Dayana (2)

"Unexpectedly, you hid a bigger secret than I thought." Dayana sighed. "Don't worry, as I promised, I won't tell anyone nor hurt you."

"Thank you."

"In exchange, I hope you can treat my daughter as a true friend. You can even pursue her if you want. I won't oppose it."

I smiled wryly.

"I told you, we are just friends."

To be honest, now I'm a bit afraid of falling in love with her. With such a powerful family, won't they kill me if I make her cry?

"Don't worry too much. Just leave nature to take its course. As long as you treat my daughter sincerely, it's enough."

"I understand."

"Also, I hope you are prepared. Child, your path is a difficult one that can kill you with the slightest mistake. If you don't want to make the people close to you sad, then you will have to be strong. So strong that even Immortals can't kill you easily."

I hesitated briefly and nodded.

Just then, Dayana and Ley came out of the dressing room.

Ley came out wearing a knee-long sleeveless red dress, and Dayana was wearing a white shirt with a black skirt. Both of them looked stunning, leaving me spellbound.

They were already beautiful, but now, their beauty had gone up a level.

"… How is it?" Ley asked shyly. At some point, her cheeks had turned slightly red.

God, who is this cute girl?

"She is cute, right?" Dayana elbowed me with a smirk. "As I thought, that dress fits you perfectly. Look, your brother seems like a fool."

I coughed awkwardly.

"You look stunning."

Ley smiled softly, and I could feel my heart beating faster.

"Hey, how about mine?" Sylvia asked.

"You look beautiful too."

"… Why do I feel you don't sound sincere?"

I smiled wryly.

I can not help it. After my previous conversation with her mother, I feel slightly complicated about her.

Sylvia narrowed her eyes and moved her gaze from me to her mother.

"Mom, did you do something?"

... Am I that easy to read?

"Of course not. I just wanted to know a bit more about your boyfriend."

"Sigh... Mom, I told you Jane is not my boyfriend. We are just friends!"

"I know, I know. Have you never heard the saying that there is no pure friendship between men and women?"

"Mom!"

"Okay, okay, I'll stop teasing you." Dayana giggled mischievously. "Hurry up and try on the rest of the clothes. I won't let you leave until you try all of them."

Ley and Sylvia looked at each other awkwardly.

Next, the two of them tried on every one of the clothes Dayana showed them.

Even though Ley and Sylvia were a bit reluctant at the start, soon, they were just as excited as Dayana. As expected of women, they seemed to have endless stamina for this kind of thing.

As for me, I was forced to watch them in dozens of different outfits for almost four hours. By the end of it, I was so tired that I just wanted to go home.

But to be honest, these four hours were a feast for my eyes. Both Ley and Sylvia were very beautiful, and these clothes only made their beauty shine brighter.

"Well, that was a lot of clothes." I exhaled tiredly after they showed me the last dress.

Ley nodded refreshed.

"Yeah. As expected of the best boutique in Sanctuary. All the clothes were beautiful."

"I told you, right?" Sylvia giggled. "As I thought, it was a good idea to bring you here."

"But now I don't know which one I should choose," Ley said with a complicated expression.

Dayana tilted her head.

"What are you talking about? You can have all of them."

"Huh?"

"Consider it our meeting gift."

"No no no no, I can't accept it." Ley shook her head nervously. "T-That is too much."

"Don't fret about it. Plus, your brother agreed already."

"Brother!?"

I could only nod awkwardly.

I also thought it was too much, but I promised her after all.

"See, he agreed."

"But…"

"It's settled. These clothes are yours."

Ley was astounded. She looked at me for help, but I could only look away and feign that I see nothing.

"Mom, I also think it's a bit too much." Sylvia could not help but interject. "Ley is feeling uncomfortable."

Dayana narrowed her eyes.

"Oh, so you think that your mother is wrong?"

"N-No."

"Then it's decided. No more discussion."

The three of us looked at each other with helpless expressions.

… As expected of an Irregular. What a scary woman.

After that, Dayana ordered one of the workers in the boutique to pack the clothes for us. It was a lot of clothes, so we could not bring them with us. In the end, she told us that she would send them to our places later.

By this point, we were already a bit used to Dayana's excessive goodwill, so we just went along with her.

"Well, children, why don't you stay for dinner? I can tell the chef to prepare something nice."

Ley and I hesitated before nodding. Anyway, eating dinner was nothing after everything she gave us.

Just then, a group of people entered the boutique.

I glanced at them curiously only to stiffen in surprise.

The newcomers were not human.

They had colorful hair and brown skin with strange patterns on it. Moreover, their pupils were vertical, slightly similar to some reptiles.

'They are…'

One of humanity's enemy races.

Eblors.