Year 20xx, 3rd of October.
A few months after Shin managed to complete the prototype of the mother board that he will be using in their servers, Shin and Tapris continued to tinker and tweak some device that Shin bought using his own money. He also bought some parts using his abundant amount of money and used it to assemble the pieces of their server.
A good chunk of Shin's money was spent from just buying the parts that they needed to build this said server. The parts was quite expensive as the two continued to buy some parts that has high mana conductivity. These parts were not made by blacksmiths as it was made by the alchemists in Fifth Heaven.
They started to assemble computers from low end until they reached high end parts. By that time, this project consumed a little more than 30,000,000 ria. Even though they got half of the money back by selling the computers they assembled together, Shin lost at least 15,000,000 of money just from trying to get used to building computers alone.
It should be mentioned that Shin can be considered as a millionaire as he can get million of money every month. It's almost the fourth year since he awakened his sacred gear and got the [The Sloth] skill so he amassed a lot of money from it. All in all, Shin managed to get a little over 64,000,000 ria from just logging in everyday.
If you were to add the 30,000,000 ria that he get as a bonus everyday, Shin had a total of more than 90,000,000 ria of money in his inventory. There's also the money that he got from the sales of his album which contains the songs that he 'wrote'.
His earnings was a staggering amount of 41,240,000 ria, just from his song's popularity all over Japan. Due to him being the singer, songwriter, music composer, and music producer, Shin's salary inflated to such an extent. According to his aunt Anne, a lot of television and movie directors wanted to use his songs in their projects so people kept on bugging Anne about getting the permission to use it.
There's also the fact that Anne didn't take any money from Shin's earnings. She only took the share of earnings that her Recording Company should get and gave the the rest to Shin. Well, the company still earned big as Shin's music is really popular in their country.
They're not an English speaking country but they appreciate the messages that Shin's song wanted to convey. Thinking about the profit that they will earn once they sell the copies of Shin's album in some English speaking country, they didn't mind the fact that the singer/songwriter of the song earns more than them.
Like what Anne said in one of their board meetings,
"I could just ask another recording company that will agree in my demands. The terms that are written in the contract weren't even disadvantageous to you as you just have to produce quality albums that can match the songs that the talent wrote and sang. If we put it in a nice way, you will be helping the talent be more popular. If we were to put it badly, you are just going to be the parasite that just has to wait for the money to come inside their coffers without much of an effort."
Thus, the company's owner swallowed his pride and signed the offer. Well, who in their right mind would refuse the free money that is knocking on their door?
There is also the fact that Anne's negotiating powers is top notch. She managed to convince those stubborn hyenas to invest on Shin's music. Thanks to that, Shin could buy any necessities that they needed to complete their ongoing project.
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A few months in after he, along with Tapris, started their project. They finally managed to complete the super computer that they will use as the server for their program that will act like the Word Wide Web for all Angels and those affiliated with the said Angels.
Right after they finished that, they reached out to some trustworthy programmers in order to speed up the process of creating this said program. Of course, Murielle, Daniel, Celeste, and Noriel helped them in that regard. Their connections are big and they also know which people are trustworthy enough to keep this major project a secret.
Yes, the adult Angels treat the project that Shin and Tapris are working on as something major. They knew that the two of them are currently revolutionizing the entire technological field of Heaven. If they were to succeed in creating the program that Shin was talking about with fervor, Heaven's security would increase drastically.
If Heaven's security is increased, they would be able to pinpoint which Angels are using some system loopholes. How can they achieve this? Well, they plan to make an ID System that would gather some information about their brethren.
Using these information, Michael, along with the other Seraphs, could finally make some headway with their investigations. Picking out the suspicious individuals and sending some Angels to monitor them would be enough to remove some of the most obvious traitors.
Of course, Michael felt guilty for using such a method to spy on his kin but he knew that this is needed to increase the security of their home. He was somewhat surprised when Murielle and Daniel told him that Shin was planning on creating a program that is similar to the human's World Wide Web.
Looking at the large pile of documents lying on top of his desk, Michael couldn't help but smile.
"To think that he wanted to create something so ridiculous just because he wanted to further his knowledge. I won't be surprised if he one day decided to fix Heaven's System because he felt like it. Shin, huh," Michael murmured before letting out a deep sigh of resignation.
"To think that a random baby that Gabriel picked up on a deserted alleyway a few years ago was such a blessed child. Was it you who sent him to us, Father?" Michael said while looking up at the ceiling of the room he is currently in.
Unknown to him, Shin wasn't someone who his father sent to help them. It was just pure coincidence that Shin ended up near where Gabriel was taking a stroll at that time.
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Year 2011, 2nd of November.
A month has passed after Shin and Tapris asked their parents if they can get some help from a few experts on MagiTech and Technology. They need some help on the programming department. Their progress would be a lot faster if they were to get a helping hand.
Luckily, the Angels whom their parents talked to are really kind. Well, they are Angels so it is to be expected. After they all got acquainted, Shin started to explain the goal and the reason as to why he started this project.
Hearing the 10 year old human(?) child that their two Super Angel seniors have adopted talk non stop about complicated terms, the goal of the said project, and the project as a whole, the older Angels was left in utter amazement.
It's already rare to see a kid around Shin's age talk so much about technical terms like Shin. What's even more surprising is that the kid was able to make a supercomputer that far outclassed the supercomputer they made at their base in Fifth Heaven. Much to their utter disbelief, it turns out that there's another kid who can talk on and on about her field of expertise.
Right after Shin ended his long winded speech, Tapris took over and explained the inner workings of the supercomputer. She started from the hardware and then proceeded to explaining the software of their supercomputer.
As if she wanted to put the last nail on their coffins, Tapris ended their conversation by saying,
"Ah! I forgot to mention Yui-chan!"
The adults was visibly confused by her sudden mention of an unknown person's name. Even Celeste, Noriel, Murielle, and Daniel was confused, giving Shin a sidelong glance that tells that they wanted answers. Luckily, they didn't have to wait for too long.
"Hmm? Ah, I have to explain who Yui-chan is, right?" Tapris questioned while tilting her head to the side.
Laughing in a very adorable way while saying, "Hehehe",Tapris finally started to explain who this Yui-chan is.
"You see, Yui-chan is the... umm... Ei-Ai? Uuu... Shin-oniisama! What is Yui-chan again?" asked the troubled Tapris who obviously didn't know what an AI is.
"Yui-chan is an AI and AI stands for Artificial Intelligence," Shin answered briefly.
"That's right!-" Tapris exclaimed as she bobbed her head up and down.
"-As Shin-oniisama said, Yui-chan is an AI that Shin-oniisama created! She still can't talk to us properly but Shin-oniisama said that he will upgrade her in the near future! I will also do my best to teach her how to speak!" Tapris continued.
Listening to the two of them, the adults didn't know what to say. They honestly felt like they are looking at two creatures who came from the future. Using their knowledge about the future, they started to create some technology that has one purpose. And that one purpose was to mess with them.
Who on Earth would believe that these two kids managed to create new technologies that are far beyond the reach of the Angel's top geniuses when it comes to coming up with new and innovative technologies?
Supercomputers? Fallen Angels have those. A program that is similar to Word Wide Web? Fallen Angels and Devils have that. What about an AI? Well, they haven't caught wind of any information which tells them that Devils, Fallen Angels, Humans, or any other race for that matter managed to create something similar.
Thinking about this, a thought came across their minds.
'Can they rival Father when it comes to MagiTech?'
After that conversation, the experts agreed to help Shin and Tapris on their project. Heck, it looked like they will even beg if it means that they can participate on this project.
Thanks to that, Shin and Tapris finally got a helping hand. Their project no longer got prolonged, progressing at a very rapid speed. With the help of the experts on MagiTech and Technology, Shin and Tapris no longer had to do the trial and error method that they were using when it was only the two of them.
The adults would teach them what they know, guiding them until they know what to do. Tapris and Shin absorbed the knowledge that is being given to them like a sponge, expanding their knowledge further.
They learned how to further utilize the Magic Scripts and how to apply it on Technology from the MagiTech experts. They learned how to collect, arrange, and edit data from the Technological experts.
It felt like it was a long and arduous month for the two kids but it was also a fun experience for the two. They learned a lot of new things regarding the craft that they want to learn more about and they had fun.
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Year 2012, 5th of December.
A year after they started to create the World Wide Web version of Heaven, Shin can now be seen looking at what seems to be a tablet that is placed on his desk. Inaudible sounds came out from in front of the tablet-like thing if you listen in from afar.
If you look closely at the tablet-like thing's screen, you could make out a figure of a middle aged man with a pretty well-toned body, blonde hair and green colored irises. He is holding a huge hammer on his right hand while his left hand is holding on the end of what seems to be a metal bar.
Hammering on the metal, he continued to talk non-stop. With the clanking sounds as the background music, the middle aged man said,
「You have to firmly hit on the heated metal while keeping the general shape that you have for it on mind. Remember, it's ok if the size is much bigger than how it should be. The metal will undergo more process to fit the appearance you have on mind so having a pretty bigger size to work with is much better than falling short of the size and weight that you wanted it to be...」
Yes, Shin is currently watching a professional blacksmith do his job on a tablet. This tablet is one of the products that Shin and Tapris created after a few months of experimenting.
"Ahh, watching on VirTuebe is really helpful. Now, I can just search up the things that I don't know about and a video of a professional's tutorial will pop up. Thanks to this, I can progress a lot faster with the quest I have on hand," Shin murmured while stretching his neck and arms.
He pulled up his system interface and looked at the blue screen that is hovering in front of him.
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「MISSION'S STATUS」
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//Pending Mission//
[Let There Be Angels!]
Rank: SSS
Main Objective(s):
Save Heaven from their predicament and solve their population problem. Make a Peerage System that can grant holy power to other species. (Pending)
Optional Objective(s):
Save Heaven from their predicament and fix the bugs in the Heaven's System. (Pending)
Save Heaven from their predicament and remove the restrictions placed on the Angels. (Pending)
Save Heaven from their predicament and loosen the Heaven's System a little regarding procreation. (Pending)
Failure Requirement(s):
Death, Uncompleted Mission after 10 years passed.
Penalty(s):
Sacred Gear's Deactivation for 3 Months, System's Deactivation for 3 Months.
Reward(s):
Advanced System Upgrade Card(Gacha, Shop, Map), 5x Random Weapon Card, 1x Random Holy Weapon Card, 10,000,000 ria, 1,000,000 SCs
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Shin already took a few steps forward towards reaching his goal. Now, with the help of the new site, program, and gadgets that he created, Shin could finally advance in his studies faster than last year.
Due to Shin, Tapris, and the experts of MagiTech and Technology's efforts, the program that they called the 'Heaven's Haven Web'(hhw) was finally completed. Along with that, they also created the very first site on this web that took Heaven by storm. That site was called the VirTuebe.
VirTuebe is a site that lets professionals and content creators earn money by simply uploading some simple video tutorials, music videos, vlogs, and etc. Of course, there are many restrictions that is placed on the content creators so as to avoid some mishaps like Angels falling due to a content creator uploading an inappropriate video.
The supercomputer and Yui-chan reviews the videos that are to be uploaded to the site before it could come out to the public. The security was so high since Heaven can't afford to lose more. Their slowly dwindling population is not something that they could make light of.
Due to the efforts of Shin, most especially the hardworking Angel programmers, they were able to make a safe site that Angels could freely use. Adults use the site to watch something to relieve their stress while children are finally allowed to use a tablet or a cellular phone for educational purposes.
The advent of the Technological Era is finally here for the Angels and the one who suggested it was Shin. As time goes by, the changes in Heaven will become even more apparent.
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A/N:
• Finally! I managed to finish this one off even though I had a busy schedule. I owe you readers an apology for the major delay. Lots of things are happening since the world has finally began to move ever so slowly. I'm back to working as a barber so this cut off some of my free time where I usually write a chapter. I will apologize to you guys in advance for the delay. I swear, I'll fix a new scheduled release so that things wouldn't be as uncertain as a few weeks ago.
• Technological advance is on the rise for Heaven and the curtains of the 'main plot' will finally open up! I can hardly wait for this to happen!
• Yes, I finally decided on the year. It is no longer 20xx! This is an Alternate Universe so I just chose a year which I think would be appropriate. I wracked my brain to think about the year since I can't find what year did the original took place.
• As always guys don't forget to support this author like you always do! That would be all for me today and may God bless you all!