episode_0035
by fnovelpiaIt was an amazing world.
A world where science has developed amazingly.
The world where science fiction, which had once been imagined that such technology would arise in the future, was realized and humans could live magical, comfortable, and amazing daily lives did not seem so bright.
The orbital elevator collapsed due to a terrorist attack, and the photo showed biobots and humans falling from the sky, mixed together in the wreckage of the orbital elevator that collapsed from a high place.
Just by looking at that gesture, you can feel fear and screams.
It is said that research to raise animal brains to human intelligence was successful 20 years ago.
It is said to have been derived from research on human genetic manipulation at the time, but in fact, it seemed to be the result of testing on animals before testing on humans.
Animal brains are modified by marinating them in drugs, modifying them, and embedding chips in them.
The expression on the face of the animal that gained human knowledge like that… He didn’t look very happy.
Confusion and fear.
That was clearly reflected in his facial expression.
Even in this developed world, there were many people living with disabilities.
Thanks to the development of the world, they live a more comfortable life than before, but in fact, in the era before this development, when euthanasia was allowed around the world, there was a brief feeling that euthanasia for the disabled was beneficial at social cost.
At that time, there was a history of encouraging euthanasia at the government level because it was a waste of money to support neurological resuscitation or private boarding mechanics for the disabled.
That is socially beneficial.
The credibility of the state, which cannot guarantee the physical safety of its citizens, has fallen significantly, causing major social problems, and now it is said that it is right to accept them as members of society.
Because anyone can become disabled.
I read an article about biobots that people don’t pay attention to.
I read remarks by representatives of biobot manufacturers that biobots do not have emotions but are merely imitations of humans.
People were amazed by the potential and greatness of biobots, but being fooled by their claims that they would have no emotions, most thought of them as machines that brought convenience and did not acknowledge them as fellow human beings.
Even those who felt pleasure in destroying them appeared, but they did not listen to the screams of the biobots and only criticized the barbaric content of Mutubers for the sake of views.
However, although there are a group of people actively advocating for biobot human rights, most of them are old people like this retired nurse grandmother or people who were raised by biobots, so the arguments do not seem to be very persuasive to the public.
Can biobots really not be considered true ‘humans’?
Can they have a life of their own?
What are the standards for humans?
If it just has flesh and internal organs, is it even human?
There was no one to answer questions about it.
However, I just came up with my own answer and thought about it.
What I think human beings are like.
If you just believe you are human, you think you are human.
If you consider whether you are human, you are also human.
If you think about the definition of a human being, that too is a human being.
What is the true essence of humanity?
The body wasn’t important.
The important thing was, of course, ego.
I think that maybe the definition of human is not that complicated.
It was simple, but it felt like something I had always thought, both before the change and now.
As time progresses, humans become nothing more than numbers, and as a result, humanity increasingly becomes an age of barbarism, contrary to the advancement of science.
The world has changed, but humans have not changed.
Maybe biobots are people’s ideal human beings.
It is true that everyone is human, but they constantly doubt whether they are human or not and do their best to be recognized by humans.
While I was studying the world on the computer, someone burst open the door and came in.
“Snack… What are you looking at?”
To such wisdom, I speak confidently.
“Mu…Musher…”
He proudly said that he was studying, but the words that came out of his mouth, perhaps through filtering, were the lines of an innocent child.
When the serious time ended, perhaps because of my nature, I felt so afraid of the knowledge I had seen, and my body began to tremble.
Is this a child’s instinct..?
Is it because I lost concentration?
Bird… Now that I think about it, this is a bit too scary… Maybe it’s a little early knowledge for me…
There were times when I forgot everything and focused, and that seemed to be right now.
“What? hey! What do you do when you see something like this? Why didn’t my child’s safe search term work?”
Jihye hurriedly turned off the computer, picked me up and shook me.
No, I didn’t want to be treated like a child like this.
Still, I felt a little more at ease as my body was steadily shaking back and forth.
This is the curse of knowledge!
“If you’re scared, you should turn it off right away. Why do you keep watching it?”
She carried me on her shoulders and went out into the living room, grabbed a towel and wiped my face.
“It hurts…ah! Above”
“Ugh, they said they were scared of kids’ curiosity, but it sure is scary. If you’re so scared, why watch it while crying?”
“… ”
This time I really didn’t have anything to say so I stayed quiet.
Because I was a bit scared to insist that it wasn’t like usual.
Ina, who was sitting on the sofa studying, looked at me and grinned.
“What was so scary? You always act like an adult?”
“Ah… I wasn’t scared!”
Out of shame, I lowered my head into Jihye’s arms and timidly refuted.
Even though I was saying this, I was really scared and it seemed like children were rebelling because of their unique pride, so I wondered if they had said it for no reason.
Oh, let’s just move on!
It’s embarrassing, why do you keep teasing me?
I ran out into the garden with a distressed expression.
“He really can’t stay still at home.”
Crows and birds were huddled over the water bowl and chirping, and a few unfamiliar birds were also seen there.
Birds flying freely under the blue sky gather one by one.
The sight of birds gathering in a feeding bowl was now a familiar sight.
Although it only lasted a few days, these small, harmless outlaws who broke into homes every day were washing themselves in a small bathtub, as if they had completely forgotten about the robot that had fed them.
It felt a little sad, but I wondered what these cute outlaws would know, so I put some nuts or dried fruit on the bowl and watched them with my hand on my chin.
No, maybe there was someone I hadn’t forgotten.
I smiled softly as I watched the crow waiting for someone with a shiny bead in its mouth, as if to soothe me.
Manager Car said he believed it.
The maple leaves fluttering overhead, which did not match the flowers blooming in abundance in the neatly organized garden, made the empty space in our house feel big and made me feel uneasy.
This was the mysterious magic of fall.
It’s just a time when the seasons change, but it makes people’s minds wander.
As summer ends and the temperature drops, the fresh green forest turns red and the leaves fall one by one.
The green mountains we normally see are losing their leaves, revealing only bare trees, and unlike summer, the days are gradually cooling down.
And since the dark nights come quickly, it would be natural to think that fall is a lonely time.
At the same time, the coldly clear sky has a charm that makes it impossible to hate it despite its loneliness.
Now winter, like a quiet tyrant, is coming.
I wish Doldori would come back before then, but the inspection, which was supposed to end soon, kept changing and getting longer as the days went by, and Jihye’s manner of equivocating what she said was not unusual.
Maybe he lied to a child who was fond of old items and threw them away.
That, combined with the magic of fall, made me feel empty.
Because Doldol was also family to me.
Or is something seriously wrong?
The teapot that wasn’t even boiled came to a boil, then the tea leaves were filtered out and transferred to a teacup, and a cup of warm tea was offered to me.
Maybe I realized that I need a car now?
Still, I couldn’t just throw away the boiled tea, so I had a quick drink.
I went outside in light clothes and the warm tea water entered my chilly body, gradually warming me up.
A pleasant warmth surrounds your body.
There would be nothing to do lying down on the table like that. The chair was high, so I could swing my feet in the air and watch the falling leaves.
As I was lying down and looking around in a daze, someone pulled a chair next to me and sat down there.
I see your legs.
Even when Ina sits on a chair, her legs do not float in the air.
Long legs.
I’m blown away.
Short legs.
Maybe I’m young so I might have long legs depending on whether I grow up or not?
But Ina is young too.
This was not hopeful news.
I will become a beautiful woman who is loved in the future.
She is a smart beauty who studies a lot.
I was in a daze, and my legs, which had stopped, began to shake gently again.
There’s a lot of stream of consciousness.
“Why did you come here?”
“Just.”
Ina speaks calmly.
Ina always talks like this.
That’s a deduction for girl power!
Even if you think about it that way, if you think about the time when tsundere swept the hearts of men, it may actually become an attractive attraction.
Then it belongs to the bonus points for feminine power.
But what is a tsundere?
As I was about to start looking at the charming fallen leaves again, Ina spoke to me.
You’re the one who can’t understand the atmosphere!
Still, isn’t this also charming?
“Is it because you remember something scary you saw earlier?”
“Hmm? no. Although that was scary too.”
“Then why are you here alone?”
“Just.”
I’m just enjoying this atmosphere.
I held the teacup with elegant hands, drank a little, and then carefully set it down.
It was a strangely ‘aristocratic’ manner.
“Wow, my sister has a lot of worries.”
He looks at me pitifully and strokes me roughly.
I don’t have a lot of worries.
But shouldn’t I have to say those lines and actions?
I thought about it, but decided it was okay so I quit.
Jihye also brought bread and joined our tea party.
It’s really Bbangsoon. Bbangsoon.
Last time, I ate kimchi stew and bread together. This is enough to call it a weird meal.
“Why is our youngest so wrinkled? Is it because of that earlier?”
Did you see anything strange earlier, too?
When I looked at Ina when I heard the youngest member’s story, Ina and Jihye were looking at me and waiting for my answer.
He said, pointing his finger at me.
“Youngest?”
“Then you are the youngest.”
“You’re the youngest.”
Ah no..!
Have you always viewed me as the youngest?
Even after seeing this adultness, does this mean that I, and not Ina, am treated as the youngest?
Is it because of your height?
Is it because of the height?
“Eight! Why am I the youngest! Ina is the youngest!”
“Well, if you want to think that way, do it. But that doesn’t change the fact that you’re the youngest.”
While they were arguing, Jihye looked over the fence like a person impatiently waiting for something.
Is there something out there?
I looked toward the fence, but didn’t see anything strange.
You can just see fallen leaves and birds sitting and resting on the fence.
“Is there anyone waiting? Violet?”
“Hmm? It’s violet, though.”
“When did you become friends?”
As soon as I could say whether Violet was also a nobleman, I saw his face from over the fence due to his unique tall height.
“Oh, Violet!”
“Ah. Hello.”
Under Violet, who came in through the fence gate of our house, a small child caught my eye.
Although he was taller than Ina and I, he didn’t look that young.
To be precise, he’s young…
Who is it?
“My best friend.”
What?
The ebony-haired biobot kneels down on one knee in a strange posture, like something out of a transforming robot animation, with its finger pointing in the sky with an indifferent expression, and speaks in a somewhat confident manner.
“appears.”
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