Chapter 3: A New Leila
"Considering that Miss Takumiu will become Leila's master in the future, and that Leila's previous expertise in caring for cubs will likely no longer be needed, Lord Winston felt it unnecessary to retain the outdated data. He had the scholar replace Leila's brain module with the latest one. Leila is now proficient in all kitchen and cleaning magic, and will be a perfect waitress."
After Is finished his introduction, he pulled out a manual and handed it to Takumi. "This manual contains instructions for using, maintaining, and maintaining all the alchemical mechanical dolls. I recommend following the instructions on the first page to complete the master recognition process. Once successfully recognized, Leila will only obey Takumi's orders."
"Wow! This is awesome!"
After Takumi sent Is away, he had Leila acknowledge him that night. The process was simple: he simply used the brass key enclosed in the manual to unlock a small flap on Leila's back, pull out the core slot, and drip a drop of blood or inject a stream of magic power into the core.
Jiangyou's skeleton naturally lacked blood, so she chose to inject magic power into its core. The small, transparent crystal-like sphere instantly transformed after the infusion of magic power. Within the spherical crystal, a swirling cosmic nebula appeared, a dazzling display of red, purple, and blue.
Takumi pushed the core slot back into place once again, locked the small cover, and threw the brass key into his head again: "Hey, it's safe now!"
According to the manual, Leila's energy comes from sunlight, moonlight, and magic from the air. Simply letting her bask in the sun and moonlight is enough energy for her daily activities. However, if the maid is asked to perform energy-intensive tasks like carrying a ton of weight, her master will need to manually input magic...
However, these are all very easy things for Jiang You to do. To round it off, this is free!
That evening, Takumi taught Leila how to entertain guests, serve food, clear dishes, and wash dishes. Even though Leila, after the factory reset, was as clueless as a baby and needed to be taught everything, she only needed to watch it once before she could combine the existing data in her brain module with practice and perform it perfectly, even better and more accurate than Takumi and Nasha.
Takumi was quite pleased with this. Honestly, the only downside was that after the factory reset, Leila lost her storytelling ability. But on second thought, Takumi didn't really want to hear any more of that baffling, nagging gossip about how Winston peed a lot as a baby. Honestly, the thought of thinking about that every time she saw Winston made her feel bad for this sworn brother who had gifted her a nine million gold coin doll and even covered its repairs and replacements.
And today is Leila's first day on the job.
The alchemy doll had an excellent memory. Just by showing Leila the menu, Takumiu could accurately quote the price of every dish. This allowed Takumiu to safely hand over the waiter duties to Leila and Jericho, while she and Nasha took charge of the two kitchens, one large and one small.
Jiangyou’s team has begun to take shape, but once the larger restaurant next door is built, he may have to continue recruiting people... Hey, let’s worry about tomorrow’s things tomorrow!
Speaking of infrastructure... the troll Ferias came a few days ago as agreed, and brought Jiangyou several plans for renovating the gate and building a restaurant and brewery next door. Jiangyou liked one of the plans very much.
This plan divides the adjacent building into two: a translucent greenhouse restaurant and a regular stone and wood brewing workshop. The stone and wood building, a rectangular block, stands on the right side of the plot, while the left half houses an oval, crystal eggshell-shaped translucent greenhouse. The open spaces outside the oval shape serve as open fields for growing naturally grown, less delicate crops.
The blueprint was so beautiful that Jiang You fell in love with it at first sight. However, the construction process required the use of a strange magical material - dragon crystal.
Dragon crystal is a substance unique to dragons. Shaped like crystal, it's exceptionally tough, boasting exceptional magical and physical defenses. Only dragons themselves can cut it with their fingernails. This type of dragon crystal is also commonly used by dragons to build nests and doors. It possesses a remarkable property: it can allow or deny the passage of any substance, depending on the owner's will.
According to Jiangyou, this dragon crystal is a solid barrier that only those permitted by the owner can pass through. In other words, if you use it to make a gate, as long as the opening time is set to "Guests can enter and exit freely," then guests can enter and exit freely without actually opening the gate.
But if Jiang You wants to prohibit a certain customer from entering or leaving - for example, she wants to prevent a customer who dine and don't pay from escaping - then with just a thought, even if all other customers can enter and leave freely, the guy who dine and don't pay can't get out even if he hits his head.
"I want this!" she said to Ferias. "Please make this for me!"
"You have a good eye," said Ferias, "but the price of this material is indeed a bit high. We need to discuss the purchase with the Dragon Clan. It will take about ten days before we can give you any information."
"...How expensive is it?" Jiang You asked cautiously.
"Well, according to preliminary estimates, building the gate and greenhouse restaurant according to the blueprints will require a budget of approximately 100-150 gold coins... Of course, we'll do our best to negotiate a lower price with the dragon clan, or could you consider other options? If you have friends among the dragon clan, you could ask if they could provide you with some dragon crystal materials. If you provide your own materials, our construction costs will only include processing and construction, which is much cheaper!"
It's a good idea, but Jiangyou doesn't know any giant dragons... Oh my god, she actually knows a dragon.
And she suspected that the giant crystal wall she had seen in Leodo's shop was the so-called dragon crystal.
"Okay, I'll go and ask around."
——So now the door of the store is still that old and deformed wooden door, and Jiangyou sighs deeply every time he passes by the door of the store.
"It's okay, it's okay. Enduring now is for a better future!" She clenched her fist and encouraged herself. She had an appointment with Leo to have dinner at the restaurant today, and they wanted to talk about the Dragon Crystal.
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