Chapter 281
Chapter 281 - Let's Talk with the Robot
Kazane and the others met the mysterious being when they entered the boss room on the first floor of the Vordo Ruins .
The conquest of the Vordo Ruins had been progressing favorably, and Kazane and the others arrived at the boss room that had the staircase to the second floor unexpectedly quickly, but when they enthusiastically entered the boss room, the situation was strange .
The guardian of the first floor was called the God Machine Soldier, and as is cliche for an ancient technological civilization, it was a 4 meter armored robot with a humanoid shape, but it simply stood in the center of the room and didn't move . When they carefully approached, it had a paper stuck to it saying it was under maintenance . And the one that had been doing maintenance on the giant robot was the robot currently in front of them,『Butler No . 13』, who looked like a metal box with pipes attached in a humanoid shape . Silver vapor was coming out of the pipe sticking up from his back .
『MY apoloGIES . AS you MIGHT expECT, after 1000 YEARS, THINGS wear OUT . 』
So saying, Butler No . 13 guided Kazane and the others to the waiting room that was installed next to the boss room . It seemed he had no hostility, and Kazane and the others were also interested, so they entered and saw a room that had objects that looked like machine parts scattered about . They were probably parts for the God Machine Soldier .
「No, it's not like we particularly wanted to fight it, so it's fine . 」
『Is that SO?』
After Kazane's words, Butler No . 13 nodded, which made a grinding sound . Jinrai involuntarily tutted, but they ignored him . Paying attention to a battle maniac was pointless .
Then Butler No . 13 pushed aside the machine parts and encouraged Kazane and the others to sit down . After confirming that there was nothing dangerous in the area, Kazane sat in front of Butler .
「Or rather, is guiding us to a place like this fine? You're a guardian here, aren't you?」
If Kazane's memory of the game was correct, this floating island was a moving continent created by the ancient Ishtar civilization, but it was also an aerial battleship for invasion . At the time of the game, the Ishtar people had been destroyed, so the facility should have been operating as it was .
And inside, there were guardians that were configured to attack intruders, like the Adamant Skull Ashuras Kazane and the others were fighting before .
However, Butler 13 in front of her shook his head in response to Kazane's words .
『I'M a MEMBER of this INSTITUtion's MAINtenance STAFF, so I'M A NONcomBATant . BESIDES, that comPUlSIVE RESTRICTion has already BEEN LIFTed for US . 』
「Restriction?」
『YES . The SKELetons outSIDE ONLY have the simple ORDER to ELIMinate INTRUders, so THEY're unCHANGED, BUT the MACHINES like ME that have a cerTAIN AMOUNT of DISCREtion have HAD our restrictions LIFTed, so WE ARE AUTHorized to DO AS we LIKE . 』
After that, he continued『WELL, there ISN'T ANYthing to DO other than MAINtenance, though . HAHAHAHA . 』
According to the story of Butler No . 13, Kazane and the others were the first to enter the ruins in a long time, which caused the functions of the ruins to start up, and Butler No . 13 also resumed his activities . However, Kazane and the others came while he was in the middle of maintenance, so he wasn't able to finish his work .
Also, this wasn't known by the Birdmen living on the surface, but the control facilities inside the floating island were still being operated by Butler No . 13 and his colleagues, and they were maintaining the floating island . This island wasn't a natural product . It was an artificial biosphere, and their existence was necessary for its maintenance .
「Ah, I see . The machine race has a long lifespan, don't they . It's amazing that their lifespan is longer than elves . 」
「Louise Nee-san, there are absolutely a lot of races around the world that we don't know about . 」
Since Butler No . 13 had been around for over 1000 years, it seemed Louise viewed Butler No . 13 as a person from a long-lived race . Jinrai didn't seem to be very interested and was simply making a suitable reply .
From the start, Jinrai should have had a great longing for this floating island, but when he actually set foot on it, there were no parts that made him think「This is amazing!」 It was more of a「So this is how it is?」sense . Reality lies ahead when a dream comes true . And reality isn't as splendid as a dream .
Though in Jinrai's case, it may be that the impression of the battle against the Odanobunagas just before coming to this island was too vivid .
Yumika and the Flame Power (CV: Tiara) didn't have any particular questions, so they silently listened to the conversation between Kazane and Butler No . 13 .
「700 years ago, the Sky Emperor's Tower was detached, but it seems you were fine at that time?」
In the process of the conversation, Kazane asked what she was interested about . Naturally, if the robots were managing this island, the devil attacking and separating the Sky Emperor's Tower should have been a big incident .
『WE ALso don't KNOW much ABOUT that INCIdent, since HE SUDDENly appeared, IMMEDIately detached THAT part, and LEFT . 』
「Umm, was it okay for the island to be split apart like that?」
『That WASn't okay AT ALL . THAT ARea was a SEParate DIStrict from the START, so we BAREly managed to MAINTAIN the ISLAND . NONETHELESS, we HAD to do IT FORCIBLY, which has CAUSED PROblems, so I ESTimate the ISLAND should FALL IN about 10 YEARS . 』
「Heeh」
Kazane nodded after those words,
「Hmm」
Despite feeling like something was strange, Yumika also went with the flow,
「Hou?」
Jinrai titled his head,
『EH?』
Tiara made a surprised shout,
「It will fall?」
Louise made a disbelieving expression as she looked at Butler No . 13 .
Watching her companions' reactions, Kazane ruminated over the words she had heard just now .
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