Volume 16 Chapter 10, 0

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Translator: Kazumi

Editor: Kabur & Silavin

Everyone was gathered in the Administration Floor’s lounge.

The reason they were all there was because Kousuke had asked them to gather when dinner was over.

The reason for the gathering was the completion of the golem that they had been working on.

The golem, a group project by Kousuke, Isnani, Kouhi, and Mitsuki, was bowing in front of everyone.

“Nice to meet you. I am Auxiliary Staff #1.”

Its words were faltering, but its movements were almost seamless.

All of them were in awe when they saw it.

Even the previous experimental machine had been astonishing, but this one was even more so.

No matter how they looked at it, the level of technology far surpassed the existing ones.

“So, Floria, is this what golems look like?”

When asked by Collete, Floria seemed to be too stunned to answer.

However, just by looking at her, she seemed to have already given her answer.

“Floria… Are you okay?”

Shrein waved her hand in front of Floria’s eyes.

“…Hah!? Wa, wasn’t this something impossible…”

Floria started up from her freeze, but stopped again when Auxiliary Staff #1 came into view.

“Hey. Enough of this.”

Shrein poked Floria in the head.

“What the heck is that? That’s not supposed to be possible!!!?”

Floria pointed in disbelief, but the rest of them remained calm.

“Thank you, Floria. You’ve helped me keep my cool.”

“Yes, I suppose it did.”

“It’s true that when someone else is in a panic, I can be calm instead.”

As the other members calmly poked at her, Floria started to take a deep breath, her face slightly reddening, as if she was becoming embarrassed by her panic.

“Fuuh, haaa… I’m sorry for the commotion.”

“Well, I understand how you feel, so please don’t worry too much~”

“I will.”

Seeing that Floria had calmed down, they all looked again at the first assistant.

No matter how many times they looked at it, it was impossible.

Except for Floria, no one had ever actually seen a golem before.

She realized immediately that the being in front of her had surpassed the existing golems.

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“Just out of curiosity, is this really a golem?”

Floria, who knew the most about golems, asked.

“Of course it is. It’s using the same basic theory.”

“The basic theory, huh?”

“Yes, the same basic theory… Wait a minute. It’s true that I’m involved in this one, but it’s mostly Kouhi and Mitsuki’s fault, right?”

Kousuke’s words drew everyone’s attention to the two of them.

“It was more fun than I thought it would be, and I was so excited.”

“It’s nice to have something to get absorbed in, right?”

Kouhi and Mitsuki’s words caused everyone to let out a sigh.

If those two were involved, it was normal to expect this sort of outcome.

“What can I say… I’m impressed.”

Collete said on behalf of the group.

“Thanks… But, sure, we’re screwing things up too, but the reason we’re progressing so far is because of Kousuke-sama, okay? We’re only contributing to the material part.”

Kouhi and Mitsuki were able to create such a golem because they gathered the materials Kousuke wanted.

All Kousuke and Isnani did this time was to come up with various ideas.

Kouhi and Mitsuki were in charge of collecting and processing the materials.

Of course, Kouhi and Mitsuki came up with some new theories themselves.

In the end, all the members of the production team did something unorthodox.

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The completed golem was named “Support #1”.

There was a lot of controversy about the name, but when Kousuke said that there would be more golems in the future, everyone fell silent.

Kousuke must have realized that there would be more than just a few golems.

Afterwards, people simply called it “Ichigo” or “Ichigo-san” or whatever they wanted to call it.

No one called it Support #1.

Support #1’s job was to set up summoning circles to feed the summoners.

It was originally intended to be set up for that purpose, so there was no point if it couldn’t be done.

For the time being, he decided to teach routine tasks and see how it went for a few days.

A summoning circle was still a summoning circle, so they couldn’t be too careful because if they installed the wrong number, it could result in a catastrophe.

As a conclusion, the golem worked as instructed without any problems.

It was not possible for them to do the work by themselves, so they had to be taught all the things they needed to do at the beginning, but it was natural for them to bear this burden as well.

It was more beneficial to eliminate the burden of setting up the summoning circles.

The control room of each Tower was gathered on the Administration Floor of Amamiya Tower, so there was no need to go through the Transfer Gate.

So far, Support #1’s schedule wasn’t filled just by installing summoning circles in all Towers, but they were going to be filled sooner or later as they plan to add more Floors for summons.

This would naturally require the creation of a second golem, but Kousuke was not worried about this.

Because Kouhi and Mitsuki were already working on the second golem.

Kousuke was not going to participate in the production of the second golem.

With the first one completed, he was going to resume the management of Amamiya Tower, and more importantly, since they were motivated, he decided to wait and see.

Isnani also said that she was going to start working on another tool, so the two of them would be working on the rest.

When Kousuke mentioned that he was looking forward to seeing what kind of golem the two of them would create together, both Kouhi and Mitsuki’s faces turned amused, but unfortunately, Kousuke didn’t notice.

Naturally, the other members who were around them at the time noticed, but when they saw their faces, the common thought of everyone was that they were going to do it again.

Kouhi and Mitsuki, as far as Kousuke was concerned, did not have the word ‘self-restraint’ in their vocabulary.

In this way, one golem was added as a support staff for managing the Tower, and the addition of this golem would be very significant for the Tower’s management.

As he mentioned many times, just being able to delegate routine tasks to other people saved a lot of time.

With the time constraints gone, more things could be done.

In a financial sense, too, there were significant savings from using the golem.

At least in terms of the Tower’s administration, the golem was a good thing, but it would not be long before the golem created by Kouhi and Mitsuki would have an even greater impact in the future.

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“Hey, Floria, you got a minute?”

“What’s wrong?”

“What happens if people find out that those golems exist?”

Sylvia asked Floria one day, a few days after the unveiling of Support #1.

“I don’t know… I don’t have to answer that, do I?”

“I understand, but I’d like to hear some specifics.”

They were able to understand that the golem was an extraordinary being.

But they wanted to know exactly how much of an impact it would actually have.

Incidentally, Shrein, Peach, and Collete were also there.

“I see… Hmm, that said.”

Floria crossed her arms for a while and thought about what to say, but then she came up with just the right example.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just show the priest using that Divine Tool in front of them?”

“…I suppose.”

This was something that some people would want desperately.

The golem, however, differed from the Divine Tools in that it could be used by any person.

If word got out that they existed, there would be a huge uproar, no doubt.

“It’s a good thing they’re not allowed to leave the Administration Floor.”

Everyone nodded at Shrein’s thoughts.

They couldn’t go through it alone, unless someone went through the Transfer Gate with them.

“For now, there’s no problem as long as we make them only operate on the Administration Floor, so let’s not think about it any further.”

Everyone agreed with Collete’s words.

However, it was not that far in the future that those who were present would feel the impact of their lack of planning.