Ugh..mom I don't wanna get up yet. Shut the binds....

Slowly opening my eyes, I notice a familiar figure.

[Kenshi]:Mom....?

Oh yeah, I forgot mom passed away when I was a freshman in high-school(1st year of primary school). It was just that ditzy adult. I wonder what time is it? It should be dawn looking at the sun position.

Okay, enough wasting time I need to figure out what to do and where am I. First, I think I should learn the language. I'm getting frustrated not understanding what people are saying. Hmm, how should I go about this? I guess I should just ask to be picked up for now and just listen. How do babies do that again? I'm guessing sticking out my arms.

[Mia]: Did he say something?? What should I do with him today... I guess I should introduce him to the other children for now and let them watch him. I also need to make the sweet bread today for the market. I hope they don't bully him, I know he looks different but they are children. I should believe in them! My children I raised are the best. Alright, he even looks like he wants to be picked up.

This no brain adult left me with all these children. Their not even watching me, they are just having fun outside in the snow! The older kids are shoveling the snow while the smaller kids are playing with it but why I am stuck with this silent kid and this pointy ear baby! I think the other kids called her Shia and the other baby Jenny. Why am I surrounded by girls again in this world! I'm not good with them! Shia seem pretty quiet and also seem to be always walking around with a book. I'm guessing she's our babysitter.

Hmph? They seem to ignore Shia, I wonder why? Maybe it's her hair color and iris.. The other kids seem to have bright colors hair and iris. I guess Shia does look different. She has long straight pure black hair that looks like a raven alongside it she has a pure black iris so solid as the night sky without stars. She also has no expression on her face and talk much. I guess that can make it difficult to be friends with. She looks around 5-6 years old and seem to wear a one piece dress, isn't she cold? Seem like we're walking to a bench.

She puts me down next to her and I figure my age to be around 7-8 months old because I can around sit up straight by myself. From my knowledge about babies when I was taking classes in college(uni) when I tried studying to be a doctor they can only do that around 7-8 months old, talk at  18 months and walk around 9-12. Hmm? Shia seem to be reading a book with words attached to the picture! This will be perfect for me I can learn the language and grammar. I will point to all the stuff I recognize in this book so I can get a grasp on the language.

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[Shia]:.Sun.....

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[Shia]: Flower....

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[Shia]:.....Tree

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[Shia]:... Mana.....

Did Shia smile? She doesn't say much until I point. I pointed to something blue in the picture but what's mana? Hey hey hey it can't be something like magic right? I know mana existed in games and books but it can't be right? I need to investigate! If it is this world will already be 100 times better than earth! NOOOO!! It seemed to be breakfast time now because the kids rang a bell, remind me of when I was training in the wilderness with the military. I wonder where's that doofus is at???

*doors open, many different voices* Mia, you're back!

Her name is Mia that's good to know. At least she didn't forget to bring food for me and Jenny so I guess it's time for breakfast. All Jenny does is eat and sleep, I guess that's normal for a baby. I'm the abnormal one. Me and Jenny get bottles of milk I'm seeing the older kids are eating something like bread and ham for breakfast.

I learnt that after breakfast and chores the kids have classes with Mia. Older children seem to stay longer for class while the younger children participate in chores and free time afterward. She teaches basic arithmetic(math), history/geography, writing/language, and magic!

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Numbers are the same, this will make it easier for me in the future. I'm guess Math is the universal truth, huh? Math class was really basic she teaches the 6-9 years old simple math like adding and subtracting. 10-12 years old children only learn multiplication and division, I wonder if they don't have calculus or formulas yet or is it to advanced? This world seem to be at medieval or feudal Japan time period at the moment. 

History and Geography class was kind of boring because I didn't understand so much. There seem to be 8 continents and we're on the 2nd biggest one also seem to be a lot countries on this continent ,seem to be about the same size of North America but roughly in the shape of a square quite big I must say. 

Writing and grammar seem to be like the English language which makes my life easier. They just seem to have bit more letters to the alphabet than before, now it's up to 32. They don't look that hard to write.

Alright, time for magic class! What.... She chanted some phrase and now she's glowing?? Please don't tell me that all we can do. She didn't even say much and her eyes were closed! I don't know what's going on anymore.

It seemed to be about dusk at the moment, the children don't eat lunch and for dinner they ate some kind of porridge with bread. This is kind of sad, I also figure out this place was an orphanage. They don't eat lunch but they eat small snacks I'm guess a full meal might be a bit more expensive to feed this many mouth. I need to solve this issue as soon as possible. These kids are in their growing phrase they need their nutrition.

I wonder why my parents left me here? I remember the warm kiss I gotten from them. They must have their own fair share of problems. I understand this world is hard to live in when I was in history classes with so many countries there should be plentiful places full of conflicts.

Before it got dark Mia and the children gather at the front entrance, she brought me and Jenny along. A kid around 13-14 years old with has knapsack was in tears is he getting kicked out? Until Mia gave him a bag fill with coins because of the sound I assume it was money so he wasn't in trouble. So the next logical reason is he needs to leave? I guess you can't stay here forever. Now I have a timeline of how long I can stay here. When he left, the orphanage was in a dreary silence, this feeling made my heart clenches because of my past.

It was bedtime I was sleeping with Mia again, Jenny had her own crib and I believe Shia was sleeping with the girls. While I was lying in bed with Mia who has fallen asleep,I can see some tear strands from her. I guess it must be hard letting kids out in this world after you worked so hard to raise them. Hey stop treating me as a plush toy!

I haven't fallen asleep yet, I need to make a plan I can't stay here forever. I need to strengthen my body for now so I guess I can crawl and do basic exercise to get stronger. This brain is a sponge at the moment I can use this to focus on learning and mentally train my martial art I have learnt before so when I deem myself old enough to be practice I won't be out of practice. I'm really interest in magic also I hope that we just don't glow. Alright I should get some sleep, I can figure out more later on.

The next morning was almost the same as yesterday expect the other girls has taken a liking to Jenny and they took her away from me and Shia. I don't mind because all she do is sleep but Shia seemed to be a bit sad. I accidentally hugged her out of my natural instinct, she reminded of an injured pet. Now every time I'm left alone with her she hugs me so tightly. What have I done. Afternoon classes went as usual except there was more to magic then glowing! Bedtime went as usual with me being treated as a plush toy.