Ogura Shop was the best clothing store in Inazuma City. She remembered it clearly from when she did Kamisato Ayaka's Story Quest.
She wanted to ask how much it would cost to repair this kimono, and she would get it fixed as soon as she had the money.
The kimono was in a bag, and she hoped the owner of Ogura Shop could repair her clothes.
"Welcome to Ogura Shop, what can I help you with?" Ogura Mio asked.
"I wanted to ask, do you offer clothing repair services here?"
"Of course! I guarantee that as long as it's not foreign attire, Ogura Shop can fix it!"
"Then please help me check how much it would cost to repair this garment."
Shiki said, placing the kimono from the bag onto the table. Ogura Mio's eyes lit up at the sight. If she wasn't mistaken, the kimono's material should be silk, right?
The moment she saw the girl, she felt her temperament was very special. She didn't expect her to truly be from a wealthy family.
Due to the seclusion decree, imported goods from other nations were ridiculously expensive, especially luxury items like silk.
Ogura Mio picked up the kimono and examined it carefully. It was a chū-furisode style, but it had some slight differences from the chū-furisode she was familiar with, and there was a family crest on it that she didn't recognize.
However, the family crest didn't matter. What mattered was that this high-quality chū-furisode had its beauty ruined by a tear on the chest.
"My dear customer, you were truly careless to make such a large hole."
"Can it be repaired?"
"Uh, yes, it can, but because it's silk, the price will be..."
"If it can be repaired, just tell me the price. I'll bring it to you when I have the money."
"Two hundred thousand Mora."
Shiki was slightly stunned. She thought she had misheard. Two hundred thousand Mora? Was it that expensive?
On Earth, repairing a piece of clothing would cost at most a few hundred yuan. In Teyvat, it directly became two hundred thousand?
But two hundred thousand had to be paid! She only brought two things from Earth: this piece of clothing and the milk tea she threw away at the beginning.
To get it repaired, let alone two hundred thousand, she would pay four hundred thousand.
Of course, she still had to bargain.
"By the way, can it be cheaper? Two hundred thousand is enough for me to buy three new ones."
Shiki said, glancing at the kimonos on the display rack. The price tag of 68,888 gave her full confidence in lowering the price.
"Customer, this is silk. Under the seclusion decree, textiles like this, which can only be imported from Liyue, cannot be cheap."
Ogura Mio shook her head helplessly. She wasn't inflating the price; silk was genuinely expensive.
Shiki frowned slightly upon hearing this. She hadn't expected the seclusion decree to make prices in Inazuma so outrageous.
"Can it really not be any cheaper?"
"Sigh... How about this, I can reduce the price by fifty thousand Mora, just to cover the cost of the fabric. But in return, you need to help me with something, how does that sound?" Ogura Mio said after thinking.
"Oh? Tell me about it," Shiki said, intrigued. Helping out to save fifty thousand Mora? As long as it wasn't too much, she could accept it.
"It's like this: because of the Shogun's seclusion decree, people's desire to shop has decreased significantly. Ogura Shop hasn't sold many clothes recently."
Ogura Mio couldn't help but feel a little downcast as she spoke. She made a living by selling clothes, so not being able to sell them now was certainly frustrating.
"However, I did discover a slight turning point. A few days ago, Fontaine's new Kamera entered Inazuma, so I wanted to find a beautiful young girl with a unique temperament to be a model."
"But I've been looking for several days and haven't found anyone. Either their identity isn't suitable, or their temperament doesn't match."
"But you, customer, are different. Not only is your face exquisite, but your cool temperament reveals a hint of nobility. If you were to be the model, it would surely reignite people's desire to purchase."
"You just need to change into the clothes and smile at the Kamera. As a Reward, I can waive the fifty thousand Mora fee."
Shiki fell into thought upon hearing this, then she looked up and asked, "Just one photo is enough, right?"
"That's right," Ogura Mio nodded.
"Then if I take four photos, can you waive the entire fee?"
"Eh!?"
Ultimately, after negotiations between the two, four photos were changed to a photoshoot with four sets of kimonos. Each kimono photoshoot could have a maximum of nine photos, and as a Reward, Shiki would receive three hundred thousand Mora.
In other words, after deducting the two hundred thousand Mora repair fee, she would still earn an additional one hundred thousand Mora.
"Then this contract is finalized. Although this isn't Liyue, what that God created is universal throughout Teyvat," Ogura Mio said.
"Of course, I know that. Who doesn't know the name of the God of contract? Then I'll leave this garment to you. When do we start shooting?" Shiki asked.
"Please come back in a week. I need some time to custom-make the clothes according to your measurements."
"No problem. See you in a week, then."
"Mm, see you in a week."
After waving her hand, Shiki left Ogura Shop and turned towards the cherry tree outside Inazuma City. She hoped Tejima had finished his business by now?
Rewind to the moment they first parted: Tejima arrived at a ore shop deep in Hanamizaka.
There was no other way; Amenoma Smithy was truly a pain. If you wanted a custom-made sword, the buyer had to provide the ore themselves, which was quite absurd.
After selecting a few good pieces of White Iron and Amethyst, Tejima arrived at Amenoma Smithy.
"Long time no see, old friend. If you're here to catch up this time, let's not talk too much. I need you to forge a sword for me," Tejima said.
"Oh? Is your sword broken?" Tenmoku Fifteen asked.
"No, I've taken a disciple. This is for her."
"It's rare for you to take a disciple. Old rules, give me the ore, and come pick up the sword in three days."
"Mm, I'll bring her over later. She'll tell you her requirements."
...
Back to the present: Shiki returned to the cherry tree and was immediately pulled by the long-waiting Tejima to Amenoma Smithy.
"Since you're going to learn swordsmanship from me, you certainly can't practice empty-handed. Just tell that old man Fifteen directly what you want for your sword."
"..."
Listening to that address, Shiki knew that the two of them must have a good relationship, otherwise, they wouldn't be calling each other 'old man'.
"This is it."
When Tenmoku Fifteen saw the girl next to Uncle Tejima, his expression became a little more serious. As a sword forger, he had seen countless swordsmen, but none of them were as strange as her.
Everyone has their unique qualities, and these qualities prompt them to obtain Visions of different elements.