302 Vedas Plan (1/2)
Veda answered as if it was waiting for the young man to ask.
Ace squinted his eyes after hearing this. The most important thing within this spaceship wasn't their highly advanced cannon or the armor they use to protect from external attack. It wasn't the A.I. controlling this ship or the Arians manning the vessel, it was the Aether Force powering up this whole spacecraft!
”Wait... What would you use them for? I don't think that you'll need them to operate yourself, right?”
[ I need them to strengthen some of the aristocrats under me. ]
”Eh?”
Ace was a bit surprised to hear this. He was aware that the A.I. has a connection to many powerful individuals due to its identity as a secured database.
When he became an apprentice of a Grand Arcanist, his Senior Lacus Minerva explained about Veda's existence and how only a few people were aware of it.
But even though that was the case, he didn't think that Veda would use such a precious source of energy to help these people.
”I don't really mind since I have a huge amount of it after acquiring this ship... How much do you need?”
[ I'll need at least 50% ]
”Eh? That's too much? How will you use them anyway?”
[ I need it to complete a human experimentation that has been halted due to some problems. ]
”What?”
[ I need it to complete a human experimentation that has been halted due to some problems. ]
”Wait... I mean... What kind of experimentation would need such powerful energy?”
Ace paused for a moment after saying this...
”Human Experimentation... Don't tell me...”
He suddenly realized something as he tried to calm himself down.
”Haa~ Even the Empire or the Federation had never tried incorporating such energy to a living being... It's impossible...”
[ It should be impossible... for an average human being. ]
”Then? How are you going to use them?”
[ It will be used for the continuation of the experimentation with stronger mana practitioners. I calculated that the presence of such energy was needed to complete this project that has been halted for while now. ]
Ace already had an idea of what project Veda was talking about but he had to make sure about it...
”Is it that one from the Z-Company?”
[ No. It is the one that was continued by your country's Magician's Congress.”
”Haa~ Just like what I thought...”
Ace was aware of this. They were definitely talking about the Cryptic Link Project. It was from the Z-Company at first but after one of their laboratories was raided by the Lucent Force, the latter managed to acquire samples of the Cryptic Link Serum for their own use.
Ace decided not to ask further about this human experimentation as he didn't want to judge the A.I. based on his own morals.
Anyway, the government seems to be part of it so he didn't have to worry that much.
”Alright... I won't be stingy since you've helped me a lot. So I will give you 25% of the loot. As you know, I still need to operate this Omen and I plan to use them with other spaceships I'm about to create.”