Spending my retirement in a game

chapter 21

"No, sorry. I promised Bree to make her a dress, but she deserves something special, not just any old dress. I didn't really know what to do, but then I Ranked-up my Tailoring skill to two, and it said I could now work with non-conventional fabric. I was wondering what those are, and how I can get them."

"I see. Well, she certainly deserves a great dress, because she's a great girl. And I won't even comment on how you got your skill so high that fast. But we don't really work with non-conventional fabrics here since they are simply hard to get, and also pretty expensive, you see? Amongst them are fabrics woven of metallic threads, monster fur, or even magic threads. I don't think metallic or monster fabrics would be a good idea. Metallic fabrics are heavy and hard to dye, so the dress won't be very pretty, and monster fabrics are usually used for Barbarian-style clothes, since they still give off the magic reading and scent of the monster it comes from, letting them blend in easily. But how I said, the scent is still there and hard to get rid of.

Magic Fabrics, however, can be very useful, especially for a support magician with a huge mana-pool like Bree. The defense that clothes made of magic fabrics give are heavily influenced by the mana-pool of the wearer, so it is a perfect fit for her. She can't fight back easily on her own, and in exchange has a lot higher defense." Folmirra explained quickly, and Eisen immediately thought of the possibilities but had no idea where he might get Magic Fabrics, so he simply asked.

"And where can I buy those, then?"

"You can't." She explained simply, surprising Eisen greatly. But then she continued talking. "You can't buy them, you have to make them. The demand for them is huge, so whenever a roll of Magic Fabrics lands on the market, they are immediately bought up, and since they are hard to make, they don't frequently appear anyway. I'm sure Morrom can help you out, you know him, right? The kid from Everything Magic? Just go and ask him. He works pretty late, so you should be able to catch him at any point in the next few hours. You should be able to get the thread there, and then you can weave it into fabric here tomorrow morning. "

"I see! Thanks for your help! I guess since I won't be using your fabrics for a while, I should pay you. How much do I owe you?" Eisen asked and grabbed his coin-bag, paying for all the materials he used so far.

After that, he left the shop and made his way back to the Inn together with Bree, ate, and then snuck out of the Inn without Bree noticing he didn't go to his room yet.

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"Morrom! I need your help!" Eisen yelled out through the door leading to the half-elf half-dwarf Magician's Workshop. As always, Morrom stumbled out of the back after crashing into something, although this time his face wasn't covered in soot.

"Ah, yes, Eisen! You need my help? With what? Oh, nice suit!" Morrom asked, and thus Eisen quickly explained the situation.

"Magic Fabrics, huh..? Yeah, I do know how to make them, and I do have the materials... You know what? I'll give the fabrics to you if I can add a little something into the mix! It's going to give the fabric a special effect. And don't worry, it won't be anything crazy, but it will be pretty awesome." After finishing his explanation, Morrom brought Eisen to the back room for the first time.

It was filled basically everywhere with different apparitions and apparently unfinished items, ranging from pieces of armor, clothes, weapons, or even mundane everyday items, as well as some Eisen, couldn't directly recognize, but found out later that they were prototypes for some items Morrom tried creating.

He brought Eisen to a table in the back and opened up some space on it. After that, he grabbed a box filled with crystals of different sizes, some even as big as Eisen's fists, and placed it in front of him on the table, as well as a small spinning-wheel with a small opening in the center of the wheel.

"Alright, I guess we can take this as a few first lessons. How high did you get your Mana Manipulation skill?" Morrom asked, and Eisen quickly checked his status.

"It's Rank 1, Level 15 right now."

"Good, good. We wouldn't have been able to do this had it been rank 0. Those things in front of you are mana crystals. You have to infuse them with your mana, and then push it into the opening in the center of the wheel. It will automatically detect the compatible crystal, and then turn it into thread. The quality of the thread will obviously depend on the Mana Crystal used. I'll give you a high-quality one, just because I want to see the finished item. But first, I'll prepare the mana crystal."

Morrom burrowed through the box and picked out a few of the bigger crystals, and placed them onto the side, and grabbed a bag filled with white spheres the size of marbles, pouring it out onto the table.

One after one, Morrom held the marbles in his hand, and Eisen could see a soft glow before the marbles turned into a light red bordering on pink.

After that, Morrom placed one of the Mana Crystals into his right hand and one of the marbles into his left. His hands slowly glowed once more, and the marble slowly turned into particles that mixed into the white Crystal, turning it a light pink.

He repeated this process until all of the Mana Crystals were turned into their pink state.

"Don't worry, it won't stay pink, haha." Morrom laughed lowly as he placed the Mana Crystals in front of Eisen.

"Now, pour your Mana into it. You know Tool Connection, right? It basically works like that. At least that's the most effective way. You could also just exert mana through your hands and the crystal would absorb it, but a lot of it will get lost that way." He explained, and then sat down next to Eisen. "Just keep your mana inside of the Crystal, and constantly hold it into the hole, and switch once the Crystal is gone."

Eisen nodded and grabbed the first Crystal. He closed his eyes and felt his mana that was spread throughout his body slowly pour into the Crystal. When he opened his eyes again, the Mana Crystal was glowing in soft pink. Carefully, Eisen pushed the Mana Crystal into the opening and the spinning-wheel instantly began to turn and Eisen could feel the Mana Crystal slowly lose weight as a thin, white thread was turned around the wheel onto an empty roll.

After the first mana crystal completely disappeared, one of the rolls was completely filled up, and Eisen switched it out with a new one and grabbed the next Mana Crystal. This continued until all of them were gone, and Eisen was left with a whole mountain of rolls covered in glittering white threads.

"Wow, these threads look beautiful. And they should certainly be enough to be weaved into a fabric." Eisen exclaimed as he examined the thread more closely.

"Yep, definitely! Magic Fabrics are always beautiful. And these threads are special. Do you want to know what I infused into it?" Morrom asked smugly.

Eisen laughed softly and shrugged, "Sure. Tell me what makes these so special."

Morrom crossed his arms and grinned. "You can Upgrade them!"

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[Eisen]

[Race - Giant-Dwarf Halfling][Occupation - None][Level - 7]

[HP - 350][MP - 230][STR - 22][END - 28][AGI - 36][INT - 15][WIS - 16][CHA - 10]

[Titles]

-[Original of the Mechanical Arts]

-[Limitbreaker II]

[Skills]

-[A Dwarf's Hands][Rank - 1][Level - 19]

-[A Giant's Strength][Rank - 0][Level - 1]

-[Appraisal][Rank - 0][Level - 99 ]

-[Blacksmithing][Rank - 1][Level - 58]

-[Drawing][Rank - 0][Level - 87]

-[Mana Copy][Rank - 0][Level - 23]

-[Mana Hand][Rank - 1][Level - 42]

-[Mana Manipulation][Rank - 1][Level - 23]

-[Tailoring][Rank - 2][Level - 1]

-[Tool Connection][Rank - 0][Level - 98]

-[Woodworking][Rank - 0][Level - 49]