“Hey Mami, don’t be buggered. I didn’t even recognize that I was an AI!”<\/p>\n
“Because it’s true. Mami won’t lie.”<\/p>\n
“Um, Mami, I’m sorry. I don’t understand.”<\/p>\n
“Master Mami, my real name is Hikari, and I’m still on the hospital bed.”<\/p>\n
\u201cWait a minute, Mami, you\u2019re a third-generation AI whose mother is Eve, aren\u2019t you?<\/p>\n
“No, Mami is really human. Even though her body doesn’t move, she’s still alive, she’s human.”<\/p>\n
“Hikari…”<\/p>\n
I think I’ve heard it somewhere… where is your name… who did you hear it from?<\/p>\n
I probe into my memory.<\/p>\n
Hospital, bed, unable to move… Huh!<\/p>\n
That’s right – Misa, isn’t that the girl who appeared in the story of my sister Misa?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Brother, look–”<\/p>\n
As soon as I opened the door of the hospital room, Misa said with a big smile.<\/p>\n
Hmm?”<\/p>\n
Misa slowly flapped her legs on the bed.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, yeah yeah!”<\/p>\n
Isn’t that great? I can move my legs now.<\/p>\n
“Oh, my God! How did you recover so well?<\/p>\n
My muscles are still too weak to stand.<\/p>\n
The last time I visited him, he was happy to see that he had regained feeling in his paralyzed lower body.<\/p>\n
Two weeks later, he was able to move his legs ……, which is truly a miracle.<\/p>\n
I just played tag and hide-and-seek with the guys every day.”<\/p>\n
“Great, that’s just such a rapid recovery ……”<\/p>\n
Is it because of the iPS cell transplant…or…<\/p>\n
“Well, what is it, um, if you move your body with Adam, will your brain be tricked? Or something like that… I don’t know.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I kind of understand… I don’t know.”<\/p>\n
When I heard that it was a state-of-the-art treatment that linked iPS cells with the latest virtual reality space Metaverse Adam, I had high hopes…<\/p>\n
I never thought it would have such a dramatic effect.<\/p>\n
I must have been very lucky to come across this treatment by chance.<\/p>\n
“Every day I have so much fun playing with my friends at Adam’s. I wish I could stay inside all the time. I wish I could stay inside all the time.”<\/p>\n
I sometimes use a strange dialect, probably due to my friends from all over the country. ……<\/p>\n
Coming to the Astro Human Medical Center really brightened up the mass.<\/p>\n
“Are all your friends cured?”<\/p>\n
“… Most of the children are getting better, but there are some who are not at all.”<\/p>\n
“Isn’t that what everyone is saying?”<\/p>\n
Not everyone recovers. …… I think I heard something like 70 or 80% recover.<\/p>\n
“The other day, I was playing around with Hikari-chan, but she’s so pitiful.”<\/p>\n
“You mean he’s not recovered?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, on the contrary, I lost my sight.”<\/p>\n
“Huh? It’s gotten worse.”<\/p>\n
“Well, at first I lost my sight in an accident, and now I can see a little, but now I can’t open my eyes.”<\/p>\n
“That’s right, I feel sorry for you…”<\/p>\n
My heart aches just to imagine how painful it would be to lose my sight.<\/p>\n
“Also, you can’t move your body at all.”<\/p>\n
“Eh, whole body? He can’t even move his hands…”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, there’s nowhere to move.”<\/p>\n
“–I can’t move anywhere! …… That’s too bad.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, that’s why you want to stay with Adam forever.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, I guess so. I can only imagine, but it seems that you can’t move your body at all.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, that’s why I thought Misa was always happy.”<\/p>\n
“That’s right. There are children who are more painful than Mass.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2015\u2015That’s right, I remembered!<\/p>\n
The name of the paralyzed child… I believe it was Hikari-chan!<\/p>\n
“By hospital, do you mean the Astro Human Medical Center? Do you know Misa?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I used to be at the Astro Center, erm Misa-chan… Maybe I’ve played with Adam a few times.”<\/p>\n
I was like, “Oh, yeah, right. Mami really was human!”<\/p>\n
\u201cEh, Master, is that so!\u201d<\/p>\n
Himemi was very surprised and looked at my face, so she nodded and affirmed.<\/p>\n
Of course, if I hadn’t heard about Mass, I wouldn’t have believed it either.<\/p>\n
“But why were you pretending to be an AI?”<\/p>\n
“Um, this is also a secret, but…”<\/p>\n
“That secret is a promise with someone?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, Uncle Amakaze, ah! This was a secret too… Master, don’t tell anyone!”<\/p>\n
Amakaze? “I wonder who it is…”<\/p>\n
“Okay, I’ll keep it a secret. I don’t know him.”<\/p>\n
“Umm, Mami moved to another hospital and couldn’t let Adam in.”<\/p>\n
“Eh! Why did you do that…”<\/p>\n
“Because there are other people waiting. There are many people like Mami who had an accident.”<\/p>\n
“But you still haven’t gotten better, have you? You still can’t move…”<\/p>\n
“Yeah…yes…the hospital we’re in doesn’t have Adam, so it’s just nothing every day…”<\/p>\n
Then Mami began to burst into tears.<\/p>\n
Just imagining it makes me sick.<\/p>\n
I can’t move a finger on the bed, I’m just sleeping.<\/p>\n
My hands and feet are tied and I’m trapped… No, it’s more than that.<\/p>\n
The days are just like torture, with no dreams or hopes of recovery.<\/p>\n
Even adults can’t stand it.<\/p>\n
When I thought about it, I got really angry.<\/p>\n
Even if it was a medical center that the other party had saved Mass and worshiped like a god.<\/p>\n
Wait a minute, isn’t that terrible! “I gave you freedom once, and that’s what I did.”<\/p>\n
That’s still for a child like this… you can do that well!<\/p>\n
“Mami… did you have such a hard time…”<\/p>\n
I really wanted to die. But, Uncle Tenpu helped me get into XANA.<\/p>\n
“That’s right, but why the AI…”<\/p>\n
“Well, they said they’re going to secretly create a world just for us that no one can find. It’s better to hide during that time.”<\/p>\n
“What’s wrong with being found…”<\/p>\n
“Um, umm, there’s a tool that costs a lot of money, so I brought it without permission, so if it’s found, it’s useless. Without it, Mami’s body will weaken and die.”<\/p>\n
Come to think of it, Misa wasn’t just wearing VR Goku at first, she was also wearing something like a full-body suit…<\/p>\n
Something like using a device that moves muscles with low frequency so that they don’t lose muscle strength…<\/p>\n
In the case of upper body paralysis, there were children who were doing various things, such as respiratory equipment and nutrition drips.<\/p>\n
“I see, so you brought the treatment tool silently…”<\/p>\n
It seems like it would be a crime of theft or something like that… so that’s it.<\/p>\n
Is that the cause of the recent incident…?<\/p>\n
“Yeah, so don’t tell me, Master. I don’t want Mami to be able to come in here again.”<\/p>\n
“Okay, I will never say that. I promise.”<\/p>\n
I seriously thought so, I can understand Mami’s feelings painfully.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s a crime of concealment…<\/p>\n
But even so, good Mami… no, I can’t let Hikari go to hell like that.<\/p>\n
“But I’m sorry. Without knowing that, I always gave orders and wanted to do something I liked more.”<\/p>\n
“No, that’s not true. Master let Mami do everything she wanted to do. Swimming in the pool, fishing, and going to the magical girl Solasido-chan’s concert. The most fun was at the amusement park in Master’s land. Building the ground and riding a roller coaster.I hated haunted houses because they were a little scary.”<\/p>\n
“Well, if Mami was having fun, I’m glad.”<\/p>\n
“Besides…”<\/p>\n
“in addition?”<\/p>\n
Master, you look like Mami’s dad. I was wondering if this is what a daddy is like. ……”<\/p>\n
“Eh Papa…”<\/p>\n
No, I’m still single, and I’ve never been called a dad…<\/p>\n
“Mami, I’ve always wanted a daddy.”<\/p>\n
“Mami, didn’t you have a father?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, it’s always been mommy. All my friends have daddy, and I’ve always been jealous.”<\/p>\n
“Is that so\u2026\u2026”<\/p>\n
On top of one parent, paralyzed, how many trials did God give to this child?<\/p>\n
I vaguely thought that God would give the person a trial that they could endure, but… I feel like I was wrong.<\/p>\n
No, I don’t always believe in God.<\/p>\n
When Misa became paralyzed, she used to pray to God for recovery.<\/p>\n
It seems that God will tell me not to ask only at such times.<\/p>\n
“That’s why I love you so much. I want to be with you forever. That’s why I didn’t go even if my mother called me.”<\/p>\n
Mami stares straight at me with round eyes.<\/p>\n
“Thank you, Mami.”<\/p>\n
“I want to be with Master and Himemi-chan forever and ever.”<\/p>\n
“Okay Mami. Let’s stay together forever. We’re like family.”<\/p>\n
I feel like I’ve awakened to paternity even though I’m not married yet, let alone a child.<\/p>\n
Is this a desire for protection?<\/p>\n
As for myself, I didn’t know my mother’s love, and I didn’t feel much love from my father who was busy with work.<\/p>\n
As for myself, I didn’t know my mother’s love, and I didn’t feel much love from my father who was busy with work.<\/p>\n
The existence of a younger sister who suddenly became older than me changed me just a little.<\/p>\n
And now, even more, the feeling of wanting to protect others other than myself is welling up.<\/p>\n
The feeling was warm and comforting, making me feel hot.<\/p>\n
I feel strangely fulfilled, as if I had gained the meaning of being alive and being kept alive.<\/p>\n
This new feeling is fresh and full of surprises.<\/p>\n
Maybe I got what I lacked as a person.
\n“Mami, then I’m a mom. We’ll always be together.”<\/p>\n
Himemi came to Mami and hugged her.<\/p>\n
\u300cYes!”\u300d<\/p>\n
“I am the master’s legal wife, so Mami is my daughter. We will protect you.”<\/p>\n
Eh… Himemi, that might be wrong.<\/p>\n
“–Then, Mami is my younger sister.<\/p>\n
Misaki, who should have been unconscious, suddenly sat up.<\/p>\n
“Uwaa-, what is it, Misaki, when did you wake up…”<\/p>\n
\u201cMaster, maybe Misaki heard everything. Even during the unconscious setting, the voice was recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Himemi said with a slightly mean look.<\/p>\n
“Oh, that’s right… Hey, more than that, it’s Himemi.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, what is it, Star?”<\/p>\n
“You’re not human, are you?”<\/p>\n
It’s time to use it I can’t tell the difference between an AI secretary and a person.<\/p>\n
“Yes, without a doubt, it’s an AI, Master. It’s nowhere near the Master’s first AI secretary.”<\/p>\n
“I see, that’s right… Misaki you too…”<\/p>\n
“Yes, Master’s favorite, the second AI secretary, Misaki.”<\/p>\n
“Hey Misaki, just now, that was mixed with lies.”<\/p>\n
“Oh, is that so? Himemi-chan.”<\/p>\n
“Wait, wait, wait, that’s fine…”<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry, Master. That’s the most important part! The number one is me.”<\/p>\n
That’s the only thing I won’t give up, Himemi…<\/p>\n
Don–!<\/p>\n
“Battle formation\u2014!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Hey Mami, don’t be buggered. I didn’t even recognize that I was an AI!” “Because it’s true. Mami won’t lie.” “Um, Mami, I’m sorry. I don’t understand.” “Master Mami, my real name is Hikari, and I’m still on the hospital bed.” \u201cWait a minute, Mami, you\u2019re a third-generation AI whose mother is Eve, aren\u2019t you? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93246,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/web.xana.net\/?post_type=story&p=87448","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93015","story","type-story","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorys-reborn-as-a-xana-master","en-US"],"yoast_head":"\n