Darkness
That was all I could feel. I was surrounded by an endless emptiness of nothingness and I floated in it, wondering what had happened to me after I had closed my eyes in death.
"Is this death?"
Suddenly, the darkness was pierced by an inexplicable light. The glowing light slowly covered everything, filling the emptiness with beauty.
When I looked at the brilliance that surrounded me, I found myself fading into a state of unconsciousness, something I hadn't thought possible because I was already dead.
"W-what... is happening...?"
Push, my lady!
A voice startled me and made me try to open my eyes. I tried, but I felt something heavy surrounding me, which made me close them tightly.
"Where am I?"
uarrrrrghhhhhh!!!" A muffled scream sounded
Darkness
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That was all I could feel. I was surrounded by an endless emptiness of nothingness and I floated in it, wondering what had happened to me after I had closed my eyes in death.
"Is this death?"
Suddenly, the darkness was pierced by an inexplicable light. The glowing light slowly covered everything, filling the emptiness with beauty.
When I looked at the brilliance that surrounded me, I found myself fading into a state of unconsciousness, something I hadn't thought possible because I was already dead.
"W-what... is happening...?"
Push, my lady!
A voice startled me and made me try to open my eyes. I tried, but I felt something heavy surrounding me, which made me close them tightly.
"Where am I?"
uarrrrrghhhhhh!!!" A muffled scream sounded
This left me feeling astonished and confused.
Suddenly I felt myself drawn towards something. It was like a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel.
"Just what's happening to me?"
The agonizing screams continued as she was drawn ever closer to the point of light.
The entire area around me felt like a narrow, warm, and soft space. I felt a spongy liquid all around me, which made me think about what I might actually experience.
I learned that I died a few moments ago, so how could I be here? Could this be...?
"!!!! Aaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
This loud scream propelled me towards more light, and I felt something grab me and pull me away from the spongy room I was in.
The light became brighter until I left the darkness completely behind me and came into a new world.
"Ah!" I was startled by the intense surrounding light. It was as if I was seeing it for the first time.
Not only that, but I felt severe irritation in
My skin, from the feeling of the cold wind touching me when I was used to the warmth and sponginess of my previous dwelling.
One thing was for sure. I wasn't dead.
"Wait... what is this? Could it be...?"
Now I slowly opened my eyes and looked around to better understand the situation.
My blurry vision became clearer as time passed, and I could see distorted images of a woman dressed in white, gently holding me.
Congratulations, it's a baby.
What was she talking about? I looked to my side and saw another woman dressed in white. She looked at me with admiration, which made my confused mind start to draw conclusions.
The woman in white carried me to someone lying on the bed. I saw her frail face and tired smile as she looked at me with the most affectionate expression I could ever remember.
"M-my little baby..." she spoke, taking me from the previous woman
As she curled up in her arms, covered in finely woven fabrics that kept me warm, I finally understood.
This woman was my mother.
The women dressed in white were her handmaids who had helped her give birth.
And me? Well... I was the baby.
That's right. Although I never thought such a thing possible, especially for someone like me who couldn't use magic, I was proven wrong.
Here and now in this room... I had materialized as a baby
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A few days had passed since my birth. My mother hadn't ceased to amaze me, always cradling me and staying by my side throughout my waking hours. Even when I slept, her handmaids watched over me.
Although I didn't quite understand the language that
Everyone uses it, but by observing their gestures and expressions, I got a rough idea.
It's a little different from what I'm used to, but close... I thought.
It won't take long to fully absorb the changes that have been made, especially with my mother's lovely bedtime stories.
I couldn't get out of the room I usually stayed in. Boredom had become my new friend, trapped and with nothing else to do.
And because I couldn't move in my immature form, I could only endure the humiliating confinement. Well, it wasn't all bad.
My crib looked luxurious enough. When I lay on my back in the big bed, I felt very comfortable. It was different from the wooden contraption my previous parents had made.
The room also seemed elegantly designed and large.
My family must be well-off..." I said to myself.
My mother, who had been faithfully watching over me, finally fell asleep, which
He allowed me to open my eyes and stop pretending.
The maids had left us alone on the orders of my mother, who wanted some time alone with her sweet and wonderful child, also known as me.
I was wearing a soft cotton dress, and I stared at the ceiling and thought deeply.
What could possibly cause such a thing?
I was reborn with my memories intact. This was something I had never considered possible. If this had happened to others, it would surely have been discovered by now.
After all, they would have applied their previous knowledge in amazing ways. Yet, such a thing had never happened.
No matter how hard I tried, all my thoughts ended up in vain, as I could not unravel the cause of my rebirth.
As an intelligent mind seeking knowledge, I could never be satisfied with a comfortable answer like "chance," but since I could not figure out the cause of the strange event, I decided to leave the idea aside and focus on another important factor
Magic!
"In this life... am I also incompetent?"
A small smile touched my face as my body throbbed nervously. Whether I could actually practice magic and dedicate myself to it again, I had to know by now.
"Whoa..." I stood up, closing my eyes to concentrate.
In the past, someone would "awaken" when they were ten years old. I went through the same process as well.
However, thanks to my research and contributions to the world of magic, I found a way to know the hidden power within
an individual, even if it was just a day after their birth.
Using a process similar to "awakening," anyone can accelerate the mana latent within them by injecting external mana into their body.
Naturally, it will take some time for the mana core to form. But, if a person uses this procedure at a young age, by the age of five, the mana core will already be formed. This effort made half of what it used to take, and I have been highly praised for this discovery in the past
The problem was that this method only applied to those who had latent mana within them. Fools, like me, couldn't use this procedure to form a mana core.
In the end, it all depends on whether a person was born with the ability to practice magic or not.
That's enough... I won't know until I try.
While meditating in my bed, I tried to become one with my body, feeling each breath I exhaled and my small movements. Slowly, I felt something stirring inside me.
Blood vessels and internal organs... what else?
The pores opened, and sweat poured out.
"This is harder than I thought...
Of course it would be. I only assumed this theoretically. And since I was incompetent, I never used this method on myself.
However, no one knew this process better than I did. I wasn't going to give up now!
~Panting~
My eyes opened as I gasped for breath, trying to control
my sobs so as not to wake my mother.
My body ached a little, and I knew why. The method was a bit painful, especially since I was doing it on myself. But I did it!
And after I had done the process myself, I knew the result...
"So that's it, eh? I'm..."
[Image of the 12-year-old incarnate news anchor]