1465, Vienna, Apocalypse Palace.
"How can I make it fly...?"
By the dim candlelight, a small blond boy... or, a girl?
Its androgynous and gentle face, added to its luxurious clothing, was enough to make anyone seeing it for the first time wonder about its gender.
However, according to history, this child should be male.
However, at that moment, the child was looking at the half-finished kite in front of him with a worried expression.
"It seems the support structure is too heavy..."
The child examined the "airplane" in front of him for a while.
Then he leaned over to rummage through the toolbox at his feet for utensils.
"The overall design is flawed"
"!!?"
The sudden sound startled the child... Otto.
He almost hit his fingers.
"Who? Who is it?"
Otto looked around, trying to locate the source of the sound.
Tian Shi looked at Otto, who was nervous but trying to remain calm, and felt a bit emotional.
Otto at that moment even had a crisp voice, along with his soft blond hair and androgynous face... he looked perfectly natural in women's clothing.
"Who do you think I am?"
Out of consideration for the young Otto, Tian Shi, who had been tempted to hit him, threw the problem back to him.
"This..."
Otto looked worried; after all, before meeting Kallen, Otto was a lonely young man who rarely left his house and had practically no social skills.
But Otto was, after all, a genius of a thousand years... even ten thousand years.
Despite his inner confusion, he took a deep breath and still gave a witty answer.
"You... you must be a deity, right?"
After Otto finished speaking, he lowered his head, revealing a humble posture.
Otto's idea was simple.
If the other party is truly a deity, then, as a believer, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this answer.
If the other party is a demon, one must pretend to be a foolish mortal and elevate them to the status quo to adapt to changing circumstances.
It is hard to imagine that this is a solution a 13-year-old boy, who has always been raised in the inner palace, could come up with.
However, Otto's words made Tian Shi momentarily lose his composure.
For a fleeting instant, Tian Shi felt as if the person in front of him were not Otto, but Aponia.
Seriously?
From their personalities to their genders, these two people have absolutely nothing in common.
"I can tell by your words that you have no respect for the gods"
The sound that suddenly appeared in the air almost made Otto's heart skip a beat.
"Referring to someone as a god... I remember that Catholicism is a monotheistic religion, isn't it?"
"You, as the son of a bishop, are quite a heretic"
Tian Shi pointed out Otto's carelessness.
Hearing the voice in the air, Otto suddenly found it hard to breathe.
In this era, heresy is not a word that can be uttered lightly.
If this title were to be confirmed, he would most likely be abandoned without hesitation by his father and brothers.
Otto's Adam's apple moved, as if he wanted to defend himself, but overwhelmed by a nameless fear, he didn't even have the courage to open his mouth.
Otto is far less eloquent now than he will be later; in fact, his answer just now was already an exceptional performance for him.
During this period, Otto was even a socially awkward person.
Fortunately, seeing that Otto's response had triggered his memories, Tian Shi had no intention of continuing to make things difficult for him.
"Call me whatever you want, God or Demon, but now let's talk about you, paper kite"
"Please... speak"
As Otto watched the mechanical kite rise into the air, he trembled, not out of fear, but because he was suppressing the urge to save it.
"Destroy it, destroy it, anyway, it's not the first time my achievements have been destroyed"
From childhood to adulthood, my father and brothers have destroyed countless inventions.
One more or one less doesn't matter.
Otto, who had been lifting his head, lowered it again, skillfully showing a submissive posture.
Hopefully this time it won't break too much... Well... I retract what I said before.
"Although the design has some problems, the quality is very good"
"Ehh?"
Otto then realized belatedly that the other party didn't seem to have criticized his kite from the beginning.
Is it more like... an evaluation?
[Otto's compatibility +20%]
"It is very well made, are you really only 13 years old?"
"The frame is a bit heavy, but if you keep making it like this, it should be able to fly"
Genius.
Although Tian Shi already knew it, he only realized how talented Otto was after looking closer.
Although kites are not exactly high-tech, the hardest part of many things is not going from 1 to 2, but from 0 to 1.
In Tian Shi's eyes, it was quite remarkable that a young master living secluded in a mansion surrounded by religious influences could come up with something like this.
The "studio" he was in was extremely small, probably less than ten square meters in total, and was packed with various materials and objects.
Just by seeing the studio, no one would say that Otto was the son of a bishop, even if he were an unimportant one.
"R-really, is it okay?"
Otto looked up eagerly.
Although he couldn't see Tian Shi, his eyes still shone.
"Do you mean that... it really can fly?"
"Or rather, why can't it fly?"
Tian Shi waved the kite.
"There is a small problem, but nothing serious, don't you think it can also fly?"
"It's just... it's just a feeling..."
Hearing Tian Shi's words, little Otto lowered his head somewhat embarrassed.
Otto, who was born into an episcopal family, had very few opportunities to learn carpentry and similar trades and had to manage on his own.
"I'm not entirely sure either..."
When Tian Shi thought about this era, he suddenly realized what was happening.
"In that case, I will teach you some basic knowledge"
"R-really, is it okay?"
Otto looked excited.
"Such valuable knowledge... is it okay to entrust it to me like this?"
"How do you know it's precious if I haven't even told you about it yet?"
Tian Shi smiled.
The Otto in front of us is much cuter than the Otto of the future.
"Maybe I'm just joking"
Tian Shi's words, clearly mocking, made Otto blush, but he didn't know what to say.
"I... I believe you..."
"Hey..."
Hearing these words from Otto really evokes many emotions.
"Forget it, young master, do you have any tools here? I'll explain while I fix it"
"I have"
For some reason, the atmosphere around us suddenly seemed strange.
And a hint of... grievance appeared in Otto's eyes?
"Your Majesty, I... am Otto Apocalypse, the third daughter of Bishop Nicolas of the Apocalypse family"
"???"
Tian Shi's mind went blank for a moment while he looked for tools.
A woman?
Then, who is that male Otto who has already been confirmed in the future?
Or is this some kind of hellish bubble?