(Transmigration)

Before becoming an Autognome in another world, Alice was an ordinary robotics engineer living in Japan.

Outside her professional work, she spent much of her free time pursuing a personal project: building a humanoid robot modeled after Herta, a character from a game she enjoyed. The project combined her professional knowledge of robotics with her personal interests, featuring a doll-like appearance that she hoped to recreate.

Her inspiration, however, came long before she became a professional engineer.

When she was younger, Alice had struggled to find work after finishing her education. She sent applications to company after company, hoping to secure a position where she could put her robotics knowledge to use. The repeated rejections and uncertainty gradually wore her down, leaving her exhausted and questioning whether she would ever get the opportunity she wanted.

Then, one night, while playing Honkai: Star Rail, a game recommended by one of her college friends, she encountered Herta's puppet.

something about the puppet design struck her heart, it's smooth mechanical movement while still looking doll-like have placed a special place in her heart. this sudden incident has her thinking "It would be a dream to be able recreate her in this world". The idea of creating her own artificial being that could move and interact in the world fascinates her. for the first time in the while after the repetation of application rejection multiple times, her loves for robotics engineering rise again, and she realize something..

she would need money to make her Herta come true, and she retry her search for robotic engineering jobs, and one day, she has succesfully established her carrier as a senior engineer and have the money to start her Herta.

Several months passed after Alice began her Herta project. What had started as a dream was slowly taking shape in her personal workshop, one component at a time. Progress was slow, and many parts of the design still required refinement, but Alice remained determined to see it through.

The project was far from complete, but Alice continued working on it whenever she had the time. One night, after her professional long work hours, she continue working on Herta on her own workshop until she eventually fell asleep beside her unfinished creation.