It was a thoughtless question. I have heard from many apostles and monarchs about Tempest, but I have never heard from Valencia.
“Why Tempest all of a sudden? ”
“I have something to care about. You don't know anything else? ”
Valencia raises her head and asks. Baek Hyun did not see the secretary's eyes narrow. She stood outside Baek Hyun's field of view.
But it is.
Something reluctant.
I felt that way. Whether it's a foresight or a signal. Baek Hyun's eyes moved. Only then did Baek Hyun know that his secretary was staring at him.
What is it?
Suddenly, his gaze shivers. In fact, it was no stranger to receive such a gaze, but the secretary's eyes felt different from usual. Baek Hyun looked at his assistant for a while and said,
“I like what you know personally, or what I've heard from the Iron Maid who signed you. Anything about Tempest. ”
“Well...”
Valencia has been submerged for a while. She still asked for a hot cup of coffee with her lips. Baek Hyun waited for Valencia's answer without rushing. In the meantime,
I was relieved.
Because I didn't know why I felt reluctant. It does not allow you to see everything, but it is optimized for interviewing things that you can't see visually and can't feel sensually.
An open heart stares at the secretary, and Baek Hyun twitches his shoulder without even knowing it.
Mechanical device in the center of the secretary's body. Always busy moving, the devices that kept her ’alive' stopped. This did not mean that the secretary was dead. She was still breathing, blinking. However, his eyes stopped like a device in his body and were fixed to Baek Hyun.
‘... what is that? ’
The source of the panic that followed was due to the phenomenon that occurred in the body of this secretary through reassurance. Something is made on top of the machine. That was a long and slow line. A long line that crosses the secretary's body vertically. Baek Hyun stares at the line as if he was possessed.
Slowly.
Very slowly.
“I've thought about it, but I don't know anything in particular. I didn't hear anything from Ironmaid. In the first place, I've never seen the face of an Iron Maid, and I've never been to a territory. ”
A line opens and creates a gap.
“I've told you a few times, Ironmaid is a neglect. Make me a reserve, give me the power... yeah, that's all. Everything I've done so far is what I wanted to do, and Ironmaid never tried to give me any instructions or tell me anything. ”
Hearing Valencia's words, Baek Hyun froze into place. The line was completely open and became a gap. The gap was filled with countless eyes and there was no empty space.
I didn't actually hear it, but Baek Hyun only heard the sound of a giggling mechanical device. The eyes, filled with gaps, were all in the form of cogs. The pupils in the cog repeated the contraction each time they were engaged.
I've never seen anything like it. I've seen so many monsters, people like monsters, more than monsters. What Baek Hyun is seeing right now is a more heterogeneous and striking visualization than anything else. Moreover, what surprised him was that there was something like that in the body of the secretary who was joking with Valencia.
No. Was the First Secretary like that from the beginning? Now I don't even know that.
“... Oh, yes. ”
Baek Hyun stared consciously. Fear? It wasn't that emotion. Surprisingly and wonderfully, I wanted to do something about it. Baek Hyun turns his head and looks at Valencia. She taps her fatigued head with her fingertips as she sips coffee.
“Thank you for telling me. ”
“I just said I don't know, but thank you. It's over, isn't it? ”
Valencia sighed with her mouth wide open. After a slight nod, Baek Hyun turns around and approaches the door.
“I'm sorry to keep you. Take a break.”
“Ugh.”
Valencia waves her hand. The secretary stood still, staring at Baek Hyun. Baek Hyun grabs the doorknob after looking at her with her face that it's okay.
Valencia did not seem to know the secretary's anomaly. I wondered what ‘that' was, but Baek Hyun folded for a moment and grabbed the doorknob.
“Where are you going? ”
When you try to turn the doorknob. I heard Valencia's voice. I wasn't talking to Baek Hyun.
“You have to be considerate so that the master can rest. We need to clean up the warehouse. ”
“Hey, how long have you been so diligent? ”
“The Master's Personal Vault can't be accessed by any other guild members, can it? Who would've cleared the master's mess up so far? ”
“Oh, yeah, yeah. You should come back and get some rest. ”
I turned the doorknob when I heard that conversation. Open the door a few steps, and a sound of footsteps that you do not intend to hide follows behind your back. Baek Hyun walked down the hall without looking back. The sound of footsteps followed Baek Hyun's back, not far.
“Didn't you go to the warehouse? ”
“I'm on my way. ”
“Can I help you?”
“You heard what I just said. Master's Personal Storage can't enter except for Master and me. ”
The secretary's voice was no different than usual. Baek Hyun still didn't look back. As he was walking in a long hallway in silence, the secretary spoke.
“Why are you suddenly asking about Tempest? ”
“My friend belongs to Tempest. ”
“Oh, I know. Are you talking about Seo Ming? But now I'm curious. Do you have anything? ”
“If it were a meter, it would be a meter. But why?”
“Don't you know? I'm curious. ”
“Valencia didn't know anything about Tempest? Are you saying Valencia lied to me? ”
“Well, that's not true. Master really doesn't know anything about Tempest. ”
“So you know? ”
“As Baek Hyun knows, the master does not tell you anything but what he is interested in. But I'm different. My role is to help the master. ”
Conversation is money. I stopped walking down the stairs and looked back. A few assistants stood on the stairs. She looked down at Baek Hyun with a smiling face.
An undetected peace of mind sees the secretary. I can see it invisible to my eyes. The cog eyes were still turning.
“Can I ask you something? ”
“Sure, if I can help. ”
The secretary laughs at the questions she asks. A smile I've seen many times. When I first came home on the Rolls-Royce with Valencia. After watching Spider-Man on TV, the secretary laughed like that.
“Who are you? ”
Was the secretary then and the secretary now the same? I think of my work in Santorini. In the future that Lisel showed, his secretary died with Valencia. Even in reality, the secretary could not be said to be in charge of the situation. That was the same for Valencia. With Valencia's help, she broke the heavens, but she was always a supporter.
The Frogfish is not right. The presence of a secretary in his mind was more heterogeneous than anything he had ever seen.
“I'm a secretary. ”
The secretary smiled and said,
“No name yet, that's what it is. It's a doll made by the master. It looks alive, but it's not alive. It's kind of like AI. All I do is interact with the program that the master injected. ”
“I don't think that's all. ”
“Well, I'm not sure yet. It's a little hard to talk about. So can I ask you a question? ”
“Whatever.”
“Do you see Baek Hyun now? ”
The secretary nodded and asked.
As compatible with that move, the cog eyes stopped in unison.
The question of what is visible was omitted. But Baek Hyun nodded. Because it was too obvious a question. The secretary said, "Ah.” I made a sound. She touches her chin as she ponders for a moment.
“My mother made me Valencia Sevez. It's my master, but, uh, that's the way it is. Mother can't have a child by herself. ”
“Yes.”
“If my mother is a master, my father is an Iron Maid. The master wished to revive the dead sister, but the power of Iron Maid was to create something, not to revive the dead. ”
The secretary walks down the stairs.
“So the master compromised to his ability. instead of saving the dead sister, by making the dead sister new. That's me. ”
“I know. ”
“Yes, you will. But not everyone knows. ”
The secretary laughed with a big smile. She stood under the stairs and smiled as she looked up at Baek Hyun.
“Actually. I didn't have the ability to make me a master. Iron Maid borrowed the Master's body and made me. ”
“Why?"
“Well, I'm not an Iron Maid. Maybe it's because I needed it, but I don't know what I needed it for. Whatever.”
The secretary took a deep breath.
“I don't have a name yet, but I'm a secretary. If you can see Baek Hyun, you don't have to tell me. ”
The secretary put his hand on his chest. The cog eyes in her body rotated again.
“When Baek Hyun asked about Tempest, Iron Maid was interested in me. ”
“The Iron Maid's Preliminary Apostle is Valencia. Why did Iron Maid show interest through you, not Valencia? ”
“I don't know that either. As the Master also said, Iron Maid is leaving the Master behind. Except for me, I didn't intervene directly with the master. Maybe that's why? ”
It was hard to convince. The secretary said he wasn't alive. I think all the conversations we're having right now are based on the program that was input to her. Baek Hyun couldn't believe it. The secretary felt Baek Hyun was definitely not alive, but at least that intelligence was alive.
“Aren't you the real apostle of Iron Maid? ”
“Absolutely not. ”
The secretary shakes her head and denies.
“I am the creator of Master and Iron Maid everywhere, and I am not an apostle. Well, this is my personal guess. I'm kind of a... spar. ”
“Spare?”
“Yes. Or... a troubleshooter? Yeah, you can both define me. I'm not done yet. My presence is a collaboration between Iron Maid and the Master, and it's the Bible that the two of you are trying to reach. ”
“What's the secret to you two? ”
“Creating life. ”
The secretary smiled bitterly.
“Iron Maid wanted to create a full life with his own hands. Chimera or something. I wanted to create life from nothing from scratch. From the soul.”
The secretary walks again. Baek Hyun walked along the second floor corridor with his assistant.
“So did the master. I wanted to make my dead sister new. But as you can see, it's not completely complete. This was the best life Iron Maid could make. ”
The secretary, who was walking earlier, shrugged and laughed.
“I thought about the Sage Stone, but where is that easy to make? If what you could make was a dog or an ox or a sage stone, not all alchemists would have dreamed of making a sage stone. ”
“If you make the Wise Man's Stone, can you complete it? ”
“Maybe... it's done. But I don't know the master, but Iron Maid didn't want that kind of completion. He's a very stubborn man. It's good for me, though. ”
Stopping the secretary's steps was one of the doors to many rooms in the hallway. The secretary looked at Baek Hyun with a nasty smile.
“This is the first time a man has come to my room. ”
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“Never mind. We don't have feelings for each other. ”
The secretary's room was dry. One bed, one longhorn, a desk and a chair. The assistant who enters the room has been raised.
“Isn't it neat? ”
“It's so neat. ”
“I left it like this because I didn't really want to decorate it, but the master always grumbles every time he comes to my room. You said you'd do the decor. ”
“Why don't you let me do what I want?” I don't like “. I keep saying it's not me, but the master wants to decorate my room like his brother's. ”
A rotten secretary sat on the bed and shook Doridori's head.
“The Iron Maid is asking you. ”
The secretary raises her head and looks at Baek Hyun. A myriad of cog pupils also saw Baek Hyun.
“I assure you, the best of all the Monarchs of Abyss knows about Tempest is the Iron Maid. But... Iron Maid is vigilant about informing Baek Hyun of his knowledge. ”
“Why?”
“Baek Hyun is too strong. ”
You're not asking about Iron Maid, you're asking about Tempest, which is a separate existence. Is that why you're so vigilant? When Baek Hyun didn't understand and laughed at his head, the secretary said:
“Iron Maid doesn't want Baek Hyun to kill Tempest. ”
“Shouldn't you be asking if you can kill him? ”
“I can't kill him yet. ”
The secretary immediately responded without worrying.
“But Baek Hyun's presence is so special. I can't help it. ”
“I don't intend to kill Tempest. I'm just curious about the monarch. ”
“Is that the reason for your curiosity? Why? Tempest wouldn't have done anything bad to the colony? ”
“I didn't do anything bad. But the degree of over-protection is too high. ”
“I don't know why that's so bad. ”
“Unconditional favors can feel unpleasant when you're protected for no reason. ”
“But Baek Hyun isn't Seo Min-sik, is he? ”
“That's right. I'm not Seolmin. He's a friend. ”
Baek Hyun replied with a smile.
“I care because it's a friend's job. The Tempest I heard was not normal, no matter how I thought about it. ”
“... ”
The secretary kept his mouth shut for a while. While scratching her fingers on her knees, she nods shortly.
“Iron Maid wants a friendly relationship with Baek Hyun. ”
“I think I already have a friendly enough relationship. ”
“I think so, but I guess Ironmaid's idea is different. As a friendly relationship with Baek Hyun, I'm not a MasterJee Ironmaid. I don't know what the difference is. ”
I also agreed with Baek Hyun. Everything Valencia made for Baek Hyun was born as the power of Iron Maid. The Iron Maid is neglecting Valencia, but without his implied permission, Arachne or his earrings would not have been completed.
“The source of Tempest is Homunkulus. ”
“... what is that?” Umm “... an artificial being born of alchemy. If you think about it, it's like this. ”
The secretary raised his hand and pointed at himself.
“I am Homunkulus, and Tempest is definitely completed Homunkulus. ”
At that time, Baek Hyun's mouth was half open.
“Now you know why Iron Maid knows about Tempest and is wary of Baek Hyun, right? ”
It looks like the face of a surprise white man was foolish. The secretary covers her mouth and Cook laughs.
“Tempest is the Bible itself that Iron Maid and Master want to reach. So... be vigilant. Iron Maid hasn't finished Homunkulus yet. ”
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