Chapter 7- {Arthur}

{You are Oliver}

"Huh what the fuck, who's there?" Oliver covered his private part and looked all around it.

{There is no one in the area of 10 meters of you}

"Then who the fuck are you? Stop peeking at me and come out from where ever you are hiding." Oliver asked with even more confusion.

{Who am I... Due to insufficient data, I cannot conclude. Well at least for now.}

{I can see and feel what every you can plus much more. So if you want me to stop 'peeking' then I can switch off gathering all or any sensory data including visual data.}

{As for where I am hiding. I don't have any Camouflage ability. Or at least for now}

"Huh" Oliver found this human mixed robot kind of speech weird "So then where are you?"

{I 'am' on your right-hand wrist.}

Oliver instantly looked at his right hand that was covering his private part. He again noticed the 2-inch black tatoo on his wrist. He subconsciously touched it again and said, "This thing?"

{I would prefer that you didn't call me a 'thing'. But yes this is I.}

Seeing it was not a person he relaxed a bit and asked, " So what are you? And how did you end up upon my wrist?"

{As I already said. I am not sure who I am, but for now. As for how did I ended up upon your wrist, I am not sure about that either. But saying that it is your wrist is also not completely true.}

"Huh, what do you mean by that?"

{I see that you haven't realised that this isn't the original body of Oliver. But that might be due to how much stress and confusion your mind is in that it failed to notice such minor details.}

When he heard his eyes widened in disbelief. He ran towards the full body mirror that was placed in the bath. Seeing his body his jaw hung so wide that it could fit a whole lemon in it.

What Oliver saw in the mirror was the body of a young boy around the age of 15-16 years with extremely fair skin, which almost looked as fair as snow. He had a thin body which showed minor signs of improper intake of food, but he had a good height for his age. He was around 5 foot 7 inches tall, just above the average height of a regular male child of his age. He had shoulder-length dirty straight black hair. He had dark black eyes that complemented his black hair and fair skin. he had no scar or mark on his body which showed that that was his first battle.

"The fuck is going on. What happened to me?"

{I am not sure about that, or at least for now.}

{Your stress levels are reaching very high. I would suggest that you calm your mind as well as your body and take a rest for now.}

{I think the right course of action would be to take bath and sleep for now.}

Oliver took a deep breath and massaged his head with one hand and then said "Yeah you are right. I just need a good night sleep, my brain is in a mess as it is. At this point, I am in so much of a mess that I am taking all this shit with a grain of salt."

{I would like to compute and analyse all the data to find more answers and gain more knowledge about the situation.}

{Requesting access to memories and subconscious mind}

"Wait you wanna access my mind and memories?" Oliver was scared of listening to it.

{Yes there is no need to be scared. I would not and could not harm you. We are deeply connected via our souls.}

"What do you mean by that?"

{Can't you feel it?}

What it said was true, Oliver could feel both of them connected deep in his mind, like 2 ends of a string. Neither could get separated from each other.

Oliver just acknowledged it and went for a long bath. After the bath, he wore the clothes Martha gave him and went to his room. He remembered to take the leaf that Ms Ivon gave him before lying on the bed. He instantly felt a cool sensation in his head and felt relaxed and comfortable.

{Since your stress levels have gone down. I would like to request again for the access of memories and subconscious mind.}

"Fine granted"

{11 hours- compiling}

{2 hours- analysing}

{total- 13 hours}

{Task Start.....0%}

{I would suggest that you should sleep now. The task should be completed till you wake up}

"Well as you say. Good night and sleet dreams"

{I am sorry but I don't have dreams, or at least for now }

{Good night}

Oliver's eyes started to get heavy after some time of thinking until he finally slept.

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{Good morning Oliver. It's Time to wake up}

Oliver finally woke up and the first thing that he saw was the tatoo on his wrist.

"So the whole thing wasn't a bad dream." Oliver signed

{No it wasn't}

"So have you done with analysing the whole situation?"

{Task Complete....76.6%}

"I see. So why did you wake me up? I was having a nice sleep after such a long time without any shitty nightmares."

{You slept for 10 hours which were appropriate for your stressful condition last night. So it was the right time for me to wake you up.}

"So now you are my alarm clock"

{Yes I am also your alarm clock but a much better one. I can wake you up at the most appropriate time according to your body condition and any other situation that might affect you. Would you like me to not do that?}

"No it's fine, it's not like I am at home. What time is it"

{Its 8:00 AM}

"Well let's stretch our bodies a bit."

{I am sorry but I don't have any individual body of my own, or at least for now}

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Oliver stretched his body before going to the main hall. Seeing Martha in the kitchen preparing for the breakfast while Ben checking his farming tools greeted both of them good morning.

"Good morning Oliver, why don't you freshen up till then the breakfast will be ready." Said Martha with her usual smile. "Hahaha, your brain will be blown away when you taste Martha's bread-omelette," said Ben.

Listening to this Oliver smiled and went to freshen up. When he came back all the three of them enjoyed their breakfast together. Ben was right, Oliver never had such a good breakfast in his life.

"So Oliver what are your plans for today," Ben asked after breakfast. "Well, I was thinking of helping you guys on the farm. After all, you guys helped me soo much this is the least I can do. I know I might not look like it but I have a really good hand at machines and stuff and I can fix all of them. Please don't say no this is something I must do." Listening to this Ben laughed and replied"Hahaha ok ok. I do have a bit of a problem with a couple of tools and the fence also needs a bit of fixing. How about this you meet me outside on the farm after an hour then we will start." Oliver replied with a smile, "Deal."

After getting ready Oliver met Ben on the farm. Ben showed Oliver a couple of tools and the fence asked, "Can you fix these, if not even then it's ok." But Oliver replied with full confidence, "Of course I can fix them. You don't need to worry about these things now" And gave Ben a thumbs-up. Seeing thing Ben smiled and went to work on his own.

Oliver had been an orphan but after his father adopted him, although he loved and doted on him more than anything. But for the last 3 years they were together Sebastian grinded Oliver with the knowledge he excelled in. Although Oliver didn't reach anywhere near Sebastian's level. But when you compare to the worlds most famous scientist, your standards are already very high. So although Oliver couldn't compare to Sebastian, he already knew more than most of the experts at his age. So to Oliver fixing these tools were like child's play. As soon as he completed fixing the tools and came to fix the fence he heard.

{Task completed....100%}

Oliver looked at the tatoo and asked, "Have you analysed all the data?"

{Yes}

"So what's the situation?"

{Firstly let's start with you, Oliver is dead. Or to say more accurately the body of the original Oliver is dead. But not your soul. And this is the body of a young boy named Arthur.}

"Wait wait wait wait, So you are saying that my soul took over this boys body or something? Isn't that something that is supposed to happen in a web novel or a manga?"

{It's not accurate to say that you took over his body. It is much complicated than that.}

{When you were in that world of darkness your soul merged with this boys soul but due to this boy having a naturally weak soul it was your soul that engulfed this boy's soul.}

Although Oliver was surprised by hearing this. He already had this thought pop up in his mind since he saw his body yesterday as well as he picked up some clues when he was in the world of darkness. "So what about you? What are you"

{After analysing all the data available The only logical answer I came up with is that when you died and your soul came to the world of darkness before you merged with Arthur a piece of soul from your original soul broke off and connected with the Project Z that you and Sebastian made and somehow is bound to this body through this tatoo. So now this is my new physical body just like Arthur's body is yours.}

"How is this all logical"

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{I should be a unique existence that has never been born before. I am a mixture of a human soul and a machine.}

{I should also tell you this is not your original earth. The technology on this earth is much less advanced than the original earth.}

Hearing all this Oliver picked up a screwdriver and started working on the fence while making the same face you make when a bug gets squashed on your car's windshield.

He was a highly realistic person so he knew worrying about it wouldn't make anything change. So he took a deep breath while working and excepted his new reality as much of fantasy bullshit it looked.

"By the way, what should I call you?"

{I don't have a name. Why don't you give me a name, after all, I am a part of you.}

"Well since this body's original owner was named Arthur, why don't I call you the same."

{Name Registered}

{Arthur}