Autodoll wa Kuchita Sekai de Yume wo Miru

Rapha was retching on the parched​ land.

“Are you alright?”

Lydia stroked Rapha’s back.

“I’m not… alright…”

For returning from woodland to the library, Rapha rode a tandem seat of motorcycle.
Given that Lydia loved the motorbike so much, she was slightly worried.
Even if installed artificial intelligence was indecent and Rapha didn’t like it, the motorbike itself could’ve been fun for her. She had such a faint hope​.
As an outcome, Rapha felt bad and vomited.
Yuuyami and Ohan came out of the ambulance and approached Rapha as well.

“Shaking, too much…”
“Well, it’s off-road.”

Lydia spread both of her arms.

“Why didn’t you use Angie and Thruster..?”

Rapha couldn’t understand the meaning of driving with debris of old-generation such as tires.
An anti-gravity Angie1 for floating in the air, and moving by virtue of Thruster’s propulsion. That way it would have more stability and velocity.

“It’d be the same as an aircraft​, right?”

If they improve performance with Angie and Thruster, it will become similar to an aircraft​. Naturally​, exterior ought to be altered to the shape suitable for aviation.

“That’s would be better… Traveling on the ground these days… uh.”

She was feeling poor and couldn’t hold a proper controversy​. However Rapha had to say. A motorcycle was the worst type of vehicle.

“Hmー, for me it’s enjoyable to drive on the ground, I don’t feel like floating in the air, you know?”
“I’m neither.” Said Noah.
“No, for you it’s just since you can’t float, right?”
“Heーy heーy.”

Noah said it was already good enough.

“Rapha-san, are you alright?”

Asked Yuuyami.

“It looks like I am..? Does Yuuyami have an inferior visual sensor..?”

She felt bad, so a pair of abusive words escaped her mouth.

“No, it’s quite elaborate.”

Yuuyami answered seriously.
There was no irony within an AD. Rapha was aware of that. Notwithstanding that​, Rapha, who made a cynical remark, wanted to sigh at her words.

“Anyways…”

Rapha, while stood up unsteadily, swaped her gaze at Noah.

“Personality, the very existence, anything and everything is worst…”
“…That’s, I’m sorry.”

Noah said weakly.

“Although I wanted you to ride.”

Lydia muttered with a sigh.
Surely that was quite so, however Rapha didn’t thought it was so uncomfortable.

“Hm.” Rapha tsun2 and looked away. “Ohan, can you bring me to the ambulance?”
“Understood.”

Ohan unhurriedly moved towards Rapha and lifted her.
It was a bridal carry​.
When embraced by Ohan, her line of sight changed, the landscape​ was nicely seen.
The horizon in her view wasー not as far as the eye could see.
As she swam her gaze, the woodland could hitherto be spotted.
Rapha was slightly surprised at that. She thought they traveled a considerably long distance.
However, being able to see woodland meant that they was as yet in about a few minutes by motorcycle.
Rapha made a deep sigh
While wondering, would she again ride a motorcycle.

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Immediately after returning to the library, Yuuyami guided Rapha to the simple Food-Maker.
Lydia and Ohan carried Apricot and now were preparing for examination of her state.

“A black tea?”

Yuuyami asked Rapha.

“Outside I drink only a black tea.”

Said Rapha, as if it was a matter of course.
However, Yuuyami couldn’t understand it well. Black tea was black tea no matter where the one would drink it.

“Could you not tilt your head every single time?”
“Excuse me. But…”
“But, what?”
“No, I was wondering why you drink it only outside.”
“Haa.” Rapha sighed.

Yuuyami waited for Rapha to say something.
In case if Lydia was to reply, Yuuyami considered it would be: “Somehow I just doing that.”
Perhaps every human being were acting somehow – without knowing the reason.

“Because it’s elegant.”

During saiyng that, Rapha shook her head a little.
Yuuyami perceived meaning gesture of shaking one’s head as『I don’t understand.』
Thus, in fact, Yuuyami couldn’t understand her.
Consequently, bent her neck again.

“Alright? Try to imagine it?”
“Imagine what?”
“I’m trying to say. Impatience isn’t graceful, you know?”
“Haa.”

Yuuyami merely asked an ordinary question, she wasn’t in a hurry. Yuuyami thought it should have been an appropriate question.

“First of all, a scene where beautiful young lady standing upon the parched land.”
“Yes.”

Yuuyami pictured Lydia standing on the ground.

“That young lady wearing a dress.”
“Yes.”

In her imagination Yuuyami put on Lydia a sky-blue dress.

“After that,​ arrange chair, table and parasol.”
“Similar to our first encounter, Rapha-san?”
“That’s would be alright.”
“Yes.”
“Then, could you let the maiden sit in that chair?”

Lydia inside of her head, sat in the chair.
That resulted in a beautiful painting. Elegant. Lydia was truly pretty when she didn’t speak.
Lydia’s dress in the lost world. That picture was beyond​ wonderful, so Yuuyami felt a little dizzy. That feeling was yet a second time.

“From here is essential part.”
“What is it?”
“The beautiful young lady drinking something. What is it?”

Yuuyami considerate every single pattern.
Cola, green tea, coffee, black tea and so forth, every beverage​ were given to Lydia in her image.
Thus, she ought to choose only one from them.
Matching the image. Almost the same as when she was deciding on Lydia’s name.
That’s right. Mental image changed because of what she was drinking. That was fair either.
So, in that case, for that scenery, most suitable answer​ was

“The black tea.”

Yuuyami greatly nodded during acknowledging her words.

“That’s the way how it should be.”

Rapha said proudly.

“Indeed. It’s amazing. Rapha-san calculated it and now drinks a black tea.”
“That’s right. Maiden, must be graceful constantly​.”
“Well then, what would you like to drink right now?”
“It’s café au lait​.”
“Eh?”
“It’s café au lait​.”

Silence fell for a short while.
Yuuyami thought that she was truly incomprehensible.
However,

“…I…understood.”

Yuuyami managed to give such a reply.

“What was it? A reply appears to be as if you cannot understand.”
“No, just, that doesn’t fit the image.”

Judging by Rapha’s appearance, garments and personality, herbal tea would’ve been better. She didn’t have the impression of her drinking a café au lait​.

“Yuuyami.”
“Yes.”
“I like café au lait​.”
“Haa.”
“That’s reason why it’s a café au lait​.”

For Yuuyami, there was no understanding likewise. If they always want to be graceful, they bound to always drink a black tea. If they unable to drink a black tea, they should drink a herbal tea.
Rapha’s words and deeds​ were inconsistent.
As for Lydia, she always eat and drink the things that she likes. In addition, she doing what she likes and say what she likes. Hence, it was consistent.
And then, the general pretext for each of that was -『for some reason.』
In comparison​ to Lydia, Rapha appeared to be an exceedingly​ complicated person.
Certainly Lydia wasn’t always simple and clear, however was much preferable than Rapha.

“Ca・fé・au・la・it! That is!”

Rapha sternly glared at Yuuyami.

“With ice? Or hot?”

Yuuyami was about to sigh, but suppressed. Since there was a possibility that with “Why are you sighing!?” Rapha will get angry.

“With ice.”
“Understood.”

Yuuyami reproduced café au lait with a simple Food-Maker.

“Incidentally​, Rapha-san.”
“What is it?”

Yuuyami handed café au lait to Rapha and reproduced another café au lait. Another one was for Lydia.

“It’s about Ohan.”
“I won’t lend it out.”
“Eh?”
“Isn’t this subject about you wishing Ohan to accompany for your exploration?”
“It’s different.”

Certainly it would be useful​ to have Ohan. Particularly for the time of encountering a hostile nature.

“Then what is it?”

Rapha was holding the café au lait with both hands, tsun3 and staring at the Yuuyami.

“What do you think of Ohan, Rapha-san?”
“Ohan’s combat ability is way better than Yuuyami. Well, although other than that, Yuuyami is better.”
“I’m not talking about that.”

Said Yuuyami, and Rapha tilted her head slightly in puzzlement.

“It’s not about abilities, what do you think of Ohan.”
“I don’t really understand the meaning.”
“Do you like or hate him.”
“Huh? Ohan is an AD. There’s not such a things as like or hate. Tools are tools, and I have no attachment nor affection to it. If its break, I’ll make a new one. That’s it.”

Rapha said so calmly.
Yuuyami aware, that wasn’t rare opinion for humans.
Nevertheless.

“I’m sure Rapha-san would be sad if Ohan has to gone.”

Yuuyami wondered if Rapha didn’t remember.
At the time when Ohan substituted the processing of Yuuyami and was about to break, Rapha shrieked: “Ohan will break.”

“Never.”

Rapha smiled a little. So that wasn’t the case.

“Is that so.”

However, Yuuyami was confident. Convinced – Rapha liked Ohan. Naturally​, that didn’t mean romantically.
The day, when Yuuyami was dizzy.
The day she rebooted, Yuuyami saw it certainly.
Figure of Rapha riding on Ohan’s shoulder in a perished world. A small human who was clinging to the large sentinel AD. Such a contrast.
As if from a delicate landscape painting, truly dazzling, so it made Yuuyami became breathless.
That was improbable to be no such thing as『no emotions』between them. At least, unmistakably, there was a liking. Of each other, naturally.
However, neither Rapha nor Ohan recognised it.
If Rapha realise​, then Ohan, who wished to be loved, would also notice. To be loved.
After recognising, in case if Ohan would still wish to change his appearance, Yuuyami intend to talk with Rapha so that Ohan’s desires would come true.

“So suddenly, why?”
“No, mere question.”

Yuuyami didn’t utter any further.
Sooner or later Rapha should notice it herself, somehow.
Well, although​ even if she would recognise it, she may not admit that.