Tall buildings lined streets paved with neat squares of pale yellow stone.
Shops of every size stood on both sides of the streets, serving all kinds of customers. Some were well dressed, while others looked down on their luck.
Now and then, a shopkeeper even threw a drunk out onto the street.
Dressrosa lay in the tropics. The weather was hot, but not oppressively so.
Werther walked with Ruri Chie along a bustling street, where crowds streamed past without end.
Fashionably dressed men and women passed them from time to time. Ruri Chie's purple kimono drew plenty of eyes.
"Chie, I'll take you somewhere good."
Without waiting for her answer, Werther stepped into a shop.
The sign read "Alice Clothing Store."
A young woman came forward to greet them with a warm smile.
"Welcome to Alice Clothing Store. Please, come in."
She gestured them inside and stepped slightly aside.
Werther silently approved. Dressrosa's service industry must have been well developed.
Both the attendant they had met earlier and this young woman seemed to live by the rule that the customer came first.
"Chie, pick out some new clothes. Wano Country is gone, and you'll stand out if you keep wearing that kimono."
Ruri Chie nodded and began looking around for something suitable. The young woman joined her, explaining the clothes in detail.
Werther sat down in the rest area, a little bored, and waited for Ruri Chie to finish shopping.
Before long, he heard a bashful voice.
"Miss, I really can't try this on for you. You'll have to try it yourself." It was the young woman.
"How am I supposed to try it on? I don't even know what it's for."
That was Ruri Chie. Werther got up and walked toward their voices.
When he reached them, he found