Chapter 854: Soft

Eisen stood in front of the ma.s.sive sheets of fabric. He had produced them specifically for this, and now, it was time to properly make use of them. He was going to make some cus.h.i.+ons and blankets using this fabric, but the main issue that he had to deal with until now was the thickness of the fabric.

After all, no matter how much area you gave to a sheet of cloth, its thickness was much, much harder to scale up.

That was why, instead of just using simple thread, Eisen scaled it all up into rope. For this, he made use of multiple sets of thread-spinners. The first set would take the base material, in this case different types of cotton and wool and turn them into regular threads. Then, those would be woven together to create a slightly thicker and more stable version.

Then, the next few layers of thread-spinners, each growing larger and larger of course, would take the former layer"s threads and spin those together again. In the end, Eisen had thread the thickness of a finger that he could use further. From there, he had a setup that would turn that thick rope-like thread into actual fabric.

Of course, Eisen couldn"t just create a ma.s.sive loom; instead, he made use of a large amount of small, flying golems that worked together through a single programmed hivemind. He took inspiration from the things that he worked out in the giants" country to help him with the creation of the base stone pillar in the capital.

And with that, over the past few days, Eisen had created enough fabric to let him make everything that he needed to for Khan"s home.

And with that, he quickly got started. First things first, he cut out the pieces for the cus.h.i.+ons that would be placed right on top of the furniture. This was quite easy; these sheets of fabric would be attached straight to the wooden furniture through some nails, and then stuffed with proper cus.h.i.+oning material.

Now, as for that material, Eisen actually had to play around with that quite a bit to figure out how to get a proper filling ready. After all, under a giant"s weight, most materials would just be squashed flat. That was one of the larger reasons why things like cus.h.i.+ons weren"t a thing in the giants" country. It just wasn"t easy to make them usable at such a scale.

Possible, of course, but not easy by any means.

The method that Eisen ended up using was to decompress a certain mixture of crystals and gemstones. That block was then enchanted to practically want to return to its original shape, creating some springiness and softness that wasn"t easy to get your hand on otherwise. As Eisen pushed the crystal cube together, he was quiet happy with the result already.

It took a little more fine-tuning to get the amount of decompression, softening, and hardening exactly right for the best final feel. The enchantment also needed a couple of changes, but before long, Eisen managed to get to a point where he was really quite happy.

He placed the crystal boxes that would act as cus.h.i.+oning to the side together with the simple fabric squares, and then moved on to the pillows.

Eisen shaped some of the crystal boxes into proper pillow-shapes at different sizes. Ones that would end up on the bed, and some smaller ones that were for the armchair. The pillow-covers were pretty easy to make as well, of course. Just two square sheets of fabric for each pillow, sewn together on three of the sides.

On the fourth side, he would place one side of b.u.t.tons and one side of b.u.t.tonholes respectively, so that the covers could be pulled over the crystal pillows easily. Eisen could have just made them cover the pillows permanently, but he figured that at different times of the year, having the option to swap out the pillow and blanket covers would be a pretty good idea.

He would have to make other covers for those blankets and pillows later on, but for now this basic model was more than enough. Once all the pillows were done, Eisen moved on to the blankets. There were some that were quite simple; a couple layers of fabric sewn on top of each other for some light throw blankets.

But the ones that were supposed to be a bit thicker and more insulating required some changes to be made to the crystal cubes that he had made. For one, it needed to be a lot softer, more flexible, and open to be bent. But otherwise, Eisen also added another layer of enchantments onto it that would help Khan in preserving heat.

For the blanket-cover, Eisen did the same thing as for the pillow-covers, allowing them to be swapped out between the seasons or if any sort of cleaning needed to be done.

And now, with the blankets and pillows done, Eisen could get to the main-attraction; the mattress. He had Askr help him out and carry the rest over to Khan"s house already, since he needed the s.p.a.ce to get the mattress ready. For this, Eisen had two main options.

Either, he could go with a spring-based design, or he could go with a faux-foam design. Generally, Eisen personally preferred foam mattresses over spring-based ones, especially once he got used to them. Enjoy more stories on m-vlem|p-yr

Not to mention, the metal springs would end up becoming particularly bent out of shape very quickly if a partially petrified giant slept on them, even with the support of enchantments and special additions to the alloy. And so, he quickly decided on that option.

For this, Eisen split the crystal material that he had prepared into three parts. One that he would form into a support base, which would end up being the main support for Khan"s body and help the mattress" shape.

Then, on top of that was a layer for comfort. It would be a lot softer and relieve pressure so that Khan could sleep well at night. And then the last layer was there for some extra benefits for the heat regulation. The first two layers were quite simple; they were the same sort of relatively basic material as what Eisen had used for the pillows and other cus.h.i.+ons.

Of course, they were fine-tuned to be specifically what Eisen needed them to be depending on what layer the crystals were part of, but Eisen put the most specific work into the topmost layer.

There, the enchantment would either warm up or cool down depending on what Khan felt like. Once more, this could be regulated through a simple dial that Eisen would place at the side of the mattress, hidden away by the mattress cover. And of course, that cover was also needed.

With the same fabric as before, Eisen created a simple large sheet, threading crystal threads through its edges that he specifically used alchemy and trans.m.u.tation on to make them elastic, so that the mattress cover could be pulled over it easily without needing to worry about it slipping away randomly. Now that all of these things were ready, Eisen carried the mattress to Khan"s new home.

Through the crystals that he used, the mattress itself was slightly translucent and cool to the touch, though that didn"t really matter too much as it wasn"t something that would end up being visible. Of course, unless Khan chose to forego all the fabric covers.

Once Eisen made his way back to the soon-to-be ready home, he put the mattress into place and quickly made the bed, putting the pillows into place and carefully tucking in the blankets at the side. Now, the last thing he had to do was prepare the other cus.h.i.+ons and Khan could move in.

The old man took some nails and hammered the fabric on top of the wood surfaces of the armchair. This was the actual seat, the backrest, and the two armrests. He left them open just enough so that Eisen could push in the crystal faux-foam, before he closed everything up by tightly pulling on the fabric and hammering the last parts into place as well.

Similarly, Eisen attached covered to the seats of the other two chairs, and then took a step back.

Of course, it was still quite barren. This place needed some decoration, the smell of having someone live in it for a while, and the marks of someone having spent time here. Until then, this place was just cold and empty, but Eisen hoped that it was enough to make Khan feel welcome here in this city.

And with that, it was time for Eisen to go bring his old friend here to let him take a look.