Chapter 21

'Grandmother?' Clara had some questions.

The woman, no, could she even be called woman, ahem, the girl behind him looks about only some years older, or even younger perhaps. 

She then thought back to what Herta had said before. 'Ah, I see now….' Clara thought, 'Because she's an old grandma, that's why she sent puppet here instead'

Adonis who seemed to understand what Clara was thinking, squinted his eyes at the girl, "Ahem, anyways, Seele, Clara, you guys should head back first, you can bring the robot along with you tomorrow."

After finishing his words, Adonis paused, as he looked at Seele, "By the way Seele, I'll need you to explain this to [Wildfire]."

"Lady Herta over here is a generous person, she has offered to help Beloberg, and all she needs is to stay by my side for a while."

"…." Seele frowned and looked at puppet Herta for a moment, then, "I understand, my lord." She said as she and Clara left the office together.

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Lower District.

Seele relayed the matter about Herta to [Wildfire]. 

After hearing the news, a man with blue hair dressed in red tuxedo and black slacks, none other than Sampo Koski, made his way towards the quiet town of Rivets. 

Once he had put some distance between himself and the crowd, he reached into his pocket and retrieved a communication device, which appeared to be of technology not native to Beloberg. 

Using the device, he contacted someone.

[Sampo: I have seen the people of the Astral Express, true, they're a group of interesting people, however, they don't come close to the Great Guardian over here.]

[???: After observing for so long, have you found any special abnormalities in that Great Guardian?]

[Sampo: At all, that one is like finding a needle in a haystack, everything about him is abnormal in the first place, oh, and also, I have unfortunate news, aside us, the Genius Club has also discovered the Great Guardian.]

[???: Genius? Those madmen that are interested in research and turns a deaf ear to the outside world actually knows about Jarlio-Vi? Not to mention, it is a planet that has disappeared on the interstellar for 700 years.]

[???: Ah, I guess it should be the work of the Astral Express crew in that case.]

[???: So, which seat?]

[Sampo: Genius club, 83rd Seat, Ms. Herta.]

[???: It's here huh? But I'm guessing it's not the real her?]

[Sampo: yup, it's the doll.]

[???: The doll, huh? Ms. Black Tower is really confident, seems like something very interesting would happen very soon.]

[Sampo: Hahahaha, I also think so, I don't know what will happen to this genius at that time?]

[???: Don't contact for the time being, even if it's just a puppet, with her talent, it is enough for her to find this signal.]

[Sampo: I know.]

[End of the Call.]

After ending the call, Sampo grinned as he whistled happily, "Next, expand the business to the upper districts."

…..

In the next three days.

Interstellar Peace Appliances delivered 5,000 sets of appliances to Beloberg and offered installation services. Given the limited availability of cell towers in Beloberg, the Interstellar Peace Alliance kindly provided a substantial discount.

[You've purchased 5,000 sets of home appliances, and you're now eligible for a friendly discount. Installation of an interstellar signal tower, originally priced at [many digits omitted] Credits, is now available at a 9% discount.]

[Moreover, you've coincidentally benefited from our company's welfare activities. By spending 100 million credits, you've received an additional 2,000 credits.]

[Now recalculating... You now only require [many digits omitted] credit points for the signal tower installation, an all-time low!]

Herta, after seeing the deal, blindly received the offer and, without much thought, uttered, "Hmm... Let's go ahead and install three first."

Asta and the other researchers who were present froze in disbelief. Even Asta couldn't hide her astonishment.

"What? Isn't that a great deal? Could it be, I was wrong?" Herta said as she looked the cabin, confused.

Haah, when it comes to research, they are truly brilliant with the sharpest of minds, but when it comes to everyday matters like this... Asta could only let out a weary sigh.

Afterall, Interstellar Peace appliances are known for their pits. As a result, some people really think that this small price reduction is called a discount? And apparently, this the brain circuit of genius. 

Meanwhile

As for the other Beloberg residents, they were all happy to see the home appliances shipped by the Interstellar Peace Company, while praising Lord Guardian for the blessings, they also studied home appliances.

Other than that, the 20 researchers selected by Asta had arrived.

Among them were 5 Grade 2 researchers from the Department of Geoscience, 2 members from the Legal and Political Section, 4 students, and 3 experts in Demon Species. 

There were also 6 individuals who had previously been recognized as geniuses but had transitioned into maintenance roles due to low scores. 

These six had heard about the opportunity to leave the Herta space station and had eagerly volunteered to join.

Adonis entrusted these twenty researchers to Bronya and requested that she assign them to suitable roles within the community. 

Regardless of whether they were former geniuses or not, their talents were highly valuable in Beloberg. 

Upon arriving, they quickly identified areas for improvement, such as utilizing pulp for both heating and generating kinetic energy. The community was constantly evolving for the better.

However, with the addition of these researchers, Adonis and Cocolia found themselves overwhelmed with an even larger workload. They both experienced exhaustion on a daily basis due to the increased demands of managing Beloberg.