IAWWMSP Chapter 467 The Five Great Gollem Meisters and the Young Boys Troubles

When it comes to gollem-related matters, having an expert on our side makes things much easier.

For this reason, I contacted our engineer, Elluka, through Babylon and brought her in. Dr. Babylon herself also tagged along, which I suppose couldnt be avoided. Fenrir was in the middle of doing maintenance checks, so he had to stay home.

When I returned to the Refreese infirmary together with the duo, I found the young Emperor of Gardio, Lucrecion, and the Emperor of Refreese waiting for me. There were knights present as well.

Miss Imelda (a gollem that looks exactly just like her) was lying on top of the white bed, unconscious. At first glance, she looks just exactly like a human.

Elluka forced open Miss Imeldas eyes wide and looked into them before tracing her throat with her fingers.

Certainly, this kid is a simulacrum gollem, and one that is made quite elaborately at that. Perhaps one from theFleurageseries? Ooh, that appears to be the case.. Muttered Elluka as she rubbed the gollems collarbone with a wet handkerchief, revealing a faint flower-like symbol.

Was it hidden by some kind of foundation..?

Elluka then took Miss Imeldas wrist. She was holding some kind of thin needle-like object which she then used to prick a small point on Miss Imeldas wrist, making a small hissing sound in the process. After a few seconds, the back of her hand slid open like a lid. Shown inside were several transparent threads of small light flowing through her body, along with a blue, crystal-like object. There was no doubt about it This girl.. Shes absolutely a gollem.

Just in case, I asked Kohaku and her summoned beasts to check if any other gollems were mixed among the participants, but there didnt appear to be any. I had them do this job since it would be easy for them to differentiate humans and gollems by scent. Thankfully, it seems that there werent any more of them sent into the party.

Unbelievable.. She was really a gollem

What in the world is going on..? Whoever they were, what was their reason for sending such a human-like gollem to our party?

Lucrecrion was in a state of shock and confusion, while the Emperor of Refreese, with his arms folded, was casting a dubious glare towards the Emperor of Gardio. The Rammish Popes mystic eyes had already revealed that the Emperor of Gardio was not involved, but nevertheless, it was still true that Miss Imelda is an attendee from the Gardio Empire.

Im having this matter currently investigated as we speak. Ive already dispatched a team towards the Tryus household located in our capital, Garlesta. Well be hearing from them soon

As soon as the Emperor of Gardio finished talking, his phone began to vibrate. Nice timing.. He walked a short distance away from us then took his phone out from his pocket to talk to whoever was on the other side.

Each of Dr. Babylons mass-produced smartphones have been given to representatives of every nation, their families, and their officials, and they have proven to be useful for communication in such situations. Ive also heard talks about rulers of each nation and their officials becoming more busy ever since theyve received their smartphones, but thats just to be expected, right?

After a few moments, the Emperor of Gardio eventually returned to us.

Apparently, Miss Imelda was found locked up inside her closet. Fortunately, her life doesnt seem to be in any danger and was just unconscious. I cant really say for sure yet, but its highly likely that the gollem swap didnt have anything to do with her family.

Fumu However, its also possible that her family did all this and that in order to get away with it. Still, even if thats the case, I dont understand their purpose..

What kind of family is this Tryus? Tell me more about them.

They have a long history of loyalty towards the Empire, and their current family head is also a man of character who has been entrusted with one of the capitals educational institutions.

U-uh, I, no.. I1ve also met the Earl of Tryus many times when I was a crown prince, and he was a sincere and kind gentleman. So.. maybe, I think that he doesnt have anything to do with this gollem matter.. Lucrecion followed up after the Emperor of Gardios answer to my question. Apparently, the earl of Tryus seems to be in the clear.. Though, just because they said that, doesnt mean the doubts are immediately cleared..

Elze was carefully observing Miss Imeldas face as she lay on the bed, sleeping.

Does this gollem looks as exact as the real person herself? Can gollems like her change their faces easily as they like?

To a certain extent, yes. Women can transform through make up, right? However, unlike humans, gollems like her can transform their skeletal structure, body shape, flesh mass, and so on.

At the words of Elluka, both Elze and Sakura quietly glared at Imelda, or more precisely, towards the two bouncy masses that were rising like a mountain on top of her body.

Not fair..

How unfair..

No, we dont even know if its the same volume as the real person herself Still, this is bad.. Were gonna reach a bad end if we keep the atmosphere like this.. I hurriedly turned towards the Emperor of Gardio and spoke, hoping to divert the topic.

A-anyway, you really had no idea she was a fake one? Like, didnt you notice anything strange with her mannerisms or the way she speaks?

Miss Imelda was one who rarely goes out. In fact, it has already been five years since Ive seen her, so everything about her has changed. Her height, and how mature she looks, so I just accepted it as her growing up. And, I didnt really have any reasons to doubt her in the first place.

Unsociable, huh.. Perhaps it was the reason why she was targeted. I mean, itd make sense that someone who doesnt have any social connections or acquaintances would be the most convenient person to be switched with.

Well, now that its come to this, we should get the information we need from the gollem itself, then, muttered Dr. Babylon as she rolled her aroma pipe in her mouth while looking at the gollem lying unconscious on the bed.

Is it safe to reboot her, though? Wont she attack us?

Theres also that possibility, however gollems from theFleurageseries arent that strong to begin with. If youre worried, we could just tie her up.

After Dr. Babylon voiced her concern, Elluka took out a sturdy-looking rope out of the toolbox she had brought. Why in the world are you even carrying such a thing?

Uh, hey, listen.. Why dont we try overwriting her master authority before doing that?

Ive been thinking of this method for a while, so I tried suggesting it to both of them. Since, if we do it this way, instead of going through the process of tying her up, we can just simply bind her to a new master and ask her directly why she was sent here.

Fumu fumu. In other words, Touya-kun, youre saying that we should take out her G-Cube?

..Eh? I mean, yeah, but

No, I understand, Touya-kun. I am also very interested in seeing what kind of oppai simulacrum gollems like her has too.

No, dont listen to her! Thats not what I meant! Dont lump me in with you!

But of course, in order to access a gollems G-Cube, we need to take off its clothes to open the hatch on its chest, but thats just a means to an end! Its not what I was aiming for!

..Shall we have a little chat over there, husband-sama?

..Grand Duke, you should not be doing that sort of thing in front of us, your wives..

W-wait! Youre wrong! Nooo!

Both of my wives grabbed my arms very firmly from either side and were about to drag me away. As Elluka saw that however, she swiftly gave Dr. Babylons head with a light karate chop.

Kora, Regina-chan. Dont tease the newlyweds too much.

Iyaaaaa I just thought that itd be nice if I add some little spice to their married life

Are you kidding..? Thats no spice, thats poison, you old loli! Ive already had enough shit to deal with, and you just had to add more!

Well then, for now Ill become the temporary master. Its perfect since Fenrir isnt here, so signal jamming wont occur. The men over there, you sure youd be looking here? Prompted by Elluka, all the men gathered in the infirmary, including I, Emperor of Refreese, Emperor of Gardio, Lucrecion, and all the male knights turned to face the wall at once. Well, Ellukas better than having that perverted old loli become the gollems master.

I wondered if wouldnt it be better if all the men present in this room just leave, however it seems that it wont take long, so I guess this was fine too.

A few moments later, I heard the rustling of clothes. Seemingly the sound of Miss Imeldas clothes being removed. Ah, so it was after all the correct choice to just leave the room.. The door is on the other side, which is behind me So, going outside is out of the question.. Damn it!

Then suddenly, a clicking sound of something being removed was heard.

Woah!

Hell, yeah! Those are some damn nice bouncy objects, huh! Its almost as big as Floras.. Hmm ooh, what a soft feeling, just like the real thing Hora, Elze, give it a feel.

U-uwah! A-amazing! What the hell are they made of..? I cant think of it as anything, but the real deal!

..Heavy! U-ugh.. I cant win.. These melons definitely are unbeatable..

The ongoing conversation behind me was growing more and more uncomfortable as they talked more about that topic. I knew I shouldve left the room earlier while I still had the opportunity. It was still perfectly fine for me, but Looking at Lucrecion, this was poison for his eyesno, poison for his ears to hear. He was literally as red as a tomato all the way up to his face.

Excuse me for interrupting your pleasant conversation, but do you mind speeding things up a little? The Emperor and the others had to return to the party, remember?

Sheesh, alright. I gotcha,Open, said Elluka. What followed her words after were the sound of hissing air. It seems that she mustve opened the chest hatch. Moments later, sounds of internal tinkering were heard, probably the sound from removing and overwriting the G-Cube.

Even if Elluka put back the overwritten G-Cube, Miss Imelda wouldnt wake up unless I repaired the nerve lines that Id severed withCracking.

Yoshi, all good. All thats left is to put the clothes back on. Though, we can neglect the bra since it would take too much effort.

Oi I muttered irritatedly, still facing the wall. Beside me, the young boy Lucrecion had his eyes shut, doing his best to not hear whatever the girls were talking about as he mumbled something to himself quietly. ..Man, dont toy with this poor boys innocent mind too much.

I understaaaand. Lethal weapons like these are poisonous to young boys, after all. Ill dress her properly, then.. Mou.. as expected, theyre pretty heavy.. Ooh..

Stop telling us every single damn thing, goddamn it!

When the girls had finally finished dressing Miss Imelda back, with their permission, I turned around and saw her lying on the bed looking the same as before, except her outfit was a little dishevelled, her chest ribbon and necklace removed.

Alright, can you repair her nerve lines back, Touya-kun?

Gotcha, I replied as I moved towards the bed and put my hand on the back of Miss Imeldas neck and activated myCrackingspell to reconnect the nerve lines Id severed earlier. Her body jerked wildly for a while and her eyes shot open. However, those eyes were devoid of light, and while she was glancing about restlessly, she seemed to be looking nowhere and was unfocused. Her whole body began convulsing, as if she was having a seizure.

S-shes fine, right?

Well, yes. The severed nerve lines just got reconnected, so shes just processing the stored data inside her. Give her a minute, shell settle down soon.

I certainly hope so Its just a little bit worrying seeing a gollem with a human-like appearance convulsing like that..

Eventually, Miss Imelda stopped convulsing and then raised her upper body. She opened her mouth, however, a different mechanical voice came out.

Model Number FR-006, Individual Name Hydrangea, has recovered from a state of unexpected shutdown. Operational issues, none detected. Master registration modified, now commencing previous mast.

Wha!? T-this is bad, Touya-kun, quick! Sever her circuits again!

H-huh!? O-okay! I hurriedly replied as Elluka suddenly started panicking and immediately placed my hands behind Miss Imeldas neck then activated myCrackingspell once again. Thud! Her body stopped moving and slumped back as if fainting. What in the world was that..?

ers recordseeli..miinna..tioooonnn

Although she stopped moving, she still tried to finish her words with a mechanical voice that is no different from having a malfunction, but that stopped as well.

They got us To think that theyd tamper with the Q-Crystal as well.. But, if we carefully think about it, this gollem is a scout-type, which would make sense that putting an insurance in case something like this happens is only natural, especially if theyre using a gollem made for recon Ugh, it was a mistake on my part.. Elluka grumbled, looking very frustrated. Hm? I dont really understand what she meant by that, though..

So basically, the legacy gollems have their memories stored in the Q-Crystal on their head. This Q-Crystal is like their brain, and is made of small crystalline blocks which contain several layers of their memories and basic behaviours. Stuffs like obeying their master and self-defense are burned directly into their most fundamental levels, so they are not something you can erase. However, the records of who their master is, what orders were they given, and other everyday memories could be stored in another block, so

Hmm, I see. That separate block could then be readily deleted, right? It was most likely left by her previous master as a countermeasure to erase the gollems memories of them, and was set up in such a way that if someone attempted to overwrite the masters authority, it would trigger.. Dr. Babylon said, nodding to Elluka with a grin on her face.

Eh? So shes been programmed to reset her memory!?

This isnt something done normally, though. Since in human terms, itd be equivalent to losing all of the experience youve gathered over the years. To begin with, there are only a handful of people who could tamper with a legacy gollems Q-Crystal. And even if they wanted to, they couldnt.

Legacy gollems were usually found in ancient ruins, having remained inactive for many months and years. This would also mean that portions of memories from their Q-Crystal wouldve been long gone, making the gollems excavated from these ruins holding no memories of the past eras. However, some of the higher-spec model of gollems, especially from theCrownseries retained their memories intact. Yuminas whiteCrown, Albus, was one of those.

Come to think of it, Albus was of the same kind with this simulacrum gollem. Though, in Albus case, it was a countermeasure wherein if anyone other than a suitable person tried to open its hatch, its reset ability would be triggered.

..Does this mean.. that the only clue we had to figuring out who the mastermind was has disappeared..?

Im sorry, this was a total mistake on my part. Had I thought about things more carefully, I couldve noticed this situation as one of the possibilities

Uh I was the one who suggested overwriting her master authority, though.. I kind of feel a little bit responsible..

However, its not like were completely out of culprits to narrow down. There are actually only a few gollem engineers capable of tampering with a Q-Crystal like this. Still, theres also the possibility that they were threatened into helping them out, but

So youre saying that it mightve been one of the five great gollem meisters? Asked the Emperor of Gardio towards Elluka, the latter nodding back at him. Five great gollem meisters? I asked a question in return, clearly looking confused, so Lucrecion took the liberty of explaining things to me.

In our worlduh, no. In the western continent, there are five famous and talented gollem engineers. Those five are known as the five great gollem meisters, and Elluka here is one of them. Shes famously known as theRestoration Queen. Ah! Despite the fact that we refer to them as the five great gollem meisters, one of them had recently died, so.. As of now, it would not be incorrect to refer to them as the four great gollem meisters..

..Is that so? I see.

What the hell are you saying now, Touya-kun? Werent you the one who caused his death?

Eh!? Me!?

I was literally shocked by Ellukas words. I mean, when did it happen!? I clearly dont remember anything of that sort, though!

Hora, you remember the witch King of Isengard? That old fart was one of the five great gollem meisters, you know?

Oh, you mean that Well, if we clearly think about it, aside from that old farts personality, I can admit that he could easily become one of the top five great gollem meisters in the Reverse World.. especially if we take into account that ridiculously large gollem, Hecatoncheir, that he managed to revive.. Plus, he had that simulacrum gollem that was very human-like as his body double as well..

Apart from Elluka and the witch King, what about the other three?

Theres also theProfessorwhich Im sure youve met before, Touya-kun.

Aah, that old man whod been kidnapped by Yulong. Certainly, that old man was very talented as he was able to create gollems out of very little materials. I heard that hed went travelling after that incident, but I wonder where he is now. Surely, hes not going to be kidnapped and forced into doing evil things again, no?

I dont think the professor is involved with this times incident. After all, hes currently staying at the Royal Palace of Panaches, in charge with doing routine maintenance checks with Blau.

Oh, so hes currently staying at pumpkin-pants place.

Apparently, the Panaches royal familys blue crown,Distortion Blau, needed some maintenance, so they took the professor in, seeking his abilities for mainting said gollem.

Basically, people who could handle Legacy gollems were scarce, and among those who could, the number of people who could handle theCrownseries was even lower. Even Nia would rely on Elluka to repair Rouge whenever it was out of commission.

What about the other two?

Well, I dont really know where either of them are currently. TheMaestrois a bit of a misanthrope and the other one.. no, calling it one sounds wrong.. theyre more like a group. Theyre called theSeekersand they like to roam around here and there, so I cant really say where they might be as they are hard to locate.

So its highly likely that one of them is involved with the switching of Miss Imelda.. Well, we couldnt also deny the possibility of them just being blackmailed and threatened into cooperating, though..

For the time being, thats the only hint we have We have no idea what theyre up to, but we should at least look on the bright side and consider ourselves fortunate that no damage was done this time, muttered the Emperor of Refreese, seemingly regretful. I tried asking Elluka about the other gollem meisters features so that I could gather more information through the search function on my phone, but I got no results. Seems that they were probably keeping some protective measures in case tracking-oriented gollems tried to search them up.

Neither seems to want to stand out too much, which I could understand. Having a skillset like that would certainly have every nations eyes looking at you, wanting to make you a part of their force. So, those protective measures might be to avoid persisten nations from jumping at them all the time.

We have no other choice, but to look this incident up at a later time. We dont want to leave the party unattended after all.

A-ah, uhm..

As the Emperor of Refreese was about to stand up and leave, the young boy, Lucrecion, raised his hand. What now?

I-I might be able to.. help you obtain a little bit of information

Information? Oh, I see!

The Mystic Eyes of Memory Perception, huh!

Both mine and the Emperor of Gardios eyes met at this sudden realization. The young boy Lucrecion, former crown prince of the Gardio Empire, had a mystic eye. More precisely, it was theMystic Eyes of Memory Perceptionwhich allows him to recognize the residual thoughts of people in objects that were left behind when someone had touched it. He was something akin to a psychometrician. If he used this power, he might be able to see who were involved with the gollem Imelda. Even if the information is fragmentary, we might be able to make something out of it.

Couldnt you have told us sooner?

Uhm.. my mystic eyes doesnt always work unless I touch an area of strong focus I-in which case, it would need me to touch Miss Imelda.. but, that would mean

Oh, I see. You need to touch her boobs, huh. I get it, youre a young man after all.

I-I dont want to hear that coming from you!

Dr. Babylon, who looked much younger than Lucrecion in appearance, smirked playfully at him. Ah this poor young man had no idea that this loli hag was the oldest person in the room.

Considering Lucrecions age, I wasnt entirely sure if this barely counts as a sexual harassment or not, but the other person wasnt a human Still, dont gollems have emotions and feelings as well? Wouldnt it be considered sexual harassment then..? Ugh, now Im confused

However, the Emperor of Gardio was a little more reluctant. He was, after all, entrusted by the previous emperor to look after Lucrecrion. And this situation was clearly. something bad, especially for the boys education. He was in a very tight spot.

Then, how about we do it this way? Elze suggested as she untied the ribbon that held her long hair together and went behind Lucrecion to cover his eyes.

It was called mystic eyes, but it wasnt actually necessary to see in order to use its power. All he had to do was to touch the target, and even being blindfolded wouldnt stop it from activating once used.

The Emperor of Gardio too, appeared to be a little relieved with this approach.

Alright, the men over there might need to look away.

Ugh, again..?

As we had our backs turned, we heard Lucrecion go Uwah.. so soft a moment later. His hands were probably led by that perverted doctor towards the chest area.

I wondered if the was really a good idea. Wouldnt the boys imagination run more wildly with the blindfold on?

Oooh! I can see it This is..! Muttered Lucrecion, seemingly getting a grasp on something. Surely, I hope that what the young boy is seeing arent the wicked thoughts placed upon him by the perverted loli hag earlier. Ugh, I certainly hope his minds arent corrupted with those wicked thoughts

I didnt see everything, but I did caught some things to a certain extent..

As I was worrying about the Lucrecion getting corrupted, his psychometry work had ended. He then proceed to remove his blindfold in front of the unconscious Miss Imelda, her clothes already fixed.

So, what did you see?

What Id seen no, my mystic eyes just perceive the targets thoughts, so all I could grasp were instantaneous images and voices However, what really caught my attention were the pile of gollems and two crossed hammers on a flag..

Nani!?2 The Emperor of Gardio was clearly surprised by Lucrecions words, the latter only giving a small nod.

Hammers on a flag..?

Oi, Touya-kun, youre also a leader of a