Hearing Velez mention this, Soshyan was startled for a moment, and then nodded. Although Veronica hardly needed to put on makeup, and her psychic powers could achieve the effect of the best makeup artist, he did have some makeup artists in his house.
A spare dresser that Veronica installed herself.
As for whether this will reveal anything, judging from Velez's attitude today, she should already know enough about it, and there is nothing to hide.
"Do you mind if I use it for a while?"
"It's okay, but it was a bit unexpected. I thought it was a nun."
Velez raised his eyebrows.
"Do you think nuns will be unkempt every day? Even before battle, we will maintain the most perfect appearance to welcome the fate given to us by the emperor, not to mention daily non-combat times. Scars are an honor, but they do not mean
It has to be ugly."
Soshyan smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that his casual words would cause Velez to react so much.
Sure enough, he still couldn't quite understand the thinking of these women.
"Just wait a moment."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
"I'm quite surprised. I thought that as an Astartes, your first reaction after learning about the Short Men was to destroy and expel them, but I didn't expect that your plan was to contact them."
"I see."
"Does she stay in the same room with you every day?"
"Like you said, pragmatism. If it can save my sisters from getting hurt, I won't be so pedantic. And whether the short man is considered an alien or a demi-human, at least for now, the empire has no public opinion, even if the Astral Knights often appear strange
I didn’t say anything about the strange faces, such as the weird company commander who likes to use a chain saw and a halberd and always makes weird laughs, so you don’t have to worry.”
"In addition, please contact the battle damage statistics center in Angstrom, mainly to transfer the data of those mid-level and low-level command priests and military priests who have outstanding battles to my command center."
"I said, during rest."
Soshyan's eyes widened, then he took it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and smelled it again.
Velez found a cup, put it in it, added some water, and when she took it out, it had indeed turned into a towel.
"Well, in five hours I have a meeting with the person in charge of the Angstrom Skitarii. The location is arranged in the main conference room No. 3 of the Eternal Loyalty. After eight hours, I will also take time to meet with the stranded people.
Representation of shipping vessels in the galaxy."
Seeing Soshyan looking at him, Velez smiled and stopped what he was doing.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"I have a bit of an impression, but it seems like they don't have many activity records, what do you mean?"
"It looks very ordinary. Why does it have this effect?"
"ah?"
"What is this?"
"Okay. By the way, I found something interesting recently."
"I don't have that much time to rest."
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay"
Halfway through, Soshyan looked at Velez and suddenly remembered the identity of the other nun.
Soshyan blinked.
The Sisters are known to hate xenos.
Soshyan blinked. For some reason, he felt that Velez had not changed much.
after an hour
"Soshyan?"
Velez reached out and held the back of his hand.
"Then what?"
Velez then walked to the direction Soshyan pointed, and after pressing a hidden button, a small dressing table protruded from the wall. Velez sat on the stool, picked up a comb, and began to comb his hair.
Soshyan thought for a while, and then only found some fragmentary information.
"Soshiyang, I'm going to retrieve the data from the third dispatch center later and check the personnel rotation data of the second dispatch station this week. Do you have any meetings that need to be arranged?"
"I don't know. The merchant couldn't tell where it came from. He just said that he bought it from a retailer, and that retailer also bought the goods from other places. But I don't feel like this is human technology.
Have you ever heard of the Short Men, a race of inhumans said to be active near the center of the galaxy?"
Soshyan, who was leaning on his chair and looking at the data pad, was a little drowsy when he heard Velez's voice. He immediately started up, then turned around and found that the other person had his hands behind his back, bending slightly and smiling.
looking at himself.
"It looks very ordinary, but a sister accidentally discovered that it has strong filtration and sterilization effects, and can even eliminate certain subspace pollution. It can be turned into a very useful medical bandage with just a little water.
"
"Well, I will talk to the sages of Angstrom at the meeting later. They should have some contact with the short people in the maelstrom, and they can even try to establish a line with the short people group through them."
After returning to the office, Velez quickly got into working mode, with the two data boards working at the same time.
It turned out that Velez had been paying attention to the situation of the battle group. Soshyan thought that the other party didn't know before, but when he realized that he seemed a little arrogant, his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.
What has she been doing this hour?
But he was smart enough not to say it.
Suddenly, Velez said something.
".In addition, the galaxy is now in a state of lockdown. Although there are no problems with supplies for the time being, we still need to be prepared. The daily rations for all non-combatants have been changed from normal to wartime."
Soshyan looked at the towel in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"If the effect of this thing is really what you said, it can indeed save the lives of many soldiers. But is there any problem with its technology? The key point is whether it will cause criticism or religious issues, especially from the Mechanicus."
As he said that, Velez picked up a white round cake-shaped thing from the shelf nearby, and Soshyan was stunned when he saw it.
"I can't say that. The Sisters have almost no records of contact or combat with the short people. However, I have heard rumors that some forging worlds seem to have business dealings with the short people. At least as far as I know, the technology of the short people should be different.
It is doped with psychic energy, so there is no huge gap between it and human products. You may be able to ask some professionals on the Mechanicus side."
Velez looked at Soshyan, blinked with a smile, and suddenly said with rare ridicule:
"After testing, this thing does not contain any psychic components, but it does contain some kind of unique nanomaterial. I suspect that this may be a technological product of short people. It is said that short people often appear in the maelstrom."
"Well, sometimes we have to be more pragmatic in order to win. Hongshang also arranges people to trace the source. If it is really a short-term person, even if it is an alien, as long as it is beneficial to the empire, there is no problem in temporarily cooperating. If it is a businessman, it is nothing more.
It’s just a matter of money.”
"The last batch of merchant ships brought it from outside. What is it called? Compressed towels?"
With that said, Soshyan picked up the data pad, glanced at it, and then handed it to Velez.
After that, Velez didn't speak anymore and just did his own thing.
Soshyan looked at the data board and thought for a moment before replying:
"While working."
"I wholeheartedly believe that you must be loyal, and all means are only for the most noble goal. You are His messenger, and He is watching you."
He——
When he thought of the bewitcher's mask that looked like a smile but not a smile, Soshiyang's expression became even more awkward. He could only squeeze out an insincere smile and nodded.