Chapter 56 - First day in the city
Yaci and I walk the road, approaching the southern gate of the city of Amapytu. There is a flow of people coming in and out, and the guards aren’t stopping anyone.
"Don’t look at the guards; act naturally."
I whisper to Yaci, and then she takes a position one step behind me, behaving as a bodyguard would.
I am using an illusion to make my clothes look more like what a human young commoner girl would wear on a travel through the countryside.
I’m using the same spell on Yaci, but in her case, I change her clothes only just enough to seem like normal leather armor used by humans.
We pass through the gates without being stopped, which comes as a big relief for us. After we’re inside the city, we keep an eye on any clothes shop we might come to find.
When we find one that looks suitable, we enter to buy clothes for ourselves, so we wouldn’t need to rely on the illusions all the time.
I buy a little frilly dress that makes me look like an innocent little girl, incapable of doing harm to a fly.
Yaci, on the other hand, chooses a loose robe, which lets her keep the leather clothing below it as a layer of defense.
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The next task on our To Do list is to find an inn.