Ayna Nyster.
She is the daughter of the town-doctor.
Everybody knows her. She is known among her friends and family and even the townsfolk as the quiet girl.
She never talks to anybody unless necessary. She stays away from kids her age and adults and pretty much everyone.
But that doesn't mean that she isn't good to others. In fact, she is the town's sweetheart.
Why? Whenever someone is in any type of trouble, she is always there to help them. No matter what it is.
For instance, it is harvesting time, you need people, but you are sick and alone. You can't gather people. You can't even get out of your house. She will go to her father, and he will gather the men.
And before you know it, you are given medicine and your harvesting is complete before you can even get out of your bed. The workers' salary is given and all you have to do is sell the crops at your own leisure.
Or, maybe, you are a merchant that came to this town to sell and buy wares. But you are new. You don't know the place clearly. You don't know which inn is good or where the merchant association office is. She will probably be there to show the merchants association building and they will take care of you from there.
Or maybe you really have to poop but don't know a decent place. She will probably be able to tell you the best place and closest to go to.
Anyway, you have a problem, she can solve it. Whether you ask for help or not.
That's how she has become the MVP of the town. She is their sweetheart. So, when she asks for your baby and wants to play with it, you agree. Maybe you give her some advice, but you aren't worried. She will take good care of that baby. Even if something happens, it was definitely not her fault.
But here's the twist.
She has a special ability. Or rather a special element. Unlike everyone else who can only use the 4 classic elements, she is one of the rare few that has access to a special element. It's called PSIONIC.
Actually, the people would simply call it mind magic. But what do they know? This element is unique to her.
It grants her access to several unique spells. One of which, or rather the easiest ones are called [Surface thoughts reading] and the other is [Basic telepathy].
These are the easiest. Also, she can access them automatically. It is like an instinct. Or rather bloodline carried memories.
Hence, she has been practicing this since a long time ago. Both of these are very hard to master. Luckily her father helped a lot.
Her father is the only one in town that knows about her rare element. He has been helping her get this under control.
Due to her highly attuned body, her mana regeneration is quite high. Hence, she can keep the mind reading spell active almost always. It is practically a passive spell at this point.
She uses it to help others as much as she can. That's because she can sometimes feel their emotions. So, helping others and making them feel positive emotions make her feel happy.
That's why she has been helping others as much as she could. Her father tries to help as much as he can. But there is only so much a single father can do.
Anyway, that's a story for another day.
Her life is pretty nice actually. The townsfolk are also quite happy nowadays.
One of her favorite tasks is to come to the playground and feel the thoughts and emotions of young kids.
They are so fun to experience. Their simple thoughts are refreshing compared to the complicated and horrible thoughts of adults.
That's also the reason why Ayna is so much more mature. She also thinks like a grown-up. After listening to the thoughts of adults ever since being five years old she became mature in an extremely accelerated rate.
Anyway, that's why when she started to hear the thoughts of a particular baby, she became stunned.
The mind and thoughts were not the thoughts or mind of a newly born. It was like an adult. Not like any adult, but a crazy, or more politely put, an eccentric one.
She realized then and there that something was wrong. So, like any sane person, she started to investigate.
She followed him around sneakily. Listened to his thoughts and tried to get as much information as she could. But his thoughts were erratic. He had a lot of mood swings. The only time she could understand his thoughts properly was when he was narrating to himself. Even that was disturbing to hear. It was like he was talking to an invisible person and describing the situation to that person.
It was simply weird. And she just decided that this must be the demons from her father's story books. Ones that take over the bodies of young children and make them do horrible things.
Well, if this is indeed a demon in disguise, better to take care of it early.
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Mc pov
Well, this is new. Never expected to be turned upside down as a baby hostage while being threatened by a cute 10-year-old. Like, never!
I mean, how many people can claim to have experienced that?
I am sure it is none.
She looks a bit angry. Did I say something? Oh, right I am a baby. I can't say anything, ha ha ha..
"Stop monologuing, I can hear your thoughts. Who are you? What are your plans? Speak quickly. Or else."
Woah, that is so interesting. Is she one of those guys with special bloodlines that the god lady told me about?
"Stop ignoring my questions and answer me. Also, what did you just say about special bloodlines?"
Ah, how do I do this? My vocal cords aren't developed enough for easy talking.
"Just think about the answer. I will hear it."
Oh, that makes it a lot easier. Hmm, where should I start?
I started to think about everything that had happened. And everything I know. All at once.
She seems to not be able to handle it.
"Stop. That's too much information at once. Just explain it to me slowly."
Sigh, Fine.
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After being held hostage as a baby, I had to confess everything. F*ck those protagonists that take their secrets to their grave. The authors clearly haven't experienced how horrible it is to have the mind of an adult in the body of a baby. We don't forget all our baby memories for no reason. It is really horrible. I'd rather expose my secrets than be caged inside this body for so long and not have anyone to talk to.
After all the inside of my mind isn't the greatest place to be. Considering how messed up it is.
So, here we are. Me and Anya, in a corner of the playground. Just me and her.
"Don't make this weird, Rick. Think about non-lecherous thoughts. Also, I have a question." She suddenly said. I keep forgetting that she can hear me thinking. Huh! Feels weird.
She didn't react too badly to the situation though. She should. But this world is weird enough already. She is probably desensitized from the more horrible aspects of the human race to react poorly to a reincarnated person. Unlike the rest of the naive kids, she has seen the horribleness of human beings. She is probably more mature than all the people in this playground combined. And that includes the guardians/parents as well.
She is looking at me weirdly. She seems frustrated but also… kind of sad?
What did I do this time?
"Just answer me this, why do you monologue like that all the time?"
Oh, you dear and naïve child. The answer is simple. It's simply because I am crazy.
"What?"
The reason is simple, there are so many thoughts in my head at the same time that in order to keep my thoughts somewhat targeted, I need to direct it like that. Remember when you tried to read my thoughts?
"Yes."
What did that feel like?
"It felt like a beehive that is constantly buzzing. It is soothing. But your monologuing voice feels like a loud roar among a cacophony of voices."
Yes. That's because my mind is still somewhat fractured and a bit scattered. I have to have the loudest voice to be the one in control. Luckily, I am now incapable of doing anything else. So, I am trying to sort it out a little bit.
"I see. It must be tough. What you went through must feel horrible."
Meh, I wouldn't be too worried about it. Also, I have a trump card ready. It should help.
After three months, when I have somewhat accustomed to the situation, I will try to fix it.
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You must be thinking about how I was sneaked up on and got caught off guard when I had planned my place of birth and location. But here's the thing. I just gave my requirements to the lady god, and she arranged this whole thing. One of the things I asked for was a helper that will help me in my infancy. Looks like she selected the little girl for that.
Not like she will be able to do anything too important after I grow up.
I told her about almost everything. About her part in this as well. Seems like she is taking a neutral stance in this. She is neither believing nor disbelieving me. She is just going with the flow here. She is too young to have rigid worldview, but she is also too mature to believe everything I say.
Very logical stance to have. Smart kid.
Anyway. My three months are up. I have organized my brain. Somewhat.
You see, I am now a mesh of many different personalities and memories. So, it feels like a internet browser with way too many tabs open that are all playing different videos.
Hectic feels like a proper description for my head. I had to establish myself as the main personality that is controlling this body. Otherwise, I would have probably been erased like the rest of them will one day be.
So, time to activate my trump card.
"Alice, initialize."
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Meanwhile in a different place a god can be seen eating popcorns.
"Well, that was fun. She is the one person that will be absolutely necessary in making your goals come true. The idiot thinks that she's only there to help him in his early years.
Hmm, I wonder if he will know her value soon enough. Well, I hope so, for his sake at least."