The Alchemist — El alquimista

The Alchemist

The alchemist, in a moment of rest, was walking quietly through the garden. Seeing the beauty of those flowers he thought that his work of turning metals into gold was a trifle. He would never know how nature manages to create so many wonders, and how it has created us so that we can contemplate them.

He was working in a multinational company that was in charge of many things. Heiress to the old Google, she had extended her activity to the manufacture of electro cybernetic components that used gold profusely. The robot industry, present everywhere, was being one of the main activities of the company.

Suddenly he realized that one of the robots was watching him. A cold sweat ran over his body. He knew that the reports sent by the robots could lead to his being fired, and being fired meant dying of hunger and loneliness. The robots had long since taken control of almost everything.

Worried, he returned to the workplace wondering what would happen. He was not allowed to have those thoughts, and the robot had captured his brain activity.

Then the metallic voice of a robot sounded in his mind.

• “Alchemist 2343. Tomorrow at 12 o’clock we will have to undergo reprogramming of your brain. The next time you have forbidden thoughts, you will be fired!”.

El alquimista

El alquimista, en un rato de descanso, se paseaba tranquilamente por el jardín. Ante la belleza…