
The figure of a man in a luxurious suit made of silk was lying on a large bed that was inside a room with a magnificent interior.
The man sounded like he was muttering, from the look on his face, he seemed to be very upset with something.
"YAHHHH! SO BORED!"
Suddenly he got up from the bed and shouted indistinctly. After he opened his eyes, it could be seen that he had blood-red eyes, his canines looked even more pointed than normal humans.
Not long after, a voice came from outside the door. "Mr Elric? You okay?"
"Ah, I'm fine, but right now I feel so bored." One of the things that are often experienced by long-lived creatures is boredom, so bored that when entering a certain age, they will begin to lose interest in everything. Even their own lives.
"How about you take a walk to the main castle? I'm sure there must be something interesting there." The voice came back from outside the room, the man named Elric was pondering for a moment, "That sounds like a good idea."
A moment later, a dark red aura enveloped his body, a second later the aura disappeared along with Elric.
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In front of a gigantic door at the end of the corridor that was also gigantic, a dark red-colored aura appeared forming a vortex. Then in an instant, the figure of Elric appeared just like that in the middle of that vortex.
This gigantic door before him was the door that connected his castle and the main castle, he had to enter the main castle without teleportation, he had to enter the main castle, unless you want to be made capable by an automated defense system designed by Tesla and Rangda.
He also walked closer to the giant door, within a certain distance, the door would recognize the face of someone who had access to enter and open automatically.
Until now he is still amazed by Tesla's inventions, many things that make no sense that he created Including the clothes he wears today was made with Tesla's tools.
"Welcome, Mr. Elric. With what need did you come here without notice?"
The Main Castle's servants greeted him, they were subordinates of Great Chamberlain, a figure who had recently joined them. At first glance they are just ordinary servants, but once you act disrespectfully, you will die in the most painful way.
"Well, you know. I'm very bosa at the moment, so I'm thinking of going around the Main Castle."
The female servant smiled and nodded, "Do you need a guide?" Elric shook his head, "Then please enjoy your time, if at any time you need anything, please ask the maid inside the Castle."
The servant also asked to retreat, then his body disappeared with a black fog enveloping his body.
Elric began to walk down the corridor of the castle, after arriving here, he was still confused about where to go and what to do. At the intersection of the corridor, he became increasingly confused, he stood for quite a long time at the intersection of the corridor while weighing.
"To the Great Chamberlain's room only once." He also chose the left corridor leading to the meeting room, there was also the Great Chamberlain's den.
Elric had never chatted specifically with the Great Chamberlain, only when in meetings or when passing by, even then they chatted because there was a Queen there.
Great Chamberlain was said to be extremely strong, even he could fight on balance with Rangda and Memphis who were the Queen's most powerful subordinates.
In the end, he was given the position of Great Chamberlain who had always been empty because the castle management was still carried out by Grand Butler and Head Maid.
Elric finally reached the door of the Great Chamberlain's room, he pressed the bell button on the door leaf, then a voice sounded from the speaker.
"Who is this?" That's Grand Butler's voice.
"Elric, I think you recognize me, don't you?"
The door of the room was opened, the figure of a man with the appearance of his 40s appeared from behind the door. "Can I help you, Mr Elric?"
"Ah, is the Great Chamberlain busy?"
"He's at leisure, you want to see him?"
"Yes, that's it."
Grand Butler also invited Elric to enter the room, the Great Chamberlain workspace looks so luxurious with a beautiful interior, the crystal lights are brightly lit, makes the room color becomes golden because of the reflection of the gold-plated walls.
"Great Chamberlain, Mr. Elric would like to see you."
Great Chamberlain who was sitting in his chair stood up and invited Elric to sit on a sofa arranged in the middle of the room. While the Grand Butler went to prepare tea and snacks.
"It's not usually you see me, Elric. Come to think of it, we've never had a casual conversation."
"Yes, that's right." Answer Elric.
"Actually when viewed from the age of our race, we are the same age, right?" Elric thought for a moment to hear the Great Chamberlain's speech.
"I'm twenty years old, and you're one hundred and sixty years old, aren't we from the point of view of each other's races the same age?"
"ah! That's right." Elric had just said with the Great Chamberlain, "Niya is also the same age as us, right?" The look on Elric's face instantly changed hearing Niya's name called.
"Please don't equate me with those long ears." Great Chamberlain laughed at Elric's words, "Don't you actually like him."
The words Great Chamberlain made Elric flutter, "Huh? E-Eh?! Yes, it is not! How could I like those long ears!"
Great Chamberlain chuckled at Elric's reaction, his black eyes with purple pupils glistening as he laughed. This astonished Elric, why the humans in the Great Chamberlain world threw him away. In fact, according to him, the eyes of Great Chamberlain are so cool, even many Vampire and Elf girls who become fans of Great Chamberlain because of the charm of his eyes.
"Kok tumben you're not with the Queen?"
"The queen was having business with Rangda, and she told me to rest, so I decided to relax for a while. Why did you meet me yourself?"
"No, I just felt really bored, so I went for a walk to find a chattermate."
Grand Butler came back with a trolley filled with teapots and some kind of paintings. He poured the tea into the cup and placed the Tier Cake filled with paints, then he regained his retreat.
"If you're bored, why not just go to Tesla's lab? Lots of interesting stuff in that place." Great Chamberlain said after sipping his tea.
"Why haven't I been interested in going to Tesla's lab, I was thinking of slaughtering a human out there because I was so bored.
"It's best not to be too rash, Elric. If you dare to defy the Queen's ban, I might have you removed right now."
Those black eyes with purple pupils were staring straight at Elric, although a smile was adorning the face of the Great Chamberlain at the moment, but Elric felt intimidated by his smile.
Elric laughed blandly, "Ti-No, it's just a thought."
"So, how? You want to visit Tesla's lab after this?" Great Chamberlain asked Elric who was beginning to sweat coldly.
"A-Ah, yeah, I don't think that's a bad idea."
They again enjoyed the dish Grand Butler served while chatting, although Elric was still horrified by the Great Chamberlain's words a moment ago, but the Great Chamberlain did not bring up the matter anymore.
But that was the terrible side of the Great Chamberlain, he would completely finish off anyone who uttered a line of opposition to the Queen. He was given a warning just because he was the representative of the Vampire Elder.
Elric walked after the Great Chamberlain, because he did not know the location of Tesla's lab, because he was really not interested in visiting the lab before.
Tesla's laboratory was not so far from the Great Chamberlain's workspace, they both did facial identification in front of the iron door connecting with the Lab.
After the identification was completed, the door of the lab was opened, Elric was immediately flabbergasted as he looked at the interior of the lab, it felt like he was in a different world.
"Great Chamberlain, you're coming again." A man whose appearance looks like a man in his 30s with neatly combed hair and stylish whiskers greets them, he wears a white shirt rolled up to his elbows, coupled with a black vest, the same color as his pants.
"Yes, I never get tired of your lab." Great Chamberlain and Tesla seemed to know quite closely, what surprised him more was the figure of Tesla was very different from what he imagined. He thought Tesla was a middle-aged father with a bald head and a frail body.
But once standing before him, he could instantly sense that this person was as terrifying as the Vampire Elder.
Tesla invited the two of them to sit on a sofa with a unique shape, then a figure resembling a human shape but with an iron body approached them while bringing treats.
"You didn't come alone apparently, if I hadn't guessed wrong, you must be Mr Elric right? I know the Elder well."
"Ah, there's no need to be so formal with me." After feeling the terrible pressure from Tesla's figure, Elric immediately paid respect to him, it felt less appropriate for people of Tesla's caliber to call him 'Master'.
Tesla smiled and nodded, "So, is there any need for you two to come here?"
"Elric was bored, so I brought him here, do you have anything new?" Tesla smiled at the Great Chamberlain's question.
"It just so happens that I just finished my latest project. Please follow me."
Elric was about to stand following Tesla, but suddenly the sofa he was sitting on was floating and walking by itself following Tesla, he looked very confused by this.
Great Chamberlain who saw him chuckled, he seemed to have gotten used to this. Even the table where the dishes were served also floated following them.
Tesla stopped walking, then he pulled a cloth that covered a fairly large square-shaped object.
"This is it, actually I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I can only realize it now."
The thing before them was currently a rectangular object that looked like dark glass, Tesla gave the iron men the order to do something to it.
Then he was startled by the light that suddenly emerged from that thing. As if not satisfied to surprise him, the light was soon replaced by a moving painting, a painting of a meadow with flying birds.
"I call it a Video Game, it's still in the testing phase, but I'm sure that this project could be the most enjoyable means of entertainment in the Shadow World." Tesla explained with pride.
"So, how does it work?" Ask Great Chamberlain.
Tesla then gave them a kind of stick with a curved shape at one end.
"As you can see, this thing is a firearm, a weapon used by Sentinelese units. Point this rifle at the flying bird, and then you press the trigger here."
Great Chamberlain followed Tesla's instructions, then after aiming for a few seconds, he pressed the trigger. The sound of an eruption rang out, then one bird in the moving painting fell sprawled.
"Woahhhh!" Elric really couldn't hide his admiration this time, he didn't really understand the thing before him, but he knew this thing was very pleasant.
"Why don't you try Elric?" Great Chamberlain said, Elric immediately imitated what Great Chamberlain did, Tesla teaching him how to aim. It was a bit complicated at first, but eventually Elric understood how this thing worked.
Elric took aim at one of the birds perched on top of a tree, after making sure his shot was on target, he pulled the trigger on the rifle.
The sound of an eruption rang out, then the bird targeted by Elric fell to the ground. At that time, Elric felt a new sensation, a feeling of pleasure and contentment that was difficult to describe.
"Hey, Elric. Wanna race? Who dropped the most birds he's the winner."
Elric's competitive spirit instantly smoldering, he accepted the challenge of Great Chamberlain with a grin on his face.
"Alright, Great Chamberlain."
Tesla laughed a little at them, the laboratory became noisy until some time in the future.
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"That was really fun for Great Chamberlain!" Elric exclaimed in excitement, Great Chamberlain chuckled, he agreed with Elric.
After spending a considerable amount of time playing in Tesla's lab, Great Chamberlain finally resigned to resume work. Elric felt satisfied enough, so he also said goodbye to Tesla.
"It looks like I'm going to visit Tesla's lab more often." Elric's blood-red eyes twinkled.
"Maybe, take me as well if I'm free."
"Sure!"
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As usual, today Tesla is working on a project in his lab, only the sound of strange machines and the sound of the mechanism of the iron man's movement are heard.
Not long after, he received a notification of the arrival of a guest in his lab. Since only important people had access to her lab, she immediately headed to the living room of the lab to greet the guests today.
"Eh?" Tesla looked at the scene in front of him.
"Oh! It's Tesla! Today we came to visit!" It was Elric, but that wasn't what made Tesla sculpt.
"Heard you made something interesting, didn't Tesla?" This was what kept Tesla fixated, the figure of a woman with beautiful jet-black hair, those pretty blue eyes looking at him full of enthusiasm.
"Welcome to my laboratory, Her Majesty the Queen." Tesla knelt before the figure he so revered.
Not only Elric and the Queen, but there were even Memphis, Rangda and Great Chamberlain. Of course the arrival of these important figures makes Tesla ketar-ketir.
"So, where's Fidio Gim that Elric said it was?" Memphis asked impatiently.
"It's a Video Game, not a Fidio Gim." Great Chamberlain.
"Eh? Isn't it the same?" Rangda.
"The writing is different, Rangda." Great Chamberlain."
"So where's Tesla?" The Queen looked very enthusiastic.
"G ... Please follow me inside."
Tesla immediately ordered the iron man to prepare the object named Video Game, all the guests exclaimed in amazement when they saw the painting that could move out of the rectangular dark glass.
That day the lab became very noisy.