'H-huh...?'
A strange feeling washed over Luke, a sense of disorientation.
'Where am I?'
As consciousness slowly seeps back into him, the first sensation he noticed was the distinct softness underneath him.
A squishy, comforting warmth enveloped Luke, cocooning him in a sense of safety.
Luke felt small, as if the world around him had expanded exponentially. A sharp contrast to the last sensation he remembered.
‘What is happening?'
Luke felt a sudden pressure against his lips, a hard, warm object. Then, a flood of something liquid in his mouth.
It was a taste he recognized immediately, even in his disoriented state.
A taste imprinted on Luke’s soul.
MILK!
But this one was strangely light and sweet compared to cow's milk.
'Ahhhhh!'
A warmth spread through Luke, familiar and comforting. His eyelids fluttered open, revealing a sight he’d never expected to see.
A woman, breathtaking in her beauty, cradled him in her arms.
She was unlike any woman he had ever seen, her beauty not one of youthful bloom, but of ageless elegance.
Her hair was a pure white, each strand cascading down like a waterfall of moonlight, shimmering gently in the soft light.
Her skin was smooth and flawless, like the color of freshly fallen snow, unblemished by time or weather. Her eyes, a clear blue, held a depth that was almost unfathomable.
She was breastfeeding Luke, the source of the familiar taste that had flooded his mouth.
'Human m-milk... it tastes so good...'
It wasn't till he had drowned sufficiently in the ecstasy of the sweet nectar that cooled his tongue that the realization hit him like a thunderbolt.
‘I am a baby!’
'E-eh? What happened to me?'
Luke stared at the beauty whose n****e he was nibbling on. Their eyes met, and it felt completely natural.
Luke took in her clear, innocent, loving eyes. They twinkled as they met him, an affectionate warmth in them that was soothing.
Luke was nestled in her arms, swaddled in soft blankets. He looked down and saw small, pudgy hands— his hands.
He could hardly believe it. His large, calloused hands were now tiny and chubby. His weather-beaten skin is now soft and delicate.
Luke was swaddled in a soft, warm blanket, nestled against the woman's chest. A strange mixture of fear and elation washed over him.
'T-this is... it's real!'
‘I was reborn, given the opportunity I had wished for in my last moments.’
'Amazing!'
As Luke looked up at the woman with his wide, infant eyes, he couldn't help but marvel at the strange turn of events.
His life had taken an unexpected turn, but perhaps it was a turn for the better.
Perhaps, this was his chance to fulfill his unfulfilled dreams, to live the life he had always wanted.
'But what's going on here? I don't recognize this woman at all.'
Luke knew that the woman breastfeeding him was probably his mother and now that he was hearing her soothing voice, it didn't sound like she was speaking English.
'It just feels off somehow...'
As he began to take in his surroundings, an unfamiliar sight met his gaze.
'A-ah... what are these things?'
The air was suffused with tiny particles of light, glittering like the cosmos encapsulated within the confines of the room.
They shimmered and danced around him in a mesmerizing spectacle, emanating a feeling of tranquility.
'That settles it, I guess.'
This certainly wasn't the world he knew, his quiet farm with its worn barn and pastures stretching to the horizon.
Instead, the atmosphere was filled with a strange energy, one that he’d only read about in fairy tales.
It felt like magic, like an invisible current of power weaving through everything.
'Am I in another world? D-Does Magic exist here?'
‘I know it sounds crazy. However, I’ve never been a normal guy’.
As Luke began to adjust to this magical energy in the air, a translucent panel suddenly materialized before him.
It seemed like a holographic display, but the technology looked far beyond anything he’d ever seen on Earth.
Text started appearing on the panel, each character glowing with a soft, luminescent light.
The language was foreign but understandable, as if he had always known it.
[SYSTEM ACTIVATION: SUCCESSFUL]
[NEW USER: REGISTERED]
User status: Disciple of Goddess Hesat.
Name: Luke Hunter
[ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: GODDESS'S CHOSEN]
Reward: A new beginning in a world rich with magic and opportunities.
[ADVISORY]
Please note that this is a major change in your life status. You are encouraged to explore this new environment and make the most of your second chance.
[END OF INITIAL BRIEFING]
The panel vanished as quickly as it had appeared, leaving a trail of glittering particles in its wake.
Luke stared wide-eyed at the space where it had been, a sense of awe filling him.
‘Eh.’
‘I am a disciple of a goddess, in a world of magic?’
'What? Who is Hesat?'
However, none of that mattered. Overthinking or trying to answer a question he didn't know was pointless.
Here was what he did know, though.
He died.
He got reincarnated by the power of a mysterious goddess called Hesat.
This world has Magic, and Luke can see the flow of the Magic Particles all around him.
His new name is Luke Hunter.
'This breastmilk tastes so damn good!'
Luke clutched his mother's melons with his pudgy hands and greedily pressed them, allowing more of that milky goodness to gush down his throat.
'Haaa! So tasty!'
‘I bet a lot of people would kill to be in my shoes. Being breastfed by such a voluptuous beauty, and getting away with it'.
‘Any man who heard my tale would be so green with envy. Ah, but they could never possibly understand how good this stuff tasted.’
‘Not unless they could taste it for themselves.’
'This is why Milk is the best!' Luke smiled, indulging in his only true passion in his past life and in this one as well.
‘I didn't understand everything, but I got it now. This was my reward for all the services I rendered back on Earth.’
Luke's once distant dream of having a second chance at life was now a reality, a path waiting to be traversed.
'I won't waste this opportunity!'
“Fujuji gagaga!”