"So I died, ha!" I sighed.

I was a mechanical engineer, quite a successful one. I got a job at a train manufacturing company and held a good position. My life was smooth; I never faced financial or any kind of trouble. I had loving parents and a cute girlfriend. My life was good, I can say.

But fate had other plans for me. While I was working on-site, a newly manufactured train compartment was being transported by crane. God dammit, the chain broke, and the compartment fell on me. In those milliseconds, I saw pictures of my parents and girlfriend flash before my eyes. And then, everything went dark.

When I woke up, I found myself in this forsaken void or whatever it is. After wandering for what felt like hours, I started talking to myself. "Am I in Hell or something, god Yamraaj?" No sound. It was completely silent. "If it's hell, my late friend Raaj should be here, right? Hey, Raaj, are you there, buddy?" No answer. "Hey Raaj, I like your sister, you know!" Hmmm, it seems it's not hell.

After that, I've been wandering this void, unaware of how much time has passed. I always try to remember my past, constantly reminding myself so I don't forget. I'm always mumbling to myself, like a madman. I don't know how much time passed by as I wandered aimlessly. At this moment, suddenly I saw a white light. Without thinking, I started to rush toward it. The moment I reached the light and touched it, I blacked out.

When I woke up, I found myself upside down. For a second, I was bewildered. "What the fuck is happe..." before I could finish my thought, a sudden spank woke me up from my thoughts, and when the pain came, I started to cry. I saw an old lady handing me to a pretty, beautiful, mature lady who held me lovingly in her arms and said something. "Ahfg hgfdash," she said. I didn't recognize the language—it wasn't English, Chinese, Hindi, or Arabic—but what I did know was that I was a fucking baby.

In my entire life, I never would have thought I would end up like one of those anime characters. As I was lost in my imagination, a strong, muscular, stern man entered with a thud. The old lady said something to him, then bowed and left the room. He came over and stared at me for a few seconds, then looked at my mother and said something softly. She handed me to him. At this moment, I understood that this person was my father. He also said something loudly, "Aron Silverwood." 'That might be my name,' I thought.

With the naming ceremony over, he took me to the cradle and softly laid me in it. After that, he went to my mother's side, said something, and left. My mother fell asleep. Though I felt sleepy too, curiosity got the better of me. 'Let's see, it looks like a medieval European-style room. Seems like I was reborn into some wealthy family. Thank god I don't have to worry about food and safety,' I thought, feeling reassured. I thought about those unfortunate novel protagonists who are born orphaned or poor and have to fight for survival from a young age. I didn't want that kind of situation.

Eventually, sleep overtook me, and I drowned in a world of dreams.

Morning Awakenings

It was morning when I woke up groggily. 'So it's not a dream, ha!' I thought to myself. I found myself in the lap of my mother. When she saw me, she said something happily and started to open her blouse. Before I could react, I saw her twin mountains. 'Holy mother of cow!' I was utterly shocked—they were so big and beautiful. 'This is heaven... wait, I shouldn't be thinking these kinds of things. She is my mother! Get a hold of yourself, Srava... oh no, it's Aron now.' After I snapped out of my trance, she started to feed me, and of course, I had no resistance. I was enjoying my feeding time immensely.

After I was full, she put her blouse back on and started to talk to me about something. 'God dammit, it irritates me because I don't understand a single thing! Fuck you, language!' At this time, I felt the urge to poop and cried to get her attention, hoping she would understand. To my disappointment, she didn't, so I pooped my pants. Seeing that, my mother called a maid or someone who came to change my diaper and wipe my ass. After she left, my mother laid me in the cradle and slowly started to swing it. Sleep soon claimed me.

When I woke up, it seemed to be evening. Soft red sunlight passed through the windows and bathed the whole room in a warm hue. When I turned to my right where my mother's bed was, she wasn't there. Instead, I saw a maid standing and looking at me curiously. When she saw that I was awake, she came to me and said something. She kept talking, but my mind was elsewhere. I was wondering whether I was on Earth or in a fantasy world. My gut feeling told me it was the latter.

'So if I'm born into a fantasy world, will there be magic, dragons, knights?' I was curious to the extreme. My mind buzzed with thoughts of future adventures and the thrill of experiencing a fantasy world. I didn't realize when I started to giggle knowingly. Seeing me giggle, the maid also smiled, probably thinking I was laughing because of her.