My Third Life Is in the Future World! After Being Betrayed and Losing His Memory, the Former Hero Begins Sweet School Days in a World with a 1:50 Male-to-Female Ratio - 23

Chapter 23: The Only One Who Needs Me in This Entire World

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My name is Reira.

I was a woman created by the “Artificial Angel Project.” I was made with the purpose of “being loved by men.” Not a robot or android, but an artificially created human with a functioning uterus, capable of bearing children.

A homunculus might be the closest comparison. As men began rejecting women, the project “Artificial Angel Project” was born. This project aimed to create “a woman loved by any man = an artificial angel” to curb population decline. I was its prototype…

But during my creation, the Central Government faced a more severe situation than expected. Men’s aversion to women progressed so far that they rejected even the most beautiful women.

No matter how perfect her appearance, behavior, or voice, men despised her.

In that situation, creating the ultimate woman had lost its meaning. Additionally, I, the prototype created from the genes collected at great expense by the Central Government, was created with a missing eye and leg. With these two failures, the project was shut down.

If men’s aversion hadn’t worsened, or if I’d been born fully intact, I might have had a different life. But to hide the project’s failure, I was frozen in cold-sleep as an “object” without human rights. I could have been discarded, but all I was allowed to do was sleep.

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One day, I was thawed out. For the first time, I got the chance to meet a “real man.”

If he’s a normal man, there’s no way my charm won’t work. He’ll surely fall for me.

I said that so confidently. But it wasn’t that simple. From the moment we met, my heart and body were drawn to him. The countless genes within me craved him.

And…He desired me too. I was made to be loved by men but had never been loved. Yet, I was the one who fell head over heels for him.

A dreamlike time of mutual desire and being desired. This was the reason I was born. Everything he did made me happy. Being with him felt so good. So, I accepted all of him and eagerly devoured him in return.

I’m glad I was born. I’m glad I was created.

My heart and body burned. Every cell trembled with joy as I accepted him. 

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Having taken in all of him, I fell asleep in pleasure. Even in sleep, I could feel his gaze and affection. When I woke up, he was looking at a tablet. Out of affection, I clung to him and glanced at the screen.

“Ceres-san… What are you looking at?”

“Oh, just doing a bit of research…”

Voice actor data… There were no “idol voice actors” in today’s world. Since men disliked women, romance anime didn’t exist.

“Oh~ Voice actresses? So that’s the kind of thing Ceres-san likes?”

It seemed Ceres-san was interested in voice actors.

“Not really, it’s just… Your voice is so beautiful, I thought it sounded like a voice actress’s.”

My voice is beautiful… Well, of course. 

I was created from the genes of past beauties and those genes include many idol voice actors.

“Really? If you say so, Ceres-san… Maybe I should try saying a few lines like a voice actress?”

My body was 98% human, but 2% of my body was different from that of a human. A bio-computer, a second brain, was embedded in my mind, storing vast memories of the women whose genes I carried.

A nationally beloved anime voice actor. The queen of tsundere voice actors. The legendary voice actor who sparked the lolicon boom. Their memories and genes were stored within me.

He’ll surely love this…

“Ceres-san will never die. Because I’ll protect you…”

“I-It’s not like I like you or anything, Ceres! Don’t get the wrong idea!”

“Onii-chan, Reira had a scary dream… Can we sleep together?”

“Ufufu, what a hard body… I’d love to be held by a man like you.”

I reenacted famous scenes from their anime.

How’s that? Will he like it?

“Amazing, Reira-san… How can you do all those different voices?”

He likes it!

When he was happy, I became thrilled as well.

“Because I worked really hard! It’s a lady’s personal skill! And not just voices, I can do other things too.”

Even with genes and memories, mastering them was another matter entirely. Indeed. I had worked hard, but that was just a fraction of what was inside me.

“Ehh~ Reina doesn’t get it… Can Ceres-oniichan teach me?”

“Ceres… I love you. As long as you’re here, I don’t need anything else.”

Of course, my appearance didn’t change. However, my genes included the genes of “the legendary genius actress said to have three thousand faces.” So I could instantly become  a little girl or a mature woman with my acting skill.

How’s that? Pretty cool, right?

“That’s amazing acting.”

“This much is easy. So, what kind of woman do you like? I can become your type, Ceres-san…”

I’ll become your ideal woman anytime you want. What kind of girl do you like? For you, I can become anything.

“Reira-san, you’re the most beautiful and adorable just the way you are.”

Just as I am… Ah, I’m in trouble…I’m in  serious trouble. Saying he likes the plain me… I don’t know what to do.

But more than feeling troubled, my face was burning, and my heart was pounding wildly.

“Really? That makes me so happy… Um, would you mind giving me an arm pillow?”

These words aren’t from anyone’s memory. They’re mine. My pure, raw, unfiltered self.

With my face flushed from embarrassment, I hugged his arm…And then, I turned around. I laid down on bed with my back turned to him. The steady thump of his heartbeat felt so comforting, so soothing and I started to drift off to sleep…

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