Zenith Store

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"Master, can we not go there? It's creeping me out," the girl with blue hair said.

"Sofia, don't be rude. This Store is not as strange as you think," the middle-aged lady wearing a black hood replied.

"But, Master, I don't want to go there," Sofia insisted.

"This is for your good. I don't want to hear anything else. Do you understand?" she said.

"Yes, Master," Sofia replied.

Both of them stood in front of the store, which didn't look good at all. It seemed like this place had been abandoned long ago and was now being used by someone.

They entered the building, though it couldn't be called a store in any way. Outside, there was a store signboard with the name [Magic Store]. Judging by everything, this place must have been an old witch's house.

After an hour of entering the house, a piercing cry echoed from within, and it belonged to Sofia.

"Ahhhh Noooo!!! Master!!!"

Thirty minutes later, a lady in her twenties emerged from the house. Strangely, this was the same middle-aged lady Sofia referred to as her master. She looked much younger without the hood.

"It's good to do business with witches. Poor Sofia, it's your fault for everything that happened to you, naive girl," she thought.

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Azkar is currently observing a famous clothing store in Lake City. Everyone knows this store because only royalties place orders, and many powerful people visit daily. People are always attracted to the store, as if they want to catch a glimpse of their favorite celebrities.

He then noticed the name of the store, which was named after the Empire, so it's called [Zenith Clothing Store]. It was very simple to understand because the store's name indicates that it belongs to the Empire. However, he understood that if powerful individuals with a background come here daily, they also need backups.

But that is not the shocking part; this store entirely belongs to the 10th princess of the Empire. Because the king has a vast harem, he also has many children.

Azkar entered the store, and the two receptionists at the counter saw him. Both of them smiled politely and said, "Welcome to Zenith Store."

Azkar observed both of their behavior and power levels. Nothing could escape from his eyes; even without activating any of his abilities, he could see that both of them had a power level of A Rank Awakened. Additionally, by Earth standards, they could be considered top models, as they were beautiful.

After awakening, he thoroughly studied his abilities and found something interesting. He discovered that he could see through any illusion, no matter how effective it might be for other people. Essentially, he had complete illusion immunity.

At present, he could see if anyone was trying to hide something from his eyes, regardless of the trick or technique they used. They were essentially creating false illusions, and he could easily see through them.

"Thank you," he said.

The two receptionists were in awe because they had never seen anyone so polite to them. This place mostly attracted nobles who were arrogant to their bones, but this person was different.

If they were to find out that the person in front of them saw through their strength, they would go crazy for sure. Azkar didn't want any drama, so he basically always liked to behave like a gentleman.

"Please give me your ID card and your order," one of the receptionists said.

Azkar handed his ID card, which also worked as a credit card storing credit points for any purchase in the empire.

"I need five suits for myself and also need someone to help me with designing and choosing the best suit for me," he said truthfully because, regardless of who they were, he came here for a purpose, and he intended to execute it perfectly.

Hearing this, both receptionists looked at each other and noted his order.

"Sir, is there anything else you forgot to order?" one of the receptionists asked.

"No, but I also wanted to cut my hair. If you have any recommendations," Azkar said.

"Sir, you can also do this here. I'll list this in the order too," one of the receptionists said.

"Okay," Azkar replied.

"Please wait in room number 5; someone will pick you up," one of the receptionists said.

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Then, Azkar left for room number 5, and both of the receptionists started chatting.

"Layla, did you notice something weird about him?" one of the receptionists said.

"Maria, did you hit your head or something? How can you call this handsome gentleman weird?" Layla replied.

"Layla, you idiot, do you really use your brain to think? This guy is too cautious. He saw through our strength at one glance. I found out recently when he left," Maria explained.

"How did you find out?" Layla was really shocked because if you want to judge someone else's power, you have to be stronger than the person to do that.

Layla is correct; if someone wants to see through someone's strength, they need to be stronger than the person. However, in Azkar's case, he was abnormal, so these kinds of rules did not apply to him.

"I noticed because of my ability, which allows me to control truth to some extent. For example, I always use this ability to gather information because it allows me to see if someone is telling me the truth or lying about something. But when I tried this ability on this guy, I felt nothing," Maria explained.

This is just a misunderstanding because her abilities are useless against him. This kind of attack is child's play for him to avoid; it's a passive effect of his safety wall from the system.

"Okay, enough talk. Let's inform the Princess," Maria said, seeing Layla still deep in thought.

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Room - 5

Azkar sat on the sofa as if he owned the place, his eyes closed as if in deep thought. Suddenly, the room gate opened as if someone tore through the door in a hurry. When Azkar opened his eyes, he saw a red-haired boy with a handsome face—not as handsome as him, but this guy was considered handsome from Azkar's point of view.

However, judging by the hostility this guy showed him, Azkar was stunned for a second because he really did nothing to deserve such hatred.

The red-haired guy stared at Azkar, his eyes showing immense hatred, as if Azkar had married his mother without permission. Joke aside, even if this guy gave permission, Azkar had no intention of doing so.

"How dare you talk to Layla like this! I'll kill you!" the red-haired guy exclaimed.

Hearing this guy's argument, Azkar didn't know whether to laugh or cry because this guy wasn't even a C rank Hunter, yet he was talking about the receptionist as if he owned her.

"Sorry for that, but they're receptionists. I had to list my order. You know, why are you angry?" Azkar asked.

Because, no matter how much he needed loot right now, he couldn't kill humans so easily. He tried his hardest to control his urge to not take the living, breathing origin points in front of him.

"Do you even know whom you're talking to right now? Like I said, you talked to her, and for this, you'll die. No one is going to save you," the red-haired guy declared.

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