"-ms are really...oh I'm already dead it seems." I say to the surrounding darkness, or rather nothingness around me. 'I thought I would feel pain from being shot in the head? That's what it said in research studies I've read at least.' As I'm pondering in this darkness
'I feel...so tired...I think I'm going to rest for a while here.' As I'm slowly fading from consciousness I notice a light that wasn't there before, it slowly begins to grow and I begin to hear voices that I can't seem to understand. Perhaps it is another language?
"Potuse Uthic Inga Brithra!" Said an unfamiliar but feminine sounding voice.
'Wait, a voice, a light, and female...So this is what they mean by the light at the end of the tunnel huh?" I suddenly realized in shock.
"WAIT THEN THAT MEANS!?" I shout in my head before I'm blinded by a glaring brightness. Slowly the light fades and I notice three people. There are two females and a male, I assume the male is my father because of his joy and tears running down his face while looking at the woman who I assume is his wife and my apparent now mother.
My mother appears to have hair that could contend with the darkness and eyes the shade of blue that make you wonder if they're gems. Her face has a rather pale complexion at the moment, most likely due to childbirth, but she also has a beaming smile that looks like it is rather strained due to fatigue. The bed is drenched in her sweat and blood for obvious reasons if you can't tell.
My father is a rather muscular man with a well defined jawline and broad shoulders, he also appears to have quite the towering frame, but that could be just because I'm a baby. His hair is a darker shade of brown, with some unique red streaks that almost look like blood. His eyes are a shade of red that emit his wild nature that I can sense is already going to give me a headache.
The final woman seems to be just the doctor helping give birth to me. She looked like your generic doctor, short brown hair, brown eyes, and a look that made you think she hated her life after how many lives she birthed into this world. She noticed that the time since I've come out into the world has been quiet and I haven't cried or moved much since so she decided to give me a good ol' spank for good measure.
'OY YA OLD HAG BE GENTLE NEXT TIME I'M SENSITIVE THERE!' I try to scream with my undeveloped vocal cords and lungs. I start to do your usual baby screaming and crying and my parents sigh out of relief that I'm not sick or stillborn.
My mind seems to also be able to translate the language now, since I'm able to understand a good amount of the words they're saying, unless they're speaking English which wouldn't make much sense.
As I'm cursing the old hag within my mind, since I can't say it aloud, I witness something rather fascinating happening. A bright green magic circle with runes and writing that I can't decipher appears in my mothers hand, which she hovers over my body since the midwife had handed me over to my mother.
My mother's smile broadens as she looks over me with her magic, which I assume is a type of healing or sensory type since it's green, just a guess.
(A/N: I'll put a photo here to give you a general idea of what they look like, or how I would like them to look.)
"You know that's supposed to be my job, you're also not supposed to strain yourself right after giving birth ma'am." The midwife said apathetically.
"Oh I'll be fine, plus it was just a little check up spell, nothing more nothing less." Said my now-mother with a warm and gentle smile directed towards me.
'Fuck, I'm a baby now? Can I at least have the ability to absorb information that I learn faster?' I rant to myself since it sounds like baby gibberish to anyone else.
'This seems rather cliché honestly, also really, I have to wait 4 years to use it? Hopefully that ability is still implemented though, that'd be nice' I stated in the confines of my mind while a black screen with a red and gold outline appeared in my vision. 'I want to act surprised but for some reason I just can't? Maybe it's from all the novels and manga I read?' I sigh in frustration.
'Please whichever deity decided to curse me, please don't give me a useless system I beg of you' I plead to anyone even though I find it ridiculous but what else can I do to pass the time as a baby.
I guess the request went through seeing as my ability to understand this new language seems to be progressing faster than before. Before I thought my father was a stern man who followed strict ideals, I was wrong, this guy is a fucking joker. 'How can he even contort his face in that manner without breaking it?'
"Look at his eyes Conrad, he has both of ours honey!" Exclaimed my mother who I later found out who's name is Angelica.
"HAHA, It's a good thing he inherited my magnificence eyes, he'll be able to charm all the ladies now." Said my father with a wink towards me. I stared back at him with deadpanned eyes. While I want to learn magic, I'm starting to think taking up close combat and swordsmanship might be a good idea so I can kick his ass at some point for his horrid humor.
"CONRAD!" Angelica exclaims.
"I know you want grandchildren too Angelica, you can't tell me I'm wrong now?"
"You're not wrong, but he is literally a newborn child you thick skulled sword-wielding muscle head."
"That was harsh you witch" Conrad shoots back with a smug grin.
That smug grin was soon whipped off when he saw the cold glare from his wife.
"I-I think I'm going to go practice with the sword for a bit alright honey, shout me if you need me!" My father says while already halfway out the door.
My mother shakes her head at her husband's antics and chuckles. "Oh how I do hope you won't gain his wild and danger-prone nature that is trouble prone. Too much to ask for?" She chuckles after a thought.
'Haha, seeing how I have a system apparently and I'm reincarnated, I don't think that's possible now mother.' I say nervously as if I'm speaking to her.
'Yo system, can you hear me?' I say aloud in my head.
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'You pretentious fuck.'