Autodoll wa Kuchita Sekai de Yume wo Miru

“What? By what means are you carrying that thing​?”

Asked Noah, a jet-black motorcycle.
Yuuyami and Lydia returned back to the edge of Woodland.

“That thing” Noah called Apricotー a female AD, who was carried by Yuuyami.

Before they knew it, Apricot closed her eyes and completely ceased functioning.

“I will keep her on my back and ride Noah in tandem seat.”
“It’s overweight. I’ll die. Please pardon me.”
“Hmm. Then I shall return afoot with her on my back.”
“In that case you’ll return at sunset, you know?”

Lydia slightly tilted her head.

“Do you have any other ideas?”

Yuuyami shifted her gaze at Lydia.

“Uh-huh, look at this.” Lydia rose her left wrist and operated the wearable. “Rapha! Help! Come here immediately with an ambulance! I’m begging of you!”

“Onee-chama!?”

Rapha’s voice could be heard from the wearable.

“I’ll be there in forty, no, in thirty minutes!”
“Eh? By any chance, was Rapha always monitoring my whereabouts?”
“That’s… there was no such a thing! I had a free time, so I’ve validated it just now!”

Rapha answered so, seemed to be very impatient.
Wearables weren’t only provide a communication feature but also there was installed facility for transmission a information about location.

“Hmm. Well, that’s fine. I’m waiting.”
“Yes, that’s right!”

Broadcast was over.

“Indeed.” Nodded Yuuyami.
“Since I got a so great wearable, I have to use it.”

Lydia shrugged her shoulders.

“The wording was a bit exaggerated, don’t you think?”
“Nevertheless, there was no lie?”

Yuuyami reviewed the log from a while ago.
Helpー that was a fact, we wishing for her to help us.
Come here immediately with an ambulanceー to put there Apricot.
I’m begging of youー genuine request.
Yuuyami slightly nodded.

“That’s right. There was no problem.”

◇

Approximately thirty minutes later.
Rapha and Ohan approached a Woodland on ambulance.
Yuuyami put Apricot in ambulance and exhaled.

“Yuuyami.”

Ohan, who was sitting in the ambulance, said so.
Incidentally, Rapha was now talking with Lydia outside.

“What is it?”

Yuuyami also sat in the ambulance.

“Yuuyami, is beautiful.”
“Thank you very much.”

Yuuyami wasn’t modest. Since she was aware of her prettiness.
If Yuuyami said: “I’m not beautiful” it would be just a sarcastic comment​.

“I envy.”

Ohan was observing Yuuyami.

“Ohan is cool as well. Lydia said so.”
“I want to be beautiful.”
“Do you mean an outward appearance?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm. Why don’t you discuss it with Rapha-san?”
“Ojou-sama, believes that for an AD, decoration​s are unnecessary.”
“So that’s how it is.”
“Yuuyami’s voice is also beautiful. I want to modify my voice so its also would become beautiful.”
“Ohan, are you perhaps, becoming conscious?”

To envy of something, to wish for something. It appeared quite a human-esque.
Even so, somewhere, she had an uncomfortable feeling.
Yuuyami has never envied of something so tempestuous​.
Yuuyami was satisfied with herself.
Naturally, there plenty of things of which even Yuuyami was lacking.
However,
these weren’t a issues, since Lydia would fill them entirely.

“No. There are no signs of that. I am not conscious.”
“Is that so. It’s curious. Whereas you’re not conscious, why do you asking for it then?”
“That’s because Yuuyami wanted.”
“Me?”
“Wanted Lydia’s love.”
“Aah, I see.”

Once Ohan was connected to Yuuyami. At that time, the feelings of Yuuyami flowed in. They was a substitute for processing the emotions, to be exact.

“That’s why, I want, to be beautiful.”
“Please, wait. I can’t tie it together. You want to be beautiful since I wish for Lydia’s love?”
“I want to be loved”
“By whom? Lydia?”
“Because I want to be loved, I want to be beautiful. If I would be beautiful, I will be loved. Both Yuuyami and Lydia looking beautiful.”
“Ohan is misunderstanding. I don’t love Lydia since she’s beautiful. I love her because she’s Lydia.”

In order to verify the words of Yuuyami, Ohan went silent.
Yuuyami waited for Ohan’s reaction.

“Still, I want to be, beautiful.”
“This is only my opinion, but Ohan is already beautiful enough. Do you believe that you are loved because of it?”

Ohan didn’t say anything.
Perhaps he wasn’t able to comprehend Yuuyami’s words.

“If you understand that and yet wishing to change your appearance, I shall ask Rapha-san for it.”

◇

“Did you found an AD?”

Asked Rapha.
The weather was nice these days, optimal for exploration.
Although Rapha didn’t wish to do that.

“Uh-huh.” Lydia nodded.

Lydia and Yuuyami desired to inspect the world all around. Today, they ran their motorcycle and found an AD.
Rapha sighed a little.
By the appearance of broadcast Rapha judged that the two had fallen into a grave condition.
However in fact, they merely needed to transport anAD.
The relief and disappointment. One or two sighs came out naturally.
But with that being said,

“Kunagi Woodland, isn’t it?”

Rapha observed forest.
Woodland that appeared to divide heaven and earth. The sky, the earth and the Woodland. A place where these three colors were mixed.
Rapha felt a little strange.

“Why does only here remains so beautiful?”

World was destroyed. There was not a sign of humanity that were boasting their prosperity.
However Rapha was convinced.
That may be a correct landscape of the world.
Wild land and high sky. For sure that was a scenery of the genesis.
Thus, Rapha didn’t hate such a view.

“I don’t know. Nevertheless, I guess they left it like this intentionally.”

Lydia also looked at the Woodland.

“Mika, done that?”
“Perhaps me either.”

Silence.
She didn’t know whose intention it was. When you see the result, a possibility that there wasn’t any volition seemed to be accurate.
Unless she’d meet and talk to Mika or Lydia’s recollection would come back, anything couldn’t go any further than​ mere conjecture​.

“Is sheー” Lydia pointed at Woodland. “ーhere? Mika.”
“I don’t know. However if Mika left the Woodland in such a state, it might be possible.”

Rapha thought that either way was fine.
After all, Rapha didn’t look for Mika. She had no intention of exploring woodland. That didn’t suit her nature.

“By the way, who is that Mika? If that’s a cute girl, please made her get on my seat.”

Suddenly, a strange voice could be heard.
Rapha looked around restlessly: “What was that?”

“It’s me, me, that’s me. Ultra-sweet-bike – Noah-san. Nice to meet you, Chibiko1.”

Thus, Rapha recognised owner of the voice.

“Motorbike speaks!? Moreover, its just called me Chibi!?”
“Oi-oi, bikes are talking nowadays, aye? Chibiko.”
“How discourteous, treating me as Chibi at the first meeting! It’s a violation of human rights! It’s a discriminatory term! It’s disgusting!”

Rapha, who was to talking on and on, like a raging fire.

“Ah, oh, my, my bad. I won’t say it any more. No joking.”

Noah succumbed to the vigor of Rapha and apologised obediently.

“What is it? This vulgar artificial intelligence.”

Rapha glared at Lydia.
No matter how you’d look at it, Noah’s personality wasn’t designed by Yuuyami. If Yuuyami, it’d bound to have a slightly better nature.
Lydia was the only one to set up such a foolish personhood​. Moreover, there no mistaking it, she must have decided on the spot without thinking deeply about it.

“Aah, eer.” Lydia looked away from Rapha. “I also believe that I a little overdid it.”
“If you understand, please correct it as soon as possible!”

Rapha drawed to Lydia’s face.
A little further and the distance would’ve been enough for kiss, however Rapha has no intention of doing so.

“Oーi, I guess I also have a my own even if not human but transport rights.”

Said Noah.

“Shut up!”

Rapha glared at Noah.
Noah was being silent.

“N, now now. Calm down, alright?”

Lydia pointed her palms towards Rapha and showed a soothing gesture.

“Can you please revise it?”
“Noー, how about that? Look, I have a transport rights.”
“Onee-chama.”
“Yes.”
“There is no transport rights.”
“Yes.”
“Please correct it, okay?”
“Ah, er…”

Lydia swam her eyes around. As if asking for someone’s help.

“Now, shall we go back to the library.”

From behind Rapha, was heard a voice of Yuuyami.
Yuuyami finished stowing aboard​ an AD and came out of the ambulance.
However, Rapha judged. It was slow for Yuuyami.2 Naturally, she didn’t blame her.
It would be good if there was no malfunction, Rapha thought.

“What’s going on?”

Yuuyami tilted her head.

“Mｍーmm! Let’s return!”

Lydia ran and embraced her waist.
Oh no,​ she escaped, were Rapha’s thoughts.
Nonchalant​ly, Yuuyami caressed Lydia’s head.
Lydia closed her eyes in comfort.
After seeing these two, Rapha’s fury vanish​ed somewhere far away.
Instead,
Rapha felt an awful loneliness.
And then,
in the nook of that loneliness,
she was jealous of it.