《The Autonomous Bartender》


 Chapter 1: It looks like Ive been abducted

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    whirrrrrrrrrr.....


    Huh? Where am I?


    I can hear the sound of motor engine running


    I open my eyes, it''s pitch black here so I don''t even know where I am


    *rustles*


    And I can hear a faint rustling sound amidst the engine noise


    Oh, that was the sound of my body rubbing against something soft that covered my whole body


    I can''t remember what happened from before I was here


    *clack clack*


    I can feel the vibrations transmitted from somewhere outside


    Maybe I''m some kind of car right now


    In a car, can''t move, dark space....


    Wait! Does that mean I was abducted??!


    No way!~


    Crack


    When I tried to move my body, the thing which covered my body started to fall apart


    I wonder what is it?


    It is somewhat soft and somewhat hard, a mysterious feeling


    Ah... It doesn''t matter, I just need to break it


    Crack!!!


    Pushing with all my strength, I broke free from the containment


    There was a sound of wood breaking


    Oh! So I was in a wooden box, covered in packing styrofoam


    Outside of the box... it''s still pitch black


    I tried to move around, but all I can feels are either wooden boxes, or cardboard boxes everywhere


    Looks like I''m inside a cargo truck of some sort


    If I try to move around without being able to see, I might hurt myself.


    Can''t do anything about that now. I''ll wait here and ambush the kidnappers


    The truck kept going, and going, and going...


    The engine kept letting out a rhythmic sound the whole time


    I don''t even know how long it has been anymore


    So sleepy..... *nod* *nod*


    *zzzzzz*


    Screech~~~ *Tap Tap Tap*


    Huh? I think the truck stopped just now


    And there''s sound of footsteps too, maybe it was from the kidnappers


    I readied myself for combat, the moment they opened the door, they''re dead meat!


    The door slowly opened


    "........."


    Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.A man with black hair, wearing something looks like a construction worker outfit was saying something to another man with grey hair. After a while, the grey-haired man pull out a stack of money and gave it to him


    Uwaaa! I''m definitely being kidnapped! He sold me to that Grey hair!


    I wonder why they even bothered to stuff me inside a wooden crate, and covered me in foam peanuts to boot....


    I waited until the black haired man turn his back on me. And jumped.


    Kicking the ground with all my strength, bursting through the cargo, I did a backhanded chop on the back of his head, knocking him out in the process


    Okay, one down. You''re next, Grey hair


    Using the knocked out Black hair as a stepping stone, I rotate in midair, trying to give the other a roundhouse kick to the face. But surprisingly, he deflected my foot with just a flick of his hand.


    I lowered my body, and perform a sweep kick, trying to break his posture. As expected, he jumped up to avoid my kick


    "I GOT YOU NOW!"


    Kicking the ground, I drive a punch with all my strength into his solar plexus. With this, he will definitely be knocked out cold, it''s my win!


    But the instant my fist touched him, he bent his body into ¤¯, using the force of my blow to do a backflip and land quite a distance from me


    Grey hair broke into a savage smile, the air around him suddenly changed, it feels like every single air molecules has turned into small needles and they''re prickling my skin


    Dangerous! My insticnt is telling me to run away from him.  This man is dangerous, I can''t beat him! I need to run right away


    *thump* Ouch!


    I tried to run away, looking back at him, Grey hair has already disappeared from the spot. All I can see is a blur before something grabbed my head and slammed it to the ground


    "hey hey, I told you to get me a [Blank], but this one is quite lively isn''t she?"


    Grey hair said something I don''t understand, what is a "blank"?


    "I''m sorry, we obtained her from an underground channel. She''s already in the state of "No data" at the time, I didn''t think she could fight"


    I thought I knocked him out, but Black hair was trying to stand up while rubbing his head


    "You can stop her with the original command. Her manufacture code is XYZ321.3054"


    What is he saying? "No data"? "Manufacture code"? What the heck are those?


    "Is that so?... Hey you! XYZ321.3054, Deactivate. Confirm command!"


    "Command confirmed! Shutting down"


    What? My mouth is saying incomprehensible words, it''s definitely my voice, but I didn''t say any of that. And my body too, it''s moving against my will, I can''t control them anymore!


    --SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN--


    I tried my hardest to move, but my limbs refused to listen, my vision dimmed and the surrounding noise gradually faded into the distance as my consciousness grew hazy...

 Chapter 2: It looks like my master is a brute

    *poke*


    What is it? I''m sleeping~~


    *poke* *poke*


    Funnya~~ Let me sleep a bit more


    *poke* *poke* *poke*


    Stop poking me~~ just five more minutes!


    *pinch*


    Nyooowwwwwwww!!!!!!! What the heck?! Who the heck pinched me???!!


    I open my eyes and sprung up to find the culprit who disturbed my sleep, but my head collided with something hard


    Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! It hurttttttttttsssssss!!!!!!!!


    "ppfft...ahahahaha, this one is funny!"


    There was a girly sound next to me. While rubbing my aching head, I turn toward the source of the voice, and there she was, a young girl with blonde hair, she''s a bit shorter than me, about a hundred and forty centimeters I think


    She is wearing a pink mini skirt type maid uniform, with black kneesocks, a white lace garter and a lace headpiece, she looks just like a maid in those cosplay cafes, although she would look more like a little sister maid rather than a real one


    A little girl? No, she''s a robot, because instead of human ears, all humanoid robots have a headphone-like ears with the symbol "?" on them to distinguish them from other races.


    "Are . You . Okay?"


    A low and sporadic voice came from behind me. I don''t know why but my hair is standing on end just from hearing it. I can feel the cold sweat trickle on my back as I turn my head to look at whatever it is behind me


    And there it is... a huge robot that had the height of over two meters, four powerful limbs grew from his grayish body that looks like a barrel, a cylindrical head without a face on it, only two small hole that was shining an ominous red shade


    Hiiiiii! What is that? It feels like I''m a frog being stared at by a snake


    My body trembles helplessly. It''s scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary!


    "stop staring at her like that you dumbass! You''re frightening her!!"


    Responding to the blonde girl''s word, the gray robot slowly back away from me


    "don''t be scared, he looks kinda scary but he''s a good guy"


    Wh...who is he?


    "oh! I forgot the introduction. My name is Asami, that big guy over there is Hendrick. Hey Hendrick, come here and say something will you?"


    "So - rry . About . Earlier"


    It...it''s fine, don''t worry about it. It was my fault for being easily scared


    "hahaha, the sight of you rolling around while rubbing your forehead was hilarious"


    It''s not funny~... was what I wanted to retort, but if I say that it would only incite her even more wouldn''t it


    Anyway, where am I? What is this place?


    The place I''m in is a spacious room, but even though it''s a big room, it was filled with many stuffs. There are many piece of machinery lying around, covered in dust. A half-constructed robot, a bunk bed on which I''m currently sitting, and a mountain of spare parts. Also, there are many cardboard boxes with strange symbols on it, maybe it''s a type of language?


    "hmm? You don''t know?"


    How should I know??! I don''t even know how did I get here!


    "so what was the last thing you remember?"


    I was abducted by a grey-haired brute, and was brought here, I think....


    "grey hair? Oh you mean master"


    Master? Who is that?


    "he''s the owner of this bar. He told us to check you out, and show you how thing works around here. I''m the senior here, so listen to me, got it?"


    With a proud pose, Asami stepped on the bed. But with that short stature of hers, she looks just like a kid pretending to be smart


    A bar? This place? But with all the stuff here, it looks like a junk store to me


    "it''s a BAR! A barrrrrrrr~! Not a junk store, this room is just a store room. And you weren''t abducted, you were bought!"


    Bought? What do you mean by bought? Human trafficking is illegal! I demand to be released immediately!


    "but you''re not human~"


    eh? Not human?


    "yep! Look at your self... here"


    Asami pulled out a small hand mirror from her skirt pocket and gave it to me


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    My reflection in the mirror, is that of a normal girl. Brown eyes, silver hair with a hint of blue, white and smooth skin...


    Ehehehe~ I''m quite the beauty aren''t I?


    But there''s only one difference, the place where my ears should have been, is a pair of headphone like ears.


    I...I''m a robot?


    "yes you are, and I bought you, that means I''m your master!"


    While faking a certain someone''s voice, Asami declares


    You little... that''s not even funny...


    "but it is funny~~"


    No it''s not! I''m nobody''s possession!! I don''t want to live my life being an obedient lap dog!


    *smack*


    Owwwwww!!!!! What the heck was that?! Who hit my head?!


    "hey hey! That''s quite troubling for me you know? I spent quite a sum to get you, so you''re not gonna go anywhere until you''ve repay my investment in full!"


    Eh? This voice... it''s not Asami''s fake voicing.... could it be?!


    "ah! Master! Welcome back!". Asami jumped all the way across the room towards him


    "Gefu!!"


    But before she reached him, Grey hair stopped her with his hand. Letting out a weird sound, Asami landed with a splendid belly flop on the cold hard floor


    "energetic as always huh? You really need to fix that habit of diving in head first of yours"


    "ehehe~~ I don''t want to!"


    "Wel-come . Back . Nigrel . -sama". Hendrick greeted Grey hair with that fragmented speech of his


    "yeah, I''m back! Sorry Hendrick, I couldn''t find any component for your vocal device"


    "That . Is . Not . A . Problem... I . Am . Grateful . For . Your . Kindness"


    Eh? What''s with this scene? I thought he is just a savage man who only thinks of violence. But looking at this scence, 9 out of 10 people would think they''re like a father and his children


    Maybe I was wrong about him... Maybe he''s like Hendrick, scary looking but have a good nature


    "you''re awake?"


    Suddenly, that guy point his attention to me


    "master master!! Hear this! She''s a funny one... and...and... she doesn''t even know she''s a robot"


    This little brat... stop making fun of me


    "She . Is . Also . A . Scaredy . Cat"


    You too, Hendrick?


    "well, she''s a [blank] after all. But this one knows how to fight, maybe she''s a military robot"


    Again with that... What is a "blank" anyway?


    "she can fight too? Did she attack you, master?"


    "she activated herself when she was being transported, and jumped on me the moment she''s outside"


    Erm... Why are you guys ignoring me?


    "oh! She''s an even more interesting one than I thought. Can we keep her? Please, master!!!!"


    Excuse me.... Hello!..... Anybody??!


    "can''t you just be quite for a while? This piece of junk". Grey hair suddenly cut in


    I am not a piece of junk!


    "what? So you''re not a piece of junk? Hmm...How about a piece of dreg then?"


    Isn''t that a downgrade instead???!!


    "Tch, so she''s not an idiot..."


    What was that? Just now...you clicked your tongue didn''t you? You thought of something rude about me didn''t you?!


    "just shut up already! Anyway, I bought you with a lot of money, so you''re my property now, you''re gonna have to work that off. And one more thing, call me master, not Grey hair!"


    *thump*


    You hit me again! What did I do wrong??!!


    ...this guy...scary looking but actually a good guy?... I take all of that back!! You...you are...... YOU BRUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    And so my life as a bartender began