Chapter 38 – Date with Rena [2]

Alfan Boutique.

That was the name of the store that Rai and Rena visited. Its exterior was futuristic, with a hologram sign floating on top of an automatic door. A 3D hologram fat lucky cat moved its paw up and down to welcome the new customers.

From what could be seen from the big windows, there were many tech wears and some traditional clothing inside. Dresses and skirts were also displayed behind a glass display. Some advertisement banners with cute and handsome models floated around inside the store.

"Let's enter! Nyahaha, I will find some good clothes for you."

Rena pulled Rai's hand slightly, urging him to enter together with her.

Rai just sighed softly and followed right behind her. He had no aversion to choosing clothes because his appearance was great enough to become a model. However, he didn't want to be excessive, so he made sure to warn Rena.

"We will only spend 2 hours at maximum in this one store." He said with a firm tone.

Hearing how girls shopped back on Earth, having a time limit was important. If not, they would try all clothes in the store before leaving to check another.

'That will be a waste of this day off.' He thought as he saw Rena stop, looking at him strangely.

"You want to shop that long?" The clown girl asked with a confused expression. "And here I plan to shop for only 30 minutes because I want to show you some beautiful places."

"…" Rai was speechless.

Was the woman here different from the one on Earth? They didn't like window shopping?! However, he needed to reply fast, or he would need to find clothes in 2 hours!

"30 minutes are good enough." He nodded at Rena, inviting a smile on her face.

"Hehehe, that's right. You are mistaken if you think I would shop for over an hour! I am not such a girl!" Rena smiled smugly underneath her mask and puffed her chest with her hands on her hips. "I spent last night researching clothes that fit you best before coming here! And I found two sets!" She exclaimed.

Without a doubt, Rena had prepared for this date because she was the one who invited Rai. She wouldn't appear planless and spent time wondering where they would go. That was just a waste of time that they could use to have fun together.

'Nyahaha, I will surprise him tonight after we have fun all day!' She thought in her mind as she giggled cutely.

Even though Rena's mood turned slightly sour earlier, she was now full of spirit to have fun.

Both of them entered the store together. The automatic door opened with a zoop, and a cheerful voice rang from the small speaker above the door.

"Welcome to Alfan Boutique~ Happy shopping~!"

Following that, a humanoid robot appeared from behind a door and bowed at them politely. It then took place behind the cashier and just standing there, waiting for them to finish shopping.

Looking around, Rai noticed something a bit unusual.

'There is no human tending this store? Will it be okay?'

However, seeing how many holograms and cameras in the whole city, as well as possibly armed robots, Rai cleared his thoughts out of his mind. It was because he knew that it would be safer and easier to tend a store with a robot.

Not only could the owner relax at home, but he wouldn't also be in danger if Extity or some criminals decided to attack the city.

If he went with that line of thought, then it would not be strange if this store used a robot and operated automatically without any humans.

At that moment, Rena called out to him.

"Rai, over here!"

Who knew when she moved to the corner of the store in front of a mirror and held two sets of clothes, one in each hand? Rai was surprised at her speed but still walked to her nonetheless.

He stopped in front of her, and she raised those clothes.

"How is it? You already have red and black, so I think blue and black will suit you too! Try them!"

"Should I? It's just a different color from the one I currently wear."

"Yes, try it. There is also an orange one, both of them will look good on you. If you don't like them, I can find another type of clothes for you."

"Let's try these first." Rai nodded without saying anything else.

He took those clothes and entered the dressing room. It was a set of black shirts with a unique design, a puffy techwear jacket with different interior colors, and long black pants with many pockets and matching strip colors.

All of them looked rather cool, but it was a unisex design. Rena probably chose them because, with his androgynous appearance, Rai didn't fit to wear masculine clothes and strongly refused to wear a feminine one.

When he tried them, he looked at his reflection and frowned.

'These are heavy.' He thought.

Not liking the design, Rai took them off and wore his previous outfit. After putting them back on, he realized that he liked it best.

"Let's just find some shirts and another jacket with a similar design." He muttered and turned around. The automatic door of the dressing room opened, and he exited.

Just as he stepped out and was about to say something to Rena, the girl had been waiting in front of the small booth.

"Nyahaha, looking at your expression, I bet you don't like that. Try these instead. It's simpler than the previous one."

Miss Clown gave him three shirts with different colors, from black, white, and dark red. It was as if she could read his thoughts and had already prepared beforehand. Or she just wanted to prank him by giving him the set of clothes he clearly didn't want to wear.

Sighing, Rai gave Rena the clothes he held and entered the dressing room again with the new clothes given to him. He tried them all quickly and liked the simple design.

These were good enough for daily use.

Afterward, they bought these three clothes for 600 Grinds and left the store. It was more expensive than average due to its good materials and branded goods.

Exiting the store, Rai held a bag of new clothes he had just bought and looked at Rena.

"Where are we going next?"

"Let's go to the Fun Building next. Tonight, there will be a famous idol group performing. Nyahaha, there might be a Magical Girls group performing some dance and music too."

"Let's go," Rai replied almost immediately and began walking. He knew about this Fun Building from the information he read in the library.

Many entertainers, such as dancers and group bands, often performed in the main hall. Of course, there were some Magical Girls too. Some of them who were talented in singing and dancing often created a group to perform in the Fun Building sometimes.

One such group was Luminesce. The reason why they were famous besides their strength was because they were cute and could sing well!

And Rai was excited to know that there was a possibility a Magical Girl group would perform in the Fun Building. He didn't expect this if Rena didn't mention it earlier.

He was grateful for Miss Clown right now.

Before he crossed the intersection, he stopped and looked over his shoulder.

"What are we waiting for?"

Rena smiled widely and giggled, running toward him with light steps.

"Nyahahaha, I know that you will be interested in it. There will be a surprise that you would like waiting in the Fun Building."

Rai nodded with a wide smile, expecting this surprise to be the Luminesce group performing some singing and dancing. That way, he could see them and expect something in the future if they were sent as reinforcement again when he had fun.

"I am looking forward to it."