【Nain】Did they start dating today?

Chapter 19

A week later, Slein didn't have that strange dream again, and he didn't tell Inafan, because... there is no way to speak!He must be dissatisfied in that aspect to have such a shameful dream. In the past week, every day, he occasionally lost his mind and thought of that dream, thinking of the feeling of his body being stretched, filled, and occupied.

Then this week, for some reason, some young and vigorous male high school students in their class suddenly had nosebleeds, and Inaho's face became more and more stinky day by day.

Fortunately, the consecutive holidays have already begun. According to the original plan, the group set off for the forest hot spring hotel in the outer suburbs of Xinluyuan. Everyone was talking and laughing on the bus, which was very lively.Only Inafan kept sitting beside him pretending to be asleep, and quietly held Slein's hand along the way, as if he was afraid that he would be tricked by some bad guy.

Esther booked the most advanced hot spring hotel for everyone. The traditional Japanese-style architecture is full of elegant charm. The Japanese pay attention to "scenery". When and from which angle you look at it, it is a picturesque beauty.

Not to mention the Martian nobles who took a hot spring for the first time, even native Japanese rarely have the opportunity to live in such a high-end hot spring hotel, everyone is very excited and looking forward to it.After dividing the rooms and taking the keys, they all ran away with their luggage.

Inafan and Slein shared the same room as a matter of course. When Esther handed over the key, she still had a smile on her face, looking dignified and elegant, but Slein was too embarrassed to look directly at her.

The room is covered with tatami mats. Slein has not been in Japan for a long time. Both his house and Inaho’s house are modern apartments, so tatami mats only exist within the scope of his knowledge, and it is the first time he has actually set foot on them.

"Wow, tatami! It's tatami!" Slein was very pleasantly surprised when he entered the door.

Inaho watched him put down his luggage at the entrance, took off his shoes and socks and carefully stepped on it, the novelty of the tatami mat was so cute that he couldn't help laughing.

"It's so comfortable, do you just sleep on the tatami at night?" Slein asked, he really liked the tatami, he almost rolled on it.

"The quilt needs to be laid out, I think the people at the hotel will do it for us." Inaho replied.

The two of them were talking, and the companions who had put away their things first came over and asked if they wanted to go to the hot spring swimming pool together.Inafan didn't speak. Although Slein still wanted to go, he wanted to take a stroll around such a beautiful place when the sky was still bright.

And before he set off, he also saw that Inaho had borrowed the biological illustrated book, so it was clear that Inaho was actually more interested in the characteristic plants in the vicinity.

"We want to take a walk in the nearby forest, and we will go there later." Slein replied.

The others immediately understood it, and no one questioned it ignorantly.Although Yunzi was a little disappointed, she was very happy to go to the hot spring swimming pool with everyone. She soon didn't mind, and pulled Nina to discuss enthusiastically which pool to go to first.

"Then let's go first. There will be crabs to eat at night, I'm really looking forward to it!" Cam and Kisuke were both smiling, and the group walked towards the hot spring bath in a lively manner.

Lai looked angrily at Mazruka next to him, unplugged the snorkel he had brought for some unknown reason, and said with disgust, "That little pool won't drown you."

"We Martians are not very good at swimming... I heard that there is a lot of water in your hot spring, just in case..."

"In case something happens to you, I will give you CPR." Lai interrupted him decisively.Mazruka thought about the meaning of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and for some reason he felt a little scared and looked forward to it...

Esther, Kurankan and Remulina were together, Kurankan looked at the beauty and exquisiteness along the road, and praised: "Esther, this hotel is really great, how did you find it?"

Esther thought for a while and replied: "When I was preparing for the event, I was looking for relevant information on the Internet. Suddenly, the introduction of this hotel was sent to my mailbox. I checked it and felt that there was nothing better."

Remulina said, "It's almost as if someone picked it for you."

"Yeah, it was a great help." Esther really felt that she was really lucky.

When they were talking and laughing as they passed the lobby, the camera in the corner flickered and turned around strangely, like a child who had been praised for doing a good deed, and looked a little smug.

The environment near the hot spring hotel is very good. Inafan and Slein asked the hotel staff, and they told them not to go too far into the forest.There is a lake nearby. There are many kinds of plants. It is also the season when a special flower blooms. It is recommended that two people can go there for a walk.

"Someone even built a villa there. It is said that a well-known architect was invited to design it. If you are interested, you can also visit it."

The two walked over according to the map marked with the route. The scenery along the way was indeed very pleasing to the eye. Maybe everyone went to the hot spring swimming pool, and the surrounding area was particularly quiet and pleasant.Neither of them like lively people very much, so it is more enjoyable for the two of them to take a walk slowly.The two stopped and walked, identifying flowers and plants, and bickering for classification, and walked to the lake without knowing it.

The water in the lake is beautiful, and maple trees are planted on the shore. It is not yet the season when the maple leaves are like fire, and the green, yellow, and half-red leaves are intertwined. The rich and vivid colors are like the approaching autumn in classical oil paintings.

They were a little tired from walking. Although it was the end of summer, it was still a little hot in the sunny afternoon. At this time, they saw a three-story white building under the cover of leaves.I can't tell what designer's work is, because it is too simple, a square building with white walls and exterior walls, but it seems to be displaying something.

Both of them were suddenly interested. After entering, the temperature of the air conditioner was just right, and the layout style inside was incompatible with the current era. Compared with the holiday villa mentioned by the hotel staff, it was more like a place for research.But it seems that it is no longer in use, but there are more display boxes in the memorial hall, which contain some documents.

"Hello, two guests." A voice suddenly sounded, when did this person appear, even a little footsteps could not be heard.

Inafan and Slein turned their heads and saw a 25-year-old young man standing behind him. The young man was wearing the suit of the commentator of the memorial hall, with the elegant temperament of European nobles. His hair was exactly the same pale gold as Slein's, but without him It's so curly, but it's as smooth as Inaho.His eyes are red, and his appearance is a little indifferent, but when he smiles, he feels very gentle and amiable.

Inafan and Sleyin glanced at each other in unison, because they also found similarities with each other in this young man.Although it was unbelievable, this young man seemed to be a combination of the characteristics of the two of them. To put it in a fantasy, the child born by the two of them had grown up so much.

"This is where an outstanding scientist lived and worked a long time ago." The young man introduced himself with a smile. "In the future, this place will be developed as a memorial hall to commemorate him. It has not been officially completed yet, so I am the only employee."

"We came in without authorization, will we disturb..." Slein looked at Inafan.

Inafan also took over the words: "If you cause trouble, we will leave immediately."

"No, no." The young man said quickly, "It's an open exhibition hall. If you want, I can show you around here. Ah, but there are not many places that can be opened."

Slein was a little interested, and asked curiously: "Who is the researcher you are talking about? What kind of person is he?"

"The artificial intelligence used by the main computer currently assisting in the management of New Awara City was originally developed by him. He has made great achievements in the war and made great contributions to the military research institute after retiring."

"But there doesn't seem to be a picture of him here?" Inaho asked suspiciously.

"He was a very low-key person, and he didn't leave much video data. The only remaining ones were too old to be preserved."

"Hey, it's so mysterious, won't people who come to visit like this be very disappointed?" Slein looked at the documents and records with great interest, the handwriting on them was already hard to read, just like looking at slate writing in a museum.So I turned to look at other places, but this place is too simple. According to the explanation of the young commentator, the living environment of the scientist at that time was completely preserved here. Except for many books, the furniture and daily necessities are the most simple.

And judging from everything here, this researcher seems to be living here alone.

Far away from the center of the city, with a lake as a company, and doing boring research day after day, the feeling of loneliness hit like a sea tide. For some reason, Slein suddenly felt sorry for that researcher who didn't know what he looked like.

"Has he lived here all alone?" Slein asked.

"That's right." The young man in charge of explaining nodded, "Until he died, he was alone."

Inafan squinted his eyes and looked at this place. He had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this place. He seemed to know what was in which room without an explanation from the narrator.He walked to a bookshelf, picked out a book at random, and took a look in his hand. It turned out to be the study of ancient arithmetic that he was also very interested in recently.

He browsed through the books on the bookshelf. If these books were also arranged according to the books that the researcher said he originally owned, then the interests and hobbies between him and the researcher really overlapped horribly.

It's almost like another him in the world.

Slein was still surprised by what the narrator said just now. He murmured: "I've been alone all the time, isn't that too lonely? Doesn't he have a family?"

"He has an older sister," said the young man. "His parents died when he was very young."

"Doesn't he live with his sister?" Slein asked with concern.

"His sister got married, so he didn't live with her anymore. But before his sister officially got married, he had already moved here."

"Doesn't he have a wife or other family, too?"

"No." The narrator replied, the way he spoke was as simple and direct as a machine's answer.

Slein suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he couldn't help questioning: "But for such a long life, how could it be possible to be alone all the time?"

"His life was not very long." The narrator said indifferently. He glanced at Inaho standing in front of the bookcase by the window and said slowly, "He died before he was 40 years old."

"Is it because of illness?" For a scientist, the lifespan is really too short. Although it is not very polite, Slein still wants to know what the narrator said about the researcher.

"It's probably because of fatigue. He was injured in the war. It may be a hidden danger left by that time." The commentator paused, "However, as far as I know, there is another theory."

Slein looked at this narrator who was somewhat similar to himself and Inafan, and he found that he seemed to care too much about this researcher whose name and appearance he didn't know at all.

"You said just now, how can a person be alone for such a long life? As long as you are alive, you will definitely have the opportunity to meet the right person, isn't that right?"

Slein nodded. He used to be very lonely. After his parents divorced, he ran around with his busy father. He didn't even have many friends. He even thought that he would be so lonely all his life.But then he went to Shin Awara, met Inaho, and many others.

"The researcher had a person he loved deeply, but that person died, and he was not even 20 years old when he died. That was the only person he loved in the world. There can be many people he likes, relatives, friends , Companion, but there is only one person who can love, and he is the only one in the world and in the universe.”

He spoke with such emotion that it was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"So did he commit suicide?" Inaho came back, showing a rare look of impatience, and he didn't like this topic from the bottom of his heart.He didn't like it very much either, it always felt like a quiet lonely grave.

The narrator shook his head and said, "That's not true. He never thought of committing suicide. Living alone is very lonely and painful, but if he committed suicide because of this, it would be too inconsistent with that researcher's style."

Inafan was thoughtful: "It sounds like a stubborn and eccentric person."

"Inafan!" Slein stopped him, this is too rude!

"No, you're right." The narrator agreed with Inafan's words, "So the cause of his death, I am more inclined to be like 'energy exhaustion', what supports human beings to live is 'hope', and he put himself The "hope" of my life is entrusted to a certain miracle, so life is too short. I don't quite understand that kind of emotion, but I admire him very much"

Inafan and Slein couldn't understand these words, but they vaguely felt that they could understand the mood of the researcher that the commentator was talking about.

Slein asked a question that he also didn't understand: "That researcher, when he died...was it painful?"

The narrator's eyes widened, as if he hadn't expected to hear such a question.

After asking Slein, I regretted it. How could a narrator know such a long time ago.The narrator was silent for a while, his expression suddenly became a little dull, as if he was searching for some memory quickly in his mind, and then said: "When he died, he was very peaceful, and there was a half-played chess game beside him, like Just played a game of chess with someone I know."

"Thank you." Slein whispered, why should I thank you?He didn't know, for no reason, he felt something heavy in his heart.

"It's getting late, let's go back." Inafan said, he didn't feel much about the researcher's story.

The narrator saw them off at the door, and when the two of them were gone, some places in the memorial hall began to flicker, like a monitor with poor contact. Except for the indoor layout and furnishings, the materials in the display cabinet disappeared. The virtual image created by optical projection is only to add details that make this place more like a "memorial hall".

The face and outline of the commentator with blond hair and red eyes gradually blurred. He is not a real human being.

He is a phantom created by artificial intelligence.