Volume 0 - Chapter 2 – SUCCESSOR’S BIRTH (1/2)
「A ceiling I don’t recognise…」 ⚑
Jin woke up in 『this』 world. There are words of a promise.
「Are you ・ awake ・ Master?」
Hearing that voice Jin got up in surprise and saw a beautiful girl. Black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. A height of about 120cm, an elementary student? The clothes she wore were similar to a maid’s.
「Ummm… who are you?」
「I am ・ an automata. A name ・ I do not possess」
Her answer left Jin unable to reply and he began to gather his thoughts,
（Automata… I think Europe produced marionettes… but there weren’t any this elaborate were there?）
Then Jin noticed, what he had heard was not Japanese. Furthermore it wasn’t English, French, German or any other language he knew.
「Umm… so, were you the one that saved me?」
For now, he decided to ask questions one by one to confirm the situation.
「To say ・ saved ・ is slightly ・incorrect. I had ・ simply ・ called ・ Master ・ here」
「Then, where am I?」
「Mother’s ・ Laboratory」
「Mother, that would be the person who created you, is that right?」
「That is correct」
「Where is that person?」
「Passed away ・ 1024 years ・ 8 months ・ 27 days ・ ago」
Passed away… he didn’t know the word the 《Automata》 said, however the word was similar to a formal old fashioned Japanese word and Jin used that to understand the meaning of what she said. ⚑
「I… I see」
1024 years, 8 months and 27 days. That is to say this 《Automata》 has been operating for that unthinkable amount of time.
「So, why have you called me here?」
「For you ・ to succeed ・Mother’s ・ everything」
「To succeed her everything? …un, could you be a bit more specific?」
「Understood. Everything would be ・ this laboratory ・ and also ・ Mother’s ・magic techniques. Is this explanation sufficient?」
Although it was brief and he wanted to ask for more, he understood the main points.
「To put it simply, I’m to succeed your 『Mother』 who is a magic user, that’s what you mean right?」
「Yes ・ that is correct」
A language he has never heard of, there was an unimaginable 《Automata》 in existence, and a place that was not Earth, it did not take long for Jin to understand this. To begin with, he should have fallen into the ladle of the electric furnace. The intense heat, he could still remember the feeling of it burning his body.
「So, did you heal me?」
If that was true, magic is amazing, was what he though while he asked to confirm,
「No ・ I did not ・do such ・ a thing」
she said stopping that thought. Though,
「In order to ・ transfer over ・ the outer world ・ magic power ・is used ・ in proportion ・ to compensate ・ for a ・ new self ・ is the explanation」
「Then when transferring to another world, magic power will compensate for the damages to the body…?」
Jin looked to examine the changes to his body. Left hand. The scar from when he accidentally cut his thumb with a knife in elementary school was gone. Right leg. There was no trace of a dog bite. Feeling with his hands, even his back with a scald from hot water being spilt on it was now clean and smooth.
And when Jin finished confirming, he finally noticed he was naked.
「UWAAAAAAAA!」
Although the other party was an 《Automata》, because no matter how he looked at it, the only thing he could see was a beautiful girl, so this kind of reaction was natural..
「Master? What ・ is the ・ matter?」
An 《Automata》 is an 《Automata》, however being stared at with a face without worry was all the more embarrassing for Jin.
For now Jin wrapped a bed sheet around his body and calmed down, reconsidering the situation.
（Anyways, I was on the verge of being burnt to death… or rather I was saved by this child 『calling』 my body that was mostly burnt to death）
（I probably can’t return back to my former world, it’s inevitable that the other side will probably think I’m dead）
（The director and children at the orphanage will definitely be sad… sorry everyone）
After careful consideration, Jin had resolved himself.
「So, what exactly am I supposed to do?」
He asked the 《Automata》 standing silently before him. Then,