Chapter 762: The Tale of the Mechanized God ④ (2/2)

[……Hey…… Would you be…… friends with me?]

[Ehh?]

[……Ahh, i- is it no good?]

[No, I was wondering what you'd say with that serious look on your face……. You don't really have to bother asking such a thing though, isn't it enough if we just call each other friends?]

[……Alicia.]

[It's not like you have to declare yourself someone's friend to be one. If both people think the same way about each other, then that makes you friends.]

[I see, unnn, I guess you're right…… Fufu, I'm glad. I've finally got my first friend.]

Seeing Makina's heartfelt smile of joy, Alicia also softly smiled. Just like that, so harmoniously that it was hard to believe that they had met for the first time today, they went on chatting with each other.

As Makina happily listened to Alicia's stories about her journey, before they knew it, it was almost night.

[Ahh, well, I'll be staying here for the night, so I'll be in your care.]

[I don't really know what's happening, but you're welcome. This house has almost nothing…… but it got a big bathroom!]

[Fumu, the bathroom is that room over there, right? From its position, only the bath looks wider…… It feels like it's been completely adjusted to make the exterior a regular cube.]

[Fufufu, I guess that's really what they wanted?]

Makina happily smiled at Alicia's words that she would stay the night. Afterwards, they ate canned dinner together and moved to the bathroom together.

It was just as Makina said, the bath was quite wide as it could hold not just two people, but quite a few people at the same time.

[Well, I guess this is something to be expected…… but there's nothing in the bathroom either huh. It's spacious, but it's only got iron walls and no windows, and the bathtub is just a simple tub with no designs…… I'd give it a 15 for looks.]

[Hmmm, that's a low mark huh. Well, I didn't really build it anyway.]

[Ahaha…… Mhmm?]

[Unnn? What's the matter, Alicia?]

Alicia was looking around the bathroom while nonchalantly giving her evaluation, but her gaze stopped midway and she began to stare at Makina.

Almost at the same time that Makina tilted her head, unsure of the purpose of her action, Alicia slowly reached out her hand.

[Makina sure have great skin~~]

[Hyaahhnn!? W- What are you suddenly doing!?]

[Uwahh, these bonkers are also smooth and bouncy…… Even though you're eating nothing but jelly and canned food, touching these babies feels really amazing.]

[Hnnn!? Wait, w- where the heck do you think you're touching!? Ahnn……]

[Fufufu, this irresistible feeling is something I must savor……]

[Your eyes look like those of a pervert, you know!?]

[Whoa there, don't think I'll let you get away with saying such things…… Now then, brace yourself!]

[Hyaaaahhhh!?]

Makina tried to escape as quickly as she could, but the difference in their physical abilities was glaringly obvious, and she was quickly caught by Alicia.

The sound of water dripping in the large bathroom loudly echoed, and Makina, with her white, translucent soft skin exposed, seems to have given up resisting, closing her eyes and allowing Alicia to do as she pleases.

Seeing such a Makina, Alicia smiled and technically moved her hand.

[……Itchy?]

[Unnn, rather, could you stop with those misleading words? Your words are leading in too much even though you're just washing my back. I'm seriously feeling like my chastity is at risk, you know?]

[Hmm~~ I wonder what you're talking about? Right from the start, I only intended to wash your back…… but I wonder what kind of misunderstanding did the adult Makina-chan have?]

[……You're mean. Alicia is so mean.]

[Ahaha, sorry, sorry. It's been a while since I've taken a bath with someone, so I got a little excited.]

[……You've got a little excited huh. That confirms it, you're a total friend. What a shock this is, for my first friend to be such a pervert.]

[Houu, now you've said it…… for cheeky girls like you, this is what happens!]

[Ufwaahh!? Geez! Don't suddenly pour hot water on my head!]

Within a few hours, the two of them had opened up with each other surprisingly greatly. It was as if they had been friends for years, even joking around like this…… and as if doing such a thing was very natural for them.

Was it their compatibility with each other? Even as she complained about Alicia when she screwed around, Makina still had a happy expression on her face the whole time.

[Now then, let's switch!]

[Unnn, then Alicia, sit down.]

[Yes, yes……. Ahh, there's something I forgot to mention. In some places, there are some people who wash others with their bodies covered in foam to deepen their relationship with each other.]

[……That's a lie. A complete lie. Alicia, you liar.]

[I didn't expect that I would be accused of lying by someone I've only known for a few hours. Well, I'm not necessarily lying though.]

[Eh? There seriously is a place like that!?]

It really was a casual conversation, but it was the first time for Makina to joke around with a friend. Through the power of clairvoyance, she had seen what friends were like and how they interacted with each other. However, this was the first time she had actually experienced it, and it was very refreshing for her.

[It's probably a little early for the little baby Makina though~~]

[Even though you said I'm an adult just now…… for lying girls like you, this is what happens!]

[Naive!]

[Hyaahhnn!?]

[Tsk tsk tsk, you still lack the resolve. If you stay like that, you'll be easily countered.]

[What are you doing, grabbing people's breasts and saying that with a smug look on your face!? Geez, Aliciaaaaa!!!]

[Ahaha.]

[Hey, don't run away!]

For Makina, who has been living in isolation on this empty birdcage-like island for the past 16 years since she can remember…… she had never felt this much fun in her life.

It was also the first time that she felt time passing so quickly.

It was also the first time…… that she ever wished that this time would last forever.

<Afterword>

? ? ? : [Haahhh…… The Makina of that time was still so cute and honest…… Why did such a person evolve into a crazy yandere? The passage of time sure is cruel.]

Makina-chan : [……That's a terrible thing for you to say. Speaking of which, don't you have to wake up Serious-senpai?]

? ? ? : [Anima-san's arc still hasn't ended yet……]

Makina-chan : [……Well, whatever happens to people that aren't my child isn't really my problem. Now that you mention it, there was that question, right? It's about the Earth we lived on…… About this matter, it may be good to have readers imagine that the ”Earth that my beloved child lived in” is the one closest to the readers' modern era, while the Earth Alicia and I lived headed for a different history. To put it simply, the Earth where my beloved child lived is ”Earth close to the modern era”, while the Earth Alicia and I lived in is ”Earth with strong SF factors”. Incidentally, Alicia is like a ”Hero of the mythic age”…… Well, that means that all readers are ”beings close to my beloved child”…… so you don't have to be reserved…… and allow yourselves to be spoiled by Mother, you know?]