With little Alexander still in my arms, I stood up and exited my bedroom, heading toward the room where I craft and store potions. Opening the door, I entered the room and approached the large shelf in the back where I keep all the potions I brew; while I searched through all of my many potions, I sighed in relief as I finally found something that might substitute for milk.
"This is all I got, Alexander; if this doesn't work, I might need to capture a pregnant beast and have you drink their milk." Said Lavender with a chuckle when she noticed his confused expression.
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Name: Refined Tree Sap
Rank: Rare
Description: Sap collected from a tree and refined nearly to perfection; Consuming this will slightly cleanse the body of any Impurities.
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With the bottle in hand, I sat down in one of the chairs I had in this room while gently placing Alexander on my lap before uncorking the bottle and slowly attempting to feed him. At first, he was pretty hesitant to consume the tree sap, as every time I brought the bottle to his face, he would always squirm around, which continued for roughly five minutes.
"Fine; since you don't want to eat the tree sap, then it seems like you're going to sleep hungry, though I wonder, how long will you be able to ignore your hunger, Alexander?" Remarked Lavender with slight annoyance as she corked the bottle and placed it away from Alexander.
Just like that, a couple of hours went, and neither I nor Alexander moved from our position; not like he was really capable of moving in the first place. My annoyance has long since passed, and currently, I'm using my finger to play with Alexander, the sight of his tiny hands gripping my finger was such a calming scene for me.
"Ho, what's wrong little Alexander? I've noticed you constantly glancing at the Tree sap. Do you wish to consume it?" Asked Lavender with a mischievous smirk as she grabbed the bottle full of tree sap and gently shook it above Alexander as if to tempt him.
"Hmm, I don't know, you didn't wish to drink before, so maybe you just don't want it? I know; you must've been offering it for me to drink; you're such a kind child, little Alexander." Said Lavender as she once again uncorked the bottle and pretended to drink the contents.
"Wahhhhh!"
"Calm down, calm down, Alexander; I was just teasing you, see. All of the Tree Sap is still there." Declared Lavender as she quickly stopped her teasing and tried to soothe Alexander, which was relatively easy when he saw the entire bottle of tree sap.
"Haa, now then, are you going to drink it now or not?" Questioned Lavender as she once again brought the bottle toward Alexander's face.
This time Alexander wasn't squirming around everywhere when I brought the bottle close to him; however, I could tell he was still hesitant to drink the contents, which makes sense considering he was a reincarnator; I'm sure he has enough knowledge to know what it is edible for newborns, and what is not.
"You don't have to like it, but at least try it; from my experience, Tree Sap is quite tasty, especially Refined Tree Sap." Advised Lavender with a smile as she brought the bottle close enough to Alexander's mouth to where he could consume it, practically begging him to do so.
Seeing no reaction from Alexander, I released a sigh, and just when I was about to withdraw the bottle, I saw his now outstretched arms clasp the bottle as he tilted it slightly down so the Tree Sap could flow into his mouth. As it's been refined, it was not nearly as viscous as typical tree sap, so it flowed down quickly into Alexander's tiny mouth, and when I saw that, I promptly tilted the bottle back up as I didn't need him drowning in it. However, seeing how that uncertain expression quickly morphed into ecstasy once he finished consuming the tree sap caused me to chuckle slightly.
"Haha, look at you; we went through all that trouble for what? All you had to do was taste it, and we wouldn't have needed to sit here for two hours." Stated Lavender with a smile of happiness and annoyance as she brought the bottle close to Alexander, so he may consume it at his heart's content, though she made sure he didn't accidentally drown himself.
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"I know you probably haven't eaten anything for a while, but that is a bit excessive, don't you think? You've just eaten enough for four newborns; now let me guess, you're going to go to sleep." Remarked Lavender with slight surprise as she shifted her focus between the satisfied Alexander and the now empty bottle previously filled with tree sap.
With a shake of my head, I placed the empty bottle down before picking up Alexander, who now is much heavier, and exited the room while returning to the bedroom. When I arrived, I was about to read Alexander a story; however, when I looked down, he had already drifted off into slumber.
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'I was right.' Thought Lavender with a smile as she gently placed Alexander into the makeshift crib before carefully covering his body with the blanket.
When he is awake, he is quite the handful to deal with; however, seeing him sleep so peacefully makes me realize everything I did was more than worth it if I get to see this lovely scene every time. Silently backing away from the crib, I grabbed the bloodied blanket Alexander was previously wrapped in as I intended to clean it and quietly exited the room so as not to disturb his slumber.
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'Ugh, where am I? Wasn't I fighting that drunk dude? WAIT! What happened to the little girl!? Ugh, my head is killing me; I can't remember much. I must've received a head injury or something.'
After some time passed, the intense head pain I was feeling slowly started to recede, and the memories of what had happened to me came along with it.
'I-I died? I remember after the drunk man stabbed me in the heart, he returned to the little girl he was attempting to assault and stabbed her multiple times before sluggishly walking off in the distance, leaving both of our corpses to rot in the alley.'
That memory greatly saddened me; however, what saddened me wasn't my death; I didn't have anything important going on in my life; my big brother died a few years ago in a car accident; my parents, I've never met them, the one who has always been taking care of me was my big brother; friends, had none, nor any girlfriend. I just wish my death could've at least prevented that little girl from dying; she was innocent and didn't deserve such a short life.
'But then again, maybe it was for the best; she looked to have been abandoned by her family and was struggling to survive; maybe an end to her suffering was the best gift to her.'
With a mental sigh, I stopped thinking about that as I figured it would be best to ignore the past for now and focus on my current situation, whatever that might be. Since I was sentient, that means I'm still alive; was I possibly brought to a hospital, and the doctors managed to bring me back to life? I doubt it; the knife I was stabbed with wasn't necessarily small. It was more like a dagger, not like I'd have the money to pay those greedy hospitals anyways.
'Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Well, given my situation, I must've been brought to the hospital; otherwise, I wouldn't have the ability to think, so I must just be having an incredibly lucid dream.'
As I believed myself to be dreaming, all I needed to do was wake up, which I attempted to do, though that was easier said than done, apparently. After what felt like a very long time of me repeatedly trying to wake up, I finally opened my eyes as all the darkness surrounding me quickly vanished. From how intense the light was, I instinctively closed my eyes and tried to block the bright sunlight with my arms; however, I couldn't do so, as It felt like it was the first time I'd ever controlled my arm.
'What type of drugs did they inject into my body?'
With irritated thoughts, I once again opened my eyes, slowly this time, as I didn't feel like getting blinded by the light again; after some time, my eyes finally adjusted to the light. No longer did it feel like I was staring straight at the sun.
'This, this isn't the hospital.'
From what I could see, I seemed to be surrounded by mother nature herself; unfortunately, because of the terrible control I had over my body; currently, I wasn't able to get a better view of the entire area, nor was I able to do much other than flail my limbs, and even that took quite a lot effort. While curiously and nervously inspecting my surroundings, I noticed it suddenly darkened. However, when I looked up in search of the cause of the sudden darkness, I subconsciously held my breath as my eyes met that of a green humanoid monster with horns on its head and red vines for hair.
The monster released a very pleasant sound when it opened its mouth; however, I wasn't going to be so easily fooled by such a thing; that is probably how it lures in its victims. Not knowing what to do, I started violently flailing all of my limbs while screaming loudly in an attempt to frighten or drive away the monster. However, that didn't seem to work; in fact, it seemed to have the opposite effect as the monster reached down and picked me up as if I were a baby.
'I know I wasn't ever that strong, but I'm literally doing nothing to this monster!'
I don't know how long time passed, but I continued violently flailing for quite some time before eventually giving up after realizing that this monster didn't seem like it was going to harm me; besides, if it did plan to hurt me, it's not like me violently flailing around is going to make much of a difference. Once I finally stopped, I carefully eyed the monster in curiosity, and while doing so, the monster released another pleasant sound from its mouth, though this time, as I wasn't mindlessly failing my body, I noticed that the monster wasn't just randomly releasing melodic sounds; it seemed to be talking, though I wasn't entirely sure.
'Actually, now that I'm taking a good look at it, it very much resembles a woman; granted, she's several times the size of a human if she can hold a grown man in her arm as if a child.'
She started talking a little more before she intently stared at me, though the moment she did, I could tell the way she looked at me was different, it felt like she was trying to see through me somehow, and it felt very uncomfortable. Luckily her actions failed; I don't know how I know it failed; I just know; confusing if you ask me; nevertheless, it didn't stay that way for long.
All of a sudden, her eyes brightly glowed, and this time it felt even more uncomfortable than before; it felt like she was reading my existence like a book; everything that should be kept to myself was now available for her to see, luckily that feeling didn't last for more than a few seconds, but still, I was not too fond of that feeling.
Not exactly knowing what she did, I attempted to focus on myself to see if I could possibly find out what she did, although I knew my actions were probably just wasted effort; nonetheless when I did so, information suddenly appeared in my mind that left me in utter confusion.
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Name: Alexander
Species: High-Human
Age: 2 Days
Tier: 0
Level: 0
Experience: [00%]
Class: Hero(Genesis)
Sub-Class:
Sub-Class:
Sub-Class:
Title(s): True Hero(Genesis), Reincarnator(Epic)
Lifeforce: 100%
Mana: 620/620
Vigor: 8
Endurance: 9
Agility: 1
Dexterity: 1
Intelligence: 56 (62)
Perception: 12 (13)
Traits: Heroes Aura (Mythical), Heroes Will (Mythical), Heroes Physique (Mythical), Heart of a Hero (Legendary), Enhanced perception (Rare), Enhanced intelligence (Rare).
Skills: ???????(???), Heroes gaze–lvl1 (Mythical), Omnilingual–lvl1 (Mythical), Rebirth–lvl1 (Mythical)
Condition: hungry
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'Huh?' Thought Alexander in confusion as he viewed his status.