episode_0179

‘You must be careful of scurvy on long distance voyages!’

Lamberth was adjusting his rudder while feeling the weather and air of the sea from the bow, when he suddenly remembered Rupert’s words.

‘I knew it would turn out just as you said, Master.’

Lambert was also well aware of the existence of scurvy.

It was a very scary disease that fishermen did not get, but those who traveled up to the Eastern Continent often got it.

Scurvy, the curse of the sea, causes patients to become increasingly tired, lose their teeth, bleed all over their body, and eventually die.

‘The sea god is angry!! We must offer a sacrifice!!!’

Because of the disease, the cause of which was unknown, people often threw food into the sea or even offered people as sacrifices.

But Lambus knew that the cause of the disease was in the vegetables.

‘What is it?’

‘This? It’s a traditional food from my hometown. It’s cabbage pickled in vinegar.’

An unidentified food brought by one of his companions when he rode together on the Eastern Continent.

Although he refused it because it smelled sour, Lamberth soon ate the pickled cabbage his colleague had brought him after hearing that he had never suffered from scurvy despite having traveled to the Eastern Continent several times.

Strangely enough, while most of the others, except for him and his two colleagues, suffered from scurvy, the two of them remained healthy until the end.

After making several more trips up the mountain, Lamberth discovered a characteristic of those who did not get scurvy.

We found that all of them ate vegetables, fruits or raw foods in some way.

But he also told others about his discovery.

‘What? That’s nonsense! Sea people only need alcohol and meat!’

Everyone else just laughed at Lambus’ words, no one took them seriously.

Even if you make suggestions to the captain in charge of the voyage, he will often ignore you, saying there is no place to carry such things.

Lambus had no choice but to pack only what he could eat.

“Captain Lambus! Are you giving us pickled cabbage again today?!”

“Hmm… This is for the executives.”

“Please don’t do that, give us some too!”

When it was lunchtime, the sailors came to him and asked to share some pickled cabbage.

Lambus couldn’t help but laugh at this incredible miracle.

“Good! Today, I will give pickled cabbage to the regular sailors as a special treat!”

“Wow!!!”

This miracle, where the sailors, who had only eaten alcohol or dried meat, began to eat pickled cabbage and fruit on their own, was thanks to Rupert’s advice.

‘You should not take them and distribute them right away, but only you and your key officials should eat them.’

‘yes?’

At first, Lamberth was bewildered by Rupert’s absurd advice.

He thought it was too cruel to ask only the officers to eat the food brought to prevent scurvy among the sailors.

‘If that happens, ordinary sailors will protest and ask for vegetables and fruits without being forced to do so.’

But that was the future that Rupert saw.

Lamberth, who set out on a voyage to the west, initially distributed the fruits and vegetables he brought with him only to his officers, following Rupert’s advice.

People who used to ignore such things, saying that only women eat them, started grumbling at some point, saying that they were being discriminated against.

And then the sailors protested, asking for vegetables and fruits for themselves too.

Lambus hid his bewilderment at the incredible change and began distributing the vegetables and fruits as Rupert had told him, as if he were being forced to give them to others despite his reluctance.

Now, even without him forcing them to eat, the sailors are now taking care of it themselves.

Thanks to this, there were not a single cases of scurvy on this voyage.

Others were clamoring about a Somerset miracle, or the protection of a goddess, but Lamberth thought it was a miracle created by Rupert.

“I feel these days that the world is full of things we don’t know.”

“You too?”

The sea is such a constantly changing place that Lambus couldn’t take his eyes off it for even a moment. While Lambus was eating while holding the helm, First Officer Jack approached him and spoke to him.

“Didn’t you see it, Captain?”

“Yeah, I still can’t forget that sight.”

The two recalled the unbelievable sight they had seen not long ago.

‘It’s the background!!!’

‘No, that’s the blue whale from Pinocchio!’

‘Does it matter? If we hit that thing, we’ll sink. Change direction immediately!’

As they were growing tired of sailing with no islands and only the horizon in sight, a huge whale appeared before their eyes.

Lambus and all the other sailors on this voyage were veterans, so it wasn’t their first time seeing whales.

But the whale I saw this time was different from the whales I had seen so far.

Both Lamberth and the crew could only stare blankly for a moment at the sight of the ship, its body the size of the one they were on, rising above the water and disappearing.

Fortunately, it didn’t collide with the ship, but it’s a monster that makes you wonder how they could possibly resist if it were to hit them with its massive body.

The sailors chattered for a long time, speculating whether the whale was the white whale from Moby Dick or the blue whale from Pinocchio.

‘There really might be a Kraken.’

Lambus thought it was a good idea to capture the scene with the camera he had brought along.

He originally brought it to the unknown continent of the West to take pictures of its scenery, but even before he got there, he was already excited because he thought he would be able to find many things that would surprise the world.

***

“What the heck is this… .”

“Hello, Master. I am a new golem created by Master Xenia.”

Rupert was speechless at the sight of the woman, or rather the new golem, speaking in front of him.

“I didn’t mean to surprise you… .”

“This guy is my masterpiece! No other dwarf would dare make something like this.”

Next to Rupert, Xenia was at a loss and Krun was just busy bragging about being excited.

“So this is something that Xenia and Krun made together?”

“Yes, Rupert said before that he would like something that could help him with his work… .”

Rupert was even more shocked by Xenia’s answer.

‘I thought you said something like a magic pen?’

The new golem that Xenia and Krun showed Rupert as a gift was something that could hardly be called an object.

“This… No, so what are the performance levels of this new golem?”

“You can think of it as being similar to human intelligence. Of course, it’s the level in learned situations rather than in irregular situations.”

Xenia continued her explanation.

Xenia explains step by step what this new golem is structured like, how it learns, and what it is capable of.

‘Isn’t this totally Android?’

The more Rupert listened to the explanation, the more he felt that it was exactly like an artificial intelligence robot that had not yet been developed on Earth.

Of course, the detailed technology and principles were completely different, but it was truly a work that was far ahead of its time.

“Do other people know about this?”

“No! I worked hard to keep it a secret.”

Rupert sighed in relief at Xenia’s words.

If information about this new golem had leaked out, it would have been something the imperial family would have immediately sought after.

“The only people who know about this are Marquis Bradley and Miss Ada.”

“Father and Ada?”

“That’s… .”

Xenia gave a brief explanation of what happened last time.

Then Rupert’s face turned pale.

“Then, Mr. Edric also knows this fact?!”

“Don’t worry about that. There’s no way he’ll spread rumors about it.”

“Of course, I think so too, but still, maybe… .”

“It’s okay. I can guarantee it.”

Rupert couldn’t ask any more questions to Xenia, who spoke with such confidence.

“Master, give me a mission.”

“Uh, so instead of calling me master, can you call me Rupert?”

“Okay, Rupert.”

Rupert was troubled by the appearance of the new golem, which looked human no matter how he looked at it, if not for its harsh voice.

‘What should I call this?’

Now that he had changed the burdensome title of “Master,” Rupert was thinking for a moment about what to call the new golem.

“Is it okay if I call you Siri from now on?”

“Siri… Is that my Pinocchio?”

“What?”

“I learned it from Ada. The name given by the Creator.”

Rupert was momentarily surprised by the answer from the new golem he named Siri.

I was surprised for a moment as to how he knew about his work, Pinocchio, but when Ada’s name came up, I automatically wondered what Ada had done.

“Yeah, you need a name too.”

“Thank you, Rupert. I will learn from you so that I can do the job you ask me to do better.”

After Rupert said he understood Siri’s answer, he urged Krun and Xenia to do the same.

“The fact that Siri is a new type of golem should be known only to us.”

“What? You made such a wonderful thing, and you want to hide it?”

“I know what you mean.”

Krun resists and Xenia understands.

For such a crown, Rupert added an explanation.

“Siri is something that is coveted not only by the Empire but by all the countries on the Continent. If this fact spreads, not only our family but you two may be in danger.”

Only then did Krun realize the seriousness of the situation, his expression hardening.

In fact, even though Krun was currently under the protection of House Somerset, if he were in another poor place, he could have been kidnapped and treated like a slave at any time.

In fact, it is because of this that a racial war broke out in the past.

“Fortunately, he looks like a normal person on the outside, so if you’re careful, you’ll be fine.”

After finishing speaking, Rupert looked at Siri again.

Although he was embarrassed, he wanted to quickly check the performance because he thought it was a gift that could be of great help to his already busy schedule.