Today marks my first day in the new world. My new family took me to their home.
Our ride was a carriage, showing that the world is far beyond than my old one.
I could see weird creatures flying in the air. It appears that different animals or monsters live in this world.
When I came out of the womb, my vision was all blurred, but now it's almost perfect. I could see most details of the world.
My mother looks to be in her 30's. She has long brown hair and is always smiling. My father has short brown hair and seems to be in his 30's or 40's. They are both tall looking, maybe around 180 cm.
Their home was huge, looking like a noble's estate. 'Are we nobles? Are there even nobles in this world?'
The house was white and looked to be two stories high. The lawn is cut and has a shine to it.
Our neighbors' houses also looked beautiful. Each house had a fresh cut lawn and a white coloring to it.
My mother carries me into the building. Once inside, she takes off her shoes and changes into slippers.
I was half expecting a Butler inside, but there isn't anyone else in the house. Darn, I thought we were filthy wealthy nobles.
...
A year has passed since my birthing to this new world. Nothing excited happened since then due to me being a baby.
In that year, I discovered that my mother's name is Nii Michiko, and my father's name is Nii Kaichi.
We live in a peaceful neighborhood. It seems like my parents are relatively popular with them too. Periodically, my parents would show me off to the neighbors. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it.
Today is like no other. I'm sitting on the rug with my mother at my side.
"Kaichi... It's been a year since he was born but... He hasn't made any noise since!"
"I know Michiko... I don't know what to do..."
'Because I don't want to talk!'
Why would I speak if I didn't want to? Well, better start before they get suspicious.
"Mama... Dada..."
"Look, Kaichi! He spoke! He said, Mama and dada!"
"I know! I saw it with my own eyes!"
I looked at my parents with an annoyed expression as they talk.
'I know I'm a baby and all, but this is still embarrassing and annoying.'
"Oh! Do you think he'll start to crawl or walk today too?"
"I hope so!"
Ugh... What a bothersome day.
I start to crawl in a random direction, then I tried to stand up, but fell to my butt.
'Oof. It's kinda hard to stand up.'
After a couple of attempts later, I finally succeeded in standing up. Then, I tried to walk forward.
I was wobbling the whole time, but I succeeded in walking. My parents started gawking again.
After that day, nothing new or excited happened. Four years pass in a blink of an eye.
I'm now five years old. In the past four years, I mastered talking, walking, eating, and most child's behaviors. My parents gave me a lot of toys, but the only thing that interested me was books.
Luckily, the language in this world is the same as my old, which explained how I could understand them at birth. I could even understand this world's writings.
Sadly though, all the books my parents got me were children's books, which were mostly pictured books.
Currently, I'm outside with my father. In this world, magic exists. Its concepts are relatively complicated. Magic and skills use a point system that requires Exp to level up.
It is similar to the games I played in my old world. I got excited when I heard about this, which brings me here. Since we were alone, I decided to ask my father about the system.
"You want to know about the system? Well, we're not completely sure ourselves. Neither your mother nor I are scientists in the field. All we know is that you can use Exp, which you get from your experiences to gain and level up skills. These skills can allow you to run faster, fly, punch hard, etc."
"Interesting..."
"It is, isn't it?"
"Yeah! Oh, does that mean I could get skills right now?!"
"You could, yes; however, we have locked your ability right now. You'll be able to access yours when your around twelve. We want to make sure you get skills smartly rather than all willy billy."
"Oh, okay..."
I was a little down at this fact. I could fly or go supersonic, but I had to wait seven years before I can.
"Don't worry, son. Your smart, but we want to make sure you don't make any dumb choices. You should get and level up the skills you need for your future job. This is pretty normal, you know? One thing different, though, is that you'll have more Exp than the average."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Well... The system in place gives parents the authority to add skills to their children for the first 250 Exp. We didn't do this; therefore, you'll get 250 Exp more than normal..."
"Oh, okay."
That kind of makes sense; however, something tells me that he isn't telling me the full story. I tried to ignore this sensation.
"Oh! You'll also get even more Exp too!"
"Huh?"
"I was going to tell you when you were twelve, but I'll tell you now. I'm going to transfer my Exp to you! I have about 98,500 Exp stored up. When you turn twelve, I'll have around 99,000, so you should be able to get anything you want."
This excited me.
"Wait!?"
He's going to give me 99,000 Exp?! I could level up anything then! I still got to wait till twelve, huh. While I wait, I could try to learn how it works so I can use that 99,000 Exp properly.
"Thanks, dad! By the way, can you get me a book about how the skills thingy works?"
"Huh? I could, yeah. Sadly, there aren't any pictures in it so that it might be too hard for you, but I'll gift you it anyways."
"Really! Thanks, dad!"
"Aw..."
We smile at each other.
Yes! While I grow up, I'll master the knowledge about this tree. Then, I'll pick the best skills!