When I woke up, it looked like I was indoor of a wooden house .
Together with the smell of dense wood, sounds of firewood crackling could be heard . I had apparently survived one way or another .
The stifling pain in my body had also disappeared, and perhaps because the mud in my eyes were gone, I was able to open them .
When I looked at the surroundings, I saw an elderly person with a rich, white long beard, and a similarly white, long hair .
Was he some kind of principal?
Putting my retort aside, the person who helped me was probably this old man . To give my expression of gratitude, I called out .
“Aiauo—”
Again, my tongue didn’t move too well .
I was shocked because all the pain had already gone away, so I wondered if it was because I suffered a disorder . The old man heard my voice and came over .
“☆◎○▽◇□※▽△”
AdvertisementAs expected, I still couldn’t understand the spoken words .
Looking at me and blinking with surprise, the elderly man smiled at me tenderly and brought a bowl of soup to feed me .
With wide-eyes, I stared at his hand moving to feed me; it was indeed embarrassing to be fed .
At the bottom of my sight, I saw a hand of a child . I tried to move it, and it was no doubt my own hand . Once again, I saw the old man tilting his head with a puzzled expression .
‘This old man, doesn’t he look too big?’
Then, the old man looked at me with a worried expression on his face, held up a spoonful of soup to my mouth, and I drank it .
The old man’s worried expression turned into tenderness as I drank all the soup in the bowl . When I finished everything, he stroked my head .
Once my stomach was full, I soon became sleepy and immediately fell asleep .
With that, my consciousness faded away .
‘As I thought, the old man is too big . ’
He really was .
The next day, when I woke up, I tried to verify the surroundings once more .
I had apparently turned into a baby .
No, no! Just how the hell did I turn into a baby?! But nevertheless, this seemed to be reality .
Sleeping and awakening twice, it seemed this is definitely not a dream . Then, assuming this is reality, how the hell did I turn into a baby? While thinking so, the answer arrived quickly and unexpectedly .
The old man who helped me walked to the fireplace and ignited fire right from his hand .
Magic .
That word crossed my mind . When I looked around the house, I noticed there were no modern appliances .
Although the place looked like it was still during the primitive era, the standard of living didn’t seem low .
From a modern person’s way of thinking, it was feasible one would think the situation was odd .
‘This place is definitely not Earth . ’
There was no such thing as magic on Earth .
Perhaps it does exist and I just didn’t know anything about it . However, even after assuming “magic does indeed exist,” from what I saw of the state of the house, it was suggestive that this place was not Earth .
Given the situation, why am I here?
Not Earth, but a world where magic exists .
I, myself, have turned into a baby .
A language I couldn’t understand .
The answer I arrived after considering the situation was…
Reincarnation .
A situation that could only happen out of a fantasy was readily accepted .
Because the memory I have regarding the death of my previous life was rather vague, it was probable that I encountered some kind of accident . Somehow, I seemed to have died without my knowledge .
But now was not the time to think about it; my parents had already passed away, and neither did I have a lover . Apart from the round trip from my house to the company, my past times were watching anime, reading manga, and reading light novels . Occasionally, I would also tour around riding my motorcycle . Although the future always had its uncertainties, it was sad not knowing how one died .
…When one looks back at such life, it was impossible not to feel sad…
To be reincarnated in a world where magic exists; everyone must have thought of such things at least once . But now, I am experiencing the reality of ‘being reborn with the memories of the past . ’
While being thrilled about the fact, the old man who helped me once again brought a bowl of soup .
Again, after my stomach was full, my consciousness drifted away .
No matter how excited I was, I could not oppose the sleepiness coming from the body of a not-yet-one-year-old child .
Chapter end
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