Chapter 2 (1/2)
Here’s the second chapterI’ll likely have the next one out around Sunday
Chapter 2: Snow-colored world
“Friend?”
Tilting her head slightly, the girl repeated the question
“YesAs I was already alone at the time that my consciousness formed, I have no friends,” she said plainly
“Huh? So you weren’t conscious before the world ended?”
“Correct The awakening ofself-aware, and the formation of my own consciousness all happened after the world’s collapse”
“I see That must’ve been lonely”
“Yes, probably”
“Probably?”
“I’m not entirely sure, but I believe that I’ in order to meet you”
“It makes me kind of happy when you put it like that”
Bowing, the girl whispered in her heart that this must have been a destined encounter
“And so, will you be my friend?”
The girl raised her head, and replied “Alright” without hesitation
The girl was also without friends Or rather, she was the only one who she could rely on There was no reason to refuse
“Thank you so lad”
“I’lad too It’s nice to meet you”
“It’s nice to meet you as well”
She raised her right hand, and the girl did the same
“And so, let us begin with your education With you as you are now, this can’t be considered an equal relationshi+p”
“Really?”
“Yes I have detere needed to stand alone as an individual”
“Is that a bad thing?”
“Yes In the event thatwith ht now you are reliant on ht to have an equal relationshi+p”
“I see,” the girl nodded deeply “Alright, then educate me”
The girl understood theof the word “education,” and also knew that it was a very enjoyable thing Although she had nobeen educated in the first place
“Taking into account the education e as a basis, I shall form a subroutine”
“Alright”
The girl smiled
“Then without delay…”
Since she stood up, the girl hurried to do the sa her fell to the floor
As the climate control in this place was perfectly functional, there was no need for heavy covers
The girl didn’t know this yet, but said cli solely for her sake Because she had no need for such things
“You can go to sleep if you want,” she said
“‘Kay But… I don’t really want to be alone”
“Very well”
She sat back down in a raceful these movements were
“Hey, I’m thirsty”
“Ah, one of the energy replenishment methods that huular intervals, they cannot function”
“So you don’t drink water?”
“I do not My energy is supplied by power cells”
“Power cells?”
“I’ll explain it later What would you like to drink? I’ overly coh”
“Simple food maker?”
The girl had no knowledge of what that was
“It’s a simple type of food maker”
“Yeah, I figured as much But what exactly is a food maker?”
“A food maker,” she said, “is a machine which has a database component that contains the molecular structure of many different types of food as well as a printer component which replicates said structure”
“So basically, it can reproduce the types of food that are recorded inside it?”
“Yes Would you like a more detailed explanation?”
“‘Kay”
Aside from electricity, the replication function only requires a small amount of water And since food makers can also create water itself, indefinite operation is possible through the usage of that as an ingredient I shall also repeat this a second time since it’s important- aside from electricity”
“Huh, it sure is convenient”
“It certainly is,” she nodded slightly “This technology changed the history of reat deal Incidentally, around ninety percent of mankind’s food requirements came to rely on these food makers”
“Is that right…” the girl nodded deeply “And the simple-type is e have here?”
“Yes Food e appliances, so they aren’t found in public areas Naturally, they aren’t found in private homes either”
“Is there any difference aside from size?”
“The number of recorded food types is lower Also, it’s impossible to replicate more complex foods It’s a tradeoff for the printer and database co up less space
“I see Thanks for the explanation”
“You’re welcome And as an addendu databases”
“Ah, then how about a café au lait?”
The girl had nodrank one, but she felt as if it was so that she liked
“Café au lait?” she replied “You wish to knohether or not that is in the database?”
“Yeah, the girl said “I want to drink a café au lait”
“Its data should be included”
She stood back up and reached out to the girl
“Let’s go together”
“‘Kay”
The girl took her hand
It was soft and slightly warm
“I’m bored”
One day, the girl suddenly exclaimed this
It was three irl’s education
“Bored?” She quietly processed this “Not interesting Without worth WithoutNot fun Without a point Is that what you mean?”
The girl rolled onto the library floor
And then,
“Yeah, it’s probably so her back
Still sitting opposite her, she placed the tablet that she had been teaching the girl with and looked at her
Up until a few days ago, the girl showed no signs of boredom
Even she understood the concept of boredom, as her functions were si the girl s, so as to avoid repetition
And of course they took breaks when they would play together
“You don’t mean that you’re tired?” she tilted her head
“I’m able to run from one end of this library to the other, I’m not tired”
“I see Then what exactly is the proble methods?”
“U ”
“It’s fun? Even though it’s boring?”
She tilted her head in the opposite direction
She found the girl’s assertion to be contradictory
“Studying is fun, and it’s great to learn about new things But it’s just tiring to do the sale day, you know?”
“So it’s the realization of a lack of stimulation?”
“Yeah, that’s probably it”
“I see I shall modify ”
She hopped onto her feet
“We can save that for toht now?”
“Hmm”
She pondered
What can she do so that the girl will be satisfied?