章 54: Quinella...In School!
(1 out of 3 chapters this week)
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[Calculations are complete]
[All conditions have been met]
[Proceeding with 'Heaven's System' Project]
[Secondary objective, 'Golden Armoury' is all clear, allocating resources for its construction.]
[Project 'Biological Battle Model: Enterprise is all clear, beginning DNA creation by resonance method]
[Project 'Silver Dragon Empress' is all clear, beginning hybrid DNA creation]
[Entering Standby mode]
Aurora finished all of the calculations and assigned all the duties for four projects at once.
In the depths of the Processing facility, the Assembly Lines roared to life as Mana started to flow into it. Robotic hands came out from the walls and started to use magic circles to change mana into a clay-like substance.
All of the robotic hand's actions were precise and quick, the clay swiftly turned into diamonds while other hands already started to carve runes into them.
Once the diamonds were complete they were moved out of the assembly lines picked up by the Aurora bots and then taken to the ritual chambers.
In these rooms, there were at least a few dozen bots which were already carving rows and rows of circles.
All of these are Heaven system-related magic circles.
To make a complete replica of this system Sephiroth Graal was needed. It's the most important piece of the puzzle as if this item is in possession control over souls is possible.
The flow itself can be taken control over. But this is not all, the key piece is that you can use this to attach or detach anything to the soul as well.
This piece of gear gives one a full understanding of the soul.
With this system the plan Marcus had for his battleship girls is complete and he can now start working on it. Well, he doesn't need to as he has given the green light to Aurora to start building it the moment the maths is done.
This is exactly what happened. The circles were done in a short minute and then the ritual started.
The diamond the size of a room glowed and all the circles rushed into it merging and creating a ball of light inside the diamond. This was the heaven system in its true 'form'.
It's a nexus of magical energy however this was not done, the next part is the Golden Armoury. It's another diamond which was soon prepared similarly.
It works similarly to Sacred Gears only that they are not in circulation.
What Marcus planned is a 'space' where weaponry can be stored.
More precisely where ships can be stored. For this the moment Diamond is completed in the ritual room it is taken to the shipyards where Enterprise has been kept.
Since Shipyards have one of the biggest Assembly lines in Marcus Faction, the tools needed for the maintenance of the ships have begun its assembly over there.
It will take a while, but Marcus will have a chance to see Enterprise before it's stored in 'Golden Armoury'.
~~~~~~Morning~~~~~~
"What a strange dream! Mark engaged to a Goddess!? How on Earth did I cook this up?" Rose, Marcus' mother mumbled to herself as she descended to the ground floor and went to the kitchen.
She stopped in her tracks as she saw a silver-platinum-haired beauty with an apron cooking something. Her long hair is done in a high ponytail.
There was a large smile on her lips.
"...Umm…"
"Oh, good morning! Yesterday, I had no chance to introduce myself, I am Quinella Aurora, Master's Assistant."
"...Master?"
"...Oh, Right, I mean Marcus, I am his Assistant. The reason why I call him Master is that I am one of his creations."
"...Creations?"
"Indeed! I think… A couple of years ago he went to see a genetics lab, over there he learned the basics of genetics and then proceeded to study it. Thanks to that I was able to gain a biological body."
"Uhhh… I need something to drink…"
"I can make some coffee if you want." Quinella was quite clueless about what she meant by a 'drink'. The Biological Assistant is quite new to the whole of this.
*Sigh*
"Fine. One coffee then."
With a nod, the assistant girl proceeded to take the kettle and pour some water into it.
As this was going on Rose looked at the girl. She is trying to grasp how this is classified. If she is a 'creation' then how should it be classified with their common sense? Is Marcus her father!? Does it mean she is a grandmother!?
All of this is making her head spin.
After a few moments, she couldn't stand it anymore and started to ask.
"So, how does this work?"
"Hmm?"
"He created you, so he is like…your father?"
Quinella blinked a couple of times as she processed the information.
"No, No! That is a BIG NO. There is only one man on this planet that I would love and that is Marcus Goldman. I was created to be his Assistant and a… lover. There is no way I could see him as a parent. That's just…wrong." The girl even looks grossed out.
"...But…"
"Think of it this way. He is so good that he can even make a lover for himself. That's the level of his genius." Quinella had a chance to brag about her creation in front of his mother. That's right. Even his mother should know how absurdly incredible he is!
"...Fine…"
A couple of minutes later, by the time Rose was drinking her tea, Marcus entered the kitchen.
"So when were you planning to tell me that you are engaged to Athena!? AND are creating girls! Is that even legal!?"
"...Umm…cloning and genetic alterations of people who are not agreed to are illegal, what I did is none of those, I created DNA from the ground up." Marcus smoothly explained as Quinella swiftly and elegantly prepared a cup of tea for him.
"And Athena?"
"She was a delegation from Olympus when we first met, after that Olympus decided to propose a marriage between us. I agreed because it's a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to marry a Goddess."
"...and why didn't you tell us about it?" She asked with narrowed eyes.
"Because it will take a long time to explain."
"...Ugh…"
Rose had no energy to argue with him first thing in the morning. By this point, it's too late to change anything, and from the looks of it, he is rooted in all of this far too much.
Knowing her son this is exactly why he revealed all of this at this point.
So that she couldn't do anything!
"Just keep it in moderation." With a resigned sigh she said it to him.
"I am just a teenager working in his garage, mother. How could I possibly do anything bad?" Marcus with an innocent voice replied to her worries.
"...Right…"
After a few more minutes Quinella brought everyone breakfast by this point even Roland, Marcus' father sneaked into the kitchen when he smelled the food.
"This is impressive!" The older Goldman praised the Assistant of his son. The food was delicious!
"Thank You. I went through countless simulations to be a good chief." Quinella puffed her chest while saying that.
"..."
"..."
"She has access to my Artificial Intelligence's processing power. This allows her to simulate a bunch of things. She used that to boost her cooking skills." Marcus casually explained
She pouted at him when he explained with such an indifferent and casual voice.
"...Right. So… how on earth did you create a living being like that?" Roland asked with a sigh as this was getting weird. His son just pulls out all that.
"Calculations mostly, I built up a very powerful computer which did all of that. Once I studied DNA fully I drew Quinella's image and proceeded to tailor DNA to that look." The Alchemist explained in simple terms to his family.
"So does this mean I won't need to pay my medical bills anymore?"
All his father and mother understood that their son was good at biology so they didn't need to pay for medical treatment anymore.
"Precisely, so when you need anything just tell me."
After saying that the group proceeded to continue with their breakfast but then the doorbell rang.
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Latia inspected herself before ringing the doorbell. It was finally time! She will reveal herself to her Master's family!
She had presents and other things ready.
So when doors opened up it was Quinella, which made Latia straighten her back.
"Oh it's you, come in." Marcus' Assistant wasn't too excited to see this blonde devil.
"Same to you, it appears you have finished your assignment."
"Hnn, yes, now come in." The Silver-Platinum-haired beauty motioned to enter the house. The Devil Heiress did just that, once inside she looked around. This was the first time she was in her Master's family house.
As she got in, after taking her shoes off and putting on slippers she walked to the kitchen with a pair of bags.
"Good Morning, let me formally introduce myself, I am Latia Astaroth." The blonde elegantly introduced herself.
"Good morning."
"Morning."
"Morning, take a seat." Marcus motioned for her to sit next to him.
"I hope the whole shop thing went smoothly." The younger Goldman asked curiously.
"With all the preparation done, there is very little which could have gone wrong." As she said that she pulled out one of the bags and placed it on the table.
"Inside there are a set of phones. Since they all belong to Marcus, I thought you should give them to all of your family members."
As Latia said, she pulled out the phone boxes and handed them over to his parents.
'What a crafty woman…' Quinella internally pouted at this development. She should have done something similar!
"Oh, they look nice! The whole front is a screen!? How impressive is that!"
Roland was the first one to comment on how nice it looked, even before he pulled out from the box.
"Yes, let me show you how it's done."
The blonde devil proceeded to show everything. While Marcus looked curiously from the side the whole process.
His gaze then went to the side. He noticed the time.
"...Umm… Mom, I think you are going to be late."
"!"
Rose's gaze snapped to the side. There were only a few minutes left!
"Oh…OH!" The Woman swiftly got on her feet and proceeded to rush.
"I can help. My car and driver are still here. We can take you to your workplace."
"Oh, that's fantastic, dear!"
…
…
…
After Latia and Rose left, Marcus, Roland and Quinella were left behind in the house.
"You didn't tell her that Latia was a devil."
"Hmm? I kinda forgot about that. But is she? Well, I guess her looks are…supernatural." His father even forgot about the fact of devils. They have Goddesses, an Artificial intelligence with a biological body, hyper tech… in the middle of it, he forgot that the blonde was a devil.
"Well, it doesn't matter anymore. I suppose we could mention it one day." Marcus casually shrugged it aside. By this point, it doesn't matter that much.
"I guess. So what now? With all the reveals, what are you going to do? I don't think you even need some sort of guidance. As someone who got engaged to Athena of all people? Is it even people? She is a Goddess, so I guess a being? The rest of the people should look to you for guidance." Roland spoke with a pondering voice.
Should he even work, should Marcus even go to school? Is it even needed?
The whole reveal was so big that it could easily change the dynamics of everything.
"What am I going to do?" The younger Goldman looked at the clock.
" I will go to school, I still have projects to do."
"Huh?"
"By project, he means he is using the students and the school as inspiration for future projects," Quinella said from the side as she was quiet the whole time, acting like a proper Assistant and only chipping when she needed to.
"Oh, I see. Well, that's fine. However, will you be able to do it? Now that you have the store and everyone knows your face and what you did."
"Your father is right, Master. It will be difficult for you to return to how it was before." Quinella agreed to his father's words.
"Yes, I can see that. But I still have my projects, and I need my environment."
The girl rolled her eyes when she heard that.
"I could simulate the environment if you want. You created illusion-based technomancy just to play around with the fact that you wanted to simulate Darth Vader invading Earth."
"Excuse me?" Roland snapped exclaimed when he heard that.
"That's right! Master created a particle! Based on how the biological body reacts to the outside world. Just so that he could experience an invasion from a fictional faction invading Earth!" The Assistant explained to her Master's father.
"...Damn…I don't know if I should be impressed or shocked by your dedication."
"Yeah…I don't know. If it's going to be annoying I will drop out. But first I need to see how it's going."
Marcus ignored how Quinella was telling an 'embarrassing' tale about his early Realitus dives. Instead, he was wondering about his school life.
Honestly, he is not a wimp to drop out because of attention. Though part of him, the weeb part is protesting about excess attention.
"Hmm… Serafall is busy, so she can't attend, but I can take you." Marcus immediately got an idea! He can take his assistant! Of course! She will be his reinforcement!
"...Huh?"
"M-Master! You want me to attend school!? With you!?"
With a smug look, Marcus pulled out his earpiece.
"Aurora, enrol Quinella in my school."
[As you wish.]
"Oh and dad. I will be renovating this house. Since my hidden life is revealed there is no need to hold back."
*Ring**Ring**Ring*
Before Roland can comment on the upgrades his phone starts to ring.
He checked it out.
"It's Lilian, your sister is calling, I wonder if she saw the news." The older Goldman picked up the phone and started to talk with his daughter.
Marcus could hear the borderline screams and gushing tone of his sister.
"I have to go."
The Alchemist quickly proceeded to get up from his seat. Quinella looked curious about this. She realised that her memories which were database before, hold barely anything on his sister!
This is confusing!
"Master… your sister…this Lilian… is there something wrong?"
"Hmm? Not quite, It's…she is over top normie… It's hard for me to explain but I simply… leave her alone because she always wanted that…normal life. I don't know if it's hard for me to be involved with her.
If I get involved I will impact her 'normal life' so keep away from her and watch from the shadows."
Even when he said that Quinella felt some…hidden anger?
"If you say so." She decided to ignore it as well. Since he doesn't like it.
"You should prepare for school, my dear Quinella."
"...Huh? Oh…*sigh*"
"Fine, since my Master wants me to do it."
~~~
Latia returned just in time to take her Master to school, her gaze stayed on Quinella who was dressed in the female version of his school's uniform.
She was somewhat jealous that she was ending up 'studying' in the same school and class.
The devil Heiress is slightly romantic towards such a thing and would like to do the same thing. Sadly her 'public' persona is that of an adult and manager.
So she has to live with it.
"Master, you should give these phones to your classmates." The Blonde Devil offered the other bag to Marcus.
"Hmm? You think?"
"Yeah, it's a good PR trick," Latia smirked as she proceeded to explain.
"The news will be following you for a while and once they start asking students about you they will tell good stories because of the phones they got…for free!"
*Sigh*
"Fine, I see your point, but this feels like a drag." Marcus agreed with a lazy tone.
A black 7th-class BMW rolled into the school's car park. The teen is pleased that his devil girlfriend is following his 'taste' even though the car she got is the one he likes.
That's one of the things he likes about Devil Girls. They adjust to what the guy likes.
As they arrived the pair left the car and the black car turned around and left.
"...Well. I can give a couple of points for the aesthetics." Quinella started to 'rank' the school. She looked at a grey concrete three-floor building. One could say it was built like Lego, but instead of plastic blocks, it's concrete blocks.
"...Don't think too much. This was built with efficiency in mind. You can find these kinds of schools all over the nation. They are identical."
"...Ah, yes…Communism. One thing we could learn from them is the efficiency "
Marcus snorted with amusement as he shook his head.
"We are already doing that. Aurora bots are a perfect example of efficiency and fast factory creation."
"Oh…right…" She looked ashamed for a bit! Is this a human thing!? Like she knows it but at the same time, she does not? Until someone points it out? She no longer has that computer-like answer for everything! Unless she is doing that on purpose!
"No worries, you are as cute as always when you know it and when you act clueless." Marcus' hand swiftly coiled around her waist as he pulled her closer.
"I-I see! Good to know!"
Quinella was reminded that she was indeed one of her Master's ultimate creations. No matter what the circumstances he will always like her!
This made her profoundly relieved.
As they were walking towards the school everyone was looking at him. Only him! Sure the hot chick around his hand was gorgeous but at that moment his fame was outshining the girl's beauty.
It's one of those moments, of course, moments later everyone is wondering who she is, and what about the blonde chick on TV? Wasn't that girl his girlfriend? So who is this girl? Her hair is unique, to say the least!
As the pair entered the school they went to the principal's office.
His reason was the transfer which was done by Aurora. It's a child's play for the A.I. to make a new person appear.
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The whole class was whispering about the news, Marcus Goldman, who knew he was a genius? Well, some of them realised that he would spend the whole day doing something with his notebook.
Many of them thought that he was doodling, drawing cars and things like that!
Who knew he was the real deal!?
"Bro, do you think he will continue to attend? I bet he will transfer to one of the world's best universities or something." Paul, one of the classmates said with a curious tone. He remembers Marcus since year 1. They used to sit together, but over the years they drifted apart. The reasons were quite obvious at this point.
For one, Marcus is a car and tech geek. That kind of stuff is not that interesting to early teens who just want to play and have fun.
By that point, when they were in high school they were almost like strangers. This reveal on TV, only confirmed that Paul knows nothing about his classmate.
"I guess? Why would he come to this school now? Regardless his scores were always top marks, he could score top marks in classes in which he was not even paying attention.
Remember those couple of times when he interrupted our history teacher? The guy knew more than that old hag!" Justin, Paul's neighbourhood exclaimed with a laughing voice.
The pair continued to talk about Marcus and the random stuff the inventor used to pull over the years.
However, they had to stop midway as a couple of classmates entered the class with flustered looks.
"Yo! Victor, what's with that look!?"
"Marcus is coming to class! I saw him arrive in a black BMW! He arrived here with an exotic-looking girl!"
Justin and Paul blinked a couple of times. He is coming to class!?
Around 5 minutes later the morning classes started and the homeroom teacher was late.
But then, she arrived with Marcus Goldman and another girl.
'Holy shit! What is this Goddess!? What's with her hair!? It's like her hair reflects colours from the surroundings!?'
The guys were thinking the same thing. This girl was NOT regular!
"Well, let's start the classes. I would like to introduce the transfer student. She is moving in here because of the circumstances surrounding Marcus Goldman." The homeroom teacher said that while she looked at Marcus. The teacher didn't know how to feel about this.
This teen should be working in some high-tech lab making revolutionary tech not attending classes which he doesn't even listen to! But it's not her place to discuss people as weird as this teen.
"Hello everyone. My name is Quinella Aurora, I am Marcus' Assistant, or more precisely his secretary."
At that moment every single guy in the class imagined this girl in tight office clothes.
Quinella who read everyone's mind with her psionic powers could only sadistically grin.
"Sadly for you boys, I am dedicating my life, my soul and my body to this duty."
Her words shattered whatever ideas everyone had.
Quinella was pleased with the mental despair she could feel from everyone.
That's how it should be.
"Well, do you have anything else to say, Miss Aurora?"
"Nothing of importance." Quinella casually replied
"Good, then take your seat."
The Alchemist's Assistant nodded and proceeded to take her seat not far from Marcus' seat.
The Silver-Platinum girl ended up sitting with another girl. The moment she took her seat she smiled at this girl. This smile only made the girl have goosebumps.
For some reason, she was having instinctual fear!
Like… only a single wrong move and it's over to her. The thing was why would she feel like that!? They are in school! Where everyone is learning! Why would there be any sort of threat to her life!?
A couple of minutes later the homeroom teacher gave Quinella her book. The girl casually opened it and proceeded to see the material.
"...I see… so this is the level." The Assistant started to swirl her hair with her finger as she was checking the contents of the book.
By this point she is not studying it but more like checking if the book is accurate. That's because she doesn't need to study, she is living in artificial Intelligence with access to the internet and Aurora Network, and she can access excess knowledge at any time.
"...So…umm…" The girl next to her gathered her courage to ask.
"Hmm? What is it?"
"...Is it true?"
"What is true?" Quinella with an annoyed eye roll asked back. Can't this little girl just spill it out?
"Marcus making those phones?"
Such a question made the assistant have a deadpan look, her eyes looked quite cold and full of annoyance.
"He is the greatest man of this century, one in millenia genius. What he is selling is a downgrade to what he has in his workshop. The reason for this is that humanity as a whole is not ready for his creations.
Why do you think he has an assistant? And a bunch of girlfriends? Only the best have such things." The Silver-platinum-haired girl tried to 'hold back' with her viper-like comments. One thing which triggers her the most is ignorance towards her Master and Creator.
"Umm…okay…"
'This girl is hardcore…' The student commented to herself when she saw the look that this exotic girl was giving her!
After hearing that she decided not to talk anymore, and instead looked at Marcus who was holding his head with one of his hands the other hand was doodling something on the paper.
Well, calling it doodling is wrong, he is most likely modelling something or solving some mathematical equation.
~~~
As the class was over Quinella swiftly left her desk and went over to sit on Marcus' lap. She realised that the whole school thing is not bad! She has exclusive time to sit on her beloved lap!
She should have proposed something like this before!
"That's right. Before I forget, hand out those phones. Latia wants that PR thingy."
The assistant's shoulders sagged the moment she heard that! She was just about to cuddle with him!
"Very well."
Once again she stood up and picked up the bag with the Goldman Technologies logo. Many students already noticed the bag so they were wondering what it was for! Some had some hopes Marcus was going to advertise his stuff by giving it away!
In a way they were right!
Quinella proceeded to pull out the boxes with phones from it.
"I have 10 phones here, I will give them for free. Who wants them?" She asked with an indifferent voice. The quicker she is done the quicker she can cuddle with Marcus!
"!!!"
While there were many greedy and shocked faces none of them approached because of his assistant. One could say she looks scary.
"Don't worry, this is a PR stunt by my manager." Marcus stopped drawing and explained to the class.
"PR? As in public relations?"
"Correct. My company is telling everyone that my phones DO work, and we can even give them for free to show that they are legit." After the Inventor explained the hesitation was gone and everyone rushed to check them out.
"I see! Then I'll take one!"
"Yeah, me too!"
It was like moths towards the fire, in the meantime, Quinella slipped off and swiftly ended up once again sitting on her Master's lap and started her cuddling.
"I did what you wanted~ now I am free to cuddle~" She giggled into his ear as she proceeded to snuggle.
"Yeah, Yeah just don't move too much, I don't want to re-draw." Marcus didn't mind the cuddle, the only issue is that she shouldn't move that much.
"Okay~"
Quinella looked at what he was drawing.
Her eyes slightly widened, it was one of those Scale Mail Sacred Gears! Well, more like Neo Sacred Gears.
She finally made a connection when she saw the title, it was…
Golden Dragon Emperor Sacred Gear. He was making a pair, while the Silver Dragon Emperor was a girl with a Neo Sacred Gear, well two of those, he is making just a Gear for the Golden one.
'Well, well this one is going to be interesting, who will be using this Gear?' For a second Quinella pondered, to her knowledge there is no one he is planning to give a gear. So it's for himself?
Regardless, she will be watching with interest.
~~~~~~Later, Same Day~~~~~~
After school was over, well it was quite a boring day. It was boring as Marcus effortlessly dodged the journalists, the annoying people ended up putting his classmates in the spotlight by filming them and asking questions.
It appears the PR trick worked as everyone is gushing about their new phones.
In the meantime, the younger Goldman slipped back into his workshop.
He got the notification that many of the projects which were in the early stages have moved forward after analysing the resonance phenomenon. The power of the waves and frequencies is an extremely interesting subject.
So, Marcus without a second to lose went to the Genetics wing of his base.
And went to see the DNA of his two new creations.
"...So these are the new girls." Quinella looked at the pair of girls floating in the medical pod.
The pair had long silver hair, though they were not truly alive. They lacked souls.
Not that the Assistant cares about this. What she was thinking is that in total her Master has created 3 girls and all of them have silver-platinum-like hair.
This reveals a peculiar 'like' about him! Does he have a thing for silver hair?
Well, Artemis can attest to that! Marcus paid extra attention to her! The whole thing even started when he provoked Artemis.
"Correct. The one on the left is the Biological Combat Model: Enterprise, and the one on the right is Silver Dragon Empress, Gu Yuena."
"Peculiar name, why Chinese roots to it?" Quinella asked him. Now she wonders why her name is Quinella. There has to be some sort of explanation for it.
"That's because their roots are stories. More like novels I used to read. Gu Yuena is a Silver Dragon which has power over space and elements. Where the Golden Dragon has power over time and power itself. Unparalleled physical strength.
While Enterprise's current looks are based on a game related to girls who are something like the incarnation of military ships."
The girl frowned when she heard that.
'The information I have doesn't compute! It makes no sense!'
At that moment Quinella was wondering where her Master picked this info up! She never saw him read or play games!
"Don't sweat about it. Maybe one day I will tell you the truth." Marcus mysteriously smiled as he looked at his Assistant.
"I-I see… fine… I suppose there is something I don't know about you." The A.I.-turned girl pouted at him while saying that.
Even she, the perfect creation of her Master, doesn't know everything!
"Heh. Relax, I am entitled to have my mysteries. Now proceed with your objectives. We need to prepare their souls."
"...As you wish." For now, she decided to forget about this thing and start doing what she was supposed to do as his assistant.
~~~~~~Meantime, Underworld~~~~~~
In one of the bars in Devil Capital City Lilith, doors opened up as a man in a black suit walked in, he looked like a high-class individual.
A peculiar striking feature he had was elf-like ears… and a murderous look he had.
The moment his eyes saw his target he grinned, his grin was a feral one.
With a casual motion of his hand, he created a spear of light and threw it at the devil!
The drinking High-Class devil didn't even have a chance as the spear went right through him.
What happened next was screams and looks of horror as they realised that a Fallen Angel just killed a noble devil!
"Let the war begin! Hahaha!!!"
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