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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Ugh, cough, ack—!!!”
“N-Nurse!? The patient has regained consciousness!”
Screaming as if on the verge of death, Charlotte Evergreen sat up on the bed.
The nurse who had been checking her vitals ran over in shock and grabbed the struggling Charlotte.
“Cough, save me, save me…! I’m sorry, Luther…!”
“Patient! Calm down! This is reality!!”
“Huh, eh…?”
Feeling the warmth enveloping her, Charlotte came to her senses.
She hurriedly felt her neck and looked around.
The Graveyard, where countless corpses had been strewn about, was nowhere to be seen.
Luthers Edan, who had been walking towards her over those corpses, was also nowhere to be seen.
“What, what… A dream…?”
“You were almost in grave danger. Your brain was overloaded, and you were on the verge of falling into a brain-dead state. Mild symptoms of cerebral hemorrhage were also confirmed, so you need absolute rest!”
Those words alone were enough to make her dizzy.
Charlotte Evergreen finally realized that everything she had seen was a hallucination produced by Oracle.
“Ah…”
It was scary.
The sensation of being strangled by an acquaintance, the eyes that looked at her as if to kill her, they were still vivid.
But at the same time, she felt something was strange.
Why did it have to be Luthers Edan, of all people?
‘Didn’t they say that Lieutenant General Arwen had denounced him? Above all, he voluntarily retired…’
Oracle was a quantum computer that predicted the future.
Although it couldn’t definitively confirm the future that would definitely happen, its margin of error was only 12%.
Moreover, the time acceleration rate that had been preset was 10 times.
At 10 times, the output values would only include results within a 5% margin of error.
Charlotte Evergreen, as the project leader of Project Oracle, knew this information.
Then… it meant that at least the major events she had experienced were likely to happen unless something was done.
From Lea Gilliard being shot, the President being caught in a bomb terror attack in a park, to the dispatch of the Red Cross Brigade led by Luthers Edan to the Republic of Bostania.
“What on earth… is going on…?”
It was incomprehensible.
How long had it been since the end of the war with the Titans, and yet such a terrible future was waiting for them?
“And never participate in such a dangerous experiment again. You could suffer serious damage to your central nervous system and lose your vision or hearing—”
The nurse beside her continued to chatter, but Charlotte could no longer hear her.
‘I must confirm it again.’
Her mind was already filled with thoughts about the hallucination she had seen through Oracle.
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A month later, Charlotte Evergreen was finally able to go through the discharge process.
Originally, it would have been better for her to stay hospitalized longer, but she had strongly insisted on being discharged.
In fact, Charlotte Evergreen was born with stronger immunity and recovery power than others.
That was the reason she could handle all kinds of weapons despite having a woman’s body.
Unless someone was exceptionally strong-boned, not many people would recklessly throw themselves at a new weapon without knowing what kind of side effects it might have.
“…Charlotte, are you feeling better?”
Isaac Ophen, the institute director, sincerely welcomed Charlotte Evergreen, who had returned after a long time.
He had been secretly worried about her well-being.
He couldn’t help but worry, as she had been carried away less than 10 minutes after activating Oracle, bleeding from every orifice in her body.
“Thanks to you, I’m fine, Director.”
“I’m really glad…”
Isaac shook his head.
“So, did you read the report?”
“Yes, the reason why Oracle’s system was unstable was due to a critical error occurring in its link with Akasha.”
“Yes, linking it with Akasha for more efficient and stable computation processing was the problem. You entered the server when the systems weren’t fully integrated…”
Strictly speaking, Oracle could be considered the 2nd generation model of Akasha.
It was all about collecting and updating information recorded on each front line in real-time and deriving unified information.
To be more precise, Akasha ‘predicted’ the future rather than ‘foreseeing’ it.
Of course, as a 2nd generation prototype, they had linked it with Akasha to minimize instability, but who would have thought it would lead to such results?
Even now, when Charlotte thought about it, cold sweat poured down her back.
“Anyway, after you ended up like that, the Oracle Project was temporarily suspended. I’d like to start from scratch if I could, but…”
“That’s impossible, right? His Excellency the President clearly stated—”
“Ugh… yes, that’s right… Don’t tell me, Charlotte, you’re thinking of taking on the project again?”
“…Is there anyone else besides me?”
This was also inevitable.
When the project leader was carried away like that, who on earth would volunteer to take her place?
In the first place, it wasn’t in Charlotte’s nature to pass off her work to someone else.
“By the way, the report specifically mentioned that it conflicted with the Akasha system installed in the Graveyard…”
“Ah, that? That Akasha had always been a bit strange. During the process of dismantling the fortress, for some reason, the stored data couldn’t be deleted. Even the official successor of the Akasha designer doesn’t know the reason.”
Isaac Ophen added, twirling his finger.
“The fortress is called a graveyard, so everyone’s reaction is as if it’s haunted by ghosts.”
Certainly, the Graveyard was eerie.
Especially the Graveyard she had seen in Oracle was even more so.
“…It was the fortress where I was stationed.”
“I know. But in the first place, you didn’t have management authority, right? Only the fortress commander can handle the Akasha of the fortress.”
“That was… the case…”
Perhaps that was the reason.
Maybe that’s why Luthers Edan appeared, and the Akasha that caused the error was the one from the Graveyard.
But even so, Charlotte felt the need to come into contact with Oracle once again.
If similar results came out the second time, it would be a foregone conclusion that not only the Empire but the entire world would face a terrible demise.
If they didn’t prepare despite knowing the future, that would be the most foolish thing to do.
-It was you. The one who orchestrated all these futures.
The voice that had been sharply honed and pierced her heart was heard again.
-You are the main culprit who ruined the world along with the President.
Even if the Luthers Edan she had seen at that time was ultimately the result of a system error and Charlotte Evergreen’s hallucination.
If she didn’t confirm the future again, wouldn’t it turn out just as he said?
“Anyway, for now, we have completely excluded the problematic Akasha from the central management system. If it causes a serious error and paralyzes the entire server, it would be a disaster. So don’t worry too much.”
“Ah, yes.”
But there was something strange about Isaac Ophen’s attitude.
Normally, he would chat for a bit, click his tongue, and then leave.
He would show concern, but only to that extent.
But today, he was particularly talkative.
Even if he was welcoming her discharge, he wasn’t the type to drag out the conversation like this.
“…Director, could it be that the schedule for our project resumption has been set?”
And that prediction was spot on.
Director Isaac nodded his head bitterly.
“You’re quick-witted only at times like this.”
“When has it been scheduled for you to talk like this?”
“…Tomorrow.”
“What!?”
“This is why I told you not to take it on. How many times did I tell you to postpone your discharge!”
Isaac Ophen waved his hands in annoyance.
“For some reason, His Excellency the President is really pushing for it! I tried my best to talk to him, but he wouldn’t budge at all.”
“…”
Charlotte Evergreen’s expression hardened.
Of course, Oracle was a project that could be said to hold the fate of the Empire.
A quantum computer that accurately predicted the future and informed them.
What person in power wouldn’t covet it?
Even an elementary school student living next door to Charlotte would probably covet it.
They would ask her to tell them the questions for next week’s math test.
But for Charlotte, who had already come into contact with Oracle and seen many things there, she couldn’t help but be caught up in it.
But that’s why she had to see it even more.
The President’s ulterior motives.
“It’s not too late even now… If we talk to His Excellency the President, we can definitely delay it for a few weeks…”
“It’s alright, Director.”
“Charlotte, you…”
“Anyway, it’s a task entrusted to me, right? I’ll see it through to the end. And… thank you.”
She expressed her gratitude to the director and slowly walked towards her office.
And the next day.
According to her decision, the Oracle Project resumed.
President Mikhail Bismarck was also present.
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