Villain’s Programming - Chapter 258



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Episode 258 Morning Star

Dojun was surprised when he heard Sally’s words.

‘Saebyeol? That child’s name is Saebyeol?’

The name Saetbyeol was a very special name to Dojun. It was the nickname for one of his ‘talents’, ‘Helper’.

Dojun was confused as to what was going on.

‘Is this a coincidence?’

Dojun shook his head.

‘Come on, it’s obvious. It was Sally who gave Helper a nickname in the first place. There are many dogs with the same name, right? It must be something similar to that.’

Dojun concluded that, but something felt stuck in his chest.

Dojun’s eyes were drawn to the ‘hologram’ Saetbyul without him knowing.

‘That kid is a program that combined my DNA and Sally’s DNA?’

Maybe that’s why his own face and Sally’s face were reflected on the holographic morning star’s face.

It was about 20% his own face, 50% Sally’s face, and 30% his new look.

It was a novel experience. It was definitely the first time I saw a holographic face today, but it didn’t feel unfamiliar.

‘How can this be?’

When Dojun was surprised, the Dojun in the memory also had a surprised expression.

Jeremy saw that and said with a smile.

“You may find it hard to believe. Honestly, when Sally proposed this project, we thought it would not work. We failed many times. But… in the end, we did it.”

Jeremy explained to Dojun how ‘Saebyul’ came to be, using terms that were difficult to understand.

“Do you understand?”

“… It’s a bit difficult.”

“Well, to put it simply, you can think of it as a program that simulates the meeting of a sperm and an egg, resulting in the birth of a child.”

Dojun asked in the memory.

“So, you created the program?”

Jeremy shook his head.

“We supported her, but we did not create the main program. We explained the principles, and Sally Huang did the entire program. Honestly, I thought it was impossible. But Sally did not give up and did it. This is a miracle. It can give new hope to countless infertile couples in the world.”

Dojun in his memories asked while looking at the hologram Saetbyeol.

“If you can call it hope… does this child have an ego? No, rather than an ego, should I call it AI?”

The answer came from Sally, not Jeremy.

“Actually, that was the most important part. Even if you program and combine DNA, intelligence is not created. Of course, something strange happened.”

“What’s strange?”

Sally answered with a smile.

“I’ll explain that later. It hasn’t even been defined yet. It just happened by chance.”

Dojun in his memories nodded, although he was very curious about what it was.

“Okay, I’ll explain later. That’s not important right now. Honestly, I was worried because you seemed to be into something lately, but I finally understand.”

Sally asked with a smirk.

“Are you worried that I’m cheating on you with another man?”

Although it hit the nail on the head, Do-jun in the memory barely managed to act with facial expressions.

“I trust you, Sally. By the way, what’s going to happen to Saet… Byul? What’s going to happen to the AI ​​you mentioned earlier? And is it still here?”

“It’s true that Saetbyeol’s AI is lacking in many ways. It has something special, but I did all the AI ​​programming, so it’s not very good.”

“You even created AI?”

“It’s just a little imitation of Ashley Team’s source. Well, that’s enough for basic communication, but that’s not what I’m looking for.”

Ashley approached Saetbyul and stroked her hair with her hand.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Dojun, think about ordinary children. When children are born, their parents take care of them, and when they get to a certain age, they go to kindergarten and school and start living in society, right?”

“That’s right. But Saetbyeol can’t go to school, right? And if what you say is true about AI… … .”

Sally smiled brightly at Dojun’s words in her memory.

“Yes. But I know a place where there are a lot of kids who can be friends with our Saetbyeol. They can also solve AI problems.”

“Where is such a place… … .”

At that moment, Dojun’s eyes widened as he remembered.

“Sally, you really?”

“You figured it out. Shangri-La, a place filled with countless AI NPCs. That’s where all of Saetbyeol’s problems will be solved.”

Dojun’s vision became increasingly blurry as he watched Sally smiling brightly.

The vision turned black and then brightened again.

* * *

Dojun opened his eyes. He saw a familiar ceiling and the office.

“Ha. You’re back.”

It was a pity. I was so curious about what happened to Saetbyeol after that.

‘I guess I’ll see this in my next lost memory.’

Dojun sighed and got up from his seat to look out the window. It was still dark, but it seemed like daybreak was coming soon.

‘In my past life, Sally had a project to programmatically create a new life by combining my genes with her genes.’

It wasn’t strange that she did such a project. The question was why Sally did such a project.

“Sally.”

Dojun clenched his fists. It was because the way Sally looked when she was with him was so different from the way she looked when she was looking at Saetbyeol.

‘You wanted to have a child that much?’

Thinking back on the time in my lost memories, it seemed like I had been working on the project for over a year.

‘If you include the time I spent alone, it wasn’t just one year, it was several years.’

In my memory, Do-jun had given up on having children because of his age.

‘I thought I had given up on Sally in my previous life…’

As it turned out, Sally didn’t give up. When she couldn’t get pregnant through in vitro fertilization, she used a program to create a child.

‘Sally was so desperate. I didn’t know that in my past life.’

Dojun suddenly thought of Sally in the present life.

‘Does Sally of today also desperately want a child?’

Dojun didn’t know because he had never talked about children before.

Dojun went to the bathroom, washed his face, and came out. When he came back to the office, the sun was starting to rise.

‘It’s been quite some time this time.’

I didn’t get a headache even though I saw all the lost memories.

It was then that his phone rang and he looked at it to see Sally. Dojun immediately picked up the phone.

“Sally?”

– Dojun, you didn’t stay up all night?

“…huh.”

It felt strange to hear Sally’s voice in real life. I felt happy and somewhat sorry.

– It must have been hard. Did you finish the work well?

“So-so.”

– Then come home quickly. I’ll make you something delicious.

“huh.”

Dojun answered briefly. He wanted to answer at length, but only one thought filled his head.

– Then I’ll wait.

As Sally was about to hang up the phone, Dojun asked.

“Sally.”

– huh?

“I have a question. What if, no, someone I know got married… …”

– Why? Did you get a lover? That’s why you consulted Do-jun?

“No, that’s not it… … . Um, my wife is having trouble conceiving.”

Sally suddenly became quiet at Dojun’s words.

– So? What happened?

“The husband said it was okay for the two of them to live together without children, but I guess the wife doesn’t agree.”

– Of course not! How does that matter!

Sally’s firm words reminded Dojun of Sally from ‘Lost Memories’.

“Then, what would you do if you were me?”

– Even if there’s a 1%, no, 0.01% chance, I’ll do anything. I can give up everything else in this world, but I can never give up on a child. So tell that person too. Don’t give up. An angel will definitely come.

For the first time, Dojun was able to hear Sally’s feelings about the child.

“…okay.”

Sally smiled brightly at Dojun’s answer.

– Oh, come to think of it, I had plans today, Dojun. I’ll make something delicious, so eat at home. Or you can buy something to eat there and come back.

“Don’t cook too hard. I’ll buy some and go home.”

Dojun hung up the phone with Sally.

‘Could it be that Sally is also infertile?’

Dojun shook his head.

‘No. In her previous life, Sally would have been infertile because of her age. Now, Sally is young and healthy, so there should be no problem.’

In his lost memories, he remembered Jeremy saying that Sally was originally infertile, but Dojun tried to ignore it.

Dojun ate a bowl of noodles at a 24-hour hangover soup restaurant near his company and went home.

When I entered the house, Sally had already left and no one was there. Instead, there was a note on the table.

[I made some stir-fried pork in case you didn’t eat it.]

Dojun saw Sally’s note, smiled, changed his clothes, and lay down on the bed.

‘Sally’s problem is one thing, but there’s actually a bigger problem.’

Dojun looked into the empty space and thought.

‘Morning Star. Is it really true that the Morning Star of my past life and the Morning Star that is one of my current talents are unrelated?’

In fact, the two had nothing in common other than having the same name.

‘They’re both the same because Sally named them. Besides, Saetbyul from her previous life was a collection of incredible skills. A concentration of skills that we can’t even dream of with today’s technology. Her talent for anti-life is… ‘

Dojun couldn’t continue his thoughts any longer.

‘How should I explain it?’

AI can be explained, but talent is a phenomenon that cannot be explained by anything.

‘What on earth is the morning star? No, what talent was given to me?’

Dojun thought for a moment, then made up his mind and spoke out.

“Morning star.”

* * *

“Morning star.”

Saetbyeol opened her eyes at the Master’s call.

“Can I ask you just one thing?”

“That kind of thing happened a lot.”

Saetbyeol waited for an answer, but the Master did not respond. Instead, he asked something else.

“Saturday Star. Where are you now?”

The morning star looked ahead. She saw a blue lake. She saw her reflection in the lake.

Saetbyeol stared blankly at the sight. It was her own sight, but it didn’t seem unfamiliar. She had seen it somewhere before.

At first I didn’t know where I had seen it, but now I know.

‘Sally, you look like Dojun’s wife.’

They weren’t exactly similar, but they were similar enough that anyone who looked at them would say they looked similar.

‘Why? Why do I have a face like Sally’s?’

Saetbyeol thought about it and found the answer herself.

‘Oh, Sally named me. I guess that’s why.’

Saetbyeol thought about that and smiled as she spoke to Dojun.

“… In the forest? There’s a lake and a blue sky?”

“I can’t imagine.”

< Really? I thought this was something the Master made. Every time I leveled up, this place changed. Wasn't it the Master who did it?

Dojun was surprised by Saetbyeol's words and asked.

“The world changes every time you level up? How?”

“Oh, so the passage you mentioned has also widened?”

At Do-jun’s words, Saet-byeol looked up at the sky. Although she didn’t say anything to Do-jun, that sky was the passage.

“Noise? You said there was noise?”

The morning star looked at the dark world that had collapsed on the other side of the sky.

“That’s fortunate.”

Dojun let out a sigh of relief and then asked after a while.

“Saturday Star. Then can I ask you one thing?”

Dojun asked cautiously at Saetbyeol’s straightforward answer.

“Saturday Star. By any chance. Can you show me your appearance?”

Saetbyul’s eyes widened. It was because of the unexpected request.

“Just. You seem to see me, but I seem to not see you.”

Saetbyeol looked at a loss at Dojun’s words.

The morning star looked at the sky, looked at the ground, and looked at his reflection in the lake and answered.

“Not yet?”

“Then, can I see this if I level up more?”

“Okay. I guess I’ll have to work harder to level up.”

When Dojun seemed to have given up, Saetbyeol breathed a sigh of relief without realizing it.

Saetbyeol thought it was the end. But Dojun’s next words surprised Saetbyeol even more than before.

“But Saetbyeol, can I ask you one more question?”