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For the first time, Chuara, who had never paused, was silent. She seemed to be confused.
“Although it was only for a moment, it was a melody that was unknown to me even after acquiring all the knowledge in the universe. It was something that did not belong to any cultural system. Just by hearing this song, a new idea came to me.”
“New idea?”
“If there is no correct answer, then I just have to eliminate all uncertainty from the question.”
Hearing Chuara’s inorganic-like answer, Jean-Nine’s heart couldn’t help but shiver.
“Are you… going to destroy any objects that possess a heart?”
“That's right. After countless exchanges, I have an understanding of the problems caused by the heart. Beatstar who created you was also born with a heart and perished because of it. The heart invites great problems for the universe. There is no doubt about that.”
“But isn't it a bit too hasty to arrive at a solution for annihilation on this!?”
“You are indeed correct, I am also a bit hesitant. The new ideas brought forth by this song were absolutely impossible for the old me.”
Jean-Nine was not yet sure what the origin of the "song" was, but it was clear that the Chuara before him had not yet been completely dominated by the new ideas brought by the "song".
“Jean-Nine, you seem to be opposed to this option. What is your reasoning?”
Jean-Nine pondered carefully. If the reason given was too broad, then there was a good chance that Chuara would favor the option of destruction. He had to give a reasonable explanation to convince Chuara, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
But at the moment, what came to his mind was a memory related to - a small creature. Can this memory answer Chuara’s doubts?
Although he wasn’t completely sure, Jean-Nine still began to tell the memories.
“Once, Princess Emerana, whom my brother served, invited my friends and I to go to a planet, wanting us all to recuperate our mind and body. We accepted the invitation and flew together to the coast of the planet. The weather was beautiful, and in the boundary between the sea and the land was a vast beach. In addition to the five of us, there was Princess Emerana and Pigmon, who also came here.”
“Pigmon - I know, a friendly monster that doesn't like war.”
That's right. It seemed to have been Pigmon’s first time seeing the ocean so he jumped around rather happily. We watched him thrash back and forth on the rocks near him and it wasn't long before Pigmon began to run up and down the beach in an unnatural way.
“An unnatural way?”
“First it ran in a long straight line, then suddenly it ran in a zigzag, and then suddenly it made a small turn… After a while, we finally saw what it was trying to do. Pigmon was on the beach, with its own tracks, painting a giant portrait of all of us ."
“A portrait…?”
“Yeah, although some parts were not so realistic, it painted a friendship portrait with all of us together.”
“What was Pigmon's reason for doing this?
“Oh, I'm not sure about that. From my perspective as a bystander, this behavior has nothing to do with it maintaining its own life. Moreover, even if it did not do so, our relationship with it would not have changed. So, I deduced that it did not draw the portrait for us to protect it either. However, looking at the portrait, I had an incredible feeling. I felt my body temperature slowly rising, as if something was boiling and about to overflow. I even wanted to stop time at this moment. My partner told me that this feeling is called joy, happiness.”
As Jean-Nine continued he gradually began to comprehend the truth and said:
“Yeah, you could say that Pigmon provided us with spiritual salvation.”
For the first time, Chuara, who had never paused, was silent. She seemed to be confused.
“Although it was only for a moment, it was a melody that was unknown to me even after acquiring all the knowledge in the universe. It was something that did not belong to any cultural system. Just by hearing this song, a new idea came to me.”
“New idea?”
“If there is no correct answer, then I just have to eliminate all uncertainty from the question.”
Hearing Chuara’s inorganic-like answer, Jean-Nine’s heart couldn’t help but shiver.
“Are you… going to destroy any objects that possess a heart?”
“That's right. After countless exchanges, I have an understanding of the problems caused by the heart. Beatstar who created you was also born with a heart and perished because of it. The heart invites great problems for the universe. There is no doubt about that.”
“But isn't it a bit too hasty to arrive at a solution for annihilation on this!?”
“You are indeed correct, I am also a bit hesitant. The new ideas brought forth by this song were absolutely impossible for the old me.”
Jean-Nine was not yet sure what the origin of the "song" was, but it was clear that the Chuara before him had not yet been completely dominated by the new ideas brought by the "song".
“Jean-Nine, you seem to be opposed to this option. What is your reasoning?”
Jean-Nine pondered carefully. If the reason given was too broad, then there was a good chance that Chuara would favor the option of destruction. He had to give a reasonable explanation to convince Chuara, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
But at the moment, what came to his mind was a memory related to - a small creature. Can this memory answer Chuara’s doubts?
Although he wasn’t completely sure, Jean-Nine still began to tell the memories.
“Once, Princess Emerana, whom my brother served, invited my friends and I to go to a planet, wanting us all to recuperate our mind and body. We accepted the invitation and flew together to the coast of the planet. The weather was beautiful, and in the boundary between the sea and the land was a vast beach. In addition to the five of us, there was Princess Emerana and Pigmon, who also came here.”
“Pigmon - I know, a friendly monster that doesn't like war.”
That's right. It seemed to have been Pigmon’s first time seeing the ocean so he jumped around rather happily. We watched him thrash back and forth on the rocks near him and it wasn't long before Pigmon began to run up and down the beach in an unnatural way.
“An unnatural way?”
“First it ran in a long straight line, then suddenly it ran in a zigzag, and then suddenly it made a small turn… After a while, we finally saw what it was trying to do. Pigmon was on the beach, with its own tracks, painting a giant portrait of all of us ."
“A portrait…?”
“Yeah, although some parts were not so realistic, it painted a friendship portrait with all of us together.”
“What was Pigmon's reason for doing this?
“Oh, I'm not sure about that. From my perspective as a bystander, this behavior has nothing to do with it maintaining its own life. Moreover, even if it did not do so, our relationship with it would not have changed. So, I deduced that it did not draw the portrait for us to protect it either. However, looking at the portrait, I had an incredible feeling. I felt my body temperature slowly rising, as if something was boiling and about to overflow. I even wanted to stop time at this moment. My partner told me that this feeling is called joy, happiness.”
As Jean-Nine continued he gradually began to comprehend the truth and said:
“Yeah, you could say that Pigmon provided us with spiritual salvation.”
