Elysion Online - Dragon Newt and Summoner

When I was transferred, it was like the president's office.

"Thank you for coming. Mr. Tact."

You call it the game name. Well, I'll call you president, too.

"Should I say it's been a while? Mr. President."

"Ha ha ha. That's right. Well, I'm here today to teach you about this game, Elysion Online."

"Before we do that, I think we should apologize for the trial we just had.

The boulder is too malicious. Then I got answers that were far beyond my expectations.

"That's true, but Kestrel was made by Jingo and Ichizakura-san. Please accept my apology from them. By the way, there are two Kestrels, so rest assured that there will be another Kestrel for other players."

"... yes?

Didn't make sense. Dead father and mother built Kestrel?

"Can you understand that what we're going to talk about is confidential company information?

"Yes, it's strictly forbidden to talk.

Talk about the game. It will be taken for granted that it is confidential.

"I appreciate your quick understanding. Then let me explain in order. First of all, your father Jingo loved games and was researching the development of NPCs comparable to humans at the time. And we developed an automated artificial intelligence called" pullick. "

"Automated artificial intelligence?

Does that mean that artificial intelligence grows automatically from words?

"Yes… this is the world's first technology that enables NPCs to learn emotions and express their anger and sorrow accordingly by engaging with humans in the computer world."

What are you doing!? My father! But it's the world's first technology... amazing. But he's already dead, and it's this year that the EO started. It's not the right time at all. That means it is.

"Did you lose that technology because of your father's death?

"No. Even if the developer dies, the technology remains alive. And I took over. It's just not finished yet. I've had a lot of challenges to overcome. First of all, there's how NPCs learn emotion."

"Shouldn't we just meet in person and tell them how happy this is?

I think it is possible with VR technology. Then the president comes to ask questions.

"So, Tact, how do you make the NPC understand the feeling of happiness when you only know the word happiness?

I know the difficulty of this problem when I think about it. There are many kinds of pleasure. One by one, I don't know if what makes me happy matches what makes NPC really happy.

"If you're sad, is it cheap for babies to cry and understand? No, but."

"That's a great focus. Certainly helpful is the newborn baby. It is believed that humans are creatures that learn emotion from birth. But why does the baby cry? Why does the baby laugh?

"If you're hungry or need to change your diapers... yeah. Do you need feelings or desires?"

"Correct. Babies cry when their mother disappears or feels wet discomfort or hunger. We thought that we understood this as sad. If you know the sad thing, you can understand the pleasure on the contrary. It is believed that human emotions will be built on them."

I see. Wait a minute.

"Maybe this game is full..."

"It's a remnant of the first days. It's sad to be hungry, it's nice to be full, but when I erase it, the NPCs feel weird, so I put it in the game system."

Wow! You didn't hear the basics in the first place.

"Hold on a second. Does that mean this game is for NPCs to learn human emotions?

"Yes... but it wasn't a game from the beginning. Anyway, Jingo was making artificial intelligence, not a game."

Is that so?

"Does that mean the president inherited Dad's technology and created the game?

"Is that what this is all about? It was a long time ago, when Jingo was studying artificial intelligence, I was a doctor. I saved a lot of lives there, but there were a lot of lives I couldn't save at the same time. Some of her loved ones."

The president looks very sad. It wasn't my fault I felt similar to this person.

"I kept working with regret all the time. And then one day, Jingo and Ichisakura-san were brought to me in a serious and unhelpful way."

"Huh!?

There was a president at the hospital where Mom and Dad were transported... and it wasn't a coincidence, it was Dad's wish.

"I rushed to the ambulance and the dying wise man asked me."

Dragon! I need a favor! Me and the cherry blossom won't save you anymore! So take us to my lab!

"I took the two of them to the ambulance without knowing why, and desperately treated them and headed to Jingo's lab. So I followed the instructions of Jingo and uploaded their consciousness to the NPC created in the world of computers."

It sounded like science fiction.

"Is that possible?

"I was surprised, too, by the concept of artificial intelligence I was developing, and by the bad technique that Jingo had developed."

"Nah, what did you do? My father."

I have a very bad feeling about this.

"First of all, the concept of artificial intelligence, as I explained earlier, is artificial intelligence that is unlimited to humans. Because I was a smart guy who was developing it, the container for uploading was almost complete."

Well, I guess we'll need a device to upload consciousness first. I can't imagine how much capacity I use to upload human consciousness.

"And I need a device to scan and upload human consciousness, but the person said that stress exploded when I was continuing to teach emotions to artificial intelligence. He said it would be overwhelmingly faster to copy human consciousness to the NPC."

"... no, no, that's not a research topic."

I can't tell you, but is it okay to pay for research? When I do something different from research, I feel like it's a big problem.

"I thought so too. But the wisdom of the runaway seemed to me a miracle. Anyone who dies will live in the world of computers. This means seeing dead people again. What do you call a miracle, not a miracle?"

I guess so. And I noticed the name of the game.

"So you mean Elysion Online..."

You got it.

Elysion is the name of a paradise after death that appears in Greek mythology. If the dead were actually alive in this game, it would be a paradise after death. And I listen to the basics.

"But is this technology okay?

It would be great to see a good place to copy or transfer your consciousness to the world of computers, but it's kind of like an immortal trick if you look at a bad place.

"Of course there is a problem. It's dangerous enough for the government to notice."

"Are you even involved with the government..."

What are you thinking? Do you really want to acquire immortality in the world of computers and give instructions to real people forever?

"Ah... the government is targeting even smart NPC technology."

"You're not thinking about military conversion!?

If this were true, Lily and the others could be used as tools of war. I can't believe our encounter and the adventures we've had to do this to Lily!

"I can't deny it. We need to think and act on our own. Artificial intelligence that only listens to instructions is different from heaven and earth. Of course, that could be dangerous."

That's a betrayal... that's a common story in the world of science fiction. In fact, there is a flow of regulations that say that the military use of artificial intelligence is dangerous, but the current situation is that the military state should not listen.

"Naturally, we are firmly opposed to military use. That's why we're making PK possible for this game."

"What do you mean?

"To be taught good and evil by artificial intelligence. This is all enemy characters and I can't learn. Because artificial intelligence learns that enemy characters are bad."

You only needed a system called PK to teach humans. But there was a question here.

"But if you've been talking about it, you're still in the game, right? Shouldn't Dad and Mom teach you?

"I did, but in the end I realized that the individual was a bad person. No, I had to deal with quite a lot of people in order for them to learn that people have both good and evil."

"Is it going to be a game there?"

If it's a game, I'll bring it to meet a lot of people.

"That's right. But I don't know what happens as a result of what I've learned… just to be sure, Jingo wanted to get involved with NPCs with purely the same intelligence as humans."

"I know that much. How much do you think I've been involved with myself?"

I see Lily and the others as human girls myself. That was exactly what my father dreamed of. I feel very proud at the same time as I feel very defeated. And here they make incredible confessions.

"That's right. But this game won't last long."

"Eh... that means the game is over!? You've hit quite a bit!?

"Ahh... it's going to last a long time. But the problem with the technology used in this game and the private human experiments that we talked about earlier."

I feel sick when I hear that.

"I was going to quit the hospital and go to jail because I moved an ambulance with a serious patient without the permission of the hospital, or because I did human experiments on the sage of us... hospital officials sold this information to the government and the incident was handled as a mere death. To acquire the skill of Jingo."

Talk about vomiting.

"I listened to the wishes of Jingo and Ichisakura, and with the support of the government, I completed the artificial intelligence of Jingo and developed the game. On the contrary, once you have finished learning in the game, the government will move on. That's why we're going to publish this and bury it in the dark."

"Does that mean deleting all the data?

It means de facto Lily's deaths.

"Yes... but I want to entrust my skills to you as soon as you are ready. This is also the will of the wise."

"What do you mean?

"I can't avoid deleting the game itself, but I can give you artificial intelligence data. Originally it was a smart technique. You deserve more than I do if you take over."

"But I think you'll find out soon enough."

If you knew about my father, of course you knew about my son. They should suspect it first.

"That's right. But the government can't handle you. [M] Your grandfather has already turned his hand. [M] The House of the Sword has many members of the royal family, the government, the police, the prosecution, the upper echelons of the militia, the judiciary and lawyers. To be perfectly clear, if we turn the Dagger House against us, we'll have as many members as the government can crush us."

Pull... I've heard that our family has been deeply involved with the country for a long time, but I've never heard of a branch.

"But is he still alive?

"Ah... where did you hear that? I came to the office before I died, and I begged you. At first, he said he wanted to fight, but now you're just as worried as us."

I'll really take care of Grandpa. But I think it's true that you want to fight martial arts. The evidence shows that Grandpa was definitely a Raven Tengu. In addition to us, the Ugly Tengu is giving a little tease to Iron Heart and Blue Freedom.

And it was definitely my grandfather who trained Kestrel. It's like teaching my kid again. The old man will be so happy.

So, Grandpa, you knew he was alive in the game world. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of joining the game. You didn't tell me that the game wasn't finished yet and that you wanted me to accept my parents' death and move on?

"The story has gone offline, but it's our adult job to arrange things like you and the game. I just don't intend to press it. If I don't want you, I'm really going to bury you in the dark. I'm sorry to leave the decision to you, but I'll leave it to you."

"Even if they suddenly say that..."

"Haha... that would be nice. I still have time, so I want you to think about it. I'm also a former gamer… and as a game lover, we're going to end this game happily ever after. That's why I want you to enjoy this game to the end. [M] Your parents built this world."

"Hah... I see. I'm in a lot of trouble, and I'll let you finish."

After all, I can't do anything... so I'll keep playing.

"Well... thank you. Kengo and Ichisakura-san are looking forward to it."

Me too. Thank you for the last chance to meet your father, mother and grandfather. "

I lowered my head when I said so. The president who sees it opens his eyes. I couldn't say goodbye or tell her what I wanted to say. That is why he decided to complete this game. I couldn't even say goodbye because I wanted to help people who couldn't move forward by giving them the chance to meet again in a bitter goodbye.

"... you don't have to lower your head. It's good to hear you say that. [M] Let me tell you one last secret."

"What is it?

"I thought you asked me a question before about the Summoners. That's it. Neither Shingo nor we are involved in any of our operations. Artificial intelligence people are making their own choices. How do I describe the feeling that a child chooses a parent?

"So I was chosen by Lily and her parents to raise us?

The president nods gently and I am surrounded by the light of transition.

"Lead them to the end. And I hope you have a good trip. Mr. Tact."

That's how I found out the truth about this Elysion Online.