A strange Store: Part IV

A hooded figure was enjoying a fragrant cup of tea in the middle of a majestic hall while a coin was spinning in his fingers.

Yuichi had discovered that the Whisperers were skilled at this, brewing tea seemed to be an art to them, it was definitely the best tea he had ever tasted in his entire life.

Yuichi had concentrated all his attention on the small cup of tea to avoid getting excited by the image in front of him.

After being guided through an uncomfortable journey by the two women, he ended up in a "wonderful room", although to say it was a palace would be more accurate.

A simple palace could not boggle his mind, but of one thing he was sure, it was a very beneficial experience, even if this place was very dangerous in many ways.

The palace he found himself in was a miniature world filled with a myriad of ornaments that would make even entire galaxies tremble, but that didn't matter.

What mattered were the countless palpable laws floating in the air, laws like space-time, laws of life and death, even the mysterious void and chaos was easily understood by Yuichi.

His mind sharpened with satisfaction, although his head also ached with so many ideas, he had saved a lot of time and had more confidence in taking to Alfheim, the world of the Elves, in a short time Yuichi would have another mobile world at his disposal.

Many months of effort were saved in mere minutes!

To be free of worries was a truly heavenly feeling indeed.

But worries always came in pairs.

This majestic palace seemed to be the personal dwelling of the leader of the Whisperers.

But the famous leader was nowhere to be found, only a maid wearing a traditional maid's outfit stood a few feet away from Yuichi.

She could be considered his only companion, she was the right hand of the supposed leader.

At first the maid gave him a pressure as if an entire galaxy was oppressing him his mind trembled at that moment and he almost collapsed.

But after pulling out the coin, it all seemed like a deluded illusion, the woman trembled like a frightened cat when her gaze landed on the coin.

Yuichi smiled wryly as he sighed.

The coin was too much of a deterrent in his opinion.

Too much, too much, too much of a deterrent!

He couldn't even have a normal conversation with the whisperers.

Tsk!

It seemed that the Whisperers were very weak in the presence of this coin and dared not utter the slightest murmur in response.

Wouldn't the Whisperers die if Yuichi pulled out more than one coin?

They definitely would.

In total it had been a little over 15 minutes since the time he came to visit, apparently the leader almost never came home and was always out exploring the vast space.

Under normal circumstances it wouldn't take her more than a second to be able to return home, but she seemed to be in trouble at the moment.

Problems that were beyond Yuichi's comprehension and interest.

Yuichi leaned back more comfortably on the cloud-shaped couch, for a very crazy and obsessive woman, the leader of the Whisperers had good tastes.

Everything in this palace was wonderful.

As Yuichi marveled at it all, he heard a faint murmur, the kind of murmur you give yourself when there is no one else to encourage you to perform a dangerous task.

The maiden, who so far seemed like a mechanical figure, approached Yuichi at a smooth and measured pace.

Yuichi had to admit that the maid's outfit suited her too well, as if she was born for it.

Her elegantly combed shiny blonde hair was very beautiful and was the first thing that attracted the eyes of others.

A miniature sun that moved slowly, Yuichi thought internally.

Although the woman also looked like an untouchable doll, extremely beautiful, she could almost compete with Yukino's beauty.

No... Yukino is more beautiful... Yuichi thought in his heart.

Even his eyes felt a little blinding seeing her so close, so he averted his gaze and continued to act nonchalant, mumbling a few words to himself inside his black hood.

The woman's hands held some sort of thin paper that emanated an overwhelming pressure, and if one were a better observer one might notice that it was a classic style catalog.

In it, a myriad of objects were labeled, next to that countless objects were different amounts of stars.

From a small insignificant golden star to the pious amount of nine golden stars.

The woman spoke in a helpful tone, a little more confident.

"Lady Supreme Luck, allow me to complete our task," Yuichi tilted his head, showing his lack of understanding, the woman understood that and continued speaking, "we have a special condition that ails us... so we must comply with our policy, please choose a nine star object."

Seeing "Lady Supreme Luck's" interest, the woman felt more confident.

"Also, you may choose any object you wish, we are entirely at your disposal. Our leader will arrive in a few minutes, please do not leave," the woman begged wholeheartedly as if her life depended on it, while her hands clenched her dress.

She was the right hand of the leader of the Whisperers so she knew a little more about Lady Luck, although she did not know her personally at that time, her leader told her many things about her.

Lady Luck a greedy and extravagant woman who was interested in the strangest things, although in those years it was rumored that her wealth was immeasurable, even the most creative mind could not imagine it.

But her thirst for riches seemed to have no qualms or distinctions, whenever she liked something, even if it was a mere stone she would take it and favor the person who gave it to her (though it rarely happened given her character).

The golden-haired woman even knew that her very existence was due to Lady Luck.

Her leader's obsession to satisfy Lady Luck had led her to build her entire empire of Buying and Selling Houses that collected all kinds of treasures, for this she had to create the Whisperers or her goal would not have been accomplished in a short time.

"..."

Yuichi took the paper from the woman's hands with extreme perplexity.

Although outwardly his acting skills had advanced a full level and no one could notice anything.

"Don't worry," he simply said, mimicking Lady Luck's ethereal voice.

The woman quickly shook her head like a chick pecking at rice and was able to relax.

She wouldn't know how to explain to her leader if Lady Supreme Luck had decided to leave, after all, Luck was known to come and go at any time.

Although the woman was acting submissive a glint of cunning shone in her eyes.

Wouldn't it make my life better if I could win her favor?... the woman thought.

That thought died quickly.

I can't seek death so blatantly!... she chided herself.

Even if she succeeded (something she seriously doubted), her leader would kill her when she found out.

Slowly she moved away, stealthily, at a safe distance.

Yuichi, on the other hand, was boiling with satisfaction.

Meeting Lady Luck was a good thing.