Autodoll wa Kuchita Sekai de Yume wo Miru

“That was! Shameless!”

Simultaneously as Lydia removed device from her head, Rapha approached her and said so.
Lydia sat up on the bed.

“Even in a dream, your actions…”

Lydia lost her energy at midway​, so she couldn’t hear the second half of sentence.

“What sort of actions?”

After Lydia asked, Rapha’s face turned bright red and she cast her eyes downwards.
Lydia unintentionally let out a giggle and removed electrodes off her body.

“Say, what sort of actions?”

And then, asked once again.

“Th, th, that’s…”

Rapha stuttered.
After that,

“O, Onee-chama is dissolute, waaaaa!”

Rapha cried out during running towards entrance, and, just like that, hit the door.

“It hurts, waaaa!”

Rapha shouted again, opened the door, and, only after that, went out of room.

“How inelegant.”

Lydia shrugged her shoulders.
Rapha always taught Lydia to splendor of being graceful.
Nevertheless, Rapha herself wasn’t as elegant as she believed.

“Is it alright?”

Yuuyami, who restarted properly, walked to Lydia and stood before her.
In right hand, Yuuyami held her usual maid outfit. Lydia prepared it.

“What is it?”
“Isn’t better to chase after her?”
“She’ll be alright. Rapha, perhaps, just choose to leave the two of us alone.”
“Pardon?”

Yuuyami tilted her head.

“Although Rapha is a complicated and ultra-troublesome child, I believe we don’t need to do that.”
“Hah.”
“Just my guess.”

Lydia expanded both of her hands slightly.
As ever, Rapha was complicated and mysterious​. Her words and deeds​ weren’t always match​ed with feelings in her heart. Therefore, one needed to guess the true motive.
Provided that a guess was correct, there no guarantee.

“At any rate, it’s been a long time.”

Lydia tapped bed. Gesture to sit next to her.

“I met you just a moment ago. Inside of the dream.”

Yuuyami correctly comprehend Lydia’s gesture and sat near her.

“In the world of reality, it’s been a while.”
“That’s right. It looks to me that I’ve been down for quite a long time.”
“I was lonely.”
“Please, excuse me.”
“It’s alright, after all Yuuyami was lonely either, aren’t you?”
“Yes, awfully.”
“How does it felt like? Quantum brain of Yuuyami was working slightly. Did you knew that yourself?”
“Yes, however it was mere darkness.”
“Darkness…”
“That’s right. Even so, I was always imagining Lydia. Thus, I was able endure it.”
“Is that so.”

Lydia moved closer and leaned on Yuuyami.

“Incidentally​, I encountered a weird existence in that darkness.”
“Was it an iris flower?”

Asked Lydia, Yuuyami widely opened her eyes.

“How did you find out? Did you monitored me?”
“It’s different. I met it in my dream either. It was an intelligent life-form.”
“Indeed. I positive it was intelligent.”
“As yet their identity remains unknown.”
“If so, shall we examine it someday.”
“Right.”

Silence.
By all means, that was a pleasant.
Lydia’s heart was pounding, as she touched Yuuyami body in real world.
Now, Lydia knew the meaning of that pounding.
Consequently, she accepted and entrusted herself to it.

◇

As Rapha went out from an underground research facility, Ohan was there.

“Ohan.”

When she called out, Ohan looked at her, over the shoulder.

“Ojou-sama. Are you done?”
“Yes. It was successful. There’s no problem, Yuuyami has rebooted.”
“Is that so.”

Rapha walked to the side of Ohan and stopped there.

“Therefore, Onee-sama will go.”
“Where to?”
“Who knows.” Rapha shrugged her shoulders. “To somewhere other than here. She was frequently saying, that she would explore throughout the world​ together with Yuuyami.”
“Is that so.”
“And I, once again, will be left alone, right?”
“Wrong.”
“Wrong?”

Rapha looked up at Ohan and met with Ohan’s vermilion visual sensor.

“I’m always with Ojou-sama.”
“Ohan isn’t a person.”
“I undestand. Just stated the fact.”
“Ohan’s tend to be impertinent. Is it, perhaps, influence of Onee-chama? Or else it’s since you came in contact with Yuuyami’s emotions?”
“Each of it. If this is not to Ojou-sama’s liking, I erase the log and turn back to my state as I was a month ago?”

Rapha thinked it over a little, and

“Can you put me on your shoulder?” asked that.
“Understood.”

Ohan picked Rapha up and placed her on right shoulder.

“Here’s a great view.”

A world without anything. Neglected up to horizon. Rapha didn’t hate such a landscape.

“Ohan.”
“Yes.”
“It’s unnecessary to erase your log. After all you diligently listen to my commands, right? So, there’s no problem.”
“Understood.”

A spring breeze blew and shook Rapha’s peach hair.
Rapha clung tightly to Ohan’s head.

“Onee-chama be going away… Nonetheless, I’m not able to prevent it.”

The month has passed, Rapha could understand Lydia now.
If Lydia said she would go explore the world, she definitely will do so.
Even in case if she gets in the way, undoubtedly, she will be brushed aside.
Even if she asked her to stay, she would smile, while saying: “I want to see the world with Yuuyami.”

“Why don’t you go with her, Ojou-sama?”
“Ohan is fool​ as before… I’m not interested in world exploration.”
“Is that so.”
“Right. That’s why I won’t go with her… I want to study here, so much as Onee-chama wants to explore the world…”
“The paths would come across someday.”
“That’s right. I hope so.”

In reality, Lydia supposed to wake up together with Rapha, learn with her, and create the world together with her.
Yet, Lydia woke up alone, studied with Yuuyami, explored and created the world together with Yuuyami.
It was lonely and sad.
However, it couldn’t be helped.
Lydia wasn’t a doll. She had a regular life and determination​.
Similar to Rapha.

“I have to talk to her, before Onee-chama will go.”

In regard of Angel Project, about themselves.
And finally,
concerning the person who destroyed this world.

◇

Yuuyami dressed up in her usual maid outfit and went alone outside.
Having done that, she saw Rapha, who as sitting on Ohan’s shoulder.
Situation were so picturesque, that Yuuyami became breathless.

“Ha, will you bring down, quickly!?”

Rapha, after noticed Yuuyami, asked that flusteredly.
Yuuyami didn’t understand why she was in such a rush. Even though they looked very beautiful.
Ohan put Rapha back on the ground.

“What are you doing here?”

Rapha was tsun and prim1, as if her impatience from a moment ago was a lie.

“I wanted to talk with Ohan for a moment.”
“Then I’ll left you alone, is that okay?”
“Yes, thank you very much.”
“What about Onee-chama?”
“Drinking café au lait​.”
“I want to drink it too!”

Rapha ran down the stairs, in canter, and disappeared within underground research facility.

“Ohan.”

Yuuyami walked to Ohan.

“Yes.”

Ohan didn’t moved.

“Thank you very much.”
“What is it for?”
“For substituting my processing and for transmission my feelings to Lydia.”
“Is that so.”
“At first, I was afraid of you.”
“Is that so.”

Ohan’s voice was flat.

“However now, I’m no longer afraid. You’re very kind AD.”
“Is that so.”
“Lydia was right. If one wouldn’t speak, they couldn’t be able to know anything, unless they get involved. Not you nor Rapha-san.”

Yuuyami tried to avoid approaching Rapha and Ohan, since she was afraid to be destroyed by Ohan.
Nevertheless, Lydia, carefree with enthusiasm, turned the throttle and approached the two.
It was as if yesterday.

“Ohan treats Rapha-san with great care​, aren’t you?”
“I do not understand.”
“Didn’t you placed her on your shoulder?”
“Because I was ordered to do so.”
“Hmm…”

Yuuyami slightly shrugged shoulders.

“Is this the end of conversation?”

Still, Ohan was indifferent.

“One more thing. Before long, we will return to the library.”
“Yes.”
“But, I will be coming again.”
“Yes.”
“At that time, shall we play​ together.”
“Play?”
“Right. Is that will be okay?”
“I didn’t understand it properly, but I’ll do my best.”
“Yes. Please, do. If anything, not me but Lydia seemed eager to play with Ohan.”

Yuuyami smiled broadly.

“Lydia-sama?”
“Yes. Just now I heard various things about Rapha-san and Ohan. Lydia thinks Ohan is cool.”
“Cool?”
“That’s right. You are sparkling, large, looks strong. It appears that she wants to play with you.”
“Play…”

Naturally, a military AD, Ohan, had no concept of playing. Yuuyami was aware of that. Nevertheless, if she would teach him, he should be able to play.
Ohan’s quantum brain was of an old type, however by no means a simple one.

“If it would snowing, a snowball fight is fun, however it won’t snow for a while. Therefore, I guess, a board game would be good.”
“Board game…”
“Yes. I’m sure Ohan will be good at it. Well then.”

Yuuyami smiled and turned back at her heels.

◇

Ohan was standing alone on the surface.
While carrying out a guarding duty,
words of Yuuyami were being reproduced in the quantum brain over and over again.
And each time he paused the last scene.
Place, where Yuuyami smiled, saying: 『Well then.』
Ohan clipped out that moment and saved it as a snapshot.
Then, attached to that data a label -『important』.
Ohan didn’t understand why he did so.
However, only one thing was certain.

“Yuuyami, beautiful.”

These muttered words were peacefully​ vanished, blown by the wind.