Book 1: Chapter 83.2: Arriving at the Mall Part II

Book 1: Chapter 83.2: Arriving at the Mall Part II

Scarlet

Surprisingly, we end up just straight up skipping the front entrance and flying through some entrance that opens up in the side of the building, revealing a secret garage. Likely one meant for rich people.

The driver finds a place to drop us off before moving off to go find a parking spot where if Denise is to be believed he will sit and wait for us until were done with our business here.

Man, the rich life sounds very relaxing. Maybe I can reach that point some day?

Just imagining having a personal driver and limo to take me to fancy malls in a tier 1 city sounds like a very nice life.

Well, if I actually had interest in going to malls outside of buying video games, that is.

Anyways, some guide takes us and begins guiding us into the mall all while being very, very polite to us. As if walking on eggshells.

Then again, not just anyone can become the headmaster of a Guardians University. And Denises father is one of them, not to mention the fact that the other two here have Astra a Class V Guardian as their mother. A woman who I happen to know is one of the richest people on the planet.

We continue walking through the inner areas of the mall until we reach a balcony overlooking what looks to be the main thoroughfare of the place. A massive room with an enormous water fountain at the center of it, along with an ice rink next to that, and who knows how many stores lining the walls. There are also escalators leading to a second floor which branches off away from the main area and heads towards what looks to be an even fancier looking place, with fewer but on average more expensively clothed people. Likely some sort of VIP area of the mall.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.

Which means were in the VIP of the VIP areas? Or something like that.

I also cant help but notice the various glances being sent our way by everyone we pass by that isnt working for the store the workers themselves being disciplined enough to know not to do that. And there are at this point more glances towards my ears than I can count, making me feel rather uncomfortable.

Can I please go back to the base now?

Denise continues dragging us around the store for a while before it becomes Emilys turn, and she takes us straight to a video game store where she browses through all the new games. And this time I am actually a little bit interested, since these are all the newer games from the best companies. So I begin browsing myself a little bit under Denises amused but conflicted glance.

Guessing she feels conflicted about me being interested in games but not clothes?

Doesnt matter.

In the end I end up buying one game in particular that I had had my eye on a while back but could never even hope to afford. But now I can thanks to the paycheck I just got yesterday.

After that, we begin to go to a women focused clothing store and Michaels face turns beet red at some of the things inside of it. And he does actually try to leave a couple times to wait outside, but Denise and Emily both snub that idea on account of not having anyone to push the cart.

I think I pity him, I hear Tar mutter in my mind, apparently paying attention to the guys struggle.

Ive seen Artoria shes one of Belles friends that came with her to the orphanage from time to time to visit and became friends with some of us drag around her boyfriend while shopping with me and Belle once. So this isnt really anything new to me. Although at the time I was just hoping to get home as quickly as possible to study and then play some games.

Brutal, Tar mutters before going silent again.

Maybe. But its his plight, not mine. And Im gonna leave it at that.

Eventually both Emily and Denise turn to me with a suspicious look in their eyes that has me stepping back one step with a frown on my face. But just a moment later, a shattering sound echoes all around us, following which the air gains a very faint red tint to it, signifying a Fracture opening up here.

Wow. Two times in just as many weeks that I end up caught up in a Fracture in this city.

At least I dont have to deal with whatever theyre plotting.