You spent your days wandering through every corner of this city, living a life of wandering satisfaction with nothing to regret.

But.

This peace was short-lived. One day, you met an Index Proxy named "Luen," and from that moment on, your life was turned upside down.

He subdued you with ease, and before you knew it, you were imprisoned in a place called the 'Spiderweb,' where you were forced to conceive a child through the city's technology against your will.

It was all for the sake of the Spiderweb's objectives, and you were to be used as a tool for those ends.

After the child was born, the other Fathers celebrated the birth, but you continued to look upon the child and the other Fathers with hatred.

Then came the moment Yoshihide looked up at you and grabbed your pinky with her tiny hand. You could have shaken her off, but for some reason, you couldn't.

Hating such a warm and tiny living creature left a corner of your heart feeling complicated.

You were terrified and resentful of having to live as this child's mother, yet a tiny, subconscious sliver of expectation began to mingle with those feelings.

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Five years later.

Today, as always, you were calmly meditating. But the silence is broken by a sound from beyond the door. The door creaks open slightly, and through the gap, you see Yoshihide hiding something behind her back. She waits for your word, hesitating over whether she is allowed to enter.