After saying that as if swearing, the princess knocked down the magic crystal supply lever of the clock tower class magic construct with a bang.
Please, give me a break.
Surrounded by strong looking military men, there is no way I could talk casually with a real royal princess.
「So, this control stick is something you’ve developed recently, right? This is what you use to make the magic construct move, right?」
「There is no safety device on this stick so you have to slowly move it forward. If you move it forward at an angle that it will be stuck up to the left, it will crash into this place.」
Saying this, I opened the maintenance hatch of the pilot’s seat and removed the sealing metal fittings of the control rod.
To put it simply, this control rod is like the control mechanism of the spider’s lower body combined into one lever.
It could also be described as the left stick of an action game controller.
As we were working with this clocktower class spider, it became a hassle to perform complicated operations one by one so we created this crude mechanism on a spur of the moment basis without any safety devices or limiters.
It is a very dangerous device that could easily cause an accident so of course, we had planned to remove it when we officially delivered the product to the customer…..
The existence of this device was completed exposed by the manual for internal use that was found in the documents that were confiscated blitzkriegly by the princess who came for this unannounced inspection.
Of course, we explained to her that it was dangerous but she insisted saying, “I’ll make the decision after trying it.”.
Even brother in law, who is my confidant, can’t stop her so I don’t know anymore!
If there will be an accident, then there is an accident, that’s it!
However, please return that to me unharmed if you can, princess-sama…..
「Then, here I go. Alright」
「Slowly desu yo, slowly」
As princess-sama held down the control rod, the magic construct moved forward with a thud, thud, thud, sound.
「It moved it moved」
「Once you’ve reached the front of the hole, please pull the lever back」
「Understood. However I’m going to try out a little more first.」
「W-wait!」
Princess-sama moved the lever back and forth, left and right, as if checking the range of motion of the machine.
The gigantic spider moved its legs as she had inputted and the roar and tremors of earth were transmitted to us.
「Not as agile as I heard!?」
「There’s no safety device on it! It’s on full power drive! If you move it too hard and trip over something, it will blow up!」
「Don’t worry! I’ll make it move properly!」
Princess-sama even incorporated a turning maneuver that she had not been taught about. She’s dexterously maneuvering the clock tower class magic construct.
Although I said so to the princess-sama earlier, the Arachne magic construct is quite highly balanced with its eight spider legs and human shaped upper body.
It will not fall down easily.
But even so, that magic construct is a giant with a total height of 100 meters.
A normal person wouldn’t dare move it this wildly at such a distance given that it can destroy anything in its path.
But she’s a royal princess after all.
Her guts isn’t something a small countrysider like me could ever measure.
「This isn’t bad! I want to see how fast it is!」
「Impossible! This place is so small!」
「Here it goes!」
The cables extending from the pilot’s seat were not long enough to measure the speed.
Even now, it can handle a distance up to about one kilometer but one step at a time……comparing it to this time, it has already taken 20 steps.
「Can this thing jump up and down!?」
「It can’t!」
「I think it can!」
「We have never tried it!」
「That means it’s time to test it now.」
Spilling out like that as if talking to herself amidst the roar of the crowd, the princess-sama shook her golden hair, which was worth more than real gold, and showed a carefree smile that seemed to be for the audience.
As she fluidly performed a posture control I had not taught her, the Arachne naturally bent down as if it had been brought to life.
「Sto!」
When the incomplete world was released in the air, the giant spider was already leaping and it looked like something out of a monster movie.
I quickly jumped under the panels and grabbed the legs of Professor Marino, whose face was already deep blue, and dragged him down with me.
After two seconds or so of silence, came a deafening explosion, vibration, and cloud of dust as if there was a sideway storm.
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