Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 269 Meeting is fate and chance, whether it is a reunion or a friendship

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—Alfred—

"Why, why is it you?!"

Cheryl's roar, filled with complicated thoughts, made Alfred feel overwhelmed.

But the embarrassing thing is that Cheryl obviously recognized Will Phila Ingelmus, but Alfred really couldn't remember anything about Vidalia Nicole Ingelmus.

But if he said it directly, Alfred felt that Cheryl would probably pull out her gun and try to make a few holes in her body when she lost control of her emotions...

(Wait, wait a minute... Vidalia, Vida?)

It is said that when humans are under extreme stress, they can unleash abilities far beyond their normal capabilities.

Alfred's memory also improved explosively under Cheryl's coercion.

Now he remembered that he had actually known a girl with that name in the past.

At that time, Vida was a girl who was forced to be Alfred's fiancé by her parents, who were the leaders of the chaebol. Her parents tried to use this method to build a close relationship with Alfred, who held military power at the time.

But Vida is twelve years younger than Alfred.

And Alfred was also very clear that Vida did not regard him as a love object.

So he and Vida have always maintained a brother-sister relationship (he thinks so). At that time, there was also a girl named Clara, who was a senior who had a very good relationship with Alfred at the Military Academy, and she was an orphan left behind...

"You bastard, you really don't even remember that I'm here..."

Cheryl lowered her head and her voice sounded like she was sobbing.

(She, she's not going to cry, is she?)

"S-Sorry Vida, I haven't actually forgotten about you, or Clara's either."

Cheryl didn't answer, but rushed forward.

She did not take out any sharp weapon like a dagger, but just hugged Alfred tightly and cried for a long time.

Emilia and Chloe looked at each other, then stood there awkwardly, watching the two of them silently.

Seeing that the four people had not entered the battleship, the three artificial intelligences waiting inside the battleship became anxious.

Three baseball-sized metal balls with a glowing lens in the middle that looked like an eye slowly flew out of the battleship.

"Um... May I ask what happened? Admiral Ingelmust, we have been waiting for you for a long time, but you have been standing at the door..."

The leading metal ball said with its lens flashing blue light.

Unlike general artificial intelligence, her voice is obviously not an ordinary electronic synthesized voice.

The way and tone of the metal ball's speech made people feel that they were not talking to a stiff artificial intelligence, but a living human girl.

This gave Alfred a bad feeling.

He decided to first find a place to accommodate the emotionally out-of-control Cheryl, and then look for an opportunity to clarify things with these three artificial intelligences.

"I'm sorry, my companion is feeling a little unwell. Could you please help me arrange a place for her to rest?"

Alfred said to the metal ball.

"You are too kind. We will arrange it right away. Please follow us."

The metal ball shook its camera, signaling Alfred and others to follow it.

Afterwards, the group was taken to a spacious room that looked like a reception room. The metal balls also sent a robot with a human-like upper body and a crawler-like lower body to bring hot tea and snacks.

Alfred comforted Cheryl for a long time, and she finally stopped crying.

"Cheryl, can you let me go now?"

"No, let me hold you for a while."

Cheryl's cheeks flushed as she demanded in a coquettish tone.

She held Alfred a little tighter, as if she would never let go.

Cheryl, who used to get angry and aggressive at the slightest provocation, suddenly became as coquettish as a clingy cat. The contrast was so great that Alfred was at a loss.

Emilia and Chloe were also confused and didn't know what to say.

"Excuse me, Miss Vidania, what's wrong? Do you need any help from us?"

The metal ball with a blue lens was floating in the air, asking in a rather worried tone.

Behind her, there was a red metal ball and a green metal ball on each side.

"It's okay, just let her rest for a while. Can we talk?"

Alfred looked at the metal spheres.

"Of course it's no problem. It's our honor to be able to talk to you, the reincarnated Admiral Will."

"Al, what is this special admiral that this thing is talking about?"

Emilia asked curiously.

"Special General is an honorary military rank awarded by the Huanamir Alliance to its founder, Lord Will. There are only two people in the history of the Huanamir Alliance who have held this rank."

Metal Ball explained in a serious tone, her tone sounded full of excitement and fanatical admiration for Alfred.

This made Alfred feel awkward.

He had little memory of the Warner Valley Alliance, nor did he recall ever having formed one.

"According to Agreement No. 007 of the Vanamier Alliance Military Committee, Special Admiral Will enjoys the supreme command of the Vanamier Alliance Fleet, and also has the supreme authority to command us."

"In that case, can I ask you some questions?"

"Of course no problem."

“Where is your core?”

Alfred raised the question that had been on his mind since the beginning of his conversation with these metal balls.

"Our core is stored in the core area of ​​the Noaka. Do you want to go there now?"

"No, can you release the projection of the core?"

Alfred asked after thinking for a while.

It was not convenient for him to maintain the posture of being tightly held by Sheryl and run to the core area of ​​the Anoka. Besides, Alicia and Chloe had been walking for a long time, and Alfred also wanted the two of them to have a good rest.

"As ordered."

The blue sphere retreated a little, and three crystal projections were projected onto the coffee table in the reception room. The figures of three girls could be vaguely seen in these crystals...

Alfred guessed that these three girls were the human pillars buried in the artificial intelligence system. And the personalities close to humans shown by these three artificial intelligences should have originally belonged to the three girls sealed in the crystal.

"Can they be released?"

Alfred inquired.

"…I'm very sorry, but we can't do it even if you ask us to. According to Self-Protection Protocol No. 0, we must prioritize the security of the core to ensure the normal operation of the system.

If the magical seal on the core is removed, the system will cease to function and we will die."

The metal sphere replied in confusion.

"In other words, do you know that that is actually your body?"

"Yes. Thank you for your consideration, but we are not dissatisfied with the current situation. Do you have any other questions?"

"Then tell me what happened to Vanamier that led him to build this universal immigration ship."

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—Roderick—

"It's my treat today, girls, feel free to drink or order anything you want."

In a bar on Night Street, Brady announced to Roderick very generously.

After having a fight in the main castle this afternoon and confessing to each other their sorrow over Marina's death, Roderick and Brady unexpectedly became very close.

Roderick discovered that Brady was actually quite similar to himself.

Besides Marina's affairs, they actually had quite a lot of common topics to talk about.

He was a little confused as to why his relationship with Brady was so bad before. Brady was clearly a close friend to Roderick.

There is no acquaintance without fighting. This is the only explanation that can come to Roderick's mind.

"Then I won't be polite."

Roderick took the menu from the waitress and touched her hand.

Instead of showing any disgust, the maid even blushed a little embarrassedly.

She is much better than those pretentious girls in the academy.

Some girls would immediately look at him with disdain and contempt if Roderick just looked at them for a few more times. These guys clearly only had that much good looks, and they looked down on others.

Brady noticed Roderick's little action and smiled.

He also ordered the maid who brought the menu to accompany him for drinks specifically for Roderick, which was unexpectedly thoughtful.

The wine was served and the beautiful maids who served the wine were also present.

Roderick and Brady started drinking heavily.

Because of Marina's death, both of them were extremely sad. They wanted to mourn Marina in this way and let themselves forget the pain temporarily and look to the future.

Hmm...it's just like what would appear in motivational chicken soup.

But Roderick actually forgot about Marina halfway through, and was concentrating on touching the two maids sitting next to him, and chatting with Brady about some obscene jokes.

Brady had probably already forgotten about Marina's matter.

The two of them drank from evening till late at night and decided to leave the bar and find a restaurant that provided meals to have a midnight snack, and then continue to have fun.

As agreed before, Brady generously treated us to a meal.

Roderick was very surprised to notice that the bill was not low.

As far as he knew, Brady's previous pocket money was almost all provided by Marina.

Now that Marina is gone, where did Brady get so much money?

"Hey, Brady, where do you get so much money?"

Roderick couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked Brady.

“The casino makes money.”

Brady answered without hesitation.

While speaking, he also picked out two maids that he really liked, and planned to take them out to play together.

"Casinos... can you really win money there?"

Roderick was very skeptical.

He also picked two maids he liked, put his arms around their slender waists, and followed Brady out of the bar.

"It's not about gambling. Some casinos allow you to sign up for black fights. If you win, you can make a lot of money. If you are willing to help the casino to fake a match, they will also provide puppets and very generous rewards."

"So this is ah……"

Roderick was very moved when he heard this.

He also desperately needed a way to make money to cover his incredibly high daily expenses.

But without the right connections, it's hard to get this kind of lucrative job.

Perhaps Brady guessed what Roderick was thinking, so he took the initiative to make the proposal very considerately.

"If you're interested in this, I'll take you there after dinner, okay?"

"May I?"

Roderick confirmed in surprise.

If Brady hadn't been a man, he might have liked him as much as he liked Marina.

"Of course no problem, we are good brothers~!"

Brady agreed very readily, which made Roderick very grateful.

The two of them, surrounded by a group of pretty and lovely maids, chatted and laughed, and strolled through the night streets looking for a shop that provided meals.

The large-scale attack that occurred in Illya Arya some time ago also affected the underground night street. There was even a big hole in the ceiling of the night street, and the nobles in charge of running the night street also tried to raise manpower to repair the hole.

Now, if the angle is right on the night street, you can even see the moon.

Many shops on the night street have suffered serious damage and it is no longer as lively as before.

It took the two of them a long time just to find a restaurant they liked to eat at.

By the time they were having their midnight snack, it was already late at night.

The drunk Brady took the equally dizzy Roderick to the casino he often visited. After a brief discussion with the supervisor inside, Roderick easily obtained the qualification to participate in the ring.

Because Brady introduced him, the supervisor had no objection to Roderick wanting to play in the black game.

Instead, he warmly welcomed newcomers like Roderick.

However, before the event officially started, the supervisor hoped that Roderick could perform and show his strength so that he could easily convince his subordinates.

Roderick didn't listen to the specific content of what the other party said.

He staggered onto the ring like a drunk boxer.

The opponent in the first game was also a fourth-grade boy from Illya and Alia.

The fourth-grade boy seemed to shout something, but Roderick didn't listen at all.

He is now dizzy because he drank too much.

All Roderick had to do was to quickly deal with his opponent, then find an inn and have some fun with the beautiful maids.

"Beelzebub, kill that chatterbox for me."

Roderick summoned one of the two demon puppets given to him by the mysterious blond man some time ago, and gave confused orders to the puppet.

It's amazing that he can maintain consciousness now, let alone think about some weird tactics.

Roderick watched in the dizzying world as countless large flies tore and bit the opponent's puppet, which was also a double image, into pieces and finally ate it all.

“Ahahaha~! Now you know how powerful I am?!”

"Awesome~! I didn't expect you, Roderick, had such a powerful puppet hidden!"

Roderick boasted about himself, and Brady also praised him in a delirious manner.

Roderick fought two more matches afterwards, but he could no longer remember the specific details.

Roderick had no way of confirming whether he was still awake at the time.

In short, he definitely won, and won a lot of money.

After that, Roderick and Brady checked into a hotel with a large group of beautiful maids.

A group of people were partying in a daze and played until dawn.

By the time Roderick woke up, it was already afternoon.

There were several naked maids lying beside him, and Brady, who was also naked, was sleeping soundly and snoring loudly.

(My head hurts... We all have magic, so why can't someone develop a quick-acting alchemical potion to cure my hangover?)

Roderick held his aching forehead and complained in his heart.

As he regained consciousness, he recalled what happened last night.

All the memories are like a dream in the clouds and fog, giving people an extremely unreal feeling.

But when Roderick checked his space ring, he found that it was indeed filled with piles of gold coins.

He did make several thousand Nia gold coins last night!

(This time…)

Roderick curled the corners of his mouth and felt that he was fine again.