Ferdinando's short and fat body trembled, took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead, and soon regained his composure, leaned over and whispered to Roland: "Your Highness, I tell you the truth, the town of Sail is a relatively wealthy town in the Far East, and I personally have a few family assets, although I can't be honest as water, and I will not degenerate to the point of wantonly embezzlement of public funds, but ah, I have heard that the hands and feet of the chief officials of Ebil Town and Green Spring Town are quite unclean, you had better send someone to check, We must not let go of the moths that have embezzled the property of the state! At the end, he couldn't help but raise his voice, and there was a little more righteous indignation on his face.

Nikita couldn't help but cast a disdainful glance at Mr. Mayor. The chiefs of the two towns did not have a good reputation, but she suspected that Ferdinando's denunciation of the other party was mainly due to personal vendettas. She has always looked down on the behavior of "making small reports" and stepping on her colleagues to climb up, and she even can't figure out how Ferdinando, a vulgar little bureaucrat, could give birth to a clean daughter like Isabel? The contrast between the character of the father and daughter is too strong.

Roland did not express his displeasure with Ferdinando's words and deeds in reporting and exposing his colleagues, but only nodded slightly, indicating that he had written it down and would deal with it as appropriate.

Then the carriage stopped, and the coachman turned back and said, "Mr. Mayor, here we are." ”

Ferdinando jumped out of the carriage, paid his tip first, and slammed the closed door on the stone steps in two or three steps.

In the courtyard, there was the sound of wheels rolling over the ground, as if someone had pulled the deadbolt from inside, and the door slowly opened, revealing a strange figure.

"Hi Jack! Good afternoon, is old man Matvey at home? Ferdinando took off his hat and waved at the rolling monster, saying hello familiarly.

"Huh? It's such an interesting construct, but it's a pity that it's a little ugly. Nikita chuckled as she looked at the monster walking out the door.

Roland was also looking at the guy curiously. As Nikita said, it was supposed to be a construct, but it was not a golem, and its body could not sense the fluctuations of the elemental soul furnace, closer to the intelligent robot on Earth, this guy was five feet tall from head to toe, with a large metal cylinder on three short legs equipped with wheels to act as a body, and a small metal cylinder on top of it to act as a head.

The reason why Roland confirmed that the bucket-like device was a head was because it was equipped with an instrument similar to a retractable lens of a camera, which was obviously the eyes of the structure, and a pair of horn-shaped devices on either side of the head, presumably "ears" used to collect sounds from the outside world.

Didi - Didi -

The monocular of the construct emits a blue beam of light that shines on Ferdinando's face, as if to collect physiognomic features, and then raises a metal arm with exposed spring joints and three fingers in a gesture of greeting.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor." The barrel's strong body emits a stiff vocal, with a machine-synthesized metallic charm.

"Jack's" gaze shifted to Roland and Nikita's faces, making a ticking sound, and then beckoned to them:

"Good afternoon, strange sir."

"Good afternoon, Strange Miss."

"Hello, Jack, my name is Nikita." Miss Mage smiled and waved her hand.

DiDi ...... Sonic information collection completed! That's it! The clockwork library has been updated!

The barrel structure emitted a series of strange movements, and then she winked at Miss Mage and said, "Hello, Miss Nikita. ”

Roland couldn't help but whistle in surprise, "This guy is very smart, and he will automatically update the data!" ”

"This is a 'clockwork attendant' made by Matvey, which is a special structure, similar to a golem, but with a more complex structure, powered by an external magic crystal circuit, and can perform more elaborate and technical work than the golem." Ferdinando, who is worthy of being the chief of Cell, a mechanic-rich town, is quite familiar with "construction science", and gushes about the mystery of the clockwork squire "Jack" to Roland.

"The clockwork attendant has no intelligence, and if you want to teach it a new skill, such as sweeping the floor, washing clothes, and cooking a certain dish, you have to write a new command for it, and insert it into the control box in the form of a clockwork box, and the more parallel loads the clockwork box, the more complex the control box is, and the greater the magic crystal energy consumed."

"It turns out that this guy is the legendary 'clockwork body', and he has admired the name for a long time, and today he finally sees it alive," Nikita said to Roland as she looked at "Jack" thoughtfully, "Making a 'clockwork box' is a unique skill of a warlock, and a layman, even a clever man like a mage, can't figure out how to integrate complex instructions into a small iron box full of clockwork, gears, and springs." ”

"It's like on Earth, ordinary people can't understand the special language and symbols that programmers use to write software." Roland added in his heart.

Matvey has made many ingenious innovations in the field of clockwork structures, which can be seen from Jack - this clumsy and rough looking "clockwork attendant" can collect sound and visual signals from the outside world, automatically correct and supplement the original program in the clockwork box, and compare it with robots on the earth, with strong "deep learning" and "self-improvement" functions, and it is only one step away from truly awakening self-consciousness artificial intelligence.

Just as Roland was observing Jack, a man walked out of the opposite room, with a thin figure and a slightly hunched back, wearing a dark blue shirt and trousers, clearly the work uniform of a mechanic. Wearing a peaked cap, his sideburns were already gray, and his spirit was still strong, but his face was a little indifferent, and he looked at the three uninvited guests in front of him with an impatient look.

"Hey! Old man Matvey, it's just in time that we're looking for you everywhere! ”

"What are you looking for me?" The old man didn't give the mayor any face, took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, "If you have something to say, I have to rush to class, so I won't invite you into the house for tea." ”

Ferdinando's face sank, and he warned the old man with a false tiger: "It's not a big deal to let those students wait a little longer, you better find out that this distinguished guest is His Royal Highness the Prince of our Kingdom of Koras!" ”

Matvey was unmoved, and said lightly: "I'm sorry, I don't have the habit of being late, and I don't want people to wait even a minute longer." ”

Roland took two steps forward to block Ferdinando behind him, and greeted the old man with a smile: "Mr. Matway, I completely agree with your punctuality concept, it is wrong for me to come to visit you without saying hello in advance, I hope you can give me a few minutes, at most five minutes I can explain my intentions." ”