episode_0067

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I received an offer to work as a maid at the mansion.

It was not a scouting offer, but an email I received after checking whether room and board would be provided and whether or not I would be able to utilize my life-related skills.

Fortunately, Yuna’s homeroom teacher explained to her that there is a bankruptcy system.

Even if I sold all my assets, I couldn’t pay off all my debts, but I didn’t have to worry about debt anymore.

There was no need to worry. The most precious treasure to me is Yuna.

That’s what I was thinking, but something I was worried about happened.

Yuna was kidnapped by the police agency that purchased her husband’s bond, which was thought to have been extinguished.

When it became known that I was going through bankruptcy proceedings, I wanted to get compensation for my losses in other ways.

At that time, I also knew that a magical girl was a very different class from a wizard who knew how to use magic. I should have spent time with Yuna getting to know each other a little more… but it’s all my fault.

All I could do, as a citizen of Sky City who had not yet been disqualified, was to run to the police and report it.

He informed me that magical girls are traded at a high price as research materials and experiment subjects. The reason was that there were naturally fewer of them than wizards who committed crimes and were sold to the small business exchange.

Even the security guards who honestly said they felt a little uncomfortable took Yuna’s side this time.

I heard that Yuna transformed into a magical girl on the spot and broke all of the kidnappers’ limbs.

A police officer who heard about Yuna’s situation, who was dragging the kidnappers to the slave market, deposited the sale proceeds on her behalf.

I didn’t do anything wrong, but… no. You were wrong.

Still, I feel like I made my daughter go around telling her daughter, who should be having fun with her friends, that she needs help, including at the local office… I am truly disqualified as a mother.

I told them not to worry because as long as they successfully graduate from the academy and register as either an adventurer or a hero, they will rent a house in Sky City for life… But is it still greedy to want to treat Yuna, who has entered the dormitory, to something delicious?

The email asking if I would be interested in working as a maid at the mansion was accompanied by a gift certificate worth a considerable amount of money in the name of a mechanized conversion aptitude test fee.

If you are a citizen of Sky City, you will receive free support from inspection to renovation, and it even states that you can keep the remaining balance as long as you prove that you have been inspected, regardless of the results.

I didn’t pay much attention to it because I could pay for the aptitude test no matter what the result was, but I got an unexpected result.

I heard that it’s not so high that you can install additional technology data chips, but it’s high enough that even if you become a Humanoid, the skills you remember will not be lost and will be transferred naturally.

The technician said that, so at first I didn’t think it was a big deal, but the next day I realized that most people don’t even have the minimum aptitude to become a Humanoid.

After sending a notice of the results to the person who sent me the test fee, I also wrote on my personal page that I had an aptitude for mechanization…

My mailbox and job search site notifications were all full.

That was the first time I realized that it didn’t go up any further from 999 and became 999+.

A better suggestion came in than when I wrote that sweeping the floor with a broom doesn’t make it dirty. Even the workplace that said room and board were not provided was to the point where they sent me a revised contract.

Instead, the conditions were the same. There was a stipulation that it had to be a Humanoid, whether it was a shopping mall guide robot or a security Humanoid managed by the villa building’s security system.

…The thought of not receiving Humanoid modification surgery under a contract with a different number of digits has long been erased from my mind.

If the conditions were to be treated as a Humanoid, it was natural to choose a workplace that was not dangerous but had high rewards.

I avoided commercial buildings around the dungeon because I didn’t know what would happen, and blocked job offers from research institutes and magic towers that wanted to study Humanoids.

Salary… Due to the nature of Humanoid, the annual down payment is sorted in order of highest.

The workplace that would pay the highest annual rent to me, who would become Humanoid, was a maid job at a mansion that supported the cost of a mechanized aptitude test.

I mustered up courage for Yuna, who was working hard.

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“Thank you for coming here. Yura.”

The moment I sent an email saying I would like to become Humanoid and sign an annual lease contract, I immediately received a reply.

As with the offer to work as a maid, the location of the mansion where she would be working was written down. As you provided support for the inspection fee, a voucher for a taxi operated by Humanoid was attached at the end of the email.

I wanted to take a bus and walk to the master’s mansion where I would be attending from now on, and then send Yuna a Humanoid taxi ticket, but I caught a taxi.

If you wait too long for a maid job that pays twice as much as the Humanoid security company, it’s sure to be filled by then.

It’s just a guess, but I’m starting to guess the identity of the owner who wants to hire me.

This is what I heard when I found out that Yuna was preparing for the mechanized labor history exam. I heard that Humanoid is the first home appliance that an android that works hard to become free buys.

They also say that they install a maid robot program and use it as a personal maid… Do they want to treat the human who gave them orders as soon as they were created in the opposite direction this time?

Thinking about it that way, I also understood the clause in the recruitment requirement that you have to be a non-android.

The android who said he wanted to hire me as a maid was wearing a shiny bodysuit.

There was no particular reason why I thought it was Android. No human being would proudly walk around wearing a suit that shows off their entire body line.

Although he wears headgear on the back of his head. Unlike Humanoid that can be found at convenience stores, there was no barcode on the thighs or chest as a product.

The confident look in his eyes showed his pride as a free android who succeeded in purchasing himself, rather than as a servant serving humans.

“Yura on behalf of the master. This is AT3550 with which you will enter into an employment contract. Thank you very much.”

“Yura. Is it okay if I call you that?”

From the day I took the aptitude test and found out that I had the mechanization aptitude to become a Humanoid, I did a lot of research about Humanoids.

I couldn’t help but be surprised as I found out what kind of robot Humanoid was.

“Master? AT3550….isn’t this your employer?”

“Well… AT3550 is a Humanoid who will be making a contract with Yura on behalf of the owner.”

It was uncomfortable to be treated with respect by someone who clearly introduced himself as a Humanoid, so I was asked to speak as comfortably as possible. When asked if it would be okay if I called her Yura instead, I nodded in a dazed way.

“Ah. Did it look like an android? I appreciate your compliment. Yura.”

I heard that even if it is a personal mode that reproduces the personality of the corpuscle instead of a work program, it is affected by the Humanoid OS, which has a higher priority than the personality program.

Yuna’s friend, who underwent Humanoid modification surgery for her parents who run a convenience store, also changed a lot after the modification.

Yuna’s friend, who remembered what she did before undergoing the transformation surgery, had been calling her Yuna from the moment she became a Humanoid.

After further investigation, it seemed that it was due to the Humanoid OS, which continually made people aware that they were robots created to serve humans.

It’s good to hear that even if you’ve been converted to Humanoid, it will no longer affect you if you remove the related module from your mind.

After returning it to the personal entity mode, it was possible to close the control options of the Humanoid OS, but it was safe to say that the owner who hired it as a convenient robot from the beginning was unlikely to give permission.

“Then Yura. Is it okay if I call you that? It’s a contract, so there’s nothing you can do about it, but don’t you hate being rigid with each other?”

“Well… I can’t help it since it’s a relationship between an agent and an employer, but how good would it be if you smiled like you did just now?”

I laughed inadvertently.

I was already thinking of the scene where Yuna became a maid and called Yuna-nim.

Also, maybe it was because it was surprising to see AT3550, who introduced himself as a Humanoid, but didn’t seem to recognize the person who had been his friend from the moment he became a Humanoid as a human being who needed to serve.

“Why do you want to become Humanoid?””

“Why…you mean?”

“Although it has already become a Humanoid. Since it was already done, I thought it would be okay to ask.”

Humanoid, which didn’t seem to be Humanoid, asked me to tell a story instead of taking out the contract.

There was also consideration that it was okay not to say anything if you didn’t like it.

As someone who has become a Humanoid, if I accept the contract, I will undergo Humanoid transformation surgery and work as a maid unit. I was asked if I would be okay with that.

“Why is there something like that? Do you want to become a robot that serves humans?”

“I have debt. Because of that, my daughter was kidnapped.”

When I saw AT3550’s expression suddenly harden, I wanted to regret it, but I couldn’t stop what I had already said.

“Magical girl…”

I know that it was a great act of consideration for the staff at the local office and the police officers who responded after receiving the report to clearly draw the line that it was not my fault.

But since this was my first time being asked to tell a story like this… and they kept listening to me, I told them the whole story.

“Thank you for telling me. Yura.”

AT3550’s mood changed when he handed over the handkerchief.

Although they said it wasn’t human, it went from feeling that way to becoming like a humanoid that went into work mode.

Before any feelings of disappointment could form in my heart, Humanoid’s introduction to the contract terms began, accompanied by a slightly synthetic electronic sound.

“A secretary-type Humanoid who was given the contract representation of Yura by the owner. As AT3550, we promise.”

“Although it is already specified in the contract, tuition fees for children attending the academy will of course be fully supported.”

“Yes….eh?”

“Living expenses are also included. It doesn’t matter if you change your class to the Combat Department.”

As a citizen of Sky City, I was fully exempted, but they were the ones who said they wanted to transfer to the combat department, so I have nothing to say… but it was a burden.

I solved the urgent matter with the aptitude test fee I received free of charge from the sales proceeds from the kidnapper who was trying to kidnap Yuna, but I was still worried… Humanoid… No. Everything was resolved with just one word from AT3550.

As expected from a Humanoid for secretarial work, the guidance was stiff, but the moment our eyes met, I received a small wink.

While listening to the story, I could feel AT3550’s gaze stiffening in an uncharacteristic way when Yuna was kidnapped.

All you get is one Humanoid. This was too much consideration for a robot who didn’t need to maintain a good relationship but just gave orders.

AT3550’s intentional blinking continued again.

“It is stated that no restrictions are placed on off-hours or off-duty hours, no control programs are installed, and no physical restraints are placed.

“The owner guarantees that Yura can live a life like an ‘ordinary person’. It was described as follows.”

AT3550’s intentional blinking continued again.

“The hours that can be operated as a small individual instead of a program to assist work are all times excluding the working hours stipulated in the contract.”

“These are the contract terms proposed by the owner. Yura. If you agree, please sign… Wait a minute!”

I tried to sign the contract and the Humanoid mechanized treatment consent form, but my wrist was grabbed by AT3550, which instantly destroyed my feeling as a secretary-type Humanoid.

It didn’t hurt.

“Yura! If the other person doesn’t check, it could be a problem! You must carefully check if there are any unfavorable provisions!”

“If it were an ordinary contract, the owner could be punished for a contract that included Humanoid modification surgery?!! This is being recorded?!”

The sole reason of supporting Yuna’s living expenses was enough, but along with AT3550, who dragged a chair next to her, she also carefully filled out the consent form for Humanoid modification surgery.

There were no strange or disadvantageous aspects.

“Partial Human Rights Transfer Agreement….What is this?”

“This is a document stating that all of Yura’s rights that she currently owns will be inherited by Humanoid. That’s what it means to undergo Humanoid transformation surgery.”

Even the excellent engineers at Sky City have different opinions, but AT3550 said that I will not be converted into a Humanoid, but will use me to create a Humanoid.

I also completed documents transferring my rights as a parent to Humanoid.

Although the bankruptcy process has already been completed, he told me that if something happens to me, I will not inherit any debt to Yuna.

If you don’t fill out these separate documents, the created Humanoid will become Yuna’s property and you won’t be able to sign a contract.

Yu… Yuna’s Humanoid… Are you really going to call me Yuna?

I thought it wouldn’t be good for education, but it was also a useless worry.

“The created Humanoid will be treated as an independent entity that inherits human rights according to Yura’s will.”

“Of course, the personality subject is the personal personality program of Yura, who has become a small body. Changes to the contents of the contract. Replacing Yura in the renewal.”

It was very difficult, but he said that Yura’s personality mode, not the work program, was the one responsible for making decisions such as signing contracts in the Humanoid state.

The transfer process, although partial, was a preparation for Sky City to recognize it as an independent entity.

Now that I think about it, that’s true. Even if you hit a permanent lease type Humanoid with a car or break it, you only have to pay a slightly burdensome amount of damages… It can’t be broken until our Yuna graduates, meets a good person, and lives happily for a long time.

This means that at the next contract renewal, it will not be me, but a Humanoid operating in my personality mode.

I don’t know how to react to the promise that he, who has already become a Humanoid, will guarantee it, but he told me that AT3550 is an aptitude for transferring memories, personality, and skills without loss… so I wasn’t scared.

“Then… please.”

That’s how I became a Humanoid for maid work.