After her core was extracted, her physical body was possessed two times. The First time, the Necromancy King performed a forbidden ritual on her and made him his undead general, and the second time, it was the old witch who used witchcraft and used her as her battle puppet.
The after-effects of those rituals probably brought some undead abilities in Alina which were boosted further by repair of her body parts and insertion of her old core.
Since Mark didn't exactly know what happened with her in the past and neither did Alina remember anything as her memories exist in the core itself, he could only assume that it was for the best and put those unnecessary thoughts for the future away. Mark tested her abilities for a while before taking back her with him.
The citizens of Genesis City have never seen Alina before. They couldn't help but wonder whether their Lord brought another beauty home. Naturally, they were happy anyway. Their Lord deserves a hundred women, in their eyes.
Sylvandria was the first to meet them, quite coincidentally on the street though. She was helping out healing a sickly elderly woman in their home and when coming out, she had her eyes locked on Mark and Alina who were not far away.
She went toward them and Mark greeted her casually with a wave of his hand. Alina didn't do anything but silently stood behind him.
Sylvandria looked at her in a bit of surprise, "A puppet? Like Allen?"
Mark introduced her, "Meet Alina. You know that robotic three-headed hound you met once?"
"That's me. This is my old body, which my dear big bro found and brought back to me," replied Alina, affectionately grabbing Mark all of a sudden.
Sylvandria was slightly taken aback by her words and her actions, which didn't seem anything like a puppet. She remembered Allen and knew that she would act human-like, but for some reason, she felt like there was a hint of jealousy and attachment in Alina's tone and expression.
Or maybe, she was just overthinking these days. In the end, Sylvandria concluded it like this and maintained a smile, "Hello, Alina. I'm Sylvandria."
Alina nodded firmly, "I'm aware of it, Miss Sylvandria. I'm connected to big bro's mind. I know what happened between you two and also being aware that you are a 'good friend' of my big bro."
"Ahh... I forgot about that. You can see my memories," Mark quickly warned the android, "Alina, you cannot ever tell Song Yue about us."
"Of course, that goes without saying, big bro," Alina let out a smile as she nodded. After a brief pause, she however added, "That time, you aren't exactly yourself. Not to mention, you don't have any feelings for Miss Sylvandria anyway. So, rest assured. Sister Yue will never hear of the things you were uncomfortable telling her through your own mouth. Let's go. I'm dying to meet her, after so long."
"Ah, okay. Syl, are you coming with us to the palace?"
Anyway, the strict law and constant patrolling almost ensured zero crime rate in the city and made the women safe, especially the working ones.
Since Mark doesn't look down on any kind of profession, within the past couple of weeks, the people also saw changes even in their own thoughts. But then again, social status is something that not even Mark could eradicate, not that he wanted to. Hence, he modified it in a way to suit his ruling before he could bring democracy to the land.
Like for example, the royal courtesans working in the royal entertainment house naturally get more respect than the courtesans working at ordinary brothels.
The officials of the royal palace will have higher respect than the ones who work to fend off themselves by setting up their own shops and such. The ten thousand prime citizens will have greater respect in the city than even a 100,000 gold net-worth wealthy individual who moved in the third phase.
Back to the palace, other than those three buildings, buildings for each ministry, judicial hall, etc... were all built on the premises of the palace, everything except for a temple.
Alina knew everything from her master's memories, but seeing through her own eyes was a different experience for her. She couldn't help but become proud of her master who managed to build a well-functioning city in such a short time.
Together, as they returned to Mark's residence which is guarded by several rank-8 and three rank-9 robots, they saw Song Yue was busy playing tag with her five-month-old son who already started running a bit.
Little Lu Shan was trying his best to catch her mother but to no avail. His cheeks were puffed and he looked so frustrated that he might cry at any time. Clearly, Song Yue was enjoying that, for some reason.
"Waaaa..."
Lu Shan bent his head forward to charge into his mom. She was about to dodge at the last second once again but then upon sensing the presence of her husband, Song Yue looked to the right and saw both of them together.
"Alina?" She was taken aback in surprise. Lu Shan caught his mom finally but he too shifted his attention toward the source where his mom was looking at.
"Ba Ba..." Lu Shan excitedly charged at his dad, but then just a few steps later, he lost his footing and was about to fall down.
Alina disappeared and reappeared by Lu Shan's side and caught him quickly, earning a surprise from both mom and son.
As Lu Shan looked at her, Alina raised him to her eye level and smiled, "Hello there, young master. We meet again."
"Huh?" Lu Shan cutely tilted his head with his index finger in his mouth.