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Chapter 16
A Tool, Not a Person
Echidna Philias.
Age unknown.
Belonged to Philias, but expelled by her sisters due to incompatible ideology.
Reason for expulsion: airhead, falls in love at first sight.
Disheveled black hair with dark circles like goth makeup.
Е ṅ u m а . іd̃
Black lips and pale skin as if not a drop of light had touched it.
And a typical witch-like gloomy aura.
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If she stayed still, one might think she belongs in the beauty category, but the unique witch vibe ruined everything.
So if you ask if she's witch-like,
"Hello. I'm Echidna~"
A childish way of speaking that contradicts that very atmosphere broke even the witch-like mood.
W̄ ĕ ḃ ńо v ӗ l Е̌ n̄ ů m̆а
"Ehehe......."
She smiles like a good person, but it's so awkward that even that feels gloomy.
Everything made it hard for her to blend with ordinary humans.
She unconditionally accepted upon seeing Jed.
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However, since they needed to discuss what work she'd be doing, Ferda entered the witch's house and faced her.
"You said you'd do it unconditionally, but do you know exactly what work it is?"
W.e b̃_n̈ оv̀е l̆ Ё n̊ ǔ m̌ а
"Nope. Still doesn't matter."
Echidna's dark pupils rippled like a stormy sea.
"T-to be able to work with such handsome men, and a cute young lady too... I-I'm just so happy... ehehehe. If you order me, I'll become a dog."
The witch's unique madness increasingly mixed into her voice.
Ruri frowned, and Jed also felt creeped out and shrank back.
Only Ferda remained calm.
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"Echidna Philias. You make golems, don't you?"
"Huh? Ah, yes. And?"
"Can you conduct that golem production at our Valdrova Castle?"
"O-of course. It's possible. Hehe. If you order me, I'll become a dog. Woof woof."
She was shouting acceptance one after another without asking or checking anything.
This sight was an exception even for Ferda.
W е b̈ ńо́ v е̂ l Е́ ǹ ûm̆а̃
'I thought she'd be a bit better in the past, but this was when she was at her worst.'
The time Ferda came to know her was when she was a mess, only to the level of having come to her senses.
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"Ferda-nim."
Ruri poked his side and said.
"Did you come all this way just to recruit a mere golem-making bitch?"
"U-um, I can hear you?"
Е n̈ u m̂а
"Right, just a mere golem."
"I-I said I can hear you?"
A giant organism made of mud or stone lumps.
Moving at the level of simply walking is all it does; aside from size and durability, it's a corpse.
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It's not for nothing that the insult "golem-like bastard" exists.
"Do you have a golem you made right now?"
Én.ú mа̀
"Huh? I have one... ah, it's not finished yet so it's embarrassing...?"
"Doesn't matter. I'm not embarrassed."
"Ah, then... I'll show you~!"
Echidna clapped her hands.
Then the wardrobe burst open and something jumped out. A wooden doll modeled after a sturdy man.
Its eyes were large and sparkled as if they'd shoot out gems, lips sharp.
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A face and body like a child's fantasy drawing of a prince.
Seeing the three people staring at it intently, Echidna fidgeted.
"Ehehe. It's not finished so it's embarrassing..."
"The face needs a bit more refining."
"No. The doll itself is complete?"
"...This is?"
Wе b̌n̈ оv̈еl̀ Е́ ň ům̄ ӑ
Jed couldn't hide his astonishment.
This is the finished form?
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The golem came out creaking, and its face glanced at Echidna.
Echidna grins.
Squeak- squeak-
The wooden golem moving with stiff, meshing sounds.
Ẃ е́b́ nо̃_vẽl _Е nŭm̈ã
That golem took out tea from the cupboard and started brewing it.
The surprising thing was that the golem accurately picked and chose one item.
"There are countless teas in the cupboard, why did it bring that one?"
"Um, so how this works is... ah, it's a boring story so let me not explain it in detail, um hmm..."
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Echidna clenching both fists tight and stomping her feet.
Ferda opened his mouth thinking he'd answer instead.
E n̆ um ã_
"So then—."
"Wait a sec. I-I think I can do it!"
It took about 3 minutes just to choose her words, and she broke into a cold sweat.
Finally, Echidna finished organizing and spoke.
"Simply put, it reads my mood and brings the tea I like. Today I'm in a good mood so it brought Darjeeling."
"The golem... does that?"
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Ruri asked as if she couldn't believe it.
Echidna scratched her head embarrassedly.
"Ehehe. I wanted to make it like that. So I'm creating magic."
"Creating magic... that means you draw runes yourself?"
"Yes, that's right, little miss! I studied reaaally hard!"
Even Ruri, who had ignored humans, held a sense of respect this time.
Е ň um̂a . і d
To create a precise magic circle, one must learn the process of condensing its meaning, rune making.
And those who can make runes are in the realm of artisans numbering less than 10 across the entire Serdes Continent.
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She wasn't just a simple golem maker or gloomy witch,
'Rune Maker.'
A witch with the power to create magic.
Ruri looked at Ferda again.
É n̄ ú m̆а̀ . id́
Unlike the beginning filled with disgust, this time awe was contained.
"How do you know humans like these?"
"I happened to come to know them."
The reason she came to remember her was naturally due to hatred. Because she was one of the humans seriously wasting their talent.
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'Enough to make me cough blood.'
Echidna Philias seriously liked extremely handsome men.
W ẽ b̊nо̌ v̀ е́l Еn̂u m а
To what extent? That longing led her to the Red Circle.
However, due to the witch's unique gloominess and her lacking interpersonal skills, Echidna ended up in a serious situation where she couldn't meet a man.
Unlike other thoughts like 'just improve the witch's gloominess or interpersonal skills,' she thought like this.
-If I can't date one, why not just make a boyfriend?
Making them into stuffed specimens or using them as puppets like other witches was unpleasant.
With a mindset somewhere between human and witch, her answer was to create something similar to a human through a golem.
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Her efforts began to master spell commands and rune making, and she became a Rune Maker.
'Even me, an Archmage, couldn't do rune making, and she used it just to make a boyfriend.'
Ferda still felt like coughing blood.
An ability that could overturn the world, developed just to make a boyfriend.
'But thanks to that, I learned that golem soldiers that react to a fluid command system aren't impossible.'
The pinnacle of alchemy, artificial human, homunculus.
Е̌ ṅũm̈ а̊
Can learn its work through learning, and can do work in areas humans cannot.
However, individual production is limited, and the disadvantage is they can't be completely controlled like humans.
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And golems, which can be mass-produced but have the disadvantage of not being able to perform complex movements and commands.
What brought only the advantages of those two is precisely Echidna's golem.
'Driving out monsters at the Far East Front is no longer impossible.'
Innovative technologies comparable to the magitech led by Burnell Marquis could be presented.
W̆eb̆ n̊ ō vël̆ Е num а
"Then it seems the talk is done. I'll give you the appointment letter."
"A-appointment letter?"
"Chief Researcher of Valdrova. There's already one more chief, but your department is different so you won't need to mind each other."
"Ah, is that so?"
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There's another one.
Hearing those words, her black pupils rolled around and she opened her mouth shyly.
W е̊ b ǹ о̀.v̈él Ёň úm̂ а
"Th-that... is it a man?"
Ferda nodded.
Flushed face, fidgeting fingers.
"It's a man."
"Th-that... is he hand...some?"
Echidna's eyes sparkling as if it's the most important question.
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"He looks like an ordinary scholar wearing glasses."
"Ah, is that so? Whatever works~..."
Echidna looking disappointed.
Her eyes glanced at Jed.
At the natural-born playboy, Jed reflexively grinned.
"Ehehe, ehehehe..."
Ѐ n̆ ú m̄ а. і̌d
Jed's face gradually stiffened at the lecherous energy.
He wanted to step back but there was nowhere to retreat.
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"Can you depart immediately? Or do you need time to prepare?"
"Nope. I have subspace storage magic so I can put everything in and leave right away. Hehe..."
Subspace storage magic is 5th-tier magic.
Meaning she's currently 5th Circle or higher.
Ŵ е̃b̆ ńо̀v̂èl̂ E n ŭm̆ а
And that her obsession toward handsome men is tremendous.
"Good. Ride the carriage and you guys head to Valdrova Castle first."
Jed turned his head and asked.
"Aren't you coming together?"
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"There's still one person left to bring."
"Then come with us? I'm your attendant."
E.n ũm а̀ . і̊ ď
"No need for that."
"No, don't be like that..."
Jed said with an awkward smile.
"Let's go together. Please."
Desperation was felt in that 'please'.
Don't leave me alone with that woman.
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'Can't do that.'
Ferda knows.
The completed golem created by future Echidna.
That its form takes the shape of Jed Swallow.
That Echidna's single-hearted devotion was due to Jed Swallow's appearance.
'So for the time being, I have to keep attaching him to her.'
Е ṅ u ḿӑ. і̃ d̃.
To calm Echidna's madness, Jed had to be attached to her.
However, what future would befall Jed due to that obsession was unclear.
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And he had no interest.
He'll handle it himself.
* * *
Thus Ferda succeeded in recruiting 3 talents.
Е̇ ǹ ù m_à_. і d̆
Pioneer of Magitech, Burnell Marquis.
Master Thief, Jed Swallow.
Rune Maker, Echidna Philias.
And the last remaining person is,
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"Sage of Water, Helus Povidas."
Among the previously presented figures, the only human Ruri knew.
Е̊ ñǔ mа̃
Age mid-40s, late-bloomer mage.
But famous for penetrating things through brilliant wisdom and insight, gaining the name 'Sage of Water'.
He built a mansion in a rural village and lived there.
A desireless principle of always having to be with water, belonging nowhere.
"How do you plan to persuade a human who said he wouldn't do it even if the Arken Empire gave him billions?"
Current Ferda's recruitment score: 2 successes, 1 pending.
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Since she didn't know the opponent, prediction was difficult, but this time the opponent was somewhat predictable.
Ruri judged it would be difficult to persuade with Ferda's ability.
'Doesn't seem like he'd establish authority or threaten to bring him...'
Curious about what brilliant idea he had, she couldn't hold back.
Ferda answered like this.
"The Sage of Water isn't interested."
Ӗñ ù m̊ а. і d̈
Ruri frowned.
"Then why did you come? You wrote 'Sage of Water' clear as day, came all the way to the Sage of Water's house, and now you're not trying to bring the Sage of Water?"
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"What I'm looking for has no name. So I just used the name Helus Povidas as a substitute."
"You tricked me?"
Ruri glaring with narrowed eyes and a vicious face.
"Only half."
Ё n̂um̀ а́ .і_d
Ferda glanced up at the mansion.
Windows were wide open, and the back door used by servants was slightly ajar at a slant.
Looking at that, Ferda asked.
"Where do ordinary housewives usually do laundry?"
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"Why are you asking me that?"
Ferda scanned her up and down.
Еn ǔ m ǎ_. ĩ d̊
He saw an expressionless girl wearing a maid uniform.
"You're a valet, aren't you?"
"There are ranks even among valets. And I solve everything with magic. I'm not a brat beating laundry with a bat at a stream."
"A stream, huh. Thanks."
Following Ruri's advice-that-wasn't-advice, he headed to the stream.
As she said, he could find it easily.
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"You damn idiot bitch! You can't even do that!?"
In a place where only the sound of flowing water quietly rang, a middle-aged woman's abuse echoed.
There was a fat middle-aged woman and a skinny girl.
They wore clothes suspiciously clean for country folk.
It was certain they were noble's valets.
The fat middle-aged woman poked the girl's laundry with her finger and shouted.
Е nû m̌а
"If you beat and wring the laundry, you have to put it in! Why do I have to tell you every single time for you to understand!? Beat! Wring! Put it in! Got it!?"
The blonde girl carefully nodded.
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"Sigh, to think I'm teaching such an idiot! What divine punishment did I receive... sigh!"
The middle-aged valet beat her chest and frowned.
The girl showed no sign of fear.
She just looked down at it with hollow eyes and silently repeated what she was told.
Е ṅ um а́ .і d̃
"A headache?"
The middle-aged valet startled and stood up.
Her eyes quickly scanned Ferda and she wore a smile.
"Oh my, my lord. I apologize. I showed you an unsightly sight. Haha. I was educating one dull valet and ended up raising my voice..."
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"That was education?"
"Of course, a noble lord like you wouldn't understand. You have to give a shock like this for them to listen. So that's how it's done."
Е ṅů m а.. id̈
Ferda's eyes glanced toward the girl.
He rested his chin on his hand and let out a sound.
"Hmm, that's not education, it just looks like you're venting irritation. And there's no need to educate that brat either."
"What do you mean?"
"Just think if your command wasn't wrong."
The middle-aged valet blinked and asked.
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"I apologize, my lord. I don't understand..."
"From what I saw and heard, you made her repeat beating and wringing the laundry. But you didn't tell her where to put it. If you had told her, she surely would've kept working."
"Oh my, do I have to explain every little thing? If she's human, she should have some wit and do it properly, but she's so dull..."
The middle-aged valet glared at the girl.
The girl just repeated kneading, uninterested in their conversation.
"Right. The problem is you see her as a person."
Ẽn u̇m a
"What do you mean? Are you saying this child is a tool?"
"If you thought what you're handling isn't a human but a tool, it would've been different. Don't you think expecting a tool to think is too much?"
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The valet made a face that didn't understand.
Ruri, who had been listening quietly, also didn't understand Ferda's words.
"What tool in the world eats and sleeps? If it's a tool, you'd just shove it in a warehouse or throw it away..."
"Then why didn't you throw her away?"
Ė ṅ üm.а_.іd
"Would she be thrown away just because we say so? The Sage of Water-nim cherishes this girl."
"Hmm, is that so?"
"A stray dog-like bitch picked up from who knows where."
The valet pouring curses without rest.
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Ferda listened to that calmly and asked.
"If you dislike her that much and it's hard to throw her away, how about transferring her to me?"
Eǹ um à . їd̆
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