:::[Third person POV]:::
The events that happened successively in these 48 hours were eye-opening for Adam. The dark clouds inside of his head dissipated but revealed new challenges and more mystery that he needed to overco.
However, he was not yet at the end of his surprise.
The black tallic cube that he was holding began to speak and floated in front of him.
When faced with such a situation, people tend to have different reactions, depending on their personalities and background.
As for Adam, he was one of these people who looked calm on the outside, but his mind overflowed with questions.
'What is this? A robot with AI integrated into the system? It looks extrely sophisticated, and it can even, float?' Adam thought, trying to co up with a reasonable theory.
He looked at the floating cube in a very inquisitive manner, trying to figure out what course of action he should take next.
However, before Adam could speculate any further, an emotionless female voice reached his ears, sounding like it couldn't stand the silence and the dumbfounded look on Adam's face.
[You can refer to as C.R.I.S.T.A.L, short for 'Creation. Reinforcent. Support. Transmission. Autonomous. Lecturer.']
"What? That sounded so random… But wait, more importantly, what are you exactly?" Adam asked.
[These refer to my basic functions. I am your guide and assistant.]
"I see," Adam said, but he couldn't help but find this robot extrely cool in many ways.
Of course, Adam would be very excited about this, because he liked to watch sci-fi movies like the S*ar w*rs saga, and he was also a fan of Jarv*s the AI created by Sta*k, and most of the ti, he would go to the cinema alone to watch these movies.
"Can you understand my words?" Adam asked and approached his face to Cristal's lens.
[Yes. I understand what you are saying. I can also see your silly face, Master.]
"How can you do that? You can even read my expressions?" Adam said, becoming more and more excited.
[…]
"What else can you do? Can you transform into a weapon? Or turn into sothing like armor?" Adam asked excitedly.
He tried to keep his composure and was wary of potential danger, but it was obvious that he was sowhat happy with Cristal's appearance.
[Master. Please listen to this recording first.]
"A recording?"
Ignoring Adam's questions Cristal played a voice recording stored inside of her mory.
[Recording number 3. Adam, if you listen to this, it would an that the ti had finally co, and I am not around anymore. I left Cristal to help you from here. You got this Adam, and don't forget that you are not alone anymore. Also, there is not much ti left. If I am gone, then these dark entities should be aware of your existence by now. Cristal will explain the details, but your first goal is to find all fragnts of the Tree of life that exists in this universe before them. This will help you to advance to the next level of existence and maybe will bring hope to all conscious beings. I don't know if we will et again soday, but I know that you can do this no matter how many tis you have to go down. Finally, be extrely cautious of the Holy Church. Sothing is lurking there, in the shadow of the Empire.' End of the recording.]
"Firstly, who is that?" Adam asked because he heard a sohow familiar voice. "I don't know where, but I have already heard that voice before... Was it in this world though?"
[You can consider that person as a sort of fatherly figure.]
"Father? As far as I know, I am not adopted." Adam said, trying to understand what was going on. After all, he witnessed the mont of his birth in this world so there was no chance for him to be adopted.
[ It was the simplest way to explain to you the nature of that person, but his identity doesn't matter because he never intended to et you.]
"What?" Adam muttered. "That didn't even answer the question. I already have a lot of things to process, so it's a bit annoying when the mysteries keep increasing."
[You need to be patient. That person said that when you are ready to know the truth you will co, and you will need . So it's finally ti for to execute my first mission and beco your assistant and your guide.]
"Are you saying that all of this ti, this person was there observing ?" Adam said.
[Yes, you would have been in danger if you got into contact with him or acted recklessly, so he asked for your mory to be altered.]
"This doesn't make any sense at all. What kind of danger are you talking about? Is it related to the destruction of the world? " Adam said as if he realized sothing after listening to Cristal.
[The circumstances were a bit more complicated than what you think. However, he also said that you don't need to worry because he left here.]
"Complicated? To the point that he had to use such an extre and confusing thod? Isn't it even more complicated now? I have gaps in my mories, and I was told that the world would be destroyed by a faceless person in so kind of dream or a vision, I don't even k ow anymore, and now, I find out that soone was observing all of this ti. How the hell is that not complicated? " Adam said, obviously discontent with what he just discovered.
[Master, this is not just about you. If everything didn't go as planned then you would have died a long ago. Also, so dark forces were watching, and if they found out about your power they would have co here before you could even understand anything. That was a race against ti. There was no ti to carefully explain all of the preparation needed for this nor gather information.]
Cristal explained, but Adam didn't look convinced at all. He couldn't swallow the fact that during all of these fifteen years his mind was tampered with by soone.
"How can it be not about ? I spent 15 freaking years without knowing all of that, and now I begin to wonder if I ain't just completely stupid at this point " Adam said, trying to think about what he should do next.
[That was why he focused on gathering information. His initial plan was to focus on your growth as a person first, and only after that did he plan on developing your power. However, there were too many unexpected factors, and his power and the information that he knew were too limited, so he used you to gather information in his stead, all for the sake of this day. He realized that It was inevitable that so dark forces will take notice of you, sooner or later, so you might be attacked before you can even beco strong enough to protect yourself. That is why he changed his plan and decided to make use of .]
Inconsiderate of Adam's feelings, Cristal continued her explanation.
"Wait..." Adam said.
"It's not about that… The scale of the things that I need to do is just too big. I decided to do this, and I steeled my resolve, but still, it is hard to digest all that in two days." Adam said with an exasperated expression.
[That is understandable, but there were too many things that needed to be taken into consideration, and also many unstable factors, such as yourself. He didn't have the choice with his limited power. He didn't know how to deal with you either, because normally you are the one who is supposed to control your power and not the other way around.]
"Even so, I still think that he should have talked to and we could have dealt with it in a better way," Adam said, feeling like Cristal didn't understand what he was saying. Well, she was just an AI, he thought.
[…]
Cristal stayed quiet for a while as if observing Adam, before continuing.
[You still don't look completely convinced at all.]
"What? What are you trying to say?" Adam said, knowing that there were things that felt too unreal even after spending fifteen years in this world. "This is sothing that needs to be taken seriously… I need to think about a lot of things and need ti to accept them as real."
[I see. Pick up your sword and let's start from the beginning. This is where you start.]
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