Enjoy! Sorry for this late chapter, I had exams to study for and I will have exams every week for the next 3 weeks, so my releases may vary quite a lot. Since this came out late or took longer, the chapter is going to be a bit longer as well. Also made a slight change to chapter 2 although you may not notice it.
Chapter 3
In the dark calm night, a speck of light peers out of the great body of water, as it brightens the night sky and sends a beautiful golden ray dashing through the surface of the water towards the beach. In the blink of an eye, the sun peeked out of the sea and that single ray of light reached the shores. With the rise of the sun, an orangey glow sweeps across the sky lighting up the world. On that very beach, we can see a single grey bump.
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Suddenly, the bump squirms a bit and out pops a tiny cute baby head and a pair of hands, rubbing its eyes.
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*twists and turns a bit*
*Uwahh*
Why is it so warm? Peeking my head out from under the covers and into the bright sunlight, I rub my eyes clean. While still half asleep, a stunning scenery comes into view.
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Ah, what a beau-Wait, where am I? I shake myself awake, and give myself a few seconds to settle down. Oh right, I died and got reincarnated. Looking around, I reaffirm myself as I notice the nice warm soft blanket I was on and the small pile of fruit in the distance. Getting out of bed, if one could call it that, I give myself a stretch and take a deep breath.
*huuuhua*
Following my old morning routine I picked up the blanket
*shakes blanket*
and started getting dressed.
One…
Two…
Three…
Done.
Hmmm, a bit loose, but it’s alright.
Then, I blindfold myself and pulled it off, letting it hang around my neck like yesterday. Why you might ask? Well, wearing it like a cape is cool and my blanket won’t get as dirty. Continuing my morning routine, I walk to the shore of the beach
*Splish Splash*
I started washing my face. Ahhh, this gentle breeze blowing against my face alongside the cool water was refreshing. With a smooth spotless face, I realized that I didn’t have a toothbrush or toothpaste. Should I rinse myself with saltwater?? But isn’t saltwater bad for drinking? Since I am only rinsing my mouth with it, I should be fine right? Still, this doesn’t solve the problem of cavities…
After the girl gave it some thought.
I guess, I don’t have a choice, I’ll just make sure to rinse after every meal, in the morning, and before I go to sleep. Having made my decision, I kneel down and take a sip.
*gargles water*
Wow, saltwater is either much better than I thought, or this is not saltwater. It is probably the latter though. Well, this is another world, maybe even another dimension or universe. I’ll probably find out, when I meet other people or see magic or some other amazing stuff in this world. Anyways, it’s time for breakfast. I walk over towards my two piles of fruits and berries, to contemplate what I should eat for breakfast.
Looking at the pile of edible fruits filled with a wide variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. I thought about eating one type of fruit a day, eating all of them, or a couple of kinds a day. Pondering over these three choices, I remembered that some didn’t taste good and I shouldn’t think too much about how to eat them. I should just eat and if I don’t like it I can change it when my next meal comes.
With my choice I walked over to the bushes I found yesterday, following the tiny prints that followed me along on the beach. Meeting the bush I entered, I pulled up my blindfold before continuing onwards. Don’t want to poke my eye out yanno. Going forward for about two or three minutes, my hands finally felt a clearing. I pull off the blindfold, to find the area I was in yesterday.
Full of color, pleasant scents that assaults my nose, and specks of light splatter the fresh green forest grass. I began admiring the scene that I missed due to nervousness and panic that occurred yesterday. After a couple of seconds I broke out of the dazzling scenery, to get breakfast. Untying my cape, I walked around gathering a few of each kind of fruit that I liked. In a few moments I had seven different kinds of fruit, saving the other six good ones for lunch. And just like yesterday I tied them up, blindfolded myself, and headed back to the beach near the two piles of fruits.
Sitting down, making sure no one can see up my dress, I open the blanket. There is nobody here though? Well, it’s a good habit to build, since the times I wore a skirt or a dress can be counted on one hand, besides I don’t want to meet someone and show them my p-pr-precious a-area by accident! Okay?! Four clusters of color flowed out of the blanket as it opened, revealing shades of red, green, purple and white.
Reds: tiny round pink berries, blood red short eggplant shaped fruits, dull blush sphere shaped fruits with bumps protruding from all over
Green: lime egg shaped fruit with orange lines flowing diagonally around it
Purple: hard-shelled rough textured deep purple fruits that came in all shapes like pebbles you find on the ground, which I thought to be actual pebbles at first, but the shell easily cracked open after removing the stem
White: slightly white transparent round berries, dirty white oval shaped berries
Taking each berry at a time, I slowly enjoyed these natural sweets, instead of the processed food full of preservatives, food color, and other stuff in my old world. While I ate I stared at the glistening peridot blue sea as light reflected of its surface. Popping the last berry into my mouth, I suddenly felt a slight urge to pee. Aaaaaa, where am I going to pee?! Looking around all I saw was sand, water, rocks and bushes. Now in this situation the obvious place to do it is in the bushes… buuut the bushes grow my precious fruits and berries. So that’s a NO. Water is also a NO, that’s my water source.
Thinking about it rationally, the only choice left is the beach. Quickly tying up the fruits, I started to study the beach looking for a nice, distinct place to use as my restroom. Then at least 100 meters away was a decently sized rock that I could use as a marker for where I do my stuff. Grabbing my fruits, I walked towards the rock. After a few minutes I arrived at the rock. I examined the area to make sure it is safe and not full of bugs or some other weird creatures, before deciding to go pee. I looked around to make sure no one or thing was there, before I squatted down. Parting the blanket-dress more and moving it out of the way i was ready.
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Nothing came out. I-It’s not my fault okay, it’s my first time doing this and I’m nervous and embarrassed an-and
*pss-censored*
Completing my business, I find no toilet paper
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Um
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I guess I should just go wash myself in the water. I readjust my dress, pick it up to make sure I don’t just drag it through that spot, and walked to the sea. At the shore, I took off my blanket and took a nice dip in the ocean. Once I felt clean, I went back up the shore to my blanket. Grabbing it, I was about to put it on, before I noticed I was still wet. Mn, it looks like I’ll just have to stand here for a bit before I put on my blanket again. I don’t want to wear something wet, it’s uncomfortable.
A few minutes later.
Okay, I seem dry enough now.
*picks up blanket*
One…
Two…
Three…
Done.
With my blanket on again, I went back to my original seat, and unraveled the fruits. Continuing where I left off I finished my breakfast. At the second egg shaped fruit, I was already feeling quite full. Although I anticipated this being a baby and all, I am still shocked that eating 10 berries no larger than an a few centimeters and a fruit a centimeter large than the largest berry was enough to fill me up. What should I do with these leftovers?? I don’t want to carry or drag around the bundle of fruits. Placing it on the sand will probably be all right, and I could wash them later for lunch. I just hope they won’t go bad from the sun.
Leaving the fruits as the third pile on the beach, I shake off the sand from the blanket and tie it back on as a cape. Hm, let’s see, what should I do with my free time or better yet what should I do from now on? I have to keep myself busy every day or at least till I find something interesting to do. I also want to leave this place someday, and to do that I have to be strong enough to run away from the beast or monster I saw yesterday. What? You thought I was going to fight it, are you crazy? I have never fought in my life and I don’t want to lose an arm or a leg. In fact, I was afraid of the slightly bigger dogs in my old life already.
Mn, wait that beast, well it looked kind of like a tiger, so I guess cat. Why call it a cat? Well calling it a cat sounds less scary. Like if someone said look out it’s a cat, I would be careful but not full of fright like hearing it’s a beast. Anyways, a cat like that probably means that this is another universe. Huh, how do I know? It’s easy, where on eart-no, where in the history of earth has there been an animal that has silvery fur that shines like real metal? There are none right? So this is probably another universe. Since this is another universe with creatures like that, there might be a chance of there being mana, magic, qi, or some other energy spiritual power. But I’ve already tried to sense mana you say. That is true, but I was still inside of my egg, possibly even a fetus. Based on that, I might not have developed the ability to sense mana yet or it requires more time than spending like five to ten minutes to sense it. As a matter of fact, in those novels I read, not everyone could become magicians and some people had to try really hard or long to do it. I just hope I am not one of those talentless people… or ordinary people who can’t use magic…
L-let’s forget about this for now and at least try. Determined to learn magic, I walked to the shore of the beach and sat down around a meter away from the water in a meditative position. Also known as sitting cross legged. I take off my cape and place it over my legs covering that wide open view one would have of my… All prepared I close my eyes, laid my hands down and tried to erase all thought from my mind. However that was harder than I expected. Trying to think of nothing was too hard. As thoughts constantly popped into my mind like how do I think of nothing, how comfortable it was sitting here basking in the sun, and etc. With little success, I decided to relax and focus on the idea of feeling for some type of energy or thing in my surroundings or my body. Of course, I ignore the breeze that blew from time to time. In this relaxed state I hear the light waves of the ocean that brushes against the sand. I felt the wind grazing my body, as fresh air entered, traveling through my lungs and reviving my body. The sounds of the leaves and the forest animals or beasts or monsters could be heard in the distance. Then as I focused on myself, I could feel the heat my body gave off, slightly warmer than the rays of the sun. And the sand I was sitting on that pressed against my skin. The blanket that wrapped around me, gave me a cozy feeling like I was nestled under a white fluffy cloud. In this environment I tried to feel something in the air or within myself. I focused on my forehead, my stomach, my hands, and any other place I remember people gathering mana, qi, or other form of energy. As this tranquility settles in, I began falling into a state of daydream or sleep. I began to lose track of time, like I was in Mother Nature’s warm embrace.
*grrrrr*
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*grrrrrrrrrr*
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Hearing the calls of my stomach, I awoke from that serene state. Coming out of that state, I felt like I had another good night’s rest. Although I don’t know what that state was, I’m going to call it being one with nature. I know it’s such a cliché name but what can I do, that’s how it felt. Well, I can’t say what I felt was being one with nature, but it should have something to do with nature. So I am calling it that. Let’s see.
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Mn, aww, still I can’t feel any unique energy, mana like stuff. Maybe it strengthen my body, I do feel great after all. I mean like when main characters go into so special state they get some power ups, so I should t─
*grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
Ah, my hungry. I guess I didn’t eat enough after all. Although I felt full when I finished breakfast, my body is still of a baby’s. Since my stomach said it’s time for another meal, I stood up to walk towards the leftovers from breakfast.
*Wah*
Standing up, I almost toppled over. Just like when I first learned how to walk, I had to toddle through the sand with the stinging sensation of the so called pins and needles pricking away at my legs and feet. Enduring the discomfort, I realized I must have been in that state for at least an hour. Still that does not excuse my stomach from being hungry. I mean even a baby will need a few hours before they cry for food again, yanno. Walking onwards, my feet started fill with blood again as the sensation disappeared.
Arriving at the pile of fruit, I grab like five to wash. With the fruits cleaned, I sit down once again, this time with my legs beside me and I started my lunch. Ughh, this is way too uncomfortable how can girls sit like this? I’m going back to the way I sat at breakfast. Once I found myself comfortable I began eating my lunch after going through three fruits I was so full, I felt like my belly could explode. And it was just three?! THREE! Yanno. I feel quite disappointed at this, I mean how many times am I going to have to eat in one day? Four times? That is one time too many, I would be wasting time eating that extra time… I have the whole day to myself you say. Wel-,Well
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Back to where I was before my stomach interrupted me and I had to eat. I was going to say I should try out my physical abilities. Like did I grow stronger, since the mana could have strengthened my body. But since I just ate, I should wait a bit and let my food digest. Even if it’s just three fruits.
Around 20 minutes later.
This should be enough for now, my stomach feels much better. In other words, it’s time to see if I got stronger. How am I going to do that? I’m going to run; since I ran yesterday I have a grasp at how good I was. Now ready, get set, go! As I ran, I thought I would do better than yesterday, since I’m still feeling pretty good. Yet I was let down, after running for around a full minute, I had to stop to catch my breath. Just like yesterday, I didn’t make many improvements. I still made improvements, you say? Yes I guess, but this improvement is in distance which is probably due to the fact that I have no obstacles here on the beach. Unlike the forest which is filled with things block my way, like the trees.
Perhaps, my improvements lie not in stamina but in strength. However I didn’t test my strength yesterday, so I won’t know if improvements have been made. But I could at least tell whether my strength is suitable for a baby or not. Taking a few minutes to settle down and make sure I’m back to my normal condition, I got ready for testing my strength. Getting down to the ground I got into the push up position. So I went down trying to keep my back as straight as possible. Then I stopped when my arms made ninety degrees. At this point I already found my arms shaking. When I started going up, I found it really difficult and my face started to flare up red. After another burst of energy I got up, finally giving me a chance to relax. IN a few seconds, I went on to my second push up. Going back down again was quite fast because of my weak arms. Coming to an abrupt stop at a ninety degrees angle, my arms trembled greatly. Trying to push myself up once again, I came to a stop after coming up a centimeter or two.
*drip*
I can’t believe I’m actually sweating, from not even two pushups. Agghh, giving my last burst of energy I moved a negligible amount. With no progress from that push, I closed my eyes and
*pufwa*
I hit the sand. Laying there, I could barely feel my upper arms anymore. Whatever muscle was there has probably deflated at this point. Aaaaa, I can’t believe I’m just as fragile in this life. Maybe even more fragile… As I laid there to recover, I recall how my arms looked like they could snap, and they did. When I tried to ride a skateboard, I slipped and used it to support myself as I hit the ground. My wrist cracked.
A couple of minutes later.
I got back up and brushed the sand off my face, took off my blanket, and shook the sand off it too. Before putting it back on again and sitting down. Seeing the state in which my arms are in and how low my stamina was, I made a choice. I am going to start training from now on, every day, and I am going stronger. Strong enough to face anyone and any situation and run away from it. What’s left now is to find out what to do with the rest of my time…
Right now I have fulfilled my basics needs; I am also working towards my goal of getting stronger to leave the forest and travel. Besides these goals, I don’t have anything else I need to work towards. Come on brain think, think. Hmm, what do I need, in my old life I spent most of my time on the computer. When I wasn’t on the computer I played handball, but I can’t do that now or any sport. Then what about my dreams, I wanted to have no responsibility and do whatever I wanted. What did I want?? I wanted to spend my time relaxing and learning how to play the piano, cook, other languages to read light novels, a martial art and...
I-I st-still have more wishes,okay? I’m n-not a simple i-idiot alright. I-I just forgot for n-now, kay?
*Hmph*
Hmm, why didn’t I? Well I had school and after school I needed time to relieve my stress as well as complete homework and study. As you can see I didn’t have enough time to enjoy the light novels, balance school, and learn things I wanted. Because learning the things I wanted still felt like work and I was lazy. Now if I had more time, it would’ve been different. Wait, time, I have that now, I can try to accomplish those goals now. And I should also try to keep track of time, so I can see how I improve as I grow up. Hehe, this is wonderful, I can’t believe I’m lucky enough to get this new life. Thank you god, or fate, or whoever helped me.
*giggles*
Mn, what can I do? Piano? Nope Cook? Uhh maybe other languages? Nope martial art? Maybe So I guess I can only try learning how to cook and for martial art, I’ll make up my own maybe when I try to get stronger. Cooking, I only have berries for now, which I can’t cook with. I can try to get meat maybe? No no, that’s too dangerous and to co-yes to cook it I need fire. Let’s start with fire. To build a fire, I am going to need rocks, branches, leaves. Okay let’s go collect them.
Strolling through the edge of the forest, near the bushes I was able to easily gather tens of branches. However I wasn’t really sure what type of branches I needed, but I do recall needing dry wood. Making two trips I finally have a pile of dry or what I think are dry branches. I also made sure to get a few different sizes. Next were dry leaves and rocks. Walking into the forest again, I focused on the forest floor, looking for leaves and rocks. Treading through the various plants and leaves scattered about. I slowly examined the leaves for any hint of water. Picking up various leaves, I could feel the mushy or soggy texture. Although it felt quite gross, I trudged on. As my gaze moved about the floor, a rock came into view.
*Picks up rock*
*Uwahh*
*rustle*
Jumping in fright, I landed a quarter meter away from the area I picked up the rock. With the rock still in my hand, I slowly examined the bug that was underneath the rock. It had an elongated spider body, with three legs on each side. Growing out of its body were spikes that had alternating colors of yellow and orange. The rest of the body was a dark brown color. As I watched, it stood still for a moment before scurrying towards. The bug was quite fast, leaving me almost no time to get out of its way. Once I was out of its way, it stopped and it seemed like it was looking at me. Staring into its eyes, I could feel my skin crawling, I mean who wouldn’t if a bug was staring right back at you? Before long it ran off, although I don’t know what just happened, I made a mental note to be careful when going into the forest from now on, or better yet not go in unless I had too. Continuing my journey I made my way along the edge of the forest gathering rocks, leaves, and avoiding the bugs. Carrying a dozen rocks and my pile of leaves I headed back to my other piles of stuff.
Sitting down I began forming a circle with my rocks. The circle came out to be around 30 centimeters in diameter. Then I dug out the sand in the circle, placed the leaves and branches inside, and grabbed one of the largest sticks and a stick that was comparably smaller than the largest stick. Now it was time to make a fire. Placing the larger of the two sticks on the ground, with the smaller stick in hand I held it vertically between my hands and began to drill it down into the larger stick. Expecting a burning sensation, I started off slowly. Then I increased the speed, but I felt no change.
*dudt*
Aww, it slipped off. Trying again, but more wary of the stick sliding off, I worked at creating a fire. After who knows how long, I was covered in a bit of sweat. Yet, I didn’t have a fire to show for it. What I did have a circular groove with many streaks coming out of it. Those streaks were all the times, the stick slipped. Even though smoke came out of the groove a few times, I didn’t get any fire…
Enveloped in an air of depression and the urge to go number 2, I walk over to my restroom. Hmm, i-I h-have no toilet p-paper….. In this situation most people use leaves… Dragging myself over to the bushes, I slowly examined each leaf, before taking them to use. Luckily, the leaves are quite big, at least bigger than my hands. Going back to the restroom, I did my business.
Which I shall not talk about.
Finishing that business, I go to the ocean to wash myself and my blanket up; taking a nice bath in the cool water. Ha, today was another tiring day. But at least I can take care of myself, see mom, I knew I could do it. Your constant nagging about how I wouldn’t be able to survive once I leave the house was wrong! I won’t make it in the long run, well just watch! When my blanket and I was sparkling clean I got out of the water. Since my blanket dries quite quickly, I waited for it as well as shook it. With it dry, I went back near my piles of stuff, and set up my ‘bed’ for sleep.
Sitting on my blanket I watched the last moments of the sunset as I ate two fruits. Before long the sunset disappeared from the horizon and the stars started popping out one after another. Lying down, and all snuggled up in the blanket I watched the beautiful stars that shined in the sky. This was a rare site to see, in the city, there was no way for stars to shine this brightly. Enjoying the night view after another day, I slowly drifted off in the land of dreams.
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Once again thank you for reading, I hope my character is consistent in her personality. I would be grateful if people can point out any glaring plot holes or mistakes/misunderstandings my story has so far. If there are contradicting things please point it out, or things I forgot. And any other suggestions as well.