NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26 Hope [OLD]
[Gundam Nova]
October 29th, I.J.C 199, Elysium’s Colony, Ottoman mansion.
“My Lady, you arrive, would you like me to heat up your-”
“Save it for later, get me coffee, call the school I won’t be going to tomorrow, and don’t allow anyone to disturb me.” I quickly shut off Hemston who was waiting for me at the front door, and he didn’t say much, only acknowledge my response and promptly go prepare my coffee.
Rushing to my room, I didn’t bother changing my clothes, letting the cold sweat cling to my skin, to remind myself of what I needed to do. Sitting in front of my computer, I began to analyze the code again…
And there really is a pattern, I could see it…the thing I never noticed before is being open for me to see, for me to understand. The Emotion spectrum that I’ve been ignoring this entire time…because I was focusing on another thing, because I thought of myself as a genius I thought that the only wrong thing would be what I thought, but no, it wasn’t even the Code that was wrong, it was just how it works that was wrong.
“I really have to thank her…Klara.” Alright… it's time to work. “Wait for me a bit, Yohai. Mama will get you home.”
Quickly, my hand gets to work, my eyes speed reading through the endless lines, Quickly connecting one place to another, redoing everything from scratch again and again to find the perfect Ratio, the only waypoint to success.
I watch as slowly, as the roadblock that has been hindering me, both from my mind and from me that place on myself, I feel it has been slowly lifted away…and I finally have…hope. That I would meet her again.
I could feel myself being lighter, my finger being faster, my mind running faster my eyes scanning things faster, and even my skin feeling much more sensitive, I was beginning to get into that feeling again…The feeling when I touch the Keyboard, the feeling when I am in the Simulation pod, and the feeling when I touch the real handles of a Mobile Suit for the first time.
It feels like my every fiber of being was put on zero and one, Zero being nothing and one being the state of absolute focus. And now I was on an Absolute Focus. Just like that time when I made a Yohai Safety measure. The feeling of when I code Haro, the feeling of when I enter the Simulation Pod.
The feeling of Victory. I can do it, no…I must do it. For Yohai and for me, So I know what I have to do, I must succeed.
October 31st, I.J.C 199, Elysium Academy, Indoor Gym. Klara's POV
She didn't come for 2 days. I thought she wanted to meet me here tomorrow but she didn't for 2 days…I just waited there, alone while working out to distract myself from the fact that the person who made a promise didn't come.
But well…I mean maybe she is just busy? But…don't get people's hopes up…idiot.
Ha…Let's go back… it's 9:55 pm, I should’ve gone to bed, in fact, I should have gone to bed since 9 already but here I am, waiting for someone who broke a promise. Packing up my bag, I turn off the light and walk out of the Gym. I locked the gym down using my phone and I saw the last light of the gym go off.
Walking down to where all the scooters are, I put my bag down on one of them and using my phone, I activated it. Watching as the light glows on the headlight of the scooter, traveling in the dark is kinda bad, even with all the street lamb here.
Getting on the scooter, I start it up and then speed off away, “Ha ... .This is the greatest Feeling.” Feeling the wind against my wet skin, cooling off the heat I get from all that workout…It was so refreshing…Eh? What is that?
In front of me, I saw a light and it was speeding this way…a Car? Just as I was about to dodge out of its way, the car suddenly turned around in a drift and now the side of it was in front of me! I was lucky I managed to stop my scooter in time, otherwise I would have hit it!
“Oi! What kind of Driver are you!” Yelling angrily at the car, the door was open, revealing a pact of messy light blue that I know. “Y-Yoha Milas Revory!?” Before I could say anything more, she grabbed my hand and pulled me inside her car, closed the door, and told the driver to drive off.
“Wait My things!” I said as I watched the scooter become smaller and smaller.
“Don’t worry, I got people to work on that.” She said, and I just turned to look at her.
“What was that for anyway! Why did you suddenly kidnap me out of nowhere?!” I ask and she just looks at me in silence, then as if she suddenly remembers it she opens her mouth.
“I guess this counts as kidnapping…But you will know once we get there. Ah…right, I still haven’t finished my story from before, right? Want to hear it?”
“Don’t try to change the topic! But…fine, just told me the rest already.” She smiled at me, but this time it was a mix of genuine and fake one, kind of impressive since I almost didn’t notice the fake part.
“Let's see…the last time I talked about Yohai, Yes? Oh…there really is nothing much after that. Once I introduced Yohai to Mother, she freaked out, you know the reason right?” I nod to her and she continues. “At that time I never researched much about the Artificial Intelligence Act so I didn’t know about the Event of Celeby-2, On December 25th, I.C.J. 171. It was the entire destruction of a colony that made Humans fear AI.”
That is right, it was a huge event, seeing as there were hundreds of millions of damage and what's more, how much it affected the environment and how many people died.
“My mother…was once the Researcher on Celeby-2…and is also the maker of the said AI too. She got off the punishment by using the Ottoman Influence, but the result is her being cast out to another Colony. Siga-8.”
Wait…Siga-8…that the Colony that disappeared. So that is why she got so upset that day. “My… condolences,” I said, and she just shook her head.
“Don’t worry, I already got past it…maybe not, it still sting. But well, I get something out of it…” The last word she spoke was so low I couldn’t hear it, but she seemed happy so whatever. “Wel, back to my story, I got an earful from her and she ordered me to destroy Yohai. That's my Other Ai name by the way, and being myself, I couldn’t let it end like that, so I spent 7 days straight of no sleep to program a safe plan for Yohai.”
Does she name her AI after herself? That’s kinda Cute…not! What the hell am I thinking!? ARG!!!
“Are you…ok? You suddenly bang your head on the seat.”
“Oh! Nothing! I’m ok! It's just a bug! It must get in when you open the door!”
“...Hemston, bug spray please.” She said and suddenly the air changed, it got this nice smell…a rose?
“Ok…then, I spent days and nights making safety for Yohai that landed me in the Hospital but I recovered, and what happened after that was just an ordinary day…until Mama took me to Earth…it was when everything changed. I lost her after my 5th birthday and was made to be the Heir of the Ottoman because of an agreement between Mother and Stephan. Then I attend this academy. And the rest is history.”
“So…that was your history…your mother…is she…”
“No. She’s not dead. I’m sure of it. She is not dead.” her face turns dark at my question but it soon brightens, “Anyway, that is about my story, thank you for listening.” The way her mood switches from one to another so fast is scary…
We then sit there in silence until the car finally stops and the door opens itself, urging me to go out and the view in front of me…is incredible. Huge mansion…in whatever style it is.
“It is Tudor, In old Earth years this would be around the years of 1485 to 1600. This style has many striking features…” Just as the Driver was starting his History Lesson, my hand got grabbed by Yoha.
“Leave him, he would rant about it for years if you listen.” She said with a light joke and we went into the mansion together, the inside was huge, decorated with a chandelier, old paintings, and red carpet, and there really was an old fireplace. Then once we went further inside, it started to become more modern, with AC here and there, a maid walking with a silent vacuum cleaning the floor, there even a Robot helping the maid.
Then she stopped in one room and opened it, inside was…a mess. Clothes are thrown here and there, there is even cloth on the bed, and a PC glowing in the dark with code running. Haro, the AI I saw before, is sitting on the table and looking at the PC. There were several electronics in her room.
She stopped in front of the computer and sat down, and I looked around only to find that Haro was moving and was getting a chair for me…Damn, it was strong.
“Here…Look, this is what I fixed. And it seemed to be going smoothly until there was another Roadblock, I think if you take a look at it maybe you will find something.
“Ehh…I’m not that good, ya know? I’m still just a student, and I can’t reach your level of genius.” I said and she immediately dismissed it.
“No, you are a genius, the fact that you found something I have missed for several years is proof. And I know why you will be able to help me, after all, I’m not really good with finer details like these, I’ve always been that way since I was a child.”
Ugh…Getting such a high expectation from her is…really hard. The pressure was on with her eyes full of expectation and what's more, she was being genuine with it too!
“Fine! Don’t blame me if I don’t find anything.” I said and she happily nodded. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen…I think…nope! Not! Not with a girl! At least not yet! I’m just 10 years old! She is too! So nope!
“What’s wrong?” she glared at me with those Red Eyes of hers with such innocence that I was skipping a beat! Urg! What with this girl! Don’t act all innocent!
“Nothing! Let me see, let me see!” I quickly shut down my thoughts and watched that code, and then the simulation and many things.
“You rush things a bit, slow down the procession power of the code…it goes too fast so it overlaps a lot, the simulation could use a new work too, lowering the range of Emotion to basic 5 and then slowly increasing it after is not a problem…I think.” I said that without much confidence, I thought it was just my speculation but she took it seriously and started getting to work.
I watch her as her eyes focus on the screen without even blinking and her slender hand moves swiftly across the keyboard. The way she focuses…is very enchanting…
“Ok…I fixed the procession power, and next is the simulation, I need a bit of help with this. Can you help me? You can use one of the Notebooks over there, Haro Fetch her a notebook, one with a good CPU.”
“Wait so not only do I have to help you, you want me to work too?” I said that out loud without much thought but she turned around and made a sad face.
“I guess…I ask too much…Sor-”
“Who said I wouldn’t do it! Come get me that notebook, I will help you! Hurry!” She quickly brightened up at my word and I started to feel regret about accepting this…
And yes, I was really regretting them now, because, for that night and the next and the next too, I couldn’t get to sleep and missed all my school.
