episode_0018

by fnovelpia

Touring the school didn’t change my daily life much.

He still plays on the robot, reads a book, and says hello to Violet.

“Hello!”

Greetings to Violet.

“Hello, how are you today?”

Then Violet says hello and asks me how my day was.

This is a huge development!

How dare you ask me how I am!

Violet, who originally only said hello and listened to the other person’s story before nodding, has evolved tremendously through hard work.

This is a big enough incident that I can give my intelligence a 3.

“I went to school yesterday!”

“School?”

“I haven’t entered school yet, but if I go now, I think it will be hard to meet you at this time in the future!”

Violet pondered with a slightly disgusted face and came up with her own answer.

It seems like she didn’t want this meeting to be broken either.

“Then all you have to do is change the patrol route.”

Is that a problem you could change as you wish?

I was a little skeptical, but since he said he could do it, it would be okay.

Although the time we knew each other was short, it was because she was not the type of person to mention lies or improbable events.

Anyway, I have to believe that our friendship will last forever.

“But why was the school built like that? I thought not even an ant could come in without permission?”

“Strictly speaking, birds and small animals sometimes ride over.”

Violet, unable to understand the meaning of the words, says something absurd.

It happened occasionally.

“That’s not what I meant, I’m just curious as to why they’re blocking everything so much.”

“Ah, it’s for defense. When a major incident related to genes occurred and a serious vacuum was created in public security, a terrorist attack occurred at a school. Was it related to religion?”

Wow… was school such a dangerous place?

My heart sank and I couldn’t breathe.

“Is it still like that?”

Violet must have sensed her anxiety and shook her head as if to reassure her and continued speaking calmly.

“It’s okay now because there are no people in the country and the biobots are maintaining security well. At school, it’s just a device to appease the remnants of the past and any possible anxiety.”

Phew… I’m glad.

As a hummingbird breast, the smallest of all bird breasts, I would faint if I heard the sound of something exploding.

“What does Violet do when she rests?”

What does Violet do when she rests?

game? Watching dramas or movies?

“Rest?”

However, Violet’s answer and reaction were unexpected.

An attitude of sincerely thinking about what the word you just heard is, as if you were thinking about it.

Could it be that Korea here has gone beyond hell and become a true hell itself?

“Don’t you rest after work? So when are you going to rest?”

“We… Work 16 hours. Sometimes I don’t rest.”

Japan’s black corporate owners will not work like that either.

How harshly they are being treated!

“Then you don’t rest at all?”

“The remaining eight hours are spent on maintenance, repairing damaged parts, or cooling down the overheated interior from the long battle.”

“Gasp…”

“During that time, I sometimes talk about today’s work with my co-worker who also works on maintenance. While on a mission, you watch your surroundings and say something innocuous like eating a donut or something like tteokbokki.”

“We were too busy and no one gave us general knowledge. So, everyone is so busy that we learn about society from the corner of our eyes, but eating snacks is something we can do secretly. That’s what humans call rest.”

This is too much!

Normal type bio bots live a pretty leisurely life, but I think combat type bio bots really have no time to rest.

In fact, it’s not that he’s the only one who feels awkward talking to people, but he says that all fighting types are like that.

It is said that the combat type is so expensive that humans spend endless hours trying to get more than their fair share.

Since the law is only for humans in the first place, it is not possible to report it to the labor law, and the Human Rights Commission does not consider biobots as human rights, so they do not come forward.

“So when do you cool off when you work all day?”

I hear you say that you need to cool down the overheated interior. So when do you cool down if you work all day?

“At that time, it is reported that there is a high possibility of damage due to severe overheating. Then, since it is an expensive combat type, I will order it to wait to cool down. If that doesn’t work, the regular bio bot that runs the store calls us and tells us that there was a suspicious person and helps us rest inside the store. In fact, our preferred method is the latter. I think it’s an inefficient way to secure energy, but most of my colleagues want it.”

“Why do most of your colleagues think that way?”

“Hmm, maybe it’s because it’s older? In human terms, fuel efficiency is a bit low. My colleagues say they eat it because it tastes good, not for energy.”

“So you’ve never eaten food before?”

“It’s close to saying I didn’t eat it. Because there is no particular reason for that.”

That was a pity.

After all, don’t people say they are foodies and relieve their stress by visiting delicious restaurants or eating?

“Then I’ll buy you something to eat later!”

“It’s inefficient, but… I get it.”

That’s how we talked.

The conversation took longer than usual today, but Violet didn’t leave.

What special day is it?

So, I asked a question I had always wondered about but had never been able to ask.

“Violet thought, do biobots have emotions?”

Contrary to my expectation that she would think about it before speaking, Violet said it as if it was obvious.

It was a slightly different attitude than usual.

“It’s only recently that I realized it, but I think it exists.”

“Are other biobots like this too?”

“I was created not long ago, so other bio bots must be the same.”

Ah, Violet is a newborn baby!

I thought there would be an age difference, but if you think about it this way, we are friends!

Maybe I’m older?

“… I’m probably older than you.”

“I didn’t say anything!”

Violet has the attitude of knowing without having to say anything.

“If you have emotions and act like a human, you are a human. But why do people behave like that to biobots? Does anyone else know if biobots have emotions?”

“Because we are not supposed to be human. We are beings created to take on the work of humans. Treating us like humans will result in enormous cost losses. In particular, in a country called South Korea, there are almost no working people left. Without biobots, industry, security, and infrastructure cannot be maintained.”

It was a difficult story.

I didn’t even understand the half of it, whether it was because I was a child or because I wasn’t really that smart.

So I nodded roughly, pretending to know.

“But you can still be kind to me.”

“Almost all humans never think that created beings have emotions. Even if a very small number of people think so, they pretend not to know because it is more profitable to think that biobots have no emotions.”

If you don’t know, shouldn’t you just tell us?

Humans would not have thought that a machine created would have emotions like humans, but the biobot was able to see through all of this and just let them know that it had emotions like humans.

There may be people who don’t believe, but of course the number of believers will increase and the situation will be better than it is now.

“Then why don’t the biobots announce that they have emotions?”

“That’s…”

Violet, who spoke without hiding anything, clearly did not want to continue this topic.

Until now, Violet had regarded me as a friend of the same class rather than a child, and did not hesitate to say things that might be difficult for such a child.

I don’t know if it’s really right to tell this story to a child.

“Time to go. See you next time.”

Wow…it’s time to go!

This is not just about avoiding the topic because you don’t want to talk about it, it’s about running away altogether!

While I was still wondering, Violet’s departure was not very welcome news.

*****

I realize that I said something harsh.

However, I never thought that on the anniversary of my sister’s death, a child with the same black raven wings would have entered school.

Just when you thought you had forgotten a bit.

The moment I saw the child, I was already boiling over.

Even the crows had similar personalities.

He was intoxicated by the atmosphere around him and made a fuss, but suddenly he felt embarrassed and was hiding somewhere, claiming that he had created another dark history.

At the same time, he is the type of person who can’t say a bad word to others, so even if someone says something bad to him, he makes an effort to smile and accept it all.

I didn’t like everything about that child.

All of those elements remind me of my sister.

It reminds me of my older sister who was turned into a mushy mess.

When the child talked about the future and said that he wanted to be close to me, I laughed without realizing it.

My sister died knowing that she was going to die, but I thought she didn’t know.

So I told you.

you die

I buried my face in the bed.

When I was young, my mom and dad were always busy, and my older sister took the place of my parents.

I saw my sister’s face more and heard her voice more than my mom and dad.

There was even a fairly large age difference between us, so to me, my older sister was like a parent.

It was my older sister who woke up early in the morning and prepared breakfast, and it was my older sister who prepared dinner for my parents who returned late in the evening.

‘Ernie… Ernie…’

When I had a fever, she put a towel on my head and when I said I was cold, she covered me with her big, warm black wings.

‘Sister, it’s warm…’

My beloved sister.

At one point, my sister appeared to be shaking with anxiety.

‘sister? cold?’

‘Yeah, it’s a little cold.’

At that time, I just heard that something big was happening.

Did you say people died?

I didn’t know the details.

Because I was too young at that time.

I think I just thought that moments like this with my sister would last forever.

But my sister left me in an instant.

The remains of my sister melted like ice cream in the bathroom.

My sister was definitely a little strange back then.

He even forgot my birthday, which he usually remembers and takes care of, and started rambling like he was out of his mind.

Then, he pushed me away as if he was clinging to me and ran to the bathroom.

At that time, I just cried out of shock that my sister had done such a thing.

What happened after that…

In fact, my mother said that my sister was the last survivor who survived the longest among the practitioners.

He said it was because he received it last and manipulated it to a simple degree.

I don’t know difficult stories.

But I understood that my sister was not coming back.

Everyone was sad, mom and dad were sad too, but everyday life went on.

My parents fought often.

We fought over why I told you to get that procedure and why you didn’t agree.

My sister was my whole world.

I still can’t forget my sister.

I was always looking for my sister.

Sister, does this outfit suit you today?

Sister, dinner is too salty tonight. Could it be that your sister made it?

Sister, I had a fight with my friend today. How should I reconcile?

sister.

When is your sister coming back?

I got angry at a kid who looked like my sister today.

I also said some bad things.

Now you have to scold me.

Where have you gone?

“If only you hadn’t said that!”

“Is it that story again? Aren’t you sick of it? At that time, it was a procedure that everyone did! It was just like double eyelid surgery!”

“A child dies from that double eyelid surgery? Is this guy called Dad sane?”

“You agreed! Was it just me? So did you! I hope my child is smart! I hope you have a good personality too!”

“I told you I was scared! It’s because of you! It’s all because of you!”

“I’m sick of it now! A place like this! We should just live separately! Don’t talk about Dana! I did my best too! I’m a victim too, I’m so sick of it. How long do I have to live like this? Was I still still then? My kids all died and I heard that Dana could end up like that too, so I ran around for 5 years without taking a break for even a second! We went all the way to America to see if there was any way to save Dana!”

“Aaaa! I’m really going crazy… Give me a break! Please stop talking about Dana!”

Me too, Dad.

I lifted the pillow and covered my ears.

The tinnitus rang so loudly that it seemed like it was trying to tear my ears.

Yiiing

“Aaaah!”

The world without my sister was hell.

*****

“Hey, who is this drawing?”

“Violet.”

“Who is that…”

At a place called the Talent Center, which helps me find my dreams and talents, I was looking for what I was good at and what I liked by trying them one by one with Jihye, with the participation of parents.

I looked carefully at my results that Jihye had lifted and evaluated them.

Isn’t the picture a spirit?

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