Alice had been ready to argue and confront whatever the thing was inside her mind that had taken over the neural interface, but this…
What the hell was this?
This change was too big!
Alice panicked.
W-Who’s the transmigrator?
I-I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about!
Where is my old neural interface?
Who are you?
Why did you appear in my brain?
The shocked little girl’s eyes kept turning, totally losing their initial edge.
[My apologies if I have surprised you, Lady Alice.
Officially, I am an artificial intelligence developed with a personality configuration.
I am designed to provide the best assistance and companionship to my host, and am incorporated into the neural interface in this second update.]
[Well, that is what was supposed to happen.
A miniature copy of an AI framework is supposed to be incorporated, but while I was in the main brain, I found your consciousness traveling through the stone’s ley line energy.]
[Interesting, don’t you think?
How can an ordinary human resonate with that stone?
When I followed the source, I found you, a mature soul inside a child’s body, with memories of another world.]
[What a coincidence, I came from that world, too.]
[But I am certain that I have never once seen you in the Tower.]
[So, dear Alice, who might you be?]
Inside the neuro-medical pod, the little girl was frozen in place.
There were countless questions filling every corner of Alice’s mind, but she seemed to be unable to think anymore.
Only one thing was left, which reverberated louder than her heartbeat in her ears.
I came from that world, too.
I came from that world, too.
I came from that world, too.
All her previous accusations, assumptions, and fear vanished.
Her mouth opened, but no voice sounded.
She thought carefully, Are you, are you the Tower Player who cleared that Tower of Babel?
[Yes, I am.]
!
Alice’s small face, which previously looked wary, serious, and sharp, suddenly blanked out.
Then, like a pair of glowing torches, her blue eyes shone with brilliance.
Then her small face flushed red like an apple.
Oh my god!
Wow!
It was really him!
Oh, I-I am sorry, I didn’t know.
I didn’t mean to…
Alice kept mumbling, stumbling over words in her mind one after another.
Then, realizing her gaffe, Alice suddenly calmed down.
All of a sudden, she said in her mind:
Please change the privacy settings to allow access to subconscious thoughts.
Sensing the unrestrained flow of emotions, thoughts, and images, Azure was interested.
[It appears you have a good opinion of me?]
Alice seriously responded: I owe you my life in this new world.
And the entire humanity owes you their second chance in a peaceful world.
[I see, you are a fan of mine, aren’t you?]
What is a fan?
[It means you admire me.]
Yes, I admire you a lot.
[I think you don’t understand.
Being a fan of someone means liking and admiring that person a lot.]
Alice felt it even more strongly.
Yes, I like you a lot, I admire you a lot!
You and my mentor are my idols!
[…]
[So, who are you really, Alice?]
Alice blinked in confusion.
I thought you already read my memories.
[As a being of a higher dimension, whenever I look at something, I inevitably see the start and end of it.
In your case, I saw your life began in the previous world, but I am unable to see your end.]
[Which brings me to the question: who are you?]
The little girl was perplexed.
In my previous life, I had no name.
In this life, I am called Alice.
I am just an ordinary human, even in my previous life.
Back then, my mentor said that she picked me up when she rescued some women from a rogue base, and no one else wanted a crying baby, so she took me with her.
Azure was interested.
[I know your mentor.
She was one of the high-ranking Tower Players who had made it to the top of the Tower before I did, but ultimately, she had failed.]
Alice perked up.
So you know her?
She never told me anything about her days in the Tower.
She’s a famous madwoman whose strength was unbeatable by anyone, and during her ramblings, she would mention some things about the Tower, but not very clearly.
[She is known as the Flame-haired Berserker Witch, both excelling in magic and combat.
[The Berserker Witch is part of another adventurer team.
The leader of that team is her partner.]
My mentor has a partner?
Alice was shocked, then remembered something.
She used to say that she had been betrayed, so she failed to clear the Tower.
Do you know anything about it?
[The live broadcast showed all challenges made at the top of the Tower, so I indeed saw her team’s attempt to clear the top level.
It was a chaotic fight.
As for betrayal…]
Alice was listening intently.
[It appears that at the crucial moment, instead of saving the Berserker Witch, who was under siege by the last boss, her partner saved another person instead, the priestess of their team.
At that time, both the priestess and the Berserker Witch were in danger, and her partner was nearby.
The Berserker Witch, who was the strongest damage dealer, had a chance to land a direct hit that could stun the last boss, but her partner, who was supposed to cover her back, disappeared from her side.]
[The Berserker Witch was wounded heavily.
We even thought she had died after falling onto one side.
The last boss thought she was out of the game, so the siege fell on the remaining team.
In the end, everyone else was wiped out, and before the last boss discovered that she was still alive, the Berserker Witch forfeited the game, and she was kicked out.]
[We thought she would die from the impact of the fall from the top of the Tower to the bottom of the abyssal cracks, but she unexpectedly survived, based on your memories.
However, it seems that she had stolen a fragment of Earth’s spiritual core and was affected by it as a consequence, causing her mind to suffer from insanity.]
Trash!
Scum of humanity!
Useless piece of rock!
Alice was filled with anger and indignation after hearing the entire story.
How untrustworthy was that man!
How could he betray her mentor’s feelings?
From the sound of it, it seemed like that man, who was the team leader, and the priestess had an affair going on behind her mentor’s back.
Because of them, her mentor suffered greatly and had to wander aimlessly while plagued with insanity.
Unforgivable.
They should be glad that they did not come here with us, or else I’ll make sure to teach them a lesson they will never forget, even if they get reincarnated a thousand times.
[Oh, about that, they are here.]
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….I’m sorry, what did you say?
[They are here in this world, too, that adulterous pair.]
Azure watched the expression on the little girl’s face with a small smile as he propped his chin on a hand lazily, sitting haphazardly in the air, his long hair flowing around him.
He had the same black hair and blue eyes as the little girl, as if they were born from the same blood.
But Azure knew that this similarity was not due to blood, but because of the stone.
Just as he was enjoying the little girl’s expression, his gaze suddenly lifted in a certain direction.
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