<~> Chapter 71How closely did their new outfits resemble French maid outfits you ask? Very closely as it turns out. Man and Torien stood side by side in their new 'battle maid' equipment. Their outfits shared a simir color scheme and style, dark blue with light purple trim.

  Torien's outfit was fairly tight fitting and moved with her well. Despite resembling a dress, it didn't bunch up or restrict her movements anywhere. All of the loose fabric at the joints allowed her full range of movement while being cleverly disguised as decorative, making for a surprisingly funal outfit despite how fancy it looked. Underh her skirt she wore light purple tights that hugged her curves well and stretched with her movements. I was a little surprised to see such stretchy material but apparently it came from a particur kind of spider that was regurly hunted in a dungeohe capital. On her arms were long fingerless gloves made from the same material as her tights. The main body of her dress was dark blue with intricate patterns of lighter blue woven into the fabrid the front was covered by a light blue aproail ulled through a hole in the back, right above where the dress began to fre out. The only thing that really broke the image of a maid uniform was the ck of a frilly headband.

  Man's outfit had matg colors but the fabric for the body of the dress had a different pattern woven into it. Man's dress was much looser fitting on her body and instead had long flowing sleeves and a mantle. I wasn't sure if there was a reason behind this or not but the fabrig on her more like the robes that most mages wore rather thaighter dress her sister wore. While they were much less obvious than Torien's outfit, she shared the same tights and gloves that Torien did and the apron was basically identical across the two outfits. The aprons on this outfit really atuated their bust rather than their st outfits that hid their chest instead. Though despite being rather femifits, they didn't feel over the top. It would be easy for something like this to look too frilly or hyper-girly but I felt like they still looked like reasonable clothing. It was a bit of a relief holy.

  "Didn't we talk about blood staining the outfits the first time we met?" I joked.

  "Psssh, the people I was talking about didn't shell out for the super expensive fabrics. Blood should wash out of this no problem, servant's gear has to be tough. Doubly so if they're also going to also be used as adventuring gear."

  Man held her arms out wide, showing off her sleeves. "How does it look?" She spun and posed, excited to show off her new outfit.

  I smiled. As much as it would be odd to see them fighting in maid outfits, they did look very pretty in them. "You look geous, they suit you both really well."

  Torien was turning this way and that, seemingly impressed that the dress didn't seem to restrict her in the slightest. The dress looked rather feminine which I thought might look funny oomboyish Torien but it instead made her look dignified and serious. The dress' design actually plimented her personality perfectly. Torien strapped on her knife belts and arrow quiver and they strangely blended in naturally, being hidden iructure of the outfit.

  "I'm frankly floored by the quality of these two outfits Ameliana, I did not expect to be this impressed."

  The sprite smugly smiled. "Well, you get what you pay for. These dresses weren't cheap. If you ever hem repaired, I'd prefer you e to me. I know that you 't really promise that though. Oh! one more thing."

  She jumped off the top of the desk she had been sitting on and dug through one of her drawers before bringing over two wide-edged matg chokers. She pulled Mao herself and fitted it around her neck. The choker covered her sve colr just enough to leave it visible but decorated enough that it was obvious that their status was above most other sves.

  "These chokers will make most people reize that these two are inteo be servants rather than sves even if they aren't wearing the rest of their outfits for some reason. I personally had these specially ented to be extra durable, water proof and fire proof. Think of these as a gift, both to celebrate their status and as thank you for supp my shop. Your repeated, expensive orders has been a bit of a windfall for me, even if I keep having to do rush orders," she said with a ugh.

  Man traced her fingers along the choker c her colr. "Thank you ma'am. It's... it means a lot."

  I looked over my party and realized... everyone was wearing a dress except for me now. I didn't dare voice that thought aloud. I don't know if I was pletely ready for that step. As fortable with my new body as I was being, I still felt a bit... detached from being a woman still. I probably should dress more femininely at some point, just to see how it feels. But nht now.

  The four of us walked out of the shop fully dressed. Man pulled the hood of her new outfit over her head, shading herself from the sun. Torien pulled her hood up too, happy to match her sister and explore a new feature of her outfit. I just smiled ahem mess around. They seemed more rexed and jubint than I had ever seen them.

  The four of us walked down to Meena and Twill's shop to pick up our trunks . The cowbell at the door weled us as we stepped ihe shop. Like usual there weren't any ers and only the lone mousegirl was in the shop at the moment. Meena was sitting at the ter looking a little tired but she smiled excitedly when she saw us.

  "Good afternoon Lilith! Here to pick up your trunks?"

  "That I am! Are they ready for us?"

  "Yep! Just like we agreed. Twill just fitag the st of the hardware to them about a bell ago."

  "You look a bit tired, I hope this wasn't too much of an invenience. We just want to get moving."

  "No problem! You paid well for it and missing half a night of sleep every now and then won't kill me. e, follow me."

  She led us to the back again, this time through the small gate to Twill's outside fe. I don't really know much about bcksmithing beyond some of the basics but from my perspective it looked well stocked. There were a number of different pieces of f equipment as well as three different sized and shaped anvils. Everything looked well maintained and a lot er than you might expe outside work enviro. The fe was hot and running, Twill was currently focused oing a pieetal in his fe and didn't pay us any attention.

  In the er was a stack of the crates we ordered. These four boxes looked beautiful, they were cquered with a slightly redish color that gave the boxes a well made look. On each er were rounded metal fasteo protect the ers of the tainer and each box was embossed with our names, a ouch that I hadn't expected. They were exactly the size I was thinking, enough for us to keep a reasonable amount of things without burdening Mimi too much.

  Meena put her hand oack of boxes. "Alright, are each of you going to carry o of here or do you need me to round up some helpers?"

  I was intrigued that these two hired people in the area for odd jobs but I decided it would be easier to just have Mimi store them for us now. "Thanks but that won't be necessary," I said. I lightly gripped Mimi's handle and wordlessly veyed my intensions through our link. The four boxes broke into motes of light and trailed into Mimi's hilt.

  Man and Torien both covered their faces with their hands and Meena looked at me with a shocked face. "You have spatial ste magic? Or no wait, an item," she said looking at Mimi on my belt.

  "Something like that." I nodded.

  She cupped her lightly. "As an ho mert I'll keep this to myself of course but would it be alright if I requested you for some specific jobs?"

  "Of course. And yes, I would prefer discretion if possible. We're likely leaving on a trip to the capital as soon as some business with the guild is taken care of though."

  "That's perfect!" She was vibrating with excitement at this point. "Would you e see us before you leave? I'd like you to make a delivery for me, something small but... a bit spicuous. A spatial ste skill would make this a whole lot easier."

  I hesitated. "This isn't anything dangerous or illegal is it?"

  She looked shocked. "No! Of course not, it's just..." She rubbed her arm anxiously. "It's hard to expin but it's not anything bad I promise. Just e back before you leave to the capital and I'll expin it all then."

  I raised an eyebrow. "You 't just expin it to me now?"

  "Well... I'd rather not tell you about the job if you decide not to e back... Not that I don't trust you of course! It's just... the fewer people know the situatioter."

  "Alright, we talk about it before we leave town. But naturally we'll refuse any jobs that we don't feel fortable with." I was still a bit skeptical but I suppose that reasoning made as much sense as any.

  "Naturally" She nodded.

  I looked over at everyone else and they didn't seem to have any pints about what I said so I just left it at that.

  The four of us walked out of the shop and it was only moments before the dam burst.

  "I 't believe you used Mimi's spatial magi front of someone else," Torien said.

  Bel was quick to defend me. "But Lilith got us a potential job, that should t for something right?..."

  Man just sighed and shook her head.

  "Look," I said. "Something tells me that I trust those two. I don't think they really bsp;afford to stab us in the back. It looks like we're one of their few ers."

  "That's exactly why we 't trust them! Their shop was dead, selling information about you potentially having that kind of ability could be worth a lot to the right broker."

  I shook my head. "No, I don't think so. I've been watg Meena closely since we started iing with her. That girl wears her heart on her sleeve. Every time we've e back she's been more and more happy to see us. I don't think she would risk this kind of retionship, we pay too well for her to stab us in the back... at least right now. I doubt she would be able to fake the look of relief on her face when I paid for those trunks up front. I think there's a good ce we saved their business."

  Torien still looked skeptical but didn't look as angry anymore. "You could intuit that just from the few times we've talked with her?"

  I nodded. "I'm pretty sure of it. I showed the ability to her iionally, I ositive she would react favorably and I trust her. I know how useful an ability like this could be to a mert, I'm not stupid."

  Torien chuckled. "Sometimes I wonder... Alright, if you're sure then okay. It isn't as bad of a move if you did it iionally. I was just afraid you slipped up again."

  "Yeah, I could see why you could think so." I was happy to receive her barb, she's starting to loosen up on me. I decided to tease her back. "That dress looks cute on you by the way, it really brings out your feminine side."

  Her face flushed red and she started walking a bit father ahead of roup. Man caught up to her and whispered something in her ear only to be shoved away with a giggle.

  I smiled. Things were looking up.

  Saine

  Hello! We finally get to the debut of Lilith's ente in maid outfits. Is it a little silly to have adventurers in maid uniforms? Probably, but I like the aesthetic what I say? ime the girls go on an adventure again and things start to heat back up. Thanks for reading!

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