( Yuuki's POV )
Upon entering the ruins and activating the transportation platform I entered a new floating island, I was already preparing for any gynoid jumping out from somewhere so when a giant wrench came my way I stopped it easily, the one who tried to attack me was a short girl with long messy red hair, she was wearing the same colors as the other gynoids so it was safe to assume that she was the one in charge of this place.
Yuuki: Hello, my name is Yuuki, I came to take your compatibility test.
???: do you already know about that?
Yuuki: Yes, I already obtained ownership of three other parts of Babylon.
Monica: I see, my name is Fredmonica, the one in charge of the hangar, call me Monica, mine was a test of strength, so I guess you've already passed.
Yuuki: seriously, just an honest test of strength?
Monica nodded and I was happy that it was a normal test so I patted her head lovingly, she is definitely my favorite gynoid, Monica blushed at my gesture but since she had not yet completed the property transfer process, she took advantage of the fact that I was close to kiss me, the kiss was quick and when it was over she headed to the hangar, the place seemed normal but the inside was bigger than the outside.
Monica went to the first storage room and tried to open it but she couldn't reach the button that opened it so I lifted her to the level of the button, She tried to hide her embarrassment and pretended that it hadn't happened when the storage opened I saw the first frame gear model that Regina had created, These were a little larger than the wanzers but according to Regina, they had better mobility, with this, the construction of the new versions of the wanzers should go faster.
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When we returned to the castle, I called Matsu and Regina to get to work immediately, the frame gear used liquid ether as fuel, which are magic stones in liquid form, this was very similar to the fuel of the Mako reactor so there was no problem there.
We improved the internal mechanisms with the best materials available to increase the power of the reactor without the risk that they wouldn't burn out, then for the external armor we went for a somewhat thinner design but without sacrificing defense, The thrusters that we had designed were six thrusters that looked like wings on the back and another two on the hips, we also changed the head for a more aerodynamic one.
And for weapons, we didn't need that at the moment, testing flight capability was more important, I was about to do exactly that but I was suddenly summoned to the throne room by an emissary from the Lihnea kingdom, a young man named Cloud.
Cloud: Your Majesty, I come with a message from Prince Zabune.
Yuuki: ok, let's hear it.
Cloud: The prince requests the hand in marriage of the duke's daughter, Sushie Ernea Ortlinde.
Yuuki: huh What did you say?
When I heard the message I released part of my power and projected an oppressive aura that caused the emissary to tremble in terror and sweat profusely.
Cloud: That is the prince's message but instead I want to ask for your help in rescuing my mother and my kingdom.
What he said intrigued me so I relaxed and decided to listen to his whole story, it turns out that this boy was the second prince, Cloud Zeph Lihnea, The help he wanted was to stop his brother's rise to the throne because he was basically human garbage, Cloud couldn't oppose his brother because his mother was being held against her will, There were many ways to deal with this situation but I prefer to be working on the frame gears so I decided to deal with this in the quickest and most direct way.
Yuuki: very good, we are going to go to war against Lihnea.
Cloud: what? I beg you, please reconsider.
Yuuki: relax, just listen to my plan.
Even the girls next to me were surprised by what I said but when I explained my plan, they agreed with me.
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After my audience with Cloud, I teleported us both to the kingdom of Lihnea, Cloud had to deliver my message to the prince, I was invisible and when we entered the castle the prince did not take long to appear to hear the response to his message, When I saw him for the first time his aura told me that he was a scumbag but my attention quickly changed to a woman who was behind him, She had a slave collar on her neck and since I was out to destroy this prince I may as well save this girl, I moved at high speed and I transported us outside, The sudden change of scenery scared and confused the slave girl.
Slave girl: eh w-who are you?
Yuuki: no one important, just a wandering busybody.
The girl looked me straight in the eyes and I put my hand on her necklace, I used transmutation to remove her necklace and she made a surprised expression, Then I put my hand on top of her head and teleported her to my castle, I sent a message to the girls so that they would take care of her and I met with Cloud to continue my plan.
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After delivering my message Cloud took me to where his mother was being held captive, the place was a small tower with many soldiers standing guard, I took out one of my back swords and used [Accel] to take care of them with the back of my sword in a second.
Cloud: Incredible, I guess all those rumors were true.
Rumors? I wonder what he is talking about.
Yuuki: hurry up, we shouldn't leave the lady waiting.
Cloud and I climbed the tower and had no other obstacle in rescuing his mother, we were on a roll.
After that, I entered the castle again and I looked for Prince Scumbag and lucky me, I found him along with his mother and the prime minister who was the prince's uncle, The two of them were the prince's biggest supporters so they were going to be very nervous with my answer to his letter.
The prince's request, which did not have the approval of the King, had caused a war and I was pretty sure that they were not going to take the responsibility for that, I wanted to record the moment when they planned to shift the blame to someone else but I ended up with much juicier information than that.