I was once told by my old friends about the "light at the end of the tunnel".
I once thought it was funny to hear such a story, and never believed such a phenomenon.
It said you would only see it after waking up from a near-death experience or if a Reaper never showed up in front of you to guide you.
People always said, "I saw the light!" with cold sweat rolling down the sides of their faces.
Yet, here I am in this dark and empty space. A soul that has been reborn and reincarnated millions of times over eons. Despite the fact that I have never seen or met my reaper.I suppose everything about being tossed in nothingness is true.
It was dark and cold; there was only a small dot of light you could see but could not reach.
It appears that everything was true... that darkness has always been cold and lonely.
Or so I thought...
Time goes by, the light starts to get big and bright, along with a voice and language that I have never heard before.
Does that mean that the light at the end of the tunnel is the light of hope and chance?
Soon, it's getting clear; the voice and the light.
Until I found myself in such an unexpected situation.
"Li Jing!!! Wake up!!! Wake up!!! Don't lose your consciousness now!!! Your kids are all safe, so you better not give up your life right now!!! Stay with me!"
Wherever I am, I can somehow understand her language. That's a good sign.
However..
A bright and gentle smile that permeates a motherly love... I can't help but think how beautiful and charming she is.
long silver hair, beautiful golden eyes, dressed in archaic period clothing.
I tried to collect myself and turn my head around even a little.
My surroundings seem normal enough...
... Huh?
Wait...
Where am I?
"Li Jing!!! Can you hear me?! Oi!!! Stay with me!!!"
As i look at her... in such weak and frail state.
In thoughts; I asked myself.
"Who's this woman? Why's it starting to become blurry right now? Who's this Li Jing she's talking about? And why do I don't have strength nor even have the ability to speak? My body feels so heavy... Was it all a dream that I died? Were my kids still alive? If so, I want to see them! "
With all the strength Long Jiang has, he speaks.
"Where... are... my children?" he asked dryly in a language he had never used before.
"Thank god, you've finally come to!!! I thought you were going to die!!! Don't scare your mother like that!!!"
The woman cried as she held her arms around me.
It hurt a bit for some reason. But I have to try to collect myself and to not pass out.
"Umm... my kids... where?"
"Ah?!!! You're right! I'll hold one for you!"
The woman turns her back and grabs a baby among the three that lie down on a soft bed.
Then let her see one of them.
Long Jiang, now named Li Jing, who's still unaware of himself, realizes it wasn't only the facts that his place had changed but as well his well-being.
Slowly, seeing the baby, Long Jiang has started to get confused.
"Who's this kid...? Is this my child?! Where is Xuan Wu? Where's Zhu Qiao? Where's Baihu? What exactly happened?! Where are my kids????!"
As her mind went crazy, she lost consciousness...
The woman immediately panicked as she saw her kid, named Li Jing, had passed out.
Weeks slowly trickle by.
I learnt so much after waking up from trauma.
The body I am possessing is named Li Jing and is 16 years old. She's a half-elf and half-human who's just been impregnated by the man she saved from drowning.
She has silvered long hair, beautiful black sclera eyes, and sky-blue pupils. She also has fair white skin and quite a body to boot from top to bottom.
Although the memories of her partner are quite unclear in her memory, I simply ignored it and never thought deeply about it, since I never gave a damn about who he was or what he was.
"A pedophile like him needs to be forgotten and never thought of ever again."
Aside from learning that I became a girl again, I also learnt that me and my mom (current mom) were living alone in a deep forest. I don't even know what the forest's name was.
My mom's name is Li Na. A half-elf and a half-human
According to this girl's memories, Li Na, my current mom, has been raising this girl alone in this forest, and she never knew who her father was.
It seems Li Na despises her husband so much that even the previous Li Jing never tries to mention it to her.
While I was thankful that I had been reborn to a loving parent, my life was filled with difficulties that I wished my enemies wouldn't see. Like what I'm doing right now; doing laundry, cooking, and everything else that has to do with being a mother.
Although I am thankful enough that martial arts exist in this world, as well as this so-called new magic, spells, and everything else that I have never heard of.
These things are enough for me to get back to my former glory.
Li Jing was filled with hope and confidence, knowing all this.
And so she will begin a new life, survive, and never make a mistake again!
Moments later, Long Jiang, also known as Li Jing now, takes care of her kids, one by one, by holding them in her arms.
and then, Her mother, Li Na, called.
"Li Jing! Come here!"
"Mom is here!" Li Jing's thoughts
In a hurry, Li Jing puts her child gently down along with the other two kids in the crib, then goes out instantly.
"What is it, mom?!"
"Come help me with this thing!"
"Wahhh! Nice catch this time, Mom! That's quite a large beast! What is it called? "
A weird looking beast that has three legs and has the face of a boar.
"Ah this?! I don't know... I don't care either way. Whahaha!!"
"Seriously, Mom?! Is that even edible? "
Li Jing has become perplexed at hearing such an answer from her mother.
Although my mom acts like a fool every time, I know for sure that she is strong and extremely terrifying once she gets serious. Although she looks young, she is already in her 90s. My mom can use a lot of techniques; she can create, control, and manipulate all types of elements; can let a wild beast be obedient to her; and even have a high level of martial arts and everything that I have never seen in my previous life.
compared to my previous life. Her knowledge surpasses a lot of people, but her wisdom, on the other hand, is also unbelievably extraordinary.
"Come help me cut this thing."
"Ah, yes?!" Li Jing blanked out for a moment, then replied in surprise.
Taking my large blade in my dimensional space, I help my Mom cut the beast's guts and everything else.
A few moments later, after cutting the beast into pieces, my mom put them in her own dimensional space, one after another.
"So how are the kids?"
"They're currently sleeping right now, Mom."
"That's great!"
Li Na walks towards the inside of their home, passing her by before she enters.
"By the way, how are you right now? Are you perfectly alright right now? Are you not having bad dreams lately?"
"I am perfectly fine now, Mom..." with a smile on her face, she replied in joy.
"I see... I am worried that you'll close yourself because of what that bastard did to you."
"Now, now… It's alright now, mom. I already forgot and made a promise to myself that I wouldn't be deceived by any person again. "
"You bet you won't!"
Li Jing smiled at her mother as her mother pointed her finger at her, as if to warn her.
"Anyway, I also brought a few things besides that beast."
Then Li Na brought out a few different herbs, mushrooms, and condiments from her dimensional space.
"Hurry up; I am a bit hungry from hunting."
"Yes, mother!"
Years go by, our lifestyle continues like this over and over again, along with some lesson training.
I feed my kids with my own milk, take care of them when they cry, help my mom, and then we do martial arts and magic lessons.
During those years, I've learnt a lot of things about New Magic, taming monsters, element maneuvers, creation, alchemy, runes, and many more, even how to become a mother again (even though I know that already that part).
7 years have passed. My kids have grown up into fine young people.
However, on the other hand, my body barely changed, besides my breasts. Though now I can reproduce milk, I couldn't possibly acknowledge it as a change in my physical body since it's normal for a woman to have milk after giving birth.
But it doesn't matter anymore if I have changed or not.
This time, I'm going to make sure that I don't make the same mistake as I did in my previous life.
Then..
Out of nowhere, a long-silver-haired boy who had sky-blue eyes appeared from behind her while she was cooking.
"Mom!!!"
"Li Baihu! Stop doing that! You know, I am preparing breakfast right now! It's dangerous! "
"Sorry Mom! It's just that Brother Qing Long has been chasing me! "
"Why wouldn't?! You peed on the bed again!!!"
Then another kid shows up, a long-blue-haired boy who had sky-blue eyes like the other kid.
"You realize that your bed is on top of mine?"
"I apologized to you already, didn't I? I already said I'm sorry! Just what else do you want me to do?!"
"Why don't you go to the bathroom and pee there instead of holding it every night?!"
While both kids are arguing and chasing each other, another kid shows up silently behind them.
Another kid shows up.
A long-silvered-haired boy who has black sclera eyes and red pupils was slowly walking towards the front table and sat on the chair, snoring as if he was still half asleep.