Hilde looked the doll up and down.
At first glance, it was hard to recognize it as a doll at all, because it differed enormously from what people normally understood a doll to be. There were no stiff joints or exposed lines. Its head was that of a girl with her eyes closed, and they had even fitted it with a blond wig.
It really did look like a sleeping girl.
"Hilde, this is Project One of the Aishi Magic Workshop, and the Unit-01 prototype for the entire project. Its code name is 'Girl,'" Aisha said with a smile.
"Is this an Automaton?" Hilde asked.
"That's right. We're still less than fifty percent done, but we've already overcome the material problems. All that's left is to inscribe magic circles throughout its body and give it a mind through spirit summoning. Then we'll have a real Automaton!" Aisha said.
Summoning Magic was an extremely profound branch of magic.
Making magical implements, summoning spirits, long-distance teleportation, summoning familiars—all of these were related to Summoning Magic.
Aisha had learned her Summoning Magic from Perugius.
Rudeus had previously recommended Aisha to Perugius, allowing her to become his student.
Although Perugius had initially approached teaching Aisha with the attitude that he would just "teach her a little," he had begun earnestly passing on his knowledge of various kinds of Summoning Magic after witnessing her extraordinary ability to learn.
And Perugius was a Divine Rank summoning mage.
Whether it was summoning familiars, summoning spirits, or enchanting magical implements, Perugius was the absolute authority in each field. There was quite simply no one else in the world who could compare to him.
Even though Aisha had studied diligently, she had not been learning for long and had only mastered a small portion of his knowledge.
Yet even