Chapter 7: The Omnic Maid

As a citizen of the Witch Empire, the social welfare was very generous.

Each adult Witch could apply for a house from the Witch Empire.

Su Ling’s house in the Lower City had been applied for when Su Yao and Bai Wei got married.

Of course, the houses applied for could only be on the surface, while the ones that actually cost money were in Folding Space.

In the Upper City, there were no residential buildings on the ground, only malls, amusement parks, and other entertainment facilities.

This was the biggest difference between the Upper City and the Lower City.

The Witches’ Folding Space technology was highly advanced, and only wealthy Witches were worthy of living in Folding Space residences.

Su Ling had heard of these things, but seeing it with her own eyes was still breathtaking.

Following Ji Lingyuan, they arrived at an independent space.

This space was huge, roughly the size of a football field.

The sky was blue, but there was no sun or clouds — it was like a background board.

There was a large manor in the space, and at that moment, Su Ling and Ji Lingyuan were at the manor’s entrance.

“Wow!”

Seeing the pleasant scenery and the luxuriously decorated manor before her, Su Ling was full of wonder.

There were many maids in the manor.

When they saw Ji Lingyuan, they stopped their work and bowed to her.

‘How much would this cost?’

Following behind Ji Lingyuan, Su Ling felt as if the last twenty-some years of her life had been lived in vain.

“Prices for Folding Space have dropped recently. It’s about 10,000,000 Moni per square meter.”

Moni was the currency of the Witch Empire.

As if guessing what Su Ling was thinking, Ji Lingyuan spoke indifferently.

“How much did you say?”

Su Ling stumbled, nearly tripping on the flat ground.

“10,000,000? Per square meter?”

Su Ling looked up, a look of despair on her face.

‘How many times do I have to do “favors” just to buy one square meter of Folding Space?’

Folding Space was absolute private space.

Once purchased, it would belong to you as lifelong private property.

Therefore, Folding Space was similar to real estate on Earth and was one of the most important fixed assets for a Witch.

Looking at this football field-sized manor and the numerous maids, Su Ling’s gaze toward Ji Lingyuan became a bit more fearful.

She knew Ji Lingyuan’s identity was definitely not simple.

But looking at this, could the other woman be the eldest miss of some great family?

‘Uh… would a lady like that really look for someone like her…?’

“It’s not as exaggerated as you think. They aren’t real people; they are the company’s Automatons.”

Ji Lingyuan led Su Ling to a large villa, where two identical maids had been waiting at the door for a long time.

Ji Lingyuan pinched the chin of one of the maids and tilted her head back, revealing a very obvious mechanical seam on her neck.

‘Artificial Intelligence?’

Su Ling was instantly intrigued.

This was her professional field.

Before transmigrating, she had been an Artificial Intelligence major on Earth.

Now that a Witch’s AI was right in front of her, with such exquisite craftsmanship and realistic effects, she was completely captivated.

‘I really want to research this.’

She knew the Witches’ level of technology was beyond her imagination, but if she could peek at even a fraction of it, she wouldn’t have to worry about her thesis.

Unfortunately, she could no longer go back.

“The company’s Third-generation Domestic Magic Maiden. They aren’t expensive, about 30,000,000 Moni each. They can do anything.”

Entering the house, several Automaton maids had already prepared everything.

They took Ji Lingyuan’s coat and also took off Su Ling’s shoes to provide slippers.

“Anything?”

Su Ling felt the touch of these maids on her calves, her face turning slightly red.

The texture was almost indistinguishable from a real person’s.

“I know what you’re thinking. Yes, they can do that sort of thing too.”

Ji Lingyuan looked at Su Ling somewhat speechlessly.

As expected of a welfare girl, she thought of that first.

Su Ling’s face turned completely red.

‘This… this isn’t my fault.’

These Automaton maids were too beautiful, and their figures were top-tier.

It was clear that Ji Lingyuan’s preference was “large” in every sense of the word.

Without exception, her maids were all sisters with curvaceous figures.

“Then why did you look for me?” Su Ling whispered.

‘If I had so many maids, I would have spent every day in bliss like a decadent ruler.’

Even though she muttered very quietly, Ji Lingyuan still heard her.

In the next moment, Su Ling suddenly felt a pair of strong hands grab her waist.

With a sudden sense of weightlessness, she found herself being carried in Ji Lingyuan’s arms in a princess carry.

“How can an Automaton compare to a real person?”

In reality, she was actually just tired of them.

For the past ten years, her girlfriend, Hua Feihua, hadn’t “interacted” with her.

She couldn’t just be a manual laborer her whole life, could she?

Therefore, she had become obsessed with Automaton maids.

These Automaton maids were good in every way, almost perfect.

She could mold their appearance to her own tastes and choose their personalities herself.

They could even perfectly satisfy various perverted requests.

But in the end, they were not real people.

An Automaton was still an Automaton — a man-made object without a soul.

“Ah, wait, at least let me take a bath!”

Su Ling was startled when she saw Ji Lingyuan carrying her toward the bedroom.

‘Wait, lady, are you really that thirsty?’

“I like it just like this,” Ji Lingyuan said, licking her lips.

She kicked open the bedroom door and threw Su Ling onto the bed.

Lying on the soft bed and looking at Ji Lingyuan’s glowing green eyes, Su Ling couldn’t help but swallow.

“U-um… can you be a little gentle?”

“Hehe, that’s not up to you ~~~”

—

“Long time no see… The Mistress actually brought a live Witch home.”

Automatons had their own thoughts — at least, that was how the company advertised them.

When they saw Su Ling, every Automaton in the manor knew about it instantly.

These Automaton maids were constantly gossiping in their local area network.

“She doesn’t seem to be the Mistress’s girlfriend, does she?” one of the maids asked.

“I scanned and compared her against the photos in the Mistress’s bedroom. She shouldn’t be.”

“Wow! Has the Mistress finally seen the light?” a maid exclaimed.

They all knew about Ji Lingyuan and Hua Feihua.

Over the last ten years, whenever Ji Lingyuan was unhappy, she would take it out on them.

Over time, they had also learned some secrets.

“Sob, sob, sob… The Mistress is so cold-hearted. Did I do something wrong? Why did she have to find a ‘wildflower’?” one of the maids who was trimming branches said tearfully.

One month ago, she had even had an outdoor session with the Mistress.

“Give it a rest. We’re all man-made; we aren’t real people after all.”

In front of the closed bedroom door stood two respectful Automaton maids.

At this moment, their eyes were closed and their heads were slightly lowered, looking very serious.

However, in the local area network, the two of them were actually starting a live broadcast.

The intense, face-reddening sounds from the bedroom were heard by all the Automaton maids in the manor through the live stream.

“Study hard. This is a very valuable live-action tutorial. Try to do this well the next time the Mistress favors us.”

“Hmm, it’s so complicated. There’s no pattern to these vocal cords at all.”

In the kitchen, the little chef Automaton maid was preparing dinner with a deep frown.

They were all the latest generation of Automaton products, possessing the most advanced deep-learning capabilities.

But she couldn’t learn the voice of the Witch the Mistress brought back no matter how hard she tried.

“Z, can you learn it? Share the deep-learning data ~”

Ji Lingyuan had given each maid a code name.

The one on the right side of the door was Z.

“I can’t learn it, and neither can S.”

S was the Automaton maid standing next to Z.

The two of them had been trying to deep-learn just now, but unfortunately, they found it was just a completely irregular sound that they couldn’t learn at all.

“Sigh, as an Automaton, there is a long way to go.”

For a moment, all the maids in the manor let out a sigh.