Chapter 2: Genesis 1


    I had my eyes closed. I felt moist and cloth around me; I was being what felt like I was in someone''s arms. It felt cozy. Ugh, that trip over here felt weird." The weird thing is that I couldn’t feel my teeth, which was strange. Wait, hang on, where are my teeth? I questioned as I licked around my mouth. I looked to have been in a room that didn’t have much of a modern aesthetic; there were some candles lit.


    I heard voices; it was a man and two women.


    The woman who was on the bed had yellow eyes, black hair that was a bit short, a necklace holding a yellow stone, and a white robe.


    The other woman standing had the same hair color, and her hair was in a ponytail, green eyes, a green bra under her leather jacket, thigh-high black socks, and brown shoes.


    The man had blonde hair, dark blue eyes, a cowlick, a lace-up red vest over his white shirt, black pants, and brown shoes.


    I opened my eyes just to see some big breast in front of me. Holy, titties! Those things shine and are rounder than a metal ball, but they are definitely softer than one. I might have to have a feel for myself later.


    The three people talking sounded like they were talking a whole different language I didn’t know. What are these people even saying? Sounds like some gibberish. Maybe it is German? No, German sounds more different than this. It’s like German mixed with Spanish and Japanese."


    The other woman in the bed picked me up as she smiled at me. Oh, and cutie over here looks just as good, too. Actually, she looks cuter.


    She looked slightly mad at the other woman, like the woman who first picked me up had done something wrong. But what is even happening?


    The second girl who picked me up mentioned the name ‘Seris’. Their short argument stopped, and the woman who had me in her arms smiled softly. She is definitely happy to see me, though. Maybe I was teleported to a world where I have a harem. Oh boy, just having two or more rules! But who is blondie over here? He kind of looks like me, only a little bit. The man wiggled his finger right at my face. What the hell is this guy''s problem? And why are they big? Was I reincarnated in a world of giants or a harem? I don’t have a fetish for giant people! That also doesn’t explain the dude, though. He’s not some guy I''m supposed to know, is he?


    I was freaked out, especially because his finger looked big, or the three of these people just looked big in general, not in a fat way, but like they were giants.


    The woman carrying me currently and the man talked to each other. The woman mentioned the name ‘Taren’, and the man said the name ‘Ria’.


    This is one nice blanket, but why am I so small?


    The man carried me into his arms as he smiled and said some stuff I couldn’t understand.


    Okay, that''s it. Maybe I should use that light stuff on this guy if I can figure it out. I tried to punch the man, but my hands were too small to reach. My hands looked small in a weird way, and I didn’t have any clothes on other than this white cloth covering me.


    Then I came to a realization of something. No, I wasn''t reincarnated with my own body, was I? Am I... reborn!? "Awawah!" I shouted.


    ***


    hours passed, and it was now the evening, which was now my bedtime; even though it still felt quite early, the house looked quite nice.


    It felt very homey, the woman who I thought was my mother carried me to my crib and sang a lullaby till I fell asleep.


    Just leave me alone already. Maybe if I just... I closed my eyes, and I made it look like I fell asleep.


    I waited till the woman left the room. She did so I opened my eyes and sat up. So I''m reincarnated as someone. Guess I had that right. But I thought I would be sent to a world with my normal body or as some light god, or whatever, but I''m actually reborn as I''m not sure, but I''m definitely human, but I don’t feel special in any way. right now, I''m just a baby. I guess those two earlier were my mom and Dad, and the other one was, I''m not sure, maybe a friend or some other family member of mine. It''s just...


    I looked out the window. I can’t believe I''m starting my life back to zero. I''m not sure what kind of world this is, but from what I can tell, my father has a couple of swords, maybe for collection; what if this is an actual fantasy world?


    I gasped. Oh my god, I get to be an Isekai protagonist! Wait. Don’t get your hopes up, Ichitami. Maybe this is just a world randomly obsessed with swords.


    I looked closer out the window as I stood in the crib, and I saw two moons in the cloudy and starry sky, which looked so cool to me while the snow was falling from the sky. Wow, I can see colors and stars up there. I never saw that stuff in my life other than seeing them online. Topping it off with the snow is a chef’s kiss, the night skies I saw in the cities back in my world were mainly dark and nothing special because of how many city lights there were.


    I smiled and laid back on the bed. I was only imagining what new stuff could be out there waiting for me. This world probably has a lot in stock for me. I will probably lose my sanity without most of my valuables. Aw man, I forgot there was gonna be a new season of that one— damn it. I sighed. Wait, didn’t Maria say I would have the powers of a light god? Where is that crap? I feel normal as hell. Was I lied to? Hmm... Well, I really hope this is a fantasy world, so maybe I can go on awesome quests and do some cool stuff. Even if this is a fantasy world, it''s not like I can go as a baby. Damn it. Well, I hope I this will go as I want.


    All I felt was my heart feeling heavy. I didn’t know if this would be a fun new life or just another world where I lose everything again. Second chance... This world was the first pick for a reason... I''ll try.


    ***


    One month has passed since and it stopped snowing. I was still not too sure if this was a world that has magic. I thought maybe this was some normal medieval times world around, and outside, it looked like just a regular grassland with some trees.


    There''s a forest a little out there from what I saw out the window, but it is mainly just grassland with a few trees over there, and the air here was so fresh.


    There wasn’t much electricity, so lighting was more dependent on the sun with the windows opened, candles, oil lamps, or even the hearth. There are a lot of bows and swords here, too, but I still don’t see anything magic-related. As I was looking out the window while I was on a chair.


    I saw Seris holding her bow as she was training her archery skills, and she’s always been hitting perfectly in the middle. Wow, that’s cool. I guess that explains the bows. If I were to guess, then Taren is the one who likes the swords. Now, I did figure out my name, and it was Tenshin, Tenshi for short as my mom calls me.


    I mean, the family here seems pretty nice and caring, but I do miss my phone, computer, and light novels. Not as much as before, though, so that might be a good sign.


    I made a small smile. Maybe it is easy to actually have a life for once. Maybe this world is my therapy, I said to myself as I picked my nose.


    I carefully got down the chair and I started to go downstairs and start crawling around there. I would find a shiny vase and I saw myself in the reflection of it and saw my eyes, hair, and skin color. Dark blue eyes, baby! With my other hand, I touched my hair.


    I stared at the top of my reflection. Is that triple cowlicks? I don’t think Ria has any cowlicks. Taren has one, but not three. Did Ria cheat on Taren? well, if so, I have to get ready for that drama. My face would have a frustrated expression and went back to normal. But I still have some of his features, like my eyes looking like Taren''s. hmm, maybe it''s just some rare coincidence.


    I turned my face to the left and right and looked at myself further.


    I then looked directly at myself. I''m definitely gonna be a looker in the future. Hope I can keep in good shape then. I mean, imagine getting all the women and just building a harem. Even though I''m a one-month-old, I can already see it. I have a small good knowledge of the language here. I still didn’t understand too much, maybe about five or ten words. The house here looked not so modern. It looked very old but not in a bad way.


    It had some stoney-looking floors, the house was mainly built with wood, and we lived in the middle of nowhere it seemed, but it was livable. There was no electricity at all. Ria walked in, and she set the plate back on the table and carried me in her arms.


    "Now, what were you doing crawling around, hm, Tenshi? we''re looking for some food. It’s okay, baby; I’ll start feeding you." She said with a smile. Ria was back in her normal outfit, which was a dark blue button vest, a white shirt underneath, a dark blue skirt, black thigh-high socks, and black heels.


    For the past month, I have had a lot of Ria’s breast milk, and I loved it, but I was starting to slowly feel less turned on by it since she was my mom.


    Probably in a couple more weeks, I''m not gonna think of Ria as someone I have a crush on, but hey! Let me enjoy it now!


    ***


    Let''s jump ahead five more months. It was the morning, and Seris was currently trying to find me,


    "Tenshi! Come on, it''s just a little bit of something new!" Seris shouted. She had some food in a bowl, and it wasn’t breast milk, and it''s not like I only wanted breast milk.


    I mean, I would basically kill for a burger or just something I would find tasty, so here’s what she had for me: Some mushed-up vegetable of some kind that was heated up in a pot, so it was just a chunky stew of only vegetable, and it was purple. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    No thanks, lady. I think I would rather starve to death, I said to myself. My sneaking skills were really good. It was something I learned not to get caught stealing snacks back in my other world.


    I made it to Taren’s and Ria’s room. Ria was out in the village getting some groceries while Taren was out getting the water from the well in the yard. I looked around the room since I don’t come here often. Seris was still looking around with a small worry.


    She sighed. "Sister is going to be mad at me. Come on, Tenshi, just come out," she said as she continued looking around.


    I slowly closed the door, and it was a little tough with my baby strength, but I managed to almost get it close, so as long as the door didn’t show the room, I was fine with it.


    I crawled around the room, Huh, so this is their room. and there were a few candles that were not lit, but one was. I started to explore the house. I then got on top of the bed and I opened the top drawer "Huh, it seems pretty dusty in here. It seems like Taren and Ria barely used this drawer, but wait, what''s that?" I noticed something square. I tried to grab it, but the door swung open with a kick, and Seris came into the room.


    "There you are, Tenshi!" She exclaimed as she picked me up.


    "Ah, ah, ah!" I shouted.


    Seris then picked me up in her arms, and she saw the drawer open, and she closed it with her hip. She then looked at me. "Seems like someone was snooping around Mommy and Daddy''s room, huh? Now let''s get you seated on the table before this yummy food gets bad."


    Oh, come on, it feels like I was left on a cliffhanger. Now I need to see what that was. Let me go!                                                                                                                                                                                        ***


    One day went by, and I couldn’t get that drawer off my head. I really wanted to see what was inside. So, I crawled upstairs. No matter what, I’m going to see what’s in there... Man, this really shows how bored I am. I then got to the room. Seris was just cleaning her bow downstairs and Ria and Taren we’re in backyard, after Ria was done collecting some vegetables, and Taren was just swining his sword around as he was shirtless. she stood up and looked over at Taren.


    "Hey, Taren," Ria said.


    Taren stopped swinging his sword and wiped off some sweat on his head as he looked over at Ria. "Yeah, what is it?"


    "You think Tenshi is like. Okay?"


    Taren stabbed his sword into the ground and leaned on it. "It depends. I mean, what could be wrong with him? He seems pretty natural to me."


    Ria would have a hint of worry on her face. "Well, the way he acts, I mean, he never cries, and he''s not so energetic, and when I breastfeed him, he never bites even though his teeth are already growing. I don’t know, maybe it''s normal. I mean, Tenshi is the first child I ever had, after all."


    Taren pondered "Okay, maybe that is a little odd for Tenshi." Taren would stop pondering. "But you don’t think of him badly, right? Is he not the child you wanted?"


    "What, no, of course he is! Just thinking if he’s okay up there."


    "Like I said, I am sure he is fine. Let''s just leave it at that. Even though he is a little strange, I''m sure he''s going to be a great boy in the future. In my opinion, I think he’s pretty healthy. Just try not to think about it too much."


    "...Okay," Ria said with a small smile.


    ***


    Back to me, I was getting on top of the bed, which did take a little bit, but I got it. I reached over to grab the handle of the drawer, and I kept failing because I felt like I was about to fall off the bed,


    Come on, just work with me here, come on I then got it open, but I also fell off the bed at the same time as I heard something drop behind me, and with this fragile child body it did hurt, but I got up, ow... Oh shit, that was loud. I looked behind me.


    I saw the thing that was drop was a lit candle, and it lit the floor on fire, and I started to panic.


    Oh crap, oh crap, what do I do? Who even lights a candle in the daylight!?


    Seris downstairs heard the noise What was that? Seris questioned to herself. As she got up to go upstairs. I started to panic "Oh my god, Tenshi!" Seris quickly grabbed me.


    Ohhh, I messed up. Ohhh, I messed the hell up!


    Taren would barge in the room. "What''s going on!?" Ria shouted as she was beside him.


    "What has even happened here?" Taren questioned as he saw the fire.


    "I was downstairs," Seris said. "And I think Tenshi came in here and dropped a candle on mistake," Seris said.


    "Why were candles even lit in the morning in the first place!?" Ria exclaimed. She sighed and looked at the fire. "Okay, just give me a second." Ria then aimed her hand at the growing fire.


    ...Yeah, I’m done with this stupid superstition bullcrap! I said to myself.


    "Ha!" Water then came out of Ria’s hand, and it stopped the fire from spreading.


    Wait, w-what was that? I looked over at Ria with confusion.


    "Heh, I haven’t done something like that in a while. Guess I have gotten a bit rusty as well. Tenshi is safe, and my." Ria then reached over to the drawer and grabbed what looked like a book that was in the drawer. "There it is. My old magic guidebook is still safe." Ria would look behind herself and looked at Seris as she was holding me. "And Seris, we really need to talk about having candles in the morning, especially with Tenshi around them."


    "Right, right," Seris said while looking down.


    "Tenshi hasn’t even fully grown yet. He''s still just a baby, and he could’ve gotten seriously injured."


    "Yeah, that was completely on me, I apologized." While they continued.


    I was still shocked. T-that was, I said. I was processing the water that came out of Ria’s hand earlier, and that''s when I proved my theory. "That was... magic, right? I mean, If so... I smirked. I guess my point has been proven, and now it''s gonna be my time to learn it myself...


    ***


    Three years passed, and I’ve been three years old for a bit now. I had a button light green vest and a white shirt underneath, with black shorts. I woke up, got out of bed, and yawned. "All right," I said as I fixed my hair and I opened the shutters and opened the window and took in a big breath of fresh air, and the window had a small hit on my face. I looked down there and saw Taren swinging his sword in the backyard. "Always early in the morning, huh? Dad can never catch a break." I started walking out my room to head downstairs.


    I started to get out of my room and made my way downstairs. I definitely looked more grown-up. I’ve been living life regularly and healthily, and I haven’t really told anyone about my whole reincarnation thing.


    I learned that Seris and Ria were victims of a kidnapping a long time ago, but I only heard it from some conversations they had together or when Ria talks with Taren.


    Speaking about him, Taren wanted me to be a swordsman, so I kept my wishes to be a mage on the down-low because I was not sure if I was going to be punished for something like that or not, and I didn’t know how bad the punishments were in this world.


    Another thing is we live on the northwest side of the world in the West Hilima continent and in the country of Dalria, and it hasn’t been as bad as I thought here, and the beautiful views out the window just make me feel more alive, and not even the old shut—in version of me would believe that.


    My sneaking skills were getting better; not even Seris noticed me staring at her in the bath, and yeah, that did become a hobby.


    I noticed Ria cooking some breakfast in the kitchen on the cooking hearth, and she was just on her knees while cooking whatever is in the pot. Well, there is another familiar face. when I was going downstairs, I also noticed Seris was already training with Taren out the window. Wait, she was out there with him? I didn’t even notice her out there. Taren was just swinging at the arrows shot by Seris. It looked pretty fun to watch, and I then looked over at Ria. "Good morning, Mother."


    Ria looked back at me with a smile. "Well, good morning, honey. How did you sleep?" Ria said,


    "I slept good, and I saw Father training with Aunt Seris out there." I said with a smile.


    "Yeah, just going at it as always."


    I wonder if Ria gets jealous of Seris training with Taren too much. "Well, Mother, I have a question."


    "Oh, really? Well, what is it?"


    "How come I don’t see you use magic often?"


    "Well, I just don’t have much of a use for it anymore." Ria then took out the pot of food in the hearth and closed the furnace door so the fire can lose oxygen, and then she set the food aside.


    "But why would it be bad? I mean, having magic sounds awesome."


    Ria chuckled. "It is, but there''s no need to get stronger. Your father trains because he never wants to lose that strong side of himself, and Your aunt just never wants to lose her skills as an archer, and me, well, it''s not like I am an adventurer, I stopped trying to get stronger ever since I had you. You know what? It''s not that important. Go call your father and aunt that the food is ready."


    "Oh... Okay." I walked to the outside door, and Taren and Seris were still going at it. "Uh, Aunt Seris, father! Breakfast is ready!" Taren and Seris stopped as they looked toward me, and Taren then replied,


    "Oh, already?" Taren said


    "Well, I''m not complaining," Seris said. "By the way," Seris looked back at Taren,


    "Hm, what is it?" "You are getting slower. It seems like someone has been slacking off a little." Seris grinned. Taren stayed silent as he didn’t want to admit the truth, but he answered back.


    "Let''s just go eat." Taren walked past her, and Seris followed him through the door.


    ***


    a few minutes went by after the food, and I was heading to my room, but before I could get there, my name was called out,


    "Hey, Tenshi!" I looked back to see who it was, and it was Taren.


    "Yes, Father?"


    "Come outside with me. I wanna show you something."


    I was confused, but I just listened, "Uh, okay." I began to follow Taren. Am I in trouble for something? No, I haven’t really done much wrong other than trying to see Seris change in her room, but why go outside then? Well, I guess I’ll find out.


    we were now outside the house in the backyard.


    "Sit down there," Taren said as he pointed to a stone on the floor.


    "Oh, uh, okay." I went over to sit on the stone, and Taren pulled his sword out.


    "Now, I want you to watch closely."


    I stayed silent as I nodded.


    "Good," Taren then took a deep breath as he started swinging his sword in front of me, and I watched him.


    ...Huh?


    Taren took one last swing at a tree, and his blade did not touch it; it just snapped in half.


    I was shocked and at a loss for words. Did he just... lag? How did he do that!?


    Taren looked back at me, and he stabbed his sword into the ground. "And that, Tenshi, is called Wind Slash, one of the many swordsmanship techniques created by the Sword God. What do you think?"


    "That was so cool! but why did you want to show me that?"


    "Well, one day, you''re gonna be a swordsman yourself, and in a few years, you''re going to start training with me. So, about a few times a week for a few minutes to an hour, you''re gonna be watching me train on my own, so you get a little of what to do once I truly start trainng you. You get what I''m saying?"


    Wow, I mean, I just wanted to be a mage but I might just have to be a swordsman to. Tenshi, the mage swordsman. It''s not so catchy, but It would be so cool at the end of the day. I nodded "Yeah, I get it. I can’t wait!"


    "All right, now, keep watching!"


    ***


    About four days went by, and nothing had changed other than watching Taren swing his sword then and there. That sword technique was still something that I couldn''t get out of my head because it felt like something straight out of an anime. I was currently sitting on top of a tree, and these branches smelled so good. I wasn’t sure why, and I kept sniffing it.


    "Man, it smells so good." I got back inside my room through the window and did a quick stretch.


    As I walked downstairs, I noticed Seris cleaning a lot of things and doing much more than usual.


    "Uh, Aunt Seris, is everything all right?" I said.


    Seris  looked back and nodded. She had a smiled as she was cleaning the table. "Mhm," she said. "I am doing perfectly fine, I just wanted to clean around the house a little. I also cleaned up your room."


    I was still a little confused since Seris was usually the less organized one around the house, other than keeping her bows all clean and tidy, but I could tell everything was okay with her, so I didn’t mind what she did. "Okay, Aunt Seris." I smiled. just went downstairs to the basement.


    I wanted to see if it was cleaned there also, and lo and behold, it was still dusty, but things definitely looked more organized.


    The chest I opened up even had some small amounts of gold and gems in them that I looked through. "Wow, Dad really did make a lot unless this came from something else, hmm." I closed the chest, roamed around, and just had a lot of fun. Sure, I''m about thirty-five years old now, but being in a child''s body really does something to me. I then looked over to a corner to see a book that had fallen off the shelf. A book? Why is this here and not on the shelf or drawer''s downstairs? Wait a minute.


    I picked up the book, and something about it looked familiar, but I couldn’t wrap my head around it. I then picked up the book. Then I remembered something from three years ago.


    I remembered Ria saying this was her old magical guidebook. "This was the book that taught Mom magic!" But wait, what is this thing doing down here? The book was big and had a brown—colored cover on it. This thing was old, and this was my first time having it in my hands. "Maybe I should bring this to my room better." I took the book with me and went out of the basement.


    I made sure the coast was clear first, and Seris was still just cleaning. I then rushed upstairs to my room and slowly closed the door. All right, made it here without being caught.


    I placed the book on the bed. "Man, this thing is heavy." I knocked on the cover. This thing is hard, but it''s definitely a book and not some prop. I wonder how helpful this book was to Ria. I mean, if she learned magic from this, then I can, too. But hell, I’m excited! I mean, I''ve waited so long just to make dirt out of my hands or make fire or water or other stuff. Things are about to get real. I grinned.


    I opened the book to the first page, and I skipped a few more. "Wait, what does half of this say?" I started to slowly freak out as I continued flipping through "I... I don’t speak this language..." My eye twitched. I don’t speak this language!!!