Chapter 103: The Android Who Forgot How to Smile (For Her Sisters’ Last Prayers)
The Witch’s finger twitched more than the time she had first touched a forbidden tome, her lips gaping and closing, finding no words to describe her depthless dread.
Adrei, as usual, hugged her trembling frame. Feeling a warmth clasping around her waist, Demond turned another page.
’Day 9: It is confirmed. Undine’s Divine Mana could be extracted from the <Shelled Heart>, as well as other automatons. More materials to replace the <Motherbrain>’s role to remove junk data from our <Core>.’
The Witch glanced at the dead Android lying on the desk, her expression at peace as if she had fulfilled everything she could.
In reality, without <Motherbrain>, an Android physically cannot preserve memories. So <Drowned> to them is like cancer to humans, the junk data are tumours that cannot be removed.
It’s a natural process, or an inevitable deterioration of robotic organs.
The Android thus called it ’Undine’s Curse’, for their separation from the <Motherbrain> brought about this unavoidable predicament.
Then, as if guessing what would happen, the Witch skimmed through the notes.
<Day 21: Undine’s Mana...we have failed to process it within the automatons. Chance of success: 0%. Alternatives have been found.>
"And if I’m not mistaken..." The Witch flipped the pages, each piece heavier than the last, before she found her answer.
<Day 57: It is a mild success...our Sister 991 who was almost <Drowned> has volunteered herself, and we have confirmed a <Memory Wipe> using Undine’s mana wipe out even the junk datas.>