episode_0096

“What, you said you don’t like an artificial womb when you don’t even know what one is?”

“Oh my gosh… I thought it was pretty common these days so I would have known about it…”

Naked Sonagi and Hong Seoyeon looked at Jihoon in surprise.

After having sex, the three of them, who didn’t feel the need to get dressed, were lying on the bed, caressing their loved ones’ bodies and chatting.

“The feeling is…”

Ji-Hoon didn’t even search what an artificial womb was.

Because I already knew the concept of something that would replace giving birth, I didn’t feel the need to learn more about it.

Even though there is a heated debate among women about sanitary products, it felt like a story from another world to Ji-hoon, a man. It was difficult for Ji-hoon to feel that the artificial womb was more than just ‘in vitro fertilization’.

“Wow… Next time, if you’re going to say something, do some research before you say it, seriously…”

The raindrops laughed as if they were completely out of place, then pinched my thigh for no reason.

“I wondered why my wife refused so much… It turns out she really didn’t know anything. Well, that’s possible.”

“No… Well, that’s a bit… What is it? If you think about a baby being born in something like an electric rice cooker, it’s quite…”

“Ugh…!!! Crazy, electric field soap…! Huh, keuheuheuheuk…!”

Sonagi finally burst out into laughter that she had been holding back.

Hong Seo-yeon, who heard the unimaginable metaphor, opened her eyes wide in disbelief and looked at Ji-hoon before kissing him on the cheek.

“Oh my god… I should have told you something when we were talking about pregnancy earlier”

What on earth is this reaction?

Ji-hoon was a little hurt and didn’t say anything for a moment.

“Hey, Jihoon, is this what you said?”

Sonagi smiles and sends a video to Jihoon’s smartphone.

It was quite a complicated mechanical device, although it was obviously a stretch to call it a ‘rice cooker’.

The baby was inside a vacuum-sealed zip-lock bag in the shape of a circle, surrounded by dozens of black and red wires.

‘What is this… Why are there so many machines attached…’

Ji-hoon couldn’t help but click his tongue at the sight of the artificial womb, which looked so complicated that it would take at least a few incubators to open and close.

“This is what the early artificial womb looked like. It’s not what you originally imagined a womb to look like, is it?”

“That’s right…”

Ji-hoon, who thought that it would at least look similar to what it looked like when it came out as an adult product, clicked his tongue.

“Well, it can’t be helped because it’s a prototype, but at the time, it wasn’t like anyone could use it like now, right?”

“That’s right, as Nagi-san said, at that time, only very special people could use it. In particular, there were cases where it was used to make babies for same-sex couples. Of course, they received a lot of money.”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled and pointed at the vacuum pack with her finger.

“The baby can grow inside the plastic bag here. However, the technology at the time was quite lacking, so they couldn’t do it from the beginning, and the baby had to have some form. Well, even then, it wasn’t a new technology, so it wasn’t a big deal…”

“…If this is the initial version…”

In response to Ji-hoon’s question, Hong Seo-yeon immediately showed the following video.

“Oh, this is worth seeing.”

Now, it has finally begun to look like something that can be called a ‘home appliance’.

“It may look like a slightly slim washing machine. But because of the glass window here, you can see the baby growing in a space that is made as similar as possible to the womb. From this point on, biotechnology has advanced so much that you can leave it from the implantation stage.”

Ji-hoon couldn’t help but be surprised by Hong Seo-yeon’s words.

“What? So… you can really see the inside of the uterus?”

“Theoretically, yes, but it’s not a living person’s womb, it’s a clone created through biotechnology, so no one cares.”

” and…”

Is that okay? Ji-hoon couldn’t help but be surprised, but Sonagi laughed again.

“You, if you see me these days, you’ll faint?”

“..No why…”

Sonagi sends a video while looking at Jihoon who is looking slightly gloomy.

“What is this, it’s a person.”

“Yeah, this is the artificial womb that’s coming out these days.”

“…Are you a person?”

Ji-hoon watched the video in silence, thinking, “Isn’t it just Android?”

There was nothing special about her. She was just a pregnant woman.

“To put it simply, it’s a surrogate mother.”

“Ah…”

“Biotechnology has also improved, so Megacoms can easily create synthetic humans.”

“It’s different from a clone.”

Hong Seo-yeon nodded at Ji-hoon’s question and slightly crossed her legs.

“The replicants who are currently working hard in the office of the future company are, strictly speaking, synthetic humans. They have a higher ratio of mechanical parts than biological parts, so it would be no exaggeration to say that they are androids.”

“Then… you were planning to implant our baby in this synthetic human womb from the beginning?”

“That’s right, ah… but I wanted to have sex and be the one to conceive, so… .”

Hong Seo-yeon knew very well how inefficient and absurd this was, but she couldn’t give up.

“If you knew that I had sex with you and got pregnant, you would have tried to transfer the baby implanted in your womb to these artificial wombs.”

“There are a lot of people who do that. Well, there’s a way to get pregnant by inserting a penis into the vagina of an artificial womb from the beginning. That would probably cost less. Transferring an implanted fertilized egg costs a lot of money.”

Sonagi stretched her arms up, showing off her smooth armpits, and met Jihoon’s gaze.

“These days, everyone is looking for efficiency, but… there is something that doesn’t change, right? It’s the same as thinking that the Mona Lisa still has tremendous value.”

“Yeah, these days, even paintings are drawn by androids. They are more extravagant and beautiful than paintings like the Mona Lisa or the Last Supper, but no one pays a lot of money for them.”

“Hmm… If you think about money and efficiency… Of course, an artificial womb… So, it would be better to stick your penis right into the vagina of the synthetic human or android you see here…”

In reality, the hearts of a couple and love don’t work that way.

“So what do these artificial wombs do? Just sit there all day?”

“Well, no. Depending on the option, the AI onboard can be improved to help with housework to some extent or do its best to educate the fetus.”

“Oh, right, prenatal education, that’s why many people come here. Honestly, you can’t just tell your baby good things and see good things for 10 months, right? You’d probably want to have sex too.”

“Ah… The artificial womb is AI anyway…”

The ability to do prenatal care on your own, full-time, 24-hour basis, was certainly appealing.

‘But then… what about maternal love and things like that…’

A thought crossed my mind, but fortunately, Sonagi and Hong Seo-yeon opened their mouths to tell the story.

“Actually, I did say some good things here and there… but people who are truly well off don’t write things like this.”

“That’s right. Women like that just give birth through vaginal intercourse. Sometimes, they just rest comfortably for about 10 months.”

“Huh… . Right.”

Does this mean that people without money don’t even have the opportunity to give birth to a child on their own?

Is it true that even maternal love for a child cannot be had without money?

‘No… People who don’t have money at all can’t even buy machines like artificial wombs…’

There may be a rental system, but at least it doesn’t seem like anything with terms like synthetic humans or androids would be ‘cheap’.

“Anyway, so… . So you originally wanted to use this artificial womb. Hmm, let’s see what models there are. ”

“…you.”

Sonagi laughed and laughed. It was funny because she couldn’t find any trace of her initial reluctance to have a child with an artificial womb when she heard that she would even see the model.

“Hmm.. Then how about this model and this model?”

Hong Seo-yeon immediately smiled and pointed to a tall, blond-haired model with blue eyes.

“A typical Western beauty, right? If all the options are met, she will be able to conceive well and give birth to a baby without any problems. After that, she can use my cells to breastfeed.”

“Hmm… It seems like there’s a lot of wetness here…”

As I was saying this, I grabbed Hong Seo-yeon’s chest once and she let out a small groan.

“Of course, I can breastfeed from my body…”

“If Seoyeon feeds you milk, your breasts and vagina will turn black during that time? You… can’t help it. You know that, right?”

“Ah..”

“…If I breastfeed directly with my breast, it will be like that. Of course, it will return to its original color after breastfeeding…”

In fact, Hong Seo-yeon was not particularly pleased with that change.

Hong Seo-yeon, who still maintains a deliciously pinkish complexion despite her age, thought that it would be okay for her body to change if it was for Ji-hoon’s sake and to feed the baby…

If I had to choose between pink and black, it would definitely be the former.

Just as if you were asked to choose between a fat body and a slim body, you would choose the latter, this was a preference close to human instinct.

“The artificial wombs here… haven’t changed color?”

“Oh, of course it’s because of sexual fantasy… There are men who want to have sex with pregnant women.”

“This also has this function.”

You might think it’s bad for the baby, but on the contrary, it can absorb all the shock, so it might be used as a selling point to encourage free sex with pregnant women.

‘I guess I’ll have to try this later.’

Ji-hoon, who had made up his mind, nodded his head.

Pregnancy is actually still a distant story. Hong Seo-yeon, who had just come back from the bathroom, didn’t say anything special.

“…But, can’t you make it exactly the same as a replicant?”

“Um, there is.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Hong Seo-yeon nods and touches the screen.

“There are some celebrities who intentionally create replicants to use as artificial wombs. Look, this woman here, she looks exactly like her, but do you see she’s pregnant? ”

“I want to be famous for being beautiful even when I’m pregnant, but I can’t give up my slim and beautiful body, so I guess that’s why I use replicants.”

“Yeah, right, that’s correct. Most of the time, that’s why, but why?”

Sonagi looked at Jihoon as if curious, and Hong Seoyeon also looked at him.

“No, well… if you’re sick and need to use an artificial womb to manage your figure… I thought it wouldn’t be so bad if it was made identical from head to toe.”

“Yeah, right? Because it’s a child I made with my wife. Even if I don’t give birth to it with this vagina… I’m confident I’ll love you for the rest of my life. And these days, with technology… you can even synchronize childbirth.”

Would that lead to maternal love? I didn’t know, but this world was a really strange place.

A world where people pursue efficiency but don’t want to abandon the old-fashioned nature that they originally had…

There has never been a place where the word irony fits better than this.

“Then… Let’s think about an artificial womb first… Pregnancy sex seems okay too…”

If you’re lucky, you might even be able to make a shower out of it.

Since Sonagi has a good body, it may be more efficient to use an artificial womb than to get her pregnant herself.

“You really are like a beast… . First of all, you know that you have to get me pregnant with an artificial womb or something to survive, right, honey? ”

Hong Seo-yeon smiled and grabbed Ji-hoon’s hand for no reason, making him caress her boi.