I woke up to the scent of porridge. Oh, this smell is so nostalgic.
I tried moving my hands. I guess I reincarnated as a baby since they are so small.
"You're already awake, Ethel?"
The woman that just entered the room asked. So my name is Ethel? Not bad, but I don't really like it. Well, there's nothing I could do, is there?
"Look, Mommy made you meat porridge here. Do you like it? Or do you want to be breastfed? Oh, you can't talk yet. I'll feed you the porridge then."
"Aba."
I tried to say something but of course, nothing comprehensible came out of my mouth. Maybe this really is my mother.
She looks like a woman in her late 20s. She has silky blue hair, with green eyes, and she's wearing a white dress. If she's like this, then I must be handsome too right? Where's dad.
"Alice, is Ethel awake?"
"Yes, Eric. I'm feeding him."
I'm sure that's my father. My new father. I wonder how my old father is doing?
"I'm sure he'll grow up to look handsome like me."
"Honey, don't say that. He'll be more handsome than you."
"Haha, you're right."
I wanted to use the mirror, but I can't do that. Maybe give my mother a signal and she'll understand?
"Abu, abu."
I kept spitting out words that make no sense while trying to point to the mirror. Come on, do you get it yet?
"You wanted to use the mirror?"
Yes, mother, that's right! Bring me there.
"He was just born for a year and he has already wanted to use the mirror."
Wait, a year? A year had passed? Let's see if I could remember anything.
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The only thing I remembered is that my name is Ethel Von Cromwell. Judging by the name, my house is probably that of a noble. My mother's name is Alice Von Cromwell, and my father is Eric Von Cromwell. I have a sister and she's about 4 years older than me. Her name is Reka. I wanted to see her, but for some reason, it's one year and my sister hasn't shown up yet. Eventually, she'll have to meet me, so it's not the time to worry about that.
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5 years have passed, and I'm 6 years old. I still haven't seen my sister. According to my mother, my sister seems to bear a grudge against me and has been avoiding me ever since I was born. Whatever, it's not like I will die if I don't see my sister.
Right now I'm practicing sword with my father, Eric. This also feels nostalgic.
"Swing it harder, Ethel! Are you a girl?"
"I'm trying Father! Stop hitting me!"
At least this time, there won't be agents storming into our house. And speaking of our house, my Father is a Marquis. It's pretty high-rank, so our family is rich. I get to buy anything I wanted. My mother is the daughter of another Marquis House, Hemsworth. The head of the Hemsworth house right now is my uncle, also my mother's little brother. He's really kind and he often sneaks me some gold coins, because my father doesn't give me pocket money.
This world uses coins as its main currency. The smallest is a small copper coin, and the biggest is a platinum coin. 10 small copper coins = 1 big copper coin. 10 big copper coins are 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins equal to 1 gold coin and 1000 gold coin is 1 platinum coin, which means 1 platinum coin is 10000000 small copper coins. Only nobles use platinum coins. Rich merchants have thousands of gold coins, mainly from trades with the nobility.
After this practice session will be my birthday celebration. And after that, I will go to the church to get baptized. This world also worships a few Gods. I don't know the Gods' names yet, but I guess I will get to know them sooner or later. I tried using {Stats} but it didn't work. My father said we can see our status after we get baptized. I was frustrated because Estalica lied. I'll have to confront her the next time we meet.
"Alright, this is enough for today. Ethel, let's go in. The feast is probably ready. The guests are probably here. But before that, go take a bath first. You're all sweaty."
Alright! Let's prepare for the big party.