Parallel Vol. 4 [LEGACY EDITION]

Chapter 68.2: My Heart for You

Four Hours Later, an exhausted Kashi exalted praises to all the gods in the heavens as a knock on the door finally interrupted the seemingly endless cramming drill. The daeben peeked out of the corner of his eyes as Lunette went to answer the door, and then his eyes lit up when he saw the maid stood there.

The maid bowed politely and then reported, "Honored guests. The meeting is scheduled to begin in but a few minutes. Your presences are humbly requested."

Kashi grinned as Lunette thanked the maid, and then, said with a 'helpless' glance at a sneering Leila. "You heard the woman. We can't be late."

"Since when do you care about being late?" Leila questioned with a raised brow. Unfortunately, although she did want to drill Kashi a little bit more, she knew he was right. They could be late for anything else, but definitely not this meeting. There was far too much at stake. She sighed in resignation as she shook her head and said, "Forget it. We can only hope our preparations are enough."

Kashi released a sigh of relief as he patted his chest and then rose to his feet. "Alright then. Guess it's time I get changed."

"Finally," exclaimed Lunette, a bright smile on her face as she approached the daeben with a set of clothes in her hands. "I've been waiting to give you this."

"You also had these made?" Kashi asked as he accepted the clothes and then put them in his inventory, thus allowing the game's one-size-fits-all feature to mold the clothes to his size. Expert Tailors and above could charm clothes so they could stretch or constrict to fit whoever wore them, but there was no guarantee that an Expert tailor made this. And Kashi did not want to go through the frankly awkward process of asking who made it.

"Oh," Kashi softly exclaimed, mouth agape as he examined the articles of clothing in the inventory window. As an artist, he had more than dabbled in his fair share of character designs, and in turn, outstanding costumes. But even with his high-level taste, he found himself mentally drooling over the thought of donning the clothing in his inventory.

Without further ado, Kashi rapidly tapped on every piece of the set. A bright light enveloped the daeben, shielding him from view. When it dissipated, Leila and Lunette's eyes brightened with admiration.

Lunette had put a lot of thought into the clothing's design. The design blended Kashi's regular dark-black sleeveless style with a more regal approach. The daeben's trademark sleeveless top remained intact, but with a few alterations. The top was a sleeveless leather vest with intricate designs made from mithril threads. A loose long sleeve attached to the left arm added a unique air to the design.

Below the waist, Kashi wore loose leather pants, on top of which he wore a sort of a strange windbreaker that started from the waist down. The windbreaker was held up by a pair of buckles that looped around both the daeben's shoulders, which also served to secure a hard-leather pauldron adorned with a regal silver wolf medallion to the left shoulder.

Naturally, as the Hopeful Maggots' guildmaster, the Hopeful Maggots' emblem had to occupy a prominent portion of his clothes. This was a particularly tricky act, as numerous guildmasters usually ended up with tacky outfits that made their logos seem football kit advertisements.

To combat this problem, Lunette had the tailors use mithril threads to etch the howling wolf emblem at the vest's back with an accompanying complimentary wolf emblazoned at the windbreaker's hem.

While Kashi was admiring the attire, Lunette took out a pair of obsidian gloves from her inventory and then handed them to him. "I made those," she revealed with a loving gaze as Kashi put them on. She scratched her chin, revealing an embarrassed smile as she confessed, "The quality's not as good as the rest of the outfit, but I added a little something extra. Try injecting some mana into it."