Currently, my wife is in labor with our fourth child. I am standing here with Kristy who has a worried expression on her face.
"Daddy" she pulls on my sleeve "Is mommy going to be ok? I keep hearing loud noises coming from the room mommy is in" She says looking at me with upturned eyes.
"It will be alright, Kristy. This is already her fourth time, so there should be not problems" I say looking back to her and sigh mentally.
Every time Eli goes into labor is the worst feeling in the world. It is not as bad as the first time, but the nerves still get to me. I gotta act calm because I don't want Kristy to see a pathetic looking father. But still, I worry for her. If something bad were to happen to her, I don't know what I would do. Luckily my thoughts disappear as I see one of the maids leave the room and walk over to me and Kristy.
"Lord Westbrook your wife has given birth to a healthy baby girl. She is now resting in the delivery room. You may go see her now" She says and walks away.
I say my thanks and turn towards Kristy. "Kristy come let us go say hello to your mother and Aila," I say to her.
Her eyes instantly brighten with the mention of Aila. 'Damn she must really like her little sister' I think to myself as I grab her hand. We start walking towards the door.
"Yay I can finally play with little sister Aila" she exclaims as we walk into the room.
"Shhhh, Kristy quiet down. I have just calmed Aila down. I don't want her to cry again" Eli says.
"Sorry mommy" Kristy responds.
I walk over to Eli and sit in the chair next to her. "Can I hold her?" I ask.
"Sure," she says as she carefully hands Aila to me.
I study her face while gently rocking her back and forth. "Looks like she has the same dark teal colored hair that Kristy has. I guess it is true that your dark green hair and my light blue hair really do mix well" I say looking at Eli.
"Yeah, it really is quite the pretty color. They will surely grow up into fine young ladies" she says with a smile.
"Hey, hey" I look over to see Kristy tugging on my shirt. "Daddy, can I hold her? Can I?" she pleads.
"Sure. Just be promise me you will be careful when you hold her" I say to her.
"I promise daddy, I will be careful. Please let me hold her" She pleads again.
"Alright," I say to her as I hand her Aila.
"Wa~ she is so small. So cute~!" She squeals. "Oh she is opening her eyes," she says.
I look over when Kristy says this and see the two staring at each other.
"Ahh. Isn't that adorable Vail?" Eli asks me.
"Yes it sure is" I respond
***
Exiting the womb was quite the experience. My joy for leaving that place caused me to cry tears of happiness.
I feel myself in the arms of someone and am soon handed over to someone else. I am held close to her chest and hear a very familiar heartbeat.
'Ah so I am in my mother's arms' I think to myself as I try to open my eyes. 'Ugh, too bright I can't open my eyes yet' I complain to myself. 'I just want to see my mother' I think as I start to cry again.
"Calm down, It's alright mommies here," She says to me.
As I hear her voice my body starts to calm down. 'Hm? That's weird why can't I control the impulses of this body. Even the slightest bit of emotion causes me to cry like a baby, literally' I think as I come to terms with my situation.
'Maybe because I am a baby I can't control myself, but still I should still know how to properly control my bo... wait I don't have any memories of my previous self. Does that extend to everything relating to controlling my body also? Is that why I only have random knowledge in my memories, but nothing else at all. The only other memory is a small selection of dialogue from someone I do not know explaining the DRS to me. This means I have to relearn all basic skills with only vague ideas on how to control' I think to myself with a large sigh.
I continue trying to open my eyes when I hear a high pitched enthusiastic voice walk into the room. 'Oh so that is my sister isn't it' I think. Now I want to open my eyes even faster.
I hear a conversation between my mother and a man, as I am put into the hands of the man. 'He is probably my father' I think. He talks with my mother for a bit before my sister starts bothering them.
I hear a quick exchange between my father and sister before I am lowered down and put into the care of my sister. She lets out a little squeal and starts to hug me closer. 'I really want to see her face right now' I think and try to force my eyes open again. To my surprise, they actually open although rather slowly and everything around me is blurry, but they are still open.
I start to look up at the sister who is holding me. She had light blue eyes with shoulder length dark teal hair. Her ears were elongated and looked elf-like, and her face looked adorable with that sparkle in her eyes. We both lock in each other's gaze and stay that way for a few seconds, which felt like a few minutes, and then I hear a few words come out of her mouth.
"Hi Aila, I'm Kristy you big sister," she says.
I don't really understand what she is saying, but with the mention of my name and the tone, she used to say Kristy I have to think my sister's name is Kristy. It's a great name that looks to fit her really well.
I then start to look around the room as Kristy takes me towards a woman laying in a bed with a man sitting at her side. 'This must be my mother and father' I think as I am brought closer to them. My father looked very kind, but proud. He had light blue hair and violet eyes. On his back were a pair of translucent wings that were fluttering gracefully with the slight breeze in the room. My mother had long dark green hair with dark blue eyes. Her wings were similar to fathers but slightly smaller. She looked exhausted and was looking at me with a tired expression. After Kristy and I got close enough to them they both looked me in the eyes and started talking.
"Looks like she got your eyes, Vail," my mother says.
"Guess that makes two now," my father said.
I try to follow what they are saying, but without knowing the language I can't understand them at all.
***
"Eli, how about you get some rest. We will go take Aila to her crib, and watch over her while your asleep" I say to her.
"Sorry to be a burden on you" She responds.
"NO, no, it's quite alright Eli. It is my duty as a father to help take care of a child when the mother is not around, also Kristy here has been learning from you how to take care of a baby for the past few weeks. So don't worry for now and get some rest for a little" I say to her.
"Alright fine I will get some rest. Take good care of Aila in my place" she says.
"No problem. Have a good rest" I say.
"Good night mommy," Kristy says.
As we walk out of the room, we start walking towards the room that was prepared for Aila. As we walk I take a glance over at Kristy and see her holding Aila close to her chest, as if she wants to never let go of her. She then placed a finger in front of Aila. When Aila sees it she started to reach for the finger but it was too far away. Kristy saw this and lowered her finger towards Aila. Aila again tried to grab the finger and succeeded this time. When this happened Kristy froze and could only stare into Aila's eys.
Also being shocked by the cuteness of the scene I stare at them. When I recover a few seconds later I call out to Kristy. "Kristy come along. You can play with Aila when we get to her room" I say.
"Alright," she says excitedly.
"You really like your little sister don't you," I ask her.
"Yes, I really do. I finally have someone to play with that's around my age again. After Keith went off to the academy it got lonely around here by myself, but now Aila is here and I can play with her" she says.
"Oh? Is that so. Then make sure to treat her well while you are with her" I say to her.
"Of course daddy," she says
When we reach her room we enter and walk over to the crib.
"Ok Kristy hand me Aila so I can put her in her crib," I say as I look over at the sleeping baby is Kristy's arms.
"But daddy I want to play with Aila," she says with disappointment.
"Aila is already asleep, Kristy. We should not wake her and let her sleep. After she wakes up from her nap you can play with her" I say reassuring her.
"Ok daddy, but what do we do know is Aila is sleeping," she asks.
"You stay here and watch over her and wait for you mom to come. I will go take care of a few things and come back to check up later" I say.
"Ok daddy I will do my best to watch over her," she says.
"Alright, then I shall take my leave," I say.
"Bye daddy"
***
I wake up inside a small crib. Raising my head I notice my sister sitting on the couch playing with some toys. I look closer and see that some of them are moving on their own. 'I wonder what she is playing?' I think as I notice the house like area on the table. 'Oh is she playing house?' I think to myself.
I continue to stare at her until I make a small noise. Kristy looks over at me and sees that I am awake. She gets up and starts to walk towards the crib with a happy expression on her face. She picks me up and says something I don't understand. She then brings me over to the table where she way playing house. She points at a stuffed rabbit signaling me to pick it up.
Picking up the stuffed rabbit I feel the warm and fluffy feeling of the rabbit. I immediately hug it close to me and lay down on the floor. The fluffy fur against my face feels amazing as I snuggle up against it.
Kristy seeing this comes over and sits on the floor next to me. She stares at me with a cute expression, but I am focusing on the comfortable feeling of the rabbit.
Kristy seeing she is being ignored decided to come closer to me. She bends down and places her hands on my stomach. She then starts to tickle me with everything she has. I start laughing loudly.
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She continues to tickle me. It makes me laugh constantly and I can't stop. She continues to do this for quite some time before stopping and then she picks me up. She carries me along with the stuffed rabbit to the couch where she sits there with me in her arms.
She stares at me with loving eyes and then puts me on the couch and walks to get something.
'I wonder what she is doing' I think as I look over at the other side of the room. She is looking through drawers trying to find something it looks like. She keeps moving around the room until she grabs a small stone slab and a plate. 'Why is there a stone slab and a plate in my room. What use could there be for such items to be in my room' I think to myself as Kristy walks back over to me.
She sits down on the opposite side of the table with the stone slab on the plate in front of me. She then to say something as I feel a force of energy come out of Kristy's hand. As soon as the force touches the slab it spreads over the whole slab and then it crumbles into sand. I look at the sand in shock. 'Is this magic? Was that force mana?' These two questions fill my mind as I continue to watch Kristy with her show.
Kristy then starts speaking again as water appears from her hand in a little stream that flows to the sand. The sand and the water mix together to form mud. Kristy then starts to shape the mud into a ball. After she finishes the ball of mud she starts to form the mud into the shape of a person with her mana. The mud human is then set on fire and the sand solidifies into a tiny stone person.
With this new stone person in my view, I stare at Kristy with excitement in my eyes. She sees this excitement and starts pouring mana into the stone person. The stone person starts to move about on its own with the control of Kristy. I look at there with excitement as my hands squeeze the stuffed rabbit harder and I pull it closer to my chest.
'So this is the world of magic' I think to myself while looking at the dancing figure on the table. While staring at the figure I hear a knocking on the door.
Kristy gets up and walks over and opens the door. She walks back with my mother in tow as they walk towards the couch where I am sitting. She looks over at me and picks me up and puts me back in my crib along with the stuffed rabbit. I lay there for a while, and listen to my mother talking to Kristy in a slightly upset tone.
Kristy then leaves the room while yawning. 'It's probably late at night' I think to myself as I think about how mom was upset at Kristy.
Mom then comes over to me and picks me up and brings me over to the couch. She unbuttons a few buttons on her shirt and pulls it to the side to reveal her small breast. She then places my head to her chest as I start to suck on her nipple unconsciously. I soon start to taste a sweet liquid entering into my mouth as I continue to suck.
After about forty minutes I start to feel sleepy. I start to relax my body and as I start to fall asleep my mother picks me up and takes me back over to my crib. I grab onto the stuffed rabbit and then fall asleep.
***
A few weeks have passed since I have been born. It has been really fun observing what my family and the maids of this house do when they enter my room. My mom or the maids always end up changing my diapers for me. It felt weird not being able to control my need to use the bathroom, but I guess that is how babies are. Every time I ended up soiling myself my mom or the maids, whoever was here at the time, would change me and wash me clean.
Kristy always changed my clothes for me. I always wondered why my sister was changing my clothes because of how young she is, but I think she asked mom for this job to help take care of me. If that is the case then I have a really loving sister. I will make sure to play with her whenever I get the chance.
My favorite person to observe, however, is my dad. He always comes into my room secretly at night after mom feeds me and puts me in my crib to sleep. I only discovered my dad even came into my room at night because he woke me up one night. When I started to show symptoms of crying he ran over to me and quickly picked me up and started to rock me back to sleep. To be honest that trick was always really effective, as it put me to sleep with ease. As he put me back into my crib I noticed him take out a small camera and snap a picture. 'Heh, dad sneaked into my room late at night to capture a picture of me. He must be really soft hearted embarrassed to show his admiration for cute things' I thought to myself as I fell asleep.
Today my parents have taken me outside with them to the city. They got into a car with me and the servant drove us to the city. While in the car my mind was in a frenzy as I realized this world is more modern than I thought. When we reached the city the car stopped and we got out. I was confused why my parents got out at the entrance to the city, but then I noticed the large cathedral at the edge of the city. 'I guess we are going to visit a priest?' I think to myself wondering why we are going to a cathedral.
***
Eli, Aila, and I stand in front of the cathedral outside of Phoross.
"Ok, Aila lets go meet the priest and find out your stats," I say to Aila.
"Honey, you know she can't understand you right?" Eli says to me.
"I know. I just wanted to say it to her," I say.
"Then let's get going. I don't want Saint Brandon to wait long," she said.
"Alright, let's go in," I say.
Walking into the cathedral we see an old man standing by an altar. As he hears our footsteps he turns around and smiles.
"Ahh, Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook congratulations on your new daughter. I assume you are here to baptize her then?" he asks.
"Yes, we are," I say while looking at my Aila. "We also wish to be able to observe her status for any problems early on," I say.
"So it's the usual procedure as always," He says.
"Yep, so can we get started with the procedure," Eli asks.
"Yes, we can get started right away. Follow me," he says.
***
In the realm of gods.
A group of five gods are sitting around a plethora of screens.
"Hey guys, that's the primordial soul that was sent into this dimension a couple months back isn't it?" A young god asks as he points towards the screen.
"Not sure. She does have an abnormally large mana capacity, so it's likely," a god sitting the left says.
"Should we give her a blessing?" The god on the right says.
"I think we should ask high goddess Cecilia about what we should do about this matter," a goddess standing across from the gods says.
"I agree with what Vulna says," a goddess standing next to Vulna says.
"Ok then, I will go ask high goddess Cecilia about this matter," the young god said as he walks down a corridor and knocks on a door.
"High goddess Cecilia we need to talk to you about something," he said.
"What is it you five need? I have a guest over right now, so this better be important," Cecilia says as she opens the door.
"It's important madam, um, you see the primordial soul that was sent into this dimension a couple months ago is getting baptized today," he says.
"Oh! It's about the primordial soul huh. Well then," she says as she looks back into the room. "Hey Augustus, your primordial soul is about the get baptized. You have any say on this matter?" she asks.
"Oh? My universe's primordial soul is getting baptized. Well, I would usually say to give it a blessing but," he says while turning to look at the young god. "I have already given that soul some blessings and I do not want my primordial soul to flaunt over everyone else," he says stopping to think for a while before speaking up again. "Oh yeah, what is the name, gender, and race of my primordial soul?" He asks the young god.
"She is named Aila Westbrook, a female of the faerian race," he says before saying again. "Wait, but sir if we don't give her a blessing then if she ascends to godhood. She will not come here to personally thank us for watching over her," he says.
"Alright, how about this. If she does ascend then I will personally greet her at the ascension lake and take her here so she can thank you. Is this fine with you?" Augustus asks.
"Ah, yes that is quite fine with me. Thank you for your kindness high god Augustus," he says as he walks away.
Augustus then turns around to Cecilia. "Well then, let us finish this discussion we were having," he says.
"Alright, let's," Cecilia responds.
"Oh right after we finish talking can I stay a while to check on my primordial soul," he says walking through the door.
"Sure no problem. Stay as long as you like," Cecilia says as she closes the door.
***
"Let's get started with the baptism Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook. Would you please hand me the baby," Saint Brandon says.
"Here you go," Eli says and hands Aila to him.
He puts Aila onto the altar. "Alright, we shall begin the holy water ceremony," he says as he takes a small ladle and scoops out some water from a small raised stone container. He then pours the water onto the head of Aila slowly and starts chanting. "Oh, great gods and goddesses of the upper realm. I ask you to please watch over this young lady and protect her from harm's way. In the name of the gods, I shall bestow upon her a name to match your elegance. The name I shall bestow is Lilica. From this day forth she shall be known as Aila Lilica Westbrook. Now gods and goddesses if you would please do the great honor of showing her divine ranking to the three people present," He says as the altar starts to shine brightly.
When the light fades a small blue box appears in front of Aila.
As Eli and I are about to walk over to check her status we hear a faint gasp.
"Oh, great gods and goddesses you have bestowed a great gift upon your humble servants. We have received your grateful blessing," he says and he stares at the screen.
"What happened," Eli says she starts to walk over faster leaving me behind. When she gets close to the altar she freezes and drops to her knee's.
Seeing my wife speechless I pick up my pace and head to the altar. When I get close I see the aforementioned blue screen.
[Status]
Name Aila Lilica Westbrook Race Faerian Gender Female Class Primordial Health 30/30 Age 0 Stamina 20/20 Mana 6500/6500 Strength 2 Intelligence 114 Vitality 2 Wisdom 33 Endurance 1 Charisma 4 Dexterity 32 Luck 37
[Skills]
[Focus to show all]
[Traits]
Primordial Soul Mana Manipulation
[Blessings]
Blessing of Intelligence Blessing of the Mind Blessing of mana
I stare at the screen dumbfounded. "This is ridiculous what was she before she was born?" I ask.
"Who knows she must have done a great favor for the gods or something," Saint Brandon regained his composer and said.
"But isn't this kinda crazy. She has the same mana capacity as an average adult human who focuses solely on magic," I say.
"Well, we should keep this girls status a secret from everyone outside you family. If this got out you have no idea what it would bring. You know what happens to children when they receive one blessing. Now imagine three plus this unique primordial soul trait, and you will never have free time ever again," Brandon says.
"Honey, we should just treat her like any normal child. It is best to raise her how we have and not spoil her. Let's keep this a secret to only us three for now," Eli says as she walks to my side.
"Yeah we should do that," I say to her. "Oh here is our payment for the serves Brandon," I hand him a small bag of money.
"NO! I can't accept this. I just witnessed a miracle today, so this session will be free of charge," he says.
"Fine then. How bout this, I am going to leave the money over here on this bench as a tip for keeping this secret," I say.
"Ah, right, yes, tips are always appreciated for the upkeep of this cathedral," He says stuttering. "Please have a safe journey back," he says taking a slight bow.
"Goodbye Brandon see you later. Eli let us get going now," I say in a monotone voice.
"Alright," she says grabbing Aila and walking out of the cathedral with me.
"If this secret gets out, and anyone comes to do anything to my daughter. I will never forgive them," I say as I walk to the car with Eli and Aila in tow.
***