[1bitHeart] The closed world of you and me

"Nai Naixi, these two are your friends?"

Just as Naisi was trying to prevent Potete from eating human food that might be harmful to dogs, Lan, who seemed to have eaten biscuits to the point where he couldn't eat anything else, was watching the two people's discussion with great interest. , the door also returned to the apartment, and seeing a dog and a girl who were not expected in the living room, he had a slightly surprised expression on his face, and asked Nanessi.

Originally, the door didn't seem to intend to mention the two, but it may be seen that although Potete is a dog, but Potete speaks out and seems to have a clear idea of ​​his own, he paused for a while before changing his words, and looked at him with some strange looks glanced at them.

"Ah, Brother Men, welcome back~ These two are Ms. Potete and Ms. Lan. They are friends I just met today. Because they don't have a place to stay temporarily, I'm here to stay for one night."

When talking to Potete and the others, they used to speak in a gentle and steady tone that is close to the current door and will be used when they grow up in the future. When the door came back, Nanessi instantly switched back to the cheerful and lively tone and demeanor at this age, ignoring the reason Potete, who suddenly changed his tone and demeanor and looked as if he had seen a ghost, smiled all over his face, and spoke briskly to the door approaching them.

"Blue, it's blue! The one over here is Potete! Today, I'm staying here for one night! Thank you very much!"

I don't know if it's because when we first met, I saw Naixi talking to Yang with this kind of tone used when he was a boy. Lan didn't have any special reaction to this, but just raised his hand to greet the door very politely, and stopped by Introduced myself.

"Ah, hello, I'm Men, Nanaishi's cousin. Although it's a borrower, there is still a vacant room at home, so it doesn't matter... But Nanaisi, it's okay to take a girl home on the first day we met That's great. Besides, did you bring her back when you knew that the child was not human?"

To Lan's greeting, Men smiled slightly, introduced himself politely, then looked at Nanaisi, and persuaded him with a slightly helpless tone like an older brother watching a younger brother doing something stupid. In one sentence, it was natural to say that Lan's real body is not a human being, and confirmed to Nanessi that he was not clear about this.

"What, what? Lan is everyone—"

Even though the truth has already been told by Nanessi once, and he knows that the "cousin door" in front of him is the existence of another future version of Nanessi, but Potete still seems to be taken aback by that question, Stammering trying to explain and cover it up.

"Well, yes. I became friends only after I found out that Miss Lan is a biochemical robot, and I also know Miss Lan's parents...that is, the creators, so don't worry so much, Brother Men, probably not. Something happened."

But I have known for a long time that with their natural abilities, at that age, unlike when he was 14 years old, he still didn't fully understand the meaning of all the data, so he didn't know their unique Potete's ability is different. It took only a few seconds for the door to see the truth, which is not surprising for Nanaixi, and she didn't make any unnecessary excuses. It is not good to automatically ignore the door, as if watching her younger brother going to become a playboy. He simply admitted that he knew about Lan's real body, and explained it in an ordinary tone.

"Is it like this? That's good, I won't mind my own business. But a humanoid robot that looks like a real person... I never thought that I would see it with my own eyes. I used to dream of seeing this kind of robot when I was young." It exists. Ms. Lan’s parents are really amazing to be able to make such a robot that is almost like a real person.”

Hearing what Nanaixi said, Men nodded, and did not intervene further as expected, but just took a closer look at Lan, and said in a slightly emotional tone──Although Nanaisi also knew that Men really wanted to make something similar to Lan If such an existence exists, maybe it's not impossible to get it out, it's just that they don't have a strong interest in this aspect.

Although he is not very clear about the situation of the door, but his own situation is that such a living girl with a heart is willing to accompany him, and has made a few friends who treat each other sincerely, even if he really thought about this dream. At this age, Men is not lonely enough to seriously want to make a robot that looks like a real person to accompany him, so he didn't study how to make something similar.

"Hey... I may be a little ignorant when I say this, but after knowing this kind of thing, generally speaking, it wouldn't be your reaction? Although I would find it annoying if you reacted violently, but generally speaking, More or less, you will feel taboo and resistance to this kind of inhuman existence that is too similar to human beings, isn't it a bit abnormal for you to accept it without taking it seriously, and you hardly have a surprised reaction?"

Potete seemed to be really surprised by the reaction of the pseudo-cousins, Nanessi and Mun. She probably had been able to tolerate their strange acceptance since the beginning of getting along with Nanessi, and she couldn't help but say, She pointed out directly what she felt was not very understandable.

"Hmm──I wasn't completely surprised when I first discovered this, but since things that I thought were probably fantasies are now appearing in front of my eyes, there is no other way but to accept the reality, right? Miss Potete, as you said, there is no need to show an overly excited reaction, and besides making people disturbed, there is no benefit, right?"

It seemed that he didn't know how to deal with the talking puppy. The door was a little confused and showed a vague smile for dealing with the scene. After correcting Potete's statement, he thought for a while, probably Seeing that the tone of Nanessi's introduction of Potete just now was close to introducing a friend of the same generation, he opened his mouth in a tone as if he was treating a child about the same age as the current Nanessi, and explained a little why he accepted it so plainly.

"This is the so-called tolerance. Strong, type? Is this not good?"

Listening to the two people's answer, Lan seemed a little unable to understand, tilted his head slightly, asked the question, and looked at the other people inquiringly, as if expecting someone to give an answer.

"I don't think it's a bad thing—but I think my concept may be a little bit different from that of ordinary people. If you ask Ms. Potete such questions, her judgment may be more accurate."

This is a difficult question to answer, because it is basically the same point of view as the door, and Nanaixi, who does not particularly think that having strong adaptability is bad, can hardly objectively say that this is good for normal people. It's still not good, so he replied like this, pointing to the person who he thinks this kind of consultation is more suitable for.

"Don't, don't throw the problem at me! It's not a question of whether it's good or not—but it's true that it's unusual, at least I rarely grew up with a guy like this."

Probably because he was taken aback by being named suddenly, and seeing Lan Yiyan turn his attention to her, Potete complained a little anxiously before furrowing his brows, as if it was difficult to come up with a suitable The answer is just to say this - it seems that if Potete is in a normal human body now, it seems that Potete will be irritated and scratch his hair.

"After all, there are not many weirdos like us, right? Let's not talk about this, Brother Men, where is there any dog ​​food or canned dog food around here? I have an extra dog at home, so I'm not sure what dogs eat. It will cause discomfort, so I want to buy some for Miss Potete's dinner."

Feeling that this question is not suitable for discussion now, Nanessi made a simple and casual summary, then took the initiative to end the topic, and asked about the contents of the dinner he planned to prepare for Potete.

"Hmmm - as for canned dog food, the convenience store sells it. I'll buy it for you later when I'm going to buy lunch for tonight."

Hearing that Nanessi changed the subject, he was not a character who would actively explore his own characteristics, so Men naturally changed the subject, thought about this question, and answered.On the contrary, Potete, who was also shifted focus, was a little dissatisfied, and reasserted:

"Hey! Boy! Did I tell you that I don't eat dog food!? What I want to eat today is hamburger steak! The kind with thick sauce and juicy chunks!"

"No! Dogs can easily damage their bodies if they eat human food! Brother Men, I'm counting on you!"

Since she was sure that following Potete's wishes would be harmful to her current situation, even though it was always easy to give in to other people's strong opinions and orders, Nanessi still rejected her opinions firmly and simply, turned her head to Opening the door with a smile, saying so, finalized the matter.

"It's really rare to see you being so strong against others, Nanessi. Well, I see, just wait a moment, I'll buy it right away."

Looking at Nanessi who was having such a conversation with Potete, Men seemed amused and smiled a little bit, but after all, it was the same person, and he knew why, so he wasn't too surprised, he just accepted the matter with a smile, He planned to turn around and leave the living room where he had just come back and hadn't stayed for long.

"Ah! I'll go too!"

After all, Lan and Potete were friends brought back by him, and Naixi was too embarrassed and took it for granted to ask the door to help him buy it. It was just to stop Potete's thoughts that he deliberately and decisively gave the order, but now he came to his senses. It didn't seem appropriate after I realized it, even if what he said just now meant that he planned to go out to buy a bento for dinner tonight, and they were actually the same person.

Besides, he was also a little worried that under Potete's continued opposition, he would accidentally waver his decision even though he knew it would be bad for her, so Nanessi stood up and wanted to go out together.

"It's okay, it's raining heavily outside, and it's not good to leave the guests alone, so you can take care of the house with peace of mind, and just leave it to me."

But the door just shook his head, smiled and politely refused, and Nanessi also followed out, then picked up the umbrella that had just been hung on the umbrella stand for a short time and left the apartment again.