Chapter 7 - Awakening
I don’t know where this is… I can’t see very well. It’s like my vision is out of focus, and everything looks blurry.
I can’t move my body, I can’t even turn my head. What kind of situation is this?
Maybe I am in a hospital? Perhaps the whole idea of being reincarnated in a fantasy world was just a dream. It’s more realistic to think that I was in a terrible accident, teetering on the edge of life and death. Yeah, it’s a pretty sad twist for a dream, but it’s a lot more believable than being reincarnated to another world.
Suddenly, my head was filled with incomprehensible information and it just keeps coming.
[Self-Development Process: Fully Automated – In Progress]
[Chapter-4: Memory Integration and Preservation – Complete]
[Self-Development Process: Fully Automated – In Progress]
[Chapter-5: Integration of Old and New Memories – Complete]
[Self-Development Process: Fully Automated – In Progress]
[Chapter-6: Biological Scan – Complete]
Name: – Age: 0 years, newborn (premature, 245 days after conception)
Race: Humanoid
Physical Strength: Weak,
Reincarnation Class: [Logic Emperor] [Shackles of the Spider Thread: ➤➤➤ × ⌘⏐⊙⌒]
Special Ability: (Unblossomed)
General Abilities: –
Covenant: [@% no〆i]
Protection: **
Bonus: [Customized Guide]
Remarks: Reincarnation, Previous Life Memories
[Self-Development Process: Fully Automated – In Progress]
[Chapter-7: Drive System Scan – Complete]
Magic Core: Operational/Expanding
Main Memory Core: Under Construction
Auxiliary Memory Core: Under Construction
Magic Heart (Magic Furnace): Not Activated
Magic Organ: Not Activated
Magic Dantian: –
Auxiliary Magic Organ: –
[Self-Development Process: Fully Automated – In Progress]
[Chapter-8: Enclosure θ-Type Excitation—Countdown Initiated: 10, 9, 8, 7…]
I didn’t understand any of it. As I was just listening absentmindedly, an unsettling countdown began out of nowhere.
Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait! Stop, pause, hold on! Stay still!!
[# Progress Setting: Pause]
Alright, it stopped. Phew! I did it. I probably made it in time.
I don’t even need to ask, but just to be sure, because it’s really important. Mr. Voice, who are you doing this “biological scan” on?
[Target: Previous Life Name – Sakura Rio / Current Name – (Unregistered)]
I thought so. It’s me, isn’t it? I thought it might be. But before you proceed without my consent, Mr. Mechanical Voice, who are you exactly?
[Customized Guide Ver. 1.0.0]
Oh, it’s the customized guide. I thought it was some kind of guidebook to browse through or something.
But hey, you’re an AI, right? You respond when I call out, and you even come with version numbers. It doesn’t feel very much like a fantasy world, does it?
Well, never mind. Can you tell me about the progress settings?
[Customized Guide Ver. 1.0.0 # Progress Settings]
Fully Automatic
Semi-Automatic
Pause⚫︎
Permanent Stop (Locked)
Hmm, it’s pretty simple, and there’s not much to choose from. For now, let’s keep it paused. In this state, if there are any other settings besides progress settings, I’d like to know.
[Customized Guide Ver. 1.0.0 # Option Settings]
Name: – (Unregistered)
Progress Settings: Fully Automatic / Adjustable Automatic / Pause⚫︎ / Permanent Stop (Locked)
Notifications: ON⚫︎ / OFF
These option settings feel like something out of a game. But there aren’t many options. Should I register a name?
[Registration Recommended]
Why?
[Name Adaptation: Pseudo Personality, Voice Change, Ability Enhancement]
So, Name Adaptation, does that mean the name can affect the system and enhance abilities, right?
[Affirmative]
So, it means the name I pick will be influenced by the image associated with that names by the public?
[Affirmative]
Is the public in this case based on the current inhabitants of this world?
[Affirmative]
That could be a problem. A big concern.
After all, I don’t know the names of any famous or wise people in this other world. The names I pick, thinking they sounded good based on my world image, might turn out to be villains in this world. It could be a high-risk-gacha-like lottery.
Is it possible to change the image source to myself or something from Earth?
[Administrator Access Violation—Permission Request]
Who do I need to request permission from? When you say ‘administrator’, are you referring to the god of this world?
[Change Permission Notification—Specify Reference]
Wow, that was a quick response! But getting a permission is unexpected. Thank you, Administrator, for being so accommodating!
[Name Adaptation Condition Change – Refer to Memory Field Search Results]
So, does ‘Memory Field Search Results’ means it adapts and evolves based on the image I have for the name?
It’s about characterizing the name. Now, what should I do?
As for voice change, I definitely want it to sound more human and less like a machine. Ideally, it should be a pleasant, soft female voice, not too deep like a man, and definitely not high-pitched like an anime heroine.
When it comes to ability enhancement, I’d like to go in an intellectual direction. But in this situation, I can’t think of an image source. I’m not good at this kind of thing. Who should I pick?
There were two real geniuses that came to mind.
Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
They are renowned worldwide. But they are both male. I don’t know the names of any female scientists.
Oh, there was Madame Curie. Wait, Since ‘Madame’ is used, ‘Curie’ is the family name, right? I don’t remember the first name. I think her husband was her research partner, so they had the same last name. That means, as a couple, they’re indistinguishable by surname. That’s not going to work.
Well, I don’t know what I don’t know.
It’s all about the image. In Japan’s game culture, it’s normal for historical figures like Oda Nobunaga or Date Masamune to be gender bended. So, if Newton and Einstein can…
Because in my mind, Newton is an old man with long hair holding an apple, and Einstein is a stern-looking old man with his tongue out, it’s just too distinctive. I need to change that image, or I might end up with a weird old man’s voice.
Alright, let’s take a part of their names. As someone inheriting their talents and knowledge, I’ll conveniently imagine a woman with the intelligence of a wise person.
Oh, what if I take a part of their names that sounds more feminine? Yeah, that might work. Let’s break down their names.
Isaac Newton: “I”, “saac”, “New”, “Ton”
Albert Einstein: “Al,” “Bert,” “Ein” “Ste” “in.”
Among these, “I,” “Bert,” “Ein” sound somewhat girlish.
[Name Registration Complete]
Huh, did it just decide on a name now?!
[…Updating…]
Oh no, I got completely ignored. What’s going on with this thing? Did I mess up?
[Customized Guide ‘Aibertein’ Ver. 2.0.0 – Name Adaptation Complete]
So that’s how it is! Not bad at all. Is this okay? The voices turn out to be a slightly mature female voice. The tone is also polite, so can I consider this a success?
[Doctor, thanks to you, all knowledge is now within my fingertip. I express my gratitude. I will now resume the self-development process. Please change the progress settings.]
Huh? Doctor? What’s with that title? Hey, you’ve changed too suddenly. And that way of addressing me, let’s not do that. I used to be just a high school student. It’s way too formal, and honestly… it’s rather embarrassing.