Y/N shook his head and could feel a sigh escaping his lungs as A2's frustated groan rang through his ears. He stared at the now shut entrance to the commercial facility in front of them. He turned away from the gate and looked at A2 to see her staring angrily at the gate.

"Great." His android companion said, frustation in her voice was evident, "This is just perfect."

"What's wrong?" Y/N asked her, as he pointed at the gate, "Can't we just lift it up?"

"I won't be able to lift it, even if I'll try my best, and besides, If I could do it, wouldn't I have already done that?" A2 answered to which Y/N just nodded in understanding. If an android wouldn't be able to lift it, then he didn't even had to try to know that he wouldn't be able to do it as well.

He rubbed the back of his head, as he asked her another question which popped into his mind, "Is there any other exit from the area that we just entered?"

"Not the one I'm aware of." A2 replied.

Y/N gave her a small nod of his head in response. Hopefully they will find the other way out of this area and they won't end up stuck in there, "We'll find have to find another one, then if we don't want to end up stuck in this area. Hopefully it won't take long."

"Stay close to me." A2 said, as she turned away from the gate, now facing the path ahead of them.

"I know." Y/N said in response as he too turned to look at the path in front of them, having a chance to hear these words so many times during this week.

They pushed themselves into a walk and started heading down the path leading into what Y/N instantly assumed to be a forest. Everything about their surroundings was simply telling him that it was one. He quickly got the confirmation to his suspicions when they stepped further into the path and saw a large tree between the two other paths.

Neither of them could see where the path on the right was leading but the one on the left seemed to be a dead end to both of them, because it was ending with a stony wall as soon as it started. The choice which path to choose next was quite obvious to them. They made their way through the path on the right which took them straight into the forest.

Y/N looked around himself to eye his new surroundings, because it was his first time in this place, but unfortunely didn't had any time to do when a mechanical voice cried out from the distance, "Aim for the enemy android! Engage battle mode!"

A2 instantly reacted to that as her sword instantly appeared in her grasp as she and Y/N turned to the source of the voice to see a few machines standing in the distance. Y/N was not even trying to hide his suprise when his eyes caught their sight.

The machines were charging in what appeared to look like a some sort of formation. There were two rows of three spear wielding small machines charging in front of another machine which rode on top a thing which at first seemed to be an animal but turned out to be another machine which just looked like an animal for some reason. This view quickly made him think of the medieval times.

The machine riding on the animal-like machine rised up it's spear in the air and cried out to it's fellow machines in front of it, "Now! Fight for your king!"

"For the king!" The machines in front of it yelled out in unison as they charged towards the android and the human who they mistaken for another android standing some meters ahead of them.

A2 gave Y/N a quick look and he immediately knew what she meant by that. He stepped backwards a bit as A2 charged at the machines, with the obvious intention of taking all of them out. The human watched how A2 made her way over to the machines and started fighting with them. What made Y/N even more suprised as he watched the fight from his spot was the fact that, these machines didn't seem to attack randomly, once they'd get an opportunity to strike. They actually seemed to have a plan of how to fight back.

This didn't seem to cause a lot of problems to A2, though. The only problem she had to face while fighting them was when the machines in the first row started moving their spears forward at the same time, attempting to either stab her or to make her step away, making this fight last a bit longer than the usual fight between her and the machines as she had to make sure to avoid getting stabbed.

A2's larger blade appeared in her grasp and she spun it around. It made one of the machines drop it's spear on the ground as it was send flying away from the android and it's fellow machines who weren't destroyed by her, yet. It slammed into a tree and it unfortunely happened to be right next to Y/N. The machine rose back up to the ground and immediately forgot about A2 as it was found itself right next to her companion who stayed out of the fight for this entire time.

The human noticed that he caught this machines attention as it started making his way towards him. He knew that the machines were keeping A2 away from him, so he did the first thing that came into his mind. He swung his metal baseball bat at the machine, hitting it, which was followed by another swing as he made sure to take a step back with each hit this machine took.

He didn't even know if it was doing any damage to this machine at all, because it wasn't a sword or anything similiar to one but it was still better than nothing and nothing else was coming into his mind right now. The only good thing about this was the fact that this machine already received some damage from A2 and was already a bit damaged thanks to her.

He was about to bring his bat down on this machine for the third time, but stopped himself from doing so when he saw A2 rushing over to his aid. He stepped away from the machine, allowing A2 to take care of the rest and it was just a matter of seconds before the machine was finished off, once and for all and bursted into pieces.

The human placed his hands on his knees and let out a relieved breath. That was a close one. He looked up when he felt A2 place her hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright? Did it harmed you in any way?"

"Don't worry." Y/N  gave her an assuring nod, "I'm okay."

After a moment of A2 checking his body to make sure that he didn't receive any damage from the machine and Y/N reassuring her that there was nothing wrong with him during this entire process, the two of them set off and started making their way through the forest.

As they pushed themselves into a walk again, the human's mind returned the machines that they just encountered. They mentioned some king right before attacking them, which most likely meant that they formed some sort of kingdom in this forest? The fact that they instantly reminded him of the medieval times when he spotted them was only making his theory more believable.

They next time they will come across machines in this forest, He will have to make sure to stay away from them as best as he can during another encounter because they were as hostile as any other machines he had encountered since his awakening. He didn't want to find himself in another situation as before.

He and A2 continued to make their way through the forest, passing by a few animals in the process and the first thing that made them stop was when they found themselves standing in front of a small creek with a beautiful waterfall going down from the rocks above it. Y/N took his new cap off and placed it next to him before kneeling down in front of the creek and splashing some water over his face, shuddering at first at how cold the water was, but he was already excepting it.

He got himself off his knees back to his feet and gave A2 a signal that they may continue, wiping the water off his face with his shirt, creating some wet spots on it.

"Why did you do that?" A2 asked him, beginning to walk again, next to him.

Y/N placed his cap over his head again, "I just wanted to wash my face."

It wasn't too long before they came across another machines from this forest, but fortunely for him and A2, this time the fight with them didn't result with Y/N having to keep a machine away from his with his bat as A2 made sure that it will not happen again today.

They proceeded to go further in the forest and only a few minutes after fighting off another machines, they found themselves staring at one massive yard with the remains of something placed in the middle of this yard which was literally filled with these machines who were all carrying weapons. At least they didn't had to fight them because they managed to find a way around them without getting spotted.

An hour of doing nothing but exploring this forest passed and the effects of not eating anything after waking up were starting to show in Y/N as he started to feel hungry, and now he and A2 had to find a safe place where the human could eat a meal, without having to worry about the machines attacking them during his meal.

Luckilly, searching for a safe place didn't took them as long they were excepting. They had taken a temporary shelter in a cave nearby the same abyss which they had to pass while making their way through the bridge a while ago. A2 quickly started a bonfire and had begun preparing a steak of an animal that she slayed while they were looking for a place where Y/N could eat his meal.

Y/N took his backpack off and placed it on his lap as he stared at the bonfire in front of him, leaning against the rocky wall, sitting next to A2.

"Now that we're waiting for it to be done." He began, finding staying here as another opportunity to offer something to her as A2 turned her gaze away from the bonfire and turned to look at him. He reached into his pockets and pulled out his earbuds, "How about we'll listen to a song or two."

"No." A2 shook her head, giving him the same answer as usual, "You keep asking me that everyday and my answer is still the same. When will you understand that I'm not interested in this?"

The human shrugged, "It won't to hurt me if I'll keep trying."

A2 sighed, "You're not going to stop until I'll agree?"

"Maybe." Y/N smirked, slowly realizing where this was going.

"...Let's just get this over with." A2 said after a moment of silence, wanting to be done with it as fast as possible. At least he'll stop bugging her about it.

Y/N smiled at her, now that she finally agreed to give it a try. He handed his earbuds to her and she, seeing how he was using it for the last week, placed both of them in her ears. She kept her diamond blue eyes on Y/N who pulled out his music device from his backpack and turned it on, not even taking a glance on his music device to see what song was going to played.

Only a few seconds later an unfamiliar sound started to ring through A2's ears. She was silent, focusing on the music playing through her ears. She didn't know why but she was enjoying this. The sound was pleasant. She was starting to understand why Y/N was using this device so often since they started traveling together. This song wasn't a long one. It ended pretty quickly, lasting about three minutes.

She reached out for the earbuds and pulled them out of her ears, before holding it out to her human companion, "It was nice."

"I'm glad you liked it." Y/N smiled as he grabbed his earbuds from her, "If you will ever want to listen to it, don't be nervous to ask."

A2 responded with a small nod of her head before she turned her gaze back to the bonfire, to make that the steak was going to be at least eatible. Y/N hid his earbuds in his pocket as he turned his gaze towards his music device to see what kind of song A2 just listened to. His bit his lips when he saw the title which said "Wye Oak: Civilian" and a certain scene from which this song came from appeared in his mind.

"Y/N." He was taken away from his thoughts as A2 spoke up to him, as she kept her gaze on the bonfire. She paused for a second as if was trying to bring herself to say it, "Can you tell me something about human kingdoms?"

Y/N's furrowed his brows a bit, as he was not excepting her to ask him a question like that. He was silent for a moment, trying to figure out the fastest definition of a kingdom in his mind. He spoke up to her several seconds later, hoping that what he was going to say to her was going to make at least a bit sense.

The rest of the wait for his meal, Y/N spend telling A2 everything he could about human kingdoms and medieval times. It wasn't much, because his knowledge about these times wasn't anything remarkable, but A2 seemed satisfied with the information she got from him and it was actually one of the longest coversations he had with her since they started traveling together.

The taste wasn't anything special, as usual, but he had already gotten used to it. After he finished his meal, he pulled out his canteen and took a long sip of water. He placed it back in his backpack before slouching it over his shoulder as A2 put the fire out. Having no longer need to stay there, they headed out of the cage. They already knew where to head next.

When they were making their way over to the cave after spotting it, they noticed something that may help them get to the other side. It most likely would lead them to a large building that looked like some sort of castle which was pretty visible from their current position in front of the abyss and perharps it would led them to finding another exit from this forest as well, now that the one they used to enter this area was shut down at this moment.

The road to their next destination was mostly uneventful. They didn't come across any of these medieval machines for most of the road, but something made them stop after several minutes of walking. That something the sound of a fight not too far from them. They started heading in the direction of this fight, because it happened to be coming from the same direction they were walking and would have to deal with it anyway.

They made their way over to the sound and took a quick glance at what was going on. The sight they were greeted by was suprising to say the least. A few smaller machines were attacking a larger machine who had it's hands placed on it's head. It actually looked like it was cowering in fear.

"Help!" The machine cried out for help, "Somebody help! Please!"

"Are those machines fighting each other?" A2 asked herself. She has never seen anything like that before.

Y/N couldn't stop his eyes from widening in suprise. Machines fighting each other? He hasn't seen anything like that since his awakening last week. He turned to look at A2 to see her reaction and from her expression he could easily say she has never seen anything like that either and she was active for... he actually had no idea for how long she was active.

"What should we do?" He asked but never received his answer as A2 stepped out, sending him a quick look, telling him to stay hidden in the bushes without saying a single word to him.

The smaller machines attacking a larger one quickly forgot what they were just doing when they saw A2 heading towards them with her blade already in ready. They started making their way towards her but none of them had a chance to even land a single hit on the long haired android who got rid of them as quickly as she could, leaving nothing but remains of them on the ground left.

"Thank you so much for saving me." The machine thanked them, sounding actually grateful and relieved as Y/N walked out of his hiding spot in the bushes and approached A2 and the machine that she just saved from the other machines.

A2 didn't even thought about lowering her sword, even after she killed those hostile machines. She glared at the machine in front of her and pointed her sword at it, "You're a machine too."

"Wait!" The machine who was appearing to be a friendly one cried out to her before A2 could do anything, "Don't hurt me. I'm not like them. I disconnected from the network a long time ago!"

"And? You're just a murder bot, like any other machine." A2 continued glaring at the machine, "They killed so many of us and I swore to make them pay."

"I undestand why you're suspicious of me and I can't blame you for that but I can assure you that I have no intention of harming you." The machine attempted to assure them but A2 still seemed suspicious about it, "I come from the village of the machines that just like me detest fighting and want to live in peace with the androids. A machine lifeform named Pascal is leading us."

"If what you're telling us about this entire village is true." Y/N began, speaking up to this machine, wanting to know more about this machine. He simply wanted to sure what to do with it, "Then, what were you doing out here? Were you looking for something?"

"I was visiting a friend of mine who lives in this forest and takes care of the forest creatures. I was coming back to the village when I was attacked by the machines that your friend here slayed." The machine paused for a moment as A2 readied her sword, and glanced at Y/N , telling him to back away without saying any words as she was excepting the machine to attack them, but it didn't as it spoke again, "Oh, and allow me to introduce myself. You can call me Vick."

"Alright, Vick." Y/N stopped for a second before asking another question, as he shifted his attention between the machine who just introduced himself as Vick and A2 who still looked like she was ready to slay him at any moment. He asked him another question, "Is there more you can tell us about your village?"

"I was one of the first machines that arrived in this village. At first there were only a few of us but more of us arrived there as the time progressed." Vick began, "We even formed an alliance with Anemone som..."

"...Anemone?" A2 cut Vick off right after hearing this machine mention this name, with a hint of confusion and suprise in her tone.

Y/N turned to look at her and noted the way how she reacted when this name was mentioned. She mentioned about the android resistance to him before, but he didn't recall her mentioning any of the members of the said resistance to him. After seeing her reaction, one question appeared in his mind. Did she came across this Anemone before?

"Yes." Vick confirmed, not noticing A2's weird reaction, "I know that this may sound weird to both of you but we forged an alliance with her camp sometime ago and I think that they are certain now that we mean no harm to them. We trade materials with each other when the need arises."

Y/N didn't said anything at Vick's words as he turned away from him to look at A2 again. They exchanged a look with each other, a few seconds later, she moved her blade away from Vick. It disappeared from her grasp and reappeared on her back right after.

"Just go before I'll change my mind." She told Vick, turning away from the said machine. Y/N turned away from him as well and the two of them started walking away from him, heading in the direction from which they came from.

"Wait!" Vick cried out to them, causing A2 and Y/N to stop and turn back to look at him again, "Allow me to bring you to my village. I'd like to introduce you to Pascal."