Chapter 422: Sea Elf

Shoal Bay was home to the only branch of the Adventurer Association in the Southern Archipelago, where a large number of adventurers gathered all year round.

Even in the "White Cliff District," the upper area of the town, adventurers were not uncommon, and the status of some high-level professionals was even higher than that of some nobles.

Therefore, for Xia Nan who walked into the tailor shop, this pair of well-dressed father and daughter did not have any special performance, just subconsciously restrained their voices because of the appearance of an outsider and stopped discussing the topic just now.

Out of caution, Xia Nan observed the two people in front of him very carefully.

What was very interesting was that for him who walked into the room, the subtle changes in the expressions of these two people were completely different.

The middle-aged man who looked like a father appeared polite and careful, even taking the initiative to nod to Xia Nan who was looking at him, but his feet subconsciously took a step forward, and his left hand had the action of subconsciously blocking in front of his daughter beside him, obviously vigilant against this strange adventurer who suddenly entered the enclosed space;

And the noble girl beside him did not have so many precautions; she first glanced toward Xia Nan subconsciously because of the bell ringing when the door was pushed, and after withdrawing her gaze, she scanned her eyes over again as if she had realized it later, one glance after another.

Xia Nan estimated that it should be because of his modeling that was developing toward a "perfect creature," as well as his 6 points of Charisma attribute.

Having gradually become accustomed to it, he didn't pay much attention, just thinking about opening his mouth to ask the two about the whereabouts of the shopkeeper, when a light sound of footsteps suddenly came from the inner room of the tailor shop.

His gaze followed and looked over, and the room door was pushed open from the inside.

What came into view was a male Half-Elf with a tall and stretched figure.

Different from Haian and Leda whom Xia Nan had seen before, the body of this suspected tailor shopkeeper Half-Elf was significantly taller, half a head taller than himself, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall.

His limbs were slender but did not appear weak, and one could see obvious muscle lines; he didn't know if it was the habit of exercising normally or the subtle difference between racial subspecies.

Just like the vast and boundless beautiful ocean outside Bay Town, the skin of this Half-Elf presented a very light, pale blue color like sea mist; the surface was delicate and smooth, as if it could reflect light, and one couldn't see excess hair;

The blue-green hair was combed meticulously behind his head, and one couldn't see a strand of disorder at the temples; the pupils of his eyes were a deeper sea-abyss dark green than his hair color.

Among them, the most eye-catching were the meat-seam lines, each three on the left and right sides, that were extremely subtle and practically existed below his beautifully lined neck, near the collarbone position.

Having already sensed the identity of the Half-Elf in front of him, Xia Nan knew clearly in his heart what those few strange meat seams actually were:

——Fish gills.

Obviously, this was a mixed-blood of a human and a "Sea Elf."

Elves were a peculiar kind of creature.

They had a long and glorious history and had established countless brilliant and dazzling civilizations.

And the vast majority of their groups had extremely high attainments in the artistic level and had extremely high affinity with natural forces and magic particles.

But perhaps it was precisely this kind of racial characteristic of being the "world's favorite" and the extremely strong environmental adaptability that allowed elves to possess many different subspecies all over the world.

Sea Elves were one of them.

As the name suggested, these elves lived almost their entire lives in the depths of the ocean; fish gills, webbed palms, dorsal fins... the body structure that had completely evolved into aquatic creatures made it very rare and difficult for them to step on land.

In reality, the vast majority of Sea Elves were basically not interested in things outside their territory; they often spent their time on artistic forms such as sculpture and music and rejected dealings with intelligent creatures from the outside world.

Therefore, even if the scope was expanded to the entire Shoal Bay, the number of adventurers who had seen this unique subspecies of elf in the ocean with their own eyes would absolutely not be many.

And a mixed-blood of a Sea Elf like the shopkeeper in front of him could be described as "rare."

Regarding this, the shopkeeper himself didn't seem to mind his own racial identity very much; from the shop sign and his dress of deliberately exposing his tightly closed fish gills, one could see that he was even quite proud of the Sea Elf bloodline in his body.

Wearing a light grey round-neck narrow-sleeve silk long shirt, the tailoring was fit, and a dark brown leather work vest was worn outside; the lower body was a pair of slim-fit long trousers of the same color as the shirt, and the trouser legs were straight; the only accessory on his whole body was a platinum bracelet on his left wrist that reflected a soft luster, with wave-like pattern designs carved on it.

Being the boss of the tailor shop himself, his taste in dress went without saying; it was simple but not lacking in decency, serious but not appearing old-fashioned, a set of work clothes that very much fit his own personality.

Walking out from the inner room, he held two rolls of fabric that were not small in volume in his arms, but his posture did not have the slightest embarrassment or urgency; he walked steadily to the wooden table used for reception and placed the two rolls of fabric on the desktop at the same angle lightly:

"Sorry, let the two of you wait a long time, Baron, Miss Ellie."

The Half-Elf had a touch of apology on his face, but his hand movements did not stop; he took out a roll of thick paper tied with a dark blue silk ribbon from under the counter, faced the father and daughter who walked over, and slowly unfolded it on the desktop.

"According to the data measured last time, as well as Miss Ellie's own temperament and preferences, I have designed a total of three plans."

"Among them, the one I think is most suitable for you is this one."

The slender fingers, more slender than ordinary humans, tapped lightly on the drawing, and the Half-Elf introduced.

"The main material adopts multi-layer composite ice-white cloud satin; the unique luster similar to pearls peculiar to this kind of fabric, while ensuring the drape, has an extreme sense of fluidity when the skirt sways; the texture is soft and will not have cheap reflection."

Participating in the customization of a long skirt for the first time, the young noble lady, looking at the drawing on the table, had eyes shining, pointing to the complex decoration on the waist of the long skirt on the pattern:

"Mr. Saileiannie, these... are pearls?"

"You can understand it this way." The tailor shopkeeper Saileiannie had a rigorous attitude, took out a sample bead the size of half a fingernail from his bosom, and handed it to the noble lady on the opposite side of the table, "Here I plan to use seventy-two pearls of similar size, which can not only control the cost within the limited range but also enhance the overall beauty of this dress to the maximum extent, making its overall luster as natural as waves under any light."

The noble lady stared at the pearls reflecting the rainbow light between her fingers and was already fascinated.

Beside her, her Baron father noticed the key point:

"Seventy-two? How about the weight and firmness?"

"Please rest assured, I have calculated these into account."

Saileiannie turned the drawing over a page, revealing the paper with a large amount of dense formula data below, signaling.

"The overall weight has been balanced and distributed; even the most intense exercise will not cause the fabric to deform, and each pearl has multiple fixed points on the clothing material, which is much firmer than ordinary clothing buttons, so there is no need to worry about the problem of falling off."

"In addition..."

The Half-Elf's slender fingers drew an arc in the air, inadvertently smoothing the somewhat messy drawing, and pointed to another stack of apricot-grey fabric beside it.

"The color design of the main dress is to highlight Miss Ellie's own brilliance, but if it ends here, it will appear too monotonous."

"So I additionally designed a shawl for matching; the apricot-grey color echoes the lady's beautiful pupils; with the two matched, Miss Ellie will become the most dazzling pearl at the banquet."

Hearing the Half-Elf say this, a satisfied look appeared on the Baron's face.

This plan far exceeded his expectations, and the pricing was also within the budget set before, so he couldn't help but nod slightly, looking at his daughter beside him:

"Impeccable, Mr. Saileiannie."

"Ellie, what do you think?" ===== CHAPTER 423 =====