Warm . Kenichi came to realize that he had lost consciousness . And also realize that he was probably in a heated swimming pool, or something even warmer .
(Eh? My breath?!)
Kenichi was in a state of confusion after having realized that he was submerged in some sort of a liquid . However, he couldnât properly move his body as he couldnât muster up the strength .
(This is not good, am I going to die like this? Hmm? What? I seem to be fine without breathing? Whatâs this?)
He was submerged in some warm liquid, couldnât see nor breath but was somehow alright . And on top of that, there was something that made him unreasonably relaxed .
Kenichi was your usual company employee and thus had been exposed to his fair share of adversities of the real world â such fatigue was also being cleansed away .
He had become free from obstructive thoughts and just waited for time to pass by .
About 10 days after that .
Kenichi suddenly felt uneasy . He had no idea from what but he couldnât help but feel anxiety .
(Oh? Perhaps? This isâŚ? Ggh, it hurtsâ)
He felt his whole body being tightly pressed from the head .
As before, he still couldnât muster any strength, couldnât see or hear . He was just in a state of consciousness .
And just when the pressure had easened up, he felt he was being put in lukewarm water .
(Iâbreathe, canâtâ)
There was no problem not breathing till now but suddenly his body was dying for oxygen . Everytime he felt pain from not being able to breathe, an impact ran through his whole body starting from his buttocks . This went on a couple of times . It seems his buttocks were being hit .
(Bu! That hurts! Whatchyu doin?!!)
âFugyuaa, hogyaa!!!â[1]
âOi, he is breathing! You did well, Theresia!!â
âYes, dearâŚâ
A voice had resounded â a voice he had heard for the first time . It felt like Japanese but he still couldnât really see or hear properly . His respiratory tract had just been opened and so it kept sucking in the oxygen it so wanted, fresh or not .
He felt like there were about 2-3 people surrounding him but he couldnât tell the exact amount .
After being taken out from the warm water, he had been wrapped up with something stiff before calming down .
(This is⌠thereâs no room for doubt anymore â itâs reincarnation . Thank you very much . But why start from even before birth? At least let me start from 5 years or something!)
6 months went by . Kenichi spent his days observing the things around him . His eyes and ears could see and hear much better than when he was just born .
He could also crawl now so while he couldnât cover much distance, he did learn a way to move .
âAllen, you wanna sleep?â
âAi . â
He understood one thing for sure these past 6 months . The fact that Yamagata Kenichi had now become Allen .
Although he couldnât choose gender, he had safely made it here as a boy .
The woman embracing him right now was Allenâs mother, Theresia . A woman in her late teens, who didnât even look to be 20 years old . A very beautiful woman with green eyes and long brown hair tied behind .
She gently put him down on a simple wooden bed . She raised the quilt, which felt stiff and rough, to his shoulders .
âTheresia, I am back . â
It was now past noon . A robust looking man came in . He was dripping with sweat with soil sticking to his body here and there .
This man was Allenâs father, Lodan . Same as Theresia, he also had brown hair and had very wild looks . His build was big and muscular . He was probably about 20 years old .
Theresia usually called the man by âDearâ so he had quite a difficult time learning his name .
Theresia passed just 2 fluffy potatoes to Lodan .
âMm? You already ate?â
âEh?â
Theresia froze slightly . Lodan gave back one of the potatoes to her . He had heard this exchange countless times over the past 6 months .
âThatâs not good . You canât produce milk if you donât eat properly . They have reduced the village tax till next year so we need to make the kid bigger by then . â
âThank you, dear . â
(Does this village have no name?)
This seems to be a village which the landlord has recently cultivated . And they have probably gathered mostly young people here as from what he has heard until now, many houses nearby also had newborns .
(I seem to be the only child of this couple . )
The only ones in this house were the father Lodan, the mother Theresia and him .
The tax system of this newly cultivated village seemed to be a bit more favorable, leading him to think that Lodan and Theresia had come to this village after leaving their parentsâ place .
He stuffed his mouth with the potato, drank water from the wooden cup and went out again . He often kissed Theresia on the cheek before going out so it seems they are still very lovey-dovey . He might have a younger brother or sister sometimes soon .
(Although not easy by any means, the serfâs lifestyle is okay in itâs own way . )
Allen had chosen to be a serf himself in the real world and so he didnât have any complaints about the current situation now . A beautiful mother and a caring father . If he were to have one complaint, that would beâ
(Status Open)
He raised his arm into the space above him and chanted in his heart, as if wanting for something .
However, nothing came up . He brought his arm back .
(I became a summoner, right? Is it that I am too young to summon anything yet? I canât even open a status window â this is quite the âhell modeâ . Thereâs nothing to do, though . )
Allen was a 6 month old infant . He was just that, nothing above it neither below it . While he was supposedly born as a summoner, he couldnât do anything like it yet .
(If I recall correctly, this sort of setting leads to the main character understanding the mana flowing through his body from a young age and ultimately acquiring a vast amount of mana . I feel no such thing from my body, thoughâŚ)
And without any answer, the drowsiness came upon him . His body was completely that of an infant and so if he is hungry, he does end up crying and he also wets his pants . And when he slept, he went into a deep sleep .
Another 6 months passed by â a year after being reincarnated .
It was now autumn, leading him to think that he was born in this season .
A more luxurious cooking than usual was lined up . Allen had started eating baby foods like boiled beans and soft and steamed mashed potatoes .
âThanks to you defeating the âgreat boarâ, the food today is quite luxurious . â
âHmm, I did my best today for Allen!â
âThank you, papa, mama . â
Allenâs family was a farming family . There was a field beside their house, cultivating potatoes and wheat and the like . He had only gone so far as to the garden while holding Theresiaâs hand so this was all his assumption .
They were completely farmhands for 9 months during this year .
It seems in autumn, after harvesting the crops, the men of the village go out to a nearby forest to hunt . Apparently hunting is quite fun for his muscular father .
He had heard him multiple times saying that he would have wanted to become a farmer if he wasnât born as a serf . As the person who hunts gets a portion of the spoils, his father seemed to have done his best with it .
(This is basically just raw, though . )
Feeling almost no saltiness from the food, Allen was still enjoying eating it . And the mashed apple-like fruit was indeed delicious .
After dinner, Allen thought when he was put to bed .
(This isnât too bad, I guess . Iâll probably become the summoner before long, too . )
While thinking so, he slowly raised his hand to the air and muttered the phrase he had muttered dozens of times in the past .
(Status Open)
-Ting-
And suddenly, a jet black book appeared in front of Allenâs eyes . It was floating just a bit farther away from his hand .