Track 1: Android Heart + Flowers = Damage Incident!
People say that I’m a gobbler.
On top of that, I'm a big, greedy eater.
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*Grumbles*
"Fate Symphony No. 5" by Beethoven started playing from my tummy.
That means I’m hungry!
It's only been about an hour since I ate thirty Xiao Long Bao at that food stall.
Normally, my stomach is supposed to make a “goo” or “grr” sound when I’m hungry, just like a human’s!
But I couldn’t find a noise that felt right when I created this body, so I just used a bunch of random sounds instead. It sounds pretty weird sometimes.
The other day, “Fate” played from inside me while Kafka was nearby, and he gave me a skeptical look.
“Seems like it’s about time to replace it,” I mused to myself.
I should push Gii1 to the brink of starvation and get a sample of his growl so I can match mine with everyone else’s!
When Gii is suuuper hungry, his stomach makes a woeful sound! ♪
Well, now that that’s decided, it’s time to fill my belly.
I turned down the volume of “Fate” by a couple of notches and started wandering the city with a cheerful skip.
“~♪”
I can eat everything and anything, but the stars are so beautiful tonight that I’m craving something like rare meat!
Maybe some live sashimi! Or meat that’s just oozing with blood!
Buuuuut…
“Hmmmm~...”
What I’m searching for on this Earth, is my very own Beatrice2.
It may not necessarily be human.
There’s a high possibility that it’s human, but it could also be a cow. Or a pig. Or a chicken.
As long as I can fall in love with it, I don’t care what kind of creature it is.
Be it humans, cows, pigs, or chickens.
In other words, sometimes I worry about eating living creatures, because I might be consuming the Beatrice I’m searching for.
“Mmmm… I’m starting to miss the bland, tasteless cuisine of my home planet… Hm?”
Suddenly, a strange, nostalgic smell wafted through the air.
“This smell…is that the smell of Space Polypeon Miso Butter Photon Gun Grill? How nostalgic!”
I remember eating lots of it back on my home planet. I didn’t find it particularly tasty, but the memories of me munching the boring food and eating mountains of it all by myself suddenly came back to me.
I feel like now, it might taste just a liiittle bit better than before.
And so! I started looking around for the source of the smell, glancing over here and then over there–
“...”
I spotted a suspicious figure in the shadow of a building. The scent was coming from their direction.
I squinted my eyes as hard as I could, but I couldn’t make out their face clearly. It was too dark.
My vision brightness was set to the same level as humans, which didn’t help either.
I started carefully approaching them with a cheerful skip. They noticed me and quickly slipped back into the darkness.
Obviously, I’m gonna start chasing after them! I read in a book that it’s human nature to chase after those who flee! ♪
Except I’m an alien.
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I found myself in an alleyway after emerging from the darkness.
The road was naturally stretched to the left and right, and naturally, nobody was around.
The only thing that wasn’t natural was–
“Hm?”
A human sat alone, leaning against a telephone pole…no, wait... it was an android.
It didn’t smell like a human, and there were android parts scattered around it.
I could have left it alone, but my intellectual curiosity piqued and I got closer.
“What do we have here--?”
The android had five flowers resting on top of its head and seemed to have a heart-shaped hole in its belly.
The tips of the colorful wires crackled and sparked like fireworks.
It felt just like a birthday party! It was totally messed up, though!
Aaanyway, I observed the kinda strange ‘kawaii’ scene for a bit.
I’m still not quite sure whether to say congratulations or offer my condolences.
As I was assessing the situation, the scent that I was chasing after suddenly disappeared without a trace–
“Target secured.”
“Uwah?!”
A man came out of nowhere and cuffed my wrists.
With an overly casual gesture, he flashed me his police ID in a super casual way, then spoke like nothing had just happened.
“You are under arrest for destruction of an android. Stay calm and cooperate.”
“Okay! Got it!”
“Glad that you’ve decided to cooperate.”
I’ve never been arrested before, so I don’t really get it. But for some reason, the old detective movies I watched with my prankster buddy Akuta flashed through my mind.
I get the feeling that this could be fun!
“Yay, jail!”
“You seem happy about it. Thick-skinned, huh? Well, aren’t you something…”
I jumped towards the detective and wrapped my cuffed arms around his torso.
“Let’s go!!”
“Alright, let's go.”
Will the light shine on my face? Will I get a pork cutlet bowl? Will my parents back home cry for me?
Forgetting about my growling stomach in an instant, I started internally doing a little dance and loudly cheered three times.
I can’t wait to see what’s in store for me next~~~!