Chapter 2
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Chapter 1. I Was Reborn as a Baby (1)
"Shana!"
The voice calling someone was desperate and affectionate. It was like the voice of a Mother looking for a lost child.
"Shana, you're safe! God, thank you! Thank you…."
I didn't know that was me.
"Her lips are blue. Oh my god, how could this happen…."
Someone picked me up and handed me to a sobbing woman. The feeling of someone lifting me up felt like riding a roller coaster.
It felt like a short Viking ride. My spine tingled, and my toes curled up involuntarily.
In a word, it was scary.
But I held back. I have the dignity of an adult, so I can't cry easily!
When I opened my tightly closed eyes, I saw a woman's face covered in tears and snot. She looked to be in her late 20s?
She was a beautiful woman with bright blonde hair, a slender face, and clear green eyes.
She looked like a foreigner no matter how many times you looked at her. What should I do? I'm not confident in my English conversation skills. Hello, hi…….
'Ah, I could understand what she was saying, right….'
This damn English phobia.
She looked as pretty as a foreign actress, but her eyes and nose were swollen red from crying so much. It wasn't like an actress crying prettily, but the face of someone who was really at the end of the world.
She looked at me, and tears welled up again, so she squeezed her eyes shut and looked again. And she distorted her pretty face and cried.
"I'm, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…."
This won't do.
"Hoo-eeng…."
I was so embarrassed to make a sound, but I had no choice if I wanted to comfort her.
It was cute and rewarding to see her eyes widen as soon as I made a sound. I reached out my arms to touch her surprised face.
Yes, I have arms and legs too! They're just short!
"Shana……. You're trying to comfort me……."
That's right! That's right! She understands perfectly!
"Mommy, Mommy is sorry……."
Ah, I guess she was my Mother.
I felt very strange. The woman in front of me looked like she was around my age before I died.
"Because I fell asleep, you almost died."
"Why is that your fault?"
"But if I had been awake, Shana would not have been kidnapped!"
"You just fell asleep for a moment. Who would have imagined that your nanny would kidnap a child and abandon her?"
I turned my eyes away from Mother, who was holding me, and looked to the side. It was a man who also looked to be in his late 20s.
'Judging from the flow of the conversation, he's probably Dad……?'
As soon as I saw the man who would be my Dad, I sincerely wanted to see a mirror.
'Are they both actors?'
Crazy, he's so handsome….
Both of my parents had insane beauty, so I was curious about my face that I had never seen before. If those faces were the ingredients, even the worst combination would be crazy, right……?
"Stop blaming yourself, Anais."
"But the place where Shana was abandoned was the Hunting ground! If His Highness the Prince hadn't found her by chance, Shana would have, already…."
"Stop."
"Look, she's still pale…."
So that's what happened. I was kidnapped.
'I thought he looked unusual, but he was a prince….'
A prince is similar to a prince, right? I quietly rolled my eyes and tried to grasp the situation.
'It's not Korea, and it's not modern…….'
Well, it wasn't Korea from the moment the wolf appeared.
The wolf quietly left. I was left alone with a handsome child I had never seen before, and I wondered what would happen, but fortunately, the child took me to a group of people.
The first thing I did was soak my body in warm water, and in the meantime, the surroundings became even more noisy.
And the person who came running in was this person.
Probably the Mother who gave birth to me.
'She didn't abandon me.'
I thought I wouldn't have any luck with parents in this life either, but it seems that wasn't the case.
Mother was about to collapse from crying so much. Dad also looked no less haggard.
I knew they were my parents, but I didn't feel it.
Of course. I still have a hard time accepting that I've become a baby.
But people are simple, so once the cold that seemed to freeze me went away and safety was secured, I felt like nothing else mattered.
My whole body, which had been stiff from tension and cold, melted away, and the arms holding me were firm and stable. Her embrace was also cozy.
No one had hugged me since my parents passed away. I was always the one who comforted and hugged Younger sister.
'So this is what it feels like to be hugged….'
I felt relieved and a warm feeling inside my chest.
'Maybe it's because my body is small, but I feel tired already even though I don't seem to be doing anything….'
And I'm hungry…….
As soon as I thought about it, a fierce sound was heard.
Growl!
Wow, I thought it was thunder.
'D, did they hear it?'
I knew that they were my parents, but I was meeting these people for the first time. I was still shy around them. It was such a loud noise, but they might not have heard it since they were talking….
"Look at me. Shana, you must have been hungry. You must have been starving for hours……."
Mother rummaged around, ah, that's right, I was a baby!
'I'm not hungry! I'm not hungry! I won't be hungry!'
Ah, ah, ah!
No way. I've just opened my eyes as a baby. I have the consciousness of a perfectly normal adult, but even if it's to survive…….
Ugh.
"Eat a lot, Shana. I will never let you go again. Rest assured. Trust us."
"Yes, I will never make this mistake again. I will definitely protect you."
It's delicious….
Reason was like a sandcastle in front of the waves of survival instinct. What's wrong with breastfeeding? It's a noble act.
Yes, whether you're an adult or a baby, you have to eat to live. Slurp, slurp.
***
People are really simple animals.
'I didn't want to realize it this way.'
My body, which had been frozen by the cold, melted, and when I became aware of my hands and feet, which I thought were gone because they were stiff and unmoving, I was hungry.
And when my stomach, which had been shaking with a thunderous sound, was filled, I became sleepy.
'I'm embarrassed……. I'm ashamed……. I'm completely instinct itself.'
Moreover, my stomach isn't bloated, and the cleanliness of my butt……. Let's not think about it anymore. That's the way to protect my dignity….
I think I fell asleep while breastfeeding in the arms of the person who was probably my Mother.
I said "probably" because I don't remember it.
But if I was laid down gently in a dark room, it must be true. I couldn't even say hello after eating well.
'No. I can't talk, so I wouldn't have been able to say hello anyway.'
Dad said that I should always say hello, no matter what. I also taught Younger sister to always say hello, no matter what.
'Let's stop escaping from reality…….'
It's time to think properly, Han Yeon-ah.
I couldn't continue thinking in the snowy field because it was too cold, but now I'm full and warm. I've slept enough, so my mind is very clear.
First.
'Am I really dead?'
What if I'm not dead?
'It felt similar to when I fainted from overwork, but slightly different.'
I often collapsed from overwork, but the feeling of falling into a more distant place than that, I knew intuitively, ah, this is death. ……It would be really embarrassing if I was wrong…….
But if I wasn't dead, there was no other way to explain this situation where I've become a baby.
I must have died and been reborn as a baby, probably.
'Is this what they call reincarnation?'
Whatever you call it, it was definitely not a normal situation. You're not supposed to remember your past life after you die……. I blinked my eyes. Vague shapes were visible to my eyes, which had become accustomed to the darkness.
I could see my new parents' faces clearly up close, although they weren't clear. And the face of the handsome blonde kid too. It seemed that my eyesight wasn't very good yet.
'Judging by the fact that I can see, has it been about 100 days?'
I don't know exactly, but it definitely wasn't right after I was born. I remembered my past life because I was abandoned in the snowy field and almost died, or something like that.
Wow, it's a fantasy. It's a fantasy.
Younger sister might have liked it. We often fought because she would make excuses that reading novels helped with reading comprehension whenever I nagged her to study.
'I've only just become an adult. I've become like me.'
Like me, who lost her parents in the spring when she turned twenty, Younger sister lost her guardian as soon as she turned twenty.
But I was too tired to continue. I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again because I could hear Younger sister resenting me.
'Let's say I died and was reborn, where is this?'
If it's not Korea and it's not modern, where is this?
The language that my new parents were using earlier was something I had never heard before. Besides, I know they're foreigners, but I don't know exactly which ones, and all I know is that they're beautiful.
'The Hunting ground thing from earlier, and the place where the blonde kid took me looked like the background from the game Wang*'s Game……. I couldn't see it well because his face was too intense, but his clothes were definitely not modern.'
If it's not modern, then is it the past? The Western past?
There were dramas and movies too. Time slip. But it's hard to specify which era it is.
His face covered up too much, so the information I got was minimal. My eyesight shouldn't be good yet, but only his handsome face looked like it had good resolution….
"Kkyung…."
No! I made a groaning sound! It feels like I have a headache! The sound that came out of my mouth sounded like I needed to poop!
"Awoo, ah! Ah!"
I wanted to get up, so I moved my arms and legs diligently, but all I could do was flail. Only the blanket covering my stomach slipped down. I don't like being cold!
"Awoo-woo, woo! Ah, ah?"
"You're not sleeping."
"Ah?"
It's the blonde kid.
