Chapter 1073: One Month Remaining
A large grin spread across Leon’s face as he stared at his reflection. As a King, he had a certain appearance to maintain in public, meaning that he often wore more elaborate costumes than he was typically comfortable with—and those elaborate outfits were often less ostentatious than Elise or his tailors wanted.
But the man staring back at him was dressed quite simply in a light, highly breathable silkgrass shirt so finely woven that it shimmered in the light of his dressing room. It was perfectly tailored, emphasizing his built shoulders and chest, and clinging aesthetically to his trim waist. The silkgrass was undyed at his request, and so was still its natural vibrant green color. Other than its fine weaving and tailoring, the shirt was completely undecorated.
He'd never had so finely made a shirt as the one he now wore when he was a child, but the tailors in Vale Town were still more than competent enough to make comfortable clothing, and what he now wore strongly reminded him of those days.
Joining the shirt was a simple pair of brown pants and lighter brown boots. He looked far from the King he was—if he had to guess his profession from his reflection, he might’ve guessed some kind of outdoorsman, though he would’ve also acknowledged his own bias as he did so.
From behind, he heard Elise quietly sigh.
“Something wrong?” he asked, looking back at his wife with some concern.
In contrast to him, she took to her Queenly status well, never failing to dress according to her station. Now, she was wearing silkgrass too, though her sleeveless top was dyed a brilliant blue with a scene of a thunderbird fighting against an enormous serpent embroidered in silver upon it. The top was paired with a long skirt weighed down with silver trim, and about her shoulders was a shawl featuring some of the snow lion fur given to them by Torfinn. Silver and sapphires bedecked her neck, wrists, fingers, and ears, while her hair had been loosely tied back with silver chains, from which hung more sapphires.
Neither she nor Leon thought that blue and silver were colors that complimented her that well, Leon still thought she looked incredible—and he certainly loved to see her wearing his colors, to boot.
Under her scrutinizing gaze and waiting for her response, Cassandra caught his eye. Valeria was there, too, but Maia was busy dealing with her lesser nymphs, who were soon to be entering their fertile periods and consequently seeking human mates. Both of them were dressed much more simply than Elise since they’d spent the morning sparring and hadn’t yet changed. Cassandra gave him an appraising look, too, so he struck a strongman pose and flexed.