Chapter 11: My heroine is a dimension transfer gate

“Ssae-aeak-! I’m dying!”

The face of the pink-haired girl smiling brightly flew in quickly, exceeding the detection range of the artificial eye.

Looking at the white heel boots she was wearing and the blue flames shooting out from the wings, Yoosung instinctively felt ‘death.

Since the automatics only had good intentions for him, they naturally didn’t bring stealth armor or any other equipment.

The princess said she was happy to see him, but if she collided with an object that was no different from a bullet in a human body, she would die without a doubt!

Paat–!

The moment before the collision, the princess’s speed suddenly decreased.

Huh-ok-!

She was held precisely in Yoosung’s arms.

“Hehe-Yoosung-nim-!”

As soon as he felt the arms around his neck, Yoosung instinctively caught the small princess who seemed about to fall.

He could feel the peach-scented scent coming from the princess’s head and her body that was so soft and smooth that it was hard to believe she was a metal doll.

“Why did it take you so long to come?!”

The princess, who seemed happy after achieving her goal of holding the princess, was acting mischievous in Meteor’s arms.

“I thought I was going to die, Iris.”

Meteor said with a slightly pale face as he looked at the automatic princess, Iris Queen Ironlord.

“Huh? Meteor is dying? Why?”

“Because I bumped into you.”

“I didn’t bump into you!?”

“_”

Meteor sensed the fatigue of Princess Iris, who was unable to communicate with her every time they met, and closed his eyes tightly.

Iris giggled playfully while looking at Meteor.

She soon pinched Meteor’s cheek with her hand and moved her cherry-colored lips.

“Don’t worry, Meteor! If you die, I’ll revive you as an automatic!”

It’s not like I’m going to revive you as some kind of cavalry soldier.!

Her face is pure, but the content of her words is horrifying.

That’s not just a joke…

There was actually a process for making automatics in the basement of this Ironlord royal castle.

Humans also have the technology to be modified into automatics.

“I want to go home as a human.”

“Huh? Since most of your internal organs are already made of metal and are artificial organs, isn’t it basically no different from an automatic?”

“_”

“I’m joking. I’m joking”

The pink princess giggled again and stroked Yoosung’s cheek.

Yoosung barely managed to calm his blood pressure, which was rising as if he were meeting his nephew on a holiday.

“I should hurry and use the underground library and go back”

“Huh?”

Yoosung bent down and put Princess Iris, whom he was holding, on the ground.

Princess Iris didn’t release her arms from around Yoosung’s neck even though her feet touched the ground.

“Ugh.”

She puffed out her cheeks as if she was dissatisfied.

“Don’t act up, you’re not even a kid. You’re 3,000 years old, Iris.”

“The production date is only 3,000 years ago! Her internal spirit was reset 3 years ago after meeting Yoosung, so she’s effectively 3 years old! 3 years old!”

“Automatics can’t lie, but… is the record wrong?”

“Really, Chi!”

Iris crossed her arms and turned her head at YooSung’s nonsense.

YooSung, who only then noticed Iris’ cuteness, stroked her head with his rough hand as he watched her.

No matter how you look at it, their relationship seems to be nothing more than that of a rough working uncle playing with his young niece.

However, just as YooSung said, Iris Queen Iron Road is an ancient automatic that has existed since the ancient times of the Magical Nation.

While other automatics have been broken and reproduced over the long years, Iris Queen Iron Road has remained as an early model.

The first reason why this was possible was because it was a queen-grade automatic with the strongest output and function among the automatics” grades: Pawn (citizen) – Knight (knight) – Bishop (noble) – King, Queen (ruler).

Secondly, Iris was the owner of the master key that managed all the automatics’ mental networks, the underground of the Iron Road castle, and the legacy left behind by the ancient Magical Nation.

Even if all the other automatics die, if you have Iris, you can restart the production process and reproduce all the automatics.

So the automatics within the Iron Road protect their king, Iris, from external dangers, risking their lives.

Considering that the knight-class automatics are martial artists with Auror skills, and the bishop-class automatics are master- class martial artists and magicians.

In fact, it was assumed that there was no force or country on the entire continent that could defeat Princess Iris.

“I like YooSeong-nim too much… My warrior…”

“Don’t stick to me.”

However, Princess Iris, who had been safe for thousands of years, was almost destroyed for the first time due to an incident three years ago.

–Three years before Iron Road. —

We can never coexist with the Automatics!

Let’s eliminate the slaughter dolls that slaughter humans and seize our country!

The anti- automatic magical engineers who are hostile to the Automatics revolted.

The anti-automatic magical engineers called the Automatics ‘slaughter dolls’ that were hostile to humans and insisted that they should all be eliminated using disassembly tools.

In fact, there were magical engineers everywhere who resented the Automatics pretending to be humans, but there were only a very small number of extremely anti- automatic ones who wanted to deal with the Automatics directly.

Those few anti-automatic tendencies were called ‘Red Steel because they wore red metal masks.

Since polarists were hated wherever they went, even the anti-automatic magic engineers didn’t look kindly on Red Steel’s activities.

Although the Automatics, who made up a part of the subhuman society, were a thorn in their side, they didn’t show a malicious side to the point of being directly dealt with Crunch-!

Pfft!! Crackle…!!

Oh Automatics are killing people!

I knew this would happen?

These crazy murder dolls..!

However, for some reason, the leader of Red Steel acquired a device called the “Machia Code’ that made the Automatics go berserk.

Hostile entities… Kill all..

Activate battle mode.

The Machina Code was applied to the Automatics that were hanging out with people, forcibly causing them to go berserk and harm those around them.

Of course, the Automatics explained that it wasn’t against their will.

As the Automatics continued to run wild and kill people around them, the negative feelings towards the Automatics continued to grow among the Magic Engineers.

We can’t live in a country ruled by the Automatics!

Let’s kill their princess and establish a country for humans only!

Members of Red Steel, who had been watching this from the dark side, began to instigate the Magic Engineers by sneaking in, and even the neutral Magic Engineers who didn’t have much affection for the Automatics began to flock to the anti-Automatic side when they saw the Automatics running wild.

The dwarf Bolder Berg of the Blacksmith Workshop, the human Markneck of the Artificial Organ Surgery Center, and the elf Solau of the Magic Engineering Society Research Association.

The three most famous Meisters of Metallica and the pro-Automatic engineers opposed this.

Public opinion had already completely tilted towards wiping out the Automatics, and the situation was irreversible…

Die! You machines! Kkikik-! Kkul-!

Eventually, a rebellion broke out under the leadership of the Red Steel executives, with the aim of driving out all the Automatics.

Using extremely violent tools such as saws and grinders, the Red Steel members and anti-Automatic magic engineers stormed into the Iron Road Royal Castle, dismantling the Automatics that were just running away.

Princess, run away! -The humans are coming! -Princess Iris!

Through the mental network between the Automatics, the screams and cries of the Automatics outside the Royal Castle and the words to run away continued to resonate in Iris’s head.

“.”

Iris’s face, sitting on the throne, was expressionless as usual.

In fact, the Magic Engineers who have rebelled right now could be taken care of in an instant by mobilizing all the Automatics and the ancient Magic Nation relics in the basement of the castle.

However, the reason they are not doing so is because they cannot prevent the death of humans in the process.

[Lee xx. Live like a human]

[Lee xx. Your people. You will protect those children.]

[Do you understand, you xx?]

The order given by the master 3,000 years ago remained as Iris Queen Iron Lord’s absolute command even after a long time, and Iris could never refuse this ban.

As the manager of the automatics and as the king of a The category of citizens that Iris’s artificial intelligence
country, she had existed for thousands of years was judging also included the magic engineers who were currently dismantling the automatics outside.

A king who rules and watches over cannot exist, but who harms his own citizens.

Thinking about how many years it would take to see her master again, an abyssal sense of indescribable emptiness came over her.

“I’m just too tired.”

Iris chose ‘suicide.

She caught the puppets of the slaughter dolls!

Let’s show our human will by performing an execution ceremony right away!

Do they know that while they call the Automatics slaughter dolls, they are actually closer to slaughter dolls? Iris was grabbed by the rough hands of the subhumans, dragged from the throne, and thrown.

Her clean dress was also soiled by the trampling kicks.

We’ll dismantle it into pieces and hang it outside the palace!

Should we start with the neck?

Or the arms and legs?

Hey! First, we have to destroy the heart core so that it can’t move!

Jiling It’s finally over.

The moment the chainsaw-like dismantling tool was thrust into her chest, Iris thought that the ‘end’ had finally come and looked toward the entrance of the central hall.

As before, the owner wearing shabby robes was walking towards them… dududu-!

A loud gunshot rang out. Kwaang- An explosion erupted from behind.

What.what?!

What kind of guy..how dare he!

All the Red Steel executives wearing red skull masks made of metal turned towards the entrance.

In the hands of the monster wearing shabby robes was a heavy weapon called a minigun in this world.

“You bastards, if I take all the automatics, you guys are going to mine the minerals?!”

Dududu-!

The monster shouted with an angry face and again singled out those wearing red masks with the minigun.

He threw a mechanical device at the magic engineers who had been usurping the castle without a single death so far, but were suddenly startled by the sight of blood splattering.

The magic engineers with anti- automatic tendencies instinctively took the device and the parchment of the commentary tied to it.

This is.!…

A device that forces the Automatics to go berserk!

They were also scholars who studied magic engineering.

As soon as they checked the contents of the parchment containing the red-colored “Machina Code’ and the method of decoding and disabling it, they immediately realized that they had been tricked by Red Steel.

Oh… no!

All Automatics are nothing but murder dolls that kill humans!

Do you think it is possible for humans to live together with such living machines?!

It was the instigators’ last desperate struggle.

The magic engineers had risen up because of the danger that the Automatics would indiscriminately kill people.

If even that was controlled by Red Steel, there was no reason to rebel at all.

Rather, they were only filled with anger at Red Steel for instigating them.

Thud. Thud.

The rebels were selecting the criminals themselves and paying the price.

The monster slowly walked towards the Automatic princess who was lying on the ground.

“Princess. Are you okay?”

A monster who bowed down and lifted the princess up, kindly shaking off her clothes… no, Han Yuseong.

“I helped the princess. I would like to use the library of the ancient magic nation located underground in the kingdom… how could I not?”

As Yuseong spoke with a refreshing smile, Iris looked at her old master.

She could not tell whether it was an error caused by being thrown and trampled, or Iris’s own judgment after spending too much time alone.

[Artificial intelligence restructuring..]

[Recognizing the existence as a new commander.]

Iris erased herself as an administrator and reconstructed her existence to its original (self- development) state.

“Yongsa.. lord (master)!”

Yuseong recognized him as the warrior (master) who had come to save her from the eons of time.

This rebellion was the incident where Yuseong came to be called Warrior (master) among the Automatics.

Later, the anti-Automatic magical engineers apologized to the Automatics or left Iron Road on their own. And the remaining pro-automatic Meisters and the newly regenerated automatics formed an alliance, and the current peaceful Iron Road was born.

“How about having a cup of tea in my room, warrior?”

“Iris… People can’t eat oil.”

“Why are there so many things you can’t eat! Who said that picky eaters won’t grow tall?”

Yuseong frowned as he watched Iris, who was a brat who hadn’t even grown yet, nagging him.

He wanted to give her a piece of his mind, but how could he hit the princess of the country when the automatic nobles following behind him were staring at him with their eyes wide open?

“Hehe.”

Iris just smiled brightly, whether she knew Yuseong’s thoughts or not, and continued to tease Yuseong, acting like a pubescent girl.

If he had known that Yuseong was set as Iris’s master and the one with the authority to command, he would never have just taken it, but unless Iris told him directly, Yuseong had no way of knowing.

When they arrived at the entrance to the royal underground library, or more precisely, near the cylindrical elevator, “Everyone, go back.”

“Yes! Princess.”

Iris gave her order in a tone that was quite cold compared to when she had spoken to Yuseong, and the nobles, knights, and automatics that had gathered around her disappeared in an instant.

“Then shall we go down? Warrior.”

Following Iris who was speaking playfully again.

Jiingin enter the elevator.

The inside of the elevator is made of glass windows that allow you to see the outside.

Jiing-

With a mechanical sound, the elevator quickly begins to descend.

At first, it feels like you’re just floating slightly as you descend, but after going over several hundred meters, you start to feel fear as to how far you’re going JingIn the elevator, where you’ve only seen black walls, the scenery changes and at one moment, a wide space appears.

A hollow space filled with black darkness like space, giving it a feeling of emptiness. JingIn the elevator that had been going down, it begins to move forward.

“Let’s start!”

With Iris’ shout, a thin white hand reaches forward.

Beep-!

A holographic keyboard appears.

Jiing-Clink. Paat-!

Then, with a mechanical sound, blue lights come in here and there in the black space, and one by one, they begin to gather and form their own shapes.

Metallic flying machines, robot-like golems with runes, huge cannons, and countless other highly sophisticated artifacts with unknown uses.

Yes, this is the underground library of the ancient magic nation Atlantica.

It is a collection of information where the knowledge and legacies left by the ancients remain intact.

At first, I wanted to access it somehow…

This was the place that YuSeong, who had just started studying magic engineering and developing the art of transmutation, coveted.

The reason he had spent quite a long time in Iron Road even while he was busy chasing the warrior party was because of the existence of this underground library.

However, since it was the underground library of the ancient magic nation that no country on the continent had invaded, it was nearly impossible to enter.

The Automatics would never let outsiders into the castle.

Only King and Queen-level Automatics with the master key could enter the underground library.

There must be no way to break in…

Should I try sneaking in?

The moment an Automatic spots me, all the Automatics in the castle will swarm me at the same time..

Hmm.

While wandering around Iron Road with that clear intention.

Let’s eliminate all the Automatics and seize our country!

Look at that!

A homicidal doll on a rampage!

That’s the true nature of the Automatics!

We came face to face with a group called Red Steel and a runaway Automatic.

Bang-! Taang-!!

While subduing the rampaging Automatics, we simultaneously used the advanced art of interpretation and discovered a technique to neutralize the “Machina Code’ device.

There must be something we can do about this..?

After that, when the anti-Automatic rebels broke down the gate and infiltrated, we followed them and properly subdued only the Red Steel executives who were the instigators of the rebellion (they were easy to identify because they were wearing red metal masks).

Are you okay, Princess?

Over there, using the underground library…

Lastly, he definitely stamped his face on Princess Iris.

‘Thanks to you, I was able to develop a lot.”

Yuseong looked at the hologram passing by beyond the elevator for a moment, recalling vague memories of the past.

“Warrior-What did you say you were looking for?”

He answered Iris, who was looking at him with the cutest expression possible that would even charm the devil.

“A strong mineral with excellent mana capacity.”

However, in Han Yuseong’s mind, there was no thought of the Automatic Princess, only the Dimensional Transfer Gate.