In the lord's mansion in Cecil City, a silver-white metal ball with a diameter of one meter and three meters and a pleasant funny smiley face painted on the surface hit the door of the lord's mansion with moderate force, and behind this metal ball , there is also a metal box less than one meter long floating.
After two impacts, the door opened from the inside, and Betty wearing a maid skirt appeared at the door. The little maid blinked and looked at the iron star outside the door, with a hint of confusion on her face. Surprised: "Mr. Egg? Are you here?"
Although the Iron Ball star rarely leaves his "Mechanical Throne", Betty is often dragged around various areas of the city by Rebecca. , the ones she visited most often were several factories and research facilities, so she naturally became familiar with the "Mr. Egg" in front of her.
"Is the lord here?" A pleasant buzz came from the silver-white metal ball, "Or Miss Rebecca - I have something good to show them!"
Betty blinked and reacted for a second: "Both the lord and the lady are not here. They went to the Institute of Magical Technology, but they should be back soon."
Nicholas's egg floated up and down and became round. The body of She knew, so she directly followed Gawain's previous instructions and brought Mr. Egg to the study on the second floor of the mansion.
As the mechanical supervisor in the territory, Nicholas Dan rarely leaves the Mechanical Research Institute, let alone the industrial area in the east of the city, but this does not mean that he does not understand what is happening in the territory. , after entering Gawain's study, he first saw the map of the southern territory hanging on the wall of the study, and noticed that in the upper part of the map, the location marked as Rock Fortress had been affixed with a fortress. Seal's logo.
"At least I can sleep peacefully like this," a low buzzing sound came from the metal ball, "so many shells were not in vain."
Little Maid Betty Standing in a corner of the study, she didn't quite understand what the lord was fighting, and she wasn't interested in it either. She just stood there quietly, looking like she was in a daze, not knowing what was going on in her little mind. What are you thinking about.
Nicholas Dan waited in the study for a while, feeling a little bored, so he couldn't help but talk to Betty: "Speaking of which, little girl, are you literate?"
Betty started from She suddenly woke up from her wandering state. She was startled, and then nodded a little uncertainly: "I know...although I don't fully admit it."
After saying this, this person was not very thoughtful. The good-natured little maid seemed to have finally entered the state, and belatedly realized that she had not entertained the guests yet, so she quickly picked up her big teapot from the side and walked towards Nicholas Egg, who was still minding her own business. The next person said: "Oh, just know the words. Just know them. Then you usually read... Hey, wait, what are you doing holding the teapot?"
NiguRasdan looked at Betty with a funny expression (he really had no other expression), and then he saw this stupid little maid and said seriously: "Mr. Dan, would you like some black tea?"
Nicholas Dan was instantly shocked: "...You have never noticed that I have no mouth?!"
Betty seemed to have taken a serious look at the structure of the iron ball star in front of her. , and walked around twice, seemingly looking for an opening into which the tea could be poured. When he found that he really couldn't find it, he said in a long voice, "Huh——": "Huh... there really isn't one!"
“Nonsense, it’s not like you don’t know that this face on my face was painted on,” Nicholas shook his head and continued the topic, “Then if you are literate, can you read a newspaper?”
"The newspaper...can be read, and I can read it normally," Betty nodded, with a happy look on her face, "The lord also gave me a set of stationery, including scissors and glue - he also taught me how to I've cut out the content I like in the newspaper and made it into a book."
After saying this, Betty started walking around Nicholas Egg again: "... Mr. Egg, you really can't drink tea! "
Nicholas Dan couldn't understand why this little maid was so obsessed with giving tea to the guests, but he was really worried that this stupid girl would drill a hole in himself and pour the tea in. So she patiently explained: "I'm different from you. I usually don't need to eat or drink... In other words, the way I eat is different from you..."
Betty finally stopped wandering around. He looked at the metal ball in front of him with wide eyes and curiosity: "How does Mr. Egg usually eat?"
Nicholas Egg said casually: "Oh, usually it is absorbed through the body surface... ”
As soon as he said this, he realized that the little maid next to him might have misunderstood, because the girl was looking up and down at his chubby body while shaking the big teapot in her hand, with a smile on her face. With an expression full of eagerness to try, he quickly said: "Hey, put the thoughts in your mind away - the surface absorption I am talking about does not include asking you to water me!"
Betty A disappointed expression suddenly appeared on his face: "...Oh."
Nicholas Egg raised a question mark: "By the way, why are you so insistent on giving tea to your guests?"
Betty showed her signature dull expression again, and after reacting for two seconds, she suddenly said: "Sister Ginny said that, she said that the most important thing for the maid responsible for receiving guests is to pour the water for the guests in time. New tea..."
"Ginny..." Nicholas Egg recalled and realized that he had never heard of this name. "Is the Lord's Mansion hiring a new maid?"
Betty shook her head: "No, Sister Ginny was the maid in the previous castle. She was responsible for entertaining guests and was the most powerful among us."
After finishing speaking, she paused. As if she was recalling something, she continued: "She would sometimes steal the leftover snacks from the guests.Sneak it into the kitchen and give it to us to eat..."
"The previous castle..." Nicholas Egg muttered something in a low voice, and he understood what was going on.
He discovered Betty's mood dropped, and she realized that she had said something stupid before, which led to this stupid topic.
However, he didn't know how to comfort a human being-this kind of thinking and emotions were too complicated. Upright creatures really have too many difficult-to-understand characteristics, which are far less simple and easy to understand than metals and machines. He could only learn what he used to say when humans comforted each other, and said dryly: "Don't be sad, everything will be fine." Get better. "
"I'm not sad, I'm getting better." Betty shook her head and seemed to have cheered up. "Mrs. Vincent said that living is the most joyful thing. ”
The Nicholas Egg floated quietly next to Betty, once again realizing that human beings are really complex and interesting creatures.
And soon, what he knew The most complex and interesting person among all humans has finally arrived.
Gawain opened the door to the study and saw Betty holding a teapot and the big metal ball standing next to Betty. Showing a smile: "Nicholas, I heard that you brought a 'good thing' to show me? "
After Gawain, another head popped out, and Rebecca squeezed into the study room: "I'm here, I'm here - Mr. Egg, what did you do? ? ! Car engine or boat bearings? ”
In the entire “Cecil R&D and Production System”, the one most closely related to the mechanical manufacturing of Nicholas Egg is the Magic Technology Research Institute managed by Rebecca. The latter is a practical field technology The main R&D department often entrusts some blueprints that have completed theoretical verification to the Mechanical Research Institute for implementation. Such orders usually exceed the processing capabilities of ordinary "machinist bachelors" and are generally handled by Nicholas Egg. Normally Under normal circumstances, Nicholas Egg always has several orders from Rebecca.
So when I heard that Nicholas Egg came to the Lord's Mansion with "good things", Gawain was not the most excited. But Rebecca.
On the other side, after saying hello to Nicholas Egg, Gawain looked at Betty who was holding a teapot. He couldn't help but reveal a hint of the teapot in her hand. Smile: "You didn't force our master craftsman to drink tea, did you? "
"Mr. Egg has no mouth," Betty shook her head. "He can't drink. "
"...You," Gawain shook his head helplessly and rubbed the little girl's hair, "go back and rest. "
Betty left the room, and Nicholas Egg came to Rebecca and placed the metal box that was always floating near him firmly on the ground: "Those two things are almost done. , but what I brought today is the finished product of another order,”
The lock on the metal box automatically opened, and the lid popped up. A box about 80 centimeters long, with both ends visible runesThe interface and the metal roller device with subtle textures on the silver surface floated out from inside.
A proud voice sounded in Nicholas Egg: "It is not easy to realize its function - although the principles and structural diagrams are very clear, it is not easy to master the appropriate ratio of mithril alloy, even I have been testing it for a long time before it can work stably. Miss Rebecca, please accept your order."
"This..." Rebecca looked at the metal roller in surprise, "You. Finally succeeded!?"
After seeing the shape of the metal roller, Gawain vaguely guessed what it was, but he still turned to Rebecca for confirmation: "This is——"< /p>
"This is the most important structure in the new printing press you mentioned before!" Rebecca smiled brightly. In order to design this thing, the Magic Technology Research Institute spent a lot of effort , "I call it the 'Arcane Transfer Tube'. With this, the printing press that you require that can quickly make plates, facilitate editing, continuous printing, and be reusable has been created."
"Arcane Transfer Cylinder?" Gawain didn't expect that Rebecca would also follow his habit and create a new term for students. He repeated the word and became curious about the metal cylinder in front of him, "Now can Demo? How does it work? ”
“It also requires an input unit to work, but if you just want to see what it looks like after it is started, you can just inject magic into this part. ..." Rebecca put her hand on one end of the metal cylinder as she spoke, "Carefully pour some magic power into it, and give the test symbols to... Hey, Ancestor, what are you doing..."
Gawain didn't wait for the girl to "inject magic power" and pulled her hand aside: "I'll do it - don't blow up the house again."
After saying this, he stopped Regardless of Rebecca's sulking look, under the guidance of Nicholas Egg, she put her hand on one end of the metal device.
A little bit of weak magic power was carefully injected into the metal cylinder.
Just a moment later, row after row of neatly arranged lines and symbols that emitted a faint blue light appeared on the surface of the silver-white metal cylinder.