As I attempted to open my eyes I quickly found out that I could not.
It felt as if I was surrounded by walls of warm liquid and slime.
It is a very odd situation considering I was just on my death bed moments ago... or was I?
I can't remember much of anything at the moment.
Only vague information.
My head feels very hazy and slow.
A stark difference compared to what I was used to.
I recollected my thoughts and tried to focus on my current situation.
But in the midst of this I began to hear muffled noises.
This came with a sensation that felt like someone was hitting my body with a hammer.
The realization set in that I could be in a life threatening situation.
I started feel that the pressure surrounding me continued to slowly increase.
Time slowed down... and seconds began to feel like hours.
This feeling was continually growing.
As I slowly reach my limits and could no no longer endure.
I resigned myself to letting the pressure crush me.
(I guess this is apart of the afterlife)
But instead of the death I was expecting, a new sensation emerged from the crown of my head.
It felt as if someone had taken it inserted me into a freezer.
I tried to fight back against the force pushing me into the cold.
But it seemed what was going to happen was inevitable.
As my struggle proved futile, I gave up and let fate guide my path once more.
The muffled noises slowly became clearer.
They turned into sounds reminiscent of voices, and with a *pop* sound the full force of the cold manifested itself upon my body... which was naked?
When I attempted to open my eyes.
I felt some resistance before light began appearing in my vision once again.
The first thing I witnessed upon opening my eyes, was a huge woman.
She was clad in attire reminiscent of a villager.
The lady was wearing a worn out cloth similar to a blouse, with an extraordinarily plain face and black hair.
When she realized my eyes were open, her mouth started moving with an ecstatic expression.
However, the noises that escaped from her mouth were sounds I've never heard before.
(Elle! Bheaakas tut ae likkde! ah e deh vrheeub! Nhueen ae krho'haest! Enheos khonmebo!)
『Elle! Your baby is finally here! It's a boy! He seems to be quite big and plump aswell! No wonder you had such a rough time getting him out! 』
As I reeling in shock from the experience and new sensations.
I began to observe this massive person looking down at me.
However, seemingly dissatisfied with my expression, the giant raised her hand in a slapping motion.
That was when the first flash of pain appeared in my buttocks.
Reeling from the pain, I attempted to tell her to stop in anger and embarassment.
But, a foreign sound escaped from my throat instead.
『Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh-』
(What was that?)
Before I could understand what just happened.
Her expression shifted to one of satisfaction, and proceeded to bundle me up in a rough material.
After doing so, she took gentle steps beforehanding me over to another giant.
This one being a woman as well.
As she did so, she spoke more foreign words.
『Elle, Nhueen ae krho'haest! Enheos khonmebo!』
『Here Elle, come and take your baby boy.』
My eyes were slowly starting to clear up once again from the large amount of tears they just released.
But fear came over me as was plopped into the embrace of another.
However, my fears were unfounded.
When I looked up, I witnessed a sight that I would never forget.
The gaze of a immature looking woman, who looked to be in her very early twenties, was looking down on me with an expression that could not be described in any other way but love.
Her blue eyes were radiant as sapphires.
The bright blonde hair cascading down onto my face only further amplified her beauty.
Getting a clearer look... I could only be shocked.
A face of ethereal beauty.
Not the common beauty liked the woman before, but one that seemed to be untouched by the hands of man.
Nevertheless, She had with a sense of wildness, or more accurately, she looked like a country bumpkin.
As I was inpsecting her, and she inspecting me, I noticed that her expression was weary and she looked very tired.
Sweat had lined her brows and forehead.
Even with this, in those eyes I saw a myriad of emotions that were once forgotten.
Love, care, happiness.
The first words she said were unknown to me, but her voice continued to echo in my ears long after she stopped speaking, like a soothing melody.
『This is my baby? He looks much bigger and fatter than the other ones I've seen born in the village...』
Even after saying this, her joyous expression did not disappear.
She continued to inspect me like a prized treasure.
Feeling my cheeks, head, fingers and toes and even touching my thing!
Seemingly checking if anything was missing.
The original woman spoke up at this time,
『Elle, don't worry. He is perfectly healthy and even quite energetic! Much more than the other 3 boys born this year. Look at his expression, it looks like hes completely shocked from your beauty! Ha! So what will you name him?』
The words caused the blonde woman holding me to temporarily scrunch up her beautiful visage in thought.
Before she apparently made a tough choice and nodded.
The oriole like voice rang out once more,
『I want to call him Kael.』
『Not a bad name at all. But seems this little troublemaker will be quite a handful... I'm happy for you, but just remember you will have to tend to the fields tommorow. Our harvest is approaching soon. Don't forget and get some good rest.』
『 I will Marie. I couldn't do it without you. Thank you...』
In the midst of their conversation which I could not understand...
I tried raising my arm in an attempt to escape from this beautiful giant who had me in her grasp.
However, when I saw my hand, the only emotion that came over me was shock.
Although I did not fully understand.
I quickly realized the tiny fingers and milky white skin could only have been the arm of a baby!
Horrified, I tried positioning myself in the rough swaddle, enough to look down at the rest.
I could not see my body through the rough cloth. But, I knew that the rest was the same.
This realization hit me like a sledgehammer.
These were not giants... but normal sized humans.
And this beautiful woman was most likely my mother.
Shocked, my now small brain could not comprehend the current situation.
Naturally, my small eyes and mouth both enlarged to their biggest size, an 'O' shape.
My mother noticed this expression and let out a light smile, as she began playing and squishing with my cheeks.
From her actions, it seemed I was the first and only child in our small family.
Using all the willpower I could muster at the moment.
I tried looking at the bright side of this situation.
(A fresh start? It might not be so bad after all...)
This was to be my own profound story! Just like the ones I gorged upon in my teens... Or did I?
Thinking about these types of questions brought pain and fatigue to my head.
With the shock slowly slipping away from my small face, I moved my eyesight off of my mother's visage to observe my surroundings.
The shock completely disappeared as fast as it came when I looked in my surroundings.
It was replaced by horror.
It only took a moment for me to understand something was amiss.
The place I was birthed was a something I could only describe as an inferior stable.
It looked as if a gust of wind would tear down the entire structure.
The wood was lined with damage from the wind and rain, damage in the wood and rotting spaces between the gaps allowed the starlight to trickle in from the night sky.
As I continued to observe, I noticed the only other light source in the vicinity was coming from a small candle.
Before long, a foul stench wafted into my nose.
I could only remember it vaguely as manure.
Looking to my left, there was a horse that looked just as feeble as the building, calmly sleeping in the corner of the stable.
I was reminded that this was real as I felt the biting chill on my face.
Coming from the occassional gust of wind, finding its way through the gaps of our shelter.
Taking all of these into account... It was natural for my emotional stability to fall to zero.
Fear and anger came over me like a tide.
As these emotions continued to compound within my mind and began clouding over my thoughts...
I let out a primal roar of indignation and anger.
But what came out of my small mouth, was the cute chirpings of a milk faced baby.
『Graaahhh Wahh!!!! Wah!』
Through this, mother noticed my movements and cries.
Noticing that I was energetic, her beautiful face seemed to liven up from the fatigue.
With a radiant smile she said words unknown to me.
(U rhout auf yhea naklpos tut rhausz ae ytten'lin?)
『Oh Kael, My sweet blessing. It seems you're quite hungry? Don't worry. Mother is here. The women in the village told me about this!』
Listening to this, my cries only became more and more hoarse, before something was shoved in my small and loud mouth.
My instincts were screaming at me to accept it.
I understood my mother began to feed me.
As she did, I realized another important factor. It tastes quite delicious...?
With the primal instinct of a milk baby, I began suckling much harder before I knew it.
In the process of taking my anger out on this teat, the fatigue of the entire ordeal began to set in on my small body and mind.
As my small eyes began to close and my weary mind began drifting into dreamland.
The last thing I heard was more incoherent words coming from my mother.
But it sounded quite pleasant to my ears.
『Kael, you are quite vicious arent you? I hope Marie knows something about this too...』