Chapter 296 – 296. Change Order Support
“If you get angry, you lose… If you lose your sanity, you lose… However…”
I can’t possibly stay sane.
Looking at those gigantic lorries and trailers makes me dizzy.
“Emilia. How is the condition of the first test drive?”
“According to the judgment of this entity, it is about 98% operating rate. It is within the margin of error. I think there is no problem.”
“Good. Let’s set up a gate right away and move near the Mograf Territory.”
“I accept your order.”
A gate has already been installed near the Mograf territory with Illyana’s cooperation.
Although Optimus is said to be complete, the roads here are not properly paved and the roads here are too narrow for relatively large trucks.
She confidently told YuRia to experience the drive, but long-distance driving was virtually impossible.
In the end, the most realistic way was to transfer the truck itself to the vicinity of the Mograf region through a large-scale gate and operate it over a short distance.
The Optimus truck, which had transferred to the vicinity of Mograf, was neatly parked next to a number of wagons prepared nearby.
Under Emilia’s control, when the truck, which could be remotely operated using magical power, finished parking, the back door of the trailer opened, and a number of dolls riding with the loaded supplies started moving at once.
At the command of Emilia, the commanding entity, the elder brain, Yuria asked Eunhyeon after seeing a number of dolls moving supplies one by one inside the wagon.
“Why do you bother to move supplies to another wagon from the neighborhood again?”
“I don’t want to reveal Optimus yet.”
It was Emilia’s intention to use it as a means of transporting a large amount of goods at once, and to insist strongly that she wanted to operate Optimus this time.
‘Even though she’s a doll, she’s gradually asserting herself.’
Just like Archis, the puppeteer and puppeteer who created her, she was gradually establishing her own intentions.
Emilia, who had stored many of her behavioral patterns in her memory and was learning and growing, was already too clear of her own will to be a doll without a self.
It is also for this reason that she is focusing on the production of her new equipment that can strongly enhance her own specifications, and the production of Golems like Optimus.
“Honestly, if this is revealed right now, wouldn’t it be a big problem for the Kingdom? She must be clamoring to disclose the manufacturing method or technology, but that doesn’t mean she can mass-produce it.”
It wasn’t too difficult to reveal the blueprints or technology, but Optimus and other materials were all objects created by her goddess power.
Disclosure of Optimus naturally follows that she is an apostle of God, and that she has to reveal her powers and circumstances inevitably follow.
It was a golem that was produced purely because of Emilia’s strong insistence and as part of her own hobby, but even now, only one was produced and only received permission from Belldandy to help people, but it was forbidden to mass-produce this in large quantities and disrupt the balance of civilization on the continent. Had been
It is in the middle of walking a tightrope of ambiguous boundaries.
“… Yes.”
Yuria deeply sympathized with Eunhyun’s words.
It was clear that the release of this one truck would cause great upheaval in the kingdom.
She first saw Optimus through Eunhyeon and Alex. At the same time, when she conveyed the proposed negotiation details to Queen Diane, Queen Diane’s reaction was nothing but reluctance.
It was difficult to say that 30% of the taxes collected in each territory was a small number.
That’s 10 years worth.
However, considering the food and labor costs required to prepare a large amount of supplies right now and transport them to the border of Mograf, it is natural that it is a surplus business when calculated roughly.
Since it was none other than Eun-hyeon who had made this proposal, Queen Diane was wary and contemplated whether to accept this negotiation or not.
In the end, Queen Diane had no choice but to accept the negotiations between Eun-hyeon and Alex, which came through Yuria’s mediation.
“Then, get on the prepared wagon with Alex and go ahead and let us know of the arrival of the supplies.”
Now, the dolls are already moving all the supplies in the trailer to another wagon.
Yuria nodded her head at the role she was given here.
“All right.”
“Emilia, attach a doll as the driver of the carriage for the two of us to ride.”
“I accept your order.”
YuRia and Alex boarded the wagon driven by the doll and left first, and informed the guards that the wagons carrying a large amount of support supplies were scheduled to enter.
Upon hearing the news, Count Mograf came out on his own and greeted the two.
“Thank you for sending support materials so quickly. Little Duke.”
“No. Count Mograf. Armitas and Mograf are families that have had long-standing exchanges since their predecessors. It is natural to help. Besides, it is not unconditionally helpful.”
In return, it was the dukedom that benefited greatly from this.
Sending large amounts of aid is bound to cost a fortune.
Thanks to the transfer to the neighborhood through the ‘gate’ and moving the goods with the help of the dolls, in addition to the cost of the goods, it was possible to save transportation costs that lead to large expenses to almost zero.
In fact, in the long run, a 30% reduction in taxes levied by the royal family would benefit the duchy immensely.
“Even so, from my point of view, I would like to express my great gratitude for the prompt and massive provision of the necessary supplies. Have you been preparing and transporting support supplies before the incident?”
Originally, the support supplies, which could have arrived in the next month or so, were prepared right away about ten days after the court meeting ended, in terms of time, the work was handled too quickly.
From the point of view of Count Mograf, who did not know Eunhyun’s means of transportation of the artifact called ‘Gate’, all he could think was that he had been preparing support supplies even before the nongonghaengsang that took place at the court meeting.
“Haha, I don’t think I can elaborate on that part. Sorry. Count.”
“Hmm?”
As for why he was evasive about the explanation, Count Mograf made an expression that he didn’t know why, but it didn’t lead to a big question.
Alex’s goodwill was fully conveyed just by providing a large amount of goods in a short period of time.
The story concludes by considering Alex’s circumstances of not being able to explain the existence of the artifact called Gate in detail.
“And I would also like to thank Her Highness the Princess. As the owner of this territory, I am truly grateful for personally leading the troops and participating in the support of the frontier fortress.”
“I’ll be grateful for your thanks.”
YuRia nodded appropriately and finished the story.
It wasn’t that he didn’t really want anything from Count Mograf, but it was easier to organize the conversation without dragging on this kind of gratitude.
“I will guide you to the mansion where you will be staying for the time being. The escort and attendant of the two of you…”
“I’ll be arriving soon, so don’t mind that part.”
“I see. All right.”
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“How is it? Do you think it can be used in battle as well?”
“The drive of humanoids suitable for combat has not yet been properly tuned. Transform now…”
“Stop, it’s okay. Let’s adjust that later. If you transform here and now, you will stand out too much.”
“… I accept your order.”
As if she had been looking forward to transforming into a humanoid, Eunhyeon hurriedly stopped her from giving the order right away.
Emilia withdrew Optimus’s transformation order with a slightly regretful expression at Eun-hyeon’s urgent dissuade.
Eunhyeon stared blankly at the dolls she had created at work.
After inheriting the knowledge and legacy of Archis as the successor of the puppeteer, the dolls created by applying their own ideas and production methods were not much different from Archis’ dolls on the outside.
However, if you compare the internal performance, it is inevitable that there is a clear difference.
“How is it? What about the performance of the dolls I made?”
“I don’t know the intent of your question.”
“If I compare the dolls I made with those of Archis, including you, how big is the difference in combat power?”
“…”
Although Emilia kept her mouth shut.
In the doll’s head, an enormous amount of data was coming and going, and a huge number of calculations were being made.
“It is 1.5 times more powerful than the former master’s combat power.”
“Right.”
Eunhyun calmly nodded his head.
Even though she was directly judged by Archis’ dolls that she was still not enough to catch up with Archis’ top-notch puppetry, she accepted the fact calmly.
“However, this is the result of not reflecting the current Master’s Optimus Golem production skill, so if you add this as a variable, you will never be inferior to the previous Master…”
“Ah, okay. Don’t comfort I’m accepting it coolly, but if you say that, you’ll be miserable for no reason. Did you think I would be depressed?”
The fact that Emilia had this way of thinking was undoubtedly the result of the algorithm Arcis had taught her.
Archis anticipated that perhaps his successor would be Eunhyeon.
If so, did he think that one day, when Eun-hyeon compared himself with him, he would be depressed by the cold sentence?
‘No, if it’s Archis, it might just be an algorithm put in to mock me.’
Her bad-tempered doll friend of her own used to make fun of herself in that way only occasionally.
Emilia looked intently at Eun-hyeon’s face as she recalled her past friend with her nostalgic expression.
“Are you thinking of the former Master?”
“However?”
“I don’t understand why you’re making that face.”
“What expression did I make?”
I thought she was making a face that accepted the fact for granted, but Emilia’s question didn’t make sense.
“He has a very calm and natural face.”
“… What’s wrong with that?”
“The former master must have been depressed if the current master realized the gap with him, so there is information that he learned that he should convey words of consolation.”
“… That damn doll.”
Sure enough, even though they ceased to exist on this continent, Eun-hyeon laughed bitterly at the prank that was left behind by her doll friend.
“… Comfort me once then.”
She said while stroking Emilia’s head as if she was having fun, and Emilia responded calmly.
“Load the saved voice of the former master.”
-It’s 100 years too early for you to try to catch up with me, you idiot.
The voice of Archis I heard after several years was, as always, a welcome voice mixed with disputes and ridicule.
“… Is this consolation? Damn doll.”
Even though she said it in an absurd tone, Eunhyun laughed.
Hearing the voice of a doll friend again after nearly two years was very nice and missed.
“By the way… Is it time to move slowly?”
Predicting the future actions of the fallen nobles of Pernin, Eunhyeon conceived the following plan in her head.
