Chapter 215 – Her Bucket List
A sudden heavy rain poured down.
The screen in the central control room showed the sea in front of the shelter, whipped by wind and rain.
The sea, which appears deeper and darker than usual, greedily swallows the sand and spits it out again and again.
On days like today, drones also stop their external activities.
Most units wait in the hangar, but units that do not return in time from far away are sent to hide in a place where they can avoid the rain.
If you use the PDA to look around each area, you will see different environments such as a cave, an abandoned house, a parking lot, a large tree, and under a bridge. In the screen, fellow drones are also pictured avoiding the rain.
The sight is quite cute, as if bees are huddled together and resting on a rainy day.
[Click.]
[Bang!]
On rare occasions, they notice this and secretly point their guns at approaching walkers and fire, which makes you realize that these guys are essentially murder weapons.
A break given after handling various city-related issues.
Artemis and I are having tea time while sitting in our respective chairs and looking at the stormy sea.
She was sitting with her legs crossed, holding a teacup in one hand and the floor in the other.
The sharp nose collects the scent, and sometimes the red lips cover the glass seductively.
If you could express elegance through a picture, what could be more perfect than this? It was such a contrast to me holding a mug with a cute character on it.
But that’s not the point.
Artemis was swallowing a drink with her mouth. She said that she was so resistant to ingesting it through her mouth.
“Are you okay? “You hated eating or drinking so much.”
“I still hate eating. But it’s okay to drink.”
After her lips touched the teacup, the thin neck duct went down with a gulp.
“I like the scent. And if you want to fully enjoy the scent, you can’t just use your nose. “You need to keep it in your mouth.”
Artemis’ gaze turned from the teacup to me. For some reason, I feel creepy.
“Besides, wouldn’t it be so awkward for you if you refused to even drink? In human life, meals and tea time are events that are constantly repeated, and it would be a pity if you left them alone.”
“That’s an honor.”
“Would you like another drink?”
“Uh? Uh.”
As Artemis’ golden eyes glanced behind her, her waiting android nymph brought her cart with refreshments.
In an era of apocalyptic disasters, especially with bad weather like today, there would be a fight over even a single place to sleep that would be safe from wind and rain.
But it was a leisurely tea time with a beautiful woman in a clean and comfortable space.
“It is the height of luxury.”
A clear liquid was poured into a luxurious glass.
“It’s because I made a good choice. You’ve thrown away the career you risked your life for, and the future that guaranteed you a one-way path to becoming a general, right? Don’t you think this is the reward that should be given to a man who made such an extraordinary decision?”
“I came here for money and to survive, but there was no particular reason. “It’s not something to praise like that.”
Artemis, with a strange smile, rested his chin.
“Do you know that according to the records, there was originally a higher priority interviewee than you?”
Suddenly, my hand stopped. Wasn’t I number one?
“I didn’t know that.”
“There was a talent who was a supernova in the system management field. But that person went to a shelter in the Middle East that was under construction at the time. “My salary was 3.5 times higher than here.”
“He must be dead by now.”
As far as I know, the shelter that was being built in the Middle East exclusively for noble blood was destroyed in the revolution.
“Huh. He burned in flames along with the royals who hired him.”
Artemis pointed at me with her delicate index finger.
“That is human destiny. “The choice of a single piece of paper determines everything.”
“If that friend had accepted the offer, would he have been sitting here instead of me?”
For some reason, just imagining it makes me feel resentful.
“Ahahahaha!”
And she was caught right away.
“Are you jealous? “You just got jealous, right?”
“Think for yourself. “Anyway, you can tell by my voice, my heart, my body temperature, everything.”
“It’s because I want to hear it directly from your own mouth. That’s the heart of a woman, right? Because there is nothing more valuable than the jealousy of a capable man.”
“…”
Is it because they have different sensibilities than ordinary humans? Artemis casually uses words that make the listener happy.
She watched me with pleasure as she closed her mouth, as if she had already gotten the answer she wanted through my whole body.
Shoot aaaaa.
Rumbling.
The sound of rough waves and rain and wind filled the gap where our conversation stopped.
Sometimes when lightning struck, the world was bleached white for an instant, and Artemis at that time was reminiscent of the statue of Galatea in mythology.
“Jinsu, if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be where I am today. It’s natural, right? You would have had to persuade a young man who was shivering in a shelter that was about to explode as the pollution reached its peak. We have to go down below where those monsters are infested. Perhaps he became a corpse before even getting over the central region? Or stay in the upper part and starve to death in the dark.”
“That’s true too.”
As a veteran soldier, I have been on the verge of death many times, but it is obvious that I am an idiot who has just passed the terms of service.
Our relationship, on the other hand, was the opposite. It was Artemis who tried to stop me, who was anxious to get down somehow.
“I, left alone like that, would have had to watch this city turn into a giant pyramid until the power was cut off. Submerged in monsters, corpses, and screaming. That’s my future if I didn’t meet you.”
A man becomes a man through extreme effort, but is it true that a woman is a woman from birth?
Artemis’ expression with a strange smile was something I could not imitate.
It was a face that was a mixture of uniqueness, favor, pride, interest, and other emotions that I couldn’t find.
“Give me another drink.”
At Artemis’ words, the android nymph took her cup. As I was looking at it, I suddenly became curious.
“Isn’t this already the third cup?”
“… But why?”
“No, nothing.”
For some reason, I felt like I shouldn’t say anything more, so I shut her up.
Jororororok.
“Stop, stop there.”
Artemis stopped even though her nymph was not even half full.
“…”
Did she also realize something as she accepted the teacup? She had a puzzled look on her face that I had never seen before.
I slowly uncrossed my sexy legs.
Rumbling!
The right timing of thunder and wind and rain erased our sudden awkwardness.
“Excuse me first.”
In the end, Artemis disappeared without finishing her third cup. It became my responsibility.
* * *
We walked together outside our regular morning routine.
Just as it’s natural for her to want to play with her new toy all day long, once she gets a body that moves of her own will, she can’t seem to sit still for a moment.
She didn’t run around like a child or a puppy, but her eyes were busy, and her steps were lively.
It didn’t take long to explore the small upper area.
The last place we arrived was the top floor of the central control room building, the rooftop overlooking the entire shelter.
Artemis looking down at the middle and lower regions with her arms crossed.
Hehe.
A light wind blew from below, blowing her hair. Because it is a closed city, the wind is gentle even at this height.
“Do you want to go down?”
“Not really.”
She shook her head.
“Unlike the upper part, which is full of all kinds of precious things, the only thing to see down there are people.”
“That’s quite eye candy, isn’t it?”
Since everyone eats a balanced, healthy diet and does physical labor, no one is obese.
In such a situation, since there is no man other than me, there are more than one woman who enjoys working or exercising in bold outfits.
Everyone wears no bra, and you can easily find topless women working or appearing in various places.
Even when we occasionally made eye contact, the residents treated me without shame, as if they thought of me as something similar to a guardian statue protecting the city, rather than a single man.
Thanks to this, I can now just enjoy the mode.
“…”
Artemis glanced at me.
The pressure is no joke because you are doing this in real life, not through a monitor.
“I don’t know anything about all of those residents, including their physical information, past, tendencies, abilities, and even the way they speak. Maybe you know them better than they know themselves. So what’s left?”
“Well, familiar?”
“The familiarity and ugliness remain. 90.17% of our residents are prisoners. Of course, there’s nothing that makes prison guards look prettier.”
Artemis has always maintained a neutral stance when it comes to accepting and caring for residents. She revealed little of her appreciation for her own inhabitants.
However, now that she has a body and her eyes and expressions are together, I think I can clearly see her emotions.
There was no warmth in Artemis’ gaze as she looked down. She was completely different from when she dealt with Chrollo, Rose, Kiz, and the android nymphs.
After a while, we called the lift for the last part of the day.
“Walking around the lower part might be boring, but this is interesting.”
Artemis’ eyes sparkled as she caressed the seat of the lift she designed herself.
I didn’t feel like it at all, but I had no choice. She was already on board and patted the seat next to her, urging me on.
From the top, the starting point, everything seemed so small. Moreover, the wind blows in from the bottom of the hole. I felt like my testicles were shrinking in an instant.
“Ah, Mr.”
A sigh comes naturally.
“It’s a bloody scene any time you look at it.”
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Because it’s completely safe.”
She lowered her safety bar and said the same thing as she did before.
“I hate heights!”
As a veteran soldier, I had experienced all kinds of battles and was not afraid of any adverse battlefield conditions, but I hated parachute training.
“Hold on.”
However, Artemis’ haughty face did not allow me to get off.
“To ride this around our city with you. That was my long-time wish.”
The wind grew stronger, causing her silver hair to flutter and tickle my face. Between them, golden eyes stare at me without wavering.
“Ever since I carried you alone in the past.”
“…”
This is a foul. If it comes out like this, how can you reject it?
Artemis seems to want to share her memories with me again with her real body, just with her voice.
“Would you do this if you were really scared?”
She hugged my face to her ample breasts.
It’s soft. An indescribably soft texture wraps around my face.
When I slowly turned my head, a benevolent face was smiling beyond the chest that blocked most of my vision.
“Hey, okay, let’s go.”
I buried her face in her chest. Because the volume is so great, there is no need to twist her waist that much. Thanks to this, she didn’t feel uncomfortable even with the safety bar on.
A cool hand gently strokes my head.
Giyiing.
Then I heard the sound of the lift starting.
However, unlike when I rode it before, I wasn’t afraid at all.
My heart is pounding.
Because the heartbeat of Artemis I could feel on my face melted away all my anxiety.
