'No, please...don't'
'Don't touch that... that is my...!'
'Ahhh!'
'Don't touch that also... I'm quite sensitive at that part!'
'Ahhhhh!'
"Noooooo!" Arledge woke up from his dream.
"Wahhh!..." he cried at the same time that last only for a second.
Baby's emotions were quite sensitive as Arledge experienced it himself for the first time as the midwife slap his bottom.
'Phew, I thought it was real!' as he wipe his non-existent sweat.
He dreamed of someone changing his diaper!
He could not help but shiver at the nightmare he had just had. It was okay if it was a girl but it was a guy!
Even though he was a baby now but with a 25-year-old man's soul in this body, who has lived his life without curving, it was simply disturbing!
Apparently what the dream was about is the baby poop himself and the guy cleaning it.
It was still tolerable at first as he took off his diaper but what happened after that was his embarrassing moment!
The guy hold both his feet together and lifted them then started rubbing his hand with wet tissue against his bottom as he clean the poop remain.
Then brought down his feet and started cleaning his other thumb and marbles.
'My innocence...' he thought dejectedly.
He checks his body if there is any dirty part. He doesn't want his dream to become reality!
He sighs relief as he didn't have any.
'But I think all newborn babies poop, right? That was weird because I didn't have any...'
He then realized something...
'... I was cleansed while sleeping...' he muttered in his mind.
'...'
'Let's not think about it.' he thought but the more he tried not to think of it the more he think of it!
'Think of anything besides poop' then he thought suddenly remembered the beautiful lady he met earlier.
He didn't know who it was but somehow it helps him calm himself down. There was a connection between him and her that he didn't know.
'System' he thought.
Then a blackboard show itself with its white font.
[Clone system] [Quest] [Shop] [Host service (Manual)]
He clicked on host service and thought 'such as hassle...'
"Who were they, System?" he ask.
[ The system does not know ]
'Tsk, what a useless system' he thought. He set aside that question for now and now is his opportunity to get an answer from the system.
"What is this world, system? Is it similar to Earth? What is in the body of the person living here? Can I go back? he asked one after another.
[ It is called Terra Bulse ]
[ Based on the host's memory, Terra Bulse was similar to Earth but there is a difference. The host should explore it himself ]
[ Mana is similar to the host's memory ]
[ Can ]
"Can you elaborate on Terra Bulse and Mana, system?" he asked.
[ Terra Bulse is a world similar to Earth. Mana was energy used to form magic ]
"Of course, I know that Terra Bulse is similar to Earth you just said it earlier! What I mean is give me a background of this world!" he thought.
[ An error occurred during host reincarnation and can't collect data. The host should provide energy to the system ]
'Huh? What error?'
[ Would you like to see system prompts? ]
'Yes, I guess?'
Then suddenly a long list of system notifications rang inside his head.
[ NOTIFICATION: Reincarnation complete ]
[ NOTIFICATION: Calculating contribution... Error... Calculating... Error... Finding solution... Di... Asking superior... Di... No superior governs the host... Finding solution... Di... Using system energy... Solve...unknown number of contributions points detected... solving... solving... Error! Error! Error!]
He groaned at the consecutive loud notification ring inside his head.
'F*ck, can you lower the volume!?' the asked system.
The system lowered the volume and was now muted. Although the notification sound was now muted, as the notification prompt keeps appearing one after another, it became annoying.
But Arledge endured it for information!
[ NOTIFICATION: Selecting gift randomly... Congratulations on getting the 'Cloning system'... Error!... Congratulations on getting the talent: Bunny... Error... double gift detected... fixing... Energy insufficient... ]
[ NOTIFICATION: Excessive use of system energy detected... activating back-up plan... switching to manual mode... turning off... Di...]
The system prompts ended, Arledge sighed as he was not informed by the error. He looked over one by one at the notification and digested the information he just got.
'So, it is my problem from the first place, huh?... seems like there is something wrong with my body...'
After digesting the information the system dumped on him, he was confused about what else happened that he missed during that time.
'Why do you think I have a double gift, system? Speaking of gift, what does bunny talent mean?' he asked.
[ The system speculated that there is another soul in the host's body ]
'Hmm... make sense' he thought. He thought it was the soul of the baby he took over. He really does not have a problem with it as long as it doesn't affect him.
He was the type of person that accepts reality easily when something wrong happens and knows he can't do anything about it. It was like trying to remove cancer cells within your body by yourself.
It was better to not make a move than to turn it worse by acting yourself without the ability to take care of it.
'And that was not good, you should probably change your mind if you think of helping yourself or others without the ability to support it. Those people do not last a century!'
Then another system notification tab appeared in Arledge's mind.
[ Only the host can know the talent he was given unless the host can upgrade his authority.
The host can activate the talent once he acquires the knowledge and ability on how this world power works ]
'In other words, it is useless temporarily' he thought.
As he was in the baby's body, he can't have that information currently. Also, even if he manages to get that knowledge, he does not know if he had the talent to do it.
It is not that he is not trusting himself but Victor once said that he was not talented enough which cause him to be abandoned. He was not talented, unlike his siblings.
'Or I have the talent but not too strong to be noticed by those people. If it is then that's good but not good enough to be compared to their talent' he thought.
Another thing he was concerned about was the rule to kill to activate slave clones.
'The clone system only gives clones when I completed a quest or I eliminate them personally.'
He did not know what to feel about killing as in his previous world outlaw killings.
'If I ever come to a point where I needed to kill someone, I will think about it thoroughly.'
He did not delve into himself more as the future is far, he can't think of it as his present.
'Let the future take action on itself when the time comes' he thought.
Just as he is done with his thinking, the door was suddenly opened then an average man came in. It was Victor who opened the door.
Victor was the one who promised to take care of Arledge as he regret what he did to his siblings. As he said so, he will take him as his own son even though it was not official in documents but he can act as the father while he was in the orphanage.
He planned to take out Arledge today to see the sunrise together as a new father and child bond.
He was wearing formal clothes just for this occasion. It was blue and cheap as the fabric was cheap itself. But it was also the only formal he can afford with his savings.
Arledge was awakened from his deep thoughts. Looking where the sound came from, there he saw Victor walking toward him.
He did not notice his surroundings at first as he was occupied by his poop dream and taking in the brand new information he just got from the system. But now that he noticed it, he was in a different room... again.
'Why do I wake up in a different place every time I wake up?' he thought.
He hoped that this will be the last or else he will go crazy if he woke up every time in a different place after sleeping. He doesn't want to be a zombie who cannot sleep just to prevent that event from happening.
Victor carried out Arledge from the crib.
Arledge can't even resist and just let fate take its course. He just wished he will clean him with magic or something like that if he ever plan to clean himself.
Victor walked to the balcony on the second floor of the orphanage as he carried Arledge in his arms.
'sigh...' he sighed in his mind as he thought Victor was going to clean himself.
Arledge observe his surroundings as they walked to their destination. The walls, the ceiling, the doors, everything. What particularly stands out was the bulb on the hallway, to be specific, a stone.
He didn't know what it was but it was maybe similar to a bulb.
They arrived at their destination. Victor opened the door with his left hand as he carry Arledge to his right at the same time.
There was nothing on the balcony except for plants Arledge didn't know the kinds but it was similar to grass.
Arledge felt the wind on his body. It felt nice and cold. It was comforting he must say.
Victor stood in the center of the balcony. He looked over the mountain range in front of him. He nudges the baby in his hand.
Arledge felt Victor's touch and look at him. He saw Victor staring straight forward to the horizon. He was a curious baby and also look over.
There he saw the sun seeping its shine between the mountains until it fully bloomed. It was simply spectacular!
Arledge can't help but admire the process of how the originally bright fireflies turned into shining bulbs. He wanted to get that beautiful pearl and hold it dearly.
'Do sun have a shadow?... All things have shadow is light is present then the sun was a light source itself so does it have a shadow?...' he questioned himself as he himself didn't know the answer.
'If the sun ever has a shadow then I wish my future was as bright as its shadow...'