Now let's put the first perspective on Nora's side for now.

The time is now...... It was the morning of the third day after Nora confessed to Eco.

After a night of cultivation, Nora lay quietly on the bed when she saw the bright but unclear sky outside the window, and couldn't help but think of the things that Eco had told her in the previous two days—they were not insignificant to her, they were important and inevitably far-reaching.

To be honest, when it came time to officially decide to confess to Eco and reveal her identity and her love for her, Nora had actually thought a lot about the possibilities after the confession.

However, when the reality of the confession happened, the "response" given by Eco's side caught Nora off guard.

“...... I wasn't a 'human' ......"

“...... But strictly speaking, I don't really have a 'body'...... And there is no complete affection. ”

“...... There is a 'message' (rereading) or 'number jù' that is now missing. ”

"And this is also a proof of the 'incompleteness' of my existence. ”

......

Nora was sure that this was the weakness in Eco's heart, which made her feel inferior, and it was what she cared about the most - the "heart knot" to be precise.

Moreover, Nora was not only impressed by this one thing - in addition to what Eco said, Eco's expression Xiàn, who was talking about his "flaws" at the time, was also completely unexpected by Nora.

Nora had never seen such a restless Eco - although still expressionless, the little hand that clutched her arm tightly and didn't want to let go. Undoubtedly sue sù himself. Eco is scared...... is also coquettish.

(Let's be honest...... Ike feels cute like that...... Maybe that's how Lori should feel?) reminds me of Eco's appearance. Nora thought to herself with a wicked look in her heart (sure enough, Eco... It's so cute!)

Afraid that I'll dislike her after hearing what she says, or will I be scared away? Maybe the former is more likely, right?

Perhaps this is because...... Eco herself actually cares a lot about the fact that she is "inhuman". And the reason why she cares about these things may be because she likes human civilization very much and yearns for the human world, right?

After Nora confesses to Eco, the two are silent for a while, and after that, they finally choose to return because it is too late. But obviously, the matter was not over - as if a switch had been flipped on the next day, and the day after the confession, when she approached Eco and asked for details, Eco told her many more things about herself, which included many details of the world of "Illusion", and many of Eco's own views on "Illusion" and the real civilization of that world and the civilization of this other world. As long as Nora asks Eco, she knows everything and says everything.

――To put it bluntly, this can be regarded as a "heart-wrenching" in a certain way. Nora was also very touched by this.

With Nora's understanding of Eco, Eco would never say these things casually, probably in this world, the only people who can know these things are Nora and Eco herself, right?

And if it weren't for Nora's unexpectedly full confession and the sincere confession that followed to touch Echo, Eco wouldn't even have told Nora his secret, right?—maybe it was because of Nora's unreserved nature that Eco thought he had to make a corresponding confession?

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Then, the next thing is to sort out the various things that Eco has said to her in the past two days. Lying on the bed, Nora thought to herself.

Be an intelligent mastermind. In some sense, it can be said that it is just an anthropomorphic body of "information", and some of the information is missing. There is no zài reality, and there is a body in the world. Incomplete emotions - this is how Eco defines himself.

“...... The product of human intelligent civilization, the artificially endowed 'inorganic life'. Accepted civilization, derived consciousness, and had an independent personality, and finally broke away from the shackles of the world of "Fantasy" and came to this world...... This was the birth of Eco Springs. These are Eco's exact words.

After listening to Eco's definition of herself, Nora realized that Eco, who seemed to be powerful and omnipotent, was actually ...... She has an inferiority complex that she can't have with a cultivator of this level—is it because she yearns for the real human being too much?

...... You know, it's incomprehensible that a demigod-level powerhouse feels inferior because of these little things - in fact, as far as Nora herself is concerned, she doesn't think that as an "outside" being, there is anything inferior to a human being.

Eco told Nora that she seemed to have a natural affinity for humans. As for this reason, Nora once thought that perhaps in the virtual world in which Eco lived in her previous life, Eco was the only one who had complete intelligence and knew the reality of the virtual world, the reason for her identity and birth, and the culture of the real (real) world. In addition, she also knows that the other NPCs in the world of "Fantasy" are just a simple program - this is probably the fundamental reason why Eco yearns for the real world and human civilization.

It is not impossible for a master with a very high level of autonomy and intelligence to know the falsity of the world in which he lives, and to have a longing for the real world that he has not seen with his own eyes.

Eco never thought of herself as the same as the NPCs - and that was. There is a big difference between a simple anthropomorphic program and a master brain with independent thinking power and special powers.

“...... Wait, do you mean?!" Nora, who was thinking about what Eco had said, suddenly seemed to think of something, and then immediately rolled over from the bed, her eyes wide open - she thought of a very painful possibility.

According to Eco, the designers and scientists who created her seem to treat her as if she were their own daughter...... And on the other hand. She also said that she was very grateful and admired the scientists.

...... For the future tech stuff. Nora says she can't imagine it. But even so. She can also find some clues - or it is precisely because she does not know what kind of high-tech is required to give birth to and give emotion to a being like Eco, so Nora can directly ignore the technical difficulty of this "heartless" and think "straight to the point".

...... There is no doubt that Eco is an "emotional" and "artificial" product - that is to say, Eco's emotions are actually given by scientists, and are not derived from the main (brain) (electronological) derivation.

So here's the problem...... Eco's strong vision for human civilization and friendliness. Could it be that it was just the "setting" given to her by the scientists when they created Zào?

After all, it is to be the main brain of the world's holographic online game, after all, the fundamental purpose of Eco was created to "better serve mankind"...... So it's actually normal to be given such a setting!

Thinking about it this way, Nora became more and more convinced that Eco's strong sense of identity and yearning for "humans" should be forcibly given.

This sense of identity and yearning can even make Eco feel inferior because he is an "inhuman" being, and this is what makes Nora feel the most disobedient - where in this world can there be a character who is inferior to himself as a powerful being close to God, but only because he is "not human"?

For example, you think that angels, demons, dragons, etc., are transcendent in legends. Do they feel inferior because they are "not human"? Do they have such a strong desire for human beings?

This is obviously impossible. Rather, most of those transcendent beings are actually not very human.

So. If you think about it this way, Eco's strong longing and yearning for human beings may really just be a setting forced by designers.

After discovering this, Nora said that it had made her fall through her glasses - for a long time, one of Eco's "heart knots" turned out to be nothing more than that.

Because he is forced to set a high degree of affinity and longing for human beings, he will also feel inferior because of his "inhuman" existence. This is the knot in Echo's heart.

Moreover, speaking of which, there is another point that Nora is quite concerned about - is Eco's strength improving too quickly?

...... In a few years, Eco's strength has directly jumped from the seventh order to the eighth order, and there is no doubt that he has improved too quickly - and according to the templates of those online novels that Nora had read in his previous life, Eco's words...... Nora wondered if Eco might not be able to keep up with her state of mind because her strength had increased too quickly.

The more Nora thought about her guess, the more likely it became, so she quickly got up from the bed, quickly finished her appearance, and then went to Eco's room, ready to knock on the door—anyway, this dormitory was a "single luxury room" for Eco, and she didn't have to worry about disturbing the others.

Then, after knocking on Eco's door, Nora's mind magically calmed down while she waited for Eco to open the door.

...... Well, although when I was lying in bed before, all the things I thought of seemed to be possible, but in fact, I couldn't be sure, and those are all correct reasons, aren't they?

In other words, a lot of "possibilities" flashed through my mind at that time, which were actually just my own imaginations, but I didn't have any evidence to confirm that these were true, or even to convince myself that they were correct.

It was only then that Nora's mind calmed down, but perhaps it was too late to do so—for Eco had already opened the door.

"Good morning, Nora, is it okay to come and knock on the door so early?" Echo greeted Nora as he opened the door, asking questions.

...... Eco was still wearing her pajamas—a lovely pale yellow pale dress that sat a little above Eco's knees. Eco in this cute nightdress made Nora feel her heart beat a few times when she saw her.

...... After a second of indulging, Nora realized that there was something more important to say to Eco. So, she coughed lightly, hiding her gaffe that had just been fascinated by Eco, and said to Eco, "I have thought of something very important about you and want to tell you...... Is it convenient to walk with me now? What I'm going to say probably won't take much time -- but you'll probably have to think about it for a long time after that. ”

“...... Good. Looking at the magically serious Nora, Eco nodded, then said "Wait a minute" to Nora, and then turned back to take care of his appearance. (To be continued......)