Chapter 308 – Chapter 31

“I have a question.”
“Name is?”
“You can call me Pierre.”
“Tell me.”

Pierre raised his hand and won the right to ask questions.

“We appreciate the Queen’s grace to hire us, but unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to know our value.”
“!!”

At his sudden sudden action, those who heard Celestine’s warning were startled and reflexively stretched out their arms to dissuade them.

However, due to the distance and the inability to create a disturbance, their hands reached out and did not reach Pierre.

“Hoo.”

Lillian made a chin gesture as if interested in Pierre’s words, asking him to continue.

“In this world, especially in the Western Continent, it is difficult to grow intellectuals. Learning knowledge is the privilege of nobles and rich people. In the context of this kingdom, hiring them can quickly become a center of power with the power of family, family, and money. , So I think the Queen took a special step to hire us, who only have knowledge but no power behind it.”

While drifting for a long time, he was well versed in common sense and information in this world, and his ransom was gradually increased.

“We learned a lot of knowledge in our respective home worlds, and even those without knowledge can be confident that we can serve more than one person anywhere because we have learned multiple levels of knowledge while interacting in Promesa.”
“So you want to be treated better?”
“We are providing information so that the Queen can properly understand our value.”

Pierre’s proposal was beneficial to all immigrants, not to specific individuals.

So, when the people who formed the existing public opinion made a word of advocacy, the consciousness that they should be treated better than now rose quickly.

However, Lillian and her escort, Priscilla, who were watching the immigrants, were smiling.

‘Dangerous!’
‘Something feels strange!’

Celestine’s comrades and a few quick-witted people felt ominous.

How can you smile without getting angry when you are refuting the treatment directly given by the king as lacking?

Pierre added that their treatment should be higher than that of the middle class of this world, and that in that way they would all be more loyal to the queen in gratitude.

‘Done!’

Understanding Lillian’s smile in a positive way, Pierre secretly clenched his fists.

As a result, he will have a great reputation among the drifters as a person who has greatly contributed to the improvement of treatment of the drifters.

“Is that all?”
“We think our value is appropriate.”

Certainly, Pierre’s demands were on the verge of not offending those in power.

It’s not that I’m asking for a huge fortune, I’m just asking for better treatment than commoners, but if I refuse to do so, I’ll be suspicious of Lillian’s intention to hire the drifters.

Lillian, smiling and thinking for a moment, murmured softly enough for only Priscilla to hear.

“It’s really scary. The existence of machine intelligence.”

As she snapped her fingers, one of her knights, aware of her signal, climbed onto her platform.

“Clear.”

After becoming a knight from a mercenary, he uttered a certain word, and the battle armor opened with a sound of air pressure.

“Uh!?”
“Wasn’t that magic armor?”

The castaways, who had never imagined that the armor worn by the knights was something that would appear in science fiction, were surprised, but they were surprised from now on.

Shhhhh—! Thump thump!

As everyone’s eyes turned to the sound of rapidly cutting through the air and the sound of something heavy moving, mechanical weapons in a form that humans could not board appeared.

Starting with drones with small-diameter guns, to human-shaped 3m robots that seem too small to have a human on board.

At the appearance of robots with built-in weapons, the drifters were perplexed and tried to understand what the situation was.

A few glanced at Celestine’s colleagues demanding an explanation of what the hell was going on, but they were equally perplexed as they didn’t know this.

“Let me introduce them. To use words that Earthlings can understand, they are autonomous weapons created by Hive Mind machine intelligence, Artemis.”
“Ah, machine intelligence!?”
“What is this? The genre suddenly changed!”

When machine intelligence suddenly appeared in the fantasy world, all the drifters from a scientifically advanced world like Earth were shocked.

– Good evening, immigrants. The Queen explained it, but I will introduce it myself. The Interstellar Management AI, called Artemis.-

Artemis’ mechanical voice came through the speakers of the humanoid robots, each equipped with a blade and a bombardment device.

“Seo… Interstellar management…?”
-Yes. I am an autonomous stand-alone AI capable of managing hundreds of planets to provide a comfortable environment for hundreds of trillions of intelligent life.-

When everyone was puzzled by her introduction, who changed the genre at once, a name that would shock people from Earth came out.

-For reference, Artemis is the name my current master gave me, and the old name is Skynet.-
“Skynet!?”
“Oh my God! Wasn’t that from the movie!?”

Drifters from Earth who knew the classic movie Terminator felt fear at the name of Skynet.

‘A existence like a Terminator, and even a mechanical intelligence that can produce such a Terminator?’
‘Like… A trap that tries to kill humans… !?’

Some even imagined that Lillian might be a fake human created by Artemis.

“Those who come from advanced science seem to understand. What kind of existence Artemis is.”

Lillian, who had caught her breath at once, snapped her fingers again, and the humanoid robots’ bodies split in half, revealing the very precise appearance of a mechanical device.

“As you can see, I can rule this country at any time using the power of Artemis. I can create mechanical soldiers to overthrow the continent without being satisfied here, and I can monitor and rule the entire continent.”
“…”
“Think of it. When a reconnaissance drone detects an enemy, it immediately collects information about the enemy’s size, armament, and all information, and prepares for an invasion in an orderly manner. Metal soldiers who do not need food or wages and have no complaints no matter how cold or hot it is. ‘S army.”

Subsequently, he even explained the appearance of machine managers who could make a kingdom into a utopia without using even 1% of the tidying up resources.

“Nevertheless, I called you guys. For what reason?”
“…”

Of course, no one could answer this.

No matter how much you think about it, you can’t find your own value that can be rubbed against machine intelligence.

“If you leave it to the machine, everything will be abundant and happy. But if you wanted that, you wouldn’t have tried to find this country, and you would have created your own utopia by pioneering a dangerous land far away where there are only monsters.”

Lillian carried through her will that human life should be obtained through human hands.

“I think that in order for humans to move forward, they need effort, willpower, and a sense of achievement to overcome obstacles with their hands and feet. That is why, in order to call this kingdom not a kingdom of machines, but a kingdom of Lucy Arkenel, the help of machines is necessary. I want to receive only the minimum. For example, something that is monotonous but hard and difficult to get a good evaluation even if I do it.”

After explaining that, she instantly turned cold eyes and looked down at the immigrants.

It’s like she puts the will that she can beat her if she puts her mind to it.

“Pierre.”
“Yes yes!”
“As you said, you guys are the only class of knowledge I can gain. But if I can’t break through the obstacles in front of me, I’ll gladly entrust the rule to Artemis for the sake of the people’s happiness. If that happens, you’ll just eat rice and not be my people. What use is it?”
“…”

Pierre sweated profusely despite the cold morning air.

“Let me ask you again. Do you really deserve to be treated higher than I said?”
“Ah… No… It’s…”
“Do you think the values ​​I have set for you are right?”
“Yes…Yes… I… Got it wrong…”
“I’m glad you understand. Now, another question? Feel free to ask.”

But none of the castaways, shocked by the existence of machine intelligence, asked any questions.

“Okay. Then, from now on, according to your knowledge, we will begin to divide the work into the four categories mentioned earlier. Artemis.”
-Yes.-
-If you have military knowledge or would like to apply, this is…-
-Everyone move in an orderly way.-

Upon commanding Artemis, the robots began sorting out the immigrants.

“I’m sorry, my queen.”

After watching the immigrants scatter, Celestine bowed her head to Lillian and apologized.

Even if it is a personal deviation, it is an act that ignores the political risk of accepting immigrants.

“There’s no need to apologize. That level of improvement is rather a positive factor.”

Demanding better treatment means that you have the will to settle down on this land.

In addition, Pierre exquisitely obtained everyone’s tacit consent without crossing the line.

He has excellent speech and political sense, so if he is well educated, he will be able to use it as a diplomat.

But that’s it and this is this.

“Still, I’ll have to make him pay for the crime of walking the tightrope to the king. Artemis.”
-Yes. I’ll make it so that you don’t think about anything else and get buried in your work.-

Through a drone near Lillian, Artemis, who will be in charge of educating immigrants for a while, answered in a voice that seemed to be fun.

Thanks to the overpowering of the immigrants, there was no big problem even though hundreds of people moved.

As a result, Lillian, who has acquired various intellectuals who will be the foundation of the kingdom, can operate the country normally.

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By the time Lillian is holding back the immigrants, Charlize can’t contain her blissful smile and is letting go.

Usually, he has a bewitching smile, but if he had a cold-hearted look as if he could penetrate the other person’s true heart, now he is smiling and exuding a happy aura.

“Mom, please give me some reagent there.”
“Take it. Oh, it’s ideal to add only two drops of that reagent.”
“Thank you, Mom.”

The two were working on making crystals together in the alchemist’s workshop inside the palace.

‘Collaborate with my son! Ah~ I’m so happy~♥’

To be precise, it was to help Kaisent make crystals from behind, but he was happy with that alone, so he couldn’t control his expression.

I don’t know who taught it, but there were some mistakes in the basics.

If you do that, you won’t fail, but it becomes a cumbersome task that requires you to go around a long way or do a few more tasks that can be done simply.

Of course, Charlize, who also mastered the alchemy knowledge of making crystals, corrected the wrong parts and generously passed on the vision only she knew, taking Kaicent’s knowledge of alchemy forward to another level.

‘No matter how difficult the content is taught, it’s so wonderful to learn it perfectly♥’

The way they eat is cute, the way they sleep is cute, and whatever they teach, they learn quickly and have fun teaching.

But here’s to the big, hard dick that pleases mom.

‘When I go back, I have to move the corps headquarters to this place.’

Charlize, now unable to imagine days without Kaicent, decided to move the guild headquarters, even at the cost of a stable income from the Empire’s aristocrats.

In addition, there is a guild headquarters in the kingdom that accepted the different species, so there will be many disadvantages in many ways in dealing with other places.

But her loving motherly love had become lodged in her brain, and she chose to ignore such ‘little’ matters lightly.

“Done!!”

Light came out of the device that gathered and synthesized the essences of various components, and a high-purity crystal for mastering was revealed.

“It’s done, Mom! Thank you so much! It’s all thanks to Mom!”
“Kyahang♥”

Having successfully formed her crystal for Lillian and Priscilla, Kai Cent hugged Charlize tightly around the waist and buried her face halfway between her chest and belly, delighted.

“It’s great, it’s great ♥ There’s nothing my son can’t do ♥”

Although she had her own assistance, seeing that she made crystals of such high purity, even if she became an alchemist, she would be able to live in abundance for the rest of her life.

“Ah, here you are.”
“It’s hard.”

At that time, the door to the workshop opened and Akina appeared.

Charlize, whose happiness had been diluted by her intruders, glared at her ferociously, biting her fangs.

“There’s no courtesy, no manners, no basics. Didn’t you see the sign that says we’re working? Are you trying to break the crystal-making alchemist’s concentration?”
“Huh. I came in after feeling the magic wave when the crystal was completed. And I have business with Kaicent, so would you mind not interfering?”

Until now, when Akina was nervous, she would give Charlize sarcastically replies, but this time the situation was reversed.

‘Even though it’s obvious that my baby will be depressed if she fails in surprise!’

Outraged by Akina’s insensitivity, she openly ignored it, smiling at Kai Sent.

“Kaisent. You’ve gained a lot of experience since learning my spearmanship, so shall we try sparring?”
“What? I don’t need it! This kid learned my magic!”
“Kaisent’s strength is not his strong magical power, but his ability to digest everything quickly and acquire it as his own. You want to raise a boy with talent as a magician to become a wizard?”

Normally, Akina was ridiculed by Charlize’s clever words, but Akina was speechless when Akina gave a standard answer that left no room for questioning.

“Mom, I want to move my body a bit too. I’ll train with Akina-sama for a few hours.”
“If that woman makes you do something unreasonable, come to me right away, okay?”
“Don’t worry. Akina-sama is just as kind as her mother.”

That bachelor bitch gets the same evaluation as herself!

She smiles on the outside, but whether or not she knows that she is on fire inside, Akina grabs Kai Sent’s arm and heads outside.

Just before she left, Akina smiled meaningfully as she raised one of her lips towards Charlize.

She seemed to have been deprived of the happy times with her son, but when she even provoked her, she felt the power of her whole body boiling.

‘Because it’s not okay for the baby to fall ill with that ignorant bitch… !’

Normally, she would go back to her house and wait for Kaicent to return, but she was enraged by Akina’s provocation and decided to secretly watch.