Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Dorothy walked curiously in the workshop, looking around. She saw many strange little mechanisms on the table, including automatic dancing metal figurines and mechanical birds flapping their wings.

'The mechanism's workshop... This is also a 'stone' Extraordinary. Compared with Aldrich carving stone statues and deer skulls making bone monsters, is this person better at metal mechanisms? '

Looking at the surrounding scenes, Dorothy was thinking in her heart, but at this moment, a female voice with a hint of strangeness suddenly sounded from the corner.

"Excuse me, can I help you?"

Hearing the sound, Dorothy was slightly startled, and then looked towards the place where the sound came from, but she didn't see anyone.

"Who? Who's there?"

Dorothy asked next, and the voice answered.

"I'm right here, please turn your perspective down a bit, I'm on the ground."

Listening to that words, Dorothy lowered her perspective, and she saw a weird thing on the ground there.

That's a head!The head of a good-looking young woman with short gray hair!One eye of this one is covered with a round lens, the skin on the face is mostly damaged, exposing the yellow metal inside, and the fracture of the head and neck also shows a sophisticated mechanical structure.

"Machine, robot head!?"

The moment she saw the head, Dorothy blurted out directly, but the head responded with a hint of displeasure.

"It's really rude, a guest from Igwinter, my name is Beverly, not some robot head."

Listening to the other party's response, Dorothy was slightly taken aback, then continued to speak after stabilizing her emotions.

"Ah...then...Miss Beverly, how can I help you?"

"Please pick up my head, and go to the bookcase on the right side of the workshop. There is a lever next to it to pull it open." The head named Beverly said this, and Dorothy hesitated for a while She also decided to do the same, and walked over to hold the lifelike female head with both hands, and suddenly she felt a strange feeling in her mind.

Then, Dorothy held her head and started looking for the mechanism, and the other party has been leading the way for Dorothy.

"Yes, yes...it's over there, next to the bookshelf, there is a lever mechanism, just pull it open."

Under Beverly's guidance, Dorothy found a lever mechanism next to the bookshelf on the right side of the workshop. Open to reveal the scene behind.

Behind the wall stood a row of female bodies in plain clothes, all of which had no heads. Looking at the scene in front of her, Dorothy was taken aback again.

"Find me any body and put my head on it."

"Uh... how do you pretend?" Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy asked in confusion, saying that she didn't know anything about mechanical assembly.

"You just need to put my head on the interface."

When Beverly said this, Dorothy acted dubiously after hearing it, found a random body and put Beverly's head on the vacant neck joint, and then let go of her hand.

Then, Dorothy saw that the machine at the fracture began to automatically connect, and Beverly's head also turned left and right on the new body, and finally corrected to a normal posture. At the back, a huge wind-up key automatically popped out and was inserted into the hole behind Beverly, and then it was tightened in circles under the drive of the workshop mechanism.

In the end, Beverly's new body began to move amidst the sound of machinery running. After she moved her limbs mechanically, her movements became more and more smooth, and she finally walked out from between the row of headless bodies. , came to Dorothy.

Excluding the skin-to-skin interface on her face and the copper-colored seam on her neck, she now looks like a pretty girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Huh... Thank you so much, Miss Messhouse. If it weren't for you, I might have stayed there for two hours until someone came back."

Taking a long breath, Beverly sat down at a table and said, while Dorothy responded with her head tilted.

"You know my name?"

"Of course I know. The old man wrote to me and said that you would come, so I have been waiting for you."

Beverly said this, and then picked up a cup of light yellow "drink" on the table and poured it into her mouth. From the smell Dorothy could clearly confirm that it was engine oil.

"Are you a robot?" Dorothy continued to ask, and the other party responded by wiping her mouth after drinking the motor oil.

"To be precise, it should be said to be a puppet of a fully self-discipline mechanism. You have gained a lot of knowledge today. Existences like me are extremely rare in the world. You might be able to count them on one hand."

"Golem?"

"It is the structure of the Puppeteer. The path of 'stone', the main 'stone' and the auxiliary 'Qi' are the branches of the 'Puppet Master'. The characteristic is to create various semi-autonomous or even fully autonomous paths. Golems, like me, I am the creation of that old man at his peak."

Sitting in front of the table, Beverly said in front of the mirror while using a special gel to "touch up" the damaged skin on her face, her words made Dorothy startled again.

"What? You said you were Aldrich's creation? Didn't he carve stone?"

"Yeah, so when I was first created, I was also a stone, not only lifeless, but also ugly as hell."

"You don't like it?"

"Of course, the old man has a rigid aesthetic. He always likes to carve knights, beasts, heroes... I prefer young and beautiful girls, so I am very dissatisfied with the image at the beginning."

As Beverly said, listening to her words, Dorothy began to recall, it seems that Aldridge’s aesthetics is indeed very classical, and he likes to carve some majestic, majestic or heroic male images, mostly kings, generals, Knights or something, and some ferocious beasts, it is rare to see that he has carved any female images.

"Aldrich's aesthetic seems to be true. He created you, but you don't like your creator's aesthetic, dissatisfied with the image he gave you?"

"Yeah, so I tried to carve myself with a carving knife, trying to change myself into an image I like, but my carver is not as good as that old man, so I smashed myself."

When Beverly said this, her touch-up makeup began to be more refined, and she had already started to use some women's cosmetics on the market, while Dorothy, who was listening to her words, opened her mouth blankly.

At this time, Dorothy was imagining a majestic knight or prince's stone sculpture carefully sculpting herself in the mirror with carving tools, trying to transform herself into the image of a beautiful girl, but the result was messed up due to lack of skills. Yes, he carved himself into a four-dimensional thing.

Chapter 180 Remains

'It feels... weird...'

Dorothy shook her head slightly and decided not to think about it, and then asked Beverly.

"Because you smashed yourself, you gave up your original stone body?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to ask the old man for help, but he was so angry and unwilling to help me after seeing my actions, so I studied myself. After decades of research, I finally got a thorough research. I found that I knew where my own core is, so I thought of replacing the stone body that I had carved out with other materials while retaining the core."

Beverly continued to respond and said that at this time she had almost finished repairing her skin.

"In order to be different from the old man, I started to study mechanics, and I found some ways of 'lamps', which can easily process metal, so I used metal mechanisms to make the body, and then put the core into it.

"I used to sculpt myself poorly because I didn't practice, but this time I had countless hours to hone my skills and make a satisfactory body, and finally I have what I have now. You just saw the bodies I made They’re all pretty good. Paired with the bionic coat that I’ve spent more than ten years researching, I’m sure she’s even prettier than ordinary human girls~”

After finishing speaking, Beverly closed the toolbox-like "makeup box" that came with a screwdriver and hammer, and then turned to smile at Dorothy. Her restored face was indeed as beautiful as she said, surpassing Most of the human girls, especially the two yellow eyes are very big. At first glance, they even have a "Two-dimensional" feeling, but they are handled very naturally, making people look very comfortable, and there is nothing wrong with them. coordination place.

'Good guy, to be able to transform oneself to such an extent, is this the top puppet made by Aldrich?She herself is a very good craftsman, but the old guy never thought that the works he carved would not like his own aesthetics...'

Thinking of this, Dorothy also wondered in her heart that Aldrich, a master craftsman with classical hard-core aesthetics, carved out a Two-dimensional, or he took the initiative to turn himself into a beautiful girl's Two-dimensional.

If creations can be regarded as the children of craftsmen, then Aldrich's wave can also be said to be "bearing children". He carved a son and finally raised a daughter.

However, such an analogy is not appropriate. After all, Beverly is not a living thing but a structure created by extraordinary people. She is essentially genderless. It is her own freedom to choose whatever image she likes.

"The repair is complete ~ Thank you for your help today, otherwise I would have to stay in that corner for a few hours bored in that corner."

After tidying up the things on the table, Beverly said to Dorothy, and Dorothy also asked curiously.

"How did you throw your head there?"

"It's nothing, it was accidentally blown up during the experiment, and the original body was blown apart. Small accidents are common."

Put away everything, Beverly clapped her hands and said, then she sat down in front of Dorothy solemnly.

"Okay, now let's talk about your affairs. Miss Methhouse, the old man has already told me your general situation. The main purpose of your coming to Tivian is to find the relics of the Star Number Renovation Society, right?"

"Yes, Aldrich said that the contact person here will tell me the specific location of the relic, so where is it?" Dorothy asked doubtfully, the method to get promoted from the relics of the Religion Society, this is what she came up with The main purpose of security.

"Well, I can tell you that the ruins are far away in the sky and close in front of you~ It's just under the school next to this town."

Beverly said while waving her fingers, and Dorothy was slightly taken aback after hearing that.

"Below the school? You mean, the ruins of the Star Number Remedial Society are under the King's Campus of the Holy Crown University?"

"Yes, this school was originally established on the site of the Book Repair Club, that's why the old man recommended you to go to school here."

While talking, Beverly bought herself another small cup of engine oil from the teapot on one side, and then said while sipping tea.

"The Star Number Revision Society started in the second era, flourished in the third era, and completely died out at the beginning of the fourth era, and then left many relics all over the world, because it is rich in the storage of 'revelation' and many ancient treasures. Secret transmission, so these relics have always been the object of competition among major forces. Generally, as long as one is found, it will definitely attract a bunch of people to fight, such as the one under the school. Since it was discovered hundreds of years ago Since its discovery, an unknown number of Extraordinary people have died around it, and the associations controlling this ruin have changed three or four times, and this place was once an important stronghold of many associations."

Drinking engine oil, Beverly said to Dorothy, who was stunned after hearing this.

"This ruin was once controlled by multiple associations in turn... so is there anything left here?!"

"Of course there can't be left. Several associations have come here in turn. The land here has been scraped down several layers. Whether it is extraordinary items or secret transmissions, they have already been scraped away. All the 'enlightenments' have been dug up by them. Fortunately, the old man went there I explored early, found the key inheritance and promoted to a puppeteer, and I'm afraid there will be nothing left~"

Beverly said this, but Dorothy blurted out directly after staying for two seconds.

"There's nothing left...then he still recommends me to come here?"

"I don't know about this, but since he recommends you, there is always a reason for him. I know the old man's personality. He won't do meaningless things, and he won't make fun of you, a little girl. Since he asked you to go there, then you should find a way to go in and have a look."

When Beverly said this, it could be seen that she knew Aldridge very well. After hearing Beverly's words, Dorothy was also pondering for a while.

"Hmm... so where is the entrance to the ruins? How should I get in? Did Aldrich tell you how he got in in the first place?"

"I don't know about this. The ruins have been occupied by many associations for hundreds of years. Each association has modified it to use it as a stronghold. Now it has been transformed into a school. It is the same as the place where the old man explored. Time is beyond recognition, who knows how to get in.

"If you want to know how to get in, I'm afraid you have to go to the school to find it yourself. I think this is why the old man arranged for you to go in to school."

Beverly continued to talk, and Dorothy couldn't help complaining after hearing this.

'Good guy, I'm not here for college, but for archaeology? '

"So, can you help arrange for me to enter this university? I am only 13 years old now, far from the age to go to university."

"Hehe, except for your appearance, you don't look like a 13-year-old in any other way." With a light tease, Beverly put down the oil cup in her hand, and then continued to speak.

"The last controller of the ruins before it was built as a school was the old man. At the time, the old man didn't know whether it was because of nostalgia or because he wanted to see if he could scrape something out of it. After Kedu left, he bought the land and built a workshop.

"Later, the king wanted to build a school in order to train his civil servants, and he took a fancy to this place, so he bought the land from the old man at a price 25 times the original purchase price, and promised to give the old man a share , so the old man is also one of the shareholders of this university.

"Now Royal Crown University can be said to be the highest institution in Preet. The shares he holds can earn him a lot of money every year. This is one of the high-quality assets he holds. Now his shares are owned by me. I'm taking care of it, so I can easily put you in the school, and even give you some little privileges."

After Beverly finished speaking, Dorothy remained expressionless and silent. There was only one thing on her mind at the moment.

'I think the profiteer is not out for nostalgia or to extract oil from the ruins, but simply wants to do business, extort money from the king, this old guy is clearly so rich and has so many assets outside, so give it back I care about a few pounds or tens of pounds, is it sick? '

Chapter 180 II

"If that's the case, then the matter of enrolling will be troublesome."

After learning that Aldrich was actually one of the directors of this university, Dorothy felt a little relieved, and then spoke, and Beverly also waved her hand and said.

"No trouble, it's just a matter of notifying me, although I usually charge some handling fees even in this case, this is what the old man ordered, so I will give you a free time.

"In addition, I suggest that you rent an empty house in this town first, and then you can go to your school. You look a little young, so it may be inconvenient to live in a dormitory. You should live alone better."

"It's just what I want." Dorothy replied to Beverly and said that she likes to mess with the forbidden items of esoteric religion, so it is impossible to live in a dormitory. She can't imagine that her roommates are playing around while she is doing The scene of the ceremony.

"Well, then you can pick a house later, although the houses here are a bit more expensive, they are all pretty good.

"Also, I am the general manager of the Tivian White Stonemasons' Guild. If you need to trade Extraordinary items, you can come to me. We have quite a lot of stock here."

Beverly went on to say that what she said surprised Dorothy again. She didn't expect that a self-regulatory organization puppet would have an official status in the White Stone Masons Union, and it was also the person in charge of an important big city like Tivian. people.

'That's fine, I'll be able to buy and sell Extraordinary items in Tivian in the future. '

Dorothy was thinking like this, and suddenly she seemed to think of something again, and then asked Beverly.

"By the way, do you know where Tivian's Anyin Headquarters is? What should I do if I want to contact them?" Dorothy asked like this, and the documents left by Sodod are still in his Here it is.

"I know the specific location of the Anyin Headquarters, but you should also know that our business cannot disclose customer information, so I can't tell you where the specific location is. Although there are many people who know it, I still can't tell you. .

"However, if you just want to contact them a little bit, you can ask me to help, and I will pass it on for you. I can also conceal your identity when I pass it on."

Beverly said this, and Dorothy's eyes lit up after hearing her words.

'Help convey?That's a good relationship, and I'm also worried about how to get in touch with the Anyin General Bureau while exposing myself as little as possible. Now it's just right to have a middleman. '

"Thank you for that. I just happen to have something that I need your help to transfer to Tivian's Anyin Headquarters without disclosing my information." Dorothy said to Beverly, while the other party said It's an easy answer.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to still be in touch with the Anyin Bureau. Don't worry, I will send someone to deliver your things safely, but this project is already outside the scope of the old man's orders. I don't want to do it for nothing. I want to charge you cost."

'cost?Come again! ? Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy was stunned, as if recalling some bad memories, she looked at Beverly, only to see that she was thinking and calculating at this moment.

"The postage for sending anonymous goods to the Anyin Headquarters... Let me see... For the sake of the old man, this postage can be cheaper for you, how about 50 pounds?"

"50 pounds? You are just helping to deliver something, is it so expensive?"

Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy blurted out that the 50 pounds was enough for her tuition and rent in Igwent for a long time, and the other party was just helping to transport something in the same city , so many mouths?

Listening to Dorothy's words, Beverly shook her finger and said with a chuckle.

"This is not a transfer fee but a doorway fee. You can directly contact the Anyin Headquarters peacefully, and even negotiate terms with them. Except for our craftsman union, there are not many of them in Tivian. You can go to others and they will not It is good to take care of you, and it may even be dangerous. You should know that as long as you have money, we can accomplish a lot of things after contacting the old man. "

"But Aldridge's fees are not exaggerated to your extent."

"Please, when you met that old man, you were in Igwent, but this is Tivian. The consumption level is different. I usually go to the street to buy oil and drink, which is twice as expensive as other places. I only charge you So much is already a conscience.”

Beverly said as it should, and Dorothy's complexion darkened when she heard her words. She suddenly realized that although the girl in front of her was very different from Aldrich in character and aesthetics, she was as good as a profiteer. The female (?) two are in the same line, even the blue one.