Bab 7: Roble Holy Kingdom and Suzuki's Determination
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After her interaction with the maids at the Maid Café, Suzuki continued into the establishment and ordered sweets after sweets.
The maid with dog features named Korone was in charge of serving her, seeing that all the other maids simply 'broke' when interacting with her. She felt like a pop star. Luckily Korone treated her like a regular customer.
Of course, not only were the maids surprised by Eve's presence. As she was in the entertainment district, several NPCs, or rather residents of Alpha Prime, would be shocked to see Eve inside the Maid Café. Many stopped to take pictures of her while others sent messages through [Transmission], informing their friends about Eve being there.
Fortunately, because of the efforts of a certain pink maid, who was outside the establishment controlling the situation, none of them bothered her.
'This is already my tenth glass of Sundae, but strangely I don't feel full. I feel like I could eat thirty more. Is it because my body is a machine and not organic? How does my body work?' Suzuki thought, intrigued.
As she enjoyed her tenth glass of Sundae, a formally dressed automaton entered the establishment. He wore a white suit and behaved like a gentleman, but his head was a bluish sphere with a ring around it.
The Automaton headed towards Suzuki and stopped right next to her he then bowed respectfully, ''It's been a while, Eve-sama. I came to bring you information from Lapiz Lazuli-sama as I was commanded.'' He said. The ring around his head shook like radio waves when he spoke.
Suzuki looked at the Automaton curiously.
'I don't remember creating this NPC, and he spoke as if he had known me for a long time...actually, I don't remember creating most of the NPCs I've seen. What was his name again?' Suzuki thought.
And it was with that thought that Suzuki realized something that hadn't mattered to her before. In the game, as NPCs couldn't talk, Suzuki never gave a shit about them. She created most NPCs as a way to pass the time as if she were playing a simulation game like The Smiths.
Apart from the squad leaders and Lily, whom she loved them, Suzuki didn't remember the configurations of the rest of the NPCs she created, she didn't know their personalities, nor their names, as she only interacted once with practically all of them.
She just created them and then set them aside without a second glance.
Suzuki felt bitter and guilty inside, she clenched her fist and without her realizing it the steel spoon she was holding twisted as if it were paper.
'These NPC's....no, these people, these Automatons.....see me as a Goddess who gave them life, a general and a leader...they treat me with so much respect and affection, but I don't even remember their names.' She thought with regret.
Without her noticing it, for the first time since she became Eve, her expression changed slightly. Her eyes were drooping sadly and she was biting her lip as if she was having a bitter thought.
The Automaton was surprised by Eve's change in expression, this was something he has never seen before, even if it was quite subtle. Even so, he wasn't impolite to point it out without knowing the problem.
''Eve-sama? Is everything ok? Is there a problem?'' He asked with concern
Being called, Suzuki's expression returned to its usual stoic state. She looked at Automaton and she gave a slight smile, which surprised Automaton even more.
''Reply: Yes, it's been a while. What information Lapis send you to give to me?'' She said.
''Ah-E-Eh? Ah...Ahem!'' The Automaton stuttered in surprise but soon recovered. Then out of nowhere, a tablet appeared in his hand, and he handed it to Suzuki.
''Here's the data. Now that my mission has been accomplished, I must leave. Have a nice day, Eve-sama, and..... I hope whatever is on your mind gets resolved soon.'' He said goodbye and then left the Café Maid.
Suzuki watched him leave and sighed.
'I'll reserve some time to read the files on all the residents and soldiers, even if I have to read the more than two hundred files that exist. I would be a failure as a guild leader if I didn't even know their names when they treat me so well.' She thought resolutely.
After making a promise to herself, Suzuki's attention turns to the tablet in her hands, and with one touch, the tablet turns on and various holographic information appears in front of Suzuki.
She sighs, 'Why does everything have to have holograms? Wouldn't it be simpler if it was simply written to a file? I know I designed Alpha Prime to have a sci-fi nature, but still....'
She looks at the holograms and information on the tablet, and she is surprised by the contents.
'Then one of the squads that were sent to explore found land as well as information about it. But what does she mean by them taking a fort? I ordered them to remain secret just so there would be no conflict. Don't tell me they misunderstood my intentions?' She thought apprehensively.
She kept reading the information, and with each piece of information, her mood worsened.
According to the information on the tablet, after they found a small fort, they silently attacked it, eliminating everyone who was there excluding the fort leader, as the mission was mainly to get information.
So that there would be no problems after killing the humans that were in the fort, they were replaced by synthetic Doppelgangers, which are synthetic smileys that have the same characteristics as a real Doppelganger. The difference is that while Doppelgangers are real monsters that can change their appearance as they see fit after consuming a living being, synthetics could only change their appearance once, and since they are slimes after their task was accomplished, they would be discarded.
YGGDRASIL had customizations that were beyond imagination, that being said, synthetic Doppelgangers were just one of the many things Suzuki had created.
The squad that took over the fort, tortured and extracted information from the fort leader with mind magic and after the torture session, the leader, who died in the torture session was also replaced by a synthetic Doppelganger.
Suzuki felt a headache as he finished reading half of the report.
'To think that an order of mine caused several lives to be taken….I know it's not my soldier's fault, it's my fault that I didn't specify the order, on that time I simply thought about acting as how Eve would behave.' She thought as she felt guilty about the deaths.
Then she continued reading the report.
'Hmm, let's see. The fort was a human fort guarded by poorly armed human soldiers. They carried iron spears, wooden bows, and shields, and their armor was made of simple iron as well. What the hell? What kind of guild arms its soldiers so poorly? Even a hobgoblin has equipment superior to that.' She thought with a snort.
'According to the information that was pulled from the fort leader's brain by magic, the fort was called Pendo, a small fort that is close to a port city called Rimun. As they would hardly be attacked from the coast, the fort was largely neglected, as their kingdom's biggest problem is their constant fight against the beastmen on the country's front lines. This territory that we find is part of the northern Roble Holy Kindom, a religious country that indoctrinates the religions of the Four Great Gods.....'
After finishing reading all the information, Suzuki was confused.
'Roble Holy Kingdom? Four Great Gods? There isn't a country by that name in YGGDRASIL, let alone a guild by that name. And Four Great Gods? What kind of religion is this?'
Unfortunately, there was only very little information, and none of it was detailed, as it seems that the individual who was tortured died very quickly, and because of that, they only got very little information. There was nothing like the year they were in or the continent, and there was also no information about guilds, which was what she wanted most.
'It looks like we may be in a more complicated situation than I previously thought.'
Suzuki then gets up from her table, and leaves the Café Maid, but not before leaving gold coins as payment, as well as a nice tip.
With a thought, she turns on her [Transmission] ability and connects to the Intelligence center.
[Order: Lapis Lazuli, call Enola and Kanon back, and inform all executives that we have another emergency meeting. Do this as quickly as possible.]
Lapis Lazuli, who was sitting quietly in her chair while sipping tea, jumps in surprise upon receiving the message.
[E-Eve-sama?! Why suddenly-?!O-Oh! Ehem! As you wish, Eve-sama. I will call them back and call everyone to another emergency meeting.]
[Reply: I'm counting on you, Lapis.]
With that, Eve turned off her ability, leaving Lapis Lazuli stunned by the unexpected situation. She didn't know whether to feel sad that her dear tea had been spilled or happy that Eve said she was counting on her.
That aside, she sends Eve's orders to all the executives and orders another cup of tea to her servant.
'From now on, as long as I am in this body, I will be Eve, and only Eve....' Suzuki thought as he headed towards the black tower.
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At the Maid Café, after Suzuki left, Lily, who had been accompanying her unbeknownst to her, was exchanging pictures she had taken of Eve with the café maids.
''Kakakaka! Check out my photo collection of Eve-sama!''
In Lily's hands was a physical photo album, since if it was virtual, Suzuki was very likely to discover and delete all the photos.
There were several pictures of Suzuki, like pictures of her in the conference room sitting on her silver throne like a goddess, and even more recent pictures of Suzuki like pictures of her strolling through the entertainment district in her white one-piece dress.
Okayu laughed wickedly, ''You have a good collection there, Lily-sama. But do you have something like this photo I have on my hands? Hmm?''
In Okayu's hands was a picture of Eve happily eating her Sundae while blushing slightly.
Lily's eyes sparkled and she placed her hands on Okayu's shoulders and shook her, ''Do you have a copy?! Please say you have it! I pay five, no, ten thousand gold coins for a copy!'' She said desperately.
Korone, who was also there, smirked, ''Is a picture like that worth ten thousand gold coins? Heh, so how much would you give for this one, Lily-sama?''
Korone gently placed a photo on the table and handed it to Lily like it was some kind of drug or top secret document.
In the photo, there was a Suzuki with a really cute smile on her face. Korone took the photo just as Suzuki had smiled at the Automaton who was talking to her.
Okayu looked at Korone in amazement.
'When did she take this picture?! Wait, wouldn't a picture like that be worth a hundred times more than mine?! Even I want a picture of Eve-sama smiling! And I wouldn't mind giving ten years of my salary to have that!' She thought.
Lily looked at the picture, and her expression turned serious.
Then with a lightning-fast movement, she pulls a gigantic bag out of her inventory and slams it down hard on the table, ''Shut up and take all my money!!''
Korone smiled, ''Always nice to do business with you, Lily-sama!''
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