The next month flew by. Either cradled or heavily supervised by my mother and father. Every time they came in to my line of sight I couldn’t help but smile and try to make contact by calling out momma or pappa. Not having my speech under control I thought it would sound like total gibberish. But every time I did it I saw their smile grow bigger to. So I kept at it as much as possible.

Even after the traumatic event with me rolling over and finishing my life prematurely I figured to keep my exercises going. And by this even my [Wisdom] and [agility] became max [LVL] for my age restriction, according to my status screen. Not being bother by any lack of growth I still kept at it. It might be futile, but there might be hidden gains not measured by the system. The system promised to reward progress, not only give a progress report I reckoned.

Lying on a blanked on the living room floor it happened again, I rolled over. This time more calculated, I wanted to test myself safely. So when I saw my father watching me. I gathered all of my strength and used as much coordination as could wield over these muscles made of jelly and moved. Slowly but surly rolling from by back over to my stomach. Trapping one of my arms under me, but other than that I was okay. Smiling like there was no tomorrow I shouted in joy. Whitin a moment my dad was by my side, but he didn’t do anything. He just observed me very carefully. But for as long as I was smiling and screeching in joy he left me to it.

So I kept at it, trying to get my stuck arm out under me. Slowly bobbin from left to right with my body it came unstuck. And there I was, a grown man, proud as a peacock because I rolled over to my stomach. It hit me, I’m not an adult anymore. Yes my mind is more developed but that’s it. My body is that of a newborn, just as new as I’m to this world. This is not an experience I’m having again, this is all new to me. The fact that my mind is more developed, that I have some live experience, is a boon in my new life. That’s how I ought to threat this a new life, not looking back but forward with a boon from experience of an old one.

Notification

~Hard Work is the Greatest Teacher~

(minor)

By deliberately working harder than necessary while having the status [Baby] and having maxed all stats in this status you unlocked this perk

“We often don’t learn from just listening to a teacher. Sometimes we have to work, toil, fail, and get experience in order to learn our lessons. If we are to say that work is a teacher, we mean that the work we do is educational. We will learn tricks about how to do things, learn how to use our minds or bodies more efficiently, and discover our own personal strengths and weaknesses.”

Development off [Attributes] is increased by 5% when working.

Only applies to those [Attributes] used while working.

‘Damn that’s a really great perk’ is the first thought that came to me, then I realized ’ if this is something I could replicate or get other ones like it. This would a great way to stack and grow’. But this is enough for now. All of this was making me tired and I still had to roll back. Giving it my maximum effort I came half way, but no more. Trying again and again, bobbing side to side, I was stuck. My arm which I had freed with great effort was now in the way of success. Thinking back of the perk I just received I was not giving in. There was just no way in getting it back under me and my naturally jelly muscles weren’t listening. After some more effort I was certain, I was stuck on my stomach, no way about it. Just then I felt it a big hand was pushing me softly over the crest of the roll. From the point just before would fall back down till just over the crest. Laying on my back, with a big smile on my face I fell asleep. Grateful for the silent support my dad gave me, which was already more than I received from my father on earth.

When I woke up I was in my crib, in the background I heard the soft grumbling purr of a big cat sleeping. Next to that the even breathing of a second person and the wind softly blowing around my home. This felt like life should be, a feeling of belonging came to me, acceptance. ‘Yes, this is how life should be, here is where I want to be’ I fancied. Then the blue screen shot up out of nowhere. It frightened me for a moment, just because I wasn’t expecting something like that during my peaceful contemplation in the calm of night.

Notification

~Next life stage reached~

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You are now an infant

Due to your new life stage the following effects take place

[LVL] restriction revised

[Attribute] Restrictions revised

Notification

~Level up~

You are now [LVL] 1

[LVL] 1 effects

Max [Exp] 0/25

[Attribute] restriction Max 10

Max [HP] 10

After calming down from my fright and the revelations of the notifications I opened my status screen to confirm I wasn’t dreaming. This was what I was looking for. Growth and a way to develop more. Although I only reached max [LVL] on my [Attributes] day’s before, I was aching more.

Status

Username (Hidden)

Luke

Basic

Life stage

Infant

Exp

0/25

Name

Taika

Alias

-

Species

Lepjag

Seks

Male

LVL

1

Age

3 Mths

HP

10/10

MP

0 of 0

Attributes

Max att are lvl 10 due to [LVL] restriction

Str

5

Dex

5

Agi

5

End

5

Int

5

Wis

5

This was great, I had room to grow again and build a stronger foundation for this new life. Besides that I was really happy whit the boost to my [HP]. By doubling it I was already feeling safer. Not like that with every stumble or hard gust I would be as death as a door. Now I could take a Booboo as they said to children, and I was a child. So it felt fitting. While it was the middle of the night I couldn’t do much still feeling tired I planned to grind as hard I could when is was daytime. For now I let sleep catch me.

The next morning, as if my parents knew I had leveled up, I got my first solid food. Instead of milk I got porridge. Not expecting this I tried my best to keep it all in and swallow it. Not that is was bad, it was bland porridge. But my body wasn’t used to processing anything other than fluids. I made a tremendous mess out of my face and torso, a real trainwreck. But my parents who surrounded me where all smiles.

After breakfast my mom put me on the blanked in the living room, and contrary to previous days she wasn’t hoovering. Actually she gave me some space and got some shores done in the room. Tidying the kitchen washing clothes, which were hung over lines strung between the rafters of the low thatch roof. Using this time and feeling invigorated by the lvl-up I turned to my stomach again and tried crawling, but nothing happened. I lay there flopping around like a death fish going nowhere real fast.

After laying like that for a while mom came back and while holding me I got to sit for the first time. This was great, I got to look around a little bit and saw the inside of the house a little better. It was a comfortable square room which I estimated 5 by 5 meters. The wall consisted of a mixture of clay and reeds. The wooden windows were without glass, but had wooden shutters. You could see the underside of the thatch roof and the wooden beams and rafters.

My green blanked lies on the floor on the right side of the front door when you where coming in. Next to two animal pens, which were unoccupied at the moment and directly against the right wall. Next to them was a large oaken cupboard filling the rest of the wall. On the left side of the front door were some shelfs, the one at countertop height contained a wash basin. In which they bathed me. Right above it was one of the three windows. The other two windows were spaced out over the left wall, with in the center a table containing four stools. Just above the table were more shelves. And last but not least on the opposite wall between two doors was a central stone fireplace.

In my mind this was a real luxury looking at my estimation of the development, laying around the middle ages. To have a stone fireplace in your house and have more than one room in it. I was feeling lucky for finding myself in a place like this. I was getting more grateful the longer I spent here and with these charming people. The longer I thought about it the more my mind settled and the feeling of belonging developed.

Slowly my mother stood up whit me on her hip, instead of cradling me and brought me to my crib. Although I made no measurable gains for now, the intangible for me were far greater. So I let myself not off satisfied.