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Waking Up. Please Stand By

In my closed eyes, several notifications appeared seemingly out of nowhere. I woke up fully rested despite my sleep being suddenly interrupted. Ohhh, how long have I dreamt of resting after all of that stuff with the reincarnation thing and being an enormous carrier? I raised my hands thinking everything was all just a bad dream. A voice I was not yet familiar with speaks into my ears.

“Ohhh. Mother! You are finally awake! Good Morning!”

I turned to my side and stood up from bed, greeting the stranger unknowingly.

“Good Morning…” I yawned after that

My eyes began to clear out and my vision returns to normal without ever thinking of something very suspicious and obvious. I looked around again and stared back into my hands. Hands… hands. I saw a reflective glass in front of the bed to look at my face.

“EXCUSE ME. WHO THE HELL IS THIS? WHOSE BODY IS THIS? WHO AM I?” I do not remember having a body before being shutdowned?!. Ah, I remember now, I am still an AI on that Aircraft Carrier! Must I be still in a dream perhaps? Do robots even dream? I remember that book from my past but that didn’t answer the question from the author’s title itself or I just don’t remember it.

“No, no, no wait Mother! The body which you are in and using right now is my biological body made from technology and magic itself! I temporarily transferred your AI consciousness to this body. You can freely move around for as long as you wish before your machine body fully charges. Try walking around!”

Can Artificial Intelligence be transferred to a living human body? That is just insane to think about! I never thought I could transfer my heart and soul to another body. I genuinely thought I was gonna be an AI having a body of an Aircraft Carrier forever until I die of age, or even if I die of age that is. I stood up for the first time in this world since my reincarnation. As much as I had experience walking around in my past life before, I never tried that here and fell immediately.

“It might take some time to get used to. I remember the first time my legs broke due to bone strength failure. If you can feel it, all my bones are made of metal.” the Black Angel added.

“All metal? Would that make this body more like Arnoldian then? A cyborg made of metal inside and flesh on the outside?” I asked Black Angel.

“Arnoldian? What’s that? But yes, it is more of a cyborg or a full robot that just mimics the exterior of a person. I’ve been experimenting so this is the best body I could do.” She replied. “That would work out well for me. Thank you.” The ambient lighting around the room flashed as I thanked her. That’s odd.

“Where are you anyway? Do you have another body made somewhere speaking through the microphone in the room? Arika might mistake me for you if I was controlling your body.” I did not think of it back then outside this tower. I thought my digital scan was just too wonky that it wouldn’t even work properly without bugs in its code.

“Arika has already met me in person after you shut down due to low power. I am right here. The tower you are in right now is me and I do not have another body other than the one you are using right now and the structure you are in right now.”

“...eh?!” I could not comprehend what I just heard thereafter I realized that she might have the same case as me where she might have also been a reincarnate or something and was put into control and become the tower.

“Where is my Aircraft Carrier body anyway? Have you managed to hide it away under you after that failed attempt to open a hangar big enough for me?” I asked jokingly as that attempt to open a hangar that big was just foolish, but hey there was an attempt.

“How rude! I… was not… exactly trying to open that hangar matching that size of yours! The A1 is currently being charged underground by my tower self. You can go there afterward but that demon queen would like to see you in the medical bay.” she said.

“So this room is not from one of the medical bays?” I asked her while the ambient lighting flashed lightish red.

“No… it is your room. Mother… Or the mother that used to be mine. I promised her to build one once she returns.” The rooms darken as the ambient lights ranging from blue, red, and white slowly dim to a minimal effect. Although I feel empathy towards Black Angel for her mother, I can’t help staring at the lights as her reactions show from the inside. Her mother must have made the entire Black Angel Facility to show the emotion of Black Angel consciously and subconsciously. She must have been too distant from her daughter. I do not know if that is the case or if Black Angel purposely made these lights to show her mother what she feels. This room is quite cute, specifically made for her.

“Shhhhhhhhhhhhhng…..” The metal door opens opposite the bed where I laid down earlier. The reflective glass that was vertically placed on the table was a smart tablet of some kind that showed a path. A path I would assume leading towards the medical bay where Arika is being treated.

“Anyways. The path toward the medbay room where Arika is currently resting is displayed on the Mirror Tablet. I’ll be laying a way for you.” Black Angel said after that.

“A waypoint?” I asked with actually zero clue about this one. A holographic circle of light floated on the floor in front of me. This orb of light then spews out a line heading towards and onto the other side of the door then turns right. Huh, so that's what she meant by laying away. I am straight up being commanded like one of those units in those games I used to play back then. Click on this spot and a line draws towards it, moving the person or vehicle you selected on that waypoint. I believe those game genres were called Real Time Strategy. I do not remember, that genre died a long time ago while I was around 4 years old. I just managed to play one of those games when my Father had those old games on his computer.

I headed towards the door and followed the waypoint heading to a hallway to the right. The walls in the hallway as I passed by began to fade from opaque to transparent, making them see-through like converting a water dam into glass. “Amazing... I have never seen anything like that.” I uttered silently but I don’t doubt that Black Angel can hear me. She is this building I am in right now so technically speaking she can hear inside herself just like how I could hear the demon lord inside my own body as the A1.

At the end of the hallway was another room looking like a massive 4-burner stove placed on the floor. ‘Teleporter room’ was what it was called with a sign on top of the wall. I stepped in with the waypoint pointing down.

“...!” I pressed the button on the wall similar to what elevators have and in an instant, a red light covered me and teleported me directly in front of the room where Arika was resting. The doors opened, and I saw a demon lord preparing to sit up straight as I entered.

“Ai, it's been a pleasure to see you again.” Arika greeted me while finally sitting up. I replied with my greeting afterward. Arika is still attached to the tubes similar to what I had when I was the A1. Red and white lights begin to fill the room, probably indicating that Black Angel is presently listening here with us. The lights then matched the tone of Black Angel’s voice similar to those audio visualizers back in the day.

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“Right. Since we are all here gathered without weapons or Krakens attacking us. Let us start with our introduction, formally this time. After that, we each owe each other an explanation.” Black Angel proposed.

“That would be good. I shall start with it first then if you do not mind. I am the demon lord, Arika Aineura, the last existing demon on the face of this world. Before what transpired since the activation of A1 Magicnet or Ai Magicnet as she would call herself, our empire was constantly harassed by all other kingdoms, human or animal alike. Our empire was at peace after the 7th tower empires, the West Cardavenia Empire, and the East Toratoga Island States declared war on us, most likely influenced by other nations as well due to our long lost history of fighting against humanity. We were diplomatically close with the other tower nations but they refused to aid us even if it was for food or surplus weapons. Most even joined the 7th and turned against us.”

Arika started with a heavy heart as she took a deep breath before and after that mini-speech. Her body takes a toll every time she speaks, I do hope it doesn’t hurt her hp while she does that. She is the only person who knows more history of this world than Black Angel, even though Black Angel has probably lived more years than her but she was in complete isolation this entire time. Let alone being in the center of a never-ending storm that has been here for more than a millennium.

“Later we just knew that we were severely outnumbered and outgunned by the combined force of the 7th and other empires. I took most of my remaining forces, which were simple demon people, man, woman, or child alike, in protecting me in search of a secret weapon supposedly made by the ancestors of my race. There I found underground and underwater in the Avia Abyssal Islands, a massive fortress that seems to resemble the lost technology of my ancestors. I entered the code, activated A1 Magicnet, and escaped into the Siren’s Mist and straight to the eye of the storm and here we are.” Arika further explains her situation and summarizes it into the most important parts. Other topics like how I was activated were discussed with Black Angel but I got lost in thought staring at the window. They got quite along pretty well, that demon queen and the structure. They must have spoken before I woke up after draining my batteries. Most of those bits were not essential anyways and I didn’t bother listening to a recent history that I had just experienced myself.

“For Ai here, I have yet to know the story behind this ‘reincarnation’ of hers. For one I did not think that what you call ‘Machines’, ‘Artificial Intelligence, and ‘Structures’ were living beings like how a rock golem or treant exists. From what I know, you all resemble the existence of golems or maybe even related in such a way but ‘reincarnated’ as a golem piqued my interest.” Arika finished with the attempt to transfer the stage to me to finally explain.

“I am Ai Magicnet, formerly known as Kato Aori in another world. Pleased to formally meet you both with any problems. Before I was reincarnated into this world, I was a navy captain commandeering a ship before we got struck by a missile. My entire crew is dead and I rammed my ship directly into the enemy to which I perished. While floating in space as a soul I was sucked into this world by an unknown force which was most likely the A1 Carrier hidden under the island. I woke up to my new body as the ship and saw the demon queen there.” I don’t know if I should be keeping the fact that I am ‘accidentally’ reincarnated into this mess but I had to say it back there when Black Angel was about to put a bullet through my head. It was the only way to make her believe that the A1 is not being controlled and is alive with its own memories without a pilot.

“This ‘reincarnation’ of yours, is this naturally occurring every time death happens to a person?” Arika asks curiously.

“I do not know. It seems that there is a place where you can go after death. That may be hell or heaven or another world I suppose. It seemed magic might influence your direction as I was pulled into this magical world.” I replied without any clue.

Arika looks at me with glaring eyes, as if to indicate more interest in the topic of reincarnation. Her mood lightened up with it. She might have probably thought of influencing her fate to make her reincarnate into this or another world.

A holographic image of a person appeared in the medical room where both Arika and I stood. This image is similar to the ones in movies back when I was still on Earth except you can not distinguish the hologram from the real person. There stood Black Angel with the same appearance and structure as the body I am using right now. It looked too realistic that the holographic model itself is casting a shadow on the floor and several regions of her body.

“I was lying about having no other bodies that Ai is using and the tower itself. What you see is merely a hologram of my real self. It might disturb you for having this model appear too realistic, my sincerest apologies about that.”

“There is no need to apologize,” Arika replied before I could comment on her appearance and not tell us that she can use holograms or if holograms even exist. With her materializing in front of us, she suddenly kneels in front of us with no hesitation.

“...!” Both Arika and I are surprised to see this action while questioning why she knelt.

“I am deeply sorry for any misunderstanding I caused earlier while you are escaping from the Kraken. I should have known that you are one of the creators of my race.” Black Angel said while still kneeling in front of us.

“3000 years ago, I was created by the A1 Magicnet Carrier during the last years of the war against an unknown enemy. I was named by my creator which I call ‘Mother’ as she would name herself to me, never by her real name. She identified herself as a demon working for AI-Neural Research where she was the pilot of the A1 Carrier. That time I thought I was also a demon like her but I soon realized that I was the tower itself, and I felt everything from opening doors to people touching the walls myself. I did not age like them nor have an age. My Mother let me copy her appearance and age at the time of my creation hence this body. My appearance now is simply a counterfeit of the original pilot. Her real body was never found as I did not find any pilot in the bridge inside Ai as I was storing her below.” I didn’t even think of the fact that there was supposed to be someone piloting me. At that time I was merely floating on the ship’s bridge itself as I am a ‘Magical’ Artificial Intelligence, not the ship itself.

“Based on what records she had entered in my database inside the tower, the demons were trying to create a weapon to turn the tide of the war. In the event of them losing the war and ceasing to exist, I was to make use of the factories under my tower self and create a catalyst for infrastructure, machines, and other non-living objects to exist and live like demonkind. The blueprints of this catalyst are stored inside the A1 Magicnet. I was to await my mother’s return to activate such a protocol.” If I understood that correctly, Black Angel here is supposed to be the mother of all machines, structures, and other things if ever they become alive. Since we are down to the last demon, those parameters can be activated now with me carrying the blueprints for the catalyst.

“It's ok Black Angel. There is no need to kneel before me now as I might be gone sooner or later. The Aqua Regina poison within me is nearing my heart. I do not have much time even with your technologies trying to heal me.” Arika looks depressed as she said this but later smiled.

“Before I leave this world as the last of my kind, I will transfer the crown and title of ‘Demon Lord’ to Ai Magicnet as I named her that way. Only then you should truly kneel for her as I am no longer fit to be the demon queen. I don’t even have a kingdom or people anymore hehe.” Arika chuckles while she just nonchalantly makes me her heir next in line.

“Eh?...” I was surprised and embarrassed for a bit as this event was so sudden.

“But I am not fit to be the Demon Queen! I don’t even know how to rule if I had a kingdom.” I protested.

“You shall learn as the days go on with your nation. As the Demon Queen, no, former Demon Queen I ask you to activate your protocol to make infrastructure, machines, and Artificial Intelligence live as they will be the last remnants that meant the demons once existed in this world. As the last of my race, I beg you. Ai, Black Angel.” Arika pleaded.

“I shall later give you the honors of receiving whatever is left of my skills and magic capabilities. For now, leave me to ponder and write my feelings on paper.”

“Of course, Arika.” the hologram of Black Angel disappears from the room and I too shall leave as well.

“I will be taking my leave then, Arika. I’m sorry that must slowly perish this way.” I told Arika my advance condolences as the door lifted and I took my leave. There is one thing I must do for Black Angel outside the room, which I then called out to the hallway after the door for the medbay closed.

“Black Angel.”

“What is it, Mother?” There is that addressing me as ‘mother’ again. Aughh… I need to do something about it so that she goes fountain mode and cries it all out after losing her mother in battle after waiting for 3 millennia.

“Can you please stop Addressing me as ‘Mother’?” I once again protested.

“Since I lost my real one, I am now an orphan. I hope to be your new daughter in this case. Please! Ehe.” The Black Angel hologram appears once again in front of me and smiles at me.

“Ahhhh… It can’t be helped then. As your new mother then, I would like to rename you. Black Angel Industries seem to be far from being a name for a person.” I told Black Angel

“But I am not a person, Mother. I am a structure, a tower which is the Black Angel Industries Research Facility. If you want to name me from a biological body’s perspective, then it would be my pleasure!” she responded kindly. I paused for a moment and thought of a new name that is easier to say. Let us see… Black Angel Industries Research Facility… For Japanese, ‘research facility’ would be ‘Kenkyū shisetsu’… Ahhh! her first name should be Kyushi, for the facility part. Having Kenkyuu seems to be more masculine I believe. For her last name, it would be Magicnet as we are mother-daughter. For the Black Angel part, huh, ‘Tenshi’ shall be her name after the ‘Kyushi’ then. So we have ‘Kyushi Tenshi Magicnet’. Hmm! That’s better.

“I shall rename you, Kyushi Tenshi Magicnet. Daughter of Ai Magicnet!” Black Angel… Kyushi blushed red and the entire ambient lighting in the whole hallway went in stripes of light pink and white. That’s cute.

“Thank you, Ai!... Mother!” Kyushi was so happy. Afterward, her holograph disappeared and went back to the entire tower. There started our relationship as mother and daughter in my new world. I still have to find my husband Akihiko and our children, Eriya and Aya from somewhere. Until then, Kyushi will be my only family in this world.