Master’s Request

We had come down to the seafloor.

While taking a short break, I explained the contents of Master’s request.

“We’re going to defeat a god. The end.”

“““I see…!”””

“Hold on, hold on, hold on.”

The robot cut in.

“What?”

“You skipped over far too much for that to make any sense.”

“Oh, right… well, whatever. Apparently there are several evil gods sealed away on the surface. Master’s hidden duty is to check whether those seals are fraying, and if one has broken free and is rampaging, to seal it back up.”

So that was why she had been wandering all over the country.

“One of those evil gods is here on the seafloor, so she told me to go take it down.”

“Master. Shouldn’t you just make that piece of trash do it? It’s her mission, after all.”

Piece of trash, wow.

Well, from this robot’s perspective, Master probably did look like a trash parent who abandoned her daughter and wandered off.

“Apparently Master’s power has declined compared to the way she was five hundred years ago, when I was still alive.”

“Hah! Serves her ri—…!”

Cherge really did hate Master Flamel, didn’t she…?

Well, I couldn’t say I didn’t get it.

“…Why has Flamel-sama’s power declined? She is an immortal being, is she not?”

Smart Zenith-chan was keeping up with the conversation.

Toka-chan, Daphne-chan, and Sui-chan were just quietly sucking on their Meal Potions and letting the conversation wash over them. They weren’t good with difficult topics.

“Well, even if you call it immortality, all she’s really doing is extending her lifespan with medicine. She’s not some perfect life-form or anything.”

“…I see. Since she is not an inorganic object, flaws and deterioration can still arise.”

“That’s right. And apparently two of those evil gods are rampaging at the same time right now. Normally Master could handle both by herself, but since she’s weakened, she came to ask for my help.”

Still, for that perfect, invincible master of mine to be declining… honestly.

Far too much must have happened over these five hundred years, what with things like the Tendo Church.

“Does Master actually have any obligation to help her?”

“None at all. I really do think she ought to handle it herself.”

“Then why are you helping?”

Why, huh? Well, because that idiot is my master.

She was the one who gave power to an orphan like me, which is why I am what I am now.

…Well, how should I put it? I did feel that I owed her.

But I felt awkward saying that in front of other people, and saying it in front of a robot who hated her parent was a little hard to do.

“Well, maybe it’s just a kind of sightseeing. I figured it might be interesting to get a look at what this so-called evil god actually looks like.”

“…This is not a tourist attraction, Seyi-sama.”

Zenith-chan let out a sigh with a wry smile.

“…However, is it really all right for deadweights like us to come along to a place where an evil god is?”

“It’s fine, yes it is!”

“As long as my lord is here!”

“…………!”

Well, weren’t my slave girls just adorable.

Then the robo-maid also spoke with a sigh.

“…You’re really bad at showing consideration.”

“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“…You could have just said that you owe that person a debt and want to repay it.”

Apparently she had seen right through the fact that I was being considerate.

“But if I said that, you’d sulk, wouldn’t you?”

“I would sulk with almost one hundred percent certainty.”

I figured she’d sulk like, what, you’re putting your parent—your master—ahead of me?

“I am, in fact, sulking right now. I believe immediate measures should be taken to restore my good mood.”

“Haaah? Why do I have to cater to a robot’s mood?”

“Question. When something happens to the slave girls, who is the excellent robo-maid that can move quickly and become their shield?”

“So annoying…”

Day by day, this robot was becoming more human… or rather, more annoying.

“Come now, Master. I believe you should supply me with mana.”

“Huh? Right now?”

“Now.”

The robot smiled smugly.

“Or is Master embarrassed to do it in front of everyone? Good grief, what a little chi—mmph!?”

I grabbed the robot by the head and pulled her close.

“…S-Seyi-sama!? What are you doing!?”

“What? Supplying mana.”

I pressed my lips against the robot’s lips.

…The way to transfer mana to this robot was through contact via the mucous membranes.

What kind of idiot came up with a method like that… my master did.

So, since I had no choice, I transferred mana to this robot mouth-to-mouth.

“Ahwah…”

“………… ahwah”

“T-this is so lewd…!”

“…………”

After transferring the mana, I pulled my face away from Cherge.

“There, that should be enough, right?”

“Yes. Very much so.”

“What a ridiculously troublesome method of supplying mana… hm? What’s wrong with all of you?”

The slave girls’ faces had all turned bright red.

“B-big sis… was k-kissing you…”

“Hmph, my apologies. Clearly that image was too stimulating for children. More importantly, the mature kiss between Master and me was—”

I corrected her.

“That wasn’t a kiss, it was mana transfer.”

“Master! Don’t describe it so mechanically! It was a kiss, wasn’t it!?”

“Kissing a robot is the same as pressing your lips against a wall.”

“Wha… did you just say…?”

The robo-maid dropped to her knees on the spot.

What was with her…?

“U-um, um! D-Daphne wants… to kiss Big Sis too!”

“Ehh! Really～… you’re making me blush～”

Well, sure, kissing my adorable beloved Daphne-chan would be a little embarrassing.

“…………”

The robot puffed out her cheeks like a blowfish and started smacking my shoulder over and over.

“What?”

“The reaction you gave me was different.”

“What I did with you was mana transfer. What I’d do with Daphne-chan would be a kiss. Okay?”

Cherge grew sullen all over again. Even when I asked her why, she just puffed out her cheeks and refused to answer. Seriously, what was her deal?