"Blake! Blake! What about these hats? Do you think one of them go with me?!" Asked Erika, showing me over ten hats.
"I like these sunglasses, do you think these go nice with my eyes?" Wondered Elizabeth.
"Woah! Look at those pretty skirts! Ah, you think this one goes better with me or this other one?" Erika wondered.
"I've always wanted to buy a new pair of stockings… What do you think? Black or white?" Elizabeth asked.
"Blake! What about these jewelry?!" Erika wondered.
"Gee~ I wouldn't mind if you bought me a ring, hehe…" Elizabeth giggled playfully.
"I am watching you, so you better behave…" Erika's mother said from behind.
After some excruciating two hours of going here and there, we finally ended this small "date" Erika and Elizabeth walked happily with their massive amounts of bags filled with clothes and jewelry. Of course, they quickly asked me to store it inside the grimoire's storage, so at the end they only carried their new clothes with them.
Quite honestly, I still mildly enjoyed it. The girls were having such a nice time that I ended having some of that joy stuck to me. They looked rather nice in their new clothes. Even though it wasn't that sunny, both were wearing sunglasses for some reason.
"You girls really love to exhaust Blake…" Sighed Eleanora.
"Eh? But he was enjoying it too!" Erika said with a smile, petting my head for some reason.
"He was happily helping us decide, it was really nice of him." Elizabeth said, smiling back at me teasingly.
"I… Well, I kind of enjoyed it a bit, perhaps." I sighed.
"Well, why didn't you wanted to pick up clothes with us, Eleanora?!" Wondered Elizabeth. "Haven't you considered getting some new clothes?"
"I am a Spirit and a Vampire older than you actually imagine, dear." Sighed Eleanora. "I have never really cared about things such as clothing or makeup… I kind of like my clothes too! W-What's so wrong with them? Aren't these black dresses or my black pants amazing? They go well with my elemental attacks colors too." Eleanora seemed really confident.
"W-Well, it is kind of… How can I say this…" Elizabeth sighed.
"Outdated!" Erika said, dropping the bomb mercilessly.
"Outdated?! But… Master! Do you think I look pretty in these clothes?!" Eleanora asked me almost desperately.
"You're really beautiful, Eleanora, and your clothes had always been charming." I agreed with her. To be honest, she was the prettiest woman I ever meet in my previous life. Even other vampire women of higher bloodlines than her were not as pretty.
She quickly blushed a bit, not expecting such a detailed response.
"A-Ah… I-Is that so…?" She blushed a bit. "My, you're so open nowadays…"
"But…" I said. "I don't think it would be a bad idea if you could get some new clothes, just to have some fresh new look? Don't make your life so monotone. I would also like if you could enjoy it."
Eleanora felt utterly shocked as I said those words, staying silent for a few seconds.
"Master… right…" She said, illuminated. "Maybe I could change how I wear clothes! Yes, in fact I've always wanted to try out something new, but I was too lazy or embarrassed to ask you if its was okay…"
"Eleanora you might be a spirit but you're free to do as you please as well, much like Hendrick and Saphira." I sighed. "You're also earning your own money through our hunts and by helping in the Item Store, no?"
"R-Right…" Eleanora felt slightly surprised. "Maybe I should! Alright girls, let's go do more cloth shopping!"
"Yaaay!" Erika and Elizabeth were all up for it.
And that's when I realized I was digging my own grave.
Half an hour later, and things were now finally ending. Saphira had been quite patient this time, and she joined Eleanora in buying some clothes for herself as well.
Eleanora was now wearing a new white blouse with some black jeans, alongside black leather boots. Meanwhile, Saphira enjoyed a single piece blue dress.
"Papa I'm hungry! Let's go have lunch already…" Saphira was pouting angrily.
"I suppose it's about time." I nodded.
We wandered around the busy streets of Stronghold, finally gathering back with the rest of our friends and then deciding a restaurant. After a lot of talk, we finally decided on going into a large and rather popular one for family dinners.
In there, we were able to finally enjoy ourselves, especially myself, who found eating delicious food as a brand-new form of entertainment in this life. Having properly working tastebuds was truly a new experience by itself.
"Let's eat to our heart's content today! We have to celebrate having conquered the D Rank Dungeon after all, everyone! Eat and celebrate as much as you want!" I said. "Don't worry about the money, it's all on me today."
"Nice! Then I'm going to eat the whole menu!" Erika giggled evilly.
"I am starving too, tough some sweets would be nice." Said Elizabeth.
"I would prefer a lot of meat!" Chris said.
"Same. I heard they've got monster and demon meat in the menu too." Erdrich said.
"Salad for me, meat will only make you fatter." Sighed Elfriedden.
"Oooh! They have some dwarven dishes in here!" Said Alberta happily. "Here Eric, you've gotta try out the Spicy Ham Roll!"
"Spicy Ham Roll?" Eric seemed perplexed, he was never good with spicy foods.
"I want apple pie! Cheesecake! Lemon pie!" Saphira began ordering all the desserts.
Like that, whatever money I had left after spending it on the dragon scale quickly disappeared from my pockets. We bought many types of different foods, whatever they wanted, haha.
I ended sacrificing a lot to make everyone happy… but quite honestly, everyone here, and their smiles, was really worth it.
The friends I've made through this life… they're one of my most precious treasures.
…And well, I'll be earning all of that money back very soon.