Echoes of Rebirth

Chapter 1

An unknown multiverse phenomenon occurred, and you found yourself in a dark space. You looked around and found a source of light in the distance. You approached the light and whoosh....

You are born as a baby. Your mother is a low ranking noblewoman from a small noble family. Your father is a merchant. Your father is currently abroad in a distant city for business. The birth is rather tough and leaves your mother extremely weakened, the doctor estimates her recovery time to be 3 to 4 months.

Your infancy can be said to be rather peaceful. Your mother, however, was extremely weak after giving birth to you and spends most of the time in bed. You, as a new-born can barely do anything other than feeding, and sleeping. You spent a month doing that and became chubbier and sturdier.

Another month passed. With mother in such a state and father abroad, you have to be nursed by your mother' sister, your aunt. She is an extremely nice person and is good to you most of the time except when she gets a little mad after you keep her up all night by crying.

Another month passed, your father still didn't return. Your mother, although still weak, can already move around again, much to the joy of the entire household. The doctor, however, says she has to avoid heavy physical work and heavy emotion for another month, for fear of a relapse.

The month has passed, and your mother can finally engage in light work again. However, you started crying the moment she put you down on your bed. Your mother is exhausted by your constant crying.

It becomes a routine. Your aunt feeds you milk and other baby food, then you will start whining and crying non-stop and she have no choice but to give in and hold you for a few hours before she finally puts you back on the bed and you will start crying again. Repeat, repeat, repeat, your poor aunt is extremely exhausted.

Your mother can't stand it anymore. Seeing her usually cheerful sister always looking tired and haggard while you are still so fussy and loud is just too much for her. And that is when she made a decision... She will hire a wet nurse.

One day you stop crying and just behave

Your mother is dumbfounded at the change in your behaviour. Her sister is also dumbfounded as well. No longer do they have to deal with you crying all night. Your mother and your aunt can finally get a good night of rest. However, they can't quite figure out the reason for the sudden change in your behaviour.

Months passed, you are growing rapidly. Your aunt and mother find your silence rather unusual, babies in your age are usually fussy and loud, why are you so quiet? They feel that there is something different about you.

Another few months passed, while you are growing normally, you are still as quiet as always. Your mother finds you abnormal while your aunt finds you endearing and secretly call you her little darling.

You are already an infant standing on your two legs, you are extremely quiet and unusually fast at grasping things. Your mother often worries that there is something wrong with you, while your aunt quietly dotes on you, her little darling.

Your mother, even though still worries about you, is secretly glad that you always cling to her. She found you too silent and intelligent, but at least a clingy child is not too bad, she thought.

Your mother secretly wonders why you are as intelligent as you are. A child of your age can hardly walk, yet you are already walking, although a bit unstable with your legs. Sometimes, she wonders that if you can talk, what would you say? However, her worries are eased by your clingy behaviour, at least as long as you cling to her, you are completely normal, she thought.

However, your clinginess made her a bit difficult at times. You always cling to her dress making her not being able to do too much work. Luckily, you don't cry as much as you used to when you are younger, and it somewhat compensate for the clinginess.

One day you suddenly talked, and you first word is "mama". Your mother thought she was dreaming. She had already resigned herself to the thought that you would never speak. She picked you up and looked at you, you are smiling at her as if you knew this word would get her excited.

You kept saying "mama". Your mother is very happy. She always wanted to hear you speak, and now she heard you speaking. Your aunt can't believe what is happening. She thought that there is no way you will speak, but now that you are, the entire household feels a sense of joy.

Your mother, your aunt, and the maid started fussing over you. They are all very happy that you finally start speaking. It had been a source of worry for your mother, but that worry is gone, you are a completely normal and cute, little child, albeit a little quiet, they thought.

After a few days, you started speaking more and more. The people around you are very happy. You, who was originally so quiet, become talkative after you finally break your silence.

You started to look at the various books laying around the house, your mother's eyes widened when she saw that. How could a child at your age be interested in books? However, she is also a little happy, at least you were not interested in breaking things, she thought.

You started flipping the pages of the books, but only looking at the pictures, not the words. Your mother looked at you perplexed, your unusual intelligence make you want to look at books, but your age and short attention span only make you look at the colourful pictures, this is a good thing, right?

Your mother continued to let you look at books. Despite seeing you so intelligent, she feels that you are still a child, your interest in books is normal and she doesn't feel too worried, albeit finding them a little odd.

Your father also came back a few days after you start speaking. He was surprised when he heard that you started speaking. However, he only saw you as a normal child who just started to speak, and didn't see any unusual changes in you, after all, you only speak a few words at this age.

Your father is happy that you speak, after months of being away, he missed you, and the first thing that greeted him when he got home is your soft and endearing voice.

You spoke to your father, calling him "papa". Your mother and your aunt, hearing that immediately smiled. Your father picked you up and ruffled your hair, "Ho, little man, welcome me back like this, huh?"

You repeated saying "papa"

Your father chuckled at your repeated word, he continued ruffling your hair, "That's right, I'm papa, kiddo."

Your mother watched your interaction, seeing you and your father being happy together. Seeing you clinging to your father and calling him, "papa" brings a strange sense of peacefulness and warmth to her heart.

You looked at your mother and points at her while calling her "mama". Then, you looked at your father and points at him, calling him, "papa".

Your father chuckled at your action. Your mother smiled at you. Your aunt thought that you were so cute, her little darling.

Your father carried you in his arms, "Ho, this little guy is smart, isn't he?"

Your mother just smiled, "Yes, he is. He starts speaking just a few days ago, it's a good thing that he is healthy and smart, unlike a few months back."