Book 2: Chapter 25
I pushed open the door to the red-lady’s shop, and the smell of metal filled my nose once again.
She raised her head from among a pile of random metal devices to look at me, and waved her hand casually to greet me: “You’re here, prince.”
I think the most awesome figure in the city must be her…
“Hey, uh.. Big sis!!” Just as I was to call her aunty, I saw her emit a dangerous light from her eyes so I immediately changed my choice of words. She nodded with satisfaction, folded her arms across her breasts and waited for me to speak. I looked at her and said: “Umm, I want to discuss my…”
“Oh, your armour, right? It’s done. That piece of armour was actually very easy to make. You just have to purify the ‘defence’ spell into pure magic and then cast it onto something else. I prepared some undergarments for you and then cast the spell onto it. I also increased the strength of the spell. Hmm… This is the one.”
She carefully took out a white undergarment that looked very normal without any decorations from a paper bag. There was just a coat of arms added to the chest region. It’s the same one as the twin-headed eagle in the palace. Perhaps the coat of arms was something that belonged to the royal family. She shook it around and then placed it on a shelf to the side. She then handed me a flintlock pistol and said: “In the past, the Earth Dragons weren’t able to defend against arrows or piercing attacks from spears due to their fragile scales. However, their reinforced silk can. A strong beast may be able to break a wooden cage, but it can’t break a net made from rope. Fire the gun at the undergarment and see for yourself.”
No matter how I looked at the undergarment, I just couldn’t see how it had any defence capabilities…
I picked up the loaded flintlock gun and pulled the trigger. An ear-piercing sound rung through the room. The smell of smoke made Nier frown and back up a few steps. I fanned the white smoke away with my hand, and walked up to the undergarment. I’ve never used a flintlock gun, but I wouldn’t miss at such a close range, right? The garment floated in the air. The red haired-lady grabbed it and lay it flat on the table.
There wasn’t so much as a mark on the garment. The red-haired lady bent over, threw a black bullet onto the table and proudly said: “See that? It’s all thanks to me adding the spell to the silk. That’s why I said that no blades could penetrate this piece of armour. However, this garment won’t reduce the impact behind a strike. It can reduce it a bit, but… In other words, if I were to fire a shot at your back, the bullet won’t pierce you, but the impact of the bullet will still thump you.”