Demi-human Girls Completion Manual

"It’s a kind of machinery with a wide range of uses, but I didn’t expect that Elizabeth would acquire this technology and, moreover, seemingly apply it to matters of the South Continent..."

Fisher squatted in front of the neatly stacked cardinal shells, quickly discovering that the shells produced by this Nali factory in appearance more closely resembled those Fisher had seen in the Holy Land, rather than the machinery produced by David One in the Northern Realm.

Although there isn’t much difference in their use, when Mikhail imparted the technology of the cardinal to the Holy Land, it was through the hands of Archangel Michael. After Michael’s modifications, the cardinals in the Holy Land had a more aesthetic appearance and looked more harmonious.

As for David One, the current Cardinal of the Creation Society, the cardinals he manufactured were made entirely according to the drawings left by Mikhail, likely resembling their world more.

Now, the appearance of the weave machine produced by Nali is somewhat similar to that of the Holy Land, but not exactly the same; it’s unclear if it underwent a third transformation by humans to become this way.

Though the specific functional differences are unknown, it at least provided Fisher with a possible origin of the Nali cardinal, which is related to the Holy Land.

Ingrid listened, half understanding, as this intern journalist from Schwali wouldn’t have chosen social humanities if she were well-versed in mechanical matters. She took photos with her Picture Keeper held high while saying,

"Cardinals... I have no idea what that is. Although the Nali side keeps coming up with new gadgets, like this portable Picture Keeper in my hands, which I ordered at a Nali mechanical exhibition two years ago, what you mention as cardinal, I’ve never even heard of it."

It was normal she hadn’t heard of it, as apart from Elizabeth of the Golden Palace and a few others in Nali, most wouldn’t know what it is,

"This thing is very formidable; if Elizabeth used such things in the war with the Red Dragon Court, then Rafael’s defeat would be understandable."

Ingrid snapped a few photos, listening to Fisher’s analysis. Her beautiful eyes hidden under sunglasses blinked involuntarily, and she turned her head, tentatively extending a hand to pat Fisher’s shoulder, but just like before, as soon as she got near this man, she felt a physiological discomfort, her hairs standing on end like a warning that the man in front of her was very dangerous.

After hesitating several times, she still did not act, only asking,

"Hey, uncle, even if you’re a fugitive from Nali, it shouldn’t be like this, should it? You keep referring to ’Elizabeth’ as if you’re very familiar with your Empress. You know, the other Nali people tend to call her ’Queen Elizabeth’ or ’Your Majesty’ more often..."

Fisher glanced at her but hadn’t opened his mouth. The book with eyes in his arms peeked out with a playful smile and said to Ingrid,

"Familiar, oh yes, he’s very familiar. There’s no one in this world more acquainted with Her Majesty the Empress than he is."

"Really? How so... the great Sir Book? Tell me!"

Ingrid’s eyes lit up, looking quite curious. Unsure if she had caught onto something potentially ’newsworthy’, she hoped Emhardt would reveal more, even recalling Emhardt’s shameless self-designation for use in this context.

"Ahem, this brings up..."

"Shut up."

Emhardt was exalted almost to the point of flying off, but before he could cough and start telling stories of the past, Fisher blankly sealed his mouth, abruptly cutting off his words.

"Why like this, uncle, wouldn’t reminiscing about the past be something you’d enjoy? Being probed into your past stories by someone like me, a young junior, isn’t it quite interesting?" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Ingrid was all set to take out her notebook to record but was utterly disappointed by Fisher, and couldn’t help but gripe.

"Not at all... Did you finish shooting? Can we go now?"

"Yes, yes, almost done."

Ingrid resigned but, before shooting the warehouse, lifted her Picture Keeper to record Fisher’s expressionless face.

Perhaps she already had a headline ready for an unformed piece of news, hmm... Let’s call it: "South Continent Exploration, An Unsaid Story Between an Unknown Man and Queen Elizabeth."

Ha, if the Nali Secret Bureau found out, she’d be in big trouble.

Ingrid turned to photograph the stacked cardinal shells in the warehouse, while Fisher and Emhardt looked around, pondering the source of the cardinal technology.

The likely sources were actually two: one being the Turand Family in the Northern Realm, where David One had provided some technology in exchange for Moon Stone, but given how much time has passed, he wasn’t sure if Valentina had awoken. If Elizabeth’s cardinal came from the Northern Realm, then she would inevitably clash with Valentina, even more so since they were already at odds before.

Another possible source might be the Storm Sea, as the remnants of the Holy Land falling from the sky would have a lot of residual cardinal technology. When he left, the Storm Sea had been taken over by the Black Chief and Iceberg Queen Alagina, unclear of the current situation...