The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4533

"HELENA! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE?!"

"Hihihihihi!"

"I know that you are still young in absolute terms, but that doesn't mean you can fool around and violate a taboo!"

"Hihihihihi!"

"I am being serious, Helena! If you won't take this seriously, then wait until I tell our mother!"

Bonk.

The older sister slapped her fist against her angry brother's head.

"Be cool, Ves. I was just honoring a tradition. There is no need to blow it up. It was just a kiss!"

"WE ARE SIBLINGS, HELENA!"

"So? That hasn't stopped the Gemini twins from smooching each other when they have grown old enough."

"I am pretty sure that you are underage!"

"I AM NOT!" Helena barked back! "I AM OLDER THAN YOU! Since you have already become a father, what is the harm of letting me enjoy a kiss?"

Ves let out a frustrated grunt. "I don't object to your desire to kiss someone in the mouth. You just don't do that with your own sibling! That is a great taboo in both human and alien societies!"

"I'm not even human, brother. You can't impose your legacy race's standards onto me. I am a god. I am above these mortal rules. Besides, isn't it a tradition for human gods to mess around with those closest to them? They don't always have the luxury of choice at times. Their family trees are quite interesting to say the least."

"You're talking about ancient myths invented by power hungry soothsayers! There is no basis in fact in those tales!"

"I am just bringing those examples up because you need to get rid of your attachment to your human norms and values. You have ascended, Ves. You should listen to your own advice. You are not beholden to human society anymore, just like how the Phase King should no longer abide by his biological imperatives."

That was a more serious argument than Ves expected from his sister. He needed to spend more time to formulate his response.

He let out a tired sigh. "I'm not like you, Helena. I did not wipe out a dark god moments after my birth. I entered this life as a bog-standard human baby, and grew up within the rules and structures of human society. I did not receive the treatment of a princess. I grew up in a fairly normal middle-class household on a backwater planet where nothing special happens. The only times my life became more interesting was when I was able to stay at the family gatherings at the Larkinson Estate."

"..."

"I cherish my childhood, Helena." Ves smiled. "My family and the society around me has taught me to be a human. I still value those lessons, especially now that they have become more relevant than ever. I will always stay a human in heart even if I become something completely different."

"..."

"Besides, your contempt towards human society is seriously misguided. Have you forgotten that the Big Two managed to depose the Five Scrolls Compact? God pilots paired with god mechs can eat pretend gods like you for breakfast. I am still a believer in human power."

His sister shrugged. "I guess you are right. I only have a partial glimpse of what humanity is like. The mechs that I am connected to are overwhelmingly used by Hexers. They are fine and all, but they only occupy a tiny corner of human civilization. You need to get to work and design more powerful mechs. I want to see what life is like for first-class mech pilots."

"I'm working on it, but becoming a first-class mech designer is not easy. My recent evolution has considerably accelerated my time table, but it will still take many decades before I am ready!"

One of the most important requirements of first-class mech designers was their mastery of many different fields of high technology.

It was practically impossible for baseline humans to learn all of the essential kinds of high technology that was necessary to design a basic first-class multipurpose mech.

The study load was at least a hundred if not a thousand times greater than the study load of a second-class mech designer!

The only way that students could even keep up with such a brutal study schedule was if they were set up to study so much science and engineering from the start.

Every first-class mech designer was a designer baby that had received many cognitive augmentations over the course of their life. The installation of an expensive cranial implant that excelled at calculation, memorization and logical deductions provided them with another powerful learning boost! _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

Though Ves could theoretically use the System to skip much of the essential learning, he would still have to spend up a lot of Ascension Points in order to round out his knowledge base.

Ves no longer believed it was necessary for him to scrounge up a lot of Ascension Points anymore.

His recent sublimation propelled his learning ability to an insane height!

Not only that, he believed it would take much less time for him to complete a design project by himself, so that allowed him to free up even more time for his studies!

While Ves thought about his future, his sister had stripped off a couple more pieces from the half-dismembered unclean whale.

The fact that the beast still managed to cling to life was not that unusual among spiritual life forms, but it was clear that the unclean whale was not too far away from dying for real.

"Here." Helena offered up one of the chunks of spiritual whale meat to him. "You should keep yourself nourished. I don't care about your vegetarianism. Our family has always thrived by absorbing the essence of our defeated foes. Let their souls fuel your growth."

Though Ves did not really look forward to this, he did not refuse his sister this time. He was afraid that she might do a repeat of her earlier move.

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