A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 105

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Everyone other than Takeo was surprised.

“What happened everyone?”

“No……………it’s the first time I heard of it.”

Alice said.

“Lady Alice, do you remember the first bed?”

“Yes.”

“How comfortable were you sleeping on it?”

“My waist was tense when I lied on it.”

“Right.”

“Hn? Takeo, you understood just by watching?”

“When Lady Alice turned over to the side I noticed it.

Only her buttocks were sinking a lot.

That would cause a strain on her lower back……..That’s right, young master Smith can we verify it with you?

Could you please lie down?”

“Yes.”

Smith gently lied down.

“Excuse me, but Mr. Fredrick, can you raise Young master Smith’s legs by about 10 cm?”

“Certainly.”

Fredrick raised both of Smith’s legs.

Takeo came beside Smith and raised his upper body.

“This is the kind of feeling while sleeping.

Young master Smith, what do you feel?”

“Uhh………….it’s difficult.”

“It’s like you’re exercising your abs while sleeping and it causes the muscles there to tighten.

That’s the cause of the strain.”

“Hmm, I understand.”

“Yes, it’s a simple concept.”

“Shall we also check out the feeling from the soft bed?

Lady Alice, do you have a soft cushion?”

“Yes, this backrest is very soft.”

Alice handed it over to Takeo.

“This is really soft and fluffy much like that bed.

It seems like the entire body is sinking but the one that is sinking the most is the buttocks.

So it’s the same as the earlier one.”

They raised Smith’s legs and upper body.

“Moreover, the entire body is on a soft platform so the neck falls inwards.”

Takeo inserted a cushion at Smith’s back head and pressed down a little ahead.

“In other words, there is a strain on the lower back and the strain on the neck also increases.

In fact, it may even cause strain while breathing.

Young master Smith, what do you think?”

“………….It’s difficult.”

“Hmm, it makes sense.”

“Yes, it’s simple.”

Takeo said.

“Next we’ll test out the posture that the hard bed that we’ve chosen gives us.”

Smith turned to his side.

“It’s like this.”

“Hmm, seems fine.”

Grandpa Elvis said.

“No, there is a problem.

This posture is different compared to the posture that we have while standing.

Young master Smith, can you please tense up your body slightly?”

“Yes.”

Smith used his strength to tense up his body.

“That’s good.

Do you understand now?

There is a gap between the neck and the waist.”

“Hmm.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

Grandpa Elvis, Alice, and Fredrick looked at Smith and checked it out.

“Young master Smith, please relax now.”

“Fuu..”

Smith relaxed.

“So how about it? Did you get it?”

“His waist and neck immediately rested on the floor.”

Alice answered and the other two nodded.

“In other words,

In this posture also there is still a strain on the neck and back.

The ideal posture is the same as the posture when we’re standing.

But you can make some adjustments with thin pillows or towels to get a comfortable sleep.”

“Ah, that’s why you placed that pillow under my head when I lied down on the bed for a nap and thickened it near my neck right?”

“Yes, you got it right.”

“It felt really strange to sleep on it but I was refreshed once I woke up.”

“The burden on your body reduced so you had a comfortable sleep.”

“So that’s what it was.”

“Alice, was it really that different?”

“I slept so well! That’s what I felt.”

“Um, do you have two thin towels?”

Takeo asked and Fredrick got them.

Takeo inserted the towels under Smith’s neck and back.

“Young master Smith. Is there a difference?”

“Yes, I feel a little better, it’s more comfortable now.”

“Hoo, is it really that different? Can you notice the difference that fast?”

“Yes. However, since you’re getting used to it in the beginning, you might feel a little strange when you get up.”

“Hn? Why is that?”

“Till now you would be using muscle strength to sleep but suddenly you don’t need it anymore.

It will feel strange in the beginning.”

“I see.”

“Mr. Elvis, do you want to try it out?”

“Hmm, I’ll do it.”

Grandpa Elvis lied down on his back in place of Smith.

Takeo inserted the towels under his neck and back just as he had dome for Smith.

“Hoo, I see now.”

Grandpa Elvis was impressed as he nodded.

Fredrick tried it out too.

“Hoo.”

He was impressed as he nodded as well.

“The unevenness is only about 1~3 cm but it makes a difference.”

“By the way Sir Takeo, can we spread this idea?”

Fredrick asked.

“No, Mr. Fredrick, that will be difficult.”

“Why is that?”

“Firstly, it might be difficult for people to believe.

Moreover, the mattress will need to be reformed in order to achieve that with the bed structure.

I was curious when I looked at the beds but do the current bed here use springs on the surface?”

“Yes.”

“There was something more about the springs in the place where I come from.

Vertical springs were lined up. That’s how the beds were usually made.”

He drew it easily on his memo pad.

“Hoo……………..certainly……….this will take a lot of time and money.”

“Yes. The development of these vertical springs is quite difficult.

Several hardness prototypes will have to be made, several bed prototypes, several hundreds of……………….

It will take several years to realize it.”

“That’s true.”

“So I think that it’s better to use a relatively hard bed for now and use towels or something like that to deal with it.”

“Hmm, that’s right.”

Grandpa Elvis nodded.

“Mr. Fredrick, is the bed replacement time about 10 years?”

“That’s right. At that time the other beds change as well though.”

“I think that’s good.

If the person themselves feels that a soft, fluffy bed is good then we can’t force them……….

I think you can understand just by taking a nap so it’s better to take a nap and check the dullness of your body in order to make a decision.”

“Understood.”