Girl was enjoying afternoon’s teatime.
She was sitting on a cheap chair under parasol, and only saucer was on the table.
Tea cup, that supposed to be on it either, was in her right hand.
She gracefully spend a time, looking at scenery of the fallen world.
After the snow melted, it was her daily routine.
Although weather still a little chilly, it didn’t really bothered because she only need time to drink a cup of tea.
Behind the girl stand a military AD, type・Ohan. It just stand. If there were no problem, Ohan didn’t speak.
However,
“Ojou-sama.”
Ohan uttered such a word.
Synthetic voice without any emotions. It was neither warm nor cold. Just a calm, inorganic voice.
Even so, girl considered it as good enough. It didn’t mean she liked it, though.
“What is it?”
Girl asked without turning behind.
She has no special feelings towards Ohan, whatsoever.
For girl, Ohan is just a tool. Same as a tea cup. Well, Ohan was a little more convenient than a teacup.
Nevertheless, nature is the same. It was just something created for humans.
The artificial skin was unnecessary for an AD. Same goes for clothes. If a velvet voice superfluous, then a kindness needless either. All it need to – listen instructions and execute them correctly.
“Intruder in the area.”
“Details?”
Girl placed tea cup on the table.
“Probability of it being a motorcycle – ninety-eight percents.”
“So it’s motorcycle.”
Hmm, girl put her left hand on her chin.
“On autopilot?”
“There are passengers. Affirmation of two people”
“So there are a human beings.”
Girl thought it might be the Single wing she had been waiting for.
Thus, she hoped it would so.
“What’s the probability of it being a Onee-chama?”1
“Implementation authentication by facial recognition… Authentication error due to distance.”
“Useless, as usual.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Would you please try again when they get closer?”
“Understood.”
For girl, the motorcycle was far away and still looked like a dot.
If passenger of the motorcycle wasn’t a person who she has been impatiently waiting for, there was no use of it. Girl didn’t need friends. However, if a SIngle wing will return, that would be good.
Girl reached for her teacup again, and sipped tea.
Be relaxed, not impatient, and constantly graceful ー was her creed.
After that, some time have passed and
“Authentication by facial recognition completed.” said Ohan.
“Yes. So?”
“Probability of one of the passengers being a Russian is ninety-nine percents”
When she heard the result girl smiled a little.
“You’re finally back, Onee-chama.”
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“Hello!”
Lydia got off the bike and greeted a peach haired girl.
Yuuyami also got off the motorcycle, then turned her gaze towards the military AD – Ohan.
Ohan looked at bright red visual sensor of Yuuyami – to extremely cold and afraid look.
Afraid? Me? Yuuyami was surprised at her emotions. That goes without saying when she didn’t possessed awareness, and even after conscious began to dwell in her, she never experienced this feeling.
Yuuyami became a little perplexed when a feeling of fear ran across for the first time.
However, Ohan didn’t show any further reaction. Not a warning nor one-finger gesture.
Ohan, who was nearly three meters high, was standing just like a wooden doll.
Thus, for now, no need to be afraid, Yuuyami calmed herself down.
Yuuyami thought that if she was a human, her heart rate would rise an she would sweat.
“Welcome back, Onee-chama.”
Girl put down a teacup and looked at Lydia with smiling face.
According to the eye measurements of Yuuyami, the age of the girl was between ten and twelve years old. As an individual, she looked slightly younger than Lydia.
Her race was, like Lydia’s, half Mongoloid and half Caucasian. She had a slender lines and a little underweight could be spotted. However, her health didn’t seem to be bad.
Her green eyes are crisp and cute.
“Your clothes are cute!” Said Lydia.
Girl was wearing a black Gothic Lolita dress. However, chest was white. Yuuyami noticed how decorative frills were slightly fluttering.
At the same time she felt happy, imagining how good it will look on Lydia.
But without being immersed in her happiness, Yuuyami continued to observe the girl.
Girl was wearing black tights and had a small black ribbons on her ankles.
And below her ankles were black rubber soles.
Yuuyami concluded that girl was a favor of black.
However she also believed that a brighter colours would look better with girl’s peach hair.
Still, Yuuyami wasn’t so boorish as to say it one by one.
“Onee-chama’s clothes aren’t very cute, aren’t they?”
Lydia’s clothes were designed by Yuuyami.
Likewise she said that she didn’t have a taste herself, Yuuyami lowered her shoulders.
“Although it’s not cute, it’s stylish, right?”
Lydia tilted her head.
After these words, Yuuyami straightened her back again. If Lydia pleased – great.
“That’s right. Not bad.”
After saying that, girl turned to Ohan.
“Can I ask the stool for Onee-chama?”
“Understood.”
Ohan has a dull synthetic voice. There couldn’t be seen a mere fragment of emotion. That said, Ohan was designed for the military, thus velvet voice unnecessary.
Since Yuuyami an LM series, serving customers also included in work. Therefore a pleasant velvet voice was adopted.
Ohan turned on heels and moved five steps.
Then, leisurely went down the stairs to the basement.
If they had an underground facility – Lydia could have been there as well. This place quite close to location where Lydia was picked up.
Ohan now was out of sight, so Yuuyami took a breather.
Fear has already gone, however she felt uncomfortable when a military AD nearby.
“Hey, why do you call me Onee-chama?”
Lydia asked with a friendly grin.
“Onee-chama is my Onee-chama. But she didn’t remember.”
“You aware that Lydia has no memory?”
As expected – Lydia was here. And she has a certain relationship with this girl.
“Ara, is that’s a habit of your AD, Interrupt and speak while others are talking?” Girl tilted her head. “Usually, AD don’t interrupt human conversation. I wonder if Onee-chama rewrote it?”
“I don’t know how you can understand that Yuuyami is an AD! At first, I didn’t really understand the difference between Yuuyami and myself!”
“I understand.” Girl slightly shrug her shoulders. “The latest generation AD, LM series type Ⅱ? Often such an expensive AD left. Actuallly, I think the only one deployed in underground library was in operation…this Yuuyami? Is that right? ”
“Yes, I am.”
When Yuuyami replied, girl showed slightly stuffy expression.
“I’m talking with Onee-chama.”
“Is that so? I’m sincerely apologise.”
Yuuyami bowed her head low. It was a rather sophisticated movement. If there were ten people – ten of them would describe it as lovely and bent in admiration as response.
Yuuyami knew it and implemented such a action on purpose.
“The movement is so perfect that you can fall in love with it.” Said girl in order to express her admiration. “As expected, it designed by me and Onee-chama.”
“My design?”
Lydia turned her gaze to Yuuyami and tilted her head slightly.
Yuuyami immediately searched through the database for her designer.
“The designer’s name is… I think it’s a masculine name.”
The hit name wasn’t a name of female no matter how you would read it.
“That guy incompetent, isn’t he? The one who actually designed it was me and Onee-chama, he was just proudly giving instructions.”
Girl shook her head.
“Did we really create Yuuyami?”
“That’s right.”
“Waa, amazing, Former me!”
Lydia clapped her hands in a delight.
The girl, who she coincidentally rescued, was her birth parent ー Yuuyami was deeply moved.
Perhaps there was no coincidences in this world, and everything might have been inevitable, thought Yuuyami. It can be rephrased as a destiny.
The encounter between her and Lydia was fateful, wasn’t it?
Yuuyami filled with urge to hug and jump up and down with Lydia, however she suppressed her feelings for the time being.
She had to ask the girl.
“You are… no, you and Lydia, Lydia – is the current name of the girl you call Onee-chama.”
Yuuyami glanced at Lydia, but immediately turned her eyes back to the girl.
“I’m Lydia. Nice to meet you.”
“…Lydia, hey.”
Girl said a little dissatisfied.
She probably didn’t pleased with name, but Yuuyami didn’t mention it.
“Thereupon the question is, who are the second party?”
Asked Yuuyami. Girl smiled a little.
“Firstly, I’m Raphael. However Onee-chama called me Rapha.”
“Is that right.” Said Lydia. “Can I call you Rapha again?”
“Yes, of course.”
Yuuyami searched for the name Raphael, however didn’t get any results which seemed to be related to the girl.
“Hey Rapha, me and Rapha are sisters?”
“There is no blood connection, therefore we can even get married.”
Something in Yuuyami reacted to the word marriage. However she couldn’t comprehend – what reacted. Although it certainly was exceedingly unpleasant feeling.
What sort of emotion was that?
She thought for a short while, however didn’t have a clue.
“So that how it is. I’m not going to marry Rapha, though.”
Lydia clearly showed refusal, and unpleasant feeling which born in Yuuyami has disappeared.
The true nature of the emotion remained indistinct, therefore Yuuyami was a little disappointed.
“Oh, that’s right.” Girl a little shrugged her shoulders. “We are the product of the Angel Project. Onee-chama is the Hatsu Ten, and me is Ni Tenmoku.”2
“What is the Angel Project?”
Lydia asked having a keen interest.
“Well, to put it simply, it’s a project of creation humans from nought. Naturally, it’s not just a humans, it’s objective – creation of an outstanding, novel human beings.”
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