What?!? I've Been Reincarnated as a Arachne! (On hold)

Part 10

An Adult Christmas

At the counter stool was a red-haired beauty around 20 to 30 years old with her face buried on the table.
The warrior Millie Hackman was one of this store's – the Arachne Tailor's – regular customers.
"Heeeey, listen to me, Shioriiiiii... You know my guy? He completely stopped wanting me these days..."
What in the world are you saying to a kid? I looks to be around 13, but my real age is just over 1 year old, you know?

In any case, don't you think it's a little bit early for me to hear about that sort of things?
—Well, I am 25 years old mentally, though...
Greetings. It's been a long time. Arakura Shiori (25), the ex-Japanese reincarnated as a half-human half-monster bizarro spider womanArachne, has returned.
Or if you can remember me as the owner of Arachne Tailor, Shiori Arachne, that would be my honor.
These days, I'd been worrying that perhaps our readers have forgotten about me after so long.
"And I even did a lot of exercises for him too, you know? Here, look."
*swish*. Millie lifted up the hem of her clothes to show her belly.
She's got a perfect six-pack.
"How's that?! Totally jacked, right?"
Millie happily displayed her muscles.
Ah, now she's started to pose.
"Next, this is the front lat spread! And the side chest!"
... Who the hell brought bodybuilder poses into this worldFalyias?
Millie the beauty has gone down the wrong path. Tarnation.
"No, well... Perhaps your husband was tired? I don't think he came to hate you."
"T-That really so? Really?"
As a matter of fact, Mille's husband, Rizott Hackman, also came to me yesterday and,
"These days, my wife was showing off her muscles even in bed... It's called bodybuilder posing or something. Anyway, since she started doing that, I couldn't get in the mood... Shiori, what do you think I should do?"
Consulted me about their relationship.
Or rather, just what sort of discussion was this pair of husband and wife bringing to a kid? You two should know that this would be considered sexual harassment if it was modern Japan.
"So us two are still young, yeah? I'm thinking it's still early to do a sexless marriage... And I wanted some kids too, as wife and husband, you get what I'm saying?"
"Mmmm... I see... How about this, you can try giving shape to your feelings and showing it to your husband once in a while?"
"... Giving shape?"
"Apparently, there is a certain custom in a foreign country. Once a year, on a snowy day, lovers and couples would send each other presents. I think it was called Christmas."
"K-Krissmas...?"
"That's the holy night for lovers! Cakes, turkeys, some slightly expensive wine. And then, once the mood is right, when both of you are a bit tipsy..."
"I push him down, right?!!"
"... Please 'let yourself be pushed down' instead."
Rizott was quite a high level magician too, but it's true that he's disadvantaged against Millie. So lady, please cooperate here.
"A 'holey' night, is it?... Foreign countries are quite progressive, huh... To have that sort of indecent custom..."
I had a feeling she's misunderstanding something here, but no need to correct her.
And Japan's Christmas was pretty much like that, anyway.
I didn't have someone to be with back in Japan, so Christmas was only an event for me to chant some explosion curses for all those fulfilled couples.
"And so, as a matter of fact, I have just the right thing for you to present to your husband... As long as he uses it, your man is guaranteed to turn into a beast!"
"R-R-R-R-Reallyyyy?!"
Millie jumped up and charged towards me.
You're close, lady. Too close.
"I-It's 10 silver coins. A bit pricey, but the effect is extraordinary."
"Buyinggggggg!"
"Thank you for your patronage! I'll need some time to make it, so please come back 2 days later."
"2 days later, yeah? Got it. I just can't wait, Shiori! *kissy*"
When she left, she gave me a hug & a kiss on the cheek, apparently out of extreme gratitude.
I'm telling you, do that sort of things with your husband instead.
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"Well then, I don't have that much time, so let's hurry."
Right after closing the store, I started on making the presents inside the workroom.
In fact, I had a similar conversation with the husband Rizott, and I already accepted an order to make a present for him to give to Millie.
Basically, I had to make something for both of them, which meant I didn't have much free time.
"First, to release my human transformation."
When I disabled the skill [Human Transformation], my lower body turned into a huge spider, and six rubies popped up on my forehand.
These eyes belong to my human-spider-hybridArachne form. Plus my natural eyes, I would have 8 in total, just like a real spider.
They're also quite convenient.
Not only is my field of vision large, I can also see as far away as if I'm using binoculars, and can even make out tiny details like a real microscope.
These eyes help out quite a lot in sewing, too.
"Well then, first off is Millie's... and there we go."
I put some strength into my spider's butt while activating [Charm].
And then, some clear secretion began to slowly ooze out of the tip of my butt.
Next, I collected it in bottles of pottery.
To explain, this secretion has its origins in the characteristic ecology of the Arachne race.
Since only female Arachnes are born, the race would need to find human or elven males and get their sperm in order to breed.
For that reason, Arachnes can secrete aphrodisiac fluids targeting males and use it to lure them in.
However, it'll be too strong if I'm using it as it is, so I added some Oran fruit juice into it and diluted by a factor of around 20.
Furthermore, to help with the husband's weak physique, I added some vitality-boosting essence taken from goji berries, added alcohol as a preservative, and finally poured some magic power in to stabilize the quality. Finished.
After pouring it into small bottles... I got enough for 12 bottles. Exactly a dozen.
"Now to wrap them... Done."
Let's call these drinks in wrapped bottles... umm, 'Alvitan D'.
I put them in my merchandise storehouse and moved on to my next job.
Next is the product to be given to Rizott... which meant this will ultimately be used by Millie.
Right, so first off is to prepare some Crimson Dragon scales and Dragon Pearls.
The first step would be to have a meal.
I had 5 pieces of the scales, each as big as a human's hand.
The pearl was much more expensive than the scales... so I had just a little bit of a bite, just one mouthful.
"Mmm... The scales aren't bad, they're like rice crackers. Like shrimp crackers."
And the crunchy texture was quite good too.
Of course, if a normal person tried to eat it, they wouldn't be able to make a dent on the scales, literally. The dragons are still S-rank monsters, after all. Even the average swords wouldn't be able to make a scratch, much less human teeth.
By the way, the dragon pearls' texture was like slightly tough gummy bears.
"Thank you for the meal."
After eating all the ingredients, I focused the Crimson Dragon's essence in the thread-making organ inside my body – the thread gland.
This way, I can color the threads at the same time they were created, which means I don't need a separate dyeing process. Yuuup, convenient.
Furthermore, during this phase, if I guide magical power into my thread glands and imagine what I want to do, I can somewhat adjust the threads' toughness and characteristic.
By the way, I used to have a separate dyeing process after creating the threads, but ever since I thought of this method, the dyeing were all done inside my body.
Not only can this method help cut down on the work I need to do, it's also quite efficient.
"Right, preparations complete. Let's get to crafting."
*swish* *swish*. The threads came out of my butt and were directly shaped into clothes.
This time, it's important for the clothes to be thin, so I created some super-fine threads.
I also focused to the utmost of my abilities to weave them thinly, as thiiiiiiin as possible.
And then, after 30 minutes of concentration.
"Alright, done! It was really difficult to get the curse and blessing to coexist, but it was worth it! Yeah, I'm totally singing my own praises here."
That's right. "Curse" and "blessing".
That was the most important point for this product.