Chapter 783 Magical Machinery
The Gilded Brigade was so frightened that they dared not move at all.
Jacob, who had trouble buying paint, closed his eyes and suddenly rushed towards Mamehe at a speed beyond human limits, trying to snatch the paint bucket she was carrying.
Su Fei kicked the other person away, and used his sword to force away Jacob, who was still trying to get closer again.
The paralyzed Seymour forced himself to stand up, his tail pipes filled with incandescent energy, emitting high-temperature rays towards Jacob.
Mamehe opened her mouth and let out a long, low-pitched scream that was barely audible.
The Meluseens from the nearby Haimo Village came out of their homes one after another. Most of them jumped into the water and swam to the depths of Erinus, while a small number of them, led by Seqi, rushed over here.
Jacob, who was unable to get close to Mameh, quickly gave up the action, and the Gilded Brigade fled after him.
"Mamehe! Is everyone okay?" Seqi rushed over. With her was not only Melusin, but also a monster called the Rift Primarch.
This strange-looking monster, which looked like a mass of gel and shell, suddenly attacked the traveler group in contrast to its previous slowness and harmlessness.
"No! No!" Mamehe stopped the Traveler Group, "Stop! These are friends!"
The Primarch of the Rift circled the Traveler Group several times, with Mamehe standing in the middle and moving with it.
As if sensing Meluseen's refusal and persistence, the Rift Realm Primarch stopped the combat state and returned to his previous strolling mode.
The team of travelers watching were a little happy, "It turns out that Haimo Village has security."
They were worried that a cute girl like Meilushin, who was simple-minded and kind-hearted and seemed to have no fighting ability, would get hurt, but they felt more relieved when they found out that they had bodyguards.
Su and Kong patrolled Haimo Village with weapons in hand, and only returned to Mamehe's house after making sure that those guys had indeed left.
"Thank you, everyone..." Mamehe was in a bad mood as he looked at the paint splattered on the ground and Seymour, whose condition had become worse. "I will have to paint a picture to thank you a little later."
Paimon comforted her, "It's okay, Mamehe, there's no need to worry about the painting. As for Seymour, how about we take him to the researchers at the Fontaine Academy of Sciences to have him repaired?"
Woo————
"Here it comes again..." Su Hekong pressed his forehead, which was dazed by the stimulation of the sound.
Mamehe looked up blankly, "Hmm. Hmm. What we have at home... isn't enough? I see..."
"What's wrong with everyone?" Paimon was horrified. "Mamehe, who are you talking to?"
"With my father," Mamehe said, "my father has told me how to cure Seymour. I need to collect enough parts first."
"Oh——" Seqi showed an expression of sudden realization, and quickly mobilized the Melusems to donate a batch of small parts to Mamehe.
"Come on, Mamehe! Even though we can no longer hear our father's voice, it's great to know that he's still here!"
"Can children who like to paint still hear their father's voice? Should I learn to paint from Mamehe?"
"Don't bother Mamehe now."
Seulgi took Meluseen and the others back.
Seeing that the Melusems seemed to be accepting of "Father" well, and making sure that his friends' minor abnormalities had recovered, Paimon finally relaxed.
Paimon: "What's going on? Su, are you also starting to feel uncomfortable with the local climate like Sora? How about I take you to see a doctor?"
Kong seemed to be hesitant to speak, "I've already told you that this isn't a matter of acclimatization..." It's an abnormal state caused by the soul being too sensitive and the perception ability being too high.
Su was dissatisfied, "No way, after all, my magic resistance should be higher than Kong's!"
She couldn't possibly be hallucinating! There must be something hiding in the dark, screaming!
Sora: "...Now is not the time to compare magic resistance."
Sora confesses that not only can he hear unusual noises, he also has vague hallucinations.
"The problem," Sora looked at the paint splattered on the ground, "is probably this."
The pigment used by Mamehe for painting, what Jacob has always wanted to steal, a substance similar to the deep red stone of the snow-capped mountains - the solidified blood of the magic dragon.
Sora showed a thoughtful expression, "Just now, the Meluseens said that only Mamehe can still hear their father's voice. It's probably because only Mamehe has been exposed to this for a long time."
"Could it be... Could it be that the Meluseens' father was eaten and digested by Erinus?! And the consciousness of Meluseens' father is preserved in Erinus' blood?" Paimon felt moved and terrified.
"Could such a thing happen?" Kong was ready to ask Mamehe for information.
Mamehe was busy, prying open the shell of Seymour, then grabbing the small parts donated by the sisters and stuffing them in.
The traveler team was stunned by her rough "repair". Before they could say anything, Mamehe carefully took out a strangely shaped mechanical component that looked like a candy and was engraved with mysterious symbols, and stuffed it into the center of the pile of parts.
As if by magic, the messy pile of parts seemed to be arranged and transformed by a pair of invisible but extremely dexterous hands, and quickly became seamless and operated precisely.
"What was that part just now?" Su was sure that the key to the change was the part that looked like candy.
Mameher says it is not a spare part, it is her keepsake.
Mamehe told her friends that every Melusin was born with a token.
The token is the first souvenir they get when they come to this beautiful world. It is the proof of life and the most precious thing for the Meilushens.
Sue: "She used her most precious keepsake to heal Seymour without hesitation. It seems that Mamehe really loves Seymour."
Mamehe didn't feel bad at all, "Seymour became weaker because of protecting me, and Seymour loves me too."
The Seymour lens in question lit up, and the sound of its operation became quieter and smoother.
"Relay module detected. Checking surroundings... Pollution level: high. Booting in safe mode."
Seymour stood up, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Mamehe. And... Mr. Sora, Miss Su, and the lovely Miss Paimon. It's an honor to meet you all. Thank you for your assistance and protection during the previous conflict."
Paimon felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.
Sora quickly understood the situation. "Seymour has only just started to function. Apart from the emergency mode during the battle just now, he should have been in a low-energy sleep mode before. And he, no, he seems to have self-awareness."
The last self-aware mechanism they had seen was an energy construct with a Zhenling sealed in its core.
Su Lai was now interested. "I remember Aibel said that the founder of the clockwork mechanism made a prototype machine that could think and talk. Could it be you?"
Seymour searched the database and said, "Some of the memory data is slightly damaged. Sorry, Miss Su, I don't know."