Chapter 43: What's wrong with a bad woman? Bad women are also very charming!
「 "Their presence here is proof." Svarog looked at the group of Seele who had fought their way through and finally reached them.
"Svarog! We haven't settled the score from last time!" Seele put one hand on her hip, extremely impatient. "Quickly withdraw your underlings, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Humans attempting to overturn calculation results are a great threat to the survival strategy of the lower district."
Svarog's red eyes swept over Stelle, March 7th, and the others. After a brief silence, he suddenly bowed and extended his arm to Clara. "Let's go, Clara. An external variable has appeared, calculation is restarting, and the Core Hub needs to be guarded." 」
「 .....」
~Genshin Impact World~
"What an amazing robot... Its manufacturing technology seems even more advanced than that of Khaenri'ah and the King Deshret civilization in the desert from over five hundred years ago."
Inside and outside a café in the Akademiya, Faruzan was sitting with a few people, discussing the incredible technology displayed on the screen in a desultory manner.
"As for automatically defending robots, besides the Ruin Guards, I've also seen them in the ruins in the desert... But their combat power is really average, not as good at exploding as those in Belobog."
Kaveh held a cup of coffee, his chatterbox opening nonstop.
"Speaking of which, can we in Sumeru manufacture this kind of mechanism with 'artificial intelligence'?"
Facing Kaveh's question, Alhaitham didn't even bother to lift his head.
"You never seem to think before you ask questions. If Sumeru had this technology, your architectural aesthetic, which silences investors, might have been replaced by machines."
Kaveh immediately became anxious.
"What's wrong with my aesthetic? With the meager architectural aesthetics reserves of your Haravatat... Heh heh, no wonder you can't appreciate it..."
"I really can't appreciate a design plan that was ordered to be modified twenty times in three days, and then was forced to change back to the first version."
Alhaitham spread his hands expressionlessly.
"So, our great architect, has your great architectural plan passed the investor's review this time?"
"...You!"
As if hit in the bullseye, Kaveh's face turned pale with anger. He snorted and turned his head away.
"Alright, alright, don't argue. Senior Faruzan invited us here to discuss the feasibility of replicating the robots in Belobog in Sumeru."
Tighnari always felt that whenever these two were together, the gunpowder smell never faded.
"To study robots, why not get two autonomous mechanisms from Fontaine?"
Alhaitham said calmly.
"As for 'artificial intelligence'... I have consulted ancient texts about Inazuma. Their gods seem to have created puppets with wisdom and personality hundreds of years ago."
"The gods of Inazuma... We probably don't even have the qualification to ask about such things, do we?"
Tighnari smiled wryly.
"Do we have anyone in Sumeru who has a good relationship with the gods of Inazuma?"
"I did think of one..."
"Me too..."
At this moment, in Natlan—
A certain yellow-haired traveler who had just fished the Great Shaman of the Smoldering Sage into a Culter alburnus couldn't help but sneeze.
She looked up blankly, always feeling that in a distant country, a blue exclamation mark would suddenly appear on the map.
—
「 Svarog, a huge fat robot, fought against Stelle and her group, while he himself left with Clara.
Although it took some effort, this big guy was ultimately no match for the few of them and was quickly scrapped.
"That little girl in the red dress..." Stelle looked in the direction Svarog had left. "Should we chase?"
"You mean Clara?" Seele said indifferently. "Don't worry about it. That girl seems to have a good relationship with Svarog and always follows him. Svarog won't hurt her. The urgent matter is to find the leader first."
"—You don't need to look for me everywhere, Seele." A wild Oleg leader suddenly appeared not far away. He walked over with several people from the Wildfire.
"Well done, Seele. I originally thought we would have a protracted battle with this group of robots."
Seeing that the few people from the Wildfire were fine, Seele finally felt a little relieved.
Stelle put one hand on her hip. "You are the leader? You've finally arrived after much anticipation."
It was the first time Oleg had seen someone so arrogant on their first meeting. He couldn't help but wonder, "Who are you, few people?"
Stelle briefly introduced the identities of the Astral Express crew and explained what had happened in the upper district before, including the purpose of looking for the Stellaron.
But unfortunately, Oleg had never heard of a Stellaron either. However, he recommended a key person who might know about the Stellaron—Svarog.
"He's just a robot in the underground. Why would he know important secrets?" Dan Heng asked doubtfully.
"He is an ancient robot who experienced [ that war ] ... If you are looking for something old, besides him, you probably can only ask that 'Great Guardian'."
Mentioning the name of the Great Guardian, Oleg's tone suddenly became agitated.
"The current 'Great Guardian' is nothing but a liar. She deceived the lower district with sweet words, and—"
Before Oleg could finish, Bronya angrily interrupted him. "Enough! I won't allow you to insult the Guardian-sama in front of me!" 」
「 .....」
~Frieren: Beyond Journey's End World~
"Although I admit that Miss Cocolia is a charming woman, her actions as a leader are indeed excessive,"
Sein commented involuntarily.
"Eh—how rare, this is the first time I've seen you give a negative review to a big sister on the screen."
Frieren leaned in beside him with interest and smiled slightly.
"Is it because she's a bad woman?"
"What's wrong with a bad woman? Bad women are also very charming, okay?!"
Sein recalled when Kafka first appeared on the space station, that aura of elegance mixed with danger, and danger that was still charming... It simply made him unable to stop.
Especially the "tap-tap" sound of high heels on the floor, every step was like stepping on his heart.
Of course, the later-appearing Miss Himeko perfectly matched his preferences too, but the first impression of Kafka still left an indelible mark on his heart.
—
「 The resentment of the lower district could not be explained in a few words. Oleg first proposed a truce, saying to deal with the main business first.
Before that, he arranged for the three members of the Astral Express to rest at the best place in town, and that place... was called the Goethe Hotel.
Such a familiar plot... As soon as she heard the word "Goethe", March 7th's face immediately stiffened, and some bad memories suddenly flooded in...
"We won't check in this time and then become wanted criminals the next day, will we?" 」
「 .....」