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Marude-cotton

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After deciding on the team name design, we decided to end the work for now. Dia and Marcosias already looked sleepy.

“Piyo~… sleepy piyo ne…” (Dia)

“Wau wau. I am too, you know.” (Marcosias)

“Ugo ugo, shall we sleep first?” (Wood)

Stella and I bundled the papers together and cleaned up.

“I want to quickly take a shower before sleeping… You may go ahead and sleep first.” (Stella)

“Ah… I’ll also just quickly take a shower and then sleep…” (Elt)

“Piyo… The two of you, going to shower together, piyo?” (Dia)

““Pfft.”” (Elt/Stella)

Stella and I burst out laughing at the same time. When I glanced at her, she had her head down and was suddenly blushing bright red. I might be just as red myself.

“Wau~… That kind of thing… might be a bit too early still, you know. Wafuu.” (Marcosias)

Marcosias was mumbling with a perfectly timed yawn in between.

“Ugo ugo, if we’re sleeping, let’s go to the cotton space.” (Wood)

“That’s right piyo~… If we sleep here, our feathers will get all rough piyo yo…” (Dia)

Faaah… Dia yawned as well.

“I’ll watch over the three of them, so you can go ahead, Stella.” (Elt)

“Auh… I-I will gratefully accept your offer.” (Stella)

With a soft and loose movement, Stella headed for the shower.

The children were already in sleep mode. All three lay down in the cotton space. We could leave the light to a minimum now. The living room became quite dark. But with Stella it should be fine, and there’s also starlight.

While lying down, I petted Dia and Marcosias.

“Piyo yo~… Good night already, piyo…” (Dia)

“Ah, thank you for staying up late. You can sleep first.” (Elt)

“Piyo~… While petting Maru-chan’s back, I’ll sleep piyo ne…” (Dia)

“Wau~… With the Master’s fluffy warmth, I too… good night.” (Marcosias)

“Ugo ugo, good night.” (Wood)

While I was getting a bit drowsy, Stella returned to the living room. She felt warm and cozy. The children were already sleeping soundly. Stella came to my side and whispered.

“I’m back.” (Stella)

“You’re already done? That was fast.” (Elt)

“Yes… Indeed. I was quite sleepy from using my head…” (Stella)

“I see, me too.” (Elt)

It was my first time thinking about an original uniform, so it used more brain and nerves than expected. Quietly wriggling out of the cotton, I quickly cleaned myself up and decided to go to bed.

“You can sleep first.” (Elt)

I patted Stella’s head with a *pom*, then went to take a shower.

 

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The next morning.

I woke up with Stella clinging to me. This was the usual. I did not dislike it at all. Then, after eating breakfast, we went to the Adventurer Guild. We had to do normal work as well. In the meantime, I had Brown deliver a letter to Leia explaining the outline, along with a copied version of the design.

I set the meeting for the afternoon. In the early afternoon, Leia appeared in my office. I had expected this, so Stella was also here. From the knock, I could tell Leia’s excitement level was high.

After entering and finishing greetings, Leia nodded vigorously up and down.

“I have understood the outline… I see, I see! This is good!” (Leia)

“That’s right…! It suits Wildball perfectly, doesn’t it!” (Stella)

“No distinction of gender or status… There is no way it could be bad!” (Leia)

This was even more well-received than I expected. Since Leia always wore a cockatrice hat, I figured she would understand. It would not be strange if she had ambitions to sell cockatrice hats to all of humanity. As long as the design featured a cockatrice, I believed she would be on board.

“I don’t plan to change the design drastically any further. The rest is about tools and materials…” (Elt)

“I keep plenty of tools on hand for emergencies. If you use those…” (Leia)

“Emergencies?” (Elt)

“Hats and plushies need repairs, no, rather, for adventurers, equipment is a lifeline. I have tools capable of making reasonably good clothes.” (Leia)

“I see…” (Elt)

Certainly, even for entering a forest, it was better to have things like trousers and gloves. If they tore, they would need sewing.

“The problem is materials. Honestly, there are not many that combine practicality and appearance.” (Leia)

“Adventurer equipment does not require distinctiveness… It would make you easier to spot by monsters.” (Stella)

“Do you have any material requests?” (Leia)

In response to Leia’s question, I organized my thoughts and spoke.

“Since we will be moving around, stretchability is important. Also breathability. It’s not good if heat builds up.” (Elt)

“Since it’s outdoors, there will be dirt too. It must be washable many times, or at least reasonably inexpensive.” (Stella)

“That’s right… Water resistance would also be appreciated. It’s not a sport done in the rain, but sudden rain ruining the clothes would be bad.” (Elt)

Looking at it like this, those were quite a lot of conditions.

“Hmm… For durability, that one might be perfect.” (Leia)

“You have something in mind?” (Elt)

“There is some in the dungeon of Zanzas. Marude-cotton.” (Leia)

“Ah, there was something like that on the first floor…” (Stella)

It seemed Stella remembered it.

“But that was said to be difficult to process…” (Stella)

“That’s right, that’s right. It’s not suited for formal wear. Rather than decoration, it’s durable, mainly used for clothes for children or craftsmen.” (Leia)

“I see… But for a uniform it should be fine. And processing…” (Elt)

“If you have mana, it should be possible, right?” (Stella)

Leia nodded to Stella’s question. If used as-is it was fine, but processing required mana. That certainly made it a tricky material. However, assuming we were submitting it for the art festival, it was not bad. We needed to make a complete version first anyway. For mass production later, we could use other materials. First, we needed to make it decently well.

“Yes. In that case, I will make arrangements to have it procured immediately.” (Leia)

“Also order decorative thread. Yellow or blue would be good…” (Elt)

And so, we requested the tools and materials from Leia. For now, it seemed they would be gathered. The rest was to actually make it.

 

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