[I was awakened from my sleeping state by the thoughts of that girl — her individual name is 'Mitsui Honoka.']

After a cut off shriek, a groan that leaked out of a blocked mouth reached Tatsuya's ears.

When he quickly looked behind him, he saw Miyuki and Erika, restraining Honoka's mouth together.

[We are drawn to strong thoughts; those thoughts mold the nucleus of 'self.']

"Strong thoughts? Are all types of thoughts alright?"

[No. Only highly pure thoughts can give birth to a self of our kind.]

"By highly pure, do you mean deeply buried thoughts of simple desires?" [That's correct. I think the closest concept in your human words is 'prayer.']

'What kind of 'prayer' awakened you?' was not asked by Tatsuya. He already had that answer and because he understood that, asking more questions about that was nothing but suicidal. Nonetheless, although Tatsuya didn't ask, Pixie started to passionately state her own origin.

[I want to devote myself to you.]

Behind Tatsuya's back, the moan did not intensify. [I want to be useful to you.]

There were indications of a struggle behind him. [I want to serve you.]

It might be a powerful struggle, the people restraining her seemed to have started erratically panting.

[I want to become yours. I want to dedicate all of me to you. That is the prayer that awakened me.]

If her mouth wasn't being blocked, Honoka would probably be screaming.

[As I have already stated, because the previous host's 'memories' are erased, I do not know what kind of thought drew 'me' into this world. And now, the core of my structure is the desire 'to belong to you.' I am already an underling to you.]

A thump, the sound of three people hitting the floor could be heard; Honoka had probably reached her limit, was no longer capable of standing, and had taken down Miyuki and Erika as she fell.

However, Tatsuya showed no response to Honoka's shyness. "An extremely intriguing story."

Tatsuya's consciousness was occupied not by 'emotion' but by 'knowledge.'

"If the fact that your kind has an ego is unexpected, then the fact that your kind is persistently passive is also unexpected. Essentially, you are claiming that your kind did not wish to come to this world."

[Originally, we just existed; 'desire' is manifested according to the host.]

"That struck home. Well, there will be another opportunity to ascertain responsibility.. Pixie, you said it was alright for you to be commanded by me."

[That is my 'desire.']

"So then, obey my command. From now on, using psychic power without my permission is forbidden. This changing of the expression is a type of psychokinesis, right? That is also forbidden."

"As you have commanded."

As her own proof of her words, Pixie replied in an awkward voice.

The smile disappeared from that face. The mechanism's structure changed back to the former synthetic face.

Nonetheless, it seemed like a strange smile could be seen in that synthetic face.