Chapter 356: Knowledge Transfer

“Futon, eh…”

Jin soon realized that Elsa was talking about the futons made using magic-cotton.

“But won’t they have futons prepared already?”

“Mm. That’s true. But I can’t imagine them preparing one better than that.”

The futon made with magic-cotton and covered by magic-silk—the quality of it is certified by Elsa.

“I see… Ah, but, what do I do if it doesn’t match the bed’s size?”

“Then you just also make the bed.”

Elsa is quite sharp today. No, maybe Jin is a bit dull today.

“Got it, that sounds good. Thank you, Elsa.”

After saying thanks to Elsa, Jin turned to face Hanna.

“Hanna, are your teeth okay? Do they not hurt?”

It seems he couldn’t focus because he was worried about about Hanna.

“No, vig vrather. Am phine.”

I guess her pronouncing it like that can’t be helped. After all, one of her bottom and top front teeth are out.

“That reminds me, Elsa, do you have any cavity?”

“Mm, no.”

“Jin-sama, I had taught Elsa to properly clean her mouth since she was young.”

Mine also added.

“Since that day, I have also been guiding the other kids in the village. For good or bad, maybe because they don’t have many food with sugar or maybe their teeth are strong, there aren’t any kids with cavity.”

“I haven’t heard anyone getting a cavity in this village.”

Martha also smiled, showing her teeth. All 32 of teeth were clean and all there.

“Hmm, there’s probably a reason behind it but…”

For now, Jin was relieved knowing that the chances of the kids getting cavity in Kaina village are low.

And so, he went into the main topic of making the futon.

“Can you tell how big are the general futons?”

Jin asked Mine.

“Yes, if a newly wed couple were to use it…”

Having stopped there once, Mine had this bitter expression. She probably remembered something of the past.

“About 2.2 meters tall and 2.2 meters wide, I’d say. It’s the same for mattress’ and quilts.”

That’s close to being king size in modern Earth.

“Thanks… and sorry.”

“What are you apologizing about?”

Mine said with a smile.

“Now then, about the processing of the cloth.”

Jin had come to Hourai island with Elsa.

He thought he would teach her how to process cloth using this opportunity. He had Reiko line up the samples.

“As you can see, magic-silk has many different kinds depending on the weaving pattern and thread’s thickness. That’s what I want you to remember first.”

In modern Earth terms-plain fabrics, twill fabric and satin weave. The weave and weft ratio is respectively 1:1, 1:2 (1 weft more for every weave) and 1:3 (2 weft more for every weave).

It is the chiffon organdy tulle fine Japanese silk in terms of fabric variety.

“……”

Elsa was fascinated by the feel of that fabric.

“You listening?”

Jin called back Elsa to which she hurriedly nodded.

“First, we cut it according to the size. We will be using separation. What’s different between this and getting the required amount from ingot is instead of the weight or amount, you imagine the size of it.”

“Mm. I understand.”

“It will be better if you think you can’t get it just the size you imagine from the get go. If you deviate, it would be good if it’s bigger. It would be a bit more waste in terms of materials but it will be better than having one too small.”

After explaining in detail, Jin decided to show her.

“’Separation’.”

He processed a medium thickness plain weave fabric. As it was extra-large, the weaved fabric was about 2.5 meters in width.

Thinking of the final size, he cut it at 2 meter 30 cm in length and width. And made 4 of those.

“You would normally sew them up together but if you use engineering magic ‘joint’…”

The threads joined cleanly and they were done in a moment.

“If I just add magic-cotton inside and join them from 4 sides…”

And with that, the futon was ready.

“In this size, the cotton padding might be a bit more so sewing up in a few places would be good as well.”

Jin explained how that would stick the outer layer and inner layer making the insulation fall. And so he sewed a few areas together with magic-silk threads.

“How is it?”

“……Wonderful. So this is how futons were made.”

Elsa was amazed seeing how the futon she was using currently was made.

“Now then, try practicing with these scraps of clothing.”

He handed over about 20 cm worth of clothing and told her to practice separation and joint.

“’Joint’. ‘Separation’. ‘Joint’. ‘Separation’.”

She joined them and separated them over a few times to grasp the feeling of it.

“…It’s hard.”

The threads did not properly join.

“Haha, it would be hard doing it all of a sudden. Take back that cloth and try practicing at home.”

“Mm. I will do my best.”