Chapter 685 Cap 683: Nicolas Part 4

Pov Queen Melissa:

It's been two weeks since my aunt left with those who came with her.

I am truly grateful they helped us, but I can't stand this Zenos guy, he was bold enough to try to openly manipulate me by demanding things from me using important situations to force me to grant things he needs.

I hate people like that, selfish people who get everything they want one way or another, that kind of person can't be trusted, I don't know how my aunt manages to stand by someone like that.

"Ma'am... I'm sorry, Ma'am... Ma'am?"

"Huh?" (I)

While I was distracted thinking about my aunt and this unreliable fruit along with her, one of the new servants of the castle walks in, her green skin looking paler than before and her gaze strange, this doesn't look good.

"Please say it's not bad news." (I)

"..."

"(Damn! Damn! How much bad news do I have to get today!?)" (I)

A few days ago we found information about a secret door in the forest from the same direction that Gregory Roux's troops of Kimeras Soldiers came, it was an Adventurer who found it, but he didn't have the courage to enter and so he came to report in exchange for a safer reward.

Unfortunately, that place was empty, only bodies were found there, luckily there were many documents that helped to discover the location of 2 more secret bases.

Earlier today I received the information that these 2 secret bases are also empty, all there were were more bodies and documents that show everything that this Organization commanded by Gregory Roux has done so far.

I know it was this group that that bastard called Zenos is a part of that took everything from these places.

I've sent people to find them, but it's like they've disappeared without a trace, just thinking about them fills me with rage.

Sigh.

"Just tell me what happened." (I)

"..."

"After the attack, we have had a lot of problems, there are still enemy forces scattered in other regions of the Empire."

This is also true, those who attacked the capital along with Gregory Roux himself were not all enemies, by the count we have, they should be less than half of them.

I have some Generals taking care of these scattered enemies.

"Has something happened to our troops who were sent to take care of these enemies?" (I)

"No, my Queen."

"Then why talk about them?" (I)

"Last night we received news about an item of great power being used by enemies, this item has already been recovered, but it opened our eyes to what else might have disappeared from the national treasure vault."

"(What else disappeared...)" (I)

Sigh

All I could think was that Gregory must have taken advantage of his position in the castle to steal certain items from the national treasure without being noticed.

Even after death, that traitor and terrorist still causes me problems.

"We found that some items disappeared, mostly items that can be used in combat."

"So we can guess where they went." (I)

"The problem, my Queen."

"There are many banned books that have disappeared, the strange thing is that the ones containing confidential information from the Empire are still there."

"... ... ..." (I)

I find it all very strange, if someone were to break in to steal our treasure chest, they would have no reason to steal these books, the knowledge contained there is potentially dangerous, but clearly, Gregory didn't use anything from there.

"That doesn't make sense... unless... he wouldn't dare..." (I)

"Madam..."

"..." (I)

"Sorry." (I)

Upon realizing who was the real culprit, I momentarily lost control of my Aura, this made the Demon who came to give me this news fall to the ground.

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Pov Zenos:

I spent days talking to Nicolas, I realized he's someone obsessed with his research, he treats his job more like fun.

He said that his dream is to build a giant robot, but he also admits that it would be unfeasible with a cost of production and maintenance that would not be worth it.

To this day he has worked on the side to earn money for his high-value research, but he is naive and undervalues ​​his work, unable to put a price on it.

Worst of all, he's terrible at judging people or the situation, he's the type of person who goes at his own pace.

I talked to him during these days while a Moon Element Spirit watched from afar, thanks to that I know he wasn't lying if the Spirit was able to see through the lie of a disembodied core.

I realized that he was someone straight and reliable, he doesn't have any kind of prejudice, but he made it very clear that for him there are only two types of creatures, the first is robots and the other is all the others.

He considers Golems and Autonomous Puppets to be robots, while Golems are made for heavy work, Autonomous Puppets are used for more delicate and precise work.

The metallic body inside the chest where Nicolas was was a test Golem of his, he had built an Autonomous Puppet to serve as his body, but it was destroyed while his Soul was still in the adaptation period of being transferred into an object.

Nicolas used a curse for his Soul to be trapped in this object, he said he was very sad when he woke up and heard about his new body being destroyed while he was being expelled from the continent, that's how he was brought to the Dark Continent.

I made a proposal to Nicolas, I promised him a laboratory, books, money for his research, and almost complete freedom for his work, he could even find his own assistants if he wanted.

The only demand I made was his loyalty to me and the people who live in this dungeon, he didn't even think, he agreed before I finished telling him what to expect from him, all he wanted was a perfect place for him to make his research, I'm handing it over to him because he knew he would accept it.

For the rest of the day, I followed his instructions to assemble the robotic body that came with him in the trunk, after which I placed Nicolas's core inside.