Chapter 558: Habby: Did I succeed in promoting the CP?!
At Silver's invitation, Kira led everyone to Val's residence.
Val lives in a metal castle far away from the mechanical town. It is surrounded by a wide plain with yellow soil and green grass. The view is wide and a not very straight path connects the two places. On the vast plain, there is also a row of tall metal windmill buildings.
These windmill towers are distributed in an orderly manner and arranged at a certain distance. Each one is at least as high as a dozen stories. At this moment, the four huge metal windmill blades on the top of the tower are slowly turning in the sunlight with the wind blowing from the distant mountains. They look similar to the common facilities built in rural areas in the two-dimensional world to generate electricity or irrigate farmland with the help of wind power.
It was the time when autumn turned to winter. The wind from the north of Arakitasia came here over the mountains and rivers, providing power for these large machines. The machines in the tower converted the energy into energy needed for the lives of various unknown mechanical races, and then transmitted the energy to the nearby mechanical town along the thick steel pipes connected at the bottom.
Silver led everyone to stroll among the windmill towers. After some observation, they found that these windmills were built in the same way as the houses in the town, with a distinct mechanical architectural style. Not only were the materials similar, but even the mechanical atmosphere and faint smell of oil smoke were almost the same.
"It seems that this is the source of energy for the town..."
"You're right! Usually there are special mechanical people responsible for guarding these facilities."
Just like how Kira was able to become the mayor's assistant in just over a month, Silver had already gained a clear understanding of the mechanical race's daily routines in the same amount of time.
"In the future, maybe Val and I will create mechanical soldiers specifically responsible for guarding the base here, which will reduce the labor of the mechanical tribe."
As Silver said these words, his face was filled with a smile full of hope and good wishes. The afternoon sun shone on his face, making his machine-made short golden hair sparkle.
Listening to his words, Kira suddenly remembered one thing. The Silver in front of him was not his real self, but a mechanical puppet!
From Ishgar across the sea to the Western Continent, the distance this puppet can transmit signals is too great, isn't it?! Even Pain controlled by Nagato next door can't reach such a long distance!
But soon, his attention was drawn to what Silver said.
Wow, big layoffs, huh?
Kira quickly thought of the employment difficulties brought about by technological development, and in this case, the social problems of the Albares Empire, of which he himself had been a victim!
Fortunately, they did not intend to target the entire empire, but only the territory of the mechanical race; the only mechanical soldiers deployed into the empire would be those responsible for the war.
"Why is there still a war? So not only did you not save Val from the possible imperial invasion war, but you got yourself involved instead?"
Kira strongly condemned Silver's lazy behavior.
We agreed to work together for the peace of the Kingdom of Fiore, but you sneaked into the enemy's house and helped their cause. This is too bad!
"I'll stop him then!"
"All right……"
Mechanical castle.
Since Silver's arrival, a bunch of talking mechanical animals have appeared here one after another, such as mechanical cats, mechanical dogs, mechanical rabbits and the like. They are servant-type robots produced in the same batch as the 'Four Mechanical Horsemen'.
Their main function is to clean and travel between the castle and the town to perform various tasks. They are not very capable in combat, but are very helpful in life.
"When I get back, can you give me some?"
Kira always felt that it was a good habit to take advantage of others, of course, this was only when he was the one doing the work.
"When it's available on the market, you can buy it yourself."
Unlike Val's "magic weapons changing wars", Silver wants "magic technology changing lives", so he claims that he will sell similar mechanical life, that is, artificial intelligence, in the future.
Simply put, the two are like the pro-war and pro-peace factions of the mechanical race.
"To be honest, both of them can change the current status of the wizarding world to a great extent. However, if the day really comes to move towards a new era, the latter should be supported by the majority of people."
"Of course. After all, most people in this world love peace."
Both of them tacitly did not mention another issue, which is that there may be people who oppose the emergence of the "new era".
This is very possible, for the reason that is often seen in science fiction movies, where artificial intelligence counterattacks humans. When there are enough mechanical life forms, and each of them can use impressive magic, they will be a force that no kingdom can ignore.
You know, even in the current Albares Empire, which is a country founded on magic, wizards account for less than 30% of the total population, and in the Kingdom of Fiore, it is less than 10%. Who can tolerate the emergence of a mechanical kingdom with an average of 'Holy Ten' per capita?
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"How is it? My house is pretty big, right?"
The mechanical girl jumped up and down to show off to her good sister Lucy, completely unaware that the person in front of her was once a wealthy daughter of the Kingdom of Fiore.
"Yeah..." Lucy chatted and laughed with the modification engineer, and the two seemed to be in harmony.
Looking at this scene, Natsu couldn't help but sigh: "Hey...Lucy is quite good at coaxing children."
"Yes, yes... She will be a good mother in the future!"
Habib kept giving hints to his partner who never understood the situation. He never missed any opportunity to promote the relationship.
It can be said that Habib has paid so much for Xia Lu's love career!
Unfortunately, Natsu didn't realize what Happy meant. "Have you had similar experiences before?"
"How is it possible..."
"Lucy taking care of a child? I feel like I can imagine what it's like..."
Natsu's mind unconsciously emerged the scene of [Lucy with a child who has both his and Lucy's features]: the boy has hair like his and looks like Lucy; the girl has hair like Lucy and looks like him; or the boy looks like him...
I listed all the possible appearances, and the more I thought about them, the more interesting they became.
So Natsu took a few steps forward, and as usual, excitedly grabbed Lucy's hand as if he had discovered something: "I say, Lucy!"
"Huh? What's wrong, Natsu?" Lucy raised her head, a strand of long golden hair fell from her temples, and there was confusion in her eyes.
She was exhausted from dealing with the mechanical girl's enthusiasm, and Natsu's arrival was just enough to give her a break.
At this moment, Natsu suddenly looked into Lucy's brown-black eyes expectantly, with a sunny smile on his face: "Do you want to have a baby with me?"
"!!!"×N
For a moment, time seemed to stop. Everyone stopped moving and talking. They all stared at Natsu with wide eyes, dumbfounded, with disbelief on their faces.
Oh my god? ! ! What did I just hear? ! Natsu asked Lucy if she wanted to have a baby? ! !
This person is Natsu?! This person can be Natsu?! Natsu can say such a thing?! Has he come to his senses?!
The most important thing is, is this a confession? No, no, when did he and Lucy get to this point? !
Of all the people, the one who was most surprised was Habby: I succeeded in recommending a couple?! This was so sudden! I couldn’t react at all!!
Not to mention the others, even Kira was extremely shocked at this moment . He stared blankly in the direction of Natsu and Lucy, and saw on the screen:
The golden sunlight shines through the square windows, illuminating the figures of the two people standing face to face. In this cool autumn season and in the wilderness far away from the town, the air makes people feel extremely comfortable. The soft wind brings the fragrance of nature, like a loving hand, gently lifting a few strands of golden hair on Lucy's temples, blowing up the cherry blossom-like short hair on Natsu's head, and the white dragon scale scarf on his neck that he always wears.
They are a 19-year-old boy and girl. Their brief and naive love does not contain any old-fashioned bitterness, but only the most simple sweetness. At this moment, there is no one else around them, not even their closest harpy. The picture is frozen, and time seems to have stopped at this moment.
At this moment, Kira couldn't help but feel excited and relieved as if he had witnessed history: I was wrong. A few days ago, I was still thinking that Natsu was so stupid that I didn't know when the two of them would get married. Now he actually did this to me. It really slapped me in the face!
But it doesn’t matter, I am willing to bear this pain!
