NOVEL WEB Chapter 618: She Can Replicate Too
I looked down at the former Pirate Lord who was literally kneeling beside me and rubbing her face against my shin affectionately while I was seated on the edge of my bed.
Then I turned to the other side to look at my ship's mechanic who was also doing the same thing while also purring as well.
I think I remember why these two races had a rivalry with each other now…
At least right now, the both of them seemed to be content that they get a leg for them to rub their faces on each…
"Nyaaa~ Boss is so warm~ Purrr~ Purrr~"
"Ahhhh~ Mistress~ You smell so good~ Ahhhh~ I just want to stay here forever~"
If I said that I was expecting something like this after agreeing to Yumiko's request, I would be lying…
But well… Now I'm stuck with a catgirl and a doggirl that is constantly seeking attention from me.
And as if she was spurred on by that…
"What are you doing?" I asked.
Renata who was seated on my lap facing me tilted her head quizzically, "Hmm? Bonding time with Daddy?"
Right… Hard to argue with her there…
I guess this was as good a chance as any so I looked at her seriously, "Renata…"
"Yes Daddy?"
"What are you, really?"
I was prepared for her to give a non-answer or for her to just brush off my question somehow, but she straightened herself and the childish aura around her melted away as she looked at me seriously.
"I think Daddy already figured it out, no?"
"I want to hear it from you."
"Hmm… I suppose that's fair. The best description for me would be an eldritch entity, though that isn't completely accurate. I'm not technically from another 'world' or another 'universe' and my main purpose isn't to inspire fear. And since I have been given this form by Daddy, I would not say that I am eerie or incomprehensible. No… Perhaps to some lesser minds, I could still be considered incomprehensible but that's another matter altogether. But yes, if Daddy wishes to assign a tag to me, I would be considered an eldritch entity."
"Is there a name for your race or something?"
"No. Because I am the only one of my race."
"Huh? Wait… Aren't you related to the Psionic Chrysalis or something? I remember the last time you mentioned that you are related somehow and there's even that monument thingy that you brought us to find? What's more, you're still producing those Psionic Crystals, aren't you?"
"Yes, but now that I have been birthed like this, I can no longer claim relation to them. It's as different as humans are to apes."
"I see… I'm more surprised that you even know what apes are."
"The GalaNet, Daddy. They had information on them."
Yumiko looked up from where she was rubbing her face on my shin, "What's an ape?"
"It's an animal that used to be on Earth. I'm not sure if there's still any of them around?" I trailed off, looking at Renata for help.
"There are, Daddy. Though they may be different from the kinds that you know of. There are ape-like animals found in other planets within the Inner Colonies and they were given the same name just for ease of identification."
Huh… Good to know…
"One question though…" I added, looking at Renata with a serious face. "Are you able to sprout tentacles like before?"
She paused for a moment and she broke out into a smile again, "Ehehehe~ Of course I can, Daddy! I can shapeshift myself so I can shift the liquid matter I have within me to transform into anything!"
To demonstrate, several tentacle-like appendages slid out from underneath her skirt to wiggle in front of me before slipping back underneath.
Ries was immediately on her feet and looking at her, "Does that mean you can create any material too?! You could like… Split off a part of you to create some kind of indestructible metal or something?!"
Ah… She's definitely planning to ask her to generate crafting materials or something for her.
Renata tapped on her cheek cutely for a moment before nodding her head, "I probably could do that. But I most probably need at least some of the material in question before I can replicate it and replicating something would need a lot of liquid matter."
"So how much do you need to make… Let's say… A bar of iron?"
"Mmm… Do you have one with you right now?"
Come on, Renata… There's no way she's going to have a--
Ries tapped on her personal terminal and several seconds later, the door to my room opened and a drone floated in with a bar of iron in its mechanical hands.
Without even a moment's hesitation, Renata grabbed the bar of iron and shoved it into her side, the iron bar disappearing inside her body before a soft crunching sound could be heard.
There was a short pause before she reached out her hand palm up and a drop of the greyish liquid detached from her palm to coagulate in the middle of her palm.
It then slowly formed itself into the shape of a bar before it solidified and we were now staring at a bar of iron resting on her hand.
"Mmm… That took quite a bit… It feels like I need five times the weight of this bar just to make one. It's certainly not efficient… It also feels like it would depend on the atomic make up of the material too and the more complicated or dense it is, the harder it would be for me to make."
"What about the Psionic Crystals you are making?" I pointed out.
"All, those rely on my latent Psionic energy, Daddy~ I can just make them when I have enough! They are just a separate resource I have!"
"Wait, wait… Does that mean you're Psionic too?"
"Mmm… Not like sister Amber and Mara are. It's just a type of energy that I can harness and gather inside me~ Umm… Ah! Sort of like life energy! So I can't fling stuff around like they can but I can still feel it!"
I have no idea what's the difference since I'm not a Psionic myself… Maybe Mara should be here to explain it but she isn't here now…
Not that that's important anyway… There was something more important I wanted to know…
"Can you make food?" I asked.
"On the same level that Daddy can? Definitely not," She answered immediately.
"Err… What about the ingredients?"
She tapped her finger on the side of her head, "Mmm… I would not recommend eating what I make though… I actually don't know what will happen if people consume what I made."
Ries turned to me, "Maybe she could get checked by Mara? She could probably figure out what she's made of and stuff?"
That sounds like a good idea.
"Actually, we might as well just get Mara to give both Renata and Yumiko a medical checkup anyway just in case. Heck, probably all of us should just get a medical checkup since we've been travelling around to different places and we might have caught some disease without even knowing."
I mean… We did walk around that previous planet without a space suit and were exposed to the air there. Who knows what was in that air, right?
Renata clapped her hands, "Ohh! Goody, goody! I wanna be checked, Daddy!"
I raised an eyebrow at her, "Err… You sound rather excited for that?"
The maid uniform that she was wearing suddenly seemed to melt and change shape before it solidified again, transforming the maid uniform into a nurse uniform instead.
She giggled, "Daddy is playing doctor right? I wanna play too!"
"Err… No, no… I do mean an actual medical checkup, Renata…"
"Ehhh… Then can we play doctor too? I can be Daddy's nurse! And also your patient! And also your secretary all at the same time!"
Her uniform also changed for each role she mentioned, shifting first into the hospital gown before settling at the office worker uniform where she was wearing a white blouse, pencil skirt and stockings.
She even had a pair of glasses on and her hair was done up in a bun as well…
Just where was she getting all the knowledge about this fro-- Ah… The GalaNet… That should have already explained it…
I'm pretty sure that this universe's version of the internet was no less degenerate than the one from my old universe so this would definitely explain why she turned out like this…
That was when I realised that Yumiko has been silent this entire time.
"Err… Are you alright, Yumiko?" I asked.
She looked up at me and I could see the unmistakable look of fear on her face.
Her lips trembled and she slowly asked in an almost inaudible voice, "Will… Will there be needles?"
I blinked at her, realising what the problem was.
The former Pirate Lord is afraid of needles…
How can she be so cute?