Chapter 8: Summoning

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Lyle's understanding of summoning can be divided into two categories according to the way it is applied: one is energy summoning, which borrows power from a superior being in some way, during which the caster or superior being opens a channel to transmit energy; The second is the Thing Summoning Technique, which collects information over a wide area, sets up links, and opens channels to deliver specific things to the caster.

The former can be called the most suitable spell for Lyle in the world, and it is only natural for the divine envoy to borrow the power from the true god behind him, so as to avoid potential drawbacks such as 'the superior being suddenly loses his pity', 'unknowingly pays a heavy price', and 'loses the spell after reincarnation'.

However, this kind of spell is not in line with his growth philosophy, and he will not practice this type of spell until he is convinced that he has grown to the limit.

The latter is not very useful in practice, and the difficulty of obtaining an item with summoning is much higher than that of obtaining it with idealistic magic, and there are only two types of fighters that can be obtained with summoning: 'Waste that can't resist summoning' and 'Demon who deliberately responds to summoning'. Of course, if there is a goddess in the world who likes the Demon King Theater, it is possible for a waste to become a hero, but that has nothing to do with the summoning itself.

Lyle had already begun researching summoning, the "Flying Charm" that could be traced back to the wizarding world, and now through the analysis of SCP-662 (Butler Bell), his summoning skills have taken several steps to the next level...... However, the last and most difficult step was one step away from the result he wanted.

Spatial channels โ‰  dimensional channels

What Lyle wants is not a maid on the earth, nor a maid in the universe, but a maid in a previous life, and failing to open the dimensional passage is a failure. And the precise opening of the passage to another dimension is often the sign of the [Boundary Breaker], and the difficulty coefficient can be imagined how high it is.

However, for Lyle, his last step was far simpler than the others' last step - because in the distant past, the Reincarnation God had given him a Reincarnation Mirror that could be used as a dimensional passage.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€ฆ Still can't do it. "Not to mention activating the reincarnation mirror, even Lyle, who has an artifact that has been accompanied by his soul reincarnation, has failed again.

(Bellโ€”โ€”! The large bell on the bell tower replaces the doorbell to inform Lyle that someone is visiting.

"SCP-662 again?" Lyle frowned slightly, but he still unlocked the barrier at the entrance, allowing visitors to enter his mansion.

He has returned the bell to the Foundation, but the Foundation seems to have mistakenly believed that the bell was stolen by Lyle, and it is annoying to be asking him what other bad things he has done in secret.

But it is clear that today it was Lyle who had misunderstood, and it was the female shelter and their escorts who had been escorted from all over the world...... Ahem, no need to ask, it's God's handiwork. If the escort was in a normal state of mind, it would never have been possible to transport a group of containment items directly to Lyle for a maid recruitment interview.

"I want to thank the old man~" Lyle's frustration due to the failure of the interdimensional summoning technique disappeared, and he teleported from the sofa to the female containment objects, looking at them seriously and without being rude.

A woman of Caucasian descent with a good foundation but malnutrition, a cyborg girl with half of her body modified, a beautiful girl with a ceramic skin, and a woman made of water in light blue - after all, it is a containment object of the SCP Foundation, and it is not surprising that it has an unusual appearance.

"Don't worry, I just want you to be my maid, without the slightest malice...... I want to know that this kind of talk will not have any effect. Noticing the panic in the female shelters, Lyle turned to the confusing escorts, "Do you have their files?" Show me. โ€

"Understood." The escort didn't even hesitate for a moment, and quickly collected the containment files on his body and handed them to Lyle.

They were only escorts, not competent researchers, and were not qualified to have the full information, only basic introductory information, so it didn't take Lyle too long to read it.

"......" Lyle's smile was gone when he finished reading.

SCP-187 is a woman who is unable to control her powers, and can even see her food turn into excrement, causing her eating to be affected; SCP-706 (Perfect Porcelain Doll) is a girl who has been transformed into a porcelain doll during a domestic violence dispute, believing that her father and mother would not quarrel if she had been as beautiful and well-behaved as a porcelain doll; SCP-054 (Water Elves) is a very ordinary magical creature that has been subjected to various experiments by the Foundation.

There is nothing wrong with all three, but SCP-191 (Mechanical Girl) is simply a human girl who has been illegally modified by other organizations, and her body has been replaced with electronic and mechanical parts, causing her normal physiological dysfunction to the point where she is unable to even communicate verbally, and can only make painful whimpering sounds.

"The Foundation has finally done something good, so let's be more relaxed in the future." Lyle put aside the papers, walked over to the mechanical girl who was about as tall as him, and reached for her abdomen.

The green light representing life is injected into the mechanical girl's body, and the metal parts of her body are expelled one by one, and it only takes a few seconds to return to the normal human girl posture.

SCP-191 shook twice, before losing its balance and sitting on the ground, trembling and raising its hands, tears streaming down its own involuntarily and letting out a miserable whimper.

"She's now back to a normal human girl, but she's been transformed for so long that she's forgotten how to walk and talk for a while." Lyle withdrew his palm and said to the escort behind him, "Take her to a physical examination, and after confirming that it is correct, let her return to the life of an ordinary person." โ€

"Yes!" There was no confusion in the escort's eyes, and he replied resolutely, and it was clear that even without God's mental control, this was in line with his own thoughts.

Incidentally, SCP Foundation staff have one or another ill, but most of them are willing to care for young children, with the exception of Dr. Clive, who has always tried to nip all threats in the bud.

"Multi-...... Thank you......" SCP-191 was picked up by its escort, and finally regained its long-lost ability to speak before leaving.

"For those who have recovered from this condition, the Foundation will definitely place them in specific families for long-term observation, but I don't know if they will have their memories erased." Lyle was not going to intervene in this regard, as he was unsure of which would be better for SCP-191, which had suffered such a catastrophe.

"Forget it, adjust your mood and officially recruit maids~" Lyle patted his cheek and looked back at the other three interviewers.

For some reason, the three female containment objects, who had been panicking before, looked much calmer at this time.