The little girl twisted her eyebrows and looked around with some reluctance.

"I think it's good to live here."

"Really?"

The little robot raised its feet and walked slowly downstairs, and the sound was not salty.

"But is this where you belong? Is it your home? Do you want a place to stay for a short time, or do you want to stay here forever? ”

Such three consecutive questions made the 'little girl' suffocate there.

Is this where 'she' belongs?

No, she's here, she's just a guest.

Is this 'her' home?

No, she doesn't have a home anymore.

Is this the place where 'she' wants to live for a long time?

Long stay - like, unlikely.

Suddenly realizing that this is really not the 'little girl' where 'she' should stay all the time, she pursed the corners of her lips, looked at the little robot that was about to disappear around the corner, and suddenly raised her heels.

While chasing, he asked.

"So, Master, where do I belong?"

"Go and find it."

“…… Where to look? ”

"The whole planet, the whole interstellar search, find a place where you want to live for a long time, stay for a long time, and feel that there can make you feel at ease, can make you feel safe, and are willing to stay and integrate in, is where people belong, and it is also your future home."

"Is it like this?"

The 'little girl' was a little dazed, but more of a sense of helplessness and fear that she seemed to be floating in the sea and couldn't catch anything ashore, which made 'her' cling to the little robot tightly, and her face was a little pale.

"Master, Master, I'm afraid—"

As soon as these words came out, 'she' was stunned.

Ah, 'she' can also feel afraid, this kind of fear is different from the fear that Geng Jinze brought to 'her' before.

That kind of 'fear' carries a certain fear, but this kind of fear feels panic from the bottom of my heart, and compared with the two, the latter is a little more terrifying.

And, 'her'' made the little robot look sideways at 'her'.

"Isn't that great? Everything in the world, only the living, with emotional recognition, can receive other emotions, the current you, joys, sorrows, all-round can receive, and even fear can be felt, then it proves that you are becoming more and more like a person. ”

“…… That's—"

The 'little girl' tightened her grip on the little robot's hand.

"Is it good or bad?"

"Is it good or bad?"

The little robot looked at 'her'.

"Do you prefer the current state to the 'animal', or the previous one?"

This question made the 'little girl' stunned, and only after a moment did she say slowly:

"Now, I'm very fond of the current state."

"Well, then, it's good for you."

The little robot retracted its gaze and stepped out of the villa's door.

"Since it is good for you, you have to learn to accept it, don't resist it, fear this kind of thing, the more you resist, the more fearful you are, if it is excessive fear, you will be defeated by it, and from then on you will be down, and, accept it, get used to it, then, it will make it an instinct, and when it is more dangerous, it will become your sixth sense, reminding you to avoid danger."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

"That's—"

The 'little girl' looked at it.

"Master, do you feel scared?"

As soon as these words came out, 'she' keenly felt that 'her' master was silent, which made 'she' suddenly realize that she was very likely to have said the wrong thing, and when she was about to apologize, she saw 'her' master shake his head.

"No, it won't."

“……”

The 'little girl' opened her mouth and hesitated for a moment before asking:

"Then, Master and I, are they really different?"

"Well, it's different."

The little robot did not hide this, which also made the 'little girl' stunned.

"What's the difference?"

"You're going to have intuitive feelings like most human beings, and I'm not, and that's where it's different."

At these words, the 'little girl' looked stunned.

"Master, won't there be?"

"Hmm."

"But, but I think Master seems to be too, so why not?"

This question made the little robot pause and look at 'her'.

"Knowing and having are two different things, what you know does not mean that you have, and what you have does not mean that you will."

"Uh-"

These words were a bit tongue-twisting, and for a while the 'little girl' was confused, and let 'her' scratch her head and think hard, but she couldn't think of a reason, and at this moment, 'her' master looked at 'her'.

"Okay, you go yours, I'll go mine."

！

The 'little girl' suddenly widened her eyes and turned pale.

"Master, Master, you, are you going to leave me?"

The words 'she' made the little robot look at 'her' strangely.

"Could it be that you still want to be with me for the rest of your life?"

"Why not!"

The 'little girl' gripped it tightly and stammered.

"I, I, I was made by Master! Follow Master all the time, what's not to do? ”

…… I may have accidentally raised the soul lamp into a giant baby.

A certain boss began to reflect on his own education methods, and after thinking about it, he couldn't find what he was wrong with, so he attributed the abnormality of the soul lamp to the 'fledgling plot'.

However, the chicks are always about to spread their wings and fly high, so she doesn't want to be haunted by her all the time!

So—

The little robot very decisively stroked off 'her' hand, looked at 'her' seriously, and poured chicken soup for the soul in a serious way.

"Of course not! Getting you out is just one of the many events in my journey, just like I once saved others, so, I won't stay, I will continue to travel, and then I meet someone else, something else, and I have a fate to save it, and if I don't have a fate, then forget it, then-"

It looked at the 'little girl' who looked pale and almost cried, and said cold-blooded and ruthless:

"Those people can have their own independent lives, why can't you? Is there any difference between you and them? No, although, to some extent, there are some special places, but in the end, they will improve themselves more and more, and live the life they want to live. ”

"I can't! I just can't! ”

The 'little girl', whose tears were about to fall, reached out to grab its arm again, but it was avoided by its flash, but the 'little girl' seemed to be stubborn, and stretched out her hand to it again and again, and her voice was choked.

"Master! Don't do this! I don't have a home anymore—"

"Oh, neither do I."

“……”

What's the matter with suddenly not being able to cry?

The 'little girl' who was frozen there looked at it with teary eyes, and wanted to say something, but the figure of the master of 'her' family turned into air in 'her' eyes, making 'her' reach out in horror, but she couldn't catch it.

(End of chapter)