Chapter 161 – Skills of Ije’s Tribe
The details of the stiching and the quality of the materials.
Not only Ije’s clothes, but all the clothes from the village of a high standard.
“On the old continent, nobles would wear clothes like these.”
“Indeed. Very impressive.”
Kelly looked at them while carrying the cup in her hand.
Apparently, she had eaten all the snacks.
“It must be warm if you wore this during the winter. Wonderful, Ije.”
“Ehehe.”
Ije looked a little bashful after being praised by Kelly.
“Fio clothes, clothes that Ije was wearing…”
“Are there not many clothes for adults?”
“Not many. Size might not match.”
In the base, Ije and Fio were the only human children.
As for adults, there were twenty-one, including Gisela.
So that was a lot of clothes.
Besides, I didn’t know how large the adults of Ije’s tribe were.
It would not be surprising if they were taller or shorter than humans of the old continent.
“If the size doesn’t match, I will do something with the crafting skill.”
“You can? Is not hard?”
“It is hard, but it’s not as hard as making it from scratch.”
“I see.”
It was similar to all of the repair work I did during adventures.
Countless times, I had to use cloth to patch up Gisela’s tattered clothes.
Also, Gisela was still growing at that time.
So it was also my job to make alterations on her weapons, armor, clothes and shoes.
“Besides, if it comes to it, I will make whatever we do not have enough of.”
“You can make?”
“It will be difficult, but I can manage, if I have a sample.”
“I see.”
I could analyze the clothes and create something that was similar.
It was like the difference between making clothes with patterns and without.
“And so I would be happy if you just brought all of them, without worrying about size.”
“All of them?”
“Even if they are falling apart, I could use the scraps to fix other clothes.”
“I see. Okay.”
Ije nodded understandingly.
“Because the cloth is also very good here. I think they would have value, even if they are old.”
“Okay. Will go search. Can Mr. Theo also adjust shoes?”
“Shoes are even more difficult. But it’s not impossible.”
“Okay. Will bring all of it.”
Ije ran off cheerfully to the house.
And then I stored the clothes into my magic bag.
“It really is of impressive quality.”
“This will really help.”
“Aye, as we still do not have a source for getting new cloth. I suppose we will have to ask Ije how we can make it.”
“In that case, I did hear something about that.”
She was a monsterologist who knew about all lifeforms, including plants.
And so she must have asked Ije a lot of questions as part of the ecosystem survey.
“It seems that there are wild varieties of both cotton and hemp.”
Could they really make cloth of this quality with wild cotton and hemp?
I wondered, but what was normal on the only continent was not normal here.
After all, the impressive clothes were right in front of me. So it must be possible.
“That is quite surprising.”
“Indeed. Clearly, they have more advanced skills than we do.”
“Same with metallurgy.”
“Do you mean Ije’s short sword?”
“And the farming tools.”
The smelting technology used for sword and farming tools had been incredibly advanced.
Likely, there was someone in Ije’s village who had a very high level skill.
If they had not been killed by the false demon bear, we could have built a very profitable relationship.
“It really is unfortunate.”
“Indeed.”
For a moment, Kelly had a sad expression.
But she soon smiled again and picked up some clothes and held it in front of Fio.
“Fio. This one will look good on you.”
“It will?”
“Aye, it will. I think it would be good for autumn.”
“Yay!”
They were still a little too big for Fio to wear.
However, not so much that they needed to be altered.
And so I checked each piece of clothing as I stored them in my magic bag.
“Hmm. Maybe I should use my appraisal skill on them.”
“That might be a good idea.”
And so I picked one up and activated the skill.
The materials and crafting methods flowed into my head.
“…There are a lot of materials that I don’t know about.”
“Not cotton or hemp?”
“Wuffu?”
Kelly and Fio asked.
The autumn clothes had a lot of hemp, while the winter clothes had more cotton.
“Well, it’s cotton and hemp that I don’t know about.”
“Well, this is a new continent.”
“New continent!”
For some reason, Fio was wagging her tail happily.
“Some seem like wool or silk.”
“So it’s a wool and silk you don’t recognize, Mr. Theo?”
“Exactly.”
“A new type of sheep and silkworm, huh?”
Silk was made from silkworms, after all.
“Do you think Ije’s people were making the silk too?”
“I didn’t hear anything about that.”
As we talked about such things, Ije brought more clothes from the house.
Thanks for the treat.