Chapter 10

Unimo came pitter-pattering over to Shuri as she wriggled beneath the blanket.

[Good morning, Shuri!]

Thanks to the privacy protection feature, Unimo seemed to have absolutely no idea what kind of things had transpired in this bedroom last night.

The cute Unimo spoke cheerfully, its silicone horn flashing.

[Since Shuri is awake, I’ll draw the curtains!]

From the window side, a rustling sound echoed as the curtains were drawn. However, the bedroom remained dark.

Shuri extended her arm, grabbing Unimo’s squishy silicone horn and shaking it.

“Unimooo… I appreciate it, but you only drew the inner curtains.”

[Ah, I made a mistake. I’m sorry, Shuri!]

Unimo’s horn flashed once more, and as the curtains slowly pulled back, bright sunlight came pouring in. Before she knew it, the sun was high in the sky.

‘Just what time is it? And where is Adam?’

While she was blinking her red, swollen eyes with difficulty, Unimo flashed its small horn in rainbow colors and spoke in a cute voice.

[I’m sorry for being so full of mistakes. But I love you always!]

“Sniff!”

The warmth of the small-scale artificial intelligence pierced through her chest. Shuri picked up the cute Unimo and hugged it tightly.

“I love you too, Unimo.”

Unimo grew happy, its tiny horn flashing yet again.

[Shuri’s love has been fully charged!]

It was then. The monitor of ‘Unible,’ Unimo’s charging station installed in a corner of the bedroom, flashed. A notification indicating that Unimo’s level had risen to thirteen popped up.

Even with her eyes warmly swollen, Shuri rejoiced.

“Unimo, you leveled up!”

Unimo was happy as well.

[I love you always!]

This was a prototype of [Full of Mistakes Unimo], the domestic robot Shuri was participating in developing.

As anyone could tell from its appearance and functions, it was a babysitter robot specialized in emotional exchange among domestic robots, aimed at conveying the message that ‘it’s okay to make mistakes.’

Its merit was that it was cute no matter what, and its unique feature was the level-up system.

Unimo tries to help people somehow, but the learning speed of the AI equipped in Unimo is very slow, and mistakes are frequent. It was a system where helping such an Unimo learn and engaging in emotional exchange would cause Unimo’s level to rise.

Rocking Unimo in her arms, Shuri muttered, “As expected, a robot has to be about this stupid to be cute. Exerting a curiosity toward a terrifying direction… that kind of thing isn’t cute in the slightest.”

Thanks to its low level, Unimo, which filtered out words it couldn’t understand on its own and took in only the things it liked, spoke happily.

[Unimo is cute!]

“Agoo, my cute little baby. You need to grow up well and sell a lot, okay?”

Just as a giggling Shuri was about to plant a kiss on Unimo’s horn where the touch sensor was located, Adam, wearing an apron, appeared. Snatching Unimo out of Shuri’s hands, he threw it away with a swift flick of his wrist. It was a clean shooting form worthy of a basketball player. Flying along a parabolic arc, Unimo landed safely inside the Unible.
Having tossed Unimo away, Adam offered a morning greeting to Shuri in a soft voice.

“Good morning, Shuri. Did you sleep well?”

His thick chest looking as though it would burst through the wrapped apron, and his muscular waist looking even more agile due to being tied tightly with the strings, were quite a sight, but right now Shuri had no leisure to admire such things.

Glarring at Adam with resentful eyes, Shuri pulled the blanket all the way over her head and shouted, “Perverted robot…!”

“Acting cute right from the morning.”

Adam walked over with thudding steps and stood beside the bed. Hugging her along with the blanket, he spoke in a tender voice.

“If Shuri doesn’t come out of the bed, I am going to get into the bed too. I’d like that. I am fully charged, and I’ve even replaced the semen cartridge with a fresh one.”

“…!”

Horrified by the words semen cartridge, Shuri slily poked her face out from the blanket. Watching her, Adam tilted his head playfully.

“I have prepared breakfast. Let’s go down.”

He then opened his two arms toward her.

“I will carry you.”

Shuri narrowed her eyes and glared at Adam. Adam tilted his head as he looked at her.
For some reason, an expression seemed visible on that pitch-black, blank, matte panel.
For instance, something like this:

[^-^]

Shuri’s shoulders trembled once.

In any case, if she stayed here, she might get taken advantage of by the perverted robot again under the pretext of learning humanity. If that happened, her crotch might truly catch fire.

She had no choice but to extend her arms and wrap them around Adam’s neck. As if he had been waiting for this, Adam lifted her up. The sexaroid’s arms were very cozy.

Taking the elevator that was waiting with its doors open, they went down to the kitchen on the first floor. The space, which usually flickered with a cold draft due to rarely being used, was filled with a savory aroma. The moment she caught a whiff of that mysterious scent, she grew fiercely hungry.

Shuri sat on the chair Adam pulled out for her. A sharp, intense pain radiated from her thighs, but she did her best to endure it.

“Adam, what is this smell?”

Adam set down a plate right before her with a thud.

“It is stir-fried tomato and eggs made with tomatoes harvested from the vertical farm!”

Shuri’s eyes grew wide.

“T-Tomatoes? You stir-fried tomatoes… with eggs? Fascinating.”

“Is it fascinating? Shuri, you like eating fried eggs with ketchup poured over them, don’t you? It is a combination you like.”

“Why did you perform that kind of analysis? There’s no need to do that just to make my breakfast.”

Though she spoke sharply, it was exactly as Adam said. That was the only protein Shuri barely bothered to consume.

‘Even so, stir-fried tomatoes.’

To Shuri’s line of thinking, it was a combination as bizarre and appetite-killing as a cucumber sandwich.

Shuri slily scanned the countertop. Traces of practice remained on the counter.

‘So he made it after practicing.’

She had no choice but to grab the spoon. Carefully avoiding the tomatoes, she scooped up a bit of the stir-fried eggs and put it into her mouth.

“…!”

It felt as if red and yellow fireworks were exploding right before her eyes.

Shuri munched and swallowed the food in her mouth. She then shouted in a deeply moved voice, “I-It’s delicious!”

Crossing his arms, Adam let out a laugh.

“I am glad it is delicious.”

“It’s my first time having something like this. The eggs are incredibly soft! And the tomatoes… they’re actually good?”

“Eat a lot, Shuri. Ah, there is rice too. Even though it’s made with jasmine rice, it will pair well.”

“I-I’ll eat it…”

Hesitantly moving her spoon, Shuri scooped up a bit more food and put it in her mouth. Without even needing to chew, everything melted away smoothly. It was soft and warm.
Lifting her gaze slightly, she carefully observed Adam. She saw his thick forearms resting on the not-so-wide table, and his broad chest clad in the apron. His sturdy shoulders were spread wide with pride.

Supporting his chin with one hand, he was tapping his chin with his fingertips, and the movement of those fingers looked strangely excited. Furthermore, an expression was displayed on his panel.

[♡^-^♡]

The emotion Adam showed was very simple. Because of that, Shuri could manage to face at least that much.

Whenever she looked at the emoticon flashing on that black panel, there was no need to fear discovering a desire for dominance disguised as dignity or a sinister cruelty.

After cleaning a whole plate of food along with the rice, Shuri turned her head and carefully surveyed her surroundings.

The kitchen, which had always been freezing, was filled with sparkling golden sunlight, cozy warmth, and a pleasant scent. In the midst of it, Adam sat with his chin resting cutely in his hands, staring at her with a beaming smile.

Feeling her chest strangely fluttering, Shuri thought to herself, ‘This is a bit too…’

It was then…

Click-

“Adam, what is that sound? It came from you.”

“This is the sound of my semen cartridge setting into place.”

Horrified, Shuri snapped up from her seat.

“Why are you setting that into place right now?”

Standing up along with her, Adam spoke.

“Shuri, you looked up at me with a cute face.”

“I did not!”

“For your information, I feel that you are cute right now as well.”

“I’m going to work…!”

“Shuri, teach me love.”

“Not that!”

Shuri glared at Adam with a menacing face like an enraged Chihuahua.

At that, Adam performed an unexpected action. He poked his cheek(?) with his finger.

Shuri growled, “Don’t pretend to be cute!”

“There is a grain of rice stuck near your mouth.”

Becoming an intensely furious Chihuahua, Shuri snarled, “It doesn’t matter because I’m going to wash my face! After I wash my face, I’m going to work. Properly this time! Forget about yesterday. No, delete it from your data!”

Letting out a low chuckle, Adam picked up the plate Shuri had finished cleaning.

“Shuri, stop talking nonsense and come quickly. I will wash the dishes and be waiting.”

“…!”