10 Present

Alice let go of Adam's hand as both of them went out from the weapons alley, Adam looked towards Alice who was wiping the sweat on her face using a small red handkerchief that she took out form her right suit pocket while catching her breath "Sorry for pulling you out from the weapon alley Baldur there was going to do his trick on you, no one can leave from his store without buying an item and he was about to do that to you."

"Oh okay thank you for pulling me out from there Alice his deal was very enticing, the weapon alley is a really interesting place I would like to come back there again now where to next?" Adam asked as he looked towards Alice who stands beside him.

"Right yes let's go to the next place, our next stop is the fashion alley which is very close to here. Look it's right there!" Alice pointed towards a large alley that's a couple of meters on their right, that has a large neon sign above a large black metal gate that says fashion.

"Okay let's go there it looks very cool," Adam said as he looked toward Alice who nodded as she walked towards it, Adam walked on Alice's right side while looking straight towards the fashion alley that has a lot of people standing in front of it.

Adam and Alice took a left turn and entered the fashion alley, it was a very wide and bright alley that have large stores on the sides of it that have large and colorful neon lights right in front of each of them.

"It's very bright in here," Adam said as he looked around the alley while following Alice who slowly walked through the wide alley that was filled with people who were walking around while holding large colorful plastic bags.

"Whoa, that was close." Adam ducked his head as he saw a small black flying drone that flew towards his head.

Alice looked towards Adam and smiled while Adam stared at the flying drone that has a large brochure hanging below it that says everything thirty percent off on The Mesoax "I forgot to tell you about their drone advertisements, those drones can be very aggressive so be careful."

"Now this fashion alley actually won third place on the yearly fashion show of the Kingdom, so you can expect great things inside this fashion alley and it does the same thing as the weapon alley. In here they always gave new contestants discounts when you buy your first item." Alice explained while Adam who looking towards her slowly nodded.

"This is a very interesting place I can see that there's every genre of clothes here is that the right term for it?" Adam asked as he looked towards Alice who nodded.

"That's one way to say it and look! That is the best shop in this alley! They have amazing clothes and they won the mask customizer competition last year! I'm such a big fan of that store!" Alice pointed towards a large store that has a large neon sign right on top of the entrance door that says Fathes.

"Mask customizer what is that?" Adam asked as he looked towards Alice who has sparkling eyes while staring towards the busy store.

"Let's get inside the store, it's the easiest way to explain what a mask customizer is." Alice looked towards Adam and grabbed his right hand as she ran towards the store.

Both of them entered the store and stopped in the middle of the store as they were surrounded by tall glass cases that have animal masks inside of them, Alice looked towards Adam and pointed towards a glass case that has a rhino head inside of it which have a small top hat on the top of its head and a monocle on its right eyes.

"That is an example of a mask customizer work, a mask customizer can change everything that is connected to your mask. This store can change your mask color, the texture of specific things, add some accessories to your mask, and many many more things but they can't change the animal that have to give to you by the system." Alice explained while pointing towards some of the tall glass cases that were surrounding both of them that have different kinds of masks.

"That is right Karina we can do everything in here and have you checked out our new floor? The newest floor in this building displays our newest collection which we are calling Chelsea's Black Mamba." A tall and slim man who was wearing a thick black and long fur coat that have snake scales on its wrists walked towards Alice who turned her head around and gasped.

"Oh my Mrs. Lee Feray it's such an honor to meet you, this is Lion a new contestant and he has changed my name into Alice," Alice explained while staring at Lee Feray who stopped right in front of her.

"Hello there Lion just like what Alice said my name is Lee Feray but you can just call me Lee and look at that mask it's such an amazing mask they have done a great job this year, can I touch the fur?" Lee asked as he walked closer towards Adam.

"Yeah sure," Adam said as he looked towards Lee who was standing right in front of him, Lee starts feeling the fur on Adam's neck and starts clicking her tongue.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I will take that back now they didn't do a great job. They messed up the fur again. This doesn't feel realistic enough why they haven't listened to me? Listen boy I can fix this fur for a cheap price and I can add a discount on top of that too." Lee smiled as he brushes Adam's fur.

"Thank you Lee I'll think about that and I will come back if I want to fix the fur." Adam smiled as Lee nodded, a woman who was wearing a long shiny black plastic dress walked towards Lee and showed her a phone that was ringing.

"Okay then now have fun you two I got a phone call to get to, see you two around." Lee waved towards Alice and Adam as she walked away for them while grabbing the phone from the woman's hand.

"Wow that was amazing I can't believe I meet Lee Feray! And look at the time let's get out from here Adam we have to catch a train." Alice looked towards Adam who nodded towards her.

Alice and Adam quickly walked out of the store and walked toward the end of the fashion alley, Adam looked towards Alice as both of them walked through the busy crowd of people "Hey Alice what is the currency in Kingdom, and do I have some?"

"The currency in the Kingdom is called crowns and I think you have some because you didn't got any injuries in your test just say crowns, and the mask will show you how much money you have," Alice answered as she looked towards Adam.

"Crowns," Adam said as a small blue tab appeared in front of his eyes that showed two thousand with a symbol of a W that has two straight lines across it.

Adam stopped as they were about to leave the fashion alley and looked towards Alice who was on his right side "Hey Alice there's something that I need to buy it will be just a minute, can you wait over there?"

Adam pointed towards a white bench that was at the end of the alley, Alice looked towards the white bench and nodded "Alright but don't take a long time because we need to catch a train."

"Okay be right back," Adam said as he turned around and ran through the busy fashion alley as fast as he can, Adam stopped in the middle of the alley as he saw a store that was filled with accessories.

Adam entered the store and looked towards a large and long wooden table that was displayed throughout the store which was filled with accessories that have different shapes and colors.

Adam stopped in front of a table that was near the end of the store and grabbed a golden hairpin that has a large white lily at the end of it "I think this will be a good one."

He turned the hairpin around and saw the tag that says one thousand crowns, he went to the cashier and puts down the hairpin in the middle of the table "Can I get this one please."

"Yes that will be one thousand crowns, please you show me your watch." The cashier asked as she grabbed a scanner and scanned the hairpin while looking towards Adam.

"Yeah, here you go." Adam showed his right hand towards the cashier, the cashier grabbed Adam's right and flipped it around. She scanned the back of Adam's watch and let go of Adam's hand.

"Because it's your first time shopping here the store has given you a fifty percent discount so the total will be five hundred crowns, thank you for shopping and come again." The woman explained and gave Adam a small pink paper bag that has the hairpin inside of it.

"Thank you very much," Adam said as he left the store while the cashier bowed towards him.

Adam ran back to Alice who was still sitting on the white bench while looking around the fashion alley and stopped right in front of her, he reached into his right pocket and gave Alice the small pink paper bag "Here you go Alice it's for you."

"What is this Lion?" Alice asked as she grabbed the paper bag and opened it, she took out the small hairpin and looked towards Adam with glowing eyes.

"Its beautiful Lion thank you very much, but why I'm just your guide?" Alice asked as she looked towards Adam who stands right in front of her.

"Well I remembered our conversations on the train and I thought that would make it easier for me to recognize you when we're around other contestants," Adam explained while looking downwards and scratched the back of his head with his right hand.

Alice smiled and puts on the hairpin on the right side of her head, she looked towards Adam while showing the hairpin to him "What do you think Lion?"

Adam took a quick look towards Alice who was smiling towards him and turned around "It looks good on you. Come on let's go you told me that we have to catch a train right? Let's go to the train station."

Adam quickly walked away from Alice and walked out of the fashion district, Alice smiled and gets up from the bench "Wait for me! You're going the wrong way, Lion!"