In Agnes Tachyon's lab at Tracen, Shirayuki sat in the room known as the "demon's den," facing the mad scientist.
"It doesn't work. The affection levels are too fake. It's like everyone has some extraordinary relationship with me, with numbers in the nineties all the time."
"That shouldn't be..."
Tachyon was very confused, repeatedly watching the recording from the glasses.
Logically, her affection algorithm had learned from tens of thousands of facial models and was calculated by AI. It shouldn't have such a large margin of error.
Even if it wasn't perfectly accurate, the fluctuation shouldn't be too large. An error of four or five was within an acceptable range.
How could she be saying there was an error of ten or twenty or more?
Watching the attitude of Rice Shower and the others towards her in the recording, Tachyon narrowed her eyes.
"Wait a minute, the person wearing the glasses in here doesn't seem to be you, right?"
"That's right. It's my trainer. I asked him to try it. Anyway, the more test subjects you have, the more accurate your results will be."
"...Indeed."
Fast-forwarding to the Chairwoman's office, Tachyon paused and carefully examined their expressions.
"So, is there a problem?" Shirayuki asked. "If their affection for me was really that high, I'd probably be walking sideways in Tracen. But right now, I'm just a trainer."
"You can't just judge from... wait a minute, what did you just say?"
"Huh?"
"If I heard correctly, you just said 'their affection for you'?" Tachyon looked at the screen. "But the person wearing the glasses in here isn't you, it's your trainer."
Hearing this, Shirayuki's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, I forgot about that!
Whether it was Chiya or Shirayuki, it was essentially her, so she had instinctively said that.
"A slip of the tongue! That was a slip of the tongue! Didn't you ask me to test it? So I just spoke in the first person. It's actually the trainer! It's other people's affection for him," she explained frantically.
"Oh?"
The dull red eyes looked at her for a while, it was unclear what she was thinking, then she looked away.
"Is that so," she said nonchalantly. "These glasses do have room for improvement. I'll optimize the algorithm later and have you try again. As for those people with affection levels over ninety, there's a very simple way to test if their affection for you is really that high."
"What way?"
"Make some requests that a normal person would flatly refuse."
"For example..."
Tachyon smiled.
"You say to Hayakawa Tazuna, 'Miss Hayakawa, could you give me your unwashed panties?' If she refuses, it means her affection for you is indeed not that high, and the machine's measurement is wrong. If she doesn't refuse, it means they're just hiding their affection for you."
"Are you kidding me?!" she exclaimed in shock. "I'd probably be beaten to death on the track! Even if her affection was really ninety, after saying that, it would drop directly to seventy! Wouldn't that make me a pervert?!"
"An affection level of ninety-six can satisfy almost any of your outrageous requests. This level has already broken through a certain critical point and is very difficult to lower. Those in the seventies or eighties might, but over ninety... trust me, they absolutely won't."
"That's still impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Actually, even if you don't ask for panties, you can make other outrageous requests. For example, asking to smell her body odor, or to lick her armpit."
"No, no, no! That's too perverted!"
"Otherwise, how could it be called outrageous? If you just ask her to do something for you, an affection of sixty is fine. The higher the affection, the more outrageous the request you can make, and the higher their level of acceptance will be."
The higher the level of acceptance...
Shirayuki thought of Rice Shower, who also had an affection level of over ninety yesterday.
Did that mean she could make all sorts of outrageous requests to her?
I can't think like that!
Shirayuki clutched her head.
Rice Shower was such a good child. How could she force her to do something she didn't like just because she had a high affection for her!
"Anyway, the decision is yours. It depends on what you think. I don't think the machine's error is that large. If you really want to complete the experiment, you have to let go of your inhibitions and pursue all possibilities."
Are you kidding... If she really said that to Tazuna and the Chairwoman, she probably wouldn't have a place in Tracen anymore.
Seeing her reluctant expression, Tachyon's eyes flickered slightly.
"Forget it. If you're not willing, I won't force you. I'll find you when I have another experiment next time."
"Wait, I've already helped you once. At least fill out the recruitment form for me."
"Oh my, Shirayuki-san, if I remember correctly, this was just to show you that my lab isn't all dangerous research, that there are some very normal things here. If you want me to fill out the form, you need to help me with other experiments."
"What? You made me work for free!"
"That was the agreement from the start. Since you want a reward, I'll give you something."
Tachyon took a round black box with a button from the cabinet and gave it to her.
"It's a type of incense that can help you sleep. If you're too tired from training every day, you can smell this, get a good night's sleep, and relieve your fatigue. And here's the button. Press it once to light it."
Looking at the exquisitely made box, she nodded and accepted it.
It was better than nothing.
"As for the remaining experiments, I'll come find you again in the future. If you don't refuse then, I'll help you fill it out."
"You said it."
"Of course."
After getting her promise, she left the lab.
Sitting on the chair, Tachyon watched the slowly closing door.
"How interesting..."
With a look of amusement, she watched the recording on the screen.
From the start, she had naturally spoken to Shirayuki with the attitude she would have towards the trainer in the recording, and she had answered without any sense of incongruity.
Fujiwara Shirayuki, and her trainer.
What exactly is your relationship?
Tachyon's mind raced with some unrealistic ideas. She had to figure out the reason why she had said those things.
Then next, I'll start with the trainer.
Meanwhile, Shirayuki fiddled with the incense in her hand.
The student dorm was not a suitable place to light this. After all, it wasn't a single room, and she had to consider Dober's feelings. So she decided to put it in her office.
Arriving at the door, she opened it and, without looking, handed the incense over. Chiya took it, his fingertips accidentally touching the switch.
A sweet fragrance wafted out.
So this is incense.
It smells nice.
He turned and placed it on the desk.
As he continued to work while smelling the relaxing fragrance, the door was knocked again, and a brown-haired girl walked in.
"Excuse me, Trainer."
It was Mejiro Dober. She gave him a slight bow, holding a bento box in her hand.
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