Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

Chapter 187 You wouldn't even call me "Guga" once.

[Noren's Perspective]

Aisha pulled me to the study on the first floor, then touched something on the bookshelf that seemed to be a mechanism. The entire bookshelf slowly slid open, revealing a narrow staircase behind it.

I stood behind her, my hands unconsciously twisting the hem of my clothes, a feeling of something crawling in my heart.

That's really amazing, just like in those stories...

Moreover, Trevor really seems like someone who lives out of a story.

But in the story, places like these seem to be very dangerous...

Like a dungeon or something...

"You wouldn't be... planning to secretly kill me and hide me here, would you?"

I know this question is silly, but I just couldn't help it.

Aisha was taken aback at first, then burst out laughing.

Why did I even ask such a stupid question...?

Could she possibly say she's right...?

As she laughed, she suddenly suppressed her laughter, her face becoming very serious, as if she had become a different person.

"That's right! I can't believe you found out! This is exactly what I was going to do!"

"Please stop bullying me..."

"I can't help it, I guess I've picked up bad habits from my dad, I just want to bully any idiot I see."

The stairs were narrow, and we walked one in front of the other.

I walked very slowly, with one hand on the wall, afraid of slipping and falling.

Aisha walked very fast, as if she were going back to her own room, without the slightest hesitation. She ran downstairs first and then turned on the light.

When I walked over, the view suddenly opened up before me.

This room was much darker than I had imagined, much like the basement.

It is square in shape, as if it was cut directly from stone, with four equally square pillars in the middle.

There are various metal pipes on the ceiling.

There were also chandeliers hanging down, their flames invisible, illuminating the place brightly.

It's other places...

It's so chaotic it's almost frightening...

The place is filled with tables and cabinets...

The room was piled with books, planks, metal sheets, half-disassembled items, and some tools whose names I couldn't even recall.

The only things I could recognize were the sword and the shield...

Aisha was already sitting on a comfortable-looking single sofa, looking at me.

"Thank goodness... so they really weren't going to kill me after all..."

not good!

Why should I say what's on my mind?

Aisha's demeanor suddenly changed.

She cleared her throat, leaned back on the sofa, tilted her head back, lowered her voice, and spoke in a tone I had never heard before, one that sounded like a threat.

"Noren, Noren..."

What did I do to deserve such disrespect from you?

You wouldn't even call me "Guga."

The light shone down on Aisha's head, making her face look terrifying!

I was so startled that I shrank back, almost hitting the back of my head on the door frame.

I stood there stunned for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a very soft "Gulp...Gulp?"

Then she suddenly patted her stomach and burst into laughter: "Hahaha! You really are an idiot!"

"I told you not to bully me..."

"Are you whispering something to Jerry?"

"I told you not to bully me!!!"

I suddenly shouted out in a voice I'd never used before...

When I realized it, my face burned even hotter, and for a moment I didn't know what to do...

After she sighed, she got off the chair, took my little hand, and led me around the area.

After wandering around in all sorts of messy places, she suddenly turned around and looked at me.

"How is it?"

I shook my head.

"These things are pretty cool, but I have no idea what they are..."

After all, these things looked like they had been moved from another world...

Without explaining, she pulled me to a machine that was about half my height.

There was a small trough under the machine, with several pipes and switches on it, and some magic stones piled up next to it.

"Do you know what this is?"

I stared at it for a long time, but still shook my head.

She didn't ask any more questions. She squatted down, put two magic stones she had found from who-knows-where into a slot, and then picked up a wooden cup from the side and placed it under the machine.

Then she pulled the wrench.

A soft hissing sound followed a few seconds later, water flowed from a thin tube and slowly rose in the cup. The water was clear, with a layer of tiny bubbles floating on the surface.

I suddenly understood.

"That's right!"

Aisha handed me the cup.

"However, this is unit number two, and it's not the same one as the one upstairs."

It is indeed quite different; this second unit looks significantly larger.

The one upstairs is much smaller, and it looks prettier.

I held the cup; the water was cold, and the cup was damp.

I took a small sip; this time there was no honey or lemon.

"Unit 2? Then there's also Unit 1, right?"

"That's right."

She gestured towards the table on the other side with her lip.

There was a pile of disassembled parts spread out there, making it impossible to recognize what they originally looked like.

In terms of size, it is actually much smaller.

"How could this happen?"

"That... was the first one Dad made, but it broke after only a short time. But Dad had already left by then, busy with the magical disaster, and I don't know when he'll be back..."

Aisha pulled me to the pile of parts, picked up a small item, and examined it closely between her fingers.

"Back then... I wanted to fix it... after all, sparkling water tastes pretty good..."

"Um......"

It really does taste pretty good...

Even without any added ingredients, it tastes great just as cold as ice.

"But... after I took it apart, I spent a long time trying to fix it."

When we were disassembling the pressure tank, there was a loud bang, and the gas suddenly exploded, which startled me.

But at that time, I was most afraid of my mother.

Even though I didn't have anything to do, she stopped me from fiddling with these things anymore.

Until Dad came back...

"And then?"

"Later, when my dad came back, he fixed it with me in front of me."

But that thing was still somewhat unreliable because there were some problems with the original design, and he was leaving the next day, so I wanted him to teach me the principles.

That day he left behind a bunch of blueprints and took out a lot of materials. Together with me, we spent a whole day making this large, second-generation machine next to it.

"What about unit number three upstairs?"

"As you can probably see, this second unit clearly doesn't match the decor upstairs. It's just a teaching machine that my dad used to teach me, so it's been enlarged a lot."

After I learned how to use it, I redesigned it, completed the basic structure, and then went with my mother to buy materials, find a carpenter, and make an outer shell. That's how we got the No. 3 machine upstairs that we're using now.

"You're so amazing!"

That's really amazing, so smart...

At first, I thought it was something I'd bought from a store at a high price...

I can't believe it was her who did it...

"No."

She shook her head.

"The real genius is Dad."

I only realized how difficult it was when I started building Unit 3 myself.

Although Dad's Evangelion Unit-01 was a bit rough around the edges, its overall design was actually quite well-done.

I simply addressed the minor issues he hadn't considered on the way, one by one, after actually using the product.

Moreover, many of the parts were taken from Unit-01 and reused.

The materials and manufacturing principles of those parts are so complex that I can't even find someone to make something similar to them based on the blueprints.

I still can't figure out how my dad managed to do it.

She paused, then lowered her voice again.

"I guess he made it using earth magic, but I can't. So there are still quite a few parts of Unit-01 inside Unit-03."

"Even so, that's still amazing..."

"Hmm... thank you for the compliment. Ever since then, Dad has always hidden some little gifts he left behind here, such as 'Sword Transforms into No Sword,' 'No Sword Transforms into Sword,' 'Heavenly Marrow Treasure Record,' 'The Book of Truth,' 'Exclusive Quotes of Shadow Powers,' and so on..."

Aisha spoke with great pride about the things her brother Trevor had left her...

They have a really good relationship...

Looking at her happy face, I was reminded of things from my childhood.

I remember my dad always making me run errands and lying to me about doing chores. Every time my mom found out, my dad would get a beating.

Then Dad called back that night...

Every time my brother Rudy comes back, he makes me little toys using traditional magic tricks, and each one is a little different.

I was so happy back then, I felt like the happiest child in the world.

Aisha...

It should be the same...

She must be very happy when she's with her dad...

She was just reminiscing, and a smile was playing on her lips...

I'm a little envious, envious that she has such a good father.