Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 534: Forgetting Something Important

As I was making a cradle, bassinet, and stroller, I had forgotten something important.

It was something the baby uses many of everyday.

「Let’s make paper diapers.」

Yes, diapers.

The diapers in this world were, of course, cloth diapers.

This was also the case in ancient Japan, but washing cloth diapers to reuse it is a hassle. Naturally, this world has Purification Magic, so it wasn’t much of a comparison, but there are not that many people were capable of using Purification Magic.

It’s exceptionally rare, but there were people around me who could use Light Magic, and those who could use Purifying Magic were Akane, Laeva, and myself. That’s why cloth diapers might have been fine, but whether or not a child would be comfortable with it is different matter.

「Paper diapers?」

Don’t look at me like you’re asking if I’ve made another strange thing, Laeva.

「Certainly, washing a cloth diaper is a hassle, but will the paper be alright?」

「That part’s alright. Laeva, you’re aware that paper can be surprisingly durable depending on how it’s made, right?」

「That is indeed the case, but paper isn’t very absorbent.」

「I’ve thought of that so it’s fine.」

I never got to experience marriage in my last life, but I have changed the diapers of my nephew and niece. At that time, I remember admiring the superiority of paper diapers.

Aside from that, I remember the technology of paper diapers being used for greening the desert. If I remember correctly, it used a water absorbent polymer.

That said, I don’t know the components of that water absorbent polymer.

Was I giving up? Of course not. This is a world of swords and magic. There are alternatives if you look for it, and this is what’s called the royal road of fantasy.

「Tadahhh, we’ll use this.」

「These translucent beads?」

「It looks like that, but you’re wrong. This is a slime.」

「Slime?」

「Yeah. The weakest of the weak, a monster that could be defeated even by children, a slime.」

The slime is a jellyfish-like monster that has a core inside its translucent body mostly composed of liquid.

What remains when you mostly dehydrate slimes are these translucent bead things.

「Watch carefully.」

I inserted the slime beads inside a glass container and added water.

「O-ohh! Amazing!」

「Right? It has a shocking rate of absorption, huh?」

The few slime beads placed inside the glass container was gradually absorbing the water.

「That amount absorbed that much? This is useful.」

「I know, right? I was thinking these could absorb the baby’s pee several times without leaking.」

「How interesting. May Laeva assist you?」

「I welcome your help with open arms. We have to develop soft paper, and there’s the question of what form we use these slimes in.

I was so relieved that Laeva offered her help with the development. Two heads are better than one, and our work speed would increase too.

After that, Laeva and I conducted various experiments.

The development of paper that feels good on the skin.

Experimenting on a paper substance that allows air to pass through without leaking any water.

An elastic waist band material and a fastening tape.

Adjusting the ideal stretchability of the thigh section.

How much slime material should be combined to prevent any leakage.

We made several prototypes especially for the slime distribution.

「Takumi-sama, wouldn’t this be troublesome if not for alchemy?」

「Of course. We will need a lot of paper diapers, so we’ll have to make the final product using that. We will have to make it in several sizes too.」

「Ohh! Babies grow older, after all! As expected of Takumi-sama!」

「Nah, you’re exaggerating. Anyone would have realized that.」

Anyway, I knew a lot about paper diapers. I often saw mothers carrying paper diapers with both hands in the drugstores, after all.

And so, Laeva and I worked together to complete the paper diaper.

「We’ve done it now, Takumi-sama!」

「Thank you Laeva. It’s thanks to you that we completed it.」

「We should by all means sell these! It is for the good of all mothers in the world!」

「T-to sell?」

If we were to sell these, I have a feeling this might be a huge undertaking because the market is enormous. No, it will definitely be trouble.

「W-well, Laeva, we still have to make a magic device to throw the used diapers into.」

「Eh? A magic device?」

「Yeah, we have to make an attachable purifying magic device for the trash can.」

「Ohh! That is essential.」

「Yep, yep.」

Was I able to trick her? It would be a difficult if we even enter the market for children’s articles. Papeck-san would be glad since it can’t be handled by a company without its sales.

Ah, I suppose I should make that too then……

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