Great Great Asset Chapter 40 (Patreon)

Dropping off the materials was done easily enough as it was almost entirely metal materials as well as general building supplies. Along with some other stuff. "Are you guy's really lacking in building supplies of all things? I mean you guy's got an entire walking city." I asked curiously.

Belfast's easy smile turned a bit tight before she said with a thin smile. "Lady Tabane isn't the only scientist and engineer in this city... Nor does she get the be all say where all resources go."

'Ah, so while Tabane IS working with other super scientist waifus and such. They have their own pride and are demanding a hefty slice of the pie for their own interests and projects.' I thought.

With that minor question smoothed over, Belfast and a couple of other maids who I recognized from Azur Lane. Along with several androids continued to escort us across the city and to where Tabane reigned as 'queen' of this walking city.

"Welcome to the control tower. This is where Lady Tabane works and meets with her allies." Belfast introduced us with a light bow as the large metal door leading into the secured area opened up.

And the 'Control Tower' was just one way to put this as there were several large factory block buildings attached to it. Most importantly, the tower itself was basically the umbrella pole that projected the membrane that covered and projected the Regios/city from the hostile environment.

The front area was rather nice. Clearly a well-designed welcoming area with rooms leading off to the side and a balcony leading up to the upper levels just in front of the front entrance.

"Fei Fei! You took so long to get back!" A loud cry rang out, and my eyes snapped upwards back up to the balcony to see that Tabane Shinono herself had leapt off the balcony towards us.

And with an elegant leap, Belfast jumped up four meters to catch her 'master' with an annoyed huff before she put down Tabane while saying helplessly. "Lady Tabane... What have I said about swan diving onto guests?"

Tabane's robotic bunny ears on her head audibly twitched as she tilted her head to the side in thought. And then the gremlin said proudly! "I need to be wearing my IS suit so that they cannot shoot me as I come down ontop of them!"

Belfast audibly facepalmed as Feixiao just laughed and said with zero hesitation. "Nah if an evil monster is trying to dive bomb me. I just cut them in half to begin with!'

The room went quiet as Lust and I shared a look at how fucking terrible it was to have such a leader leading such a meeting.

Then after Tabane just laughed again while patting Feixiao's shoulder. She quickly glanced over everyone again but then focused on me for a good minute.

A good minute where I noticed that the girls tales about this Tabane were all to true. She had indeed lost an eye to a cursed weapon as even now she clearly had a prosthetic eye in her right socket.

And while I briefly wondered why she had put in, like a cybernetic eye or something... Sometimes curses weren't so easily bypassed. It seemed that she hadn't just lost her physical eye itself. But also the conceptual ability to see out of that eye socket.

"Well well, A man not from the Catalog or one of the raving lunatic natives huh? Fei fei you really did find something special huh?" Tabane said excitedly as she skipped forward a step towards me.

I gave a thin smile with Akitsu edging to put herself between Tabane and me as I asked. "How could you tell?" 

Tabane laughed loudly as she held her ample chest with a hand before shaking her head. "Oh? That wasn't hard to tell, haha! You just don't fit with the vast majority of us being mass-produced clones that couldn't be sold in the Catalog, remember? Not only that... Likewise, no clone from the catalog can make a Sekirei bond with another cloned sekirei."

Akitsu, still leaning against me, said dully. "She is right... We did talk about that before remember."

Tabane's words did remind me of the fact, but I didn't account for that being what would out me as another outsider of sorts.

Either way, I shrugged and said with a light chuckle. "Whelp, you are right, Tabane. Do you want a cookie?"

Tabane nodded and said shamelessly while holding out a hand. "Darned right I want a cookie, gimmie!"

I was actually a bit stunned by her demand but then with a mental fuck it. I reached into my inventory to my snack section, and Tabane's eyes widened as a cookie smelling like it just came out of the oven in a paper bag fell into her hand.

Of which the cookie was truly freshly baked, as I put it away just after pulling it out of the oven.

Belfast for a moment looked like she wanted to take the cookie away but Tabane just put the cookie away into a side pocket of her low cut dress before saying with a grin. "I knew I would like you haha! Come on, ladies and gentlemen, I have some mac and cheese with hot dogs and dino nuggies waiting for us!"

That was the straw that broke the camel's back as Belfast all but hissed... With elegance at that. "Lady Tabane! I already have a tea party set in the drawing room. Can we please, please skip your infantile lunch so that proper drinks and snacks may be served?'

Tabane looked Belfast dead in the eye and said with a deep voice. "If you come between me and my dino nuggies... You know the cost of this folly, Belfast."

A cough rang out before Matsu spoke up quietly. "I... I would also like some mac and cheese, and hot dogs."

I couldn't help but just face palm. I was stuck with super genius autists. I wish I had snuck away with Kuroka and Rangiku and got to wander the city even if I was being escorted by some maids who were watching my every move.