Chapter 55

While the Demon King and Astares receive all the attention, the new residents are not limited to them alone.

The demon vice-commander who rolled in with Astares, Bati and Berena, continue to sit here as usual.

A certain change was beginning to occur in them as well.

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“Holy One, I have a matter to discuss.”

It was Bati, one of the twin girls, who said this.

It was unusual for her to come alone, as she usually acts together with Berena.

“The Holy One desires clothing, I hear.”

“You know a lot. Who told you that?”

To be precise, it’s stylish clothing like what a girl like Plati would wear.

I can make the clothing itself, but the fashion sense required is something even the ‘Bearer of the Supreme’ can’t handle.

Reluctantly, the ‘clothing that only serves its function’ that I made is exclusively for me and the orcs.

Recently, with not only Plati but also Astares, Berena, and the other female members, the purchase of stylish clothing, which had been put on hold, has become an urgent issue.

“In fact, my family ran a sewing shop.”

“Really?”

“It was a small shop in a rural area, mostly doing repairs. The shop went out of business, and I joined the Demon King’s army to earn a living, and fortunately, I was able to rise in rank. Then, I caught Lady Astares’s eye and became a vice-commander of the Four Heavenly Kings.”

“I see.”

I have a feeling something is coming.

“But the sewing skills I learned from my parents have never left me. I’ve been working under Lady Astares with the dream of one day making my own designs popular. I planned to open a clothing store with my retirement money after serving my term in the army…!”

This flow is good, very good.

“Can I make them here? Clothing that Plati and Lady Astares would like!?”

“Fantastic!!”

This is like a boat coming when you need to cross a river.

The solution to a long-standing problem has come to me.

“Make them as you like! If you want to focus on making clothes, you can take a break from field work! That’s what we need the most right now!”

“Thanks!!”

The negotiation was successful.

“If you need anything, just let me know! I have needles, scissors, and all kinds of tools, and I also have threads and fabrics!”

Mainly cotton fabric made from cultivated cotton!

“Actually, Holy One…!”

“What is it? You’re speaking so formally…!?”

“The fabric made from the strange plants you grew is good, but… there’s more, right?”

“!?”

Keen eyes! Did you notice that!?

It all started when I received a bird monster, Yosshamo, from my teacher, which lays eggs.

With the discovery of Yosshamo, I thought, ‘There might be other useful monsters in the dungeon.’

So, I re-examined each monster that appears in my teacher’s cave dungeon and the mountain dungeon of Veil.

There, I found it.

Among the monsters that Plati and Veil had discarded as ‘useless,’ I became fascinated with one.

At first glance, it was just a caterpillar.

It moved slowly, was ugly, and had no edible parts, making it seem completely useless.

It was only slightly larger than a regular caterpillar. As a monster, it didn’t metamorphose into a butterfly; it just crawled around the dungeon aimlessly.

It was so meaningless that it didn’t even have a name.

But it spun silk.

I shouted, “It’s a silkworm!!!”

In the world I came from, the highest quality fabric, silk, is made from the cocoons of silkworms, a type of moth in their larval stage.

Seeing this caterpillar spin silk like a silkworm, I had an idea.

I immediately brought as many as I could back home and started raising them.

Since the Yosshamos, which eat earthworms and other things in the yard, had been seen by hunters, I couldn’t raise them in an obvious place.

I converted a room in the mansion into a ‘silkworm room’ and raised them carefully, and as expected, they spun silk.

I used that silk as material to weave and create monster silkworm silk fabric.

I already have the real thing!

“You sensed it, didn’t you…! Well done, Bati…!”

I didn’t mean to hide it, but I had been misunderstood by Plati and Veil, who always said, “Bugs are disgusting” and “You’re wasting the room,” so I’m happy to finally meet someone who understands what I want to do!

“To make fabric from silk spun by bugs, you’re truly remarkable, Holy One. Your ideas are so innovative! I’ve seen a glimpse of the fabric, and it’s more beautiful and durable than any high-end fabric in the demon capital. Please, let me make clothes from that fabric!”

“Of course!!”

There was no reason to refuse.

Even if I made the finest silk fabric, it would be useless without someone to turn it into clothing.

And that tailor appeared without me even looking for one!

I decided to entrust everything to her!

I will entrust the silk fabric I raised and created to you, Bati!