**Seol Jihu POV, Month 1**
It's been a month since I was reborn and I have no complaints about my new life so far. I can say that I have truly enjoyed every moment up to now, even though I don't have my holographic screen that allowed me effortless access to the Internet and all the knowledge in the world. Still, even that doesn't compare to having the freedom to feel my body and move it until I am completely exhausted, and even less so to compare the satisfaction I feel each time I submit to the power of the divine tool when I am fed.
There is also my family. Although I am alien to the obsolete concept of family, now that I have experienced it, I cannot say it is bad. In fact I greatly enjoy the care, attention, and affection from my family members, and now that I can understand a bit of what they say, I enjoy their interactions even more.
It's a pity I can only stay awake for 3-hour cycles before having to sleep for 2 hours to recover. Between the times I am awake, even though there is always someone taking care of me, it does not change the fact that they don't talk all the time, which limits my constant exposure to the language. That is why I have not been able to fully learn it yet. I can say that I only understand between 50 to 60% of the conversations, but I'm sure in a month or two I'll be able to understand it 100%.
Setting aside that matter, during this time I have greatly improved my bodily control. Although I still cannot do things like move my head very freely or much less stand up or turn my body, my arms, legs, and fingers, I can move with quite a bit of freedom and control. Although I get physically exhausted quickly when I do it.
The speed at which I learn things like the language just by paying attention while people talk around me, the ease with which I get used to controlling my body, and the speed at which I recover when resting are definitely clear proof that the gifts given to me by the deity are functioning...
At least the passive gifts are, I still have not been able to activate [Self-healing]. I don't know if it is because I don't have control of mana, because you need to be injured in the first place to do it or even if I have really activated the ability but I have no way to check it. So I put that issue aside to test it at a later time when I am able to observe some progress or not.
As for the [Nine Eyes], the original ability of Seol Jihu, I have not been able to activate it. From what I remember in the novel, it is mentioned that he could use it from the beginning and always saw the world in green.
Although it must be taken into account that the "beginning" most likely refers to the moment he gained awareness and the ability to clearly remember. That was most likely from the ages of three or four years, as he was not someone who had awareness from birth like me who was reborn. That way at least it makes sense. Well, it is an innate ability so you have it from the moment you are born but I have to wait for my body to be able to activate it.
Since I cannot activate it at the moment and seeing that my efforts to activate [Self-healing] also do not work, I can only conclude that the key is mana and that my body has not developed the ability to manipulate/generate it or does not have enough mana at this moment to activate such abilities. So I also put aside its exploration until a later time when my body has the capacity or the mana to activate such abilities.
With that, I have no choice but to continue familiarizing myself with the language and all the bodily functions that I now possess, including the ability to articulate sounds. Although it is difficult to control this new ability of mine, it is still funny to do it when the adults are nearby. They go crazy saying, "Say mom, or dad or uncle, and aunt..." and then they start arguing about which word I will say first. It is also a good method not only to test my ability to produce sounds, but also that it causes whoever is around me to start talking and help me learn the language more.
**Month 2**
This last month has been hectic. I have finally managed to fully understand the language, and now I can keep up with everyone's conversations in the house. I usually play jokes on them by making false attempts to say what they want, raising their expectations, and then making a sound that has no meaning at all. Like a week ago, I pretended I would say "mama," and my mother almost held her breath for a minute while waiting for me to finish the word, only for me to go completely silent after the first "ma." Her expression after that almost killed me with laughter, but I used all my willpower to contain myself.
Besides that, among the novelties, I now have an adventure companion, or rather a companion, which is the little baby now in her own crib next to mine. It is non other than Yoo Seonhwa, the daughter of the "uncles." I say "uncles" because they are so close to the family that our parents tell Wooseok and me to call them that, although it is mostly Wooseok since no one knows I understand what they say. But even though they say we should call them uncles, they are actually my parents' best friends, with no blood relation between the families... (Translator's Note:... Before some of you chew me for this, let me clarify... In this context, the word 'uncles' is used to group together both 'aunt and uncle', if anyone has a better substitute, please let me know...)
And more than half a month ago, Aunt Seonmi gave birth and thus Yoo Seonhwa was born, who became Seol Jihu's first girlfriend in the novel and later broke up with him when he got lost in the vice of gambling and betrayed the family's trust many times to pay for his addiction.
Among my new physical advancements, I am now able to roll over my body, whether it's lying face down or face up, I can do it. It was difficult at the beginning, but now I'm a master of rolling, and that is why they no longer lay me down on beds or furniture and only keep me in a crib for fear that I might roll off an edge and fall.
As for the supernatural department, I am still unable to activate my abilities, but lately I have started to see slight green flashes in my surroundings. They are super fast and don't last even a second, so at first I thought it was my imagination, but after paying enough attention, I realized it definitely wasn't just my imagination and it happens for an instant every few hours.
Once I tried to concentrate and prolong the duration of the flash, but when I did, I felt a slight headache and stopped immediately, remembering that this was one of the warning signs for Seol Jihu in the novel before he lost his power by breaking his mana circuit.
Based on that information, I concluded that my mana capacity is slowly growing, and every time I accumulate a certain amount of mana, the ability activates for an instant, which is why I see those flashes. But if I force it, I will end up hurting myself, which is just foolish, so I simply let it happen naturally. When I'm better developed, I will try more things without taking unnecessary risks.
**Month 3**
Another month of activities has passed, and the news is that I finally said my first word during the greatest sacred joke of all, while the whole family was gathered... My parents, the uncles, and Wooseok. When they heard me babbling more actively than usual and starting to say syllables like "ma, pa, ti, woo,"
Everyone immediately paid attention to me and began encouraging me to say the word they wanted first. Each one did everything possible to catch my attention and make my first word about them. But they did not expect that the first word I spoke would be "Bottle". When I said it, everyone froze and their expressions collapsed into complete defeat. My brother was the only one who did not suffer a mortal shock and fulfilling my request, brought me a bottle, which made me laugh and repeat the word over and over to finish off the others. It was super fun. I love my new life, my family, and my divine tool.
Regarding my physical progress, I've only been able to extend the duration of my activities a bit, and I still can't do things like crawl. Although I really wanted to do it, when I tried, I felt a lot of discomfort in my wrists and immediately knew that my bones are not yet developed for such activity, so I had to give up and settle for continuing to roll and practice everything I can without hurting myself.
And finally, in my supernatural advancements, I can say that I am now officially able to activate the [Nine Eyes], well, at least the Central Direction, the color Green partially. For five seconds, I can see some things in Green, which mostly means they are not a threat, or rather they represent safety.
I know that part of the Green color ability is observation, which allows knowing descriptions of things or people, but it seems I can't do that yet. I suppose it's because I'm still developing. I can barely maintain the color for five seconds every three hours before my head starts to hurt slightly, but it is a great advance compared to before when it did not last even a second.