Chương 111: Dress Shoping.
(The past few days were hectic. I finally graduated and I got a pet goat named Jacob.)
Shopping in the current state of the world became impossible hard. Most countries in the western hemisphere were rocked by the full force battle of 4 Dragon God level fighters so most of those countries were busy dealing with the after-effects.
America and Mexico suffered greatly as they were the epicenter of that battle, but the church of the Bestial Truth started to take over the faith of Christianity. As the days passed the more power that came from faith Kurayami acquired.
It was quite a magical feeling being given power by the faith of humans. When humans were lacking the support they needed they often looked to faith. As God was dead miracles did not happen any longer and with how damaged the Heaven System was that was no longer an option. As such Oliver began to broadcast his teachings all over the world for all to hear.
The power of a Cleric depended on how much faith they had and how much they spread the teachings of their patron. Oliver was the defacto perfect Cleric and his disciples helped him spread those teachings further.
At the moment, Kurayami and the girls were in the Underworld which did not suffer from the battle for the most part. They were in the capital city of Lilith which caused a great commotion.
Everywhere they walked they were the center of attention. First and foremost Kurayami and Ophis were greatly feared and respected for their power. Not to mention that each and every woman that walked with Kurayami was a monster in their own right.
They were in the shopping district as he did promise to go shopping with them. Grayfia and Latia were standing at the front as they were the most familiar wiht this place. Latia pointed to the city as she explained it.
"After the capital was moved from Lucifaad most of the business followed. As the capital, it is heavenly populated."
Grayfia as the former queen of Sirzechs was very familiar with the area.
"Master, one of the most luxurious shops in the whole Devil territory is close by here. I think it is a great place for us to stop by for some shopping. You did want to take everyone for a nice day so this is the best place.
Kurayami looked around as the Devils loved the European Gothic look of their cities. He also quite liked the look of the place.
"That seems like a good idea. I never paid attention, but what cash to Devils use?"
Lathia answered for him with a smile.
"Any currency that is considered valuable on Earth. I think that will change soon with the current state of the world. Cash will lose its value if you keep doing what you did to the sharks."
Ophis had the same thought.
"That is what I a saying. Just don't go ripping off your own arm again."
Raynare elbowed him in the gut, but he didn't feel it.
"She is right. I am sure there was a better way to give those sharks something. Now, let's get shopping. I also have a good idea. Latia, is there a wedding dress store around here?"
That seemed to gave gotten all the attention of the girls. Latia smiled as she knew a great one. Just as she was going to take them over Kurayami stopped them.
"While that would be a fun idea for you girls, I think you should leave that to Azazel. He may not look it, but he can do anything. Sacred Gears, portals, magic, weapons, he can do it all. I have some ideas and materials to make your dresses unique.
I am the best material after all."
Annabeth had an idea.
"Are you going to try to turn your shed scales into material that can be woven? I am quite interested in what that would look like. Maybe I can help Azazel make our wedding dresses. Better yet why not just have him make our dresses for the party?"
Kurayami smiled.
"I was going to get him to upgrade the dresses you all bought. Splurge all you want as I am not lacking cash."
Kurayai had plenty as Governor-General of Grigori. These days it was even higher as they were still harvesting the materials on the Moon and untapped materials on Earth. Now that they did not have to stay hidden Supernatural beings were hard at work in the New World, Moon, and Earth. Titan was still rather untouched for all it was worth.
Kurayami looked at Artemis who was fidgeting next to him. He reached out and placed his hand on her gorgeous silver hair.
"Any idea of what you are going to get?"
Artemis had never bought clothes as her outfits were all made from Moonlight. Nyx was quite the same as well. Artemis glanced up at Kurayami as she nodded.
"I could go for a new dress. I never had a need to buy some, as Moonlight can make all I need. Do you want to pick some for me?"
She looked a little shy when she said that as even now she was still embraced. Kurayami imagined her in a black or red lacy lingerie, but it was not what she was asking. He cleared his voice to get the erotic image from his head. It would look quite nice with her pale skin.
"That is a definite yes. Now that I think about it, I only ever had two outfits in my life. My first one was self-cleaning and did not need to be washed. Now that I have Nyro that is not even needed anyways."
All over his black outfit, countless eyes that looked just like Kurayami's opened up as Nyro liked to be praised. Natsume who was behind Kurayami looked at Nyro with a conflicted look.
"As much as I know you like him it still looks gross. The fact you wear the skin off Kronus as clothes do not help much. I'm just glad that he sleeps when we do it."
Akeno patted Kurayami's shoulder, or more importantly his outfit when she saw the eyes wince. She could swear she saw tears pooling in the corners of the many eyes of Nyro.
"Don't take her words to heart. She is just not as accepting of you Nyro."
Natsume's ears and tail drooped, but she jumped when she felt Kurayami lift her on his shoulder. She dropped Griffon who wanted to climb on Kurayami's shoulder, but Xargomoth had that spot claimed. Instead, he jumped on the other shoulder or Natsume's butt.
"WAIT! Put me down. Griffon."
Kurayami grabbed her tail making her shriek. Griffon jumped on Kurayami's head instead feeling like a little king. He was on the best throne imaginable as not just anyone could do that.
"Wow, why is it so sensitive? No wonder you love it when I play with it."
"I DON'T KNOW! It's new and still sensitive."
Kuroka laughed at her reaction.
"You get used to it. He loves to play with them. Now, someone took my spot nya."
Griffon ignored her while Kurayami put down Natsume. They had arrived so they glanced inside as it was a truly exotic store. Even Esdeat was curious about it despite not being a shopping kind of girl.
"Wow. I may not be one for shopping, but now I want to see what I find. Whatever Azazel does extra will make it even better."
Raynare already saw the section of black gothic dresses and she wanted one. She just had to look at Shalltear to know that they did not look bad. As for the Vampiric Dragon herself, her eyes had locked on some new outfits.
Raynare was quite excited to have a single day of being normal.
"I know what dress I am getting. Vritra, what do you think?"
Vritra was coiled around her neck looking like a large black python. He flicked his tongue as his attention was kind of on something else. Sleep.
"I guess you will look good in it. I do not know or care."
She rolled her eyes as he never bothered with anything that was not battle. These days he was growing stronger as long as Raynare cultivated. Shalltear popped up next to Kurayami pulling on his arm.
"Let's go already."
Kurayami smiled as she could be cute when she was not being a total perv who got turned on by anything. They all walked inside the store where they were welcomed in by a gorgeous succubus. She wore a beautiful dress that flaunted her large chest and pretty legs. A great way to draw customers, but there were also handsome Incubus attendants for female customers.
"Sir Kurayami, Lady Ophis welcome."
Kuraaymi cut straight to the chase.
"I would like to reserve the full store for the whole day. I can pay in cash or with this."
Kurayami grabbed one of the scales he lost in battle which were not very useful for him personally. He could regrow them near-instantly, but they were priceless treasures to anyone else.
The large scale was as large as a shield and still coursed with trace amounts of Kurayami's power. When the attendant saw that her greed flared up. If she could turn that in or draw the power from it she would be set for life. However, she knew her fantasy was nothing more than a pipe dream with her meager power.
"That is acceptable sir. The scale will cover any purchase you make."
Kurayami used some of his power to create a container for it. He handed it over to the attendant who took it to the back. Of course, any customers in the store were asked to leave which they did without question.
Kurayami himself was scary, but every single one of his harem was not any less scary. Once they were alone in the store the girls took to their favorite sections to look for any new dresses or outfits they would like.
A second attendant who was just as beautiful as the previous one came to talk to him. She was only 19 as this was her first job as her mother worked there before. She was nervous, but she still tried to do a good job.
"Sir, if you require anything you can just ask. We also do custom orders."
When he heard that Kurayami was curious.
"Hey, Artemis. Come over here for a second."
Hearing who that silver-haired beauty was caused the attendant to nearly have a heart attack. She wasn't just anybody, that was Artemis. A literal legend who everyone knew about.
"What is it?"
Kurayami raised his sunglasses to get a look at Artemis. He was picturing a dress in his mind which made her wait for his assessment. He walked around her as he was changing the design in his head on the spot."
All of it took a new nanosecond before he nodded to himself.
"I was just thinking of what your dress should look like. Excuse me, do you work with monster material?"
The attendant smiled and nodded.
"Of course. The nobles sometimes ask for us to use the furs, scales, horns, bones, or anything you can imagine for their outfits. Do you have something in mind?"
Kuraaymi reached into his inventory before he pulled out a large pile of black and white fur that made the attendant recoil at the sight of it. Artemis recognized it as a few black and white feathers mixed in with them.
"That is Castiel's fur and shed feathers right?"
"Correct. I would like to request an outfit made from this to these specifications."
Artemis was confused.
"Wouldn't it be better if Azazel did that?"
Kurayami knew that was true.
"I want to prove a point. He will still get the last say, but this is just for my own curiosity."
He created a solid imitation of the dress and laid it over Artemis. She glanced at herself in the mirror as the dress was just a construct made of Kurayami's mana. She gave a spin as she found she did not look bad at all in purple.
Kurayami smiled at her.
"You look dashing."
Artemis smiled at his praise.
"Thank you. Do you w-"
Before she could finish a rude phyco stopped her midway.
"MASTER IS IGNORING US!"
Walburga hugged his arm as he pulled him away. Artemis glared at Walburga for a second which made the witch recoil before she hid her expression.
'Damn brat.'
Kurayami heard her thoughts making him chuckle. He left the fur and feathers with the attendant who felt she needed to call the best they had for this. This was the shed fur of a creature that went through its first Sublimation after all.
"Look, master. I want this one. I and Azazel can work on this better."
She showed him a dark red dress with a set of Devil runes all over it. A male Incubus came over to explain it to him.
"This was made by one of the finest semesters in the Underworld. He called it his masterpiece and left it for us to sell. You have great refined tastes, madam."
Walburga tilted her head as she was confused.
"I don't want the dress as is, I am going to fix the crap that he calls runes. If he is the best you got I am sure you need better. I will take it."
She stored it in her inventory and Kurayami was sure by the time she was done that dress would not even look the same way. As for the incubus he was so confused as to what kind of standards these people had.
They looked at the dresses that high-class nobles would fight over like they were no more than a crappy. They just wanted to use as the bases for the modification they would do. Just as Kurayami was helping Walburga he heard someone he did not expect.
"Hey, dad. I have never worn a dress before you know. Does this look nice?"
He glanced at his daughter and saw she had put on a dark blue and black dress that reached her knees. They did not have a lot of sizes for women as tall as her so she used some magic to help her with that, but it was not perfect.
She was also rather muscular, but not to the point she looked bad. That was something she inherited from Kurayami after all. Kurayami nodded.
"Well you will attract atten-"
Kurayami stopped mid-sentence when he frowned. He suddenly was assaulted with a feeling of wanting to kill someone.
"How about you put your armor back on? You don't need a dress to look nice."
She did not hesitate to listen.
"Sure. If you say so."
She was about to do just that, but Ophis patted her on the back to stop her.
"Ignore him. He is just being a broody dad who does not want his daughter looked at. You will drop eyes when they get a look at you. And heads if my mate is anything to go by."
Kuromi shook her head as she said something that made the male attendants look away with terror.
"Oh, that would be bad. I had a curse etched on my back by aunty Akeno that will torture any men who gawk me too much. That bastard Issei was unaffected for so long as his very power revolves around perversion. If only I had a Primordial curse that would have killed him. Too bad I am not strong enough to get one of those."
Kurayami glanced at her back as he could see through it. He did not notice it before as he was not looking at her closely before. Her entire back was covered by a large mass of runes that looked like a tattoo.
They were similar to the ones that Akeno had etched on her bones but much weaker. Akeno placed her hand on Kuromi's back to check out the power they had.
She frowned as she shook her head.
"They are strong, but they seem to lack the power behind the ones I used. Like they are just a imitation."
Kuromi sighed.
"Once again I am proven as nothing special. Well, I will take this dress. I will improve on it when we get home. The party is next week right?"
Kurayami nodded.
"It is going to be on Saturday next week and today is Monday. You have 12 days to make your dresses as you want. I can give you more time with time magic so don't worry about it. Does anyone else want my opinion?
"Can I get some help?"
Zesshi looked like she was 16, but she was already 120 years old. In that time she had lived as the ace of the Theocrasy so she never lived as a person. He walked over to her as she was looking at some outfits.
"So what do you want to wear?"
Zesshi glanced at several in a few seconds, but she had zero clue.
"I don't know. I want you to pick for me."
Kurayami glanced at Zesshi and started to do the same as he did for Artemis. In only a split second he had created something for her. He held his hand over her head and created a dress he thought looked elvish.
Zesshi looked at herself in the mirror to look at what he thought was good. It reached her ankles and was covered in different runes and sybols. Kurayami explained why he chose it for her.
"I know you are not proud of your elf heritage, but I wanted to make it elf-like. Sorry."
Zesshi shook her head.
"I am over it. If you think I look good like this I will accept it. I am glad I met you of all people."
Kurayami placed his hand on her head as she was honestly a sad person. He was just glad that he found her first before someone else defeated her. As he did that for her Shalltear got out of the dressing room in a black and red Gothic dress different from the one she wore.
Her old one had a large skirt while this one was flat but still looked like something a noble would wear. She kept her large bow in her hair though. It was her defining feature she did not want to give up.
"What do you think?"
Kurayami glanced over at her and saw it was nearly identical to her old outfit. Only that it still was very obviously different as she made several changes to the design and material. It seemed she used the Draconic ability to use her scales to meld into the dress.
"I say the contrasting black and red match your Vampiric Dragon state. We as dragons can make clothes from our scales. I can see you did just that on top of your old dress. I can see you used my sigil on the back."
On her back was a black dog with a sword in its mouth with dragon wings coiling around it.
"Is it bad?"
"Of course not. I like it. Now, the rest of you."
Akeno had already picked someone out.
"I will take these 5 here. I got a way to make it better than the current product. Prepare to be shocked brother."
Raynare had the same idea.
"I will pass on buying one. Nothing seems to get my attention. I think I will just have Azazel or my grandfather help me with that."
Kurayami saw no issue with it.
"That is fine. Going shopping was just a way for you girls to get some relaxation in."
Amaterasu remembered when she talked about this at the restaurant. It was a good time to talk about it.
"I did say the stronger you get the more things to lose their worth. Natsume, when you were just a normal human how much would you desire this dress."
She pointed at a random one next to her. Natsume's ears twitched as she thought about it.
"I would do anything I could do to get it. I was rather poor, so that dress would make my year."
Amaterasu smiled at that.
"How much do you think it is worth now?"
Natsume brutally answered again.
"Worthless and not worth much. I can make something more valuable with the snap of my fingers, but shopping is still fun."
Nyx shrugged.
"I guess as someone who was never human I cannot appreciate the fun in this. I could just take every dress on a whim so I can't relate."
Amaterasu rolled her eyes.
"Why am I not surprised a Greek goddess's first thought is to use their power to bully weaklings."
Nyx crossed her arms as she glanced at one of the male attendant felt his knees grow weak.
'Mom, I want to go to church.'
"You look down on me Amaterasu. That is and always has been beneath me. Unless I want to eat their souls, but no thanks. I will eat my fill in Hell."
Artemis covered her face in shame.
"Don't remind me of my old days. I was not a very good person back then."
Amaterasu laughed at her.
"You don't have to tell me twice. I think it was you became my friend that you stopped being so greek. With the kind of family you have it is only natural you are a little crazy."
Artemis crossed her arms.
"I am not crazy."
Kurayami shrugged.
"If it is about crazy no one can top me."
They had from time to time looked into his memories with his permission so they knew some of the darker things he had done. Akeno nodded.
"Eating your enemies is at the top of that list Kurayami. Thinking about it makes me hurl."
Kurayami laughed.
"I only did it a few times. I was even tempted to eat Kokabiel, but I stopped myself."
Esdeath recoiled at the thought.
"I am glad you didn't. Picturing you eating him looks too gross."
Kurayami looked back to the days of surviving out in the Sahara or Siberia. He was a cold-blooded executioner as no matter how many special forces groups were sent after him they all ended up piles of death. It was nice to look back on compared to the other shit he went through.
"We can look back to those memories in time. We got a full day to use."
Kuraaymi kept his promise and for the next 24 hours, he and the girls walked around the shopping distract buying up anything that caught their eyes. They wanted to make the most of it as in a few months they would be in Hell for who knows how many years.
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