The Little Prince in the Ossuary-Chapter 127 : Unread messages (6)

Unread messages (6)
[NationalSlavePride has gifted 100 stars.]
「NationalSlavePride: After watching all this time, I think the host is a really good fighter. It's so different from other channels that just push forward with paid DLC... Should I say the sense is really good?」
[まつみん has gifted 300 stars.]
「まつみん: I think the situational judgement is excellent. I never thought they'd use a smoke grenade like that in the locker room earlier. And just now, using monsters as shields. Our Gyeo-ul really has a sexy brain. Ehehe. (*´▽｀*)」
「Tattletale_Goja: I admit, not relying on cash items. I also admit the acting skills. When looking at dead men and getting depressed, really felt like actual depression.」
「まつみん: Acting? From what I saw, it didn't look like acting but genuine sadness.」
「Jjarappappa: Huh?」
「まつみん: The expression was different from usual.」
「DangerousUnderBlanket: Different? In what way?」
「まつみん: Uh... In what way... hmm... you can just tell if you look... Don't you really not get it? Am I the only one who noticed? (;´д｀)」
「DangerousUnderBlanket: If you see the whole face, you get that vibe? LOL」
「まつみん: Yes! Basically like that!」
「BillyHarrington: I don't get it. ^^」
「HellExpert: 22222222」
「20sRetiree: 33333333」
「AppSoonie: I think Matsumin unni's a bit weird. I mean, her taste in men wasn't normal from the start...」
「まつみん: Hing.」
「SALHAE: I don't know about all that, but I'm just sad I can't see Lee Yura. She was so pretty when she smiled holding a gun.」
「SALHAE: So, when is the mask coming back?」
[SALHAE has gifted 100 stars.]
「Eekdda: That's so random. If someone heard, they'd think the host died. LOL」
「DolceEnGavanna: What the heck. I went to feed the kid and missed all the fun parts. Should I just check the digest version...? I hate breaking the flow. Super annoying.
―_-」
「Mugujunggwangdeda: You feed them yourself? How old is your kid?」
「DolceEnGavanna: Three. Always crying and whining, it's annoying as hell. Eats horribly. Mother-in-law just nags and doesn't help, says she's sick. Ugh.」
「BlackCat: You actually make food and feed the kid yourself? In this day and age? Why suffer? You put them in the parenting machine—it plays, feeds, puts them to sleep, exercises, even cleans up.」
「JoseonDynastyWiggle: For real. I had two, put them in and didn't worry at all. But my eldest will be out soon. Ugh. She's seen me and my husband all the time, but for me it'll be the first time in five years. Just thinking about it is awkward. Got the subsidy, can't send her anywhere.」
「DolceEnGavanna: I want to do that too... but my crazy mother-in-law says not to use those machines. We did 'child tech' and had a third, but mother-in-law's killing me. If you ask why, she just says it's natural. Can't see the times changing. My husband's on my side but clings to her because she's "Mother."
Such a loser. Wish that old hag would croak already.」
「OlympicsGold: That's harsh. But what the heck is 'child tech'?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: Kids + financial tech.」
「OlympicsGold: LOL? So, you get rich by having kids? Is that a thing?」
「DoomtsDoDoomts: Yes, totally. There's a birth bonus, and extra leave too.」
「OlympicsGold: But parenting machines are VR terminals, right? Aren't they expensive?」
「BlackCat: You don't buy them, meow. Rented from the community center. And you can transfer rental fees to the child, meow. The kid repays it when they become an adult. Not mandatory, but everyone does it. Only up to three children, meow. Used to be unlimited, but people abused it. Didn't work, just kept having kids. You must be the only one who doesn't know this. Are you by any chance Chinese-Korean, meow?」
「OlympicsGold: Is there any chance you can stop talking like that? Idiot, I'm not an ethnic Korean, I'm someone who manages those machines. Dealing with those foreign workers is hard enough without learning this stuff.」
「HardKay: It's not that you didn't have time, you just didn't have time for love.」
「Mustafa: Can't even do love, so marriage is out of the question.」
「HellExpert: Can't even dream of marriage, so no reason to know about raising kids.」
「NitrogenPacked: Poor OlympicsGold, lol.」
「BanditHom: Damn, you guys are so cruel lol, so united when bullying someone lol」
「OlympicsGold: Thanks a lot, you fuckers ^^」
「BlackCat: It's fine, meow. Romantic marriages are decreasing anyway. All contract marriage now, meow. You'll get your own she-cat, meow. Probably a loser, but hang in there, meow. Somewhere out there is a cat who'll like even a loser like you, meow.」
「IngrownToeNail: Either comfort or curse, pick one, lol.」
「BlackCat: Can't help it, meow. In that case, I'll curse you, meow.」
「IngrownToeNail: What do you mean, can't help it, this damn cat-speak」
「RewardGained: DolceEnGavanna, I feel bad for that lady. Suffering under her mother-in-law for no reason, lol.」
「まつみん: Well... Rather than pointless suffering, isn't it reward-worthy suffering? In Japan, it's mixed. Some want to do it, some don't. I don't think scorn is right!」
「SnowFieldFox: Kids should be raised by their parents. Isn't that what love is?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: I agree. Doesn't even seem good for the kid's, like, emotional development.」
「RewardGained: What's with this double helping of idiots. Fine, whatever about love, but why would it be bad for their emotional state? That denture clacking can be heard all the way here. Grandpa, you still alive?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: I'm not grandpa age yet. And do you really think a virtual personality can replace a parent? I don't.」
「RewardGained: Why not, idiot? You don't know the subroutines in the Afterlife Insurance Control AI? It's the world's best intelligence. It's obviously better than half-assed parents. Raising kids by thoroughly verified programs—there's no human error. Understand?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: You're the one who doesn't get it. Do you think kids under five have proper TOM machines? The virtual parents made by the Trinity Engine don't have any human depth. That active search module and that pointless third module aren't enough for real personality.」
「NitrogenPacked: LOL, you only know half. Yes, they lack depth, but why does depth matter with little kids? They don't know anything anyway. What are they going to ask, a philosophical question? When they're small, you just play peekaboo and bounce them on your lap and that's it.」
「NitrogenPacked: And when they're old enough to get it, the real parents show up again, right? Don't you know infant mortality dropped huge after the machine rental system? And birth rates went up?」
「RewardGained: Yeah, that's fact. If the parents feed them directly, nutrition balance is tough and there's higher disease risk. And the kids come out already talking. Parents have it so easy. It's a progressive system, but you're out here talking old talk. All this old-fashioned stuff—watching you makes me think you all must be from Jeolla.」
「DdongDdaengDdaeng: Don't insult Jeolla, asshole.」
「RewardGained: Okay, next up: skate.」
「DdongDdaengDdaeng: Ugh, insect bastard.」
「SnowFieldFox: ...」
[SnowFieldFox has gifted 3,000 stars.]
「groseillier noir: Hey, Koreans. I don't think your government's child support system is all bad, but shouldn't the parents' perspective be considered too?」
「HellExpert: What're you saying, baguette?」
「groseillier noir: Didn't that woman up there say her child feels unfamiliar? Parents shouldn't be like that. She said she'll see her kid for the first time in 5 years, so do you just put them in a machine right after birth? Without ever taking them out?」
「Mugujunggwangdeda: They do take them out briefly for periodic checkups and when refilling the nutrients. But that's handled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare—real people come from the public health center.」
「groseillier noir: Ehh. That's no good. You have to have time to bond with your kid.」
「Ephraim: Guess so. Not that you're wrong, but this kind of thing's perfect for them.」
「groseillier noir: Why?」
「Ephraim: Just look at this chat group.」
「groseillier noir: ...!」
「Musiell: What is this conversation now?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: I think the idea is to imagine these people as parents.」
「まつみん: wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww」
「EastVillageSmeagol: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL」
「AppSoonie: LOLLLLLL QQQQQ So sad...」
「Grade9CivilServant: Look at the way this Filipino's talking, huh?」
「PizzaIsObviouslyLarge: Hey, these people here are dumb, but not all Koreans are like this.」
「IntenseDog: That's just your wishful thinking.」
「PizzaIsObviouslyLarge: People might mature once they become parents though? Paternal and maternal instincts are a thing.」
「IntenseDog: Also wishful thinking.」
「PizzaIsObviouslyLarge: Bastard. Have you no patriotism?」
「IntenseDog: Come on, what are you talking about. No such thing as that stuff.」
「DewCroc: True enough...」
「PizzaIsObviouslyLarge: What do you mean, 'true enough'...」
「RewardGained: It's all because of those old folks. Not dying but being all annoying. What's the government even doing? Not harvesting their brains. Should be executed by the state. But then there'll be complaints of abusing power, right?」
「NitrogenPacked: Totally agree. Their mindsets are so backward, they just hang on to their kids' generation, refusing to let go. Unless you have money, aging like that is just plain pathetic. That's exactly what aging disgracefully is.」
「50thYearLinjessi: Hey...you lot...one day you'll all get old too... if the government harvests your thought-department...you'll love it, huh...dammit...families will collapse...society will collapse...」
「RewardGained: I'd love that. Wish they'd take my brain already.」
「DolceEnGavanna: My mother-in-law definitely needs a forced removal. It's not even a bad thing, why are they so scared? And I thought everyone would totally empathize with me, but turns out not. Hey, you lot with your thick heads, try raising a kid yourself. Do you know how annoying it is when they cry all the time? Can't even sleep at night.」
「SnowFieldFox: I've raised a kid. And I want to. I want to be with them, hold their tiny hand... You really don't understand this feeling. You're not qualified to be a parent.」
「DolceEnGavanna: LOL what's with that? No such thing as "qualified" to be a parent. If you give birth, you're a parent, and if you're born, you're a child.」
「SnowFieldFox: "Being born."
How can you say something like that? If you're going to give them a life they'd call "being subjected to," then better not to give birth at all!」
「DolceEnGavanna: Hey, foxy. Who even marries for love these days, let alone loving a kid? Love is a luxury, you can live without it.」
「SnowFieldFox: I feel really sorry for your child. What a painful life lies ahead for them...」
「Storm224: I mean, shouldn't they just be grateful to be born in such a good world? If you'd been born before Afterlife Insurance, when you died that was it! Just by being born, the potential for eternal existence opens up. If you live hard without committing suicide, you'll be admitted to the columbarium even at the lowest grade. My parents were dirt-poor, but I'm living thankful. For real.」
「Grade9CivilServant: I agree. Just the fact that death can be overcome is a huge blessing. Being able to meet the dead is, too. We're lucky to live in this era.」
「SALHAE: You can meet the dead? If you don't visit, there's no way. And you need permission anyway. It's so complicated it's basically impossible. The most you get is chatting by "Teletype."
If the host doesn't drop in, even that's impossible.」
「Grade9CivilServant: That's a security thing. Too many people try to abuse Afterlife Insurance. The more data is transmitted, the riskier it gets. They have to allocate a lot of resources to data scanning, so a drop in service quality is inevitable.」
「SALHAE: Ugh, whatever. I want to meet the host just once, but I can't even dare.」
「EastVillageSmeagol: Why?」
「SALHAE: Want to ask for something, face to face.」
「EastVillageSmeagol: What? Sex? LOL. Amazing dedication.」
「SALHAE: Not like that... well, in a sense, I guess. I want Lee Yura. Sex isn't the point but if it happened, sure, why not.」
「JessicaFullTimer: How did you end up like this.」
「BigBuffetBoy86: Oh, sALHAE. You really are an otaku. Obsessing over a woman who doesn't even exist. Haha.」
「SALHAE: I need warmth. I need body heat. But why is it Lee Yura? I don't even know why I'm like this myself...」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: That's what liking someone is, isn't it?」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: There were times when love at first sight wasn't that weird either.」
「Don'tPitchWithNames: But because of all that DLC stuff, it's been overused and turned into a joke. They just resolve everything with "love at first sight."
Watching and enjoying that stuff, perceptions change.」
「UnitedbyFaith: The age of Romeo and Juliet is over, little one.」
---------------------------= Author's Postscript ---------------------------=
#Comedy
Hm. I had prepared some gags, but as I kept writing... I think I'll have to leave them for next time.
#Oh, right.
Columbarium has been registered on Naver e-store. It's up to episode 126. I meant to mention this but forgot.
#Q&A
Q. qoewh: @Author, do you know Dead Space? The kind of game where there's always a hidden dark plot behind the main story the player goes through? I get chills about the makers in Columbarium, too. Sorry for asking like a detective, but of those original creators who "died," was it natural death or not? Can you at least tell me that!
A. Some died naturally, others by accident. :)
Q. EpKna: @Maybe people who hate chat scenes are actually just waiting for main Columbarium story, but all they see is a long chunk of chat. The solution is easy: you should do double release, author! Haha
A. I'd like to, honestly... hahaha... but I lack the ability...
Q. nuroop: This really poses a sharp question. People who ate others and became monsters, people who ate monsters and stayed human. By the way, what's the ultimate clear condition for this game? And in the present novel, are there any functioning civilian zones or survivor cities? In Asia, Europe, island nations like the Philippines...?
A. It's considered clear when the Control AI's contextual computation determines that the extinction probability of humanity in-universe approaches 0%. / As for now, there are many cities of survivors. There are also quite a few countries where the government still stands. In the Philippines, there are plenty of safe zones remaining even with the government in hiding, because of how many islands there are. They're out of the government's reach, and the authorities haven't fully grasped the situation.
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