Chapter 16: Sword of Time
In the 3D custom printing shop, it looked down and out, with no one around.
This was not only because the equipment here was relatively backward, but also because even printing some large items was not possible.
Moreover, the shop owner was also an old muddlehead, who could hardly do anything right.
When other robots commissioned it to forge a hoe, it forged a sickle. When others needed to print a television, it made a fish tank.
Other robots also instructed it to replace a core processor and at least expand the memory, but it just smiled and said nothing more.
As a result, over time, fewer and fewer people came to have things printed by it. Fortunately, the shop’s machines were still operational, so by selling some small parts, it could barely make a living.
However, just today…
The door of the printing shop was pushed open.
(What does Elus want to do here? Print some strange little props for me?)
With an uneasy heart, Lonis followed Elus into the shop. It was as deserted and messy as outside.
Many printers were covered in dust, and the polymer liquid was stored in plastic barrels on the side, looking like it hadn’t been touched for a long time.
(How strange, Elus, why did you bring me to a place like this?)
Lonis looked up, wanting to ask Elus something, but the black-haired girl just smiled and said:
“Is the shop owner here? We’ve come to order something.”
“Yes, but this shop doesn’t have very good technology and can only print basic things.”
Accompanying a mechanical voice, a humanoid robot walked out from the back.
It didn’t look too old-fashioned, but its body seemed uncoordinated, walking with a wobble, and its voice was a bit weak, lacking the magnetism of TVP and Corey.
However…
The moment it saw Elus, the robot was stunned.
It was as if it had seen the most unbelievable scene in the world, raising its palm slightly and asking:
“Humans… you, are you human?”
“Yes, and not ordinary humans…”
“Not ordinary… humans?”
“That’s right, we’re humans from the Snow Kingdom~~ General Tas, how have you been lately?”
As soon as Elus finished speaking, not only the robot, but even Lonis was stunned for a moment.
Although the memory was a bit blurry…
Lonis still remembered!
In the kingdom back then, when she was a hero, General Tas was the leader of the Royal Guard!
He often came to the Adventurer’s Guild to issue some commissions from the royal family.
For example, reconnoitering the situation in the eastern mountainous areas for the army group and confirming the traces of demons?
Or, summoning adventurers to participate in city defense and providing adventure materials for the kingdom?
And Lonis, at that time, had dealt with this white-bearded old general a few times.
The most impressive occasion was when a group of refugees from the northwestern border were evacuating. They were all ragged, mostly elderly people with children, exhausted and wanting to go to the central territory for refuge.
But these refugees didn’t know…
They were deliberately released by the demon race to attract the kingdom’s rescue forces, so as to surround and annihilate the human forces.
And at that time, General Tas, knowing this, still led his troops to charge. After a fierce battle, although he successfully rescued the refugees, General Tas was also covered in wounds and had to retreat to the second line.
…
And now…
Elus called him General Tas, could it be the General Tas from her memory?
But how could that be possible?!
General Tas had died long ago, and that experience was just a trial simulated by the system…
…
“Phew, little idiot, you thought correctly? General Tas is indeed dead. When the Snow Kingdom had internal strife, Tas led his troops to welcome the refugee clusters and died on the cold ice ridge.”
“What?”
“He was not afraid of death, because dying for the country was his honor as a general. But what Tas worried about was that after his death, there would be no pillar of strength in the army. And your appearance in the fantasy world fulfilled Tas’s wish.”
“!”
“Don’t you remember? It was you who called a group of idle young aristocrats to support, which averted the most critical situation and saved General Tas?”
…
If Elus hadn’t mentioned it, Lonis would have really forgotten.
It seemed that at that time, she had indeed done such a thing… The old general was trapped in a heavy siege, and at that time, she had tricked a group of young knights into supporting the battlefield in the guise of “hunting,” thus saving General Tas in time.
(Right, Elus said that not all the scenes in the Land of Eternity are simulated. There are also many souls.)
(Then, could it be…)
Lonis took a deep breath, and General Tas was so shocked that he knelt on the ground.
…
Because at this moment, he knew.
Those who came here were not only the princess he had always protected, but also the legendary hero who had appeared out of nowhere and tried to change everything!
His experiences in the hero world made Tas extremely relieved. Tas knew that as long as the princess was with him, everything would be fine! They could definitely move forward together and reach the future called hope.
However…
Why did that hero now turn into a silver-haired girl?
And she looked a bit like the former Princess Lonis?
Was she originally a girl? Or did she prefer to live as a girl?
…
…
Thinking of this, General Tas was stunned.
Or rather, a robot’s body was not very suitable for thinking about particularly emotional things – and seeing General Tas’s lost movements, Lonis gradually guessed what he was thinking.
(Wow, no! General Tas, this is all a misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding, I’m a normal hero, I’m not… wuwu…)
…
But now, if Lonis wanted to say “I don’t want to be a girl,” it would be impossible.
After all, her body had already been trained into this state, so how could she have the face to turn back into a boy and call herself by her former hero identity?
As Lonis was feeling awkward, Elus chuckled and said to Tas:
“Hehe, the little idiot is shy? But it’s okay, General Tas, let me explain what happened next.”
“Y-yes! Your Highness, Princess…”
“After I gave you orders, the little idiot hero and I fell into a deep sleep in the Land of Eternity again. However, during this time, this idiot developed a strange quirk and turned into a girl?”
“Huh?”
“So, she made a body like this for herself. And because of some strange things, she also stole my name and called herself Lonis, while I’ve taken a homophone of that name, calling myself Elus?”
“!!!”
“So now, you can call me Elus, and this little idiot? Just call her little fox. Anyway, she’s silly, so no matter how you describe her, it doesn’t matter.”
Fiddling with Lonis’s tail, Elus said happily.
