Chapter 2

When there are four ◇◇◇◇ in a row, the perspective changes from before.

The first chapter was from Luisa's first-person perspective, but the second chapter is from a third-person perspective focused on Luisa.

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As Luisa emerged from a dark and narrow place, the world brightened. However, everything was blurry and hard to see.

Luisa was confused. She was supposed to be dead.

Why was she still alive? And why couldn't she move?

When she tried to speak, a baby-like cry came out:

“Hngaaaa”

Had she become a baby? So, this might be a reincarnation?

Phenomena like reincarnation, which are only recorded in legends, traditions, and ancient tales, and in the records of the magicians from the age of the gods—why had such a thing happened to her?

To understand the situation, Luisa, while crying “ngya ngya,” observed her surroundings. Everything was still blurry, but she could see floating, fluffy orbs around her.

She felt something connected to her stomach being cut, and then she was embraced by something warm.

“My cute baby”

“Ngyaaa (Who? Mom?)”

It seemed this person was her mother. She couldn't see her face clearly, but the atmosphere reminded her of her mother from her previous life, who had been kind to her until she was five. The embrace was warm and smelled good, and her voice was gentle and comforting.

Luisa immediately liked her mother.

“Naaa”

Luisa, who desperately wanted to see her mother's face, unconsciously used a vision-enhancing spell. Suddenly, her vision became clear.

Her mother had beautiful brown hair and eyes like amber. However, she looked pained.

“Haa, haa… Ugh…”

Her breathing was rough, and more importantly, she was covered in a black, ominous mist.

“You're a good girl”

Even though she looked in pain, her voice was gentle.

“Hngaa”

“I'm sorry. I wanted to see you grow up…”

The mother, who she had just met, sounded as if she was about to die. Luisa tried to say something to her mother but couldn't form the words.

“Amalia…”

A beautiful man with silver hair and blue eyes, who looked to be in his late twenties or early thirties, stood next to Luisa and her mother, possessing the characteristics of the royal family from her previous life.

“Hngaa! (No!)”

Luisa, who had been bullied by the royal family, tried to intimidate him, but the man ignored her and gently touched her mother's cheek.

“Look at her. Our cute baby”

“…Cute. But… you…”

“…We’ve discussed the dangers many times, haven’t we?”

“…But…”

“After I die, this child will have no one to rely on but you”

“Hngaa? (Mom, are you going to die?)”

Indeed, it seemed her mother was prepared to die. She must be in a very bad state, but as a baby, Luisa couldn't fully understand.

Luisa, while crying “hngaa,” thought about what she could do. She didn't even know what the black mist was.

“Don’t say such sad things…”

“Be strong. You are the father”

It seemed the man with the royal characteristics was her father, and he was crying. Her mother repeatedly tried to make him realize his role as a father.

Then, her mother exposed her breast.

Luisa didn’t know, but in this country, it was a custom to feed newborns breast milk immediately. This was also a ritual to give the child the mother's spirit's blessing.

In reality, there was no effect of giving the spirit's blessing. Moreover, spirits liked babies and would come even if left alone.

“Hngaaa”

Indeed, Luisa could see many spirits floating in front of her.

But at least her mother believed that the spirit's blessing was given through breast milk. Therefore, before dying, her mother tried to give Luisa breast milk, even at the cost of her life.

“…Haa… Haa… Will the baby drink?”

“You don’t have to force it”

“No, this is the last thing I can do for my baby”

Her mother said this with a tragic expression.

“Mgyu”

On the other hand, Luisa, driven by instinct, felt a delicious scent and latched onto her mother's breast. She hadn't realized it, but she was hungry. In her previous life, she only ate once every three days, so she was always hungry.

So, Luisa drank greedily.

“Mgyu mgyu… Mgyu?”

She noticed that the black mist covering her mother was mixing with the breast milk and trying to enter her. She felt the delicious milk being tainted. It made her uncomfortable, and the baby Luisa was angry.

“Hngaa! (Go away!)”

Luisa thought this. She knew it wouldn't do much, but she felt it was the right thing to do. It might have been an instinctive judgment.

After Luisa thought this, the black mist disappeared quickly.

With the black mist gone, the breast milk tasted even better. The embrace felt even more comfortable, and her mother's breathing became easier, though she was still not fully recovered.

It would be good to use a healing spell, but as a baby, it was difficult.

“Mgyu, mgyu, mgyu (Mom, get better)”

While thinking this, she drank the breast milk, feeling drowsy.

Luisa didn't notice that her mother's body glowed as if she had received a healing spell. She just felt very tired.

“Mgyu mgyu mgyu…”

She was sleepy, but Luisa, driven by her hunger, kept drinking the breast milk.

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