บท 270: Leather

After several days of working on the outer armour Daedalus had finally finished and began working on the inner parts of the armour. The inner parts mostly consisted of hard and flexible leathers so Daedalus had to see about either finding and killing a strong creature or buying the leather itself.

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With his goal set out for him Daedalus made his way into the city and after asking Ceridwen before he left Daedalus knew where the best place to go was. It was a short journey to arrive at the shop he had been told about as it was a noble run shop.

The shop was called the Amaranthine Grand Emporium. As Daedalus had learned the Amaranthine Grand family was a merchant family that rose to power through their strong merchant and information gathering abilities. Their information gathering abilities where the main reason they where made into a grand family, however it took several hundred years.

Putting that to the back of his mind Daedalus just hoped they wouldn't hold to big of a grudge for him sending their young lady to work at an inn. Though he had heard it was now the most popular inn and restaurant in the elven empire.

Walking in Daedalus immediately asked one of the staff by the door the directions to the leather section. As it was a very large building, with a lot of products, there where a number of staff simply there to guide customers around. So after asking the staff he explained this to Daedalus who asked about where he would go for that.

The staff member told him that it was just beside reception and he could pay for the service there. Daedalus thanked him and left towards the reception desk. The man beside the staff member Daedalus had talked to then said "Do you know who that was?"

The young man shook his head and the older man continued "He's the nephew of the empress, from what I hear he's a really humble guy. How he spoke with you just proves it, how lucky you are."

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After getting escorted to where he was headed Daedalus thanked the guide and walked in. In the part of the store he walked into Daedalus could see that it was almost a store on its own.

After walking around for a while Daedalus couldn't help but sigh, most of the leathers, while good, where not what he was looking for. Not minding that however Daedalus continued to look around occasionally shaking his head and moving on to a different type of leather.

An employee who saw this complained to his friend as they watched him "He clearly doesn't know what he's doing, that was wyvern leather and the one before was God mammoth leather. Does he expect to look cool by doing this. If he wants a better leather he should look for a damn dragon or something!"

His friend was nodding along but didn't seem to believe a word of what his friend was saying. He only noticed that the man his friend was insulting had managed to consistently pick out one type of leather each time, a hard but flexible leather that is good for resisting tears and impacts. It was clear to this young elf that the man who was in the shop was an expert.