21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 190 Greenhouse and Factory

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At Hiromi Jounouchi's request, Chen Yu eventually brought Mikie Saegusa into his Necromantic Space and settled her in the greenhouse that was almost complete, making her the Gardener of the greenhouse.

Of course, Chen Yu's greenhouse wasn't only filled with Death Palace Roses. A large variety of magical plants grew within, forming a complete ecological cycle adjusted for their individual characteristics. Many of these plants had aggressive and dangerous traits, far beyond what a ghost who knew nothing could manage.

The real caretakers of the greenhouse were four specialized quadruped robots. Mikie Saegusa's job was simply to maintain the cleanliness of a small pavilion within the greenhouse. Even tasks like cleaning the glass were handled by robots.

After all, the vast greenhouse wasn't any smaller than a soccer field. Unless she had the time-stopping abilities of the head maid at Red Devil Mansion, completing such a task would be impossible.

"You will live here from now on. There are no rooms designed inside the greenhouse itself, but I will arrange a room for you here later," Chen Yu said to Mikie Saegusa after bringing her to the small garden inside the greenhouse and giving her an introduction.

Although she was just a ghost, personal space such as a private room still needed to be provided. After all, Hiromi Jounouchi was watching. If he simply left her there without further arrangements, it would seem highly irresponsible.

"Thank you, Doctor Chen!" Mikie Saegusa looked at the pleasant environment of the small garden, bowed deeply to Chen Yu in gratitude, "I really can't thank you enough! Not only did you help me with my burial and arrange for me to serve the Inari God as a Divine Servant, but you also cared for such an impolite request of mine. I am truly grateful."

Before making this decision, Chen Yu did indeed find Mikie Saegusa's request to follow him to be somewhat impertinent, but since he had decided to keep her, he also became indifferent about the matter, "It's nothing. This place is so big it needs looking after, and there are some tasks the machines just can't do. However, now that you have stayed, you should learn how to do some work.

Although it wouldn't bother me to let you live here for nothing, I still don't like to keep idle people around. You understand what I mean, don't you?"

"That's... a rather complicated explanation. I think I'll just take you to see for yourself." In response to Hiromi Jounouchi's question, Chen Yu thought for a moment, deemed the explanation too troublesome, and thus directly led Hiromi Jounouchi towards the high tower behind the castle.

While called a high tower, it wasn't particularly tall; the entire tower, constructed from black stones, was just shy of one hundred meters high, and some parts of it seemed not completely finished yet, as clay dolls were performing meticulous decorations.

Together with Chen Yu, they entered a building under the tower that looked like a factory. As soon as they entered, Hiromi Jounouchi was hit by a heat wave. In the thunderous factory, a large crucible about the height of three men was pouring out glowing hot molten iron.

This molten iron flowed along pre-set channels into the casting molds and was then quickly cooled by clay dolls waiting nearby before turning into various components.

The components that had just been cast were taken to be polished and processed without even waiting for them to completely cool down; then, they were assembled together to become the quadruped robots that Hiromi Jounouchi had seen before.

Watching a robot being completed and then taken to storage, Hiromi Jounouchi widened her eyes in close attention and curiosity. Despite the overpowering heat, she couldn't take her eyes off the sight of a robot more than ten meters tall being assembled right in front of her.

However, these robots apparently did not have cores installed yet, so after being assembled, they were merely taken to be stored in a warehouse.

"Mr. Chen Yu, are these robots being stored away? Why aren't they being put to use?" Hiromi Jounouchi asked curiously, not understanding why they wouldn't be used after being produced.

"Didn't I explain it to you last time, Hiromi? Those robots need cores to drive them; without the cores, there's no way to make those big guys move," said Chen Yu as they walked through the factory, which had finished processing a load of molten iron and had come to a halt, to another workshop at the back.

This place was undoubtedly much quieter, but the only worker was a robot that resembled a huge spider with eight mechanical arms.