Chapter 481: 71.2 Machine Power

Huh, perfect timing. "You done storing the coal, I take it?"

"Y-yeah," Ruby meekly replied from behind me. "Grigori's gone outside to hunt, and I.. don't know what to do now.."

Oh? "That's good. That means you're free."

I turned around gave the yellow-haired woman a well-meaning smile. She flinched a bit, but she took it as her cue to move closer to the board.

"W-what's all this?" she asked as I watched her look up and down the madness of my schematics.

"I actually want to talk to you about this," I chuckled. "I'm planning on letting you build this to your heart's content."

"W-wait, what?"