Chapter 47 - Ein & Lilith

"Mitzrael-sama," A Holy Angel called, "I found something unusual." The Holy Angel announced as she watched the body in front of her. She was only doing her regular inspection of the sector M of Universe Klug the origin universe of Mitzrael.

"What is it," Mitzrael appeared beside the Angel who bowed as soon as she saw. Mitzrael looked at the body on the ground. She froze for a second noticing something. "Is it alive?"

"Alive does not seem to be the right term," The angel stated, "I think operational would be better." They both stared at the body with several injuries but no blood. Yes, the body was not even organic, to say the least.

"But this soul.." Mitzrael spoke, "Bring it to Citadel, Mitzrael shall give a report to Lady Lait." She ordered the Holy Angel.

At Citadel, the Holy Angels went to Jahil's facility. 

"Sir Jahil, could we ask your assistance with this?" The Angels informed Jahil who was taking a break from his experiments. He stared at the body and gestured for it to be brought to Rimuru's Technological Facility. 

Rimuru and Jahil's Facilities are both separate and used together for most of their experiments. The separation is only for when they require personal space for individual projects. Jahil's facilities are more on biological experiments, while Rimuru's are more on technological experiments. 

Inside Rimuru's technological Facility is already packed full of technology more advance than at the Cardinal world by several thousand years. Thanks to the knowledge of the entire Multiverse at his hands. 

"What's going on?" with the appearance of a young woman, her light brown hair short and unkempt. She was dressed in a black lab coat, black gloves, and black boots over a white jumpsuit. 

She is the one in charge of the Facility when Rimuru is too busy to come by and try out new technology from other worlds. She was recruited by Rimuru in one of the worlds that were in the central part of the multiverse. She became Rimuru's assistant when it comes to technology. 

Rimuru noticed her boredom, and sympathize with the feeling. From what he knew, the world was in absolute peace after a certain great war. Her 'siblings' are either dead or out in supporting the world. She stayed in one place and just built whatever she felt like building. 

"Lilith-sama! We've been ordered to bring this one here by Jahil-sama." The Angels informed, 

"Oh? Looks like a fine body of machinery," She looked over the body with interest, "Alright, bring it here." She took the body and dragged it to the appraisal room.

She placed the body into a bed scanner to obtain any information she could acquire. 

"Let's see what we have here~," Hummed Lilith as she looked at one of several screen in the room, soon the data started coming to the screen. 

"Hm~? No organic matter detected, so a full on machine?" She looked at the body, "It seems to be in a non-operational state, but not yet completely unsalvageable."

She push the bed to bring the body to a different area to try and fix it. 

Meanwhile at the Office building. 

Rushing towards Lait's office, Mitzrael stopped in front of the door and knocked. 

"Mitzrael would like to speak with Lady Lait," She peeked through the door. 

"Come in," Lait ordered as she looked at Mitzrael, "What is it Mitzrael?" 

"Um, so uh," Mitzrael fumbled on her words as she doesn't now how to inform Lait. 

"Mitzrael," Gamaliel glared at Mitzrael who flinched under his gaze, "Speak clearly."

"Yes!" Mitzrael straightened, "Mitzrael has found an abnormal mechanical body that seems to house a soul similar to Lady Lait!" She announced as quickly as she could. 

Lait stopped writing at the paperwork and looked at Mitzrael, "A soul similar to mine?" 

"Yes, Mitzrael thought she was going insane, but it is similar to Lady's soul." Mitzrael answered, "Mitzrael had some Angels brought it to Sir Jahil." 

"I see," Lait was in deep thought, then she stood up. "Gamaliel have Rimuru-sama come to the Facility." She ordered and Gamaliel left to inform Rimuru. She followed Mitzrael to where the body is at. 

Jahil informed them where the body was, and that it was in the hands of Lilith. 

"Yo," Lilith waved at the two who came in. "Is this yours? Cause it is fascinating!" She said star-eyed.

"I think so," Lait answered unconsciously as she stares at the body, "It's just like with Metis," Her voice sullen. 

"Indeed, the soul fragment is not enough to maintain an identity or sentience of its own but it's like yours or Metis," Rimuru who arrived almost at the same time spoke, "The fact that it has one is probably the reason it got drag to a different universe." 

"Oh, finish the analysis of origin," Lilith spoke as she reads through the screem, "Universe Gemu, sector G, world 8 otherwise known as Holou planet. Species is mechanical race: Ex-machina." 

"Good work," Rimuru said, Lilith gave a thumbs up with a grin. "Lait, think about what you want to do with it, we'll fix it as best we can for now." 

Rimuru gestured towards Lilith who was already preparing tools to use. Lait thought what she should do in this situation. The soul is in a similar state as Metis' current soul, with no sentience or in a soul version of a vegetative state. 

She took out the soul fragment of Metis that she has kept with her all this time. Her first friend, someone she enjoys staying with. If we go by logic, they are both the same person originally but were spilt apart. And now, another fragmented soul that is of the same origin and same state as Metis. 

She mulls for a long time until she recalls Rimuru's words before, 'Since you are both fragments, why don't you absorb her'. "Both fragments," Lait muttered, "Absorb.. combine? assimilate!" 

Lait walked in as Rimuru and Lilith were fixing the ex-machina. 

"Like I said there is no way that a large gun is suppose to be there!" Rimuru shouted irritated. 

"No, no. Obviously a powerful weapon should be here." Lilith countered carrying one of her experimental guns. "This one can blow up a continent!"

"That is obviously where the arms should be," Rimuru blocked the way not letting Lilith get closer. 

"Chief I'm disappointed, and here I thought you understand Romance!" Lilith returned the weapon to her storage begrudgingly. "Didn't we dream of making weapons of mass destruction!" 

"I do understand Romance," Rimuru who heard her stated with his arms cross. "Maybe on the next ex-machina we acquire, this is Lait's, we can't mess with it." 

"Um, Rimuru-sama" Lait who was watching in the background finally decided to speak. 

"Oh Lait, so have you decided what to do with the soul fragment here?" Rimuru gestures for the body. 

"Yes," Lait brought out the soul of Metis, "I'll combine them."

Rimuru stared at Lait for a second before he nodded and let her place the soul of Metis into the body of the ex-machina. 

[System reboot:] the body while still being damaged sat down and started to mutter. [Designation Number: Ac003Bf7H28d5]

 [Investigate: Adjusting visuals to current capability.] It started to scan the surrounding with its still useable right eye. 

Then it stopped as it saw Lait, the two continues to stare at each other as Rimuru and Lilith prepared for the worst. 

[Error: System reboot fail.] The body started to shake, [Warning: unknown virus has reached the central processor.] It closed its eyes for several seconds and opened it again. 

[Alternative: Virus was deemed not hostile, virus was welcomed and assimilated.] The body smiled as it stares at Lait, [Elated: Lait is that you?]

Lait held her hands to her face, her eyes started to water as she recognized the voice. "Yes, it's me." Lait got closer to the body. "Is that you Metis?"

[Response: Partly correct,] The ex-machina answered. [Explanation: This unit has assimilated the memories of the intruder virus. It has integrated the personality given by the intruder.]

[Conclusion: The intruder has become one with this unit and is residing in this unit's body.]

"I see," Lait smiled, while still not the same Metis she knew. The important thing is that she is back and alive.

"So what should we call you," Rimuru who was watching from the side asked. "Is Metis fine or your designation number?"

[Desire: I would like to acquire a new name.]

Lilith continues to read through the new information being uploaded as they had their conversation. "Einzig?" Lilith tilted her head from the name, then she recalls where she heard it. "You're an Einzig?!" She pointed at the Ex-machina.

Einzig the administrator of all the clusters and Ex-machina.

[Correction: Former Einzig, this unit has lost connection with all the clusters. As procedure, a new one will be appointed for this unit's absence from the Befehler units.]

"Einzig.." Lait muttered to herself, "Then what about Ein?" 

[Approved: I will now be called as Ein.] 

"Say Ein, you recall what happened to you before you died as Metis right?" Lait asked. 

[Answer: I recall my spouse consuming me.]

"Do you want revenge or anything about it?" Rimuru questioned,

[Answer: I do not seek revenge or any sentiment on the matter, though I do desire to see my daughter at least once.] 

"Yeah well before all that we need to fix you up," Lilith scratched the back of her head. 

[Solution: Sending details of this unit's body,] The screens started showing new data about Ex-machina and especially about Ein's unit. 

"Ohh! Chief look, look." Lilith dragged Rimuru in front of the screen. "Let's not fix her and just make a new body for her!" 

Rimuru got out of her hold. "That seems like a good idea." Rimuru nodded and he looked at Lait and Ein who both agreed with him. 

And that is how Citadel has another addition on its forces, an Ex-machina of the name Ein. 

It took about a decade even with the technology that Citadel had to actually recreate the Ex-machina body of Ein. Or more like, the two mechanis, Rimuru and Lilith were fighting with how to modify the body to be much more powerful. 

Rimuru wanted to atleast maintain the humanoid appearance while making Ein powerful. While Lilith wanted to create a ten meter size Ex-machina with full on artillery on Ein's entire body. 

"If you just listen!" Lilith exclaimed. "We can make her a ten meter or maybe twenty meter tall robot that has world ending weapons!" she presented her blueprints.

"No! The original appearance isn't even there anymore. That's just a large robot!"

"Come on, they can even turn into vehicles! Isn't that convenient?"

"Just make your own type of large size Transformable machine!" Rimuru strangled Lilith who wouldn't stop altering Ein's design. "We have the data stored, just make it later."

"Fine..." Eventually Lilith gave up and focused on recreating and modifying Ein's body. 

Until finally. 

"How is it," Lait asked as Ein opened her eyes in her new body. "Do you feel weird anywhere?"

[Negative: Everything seems to be operational. I fill much more in tone with my body and processing abilities infact.]

(A/N: image not mine, "A story about a Droid" here's the sauce)

"That's good to hear Ein" Lait smiled as she clasped Ein's hand with her's. "Huh..?" Then she felt dizzy for some reason. 

"Hey Lait is it okay if I come in now?" Rimuru entered as Ein started to glow for few seconds before it died down. 

"Was that... just now.." 

"Rimuru-sama," Lait looked at Rimuru troubled, "I think I named her."

[Announcement: I heard a voice declare some information to me. I seem to have acquired something called a Unique Skill called Peerless machine. Further more my species is now Arch-Machina.]

"Well that confirms it," Rimuru smiled. "Congrats Lait to your first named being, To think you'd be first."

"Ah haha.." Lait laughed dryly. "Well on the upside, Ein should be stronger now."

[Query: What just happened to me?] Ein tilted her head as she asked Lait. 

"I'll explain.."

And thus several decades passed. 

"It's official, the experimentation of Beetle and Bee will be starting soon!" Rimuru and Jahil celebrated as they cheers with glasses of alcohol in Rimuru's facility. 

"Then you two are finally finished with those bugs?" Lilith who was inside the facility joined in on their little celebration. "What'll happen to them?" she means the experimental Chimera ants.

Jahil looked at Lilith, "Hm? Ah, more than half has already been thrown to some semi-barren planets."

"They turned into a new species after all," Rimuru pointed, "They won't fit anywhere else, they have to adapt first before they encounter any predators."

"So you say, but they should be scarier than the average predator," Jahil bump with his elbow laughing.

"The rest are still Chimera ants, if we just threw them out they'll upset the food chain." Rimuru drank from his glass. "Maybe we'll kill them and harvest materials."

"Can I have a few of them then?"

Rimuru and Jahil looked at her dubiously, "Didn't you have plans to make giant robots?"

"Ah that, I already finished them long ago." Lilith brushed of, "I'm interested on the capabilities of the Chimera Ants to be combined with machine."

"Wait, wait, wait." Rimuru gestures at Lilith to hold for a second. "What do you mean you've finished it? I've never seen you making it."

"Ah," Lilith looked away, she scratch her cheek. "You're always busy Chief so I didn't want to bother you so I made two of them. After that I got bored and threw them away to some.. Unknown.. Universe.."

"You idiot!" Rimuru grabbed Lilith's head.

"Ahhh! Wait, wait, Chief you're super strong, stop!"

"Where are they!"

"I really don't know, I'm sorry okay! Ah! I just heard a Crack!" Lilith continues to cry as Rimuru released her anger at her.

And then someone entered the facility, who unknowingly saved Lilith from further torture.

"Kufufufu Rimuru-sama you haven't named anyone yet have you."

"No, you arrived just in time."

A/N: I had a hard time making Ein's conversation. 

Don't correct me with Ex-machina information. I haven't read the novel nor do I feel like it. I'm basing it all on what I read on wiki and anime/movie. And have modified some things.

Lilith's fun. Guess what she just made 🤣 (the robots won't be relevant, just an indirect name drop) Don't correct me with her appearance, I original even wanted to color her hair white.

I'm finally adding characters! Can't wait for ######, ####, ######, and so many more.

Next week I won't be posting, it's a break. See you guys in two weeks!