Automatic Doll Automaton

“This happened.”

Returning home, Carrot, still in the same outfit, disassembled Green’s body here and there and carefully looked at the crank he was working on. Crank muttered as he connected the artificial joint in his leg.

“It happened like this while replacing old parts little by little, repairing, and expanding facilities whenever I had money. Rather, I must apologize to you. It was an experiment on your body.”

“If the results are good, everything is forgiven. The truth.”

Crank turned his head and smiled.

Crank stayed up all night and devoted himself to work. So, around lunchtime the next day, while Carrot was preparing a meal, a customer came.

“hi.”

“Oh wow! Did Fluid come?”

“okay. What about cranks?”

“there is. Oh wait.”

Carrot, who had been poking his head out in front of the door, screamed inside, and a muscle mass with a helmet and apron hurriedly came out.

“Fluid.”

“Crank, you seem to get bigger every time I see you.”

“You say nice things. So, who sells the hair?”

“it’s me. I want to sell my hair to pay off all the remaining debt.”

“Oh, what a big decision.”

Crank turned and beckoned, and Carrot guided her to the studio.

“Because I am working on it now. Don’t touch that workbench.”

“Is that the automaton? green?”

“okay. It’s almost done.”

“Can you show me your face?”

Crank looked back, then turned his head as if he had forgotten to look at Automaton Green lying on the workbench.

“Oh, Green? okay. Come here.”

When I lifted the white cloth, I saw the face of an ordinary automaton.

“Nothing.”

“Did you think something profound was going to happen?”

“well. Melissa says she’s seen your sleeping face, so I’ve only seen it once.”

“and! Is it Melissa? Did something like that happen?”

Crank nodded.

“But Green’s face will change. I’m going to overwrite this.”

Crank pulled out a white mask from a wooden box and showed it. Thanks to the intentionally large eye sockets, it gave off a cute impression at first sight.

“Wow, pretty! What is that?!”

“It was originally planned to be overlaid on Carrot’s face. I kept it because it became unnecessary when I changed routes to the soft skin.”

Crank said that and handed it to Fluid.

“Try it.”

Carrot grabbed and pulled Fluid’s hand as he put the mask on his face.

“there! I have a full-length mirror!”

Where Fluid turned his head was a white-faced automaton with splendid blonde hair. Feeling strange, Fluid returned the mask and looked at Crank.

“good. I’m sure you’ve made up your mind Let’s cut now.”

Carrot brought a white cloth and spread it on the floor. Crank picked up a chair and went to the center to stand, and Fluid walked over and sat in the chair.

“Your hair is very long.”

“I kept growing because my stomach hurt. Every time you and Crank became a bit famous, the interest in Melissa grew as well.”

“When an automaton becomes famous, everything related to it gets attention. And blonde hair doesn’t suit Carrot.”

Crank’s words, and what about Carrot? expression, and Fluid laughed bitterly.

“Okay, go ahead and cut it!”

Awesome!

Cheer up.

Her long, calf-length hair has now become a neat bob. Fluid let out a sigh as he felt his flowing hair.

“Is it over?”

“okay. Would you like me to trim it?”

Fluid looked at his head in the mirror and said.

“No, it’s okay. I like this too.”

“okay.”

Crank, who tied his hair with a leather strap and carefully wrapped it in a cloth, rummaged through the furniture in the empty workshop, brought a sack of money, and held it out.

“Twice the market price.”

“Please advertise that it is my hair!”

“There is not even an advertisement. This guy needs to become famous.”

Fluid pursed her lips, shoved the bag of money into her bag, and looked around.

“It is a bleak place. Why do you have to do this… Yes. What can I do if it’s a crank? So, decorate a little and live. Do some cleaning.”

“I’m about to try it after the expedition ends.”

“Carrot, give me all the way to the main road. Well, I heard there’s a guy running around with his underwear around here? Very muscular pervert…”

Crank touched the helmet a little at Fluid’s astonished gaze and said,

“Ah, I thought that was me.”

“Did you do that?”

“Because people don’t come here often.”

“please! crank! You know people are dyslexic!”

“No, I don’t think it’s bad to catch robbers as perverts. As evidence of that, I heard that violent crimes have decreased considerably in this area these days. The city hall clerk who introduced me to the warehouse liked it.”

Fluid was speechless.

“Carrot. Give this hair and blueprint to Mrs. Garnet of Second Street. I’ll pay the express surcharge, so I’ll ask you within three days. And as you go, wash the fluid too.”

“Crank look at this.”

Where Crank turned his head was Carrot wearing a mask. It’s a cute mask, but it only has one impression, so if you met it on the battlefield, you wouldn’t be able to forget it.

Krank looked at Carrot while touching his chin.

“It’s pretty good too. It would have been fine as it was.”

Taking off the mask, Carrot shook her head.

“No, I have a lot of human friends thanks to this soft skinned face. I like this one better now. Let’s go, I’ll take you to Fluid.”

“okay. Crank, take care of yourself.”

“don’t worry.”

Crank, who had sent the two of them and looked down at the mask, murmured lowly.

“I think half of it is your efforts.”

After seeing Fluid, Carrot went to visit Mrs. Garnet on Second Avenue, blinking at the wigs displayed in the store.

“Someone said, Carrot came.”

“Miss Garnet!”

Grandma Garnet, who had eaten 60, beckoned happily.

“What’s happen?”

“I came to see Mrs. This is from Crank.”

Receiving the large pocket and the letter, Garnet nodded.

“It’s an automaton wig made to order. long time no see.”

“huh? Aren’t you making automaton wigs these days?”

“Yes, but there aren’t many things made with human hair. Do you use dyed heat radiation yarn these days?”

“Wow, that’s a fad.”

Mrs. Garnett looked at Carrot as she walked through the store feeling like she was talking to her granddaughter, examining the hair she had brought.

“Hoo~! It’s been a long time since I’ve had such pretty blonde hair. Who is it?”

“It’s called Fluid.”

Mrs. Garnett’s eyes shone sharply as she turned her head.

“Carrot, come and see.”

As Carrot approached, Garnett seated her in a chair, took a pair of scissors and a comb from a drawer, and began trimming Carrot’s hair.

“You rode a few places.”

“Ah, I used fire magic to kill orcs the other day, but it got a bit scorched.”

“Oh, I’m not careful, it’s been almost 5 years since I made this hair. Don’t you think it’s time for a change? Would you like to find something you like?”

He found something he liked in the display case, but Carrot didn’t bother talking.

“Thanks to me, I have a friend who got married and has a child. I want to keep doing this haircut until her child is born and walks around.”

“Our Carrot is nice. I get it. It’s done. Be careful from now on, and the blonde will come for you tomorrow evening.”

“Tomorrow? In one day?”

“This Mrs. Garnett is still on active duty. Life starts at 60.”

“cool. Mrs.! Then I’ll see you tomorrow!”

Carrot, who waved in front of the store, ran back home. Crank was still working hard.

“Crank, I’m going to collapse. Shouldn’t you get some sleep?”

“Just do this.”

Crank left Green’s head open, examining the jewels inside.

“I feel it every time I see it, but it’s like a jewel box. Me too?”

“Your is prettier. Because I touched it.”

Carrot laughs heartily at Crank’s words.

Crank carefully picked up a small purple gem with tweezers from a wooden box on the workbench and inserted it carefully into Green’s head.

“We have increased our computing power. It’s not to your level, but your words and actions will be a little softer.”

“oh! Then, do you understand even jokes?”

“Think of a joke to tell when you wake up.”

“Eh, what would be good?”

Crank did the rest, leaving Carrot to wander around, letting his imagination run wild. After exchanging power and nerve wires, it was late in the evening.

“I think I’m about to fall asleep.”

“Then go to sleep. humans are uncomfortable I have to sleep tight.”

“No, not yet.”

Crank shook his head and picked up the red magic stone from the box on the workbench. Since the chest plate is open, swapping was very easy.

“Are you done?”

“Most of the exchange work is done. From now on, adjustments remain.”

Crank, who gave Carrot the green mana stone he had exchanged, closed all the open plates on Green’s body and sat down.

“green.”

Ching-!

Green opens his eyes, looks around, then turns his head.

“hello. Meister Crank.”

“okay. Maintenance is almost over. Try moving your body. Please check the abnormal part and let me know. I will adjust.”

Green, who had been moving his upper body up and moving around, came down from the workbench and stood. Green, who moved his arms and lifted his legs, turns his head.

“The symptoms of joint pain are gone. The movement of the body is also very good. The output of the Mana Stone is more than three times that of the previous one.”

“Good. and?”

Green said, looking around the studio.

“The range of awareness of the surroundings has expanded. And something feels weird. I can feel the roar of the mana engine.”

“Isn’t there something fun and refreshing? Do the things around you look very interesting? why? Are you wondering?”

Green looked at Carrot and took a step forward. There was power in the voice.

“yes. That’s right. Are you saying this makes you feel good? Yes, I feel very good right now. And I’m curious. I care. everything.”

Carrot said with a smile.

“Doubts become the key that unlocks the door of knowledge.”

“Doubts are the key to unlocking knowledge…”

Green, who was still, continued.

“I want to remember that and I want to tell someone. That’s a nice word.”

Carrot, who had been staring at Green with his mouth open, glanced at the crank.

“Hey, how many arithmetic corrections did you put in?”

“one.”

“Is it going to change this much with just one? I’m an automaton too, but it’s really amazing.”

“I’m going to sleep, so look around the neighborhood and check if there are any abnormalities.”

“okay.”

mate!

Carrot, who walked forward, bumping her small palms, looked up at the green.

“I didn’t have time and finished it in two nights, so adjustment work is essential. Let’s go out to town for a drink with me. As I walk, run, and move around, I’ll check if there’s anything strange about it.”

“yes.”

Green, who was looking around, picked up his cloak from the workbench and tried to put it on.

“Green, take this, not that one.”

Crank opened the closet and held out a hooded green cloak.

“Tomorrow, I will go to the guild and come back and put on a mask and put on a wig.”

“wig? You mean I get hair?”

“Yes, if you exchange the mana stone for a red one, the heat is very high, so you have to use a wig with heat radiation thread to release the heat. Don’t move too hard until you put the wig on. It overheats.”

“okay. let’s go! Green!”

After Carrot, Green put on a hood and started running.

“and! run slow! Don’t move too drastically with new parts! If you want to use it for a long time, you have to tame it!”

“All right.”

Staring at the two automatons that disappeared into the gunfire darkness, Crank turned and went inside. Then he collapsed on the cot and passed out.