I Became a Genius Mechanic at the Academy – Chapter 40

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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I was looking far into the future.

So, I was drawing the future of what form the Devil Suit should ultimately evolve into.

As a result, I concluded that a computer was necessary.

Because a computer was involved in all the overall functions of the suit.

For example, let’s say I wanted to implement an ‘auto-equip’ function.

For auto-equip to work, the suit had to recognize the user.

Because I couldn’t let just anyone wear the suit.

So, the moment I approached, the suit had to recognize my appearance through a scanning device.

To confirm whether the human trying to wear this suit was indeed ‘Edgar Fix.’

Then, how would it confirm that it was Edgar Fix?

By capturing my characteristics.

Hair, iris, nose length, lip shape, eyebrow length, height, skeleton, gait, voice, shoulder width, skin texture, and so on. It had to capture as many characteristics as possible.

That way, the accuracy of identifying the individual ‘Edgar Fix’ would increase.

If it distinguished the user only by ‘black hair,’ then it would be an indiscriminate suit that would let in anyone with black hair.

Anyway, the suit would scan my appearance and then store those characteristics.

It would probably store them something like this.

UserInfo.hairColor = black

UserInfo.eyesColor = silver_black

UserInfo.height = 179.5

UserInfo.faceProportions = 1108

It would put hair color, eye color, height, face proportions, etc. into the various parameters of the class UserInfo that handled user information.

Then, the suit would send a command to the database with this information.

Like this:

[Hey, pull up the owner’s information.]

Then, the database that received the command would pull up my information stored in it.

Like this.

[

dbms.hairColor = black

dbms.eyesColor = silver_black

dbms.height = 179.5

dbms.faceProportions = 1108

]

Okay, up to this point, it had successfully retrieved my information stored in the database.

Then, the next step was to compare my information stored in UserInfo with my information retrieved from the database.

In other words, compare the hairColor of the database and the hairColor of UserInfo.

Compare the eyesColor of the database and the eyesColor of UserInfo.

Compare the height of the database and the height of UserInfo.

Compare the faceProportions of the database and the faceProportions of UserInfo.

If all the information matched, the suit would determine that the individual approaching it was indeed ‘Edgar Fix.’

Because the information obtained by scanning me matched the information stored in the database.

If my information matched, the suit would issue the next command.

[Guys, it’s the owner. Open up so he can enter.]

Having received this command, the entire body of the suit would operate the device, open the head, open the chest, and spread the legs so that I could enter, and wait for me to enter.
[T/N: hmm…. Let him cook]

When I entered the suit, it would determine whether all parts of my body had entered without any problems, and if there were no problems, it would close the open back and tighten the screws itself to complete the wearing.

As such, even just for auto-equip, numerous commands were carried out behind the scenes.

And this was even simplified to the minimum, originally, even just to implement auto-equip, countless parts had to be considered.

Because of this, the existence of a CPU that could perform complex calculations in less than 1 second was essential.

‘And that’s not all.’

The CPU was involved in almost everything.

Even the military CPUs installed in F-22 fighter jets had a total data command processing capacity of 1 billion times per second.

But the suit I was trying to develop was on a different level from the flight of a fighter jet.

Since I was flying in human form, I had to completely recalculate the calculation methods for lift, drag, thrust, and gravity, the four forces that act on flight.

To perfectly calculate the action of all these forces and make the suit float, a tremendously high-performance CPU had to assist me.

In other words, I needed a guy like Jarvis.

“Hmm… it won’t be easy…”

But, Jarvis wasn’t something that could be created overnight.

For artificial intelligence to be born, the computer had to be raised to the level of a quantum computer, and it had to be able to process while learning a tremendous amount of data.

Honestly, I felt helpless about whether I could do it alone.

“Weeeooong~!”

At that time.

Fix approached me and spoke.

On the LCD, the message [Master, you don’t look good] was displayed.

What a commendable fellow, to worry about me.

“Huh?”

But at that moment.

I got goosebumps on my spine.

Wasn’t the high-performance CPU I was trying to create standing right in front of me?

“You, you were worried about me…?”

Worry.

What would Fix have to do to worry about me?

First, it would have to recognize my biometric information.

Facial expression, gestures, tone of voice, heart rate, breathing condition, etc.

It would recognize all that information and store it in parameters.

Then, it would compare the biometric information stored in the parameters with my biometric information stored in the database and conclude that it was different from usual.

Because my worried state would obviously be different from usual.

After concluding that it was different from usual, it would put my data into a function that implemented an ’emotion classification algorithm’ to define what state I was in, and obtain the return value of ‘worry.’

Then, Fix’s CPU would pass the value to a function called ‘Fix’s behavior guidelines’ with that return value.

To a function implemented roughly like this.

{

1. If the return is ‘joy,’ dance.

2. If the return is ‘sadness,’ comfort.

3. If the return is ‘slight sadness,’ make a joke.

4. If the return is ‘worry,’ lower the emission sound of ‘Weeeooong~’ by 45db (decibels) to ‘Weeeooong…’ to create a dejected feeling, lower the wheel rotation speed to 65rpm to create a feeling of being down, and display the LCD screen [Master, you don’t look good].

}

Then, of course, the return value of the function would be number 4.

Then, the ‘Fix’s behavior guidelines’ function would derive the return value of number 4, and Fix’s CPU would issue a command based on this information.

To carry out number 4 exactly.

“Weeeooooong….?”

Fix’s CPU was probably still doing elaborate and complex calculations.

It’s likely updating my biometric information in real-time and applying various algorithms and functions to create a plan to return my biometrics to normal.

Probably in a way that was trillions of times more elaborate than the method I explained.

“Hahahaha! Fix! I’m so glad to have you!”

“Weeeooong~!”

But no matter how high-performance an artificial intelligence like Fix was, it couldn’t look into my inner thoughts.

That’s why it was displaying (灬╹ω╹灬) on its LCD.

I smiled at Fix and said.

“Fix. I want to look inside you.” [T/N: -_- ]

“Weeoong!?”

“Let’s open your head.”

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“Hmm… I see.”

The office of the head of the Cruel estate.

Having just received a report on Edgar Fix, Eleiya let out a heavy sigh with a serious expression.

At the equipment demonstration, Edgar’s introduction of air conditioning had significantly boosted his influence.

“An item that makes the room cool…”

An item that turned hot air into cool air.

That was truly an innovation in itself.

In particular, since the Empire had the longest summer among the four seasons, Ed’s item would surely sell like hotcakes throughout the territory.

“He will become enormously wealthy.”

The core power mana stone that was essential to operate the air conditioner.

Ed was selling it in bundles of 30 for 2.6 million Orden.

Even if only 100 air conditioners were supplied, he would earn 260 million Orden per month.

‘Of course, according to that guy, that miraculous device belonged to the Imperial family. But…’

It was unlikely that Ed would give that money to the Imperial family for free.

Having faced Ed directly before, Eleiya knew Ed had a political fox inside him.

“He must have been the one who led it.”

So, Eleiya came to this conclusion.

Introducing the air conditioner as an item of the Imperial family was a planned move by that guy to rake in money by attaching the ‘Imperial’ brand.

He was clearly splitting some of the profits with the Imperial family through some kind of deal.

“Then…”

As time passed, Ed would become one of the wealthiest people in the Empire.

At the same time, it was clear that he would receive the favor of the Emperor.

There was no reason for the Emperor not to like Ed, who would be paying a huge amount of money to the Imperial family every month.

“Moreover, Graham’s North Wind…”

In addition, he had attached the name ‘Graham’s North Wind’ to such an influential item.

Just by naming it, the prestige of the Graham family would rise on its own.

This was akin to the alliance proposal he extended to the Graham family.

Since he had shown his ability and favor, it was clear that the Graham family would also respond to this with their best efforts.

“I… miscalculated.”

His hands were trembling.

Even though he was a Sword Saint.

That was because, with this one incident, Ed had achieved numerous victorious results.

A strong relationship with the Imperial family, an alliance with the Northern Duke, enormous wealth, the honor of being the inventor of the device, and so on.

He had achieved so much just by making one item.

“He’s… getting close to Isabella.”

And that guy who had achieved such enormous things was rumored to be close to Isabella.

Didn’t he say that the reason he discovered the item was because of Isabella’s ‘hand fan’?

That picky young lady, who carried all sorts of strange rumors, volunteered to be a hand fan and blew a breeze to a commoner?

Just how close must they be for her to do such a heart-fluttering thing without hesitation?

Eleiya’s forehead began to sweat.

“I, I misjudged the value… It’s my mistake.”

Come to think of it, the time when Ed and Isabella became close seemed to be right after he met him.

Could it be that, by saying unnecessary things to Edgar, he had made him distance himself from Enya?

If Ed and Isabella were to get together, what would happen to the structure of the Empire?

If such an amazing item like ‘Graham’s North Wind’ continued to be created by his hands, where would his influence reach?

“He’s not someone who will be… devoured by power.”

There had been many commoners who had shown outstanding abilities.

But they had fallen, overconfident in their abilities without understanding the complex political structure and the ecosystem of the nobility.

Every commoner so far.

But that guy was different.

He had both skill and courage, knew when to reveal them and when not to, and knew how to use people’s desires.

He had a natural talent not only in skill and appearance but also in political calculations.

“F, Fix, son-in-law…”

Considering these things, Eleiya realized that he had been mistaken.

He wasn’t just a male concubine, he was a talent who was worthy of being a son-in-law.

Because as long as he maintained a friendly relationship with the Emperor, he would receive a ‘title’ when a suitable justification arose.

He was a man who would become a noble with his own hands in the near future.

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