Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Soap to clean

The days passed, and the young master's inventions spread like wildfire amongst the workers in the Vanderbilt mansion. Some of the people who were out of town when Michael created the faucets were immediately greeted with the strange sight of maids spending most of their time in the kitchen house and the latrines. From the butlers' perspective, the maids suddenly became addicted to washing themselves two times a day! It wasn't a day later that they finally learned the truth. It seemed that the young master installed a working shower and toilet in all the maids' rooms, allowing them to have easy access to running water without having to bother the mages each time. As expected, the butlers were as shocked as the maids when they first saw the faucets and toilets firsthand. "The young master built this?" A couple of the butlers were handymen as well and knew how difficult it was to create the pipes and equipment needed to create this whole system. It couldn't have been made by hand alone. Some of the more magic 'savvy' butlers immediately noticed that the pipes looked like they had been manipulated using a spell. It would make sense how the young master created such a perfect pipe with barely any imperfections. But that didn't make sense as well. Michael was only five years old. He was only supposed to have just started learning about magic, much less casting them. Since they were just butlers, they couldn't question the young master himself. But on the inside, they were slightly intimidated by how much of a monstrous genius the young master was for inventing this marvelous 'plumbing' system, as well as having the magic acuity to create them. Of course, Michael noticed their looks. He knew that his 'secret' of being able to cast spells wouldn't last long. The maids may have not questioned how he was able to create the pipes, but his mother and father definitely would. But since they weren't here just yet, Michael's secret was still a secret. And to bribe the butlers for their silence, Michael went ahead and installed showers and toilets in their dormitory as well. That seemed to have done the trick as they, too, got engrossed with the satisfying feeling of water flowing from the showers like they had their own waterfalls. They never made fun of the maids again and also went ahead and showered two times a day. Of course, everyone had to pitch in whenever the water tank emptied. Michael installed six manual water pumps right next to the tank, which was connected to the water source below the ground. It would only take six people everyday to pump water a couple of minutes in the morning to make sure the tank had enough water for the whole day. The effort to do this was very miniscule compared to manually taking water from the well and carrying it all over the mansion. It had been more than a week since Michael created the plumbing system and the atmosphere in the mansion completely changed. Maids walked with a little bit more pep in their step, butlers walked with a little bit more swagger, and overall, everyone was more than satisfied with the changes the young master made for them. On one particular day, Michael happened upon one of the butlers carrying the carcass of a deer on his back. When he asked them, it turned out that the reason the butlers and mages were out of the mansion a week ago was because they were hunting out in the wilderness. "We're preparing for the winter, young master. We need to cure the meat now so that we have enough food for when the scarcity hits the nation." Michael looked at the sliced - open body of the deer and saw the yellowish - white part of the meat. Then, he suddenly got an idea. When taking a bath, what was the most important aspect of keeping oneself clean? Now, this medieval world did have a very primitive version of the soap that he was used to. But in his opinion, it wasn't up to his standards. Hey ChatJK1, can you give me step - by - step instructions on how to make soap based on my previous world's standard?