Lucia and the Loom: Weaving Her Way to Happiness Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 12] by Hisaya Amagishi

Author:Hisaya Amagishi
Language: eng
Format: epub

“It’s got to be this,” Lucia said to no one in particular, grinning as she rubbed the smooth, opal-green fabric between her fingers. The color was soft but bright, with the slightest hint of gray; this was no plain, boring green. The double-thread silk had a strong luster, changing shades when viewed from different angles, shimmering like a field of grass rustling in the wind. Her concern was for its price, but Forto—her boss, the Tailors’ guildmaster, and Jasmine’s cousin—had signed off on it with a smile. Lucia was a little anxious about messing up such nice fabric, but this was a rare opportunity.

“Here are the designs, and we’ll be modeling it from this dress—” Yesterday, under Forto’s instructions, Lucia had taken a dress from the storeroom. The day before that, she had worked through the night to hammer out the final design, then, in the morning, used the similarly shaped dress and fitted it to Jasmine before disassembling it to make the fundamental patterns. Today, cutters had cut the fabric and stitchers had begun sewing nonstop. They would alternate in two shifts until the dress was finished. Tomorrow, Lucia would have Jasmine try on the final product and do a final fitting.

Though it wasn’t uncommon to do so for an urgent order such as this one, taking apart a perfectly good dress just to trace it for patterns had made Lucia ache. It wouldn’t be completely wasted, though, as the disassembled dress would be reassembled one size smaller and be used for a child.

At noon, Forto came by to help during his lunch break. “Allow me to lend a hand.” Lucia had given the reins of the Magical Garment Factory to Dante for two hours, and she used the time to get Forto’s approval on the final design and to do some sewing. Lunch for her would be two servings of fruit juice; chugging both at the same time should be filling enough.

The opal-green fabric was durable, but even where two layers met, Forto sewed with no difficulty.

“He is so quick...” The young stitchers watched in amazement, as did Lucia.

Forto smiled as they looked on. “This is merely my mythril needle and body strengthening spell at work.”

But sewing wasn’t all about strength—he was like a machine deftly making accurate stitches without tangling thread once. Even the experienced stitcher beside him, who wore a monocle, was working like a knitting machine. Another stitcher was punching through a stiff belt with a needle as easily as poking holes through paper; it must’ve been body strengthening magic.

Lucia finally caught herself admiring the veterans’ handiwork and slacking off. “Ack! You’ve gotta step it up too, Lucia!”

The others smiled at how endearing she was giving herself a pep talk, and they pushed themselves harder too.

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