her hand extended out with a smile flashing her teeth slightly. Mate hesitated for a moment before retching out and grabbing Nadia's hand. To Mate's surprise Nadia gave him a nice firm handshake something a typical of women.

Nadia then here footsteps approach toward the room they were in and she let go of Mate's hand. "Well talk more later." Nadia said with a smirk turning towards the door seeing Tamaro walk out.

"Alright I got enough knives for you, next you wanted was bows right?"

"Yes however I'm sure the type of bow I want is not here so I many have to do a custom order."

"Is that so?"

"Yes its quite a… unique item that I'm sure you could reproduce with my blue prints and directions. It's also going to have magic inscribed on it too. But that's not something you have to worry about I'll deal with it personally I now a wizard that could get the job done for me." Nadia explained. "I'll draw up the plans and bring it in the next I'm around, I'll tell you how it come together then, I'll also bring the desired materials it will be made out of." she paused looking around at the shop once more. "Cause looking at all your good I can tell you are smiths of high skill and would be more than capable of pulling off the bow I have in mind." she said with a smile.

"Hold on before that we have one more thing for you to test out one we thing meets your criteria." The owner Zeus told Nadia coming out from the back holding a box. Nadia pause looking at the box, Zeus then opened the box revealing a necklace.

Nadia looked over the necklace in the box and noticed that the pendent on the necklace was that off a sword. She tilted her head slight, "oh?" she muttered looking at the necklace.

"This is a magic necklace. The sword will turn into a sword. Someone with magic or aura can activate it."

"Is that so? Can I try it out?"

"Of course."

Zeus holds out the box towards Nadia and she takes a hold of the necklace and the little sword. She turned around an added some magic into the sword and watch as it change sizes she then looked at the blade it was good quality. "You can change the sword to fit what you need you can change its size and shape if you have the skill capable enough." Zeus told Nadia she smiled.

"I'll take it along with the other's and a whet stones."

She places the necklace around her head and neck having it rest against her chest and she pulls out two pieces of jewelry. "I believe you'll have no issue taking these as payment." Nadia said showing them.

"This works perfectly fine."

"Good than take those then." Nadia sighed as she pulled out her shoulder bag which she enchanted to be able to carry a large amount of items one after another place an item in her bag. "It was a pleasure doing business doing you. I'll be sure to work with you again in the future if I have similar inquiries." she told them with a please look.

Nadia turned around with a wave of the hand and pulled her hood over her hand as she left the store with Mate following after her with a slight smile, even more amused of what he's seen so far.

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