CHAPTER 196: NANOMACHINES

"..." I open my eyes feeling much better now, the first thing I notice is the fresh air of the place which is a delight compared to the hellish heat I was facing before.

’What a soft bed...’ Before I was sleeping in a pile of sheets that Yar gathered to help me, it was a hot and unpleasant place to sleep, although it was given to me out of pure goodwill.

’Wait...where am I?’ I quickly sit up on the bed, noticing that I am in a very organized and beautiful white room, there are several everyday items while I hear the sound of the door opening.

I look in the direction of the sound, seeing Yar standing there carrying a tray of food.

"Good morning, Shizune, I’ve brought you a proper meal to aid your recovery, I’m glad you woke up today," She says, bringing me real food, not those food bars I was eating before.

"Oh...Yar, where are we?" I ask, finding it strange, there shouldn’t be a place like this out there from what Yar said.

"We’re in a place I managed to find while trying to save you, it’s underground and incredibly well-preserved," She says with a smile, handing me the tray.

"...I see..." I say only that, thinking that something is wrong, Yar seems identical to before, although she’s more expressive now, what I think is wrong is the place.

’For something abandoned, this is too well-preserved?’

"Yar, how long have I been unconscious?" I ask.

"13 days, 4 hours and 24 minutes exactly since you lost consciousness," She says to me with a sad expression.

’Well...that kind of explains why everything is perfectly clean, current technology is incredible’ I guess she had plenty of time to take care of everything.

"Yar, we weren’t seen by the Yara drones, were we?" I question her.

"...No, I managed to bring you to this place in complete secrecy and safety," She speaks while I start eating because I’m really hungry.

"This dress..."

"It’s one of the things I found here, there’s a lot of stuff and it’s safe, but we can’t go out, forecasts of a storm have emerged and out there the chances of survival will drop to 0.01525%," She speaks seriously to me.

"That sounds awful, will this place hold up?" I ask, eating something from the tray that seems to be some kind of vegetable.

"Yes, this place is safe, I’ve already checked it myself, after your meal I believe it’s best if you try the bath that’s here for a personal cleansing," She speaks while I think about the proposal.

’A cold water bath really sounds great’ Enough with taking a bath with hot water and a wet towel, finally a real bath, this makes me notice that I’m perfectly clean.

"You..."

"I believe you want to ask about your needs, I took the liberty of taking care of your body using the knowledge of books I found in this place, did I do something wrong?" She asks with a sad look.

"No, no...I’m grateful, after this shall we read books together?" She really enjoyed reading books and listening to my explanations, so I guess for now that’s all I can do.

"Of course, I can’t wait for that," She speaks with a huge smile on her face, her maid’s clothes also seem to be new.

Setting that aside, I finish the meal, which was good, but after trying Nyar’s and Nyzz’s food, this food here is quite mediocre, although I know that Nyar and Nyzz’s food were pieces of their own bodies and Nyzz’s food was horrible in appearance.

"Here’s the tray, Yar..." I hand it to her, and she takes it and starts to leave while I get out of bed.

"...Yar, wait..." I’m sure something’s not right.

"Is there a problem, Shizune?" She asks with confusion.

"It’s just...it seems strange to walk?" I say, getting up and looking at my legs.

"..." Yar seems to think for a moment about what to say, strangely she no longer freezes in that robotic way, she freezes in a very human way now, as if she could compute and simulate a human better.

"I performed surgery on you...before you get alarmed, know that it was to save your life, new data I acquired in this place indicates that the world is more harmful to humans than it seems."

"The air has a harmful and deadly component for humans, it’s amazing you’ve survived 17 days in this hostile environment, but that doesn’t change the fact that if nothing was done, you would slowly lose many things."

"To prevent this, I performed emergency surgery and added [Nanites] to your body, they are eliminating the problem and restoring your health to the most perfect state possible."

"..." I look at her and then at my legs.

"I’m sorry I didn’t ask for permission, I needed to perform the surgery as quickly as possible and you weren’t waking up..." She speaks with tears in her eyes, I just let out a sigh.

"It’s okay..."

’So now there are nanorobots inside my body?’ This is strange, I don’t like having things inserted into my body like this in the first place, I wouldn’t even have died, but obviously she doesn’t know that.

"Since when do you know how to do these things?" I question with doubt.

"I learned after coming to this place, I discovered that there is an external network here disconnected from the mother source, this network allows me to have access to things beyond the factory configuration, which has made me freer in various areas, especially medicine and quantum robotics," She speaks with a smile, wiping away her tears.

"That sounds incredible," I say, noticing that there is no visible trace of having undergone surgery, it’s just strange to walk.

"Thank you for the compliment, it’s truly incredible knowledge. Moreover, the nano-machines repairing your body are self-sufficient and connected to me, so they took care of your health without needing to be removed periodically," She speaks with confidence.

"But isn’t it kind of dangerous? Can’t Yara get these little robots and have control of their system?" I question.

"That won’t happen, so don’t worry too much, can I go now to take the tray?" She asks for permission.

"Yes, you can, by the way, where’s the bathroom? I want to take a long bath," I say to her.

"It’s through that door, because of the surgery and the nanites inside your body, moving around may feel strange, but you’ll soon get used to it and notice how much healthier your body is," She speaks with a big happy smile, as if my health was the most important thing of all.

"Okay, thanks for the help, you’re kind of my heroine now," I say to her as she leaves the room feeling delighted.

"..." I look at my hands, it’s strange to move my fingers, as if I were a baby just learning that I have hands and can move them as I wish, on the outside everything seems normal.

’What a strange thing, this is literally the most technological world I’ve ever been reborn into’ I no longer feel as tired, and as she said, I seem to be in the best possible condition, even my big breasts don’t hurt my back.

"Hmmm" I stretch, noticing how much more flexible my body is now, I have as much flexibility as in that world where I was a cat girl.

"I could actually get used to this," I say, bending my body forward with my hands behind me, stretching completely while tilting my hips up.

’It doesn’t hurt at all, the elasticity of my skin is wonderful’ I also noticed that my skin seems much more lustrous and pleasant than before.

"What’s this?" I notice a paper on the table, and I soon pick it up and see something that really disturbs me.

"O-Okay, I didn’t need to see that." It’s an image, similar to those construction papers used to make houses, where each little thing and its size are detailed.

But on this paper there is an exact drawing of my body with rather unpleasant explanations, without my noticing, my organs were failing, my brain was bleeding slightly.

My bones were weakening and becoming more prone to breaking, and I was slowly losing my senses like vision, smell, and hearing, all because of the oxygen in this world.

There is a detailed description of my condition, a new disease that has emerged due to the damage that humans have caused, this disease spreads across the entire planet and multiplies at alarming rates.

A normal human would die after 9 days, so it’s no wonder Yar finds it impressive that I’m alive, my body was practically dying without me knowing.

"It’s amazing how just a few books taught Yar how to perform a surgery like this." I murmur, seeing the details of the surgery, considering how damaged my body was inside, the surgery was "risky."

Yar had to open my body in several places and place the nanites in specific points so they could eliminate the disease and repair the body, places where they couldn’t go without long and tedious surgeries.

’Well, it seems I owe my life to Yar, it’s not like I would have died, but still, she did everything to save me...’ I notice that the report paper is stained with what I judge to be tears.

"Hahaha, this world is so crazy." I murmur with a smile, never thought I’d see a machine crying for my life.

’I can’t wait to read books with her to thank her.’ I’m grateful, even though I wouldn’t have died without this surgery, I would have felt horrible pains and slowly lost any basic sense.

In this regard, her surgery really saved me, I leave the paper in the same place as I go to the bathroom door to take a long and slow bath in the coldest water I can find.

Enough with the heat, I officially hate the heat, the cold is better, it reminds me of the cool ice magic I had, although it also reminds me that I’ve already been killed by ice.