Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"Yeah! Living in a cave for thousands of years without going out, what else can you be but a stay-at-home girl!?"

"Ah?" Lind touched his chin in surprise. "You mean, the figure with the frog-like palm is a woman?"

"Is this what you're focusing on? Shouldn't you be focusing on thousands of years? You short-lived bastard!"

"Indeed, compared to those thousand-year-old monsters, I will not live long, but I know that if I want, this day next year will be your anniversary! I ask! You answer! Don't give me nonsense about things I didn't ask!"

"Okay." Be good.jpg

The conversation was still going on, and just as it began, Lind felt that the puppet's mouth was too annoying, and he almost couldn't help but chop it with a sword several times.

But his rudeness also proved that the other party was very intelligent, beyond the level of ordinary artificial intelligence. Linde even felt that the other party was someone talking to him remotely through a communicator.

"Go on." Lind stuck his sword into the ground. "Why did you run just now?"

"I'm afraid you'll dissect me."

"Dissection? Do you think we are bad people?"

"Isn't it similar?"

"looks like?"

"Isn't it similar?"

"If you don't run around, we won't tie you up."

"If you wake up and find yourself in a strange place, and a strange aunt touches you all over, looking for the buttons on your clothes and trying to take them off, would you be scared?"

"It depends."

"It depends?"

"Let's skip this topic for now." Lind hurriedly ended the topic. The strange aunt took off her clothes, which should be referring to Ilufa trying to open its shell to study it. Lind also saw Ilufa's expression change strangely from the corner of his eye.

"Where are you running to?"

"Go somewhere safe."

“It’s safe here.”

"I don't feel safe here, and I have to go and complete my mission."

"What mission."

"Take care of that otaku girl's daily life. She has been abducted by you for such a long time, and I don't know how she is doing now."

"What's the name of that homegirl you're talking about?"

"..."

"Don't tell me? Your head will be gone!"

"I say! Ixie Tal! The name of the house girl I take care of!"

When Lind was about to chop him down, the puppet said the name of the otaku girl.

After hearing the name, Lind exchanged glances with the others. Judging from everyone's reactions, no one had heard of this name.

"What happened to you not moving before?"

"I've run out of magic power and I don't have a replacement crystal. I'll just have to sleep for a while."

"What crystal?"

"It's a crystal that stores magic power, just like the one in the round table outside."

The puppet was talking about the Shalmanite magic pool outside that provides energy to the Rune Furnace, so the crystal it mentioned should be the magic crystal.

"...The place where we first met you, that room, is it the place where crystals are made?" Linde's eyes suddenly fixed, and he asked excitedly.

"What!? You followed me to that room!?" The puppet was also panicked.

"Don't you know how you got here?!" Linde said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"...My magic power was almost exhausted at that time. I went to the room in a daze to change the crystal stone, and then I knew nothing about anything." The puppet said aggrievedly.

"Oh." Lind nodded. "Okay, I've asked all the questions I want to ask. You just stay here and don't move. Let's go out and discuss how to deal with you."

After saying that, Lind winked at everyone, indicating that they should go out first.

After everyone filed out, they began to discuss how to deal with the puppet.

"I think we should get rid of it as soon as possible. It's an evil intelligent puppet." Ilufa said first. "But before we deal with it, there are two things it mentioned that I'm very concerned about."

"Is it about that nerd girl and the magic crystal?" Lind continued. "That nerd girl, if nothing unexpected happens, should be the figure we saw through the black glass when we mistakenly entered for the first time."

Lind still remembers the first time he went to the mine to blast ore, he accidentally entered a space with thin magic power, and encountered a group of demon skeletons whose souls could not leave. Lind was almost killed in a round-the-clock battle.

If it weren't for the figure standing behind the glass who rescued them in time, Linde and Ilufa would have died in there now.

"I think we should return the puppet to that otaku girl." Lind objected.

"What!?" As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned.

"Linde! The empire has strict regulations! No one is allowed to research and manufacture intelligent puppets! If discovered, they must be destroyed immediately!" Elisa said anxiously.

"I know, but we are not in the Empire now, so no one knows." Lind said indifferently. "Just don't tell anyone when the time comes."

Linde's indifferent attitude shocked both Elisa and her daughter. As magicians, they were taught from childhood that intelligent puppets were extremely evil and could not be tolerated. Once discovered, they must be completely destroyed without any room for discussion.

However, Linde's attitude is also normal. After all, when Linde traveled through time, various AIs had already appeared and were the general trend. Refusing to develop because of the fear of AI getting out of control is similar to the refusal to industrialize in the late Qing Dynasty.

"Madam, I want to pay a visit to that powerful magician lady under the pretext of sending the puppet back." Linde told Ilufa his thoughts. "Based on the puppet's testimony, I think we may find something that is very important to us there."

Chapter 300: Cow Eating Night Grass

According to the laws of the Holy Empire, researching and creating self-aware intelligent puppets is a strictly prohibited illegal act. Once discovered, anyone will be severely punished.

The reason for this was the great rebellion that broke out in the Holy Empire nearly five hundred years ago. In that great rebellion that changed history, all the intelligent puppets in the empire joined the rebels and became enemies of their creators.

Due to the long history, the later generations can no longer know in detail what happened at that time. After all, the historical record system of this world is very imperfect. The education they have received so far has made several magicians in the camp believe it firmly, and they have been thinking about how to dismantle this evil intelligent puppet and recycle it.

However, Lind raised an objection and suggested not to destroy the intelligent puppet, but to return it as an excuse to meet with the homegirl hiding in the ruins deep in the mountains.

According to the puppet, the otaku girl named Iksi Tal is, first of all, a very powerful magician. The lightning magic that saved him and Ilfa that day, Ilfa said, was at least a five-star magic.

In addition to being a powerful magician, Linde was also full of curiosity about the huge building in the mountains. First of all, it was incredible that such a huge building could be built on an island far away from the mainland. Who built this? Why was it built?

Even if we don't delve into these, there is one thing that is urgent. There seems to be a way to mass-produce magic crystals in the ruins.

This is incredible! If the magic crystal, which was originally more expensive than gold, could be mass-produced, many problems could be solved. Not to mention the distant future, at least there would be hope for steam engines and more rune furnaces. Without the constraints of raw materials, more creative ideas and thoughts could come into being.

Many times, what limits people's imagination is actually the lack of materials.

After Linde gave his opinion, it was not surprising that Ilufa opposed it. Intelligent puppets are evil and must be eliminated immediately. This is a concept that Ilufa has been exposed to every day since his student days. Ilufa is almost thirty years old and has already formed his worldview. It is not easy to change his mind.

Linde had no choice but to explain to Ilfa earnestly. After much persuasion and until his mouth was dry, Ilfa finally agreed to Linde's plan.

It takes almost half a day to walk from here to the mine, where the ruins are located. It is getting late now, so I can only rest for a night and set off tomorrow.

In order to prevent the puppet from escaping again, Lind tied the puppet up with ropes in two or three layers, and then sent soldiers to guard it. Based on the lessons learned during the day, Lind also transferred a few pig beastmen to ensure that ordinary human soldiers would not be unable to stop the running puppet.

Finally, Ilfa placed several warning spells around the puppet as a final insurance. After doing all this, the sun had set.

After a busy day, it was time for Linde to get off work. Linde was quite tired after a day of work, especially last night when he taught Yujie in the monastery, which consumed a lot of energy.

After saying goodbye to everyone else, Lind went back home from get off work. When he walked outside the main tent where he lived, Lind saw Qitama standing at the door from a distance.

Linde felt that something was wrong with Qitama. She didn't smile, seemed a little depressed, and lowered her head as if thinking about something. When Linde came closer, Qitama noticed that Sister Niu immediately changed her expression and showed a bright smile.

"Linde, you're back." Kitama waved to Linde like a wife welcoming her husband back.

Something was wrong, absolutely wrong, maybe even nine out of ten things. For some reason, Linde instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Sister, why do your pupils look a little dilated?

Soon, Linde walked to Kitama. Kitama was also very enthusiastic. She took the initiative to help Linde pull his coat, and pushed Linde into the tent with a gentle but irresistible gesture.

In the tent, dinner was ready and neatly placed on the table. To Linde's surprise, there was also a glass of milk on the table.

Since the first time he opened the lid and drank, Kitama stopped squeezing the milk and let Lind drink it directly, citing the need to wash less dishes. From the perspective of food preservation, Lind was also happy to drink it this way.

"I felt uncomfortable with the increase today, so I squeezed in first." Noticing Linde's gaze, Qitama took the initiative to explain without Linde saying anything. "I felt a little excited today, and felt uncomfortable with the increase."

Excited... Linde's eyes became sharp, Sister, why are you so excited?

"Where are Sister Katie and little Schnee?" Before preparing to start eating, Lind suddenly realized that there were only two dinners on the table today.

"Katie hasn't been able to come back today because of something else. Schnee is sleeping with her wolf friends tonight," Kitama explained.

Ah? Lin De was stunned. Does that mean he will be alone with Sister Qitama tonight?

"Ah, I suddenly remembered that there is something I haven't finished." With a bad premonition, Linde planned to get up and leave.

With a snap, Kitama grabbed Lind's arm.

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow." Kitama's tone was gentle, as if she was persuading him, but she held Linde's hand and would not tolerate any objection.

Looking at Kitamana's dilated pupils, although she was smiling, Linde gave in.

What is there to be afraid of! Will Sister Kitama eat me?!

Only the two of them had dinner together. They had dinner in silence. During the meal, Kitama looked no different from usual, but Linde felt something was wrong.

After dinner, it was already completely dark outside. Kitama blew out the oil lamp, and they lay down to sleep.

In the darkness, there was silence, and the only sound of two heartbeats could be heard in the tent. Katie and Schnee were not there, and Kitama said that they happened to be busy, but who knew if that was true?

Linde tilted his head and looked at Kitama lying beside him in the dim light. Although his sister looked no different today than usual, she always gave Linde a creepy feeling.

A feeling as if you have been stimulated by something and have made up your mind to do something.

Forget it, don’t think too much about it. Maybe Sister Kitama is just not feeling well during those few days of the month.

Soon, Lind fell into a dream, but not long after, he woke up under waves of warm stimulation.

Linde suddenly opened his eyes, and in the dim light, he saw two cow horns shaking up and down.

A cow was eating night grass.

Chapter 301 For a Better Tomorrow

As we all know, cows are herbivores, and their food is mainly grass, which is a low-energy food. Therefore, cows spend most of the day eating grass, and they eat for a very long time.

Compared with carnivores that need to race with prey, cattle spend a lot of time eating every day to get enough nutrition and energy. Not only do they eat fresh food, but because grass is difficult to digest, cattle have a long digestive tract and need a long time to digest. They have also evolved the habit of rumination, regurgitating the food in their stomachs to continue chewing.

Due to their special physiological characteristics, cows either eat fresh grass or grass regurgitated from their stomachs. You can find a cow chewing in its mouth even when there is no green around.

As beastmen with cow characteristics, although they do not eat only grass, they also eat meat and other things, but they still retain some characteristics of cows, such as rumination. Based on this, they have also developed a unique delicacy, grass cakes.

Today Linde experienced two characteristics of cows: eating grass at night and chewing with great patience.

In the darkness, Lind woke up, feeling the warmth in his lower body.

This warmth is definitely not bed-wetting. After all, Linde is so old, and it is not urgent to urinate. Linde does not have the habit of drinking water before going to bed, and rarely gets up to go to the toilet at night. The reason for waking up can be seen from the ups and downs of the cow's horns. There are cows eating night grass.

As the saying goes, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass. In fact, the same is true for cows. People who often raise cattle know that cows also need to eat night grass.

Although the light was dim, I could tell which cow was grazing below Linde with a quick thought. The cow was also very patient in eating, savoring the grass carefully, fearing that it would not be digested after swallowing it.

Was it because of the smell on his face this morning? Lind thought, was it irritating?

Sure enough, animals have very sensitive senses of smell, and cows are no exception.

Needless to say, the cow grazing in the middle of the night could only be Sister Kitama. She might have smelled Cynthia's scent on her face during the day and was stimulated, so she was hungry in the middle of the night.

It was pitch dark and I couldn't see anything. It sounded a bit vulgar, but Linde was a little excited by the atmosphere.

Feeling the changes in the food in his mouth, Kitama paused for a moment, then ate more seriously.

Although he was awake, Lind pretended not to wake up and did not disturb Kitama's midnight snack. After drinking the milk for so long, it was normal for him to give back a little.

And Kitama should have noticed that Dolind had woken up, but he had no intention of stopping and instead let go even more.

The cow was very patient when eating grass. Linde couldn't help it several times and wanted to urge Qitama to eat faster, but he held back. Linde unexpectedly discovered that Qitama had a talent for stopping.