The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1521

Living together with Gloriana aboard a single ship was an entirely new experience to Ves. While he had to get used to Gloriana’s idiosyncrasies such as her expression of her faith, all in all he felt as if he stepped into a paradise.

After spending so much time alone, he began to rediscover the pleasures of life. Talking, hugging, kissing and working together with Gloriana brightened his life like never before.

Whereas before his life revolved around his work, the addition of a woman by his side introduced a lot of brightness in his daily routine.

His days with Gloriana brought so much pleasure and contentment to him that his paranoia flared up from time to time. How could he be so lucky to mesh so well with another mech designer? It sounded too good to be true!

For this reason, Ves never let up his vigilance. He continually sent out Lucky to harvest more data from the Stellar Chaser’s databanks. He also sent out his spiritual projections to inspect each and every crew member aboard the ship to see if they weren’t hidden Compact agents or anything.

Nothing. Ves found nothing suspicious about his girlfriend among his nightly investigations. She appeared to be exactly as she presented herself as, and that confused him for some time. _{ƒreewebɳovel.com}

As someone who frequently lied and resorted to misdirection, he couldn’t really understand how Gloriana could be so honest and forthright to everyone.

From all of the communication logs he skimmed over, he never got the impression that Gloriana exhibited any hypocrisy or duplicity.

"She doesn’t have to." He realized. "The life she has led is different from mine."

She never had to fight for her life. She was protected around the clock by well-equipped guards and mechs. She mostly resided in the safest places in the Scimitar System and the rest of the Hegemony.

In addition, Gloriana did not have any interactions with scoundrels, pirates, spies and other scum. She never needed to adopt a flexible attitude to protect herself or get ahead in life. Her mother and the Wodin Dynasty had already paved most of the way for her success.

Gloriana enjoyed an enviable life. Though she still had to work hard on her account in order to meet her mother’s incredibly high expectations, she only needed to be a good mech designer.

She didn’t even have to sully her hands by engaging in politics, which was an important factor in keeping her pure!

It made sense once Ves regarded Gloriana as a product of the Wodin Dynasty. With thousands of descendants, each Wodin born into their name was expected to fulfill a specific purpose. Just like many other noble houses or dynasties, those who disgraced their families or ended up as good-for-nothings would be stripped of their esteemed names!

As a prominent and future high-ranking mech designer, the Wodins obviously treated Gloriana as a treasure to their entire dynasty. They did not raise her to become the next matriarch. They raised her to become their principal mech designer!

Though Ves wasn’t completely comfortable with this arrangement, he knew it was a fair one.

He wasn’t really sure what that meant in terms of their relationship. Would he become a potency of the Wodins once he married her? If they expected him to worship the ground that women walked upon, then he would definitely take issue!

Still, the joy he gained in his life far outweighed his concerns. In any case, becoming a potency of the Wodin Dynasty meant he also enjoyed their protection.

Nonetheless, if Ves wanted to earn the Wodin Dynasty’s approval, he had to show to them that he could bring much more value to them than any other potential suitor to Gloriana!

The suggestions that she put forward troubled him continually.

"Producing a bunch of masterworks derived from excellent second-class mech designs will kill two birds with one stone." She told him during their cuddling time in the lounge. Their cats cuddled together as well below their feet. "Not only will you be able to prove you’re better than the Journeymen from the Hegemony, but we can also earn an incredible amount of hex credits in the process to fund our upcoming expedition! It’s a perfect solution!"

Ves smiled awkwardly at her. "I admire your enthusiasm, but you ask too much of me. Crafting my first masterwork mech a few months ago was just a fluke. I keep telling you over and over again that masterworks can never be produced on demand!"

"We don’t have to make too many masterworks! Just a handful is enough for us to afford a factory ship!"

"How can that be?" He frowned. "As far as I know, the factory ships up to Hegemony standard are ludicrously expensive!"

She smiled and patted her forearm. "Oh, you silly boy, you underestimate the value of high-quality custom mechs. There are many wealthy scions in the Hegemony who would gladly pay a lot of hex credits to pilot a mech that can bring out the most of their strengths. If their mech is a masterwork on top of that, they can not only be assured that they are piloting the best that their money could buy, but they can also earn a lot of prestige from owning such a prized and rare machine!"

He understood both of those arguments. He knew that wealthy and powerful mech pilots like Lord Javier of House Eneqqin or Lady Miralix of House Laterna were willing to pay enormous sums to maximize their chances of success.

In their perspective, spending five to ten times the price of a standard mech was more than worth the expenditure if they achieved a lot of success in battle!

In their societies, success in battle directly translated into greater reputation, which would pay them a lot of dividends in the future such as being appointed to senior leadership positions.

As for masterwork mechs, they were so rare that each of them were pretty much regarded as trophies. Their excellent craftsmanship and exquisitely optimized performance would definitely earn the admiration of peers!

While their actual performance did not differ too much from non-masterwork mechs, the symbolic value they held simply couldn’t be bought on demand, which justified their insane price premiums!

"In other words, wealthy people are willing to spend insane amounts to satisfy their vanity." He summed up.