Chapter 10 - Birth

"What the fuck…."

Shiron muttered as he finally saw Arankar's actions.

'He decided to become a human, and that too in such a fundamental way?'

But Shiron was happy with this development. To him, this old bastard was flawed, much like Arankar himself thought, but still very strong, so Shiron didn't want to make a mess of many things by fighting with him.

Stretching his limbs and getting up, Shiron finished his job and returned to his leisure time. After all, he just wanted to see what Arankar would do, like bringing any troubles. But none of that happened, and Arankar just decided to rebirth, which worked in Shiron's favor.

"Phew, job is done."

Just as Shiron was getting up, a panel appeared in front of him, informing him another Void Breaker entity was breaking out of their world.

"Wait, this... Bahahaha. It's just an amalgamation of horror, but not my problem," Shiron grinned and called someone.

"Hey, Black Spada! Get your ass over here."

Black Spada: huh? Why?"

Shiron: Why, my ass! My turn to observe the Void Breaker entity is over, and the next one is already moving. It's your turn to deal with this. Get your ass here."

Black Spada: Wait, why you said moving? Don't tell me-

Shiron: It's a waking unknown horror, but it's your turn to deal with it. I am sure this will be good exercise for you, bahahaha. I am going, bye."

After the couple returned home, Agatha had much trouble teaching Arankar various things while also being embarrassed by his antiques.

Ultimately and fortunately, they reached the last step of the process, as Arankar finished studying everything and incorporated it in him to start the process of child-birthing.

After a slight hitch at the start, the rest of the night went smoothly as Agatha reached the peak of her happiness.

Several hours of blissful activity made her feel pleasure and happiness she had never felt before.

Araknar had also learned much afterward and decided to go all out to make her happy, despite himself feeling nothing of the sort at her level.

He was in his world, in his priority. He studied the entirety of human law and incorporated it into his existence, devolving or evolving, unknowingly changing himself for the better.

His wish was to enjoy the rest of his life to the fullest, and it was incorporated into the process, making rules, restrictions, and boosts.

All for his…and his all that would be.

One was in love, going deeper and deeper, making dreamy futures — for her happiness was overflowing.

One was preparing his future so he may also go deeper and deeper to learn the love of life and its essence that he was lacking.

And he finished that, his task, his priority.

The night passed...

But in the end... when Agatha fell asleep, Arankar disappeared.

At the same time, Agatha's tummy glowed slightly.

Agatha woke up feeling refreshed like never before, and a mysterious power also seemed to course through her body.

"What is happening?" Agatha uttered in confusion; she felt something…

Something in her stomach.

Looking down, she could clearly feel a life inside her, a life that was being nurtured by her body.

"This..."

She saw that Arankar was not sleeping beside her and got off the bed.

"Arankar?"

Agatha left her room and checked the whole house while shouting, but she couldn't find him.

But as each second passed, her face paled because of a possibility that bothered her.

"No… that can't be true," Agatha muttered with her head down, her eyes looking at her stomach.

"Is this what you meant by rebirth? B-But why?"

Agatha's eyes started filling with tears. She knew what this entailed.

Arankar was going to birth through her, but she didn't want to be his mother!

She loved him!

'What do I do?'

'I want him, but not as my son.'

Agatha's eyes danced on a rope of insanity.

'No. This is wrong. This doesn't count. He is merely rebirthing from me. It's not like he is my son.'

Suddenly, a cute blue wisp with golden eyes appeared before her.

"Hello, Agatha."

Startled, Agatha looked ahead and saw the wisp.

"I am a management spirit created by King Arankar. He left the process of child-birthing with me after making the preparations and told me to pass some notes to you."

"Also, worry not. Master may be clueless about many things, but he is not an idiot. He is merely borrowing your human womb for his rebirth, so you are not his mother. Not an ounce of your blood is used in my master's rebirth, for he is becoming a human in your womb with the fundamental human race laws, much like first how humans came to be."

"Aa—um, so… what am I supposed to do?"

"Master Arankar wants you to raise him like a proper human in your way. As for the rest, including how you want to see him, It is totally up to you."

"Just raise him in any way you like; he had trusted you on that," said the spirit while smiling.

'Raise him in any way I like?'

Agatha's mind was blank for a while as she digested this information.

"I shall infuse myself in your body according to master Arankar's wish to provide you with full support for his rebirth."

The spirit went inside Agatha's body as she started feeling comfortably warm.

'This… I am getting powerful?!'

[Yes, Agatha. For your and your master's safety, you need to become more powerful. It would be terrible if something happened to you while the master is in the process of rebirth.]

Agatha sat on the couch and took a deep breath. Strange things happened, but she had to accept her current situation.

"You really threw me off with this, humph. I'll have to punish you later; just wait."

Agatha had spent only a day with Arankar, but she had built her future with him in her mind, and she didn't want to abandon it just because of this development.

And so, nine months passed…

Agatha lived obscurely since that day, living normally and not going into dungeons much since she didn't need to get strong like regular humans.

Her physical stats were already at legendary grades after nine months, and she seemed to have some invincible protection that prevented any sort of harm from befalling her.

She just earned enough to live a stable single life in Phoenix city, putting aside her revenge and goal until Arankar's birth.

However, her choice of city was not random since SlayerBreak Guild's main base was in Phoenix City.

Agatha gave birth to Arankar in her house as she didn't want to go to the hospital.

The process went successful as the blue spirit with golden eyes, named Treiny by Agatha, was there to help. Fortunately, she didn't go to a hospital because the birth was indeed not normal.

Arankar came out of her womb, but no cords or flesh was attached to him. Instead, faint mystical golden strings were attached to his body from her womb, which soon disappeared as he floated out of Agatha, covered in a warm red bubble.

"It's done," Treiny said in a cheerful voice. "Master is finally born as a human."

Treiny put Arankar beside Agatha on the bed as the red bubble gently plopped and vanished.

"He is a cute baby," Agatha said with a warm smile as she saw baby Arankar sleeping peacefully.

But soon, he opened his eyes and…

~Uwaaa~

"Ehh?! Why is he crying? He is not a normal baby, right?"

Arankar was crying with a red face, like any other normal baby.

"Haha, that's not the case. His consciousness and brain are still at a human infant's level. He wanted his rebirth to be true in the human sense, so he would regain his memories of his previous life as he grows up."

Treiny floated on top of Arankar and smiled.

"After all, master wanted his previous life's dull memories to experience his human life to the fullest."

"I get it." Agatha nodded and said, "Without knowing how much he lacked in his previous life, this rebirth would be meaningless."

"Yep. Now, breastfeed him, or he will continue crying. Remember, he is a normal human right now."

Saying that, Treiny appeared on top of Arankar. "Now I must return to my master and infuse with his source to continue to his wish. Raise him well in your way."

"Understood," Agatha nodded with a smile. "Hope I can meet you again."

"That depends on my master. Now, I shall go. Good luck, Agatha," Treiny said before vanishing into Arankar's body.

Agatha gently smiled at Arankar and breastfed him. Of course, she was doing it because it was needed. She still hadn't accepted herself as Arankar's mother.

"You were the loveliest and most honest person I've ever met, and I am going to raise you just like that until you are ready to learn and develop on your own like other human kids."

Arankar was breastfeeding peacefully in Agatha's embrace, not understanding her words at all as he just satiated his hunger instincts like all human babies.

Looking at him, Agatha gently caressed his head and grinned, "And I'll definitely not let you call me your mother, humph."