Reincarnation
Pain around my body. I woke up because of the pain that I never experienced before until now for a headache.
Unable to withstand the pain, I end up crying out loud unwittingly.
“Ogyaーogyaー”
Nn? What’s this crying voice? Am I crying? Eh?……un. As I thought, it’s me! Huh? Am I alive? No, I calculated and took a fatal dosage of medicine. I should be dead……
Maybe I didn’t die fully, and my body is paralysed. I can’t move my head after all, and my eyes are also blurry.
Immediately after, my body was suddenly carried up. Eh? No way! Are you telling me they’re easily carrying an adult up?
“Armeria-sama, congratulations! It is a boy!”
“Aah, to think that the very first child I was blessed with is a boy!”
“It is the very first boy blessed on the 15th child. I am sure Gento-sama will be delighted as well”
Huh? Could it be that I was, ‘reborn’? Nnn? Still, Armeria-sama? Is this woman with silver hair and green eyes my Okaa-san1? And then the 15th child? But, Okaa-san was saying that I’m her very first child, right?
I wonder if the person called ‘Gento-sama’ is my Otou-san2? Which means there are also other wives other than Okaa-san huh. Does it mean that this country is polygamous? I wonder if it’s not Japan then……no, they were speaking Japanese language just now, you know? What exactly, is going on.
No no, wait a minute. That’s not the point. It’s strange. The memories of my previous life are here clearly even though I was reborn, you know! Why?
I try racking my brains with my still-fuzzy head.
Ah! Could it be because I killed myself? It might be the punishment for throwing my life away and running away halfway through……
I see. I have to live on while having these memories from here on out huh……
Huh? I wonder what happened to Mai? She died on the same day as me. I’ve reincarnated, so won’t Mai have reincarnated at the same time as well?
If that’s the case, she’s probably feeling confused like me. I want to rush over to where Mai is right away!
Aah……but I’m an infant. I can’t move around. It’s probably the same for Mai too. And then I wonder if she’s surprised by the fact that it’s a world that’s somewhat different even though they’re speaking Japanese language.
Ah! But that’s if she has memories of her previous life huh. Mai, unlike me, didn’t kill herself. She died from sickness, so her life had been completed. In the first place, what are the chances that she reincarnated in the same place as me.
She might’ve reincarnated normally in a country somewhere on Earth, or in Japan again. She’d be more blissful that way huh.
Well, even on the off chance she has reincarnated into this world, our appearances have changed, so we won’t notice each other even if we meet huh……
Aah……damn it……
I was shrouded with hollowness the moment I thought about that. Even though I lost Mai, didn’t have any more willpower to live, and killed myself.
Why, have I reborn all carefreely. What should I do from here on out? I wonder if, as I thought, I’m receiving the punishment for killing myself. I wonder if I can live on in this world.
Inside a small body that was just born, the 25 years old heart of Aoi Masamichi was, imprisoned and plunged into darkness.
The pain in my body was finally alleviated. Immediately after, maybe it’s my doctor’s nature, I end up starting to analyse and deduce from what I can see.
After getting my body cleaned up, the people in that room come into sight. There are only women, but their clothes are familiar. Dressed in a white outer garment with a hibakama3, they’re like shrine maidens. They’re wearing something like an apron on top of that. As I thought, maybe this is Japan?
But there’s also a cute girl with golden hair and green eyes, you know……un? That’s right, a girl. Not an adult. Does it mean that a child is working? Where exactly, is this! Don’t panic.
I was carried by that cute girl as I was doing this and that.
Aah, it’s somehow really soothing……I end up staring fixedly at the girl’s face.
The girl’s eyes meet mine as well, and she smiles brightly. Uwaーh! What an adorable lass.
I was then brought to a different room. On the way there, all I could see was pretty much just the ceiling, walls, and pillars, but I could tell that the building, as I thought, had the same structure as a shrine or a temple.
When we entered a room and I was laid on a baby bed-like place, people started gathering rowdily, and the baby bed was surrounded all around. There are 10 people in total.
There is a man and a woman in their 60s, a man in his 30s or 40s, and the rest are 7 women who look like they are from their 20s to 30s.
All 10 people are wearing outfits I’ve never seen before. Natural materials, aesthetically pleasing, and not a single unnecessary accessory. The women’s outfits have a ‘celestial maiden’s robes’-feel.
Immediately after, I noticed I was being stared at fixedly by the 60s man standing in the closest spot.
Bothered by that pressure, I stared back at that person as well.
『Can you hear my voice?』
『Nn? A voice actually reverberated in my head?』
『You, you can hear my voice huh!』
『Eh? Who might you be?』
『I’m your grandfather』
『O-, Ojii-chan4, is it』
『Looks like you lived in a different world, and were reborn into this world huh. That is how you address your grandfather in that world huh』
『N-, no, we say grandfather as well. Japanese language, right?』
『Japanese language? I don’t know that name』
『As I thought, this is not Japan, right?』
『Hmm. You sure are smart huh』
『Eh? Ah, yes. Thank you』
『Umu. Let’s take our time to talk again when things settle down』
『Ah. Please wait a minute. This is not Japan, right? What country is this?』
『Ooh, I see. This is, well, a place called Moonlight Country』
Moonlight Country? There’s no such country on Earth, you know. Are you telling me you can be reborn on a planet that’s not Earth!
The people around were having fun and having a blast in their conversation before I knew it. From what I hear, the man and woman in their 60s are my grandfather and grandmother, and as I thought, the man in his 30s-40s appears to be my father called ‘Gento’. And then the other 7 women seem to be my father’s wives.
For the time being, everybody’s joyousness is a sight to behold. I wonder if a boy is that hard to come by?
“Oh, Gento. You were blessed with a marvellous child. This child is a smart child. And above all else, he probably possesses even more powerful strength than me”
“Chichiue5, is that for real!”
“Umu. I shall name this child 「Tsukuyomi」”
“Thank you, for the marvellous name”
“Tsukuyomi-sama!”
“Tsukuyomi-sama. What a marvellous name!”
What? ‘Tsukuyomi’, you say? That, too, sure is a mysterious name that feels I might or might not have heard before in Japan huh……
Looks like my family members are still having a blast, but I’m still a newborn over here. I’m struck with sleepiness soon enough, and although I’m bothered by my name, I end up falling asleep as is.
A few days passed after my birth. If it was an ordinary baby, I suppose they would cry to inform people of all their requests, such as being hungry, dirtying their diapers, and feeling sleepy. But my mental age is 25 years old. I don’t cry that much, and I can hold it in as well.
I didn’t know what to do, but fortunately, breastfeeding time was fixed, and the cute shrine maiden helper girl periodically swapped my diapers. If I get sleepy, I can just sleep as I like. It was a life without any dissatisfaction.
It’s just that, the diapers are fabric diapers. Since they’re not paper diapers, they’re slightly uncomfortable. As I thought, it appears different from modern Japan.
“Tsukuyomi-sama is a child who pretty much doesn’t cry and is easy to care for huh. Exactly as Gyougetsu-sama said, he is quite smart huh”
“Lucia-nee-sama6, is that really so? It does also feel like he is somehow excessively obedient though”
“Armeria-sama, Nee-samas were all saying the same as well. That he’s totally different from our daughters”
“Myy! Even Melina-nee-sama is saying something like that……”
“Likely, on the day that Tsukuyomi-sama was born, Gyougetsu-sama talked to Tsukuyomi-sama with telepathic conversation, perhaps? I think he understood it from that”
“Melina-nee-sama, only Gyougetsu-sama is capable of telepathic conversation, right?”
“Eeh, that is what I heard. Unfortunately, Gento-sama seems incapable of it. It seems to be unattainable unless you possess significant power”
“Well then, you are saying Tsukuyomi-sama has been blessed with such power……”
“I suppose so. Gyougetsu-sama said he would visit Tsukuyomi-sama again 2 weeks later, in order to have a talk with him, right? There has never been such an instance until now”
“True enough. Melina-neesama. The 14 daughters, they were only looked at once by Gyougetsu-sama on the day they were born, and he pretty much did not meet them after that”
“But he did not say that any our daughters, have insufficient power to be a priest. I suppose that is enough……”
“Eeh, true enough”
Okaa-san, Armeria, was an unbelievably beautiful woman. Silver hair? I suppose you could call it platinum. Beautiful hair that goes all the way to her waist, almond and dazzling green eyes. Long, long eyelashes, a sharp face with a defined nose, and her lips are light pink and a beautiful shape. Her skin is transparently white and smooth.
Her height is also above 170 cm, guessing from her and my father’s height difference and the room’s ceiling.
I can’t quite tell since she’s wearing a baggy outfit because it’s still right after the delivery, but I think she’s pretty slender. Since her breasts are in the middle of lactation, they naturally have quite the volume.
You would probably think she was born in Russia or Scandinavia if it was on Earth from that appearance. She might be someone whose country is situated in the north even on this planet.
My father, Gento, is what you would call an effeminate man. His height is probably above 190cm.
He’s slender and gives a mild impression. A person who doesn’t get violent at all. Hence, he seems gentle.
Of course, not just his vibe, but his tone is also gentle. A handsome guy with golden hair, green eyes, and a defined nose.
The other 7 women are also rich in characteristics. For their hair colour, there is a red, a brown, a black, an ash blonde, 2 blondes, and also 2 platinum; Okaa-san and Okaa-san’s actual elder sister. Otou-san had gotten the princesses from 7 countries and had 2 children with them respectively, but because they were all girls, it seems he made Okaa-san, the younger sister of the first wife, Mari, and the Second Princess, Armeria, his eighth wife.
I don’t quite get it, but he sure doesn’t hold back huh.
Okaa-san’s elder sister, Mari-okaa-sama, is also an immense beauty, but the other 6 are also a line-up of beauties. Nonetheless, the only men I see in this mansion are Ojii-san and Otou-san. I wonder if there aren’t any other men?
I suppose my father is someone remarkable enough to make the princesses around the world his brides one after another. If that’s the case, I think it’s natural to have some kind of a knight or a warrior retainer around, but I don’t see such a security person-in-charge-ish person. Furthermore, they don’t address Ojii-san and Otou-san with titles such as king, majesty, highness, or whatnot. I wonder what kind of family lineage it is. I don’t quite get it around those parts.
Well, I have time. I guess I can just understand it gradually from here on out. I can’t do anything with this infant’s body after all. More importantly, how am I supposed to live on in this world without Mai?
Even though I died because I lost Mai and didn’t want to live……
But, it looks like this body wants to live on. Instinctively suckling on my mother’s breast when I’m hungry and filling my stomach. And then my memories and knowledge of my previous life, desire the information of this world. Though I probably can’t do anything but leave my body to whatever happens like this at the moment……
Aoi Masamichi is, in a different world that is not Earth. Reincarnated in the Moonlight Country, with his heart still shrouded in darkness, he would start a brand new life.
- お母さん(Okaa-san): Mother
- お父さん(Otou-san): Father
- 緋袴(Hibakama): A red hakama(袴) *a type of bottom wear* worn by shrine maidens
- お爺ちゃん(Ojii-chan): Grandfather
- 父上(Chichiue): A respectful way of calling father
- 姉さま(Nee-sama): Elder sister. A way to address a woman who’s older
