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    “Sit down, Ailee.”

    The sun was in full bloom and the courtyard was empty and secluded.

    After politely declining that plate of instant squares.

    The Xu system patted the seat beside them and gestured for Ailee to sit down.

    In the sky outside, there was a constant chirping of engineering equipment, but the hot light burned that cacophony clean away again.

    In the end, only a warm glow remains to form the veil.

    Lightly covered the top of the young girl’s head.

    “Yes, master”, the loyal machine servant nodded down lightly, her fingertips lightly pinching the skirts on both sides as she quietly settled down beside the Xu system in an elegant manner.

    The Xu system’s eyes flashed for a moment.

    He noticed that the girl’s hair had a little droplet of water left in it, which should be the remnants of earlier water play.

    Hazy and brightly noticeable, intermittent patches of light shone within.

    The Xu system lost its smile.

    Got up and walked behind Ailee.

    Undo the coiled dark blonde hair.

    Subconsciously, the girl wanted to make a move, but she heard Xu System’s voice from behind her, “Ailee, don’t move for now.”

    The machine servant was obedient and loyal.

    She obeyed the Xu system’s instructions and sat quietly in her original position, letting the warm fingers of those ten fingers straighten her long, slightly damp hair.

    “Ailee, if you’re not feeling well anywhere, just remember to say so.”

    “Yes, I will.”

    The sunlight dances with the green leaves, rendering a different kind of serenity.

    The Xu system moved gently, his left hand cupping the long, delicate and subtle flooded blonde hair, and the five fingers of his right hand wrapped in mechanical force to weed out those excess droplets of water for his own machine servant.

    A little.

    Two clicks.

    The light hair, soon to regain its shape in the combing, was no longer as slippery as it had been earlier.

    Ailee waited in silence, waiting for the fingers of the Xu system to fly, to feel that warmth weave her long hair and form it into a bun-like pattern once more.

    “Okay, Ailee.”

    “Yes, thank you.”

    Summertime always passes without a word.

    It was clear that she had budgeted the time in her mind, but after a warm palm brushed through her hair and gently rubbed the top of her head, Ailee would still lose track of time.

    Until the Xu system stops moving and a voice is raised to remind them.

    It took an afterthought for the loyal machine servant to say thank you.

    She watched and watched as the Xu system resumed its seat, and in a tone that contained an apology, she suggested to the Xu system:

    “Please leave such inconsequential things to me next time.”

    Very joyful.

    Wanted it badly.

    For such intimacy, Ailee was fond of it, but her duty as a maid made Ailee feel that she couldn’t let the Xu system do such a small thing.

    It’s important to be clear about who is the master and who is the servant.

    “Okay, next time for sure.”

    The Xu system smiled.

    His upper body leaned back a little, pulling away to get a fuller view of the delicate, serious mechanical face.

    “That’s nice.”

    He praised.

    Beautiful flawless maiden who seems to have stepped out of a fairy tale without a blemish.

    The Xu system reached out with its fingers and gently ruffled the hair on the girl’s forehead, making it possible for those clear silver-blue eyes to better gaze at the world.

    Being mechanical, Ailee can still observe the world even without this body.

    But the Hsu system feels.

    There are times and aspects where rituals are necessary.

    “As long as…you like ……”, there was a summer wind, so strong that it blew the hair in mid-air, blurring the human voice.

    Ailee’s fingers, lightly pressed against the top of her own head, lest the Xu system’s freshly tidied hair be blown about by the uninterested summer breeze.

    Early summer sunshine.

    Long flooded blonde hair.

    Slender fingers.

    The combination of multiple elements creates a beautiful and stunning image.

    The Xu system appreciated the beauty, and it was only when the summer breeze stopped and the flying hair returned to its original state that he opened his mouth to ask:

    “Ailee, have you thought about what you’re going to do in the future?”

    The girl blurted out, “Serve you.”

    Hsu Department: “……”

    Very criminal, very cuffable.

    “Ahem, I mean, is there anything else you want to do besides this?”

    The Xu system softened his voice and asked in as soft a tone as possible.

    Not an inane inquiry.

    Nor was it a whim of curiosity.

    Not long ago, Xu witnessed the “water play” of the machine servant, and he suddenly realized that Ai Lei’s humanity was already very mature.

    Even though Ailee didn’t seem to have much of an opinion, she put Xu’s department at the forefront of everything and surrounded him in everything she did.

    But.

    Memories of looking up at the stars and the mingling of water and light today.

    It wouldn’t be hard to see.

    Airey’s sense of autonomy is becoming perfected.

    What was once a housekeeping device begins to truly transform into a “person” in every sense of the word.

    The Xu system was pleased with such growth, so he sat Ailee down and tried to have a good conversation with her.

    “I’m sorry, I have no desire to do anything …… other than, serve you ……”, the machine maiden shook her head blankly, her hair swaying to follow her movements, looking extremely confused.

    “Not at all, Ailee?”

    The Xu system said in a reminder tone, “Anything.”

    So the machine servant began to think seriously.

    Eventually this answer was given.

    “Cleaning, learning recipes, planting flowers, and destroying all enemies for you.”

    The Xu system was stunned.

    Coming down in circles, Ailee’s answer still surrounded him, not in terms of ego.

    “No, Master?” , the girl said, her index finger resting against her chin with a droll expression, “Ailee only wants to serve her master.”

    “It’s …… not a question of whether it works or not, it’s ……”

    The Xu system was helpless.

    He understood his own machine servant’s reply.

    Being a home wise device, the first aim is definitely to serve the owner, there is no doubt about that.

    But this cheering answer was not what the Xu system wanted.

    “It’s always been centered around me, centered on me, so where will the boy be when I’m gone?”

    The Xu system’s eyelids closed slightly, and he sighed softly in his heart.

    This time around, the sci-fi side of the simulation ends with either exhausting ten resurrections and ultimately dying on the battlefield, or exhausting your entire life span and going to the end of death.

    Either outcome.

    The Xu line, being human, were all much more fragile than Ailee.

    Thus, after seeing the more and more human side of Ailee, the Xu system couldn’t help but think and consider for that future that had yet to arrive.

    “Master, where did Ailee go wrong?”

    Noticing the mischievous look on Xu System’s face, the Machine Servant spoke out to inquire.

    “No, no, Ailee is doing fine.”

    The Xu system reached out and stroked the machine servant’s head, “I’m just slightly that tired.”

    Tired?

    Ailee brought out the plate of instant squares, “Would the master like something to eat then?”

    “I ……”, against the sincere mechanical eyes, Xu Department that refusal of words, stuck in the throat can not speak.

    Eventually.

    He picked up the new flavored instant squares.

    Take a big bite out of it.

    “Very good, Ailee”, listening to the Xu system’s comment, Ailee broke into a wide smile, smiling happily, smiling like no one else.

    [After taking the Sixth Satellite City, your life is no longer a static wasteland]

    [Bright sunshine, fresh air, green plants]

    [These precious things come to you]

    [You are full of joy, touching these precious things of the end, but at the same time, you hold worries for Ailee’s growth]

    [You’ve often wondered what it would take to raise Ailee better.]

    “Not a better super-ai, but a better “human”.

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