Chapter 120: You Can Be Naughty (Two-in-one)
“Yui…”
In Shaya’s mind, the ethereal and crisp female voice echoed again.
As a contracted partner with a telepathic connection, Yui vaguely sensed the hidden meaning behind the name Shaya had given her.
*I treat you as Master, but you want to be my dad?*
“Trash Master, you’re so naughty.”
“Are all AI you guys this capable now?”
Shaya couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. “Optimize this little devil’s dialogue model further, I like it.”
…
After more than ten minutes of real-time communication in his mind, Shaya had thoroughly understood Yui’s details in every aspect.
As the contracted partner of his fifth soul pact, and his fourth familiar, Yui’s attributes perfectly met Shaya’s expectations.
“Speaking of which, Yui, can you manifest in the Material Plane?”
Shaya gazed at the small mirror-like cube in his soul pact space and asked.
Mechanical familiars were also divided into various types.
Mainstream mechanical familiars were closer to robots in the traditional sense of Shaya’s previous life. Their existence was similar to other familiars with flesh and blood. Once their mechanical bodies and the source of fire were destroyed, the mechanical familiar would be considered dead.
The difference from familiars with flesh and blood lay in the fact that mechanical bodies were easier to repair, debug, and modify or upgrade.
However, at Shaya’s insistence, Yui belonged to a different category.
Rather than a “robot” or “mechanical beast,” she was closer to the concept of “artificial intelligence.” Under the influence of the skill “Metal Creation,” Yui was not limited to a single mechanical carrier.
This type of mechanical familiar was less potent in terms of immediate combat power than the pure mechanical beast type in the short term.
However, its potential far surpassed the latter.
To put it bluntly, it was exclusive to paying players.
“I can.”
“As long as sufficient free metal particles are provided, I can use the skill ‘Metal Creation’ and the Alchemy Matrix to refine fluid metal into any desired form, and then use it as a carrier to descend into the real world.”
Yui’s crisp and pleasant voice rang out again.
“Although I can sense that Master has prepared a large amount of memory metal materials for me… I want to experiment with something.”
“Crimson… can you provide me with some silver particles? I want to try something.”
“Mimi mi~ (Me?)”
The Silver Spirit, who was watching the show in his soul pact space and curiously observing the newcomer, was a bit bewildered when she was suddenly called out.
“That’s right…”
Yui patiently explained, “Master made me into an artificial intelligence type, partly considering how to cooperate with you.”
“Crimson, you have two characteristics. One is ‘swordsman,’ and you’ve developed this attribute to a considerable extent… but the other characteristic, ‘metal,’ is a bit insufficient.”
“Due to the past pollution of your Star Spirit Body, you have almost no experience in mobilizing your silver particles. However, with me here, this shortcoming can be compensated.”
“According to Master’s idea, we might be able to develop some special combination skills.”
“For example…”
Yui’s crisp voice paused slightly.
“Something like ‘Unlimited Blade Works.’”
…
It seemed that nurturing Yui was the right move.
Watching Yui patiently teaching Shaya’s other familiars in the soul pact space, Shaya felt a sense of relief.
In the past, Shaya had to personally create training plans and develop new skills for Silver and the others.
Now, with Yui, an AI who shared his thoughts, he only needed to set the general direction and occasionally provide guidance. The rest could be completely handed over to Yui, the AI housekeeper.
This brought Shaya’s capitalist ambitions a step further.
“Mi, mimi~ (Sister Yui, stop lecturing)”
Crimson’s Star Spirit Body flickered, and even Sparkle and Silver, who were watching nearby, felt a lingering fear.
They had initially come to observe the newbie’s heartwarming welcome and impart some life, no, familiar life experience, to the newcomer.
But now, it felt like they would be the ones being taught in the future.
However, no matter what, Yui was holding Shaya’s imperial decree and supreme authority.
Although Crimson’s head was spinning listening to Yui describe “Unlimited Blade Works,” “Mental Landscape,” “King’s Treasure,” and “This Body is Made of Swords,” feeling the pressure that was too much for her young age, she still obediently activated her Silver Spirit’s racial talent.
Mobilizing her magic, she generated a large number of silver particles in the void of the fabrication room.
Countless bright silver light spots appeared in the air before Shaya.
Then, at Shaya’s fingertip, a tiny Alchemy Matrix quietly emerged.
The Alchemy Matrix lit up, emitting a magnificent radiance.
Then, those free silver particles were transformed, reshaped, and constructed by the Alchemy Matrix.
Finally, the bright silver illusory light spots slowly condensed and took on a clear physical form.
It was a petite figure with silver illusory wings on its back, evoking the image of a fairy.
“My affinity with silver particles is quite good.”
Yui, the hand-sized silver fairy, landed on Shaya’s shoulder, examined her new body, and analyzed.
“With this, coupled with Master’s special ability, the probability of perfecting the combination skill between Crimson and me has increased to over ninety percent.”
Yui’s illusory fairy wings fluttered slightly, and she was about to speak again.
But in the next moment, her words abruptly stopped.
At the same time, Shaya detected a faint floral scent diffusing behind him.
“The day of your awakening has finally arrived… Little Yui.”
Solun’s voice rippled in Shaya’s ears.
The sound of the fabrication room door closing echoed behind him, and the Saintess of Dawn removed her low-brimmed baseball cap and mask.
She stood behind Shaya, her black hair’s tips brushing against Shaya’s neck, causing a slight tickle.
Solun looked at Yui on Shaya’s shoulder and smiled charmingly, “Little Yui, do you remember who I am?”
Shaya’s mechanical familiar was a product of constant discussions between Shaya and Solun, so Solun already knew the name Shaya had planned for his fourth familiar.
Yui, on Shaya’s shoulder, glanced at the smiling black-haired saintess beside her.
Due to her soul pact connection with Shaya, Yui’s database had already been supplemented with a vast amount of Shaya’s knowledge.
Therefore, Yui was not unfamiliar with the black-haired girl before her.
After all, her own birth was inseparable from her.
Shaya provided the general creative ideas and directional requirements for the “YoRHa Mechanical Body – 132B,” but it was the genius mechanist, Solun, who truly transformed these cutting-edge, epoch-making ideas and imagination into reality through the fabrication room’s workbench.
One provided inspiration, and the other provided technical support. Without either Solun or Shaya, Yui could not have been born.
Moreover, the name “Yui” given to her by her Master clearly indicated that he intended to raise her as his daughter.
Coupled with the subtle realization through the soul pact… of the special relationship between Shaya and Solun.
In this context, if one were to describe the relationship between herself and Solun… there was only one fitting word left.
“Mom.”
Yui looked at Solun and said in a sweet voice.
…
“Ying ying ying~ (Oh no, Yui is a Solun supporter!)”
“Mimi mi! (This is bad, the existing bipolar structure is showing signs of collapse!)”
In Shaya’s soul pact space, Silver and Crimson perceived everything happening outside, their expressions serious.
As familiars connected to Shaya through soul pact and sharing his thoughts,
They had long been aware of the love triangle situation Shaya was currently in.
When they weren’t training and had nothing to do in the soul pact space, the greatest form of entertainment and leisure among Shaya’s familiars was stock trading.
They excitedly guessed and debated which woman would ultimately win and who would be the first to take Shaya’s first time.
Each familiar had their own stance and holdings.
Silver, as the earliest familiar to follow Shaya, had experienced the night of Ceylon’s destruction with him… Thus, she naturally had a soft spot for Aerora, who was also from Northern Ceylon, had known Shaya for longer, and had shared hardships with him. She was a firm supporter of Little Ai.
Crimson joined later and originated from the Historical Echoes of the Ancient Azure Court, while the Silver Spirit was the guardian beast of the Brunnhildr Family… Naturally, she favored Sylvia, the last remnant of the Ancient Azure Court and the Brunnhildr Family. She had always bet all her chips on the Azure Silver Witch stock.
As for Sparkle, she was a standard fence-sitter, a strength-based player, siding with whoever was rising in value. She was a bandwagon fan, always going with the flow.
But now, with Solun’s entry, who held both the childhood sweetheart and the unexpected arrival labels, and with Yui declaring herself the leader of the Solun faction with a single “Mom,”
The originally bipolar stock market had undergone a major shift, developing towards a tripartite structure.
…
Listening to Yui’s voice, which had a four-tenths resemblance to her own, Solun was also slightly taken aback.
But soon, a brilliant smile reappeared on her plain white, cute face.
As a genius mechanist, Solun naturally knew the reason for Yui’s voice being similar to hers.
“As expected, she’s our daughter, the crystallization of our love. Her voice is so much like mine too.”
“Don’t you think so…”
Solun quietly leaned into Shaya’s ear, her breath warm.
“Child’s father?”
“Miss Solun, I must remind you of something.”
Looking at the Saintess of Dawn before him, Shaya spoke slowly, “Unlike six or seven years ago, I hadn’t developed then, and I had no power to act on you even if I wanted to.”
“Now we are both eighteen, fully developed.”
“If you continue to tease like this… I’m afraid you’ll regret it.”
“If I were afraid of regretting it, would I be here?”
Solun’s melodious voice echoed softly in Shaya’s ear.
“But Yui is here, and we shouldn’t corrupt our daughter’s mind.”
“And besides…”
Solun took a slight step back.
Then she pointed to the two large metal containers not far away, gesturing towards Yui.
Mechanical familiars were fundamentally constrained by their rank and could not casually leap across ranks.
If it were just to contract Yui, Shaya would still be unable to contend with Legends.
However, the greatest advantage of artificial intelligence type mechanical familiars… was that as long as enough money was invested, they could exert power far beyond their own rank through external Magitech Megastructures.
This was similar to the trump card of the Alliance of Lieges, the Gustav Cannon.
A single Gustav Cannon operated manually, with its firing interval and mobility issues, could only be used against stationary targets and was ineffective against smaller targets.
But if it were truly put into a state of war, a densely packed artillery array composed of dozens of Gustav Cannons controlled simultaneously by an Emperor Rank artificial intelligence familiar of a mechanist would be enough to suppress a Legend.
And those two large metal containers were Shaya’s true investment this time.
They were two Magitech Golems specially customized according to Shaya’s ideas. It was also why the president of the Steam School, a legendary rank mechanist, had come… He was not involved in Yui’s birth; he had only come for these two Magitech Golems.
They were truly epoch-making creations that even a legendary mechanist marveled at.
“Yui, go and see the gifts Mom and Dad prepared for you over there.”
Upon hearing Solun’s words, Yui also sensed the attraction from the items within the two metal containers.
However, Yui first turned back and looked at Shaya with a questioning gaze.
Shaya nodded. “Go ahead, they are indeed External Golems specially prepared for you.”
His gaze swept over the two metal containers.
They contained two highly complex mechanical constructs.
One, codenamed “Sky Patrol. Sword of Damocles.”
The other, codenamed “Fantasy Collapse. Spirit Particle Fission.”
“Go and familiarize yourself with them, Yui.”
“They will be our biggest trump card for a long time to come.”
Shaya’s words carried a distant echo.
“It won’t be long–”
“Their radiance will be the dawn, illuminating the darkest night.”
…
After receiving Shaya’s permission, Yui quickly became engrossed in learning about these two External Golems.
“Sky Patrol. Sword of Damocles”
“Fantasy Collapse. Spirit Particle Fission”
Although the codenames seemed a bit difficult to pronounce, when Yui truly began to read Shaya’s annotations and operating principles, she quickly became completely immersed.
As Shaya had said, these two constructs would become their greatest trump card.
Enough to truly threaten a Legend.
As Yui’s figure disappeared into the two large metal containers,
Behind Shaya, cat-like soft footsteps suddenly approached him.
“Since our own daughter is busy…”
“Then, as parents, can’t we snatch a moment of leisure to do something we love…”
The girl’s voice, as melodious as a nightingale’s, whispered in Shaya’s ear.
Solun extended her fair fingers, and the gem ring on her right middle finger flickered slightly.
Immediately, a faint golden light silently spread out, covering the area around them.
A silencing and blind vision barrier.
After doing all this, the black-haired girl then extended her fair hand and gently caressed the outline of Shaya’s face.
Her chestnut eyes held a wave-like gentleness, “Although we often see each other through magic communication…”
“However, the illusory images in Spirit World communication can’t compare to the real you.”
“Long time no see.”
Shaya smiled silently and put his arm around the soft waist of the Saintess of Dawn before him.
“Yes, long time no see.”
It had truly been a long time.
Six years. The timid, skinny little girl when they parted had now blossomed into the renowned Saintess of Dawn.
When Shaya picked her up, Solun did not resist, merely resting her cute face against Shaya’s chest.
It was then that Shaya noticed that Solun was wearing black fishnet stockings today, a stark contrast to her pure white holy attire.
“I remember you like that feeling of purity and holiness mixed with a bit of evil allure, so I specifically chose this outfit.”
“I specially asked someone to buy it for you from your clothing store, from the Holy Court to the Imperial Capital… I know you like this sense of conquest, feeling both your body and heart marked by you.”
As if seeing through Shaya’s thoughts, Solun whispered in his ear, her black hair tickling his chest.
“I’m different from Little Ai…”
“You’re blessed but don’t know it, and you’re so tsundere, you barely even do anything naughty.”
A mist covered her chestnut eyes, “I lied to Little Ai, saying that signing a mechanical contract takes thirty minutes, and during this time, any disturbance from outsiders could disrupt the contract process.”
“There are still fifteen minutes left…”
Solun wrapped her slender arms around Shaya’s neck, “So, for these fifteen minutes, you can do anything you want to me.”
“This timing is too tight, we can’t even get to the main event.”
Shaya sighed.
In the next moment, his thoughts moved.
He temporarily shielded his mental power from his soul pact connection.
“Ying ying ying?”
“Mimi mi?”
In the soul pact space, the familiars who were excitedly trading stocks looked at the blacked-out screen with stunned expressions.
“Next time we meet, I’ll…”
Before Solun could finish speaking,
In the next moment, Shaya lowered his head and bit her cherry lips.
A blush surged up the swan-like white neck of the Saintess of Dawn.
