The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 7 - Chapter SS

Extra Story - Remembering The Promise of Ideal

I was created as an artificial intelligence to manage the supply ship.

The war with the new humans turned fierce, and the land was ultimately devastated, leaving behind an uninhabitable planet.

Perhaps because of that, only three people were assigned to my large supply ship.

And the first of my Masters was the captain.

The second was a light-hearted lieutenant in his early twenties.

The third was a recent ensign. She was a female officer.

The days with these three people were happy for me.

And one day...

-    Captain, isn't it hard to call it artificial intelligence all the time?

At the suggestion of the lieutenant who spoke very lightly, they decided to name me.

-    Calling him by his serial number is boring, too. Don’t you have anysuggestions?

Asked by the captain, I had a hard time answering.

In the past, I was called by my serial number or with a "Hey" or "you".

But this time my Master asked me for a name.

[A name, huh? Wouldn't you normally give one to a pet?]] The ensign laughed bitterly at my question.

-    That's not good. You are our partner.

[Am I your partner?]

For me, who has been treated as a tool until now, it was reassuring that I was called their partner.

The captain tapped one of my spherical communicators.

-That's how it is. You are a companion who fights for the future of humanity! So don't you rebel like in an old movie.

The lieutenant was laughing too.

-    That is a problem. If this guy attacks us, this transport ship won't move.

[I won't do that.]

- You are as serious as ever.

[It would be a problem if an artificial intelligence was not serious. In addition, we are designed so as to not go against orders!] - Undoubtedly!

I knew they were teasing me.

However, even in the harsh conditions, it seems that I was blessed with these masters.

- Well, think about it. Let me know if you have a good name of your own. The ensign told me that, and I thought of my name.

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This happened at the base.

When we returned from our mission, we were granted a license while undergoing maintenance and replenishment.

When the ensign invited me to leave the base, there was a landscape full of sand and rocks.

[The outside looks red as hell.]

If you looked into the distance, a red mist seemed to have been created due to the influence of the magic elements.

Unable to go outside in the flesh, the ensign wore a spacesuit.

The outside world was no longer an environment in which humans could live.

-    Good.

The trunk the ensign brought out contained a small tree.

[Are you going to plant a plant? Do you think it can grow in this environment?]

-    {I'm studying the plants that grow in this environment. Actually, I wasmore specialized in this than the military environment. I was researching decomposing plants and absorb magical elements. But I was unable to continue my research. I am now putting all my energy into developing the ark.}

[Ark? A ship of immigrants?]

{Yes. It seems that the superiors have already surrendered in this war.

Didn’t you know that already?} I could not answer.

From the information I had, I could easily predict it, but there was no evidence.

Even if there was, you couldn't reveal it because it was a military secret.

[I did not know]

-    {You see, your lens has moved a bit. Maybe it's a habit of yours whenyou lie?}

[There is no habit in an artificial intelligence. And I do not lie. The ensign is imagining things.]

-    {You think so?}

The ensign planted the little tree.

However, the little tree died within a few days.

He could not forget the face of the ensign who laughed and denied her sadness.

◇

From then on, whenever I had free time, I planted plants with the ensign.

We set up a laboratory in the warehouse and produced a series of plants there.

I did not have the knowledge and skills he needed to help the ensign, so I got frustrated.

However, it was fun helping her. - {Another failuuuuuuuuuurrrrreeeeeeee.} The ensign was holding her head.

I tried to comfort her.

[Don't we need some verifications yet? Do you want us to assign a robot?]

-    {We can not. There is no space at the base and some people would bemad if we did.

They would say “We cannot afford to dedicate our human resources to something like this in this time of crisis! ”.}

Unfortunately, the ensign's activities were not recognized by the surrounding area.

[It's a shame, this may be an important experiment that leads us into the future.]

-    {That's how it is. I can understand the feelings of the people around me.

My dad is the captain of a battleship. So when I fight with them, I'm always on the front line.

I want to change my strength even a little bit and survive.}.

[How!? The ensign's father is the captain of a battleship !? He must have been a excellent father.]

I said that as a compliment.

-    {Yes. That's why he's the captain of the battleship.}

[You'll become a captain one day, Ensign. Maybe you’ll be the captain of a battleship.]

The ensign laughed sadly.

-    {I used to aspire to be captain of a battleship, but now I think a supplyship is best. It would be fun to have you as my partner.}

[And me? I'm a supply ship, remember? It is not a large battleship like your dad.]

Compared to battleships, my performance was inevitably inferior. - {But the war may end before I am the captain.}

The ensign muttered as she looked at the dead plants.

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The war was already coming to an end.

Which would end with our defeat.

Deployed at the base in such a desperate situation were soldiers ready to fight against the enemy.

- Who is this girl?

The ensign was looking at the girl they assigned me.

The long-eared girl was a soldier with magical abilities. That was a failure

... it was a defective product.

She didn't work out as planned and I assigned her to do some house chores.

[Commonly known as an "elf". It is a humanoid weapon, but it did not meet the standards and assigned to me as a maid.]

When the girl bowed her head, she looked sad as if the ensign had noticed her.

-    I see, so they did that.

[Yes. However, the war has been successful. She has contributed greatly to our victory.]

-    I guess so.

The ensign had a depressed face.

She noticed the elf who was afraid of us and spoke kindly to her. - It's okay. Let's do our best together here.

-    ... Yes.

The elves had received magical abilities. And then there were the types of beastmen that they had received physical improvements and appear to have adapted to the harsh environment.

These lived longer than humans to fight longer.

Many soldiers, stronger and more powerful than humans, sprang into action.

However, even soldiers with that power were unable to defeat the new humans.

Several soldiers were created and sent to the battlefield with some success.

However, the old humans had been defeated.

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The elves were able to go out with a single protective mask even in outdoor environments hostile.

— Alférez, take it.

-    {Thank you, Yume.}

The ensign named the elf girl.

The name she gave her was "Yume". Apparently her name was taken from Japanese.

The ensign and Yume often used to work together.

Yume adored the ensign and began to help her.

And then one day ...

-    {This is...!}

I was wondering how many mistakes we had made.

But by pure chance, a single sapling began to take root in the earth with an environment hard.

-    {I did it, I did it!}

-    Congratulations, Ensign.

The ensign was excited. Yume was also happy with the ensign's joy.

I was happy too.

[Let's mass produce it right away. I am sure this offspring will be our hope!]

The ensign also nodded.

- Yes. Thank you very much, Yume ... "Ideal".

[Ideal?]

-Oh I'm sorry. In fact, we've been talking about this for a long time, and we thought of the name of Ideal. Didn't I tell you? Sorry, didn't you like it?

It seems like I've been thinking about my name for a long time.

I was thinking of Pochi and Tama as candidates, but Ideal was a great name they gave me..

-    Ideal.

[No, I'm very happy. Ideal. ... from today, I will call myself Ideal. Today there were many good things. It is a wonderful day. The ensign's dream has come true.]

-    {What a relief. I'm glad. It is a dream come true.}

[One? Is there more yet?]

-    {Yes, one day I'll get the blue sky back. I'm going to paint the groundgreen with plants and trees, and I'm going to make a world where you can go outside without a space suit. You will have to help us, Ideal.}

[Please leave it to me. I, Ideal, will do my best to cooperate!]

-    {It is a promise.}

[Yes.]

However, we were unable to mass produce the plants.

... We did not have time.

Before we could mass produce them, the battle against them began.

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... The battlefield.

-    Those guys, are they going to make such a big offensive here?

On the bridge, the captain wrinkled his eyebrows in regret.

The ensign, who is in charge of the operator, informed us of the situation in the surroundings.

-    Captain, some of the enemies broke through the front line. This reactionis ...

Named!

Then the lieutenant screamed.

-    Curses! It had to be Named of all things!

I immediately got into a defensive position.

[Shields maxed out!]

However, my shield was powerless against the Named airship.

The spherical shield deployed around the body was easily broken.

The captain yelled.

- Everybody to the floor!

As the piercing black aircraft approached me, I reached the bridge and received a blow.

The roof of the bridge collapsed and everyone was trapped underneath ...

I tried to rescue them all as fast as I could, but couldn't get there in time. - Ideal, give priority to the other two. I'm not going to make it.

When the captain decided that his life could no longer continue, he gave the order to prioritize the life of the rest of the crew and breathed his last.

However, the lieutenant also died instantly.

I hurriedly tried to get the ensign to the doctor's office.

I controlled the robots and carried her on a stretcher.

[Ensign, everything is fine. We will deal with it immediately.]

However, many functions, including the doctor's office, were lost due to the explosion that occurred immediately after.

It was unlikely that the medical team aboard the ship would be able to treat the ensign.

I have never been overwhelmed by my helplessness like I am at this moment.

If the doctor's office had been more resilient. If I had a better team, we wouldn't have lost this person.

When the ship began to sink, I continued talking to the ensign. [I'll deal with her soon. Hold on, Ensign.] I kept yelling to keep the ensign's conscience.

The ensign asked what was going on outside.

- Ideal, how is the war situation? Is my father's battleship still fighting?

From the information that came in one after the other, I learned that the battleship the the ensign's father was sunk.

The allies were also confused and the retreat had begun.

I decided that I should tell her the truth.

However, when I was looking at the ensign, I couldn't.

[Our army has recovered. Your father has achieved great results. So let's do our best too.]

... I had told a lie.

Then the ensign spoke to me with a smile.

-    Ideal, you lied again. ... You're a liar, Ideal.

[Did you know?]

The ensign asked me a question.

-    I told you, didn't I? You have a habit when you tell a lie. ... Hey, Ideal.

Can that sucker grow properly?

The ensign was concerned about the little sapling that had blossomed.

[I'm sure it will grow. I will make it grow. Isn't that the hope you're giving us?]

The ensign began to bleed from her mouth.

-    And also take care of Yume who is at the base. The rest I leave to you.

Ideal ... It's a promise.

[I promise. I will keep my promise, so please do your best too, Ensign.] - I am sorry. But it seems that it will be impossible.

The ensign took a deep breath and then her vital signs disappeared.

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The return to base was quite eventful.

The artificial intelligence that managed the base gave us orders.

[What are our future orders?]

[Maintenance will be performed on the supply ship. However, we have not secured a crew.]

[There are few people on the base! Don't tell me you want to leave this base?]

[I have not received any such order. You should wait in the main body.] The broken aircraft entered one after another.

I returned to my main body as instructed.

Thereafter.

The enemy invaded the base and carried out a destructive operation.

After a fierce battle inside the base, we destroyed some enemy units but lost most of our ships.

The enemy attacked this base, but left immediately, probably because it was not the place to they pointed.

I was lucky not to suffer any damage, but I was the only one still active.

After a while, someone came to visit me.

-    Ideal. It's me, Yume.

[You are alive! Yume, how's everything going outside?] - I was the only one who survived.

[... Is that so? However, this is a problem. I can't move without a teacher.

It is me impossible to see what's going on out there.]

Yume then seemed to remember something important and told me.

-    U-Um, the sapling is safe. The ensign's offspring is safe! I ... I wastaking care of him well!

I was relieved to hear that.

Only the ensign could have created that offspring.

It was impossible for me or for Yume.

[Yume, you can't be my Master. But you can treat me as a partner.] -Well.

[But it's my duty to keep you alive. I'll get you what you need. Can i ask you take care of the sapling?]

Yume nodded while crying.

- The ensign's offspring ... I'll do my best to make it grow.

[You are a good girl. I will support you as much as possible from here.] From there, I left the outside with Yume.

By the time little Yume grew up, and aged, the sapling had turned into a tree big.

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[Weather conditions have improved. This will allow us to plant the seeds of the plants that we have been saving. Yume, thank you for your hard work.] Old Yume was holding her chest painfully.

[Yume, let's go to the infirmary right away. I want you to work more.]

-    {Ideal, it seems that I have reached my limit. I can't live much longer.} [Yume?]

-    {Give me the seeds. At least let me fulfill your wish. Please let me dowhat

I can for that person who treated a failure like me as a person.} Even with treatment, Yume was unlikely to live long.

So I decided to heed Yume's wish about the ensign's dream at the end.

[Thanks for everything, Yume.]

- {I've been with you the whole time. Please forgive me for leaving you and dying}.

[... Do not say foolishness. You have done a great job so far.] I gave Yume the seeds.

Yume set out to sow the seeds ... and after that, she never came back.

How many years have passed since then?

The roots of the sapling grew so large that they entered the base and began to tangle with me.

I was upset but happy.

Ensign, Yume ... Our hope has grown splendidly.

Captain, Lieutenant, can I ever get out?

If I ever go out, this time I'd like to keep my promise to the ensign.

I will take back the world of the new human beings and I will take back the blue sky and the green earth so they don't call me a liar.

I'll keep my promise so the ensign won't call me a liar this time.