Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1279 - 65 Ava’s Worries

"Beep, beep," the strange mechanical alert tone rang out from Ava’s mouth once again. The girl turned her head away, avoiding eye contact with Pannis, and stiffly said as she looked at the lush oak overhead, "The oak is a large flowering plant on the Continent; it has a longer lifespan compared to average plants, about 400 years. This type of plant is full of Vitality and can easily survive; it can adapt to most harsh environments. The fruit of the oak is a nut, one end with fluff, the other end..."

"Okay, I got it, oaks are really amazing." Pannis pinched Ava’s small face, interrupting her exposition: "This topic is important, don’t think you can skirt around it."

"I don’t understand what you’re saying." Ava stopped her attempt to change the subject, with a blank face and downcast eyes, she said in a rigid voice: "After a system self-check, no abnormal behaviors were detected, your thoughts are merely your own misconceptions."

"I don’t think so." Pannis reached out, lifted Ava as if holding a small child, placed her on his lap to sit comfortably, and the little girl wiggled in his embrace, finding the most comfortable position and casually stuffing the ivory comb into Pannis’s hand. Pannis smiled and, using the girl’s favorite frequency, gently combed her long hair while softly saying, "The initial you merely wanted to observe human nature, it was completely mechanical observation and recording, never doing anything superfluous. Even if you made some choices, as if you were humanely helping us, it was through logical reasoning, believing that doing so was beneficial for extending your observation period, which would be more conducive for you to become a normal human. Everyone knows, since you came to this family nearly a year ago, you’ve always acted like this, and everyone’s gotten used to your attitude, because for your previous state, that was the most normal attitude."

"Yes, everything is based on logical judgments." The girl’s blue eyes seemed to flicker with a torrent of data: "For the Cyrie System, this is the foundation for dealing with any problem."

"But you understand yourself that you’re not Cyrie now; you are Ava, our Ava." Pannis stopped combing her hair, stealthily poked the girl’s face, and before she could protest, he picked up the comb again, saying with a smile: "The former you would only make proactive choices when absolutely necessary, based on logical reasoning, and at other times, you’d respond passively to what we wanted to do, deciding whether to provide support or not, meaning, you never actively did anything unnecessary. But this time is different, your desire to give Catherine a push behind the scenes is, in fact, irrelevant to your purpose and to the survival of this family, hmm, maybe that’s a bit unfair to say, but at the very least it can be considered not having a decisive influence, that’s undeniable, right?"

"Beep, beep, beep." Only the mechanical alert tones came from the girl’s body as she refused to speak any further.

"Stop being stubborn, you don’t have any mechanical parts inside you, the beeping sounds are all imitated by yourself." Pannis said with an exasperated laugh: "If you really don’t want to talk, then don’t, but don’t make this beeping noise to cause trouble."

Thus, Ava truly made no sound at all, not even a beep, and if not for her fluttering eyelashes, it would be hard to tell if she was asleep or awake.

"So, I’ve noticed the subtle change in you now." Pannis smiled, shook his head and sighed: "To proactively do something unnecessary, that’s one of the fundamental differences between humans and machines. With this change, it indicates that you’re transforming into a regular person, the very change you and we have all been pursuing. Plus, I believe this change didn’t just appear today; today at most shows the full presentation of the change. As for when it started, I think it must have begun some time ago, right?"

Still silence, the immobile girl seemingly entered a dormant state, showing no reaction.

"Why is that?" Pannis asked, puzzled: "You’re the first one who would’ve noticed your own change. Logically, it should be something to celebrate, to be happy about. If it were the others, they would excitedly let everyone around know, to share the joy together, but why do you choose to hide it? Do you have any concerns?"

The girl remained silent, but her gaze gradually dimmed, as if her mood had dipped into melancholy, and even her favorite pastime of having her hair combed couldn’t cheer her up.

"Huh, I think I suddenly understand." Pannis leaned back against the oak tree, with a heavy thud, forcibly slapping his forehead, moaning: "So you’re worried about these things."

"You know?" The girl’s mechanical voice trembled slightly, as if her emotions were no longer as unfluctuating as before: "What do you know?"

"I know you’re an idiot, and a big one at that." Pannis sighed hopelessly: "You’re worried that once everyone knows you’ve started to change into a normal person, they’ll drive you away."

"Based on the previous agreement, you’d take me away, help me adapt to human society, make me like a normal person, able to live in human society." Ava responded blankly: "Now, the transformation has begun, though it’s uncertain when the change will ultimately be complete, the time is foreseeable to be not so far away. Once the change is complete, our agreement can be terminated, and there’s no need to let me continue living by your side."

"That’s my guess." Pannis said, gritting his teeth: "From what you’ve said, I think there’s still a very long way to go before the agreement can be terminated." fгeewebnovёl.com

"What do you mean?" Ava asked blankly: "Uninterpretable theory."

"Is there an inevitable connection between the termination of the agreement and you being driven away?" Pannis countered: "Right now, there’s no such agreement you’ve mentioned existing among us. Do you think any of us have been driven away?"

"Yeah, little Ava, who do you think has been driven away?" Catherine’s voice came from behind the oak tree, the sensitive artificial girl, for some reason, hadn’t noticed her approach: "If Pannis hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have known that you would worry about these strange issues."

"Eh?" Ava was completely stunned, tilting her head with a blank gaze, and one could almost see the physical question marks popping out of her head.

"Don’t worry, dummy." Catherine snatched Ava from Pannis’s lap, took her into her arms, and said gently: "As long as this home exists, as long as you want to stay here with us, then we are a family, never to be parted."