LEO P.O.V.
I got hit by a truck and now I'm back being a baby. What a life.
I don't know why I can remember the memory from my past life, but I remember who I am. I was Leo Sebastian, a lazy student who likes books and now I am a baby being caged in a crib. I slowly opened my eyes and saw three kids beside my crib.
"The baby's awake, call mother", I heard a voice say. He's the tallest of the other two kids.
"You call her, I'm gonna watch the baby", a smaller boy compared to the one earlier replied. They're probably my brothers. I expected the last one to speak but he just stared intensely at me.
"Daley, Callon stop it, you might scare the baby." the woman's voice said as she looks at the two who are quarreling on who should call mother. Though I am uncomfortable in calling someone mother, she still gave birth to me so I can call her that.
"Why is he so quiet nanny?", the last one finally spoke, while reaching for my cheeks.
"Is he sick?", I guess they never met a baby this quiet before.
"No, he is not sick. Maybe he's just getting comfortable in this new place", their nanny replied. The two boys who ask earlier sighed in relief.
"Daley, why are you still here?", a new voice came into my room. He's sweating a lot like he ran a marathon.
"I was watching the baby", so his name is Daley, the one who is the tallest. But now, the one who just arrived seems to be much taller than him.
So at this time, I have 4 brothers, I just hope they're not as annoying as my sister in my previous life. Speaking of them, do they know that I'm dead? or maybe they're just leisurely spending their time altogether and not even mourning my death. I just hope that they held a funeral at least, as a sign of respect of course.
If you really ask me if I feel sad that I died, no, not really. My family never cared for me, they consider me the black sheep and someone who will not succeed or even have a future to begin with. I tried many times to see what really is for me, but it all end up as failures. But what I am sad about is I still remember everything. Why do I have to remember my past life? What is the purpose of that?
I don't really know why and to be honest, I really want to forget it all and start anew.
I think I fell asleep while thinking about those things because what I saw at the time I woke up is my mother.
"Acil is awake, are you hungry?", she asked and she then proceeds to feed me.
I looked around the room and it's not my room anymore.
"Mother", a voice said and I saw the one they called Callon, peeking his head through the door.
"Cal, what is it?", Mother asked him and he went inside the room.
"I want to hold my baby brother", he said as he moves closer.
"Sure, as long as you know the correct way to do it, right? You can't do what you did to Barnabus when you carried him last time understood Cal?", she answered. Callon's face becomes bright red as he heard what his mother said.
"I promise I will not drop the baby this time!", he said, making me nervous about what will happen to me if he did drop me.
"MOTHER! PLEASE DON'T LET HIM HOLD THE BABY!", someone yelled and it turns out to be 'Barnabus'. He's peeking his head through the door too, and when he heard Mother's reply he immediately sprung out and protested.
"Why can't I?", Callon looks in his direction and retorts.
"Because you will drop him", Barnabus replied confidently.
"I promised mother that I will not", Callon's face turned much redder than before. He's really trying his best eh?
"Mother please don't let Callon hold him, I will hold him instead", Barnabus turned to Mother.
Mother laughed at the two and I realize that she is looking at me, maybe she saw how I looked at the two.
"I think Acil is having fun just looking at his brothers' bickering, don't you, don't you?" she said while playing with my small nose.
"I will let you two carry him, is that fair enough?" Mother said and the two stopped and nodded.
I was first held by Callon and he carried me so carefully, while Barnabus is on guard if ever he accidentally drops me. Next is Barnabus who is so gentle while holding me, it feels like a soft pillow, the softest pillow I ever laid on. The two of them continued to repeatedly carry me and then I realize that there is another head again peeking at the door.
What's with this family's head always peeking at doors?
"Honey, come here, why are you peeking your head there?", Mother said, making the man jump and revealed himself. He's a good-looking man, maybe in his 30's and he is also tall. He looked embarrassed and went to my mother's bed and kissed her forehead. This must be my father.
"Are you feeling okay now my dear?", he asked looking at Mother with worry and then at me. He looked at me so intensely like how Barnabus looked at me in my crib.
"I am feeling great now. Giving birth is surely hard, but I'm used to it now. Specially it's our 5th son dear", mother answered and father looked away shyly. 5th time eh, this man's genes are 'strong'.
Father's eyes landed on mine. Noticing my father's eyes looking at me. Mother smiled playfully.
"Barnabus, Callon, give me back your baby brother", she told the two, and the two of them gave me back into Mother's arms.
I looked at Mother and she was smiling playfully at Father. It seems like she's teasing him into holding me. She continued to just hold me and give me pecks on the cheeks while Father continued to just stare and looked so helpless.
"C-can I h-hold him?", Father asked so shyly. And mother's eyes looked at him and laughs. Father's face becomes redder and I admit, it was kinda cute.
"Of course, he's your son after all", Mother said and gave me to him.
Father's eyes just focused on mine and I'm feeling kind of awkward, but not as awkward compared to my other father. He carried me and pokes my cheeks most of the time, saying that it was so soft and squishy. Mother just laughs at him, while the other two look at him with jealousy.
They continued to have fun looking at me, not long after, there was a knock on the door.
"Your Grace", someone at the door said.
"Come in", Father answered. And it was the nanny.
"What is it Ghilka?", Mother asked her. So her name is Ghilka.
"It's time for the baby to go back to sleep.", she said. Mother agrees and Ghilka took me back, but before Ghilka went out the door, Mother, Father, and my two brothers kissed me on my cheeks.
Walking back to my room, I felt so happy. Maybe it's because I have a family that treats me well and better than the previous one. Or maybe because this is what I wished my family would be. Either way, I'm satisfied and happy that they're my family.
Now that I think about it, my brothers' names are familiar to me. Daley, Callon, Barnabus, even Ghilka's name is familiar to me. What is happening?
"We're here now Young Master Acillion", Ghilka said stopping at a two-door guarded by two knights.
The knights opened the door and Ghilka went inside, then place me in my crib.
As this is happening. I continued to think about why their names are familiar, then I reach a conclusion, that I don't want to reach. And that's when I realize everything.
I am Acillion Humphrey Ulbrecht. The 5th son of Duke Vale and Duchess Lachlan Ulbrecht and the 2nd lead in 'The Heroine, The Fortunate, The Unfortunate, and The Villainess'.
'The Unfortunate' in the title and the 2nd lead who loses everything not only his life but his family because of an unrequited love.
Why, why, why. JUST WHY!
I thought I can finally have the life I wanted. Having parents that love me and treat me well and brothers that take care of and look after me. But still, I will end up dying in the end because of love. Comparing myself to the Acillion in the book who is the son of the duke and excels in academics, I am nothing.
He always helps the heroine whenever she's in trouble. He's the ideal 2nd lead in every book you read. He's always near the heroine, wanting her love and attention, even a little of it but never gets any. Acillion died because the villainess turned him into a twisted maniac after he lost his entire family. He then helped her form plans to kill the neighboring prince, and of course, Acillion would want to kill the prince since his unreciprocated love turned into extreme madness and obsession. In the end, they both got killed and receive nothing but a tragic ending.
It's a good thing that I read the special edition. The special edition explained more about Acillion's background, who he is, his childhood, upbringing, views, and dreams. The book also reiterates what he felt during his time in the academy, how he fell in love with the heroine, how he wishes for nothing but her happiness even if it's not with him, and everything from his perspective. And what he felt while doing the things he knows are wrong, but he got nothing to lose besides his life, he lost his family and heart, so he decided to just give in to the words of a demon and die with her. In the special edition too, the author wrote what really happened to Acillion's family.
Who planned it all and who is really the mastermind? It was the villainess. As always the villain or villainess will always think of ways to get what they want, either the easy way or the hard way. Well, Acillion got it the hard way and never suspected the villainess, even at the end.
In the end, Acillion will just succumb to the darkness, but since I'm not that Acillion. I will change everything like in every other novel I read. They get transmigrated into a different world and body, and then they either became the villainess or supporting character. They choose to change their destiny even if they know their roles.
I will not play the role the book wants me to, so I'm sorry Miss Heroine, I will not fall in love with you and be the 2nd Lead. Never. This is my resolve.
If those characters in the books I read can do it, then I can too. I will change everything and survive with my new family.
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The POV in the next UD will be renamed to Acillion.
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