Flora was wearing a moon-white mage robe of the Healing School, twisting her body and carefully observing. The mage robe was generally loose-fitting, without the shoulder pads and waist cinchers that Flora had worn all her life. The texture was extremely soft and smooth, even more comfortable than the commoner's dress she had previously worn, which made Flora reluctant to let it go.
When she was a holy maiden before, whether it was her regular clothing or her formal attire for public occasions, they were all directly ordered by the Holy See from a specialized tailor. As for Flora's own preferences, nobody cared about them. The holy maiden was an important image spokesperson for the Holy See to the common people, so the Holy See was also fully responsible for her attire. It had to be suitable for every occasion and not mixed with her personal emotions.
So this time, Abis brought Flora to a newly opened high-end clothing store in the city, allowing her to choose the clothes she wanted, which slightly improved Flora's somewhat low mood due to the barbaric Paladins.
"It seems that you really like white clothes?" Abis crossed his arms and looked at Flora with satisfaction. "The first time I saw you, you were wearing a black dress with gold trim. I thought that was your taste."
"Of course, I didn't choose that dress myself," Flora said unhappily.
Abis pondered for a moment with his fingers, as if there were indeed not many people who had the opportunity to choose their own funeral attire.
"This mage robe suits your wife's temperament very well," the shop owner approached with a smiling face. "This dress is made of the best fabric, specifically designed for female mages. It not only benefits the skin, but also has three embedded magic arrays. It can resist dust, impact, and keep you warm with just a little injection of magic power. It is very practical. I believe you won't regret buying it." His throat seemed to have phlegm, and his voice was hoarse.
"She's not my wife! She's not my wife!" Flora blushed and quickly waved her hands.
"Oh, so she's your fiancée. My apologies," the shop owner gave a flawless bow.
Flora stammered, wanting to explain, but Abis directly said, "How much is it? I'll take this dress."
"This dress is sold for ten thousand empire coins, but you two are the first customers to come to the store today, and this beautiful lady is a mage. I can give you a discount. Eight thousand five hundred empire coins," the shop owner's smile didn't change a bit. It was obvious that he had developed it over the years. "What do you think?"
"Eight thousand five hundred empire coins?" Flora quickly calculated after hearing the price. She and Abis had received a large sum of money from the guild yesterday, but it was still less than twenty thousand. This dress would cost nearly half of it. Although she didn't have a concept of money, she could vaguely feel that it was extravagant. "It's too expensive!"
"It is indeed too expensive, not cost-effective." Abis shook his head too.
The shop owner maintained his smile, but seemed less enthusiastic. He cleared his throat. "Ahem, then I can take you to see the mage robes without the embedded magic arrays. They would be much cheaper, only a few hundreds of empire coins each."
"No, no, thank you." Abis seemed a little disgusted as he waved his hand.
"This..." The shop owner showed a troubled expression. "What is the guest's intention?"
"If she likes it, how could I not buy it for her? As long as you give her a set of matching undergarments for this dress, as well as the shirts and pants for the inside."
"Ah, I misunderstood. I see now. Since you two really want it, I will bear the loss and make a friend!" The shop owner walked towards the underwear section. As he passed Abis, he winked deliberately. "Does the lady prefer something wild or sweet for underwear?"
"Something wild." Abis nodded with his eyes closed.
"Just something ordinary!" Flora shouted anxiously.
The shop owner went to get the clothes that matched the mage robe, and Flora was admiring herself in the mirror, slowly trying on the first dress she had chosen. Abis saw that neither of them was paying attention to him, so he secretly extended a finger toward the shop owner and quietly recited a prayer.
A golden light flashed at the tip of Abis's finger, and the shop owner, who was rummaging through the clothes, suddenly paused for a moment before continuing his actions. He brought over a set of undergarments and clothes that perfectly matched the mage robe, but his expression seemed a bit unnatural."What's wrong, boss?" Abis put on a faint smile and asked, pretending to be concerned.
"Well... my chronic pharyngitis that usually acts up in winter suddenly got a lot better..." The shop owner's voice suddenly became clearer. "It's strange..."
"A chronic illness is like a chronic illness, it can inexplicably get better on its own." Abis proudly rubbed the tips of his fingers with his palm, like a gentleman playing billiards.
At first, the shop owner thought it made sense, but upon careful consideration, this guy was just talking nonsense!
Abis didn't do anything bad just now, he only tried using Spirits with his own body. During his conversation with the Spirits shaman's ghost, Abis learned a lot from him. He memorized all sorts of Spirits' prayers, but Abis didn't go through the Church's baptism and didn't believe in any deities. Even if he recited the prayers, there would be no miracles. Abis never felt the need to worship any deity from the beginning, even if these guys could truly perform miracles. Moreover, Abis personally went to the divine realm later and found out that these deities were just a group of miserable workers.
What he just used was mid-level Spirits, the Healing Art. It could directly cure minor illnesses of the target, but the cost was that the disease would be transferred to the user's body. However, Abis was a necromancer. Although he still had a life, his body was not much different from that of a dead person, so he didn't worry about getting sick.
This spell was actually unnecessary, but Abis' goal was not to help the shop owner with his illness. He just wanted to try if Flora, as his familiar, would really transfer her power to him. And the fact was obvious, as Flora developed her first liking towards Abis, he did indeed possess Flora's power. Although this power was still not very noticeable and seemed useless, it meant a lot to Abis.
The replica of The Creator's power, once guided Flora's ancestor to become the greatest Holy Knight in the history of the Church under the name "Super Holy Knight System", and later awakened in Flora in the form of a super strong Spirits talent. Now, after two twists and turns, a part of it finally fell into Abis' hands.
Obtaining the power of a familiar couldn't be considered theft... familiar!... Can the matter of a necromancer be considered theft?