章 1: Chapter 1
Work, was something to be searched for without fear of death.
The second time I came to this world was inside a small village with around 30 people living in there.
The village location was roughly a 3 day trip by carriage away from the 『Beorant Imperial capital』, which had a population of roughly twelve thousand people… The village was unbelievably, incredibly remote.
Furthermore, almost all of the men were absent, enlisted to the human-demon race war. So now, most, if not all the households were in dire straits.
The remaining women and elderly, through helping one another, managed to get by in a hand to mouth existence.
「Sefi? Sefi~?」
Towards that familiar voice, I looked away from the opened book on the floor towards the sound.
The sounds of footsteps headed my way and just when it ended, a girl's face suddenly peeped in.
She looked like a junior high school student but, this year she is already turning 19 yeas old.
Although it was nothing flashy, she had semi-long, almost transparent blonde hair that suited her own beauty. Her purple eyes that looked like jewels were really pretty.
「Mou, you're in dad's room as expected.」[2]
Saying that, she — who was my mother, Masya-san —– showed a troubled smile.
Her hands gently stretched out and easily lifted me up, then she put the book back into the desk drawer.
Ah! It was reaaaaaally hard to take that out with this body!
Seeing my sullen face, mom gently stroked my platinum blonde hair.
「It's still to early for Sefi to be reading books. Let's read it when you become a little bigger okay?」
Mom's words were, definitely true, in the first place I couldn't read any of those words .
Well, in this poor village, they might not even have anyone who could read.
「Really, already engrossed by books at this age, I wonder who do you take after?」
That "this age" phrase was something I want to retort back to mother…
I mean, no matter how you see it, a junior high student…! Not to mention, she's already a mother of two, of course anyone would be taken aback.
… no matter how you think about it, my father was a lolicon .
And just like what mother had said, a child that showed strong interest in books was definitely unusual.
Why? In this world, they didn't even have the concept of compulsory education .
So for the poor people who don't have much money, not even an adult can read, write, or do simple arithmetic..
But, I was different.
Because I had the memories from living in j.a.pan as 『Oiki Chihaya』.
Be it fate or mistake, I retained my "previous life's memory".
The language used was different, because of that my j.a.panese reading and writing didn't mean much here … But my basic language ability should be plenty.
Arithmetic, chemistry, history about the paths carved out by previous pioneers and even the skills that I developed as a working adult when I entered into society: everything was still engraved in my head.
Because the general knowledge level around me was low , if I were to use this knowledge from my past life it should be enough to raise my position… probably.
However, negligence is forbidden.
Certainly if you were to see my situation right now, I have far more knowledge than the people in my surroundings.
Having said that, our great pioneering predecessors had left us with these great words.
『10 years a prodigy, 15 years talented and past 20 years you're just normal』
In regards to praise towards those of young age, it is always followed by the phrase "at that age."
At that age, that is smart .
At that age, that is a good drawing
At that age, that is already a splendid way of thinking .
But most will consider it normal for adults who had acc.u.mulated enough experience to be able to do all that.
Because of that, for the sake of my future I won't skimp on the studying and self improvement!
….. The me in my past life, couldn't see beyond what was in front of my eyes.
Because I always got full marks on primary school, it made me misunderstand and think: 「eh , am I a genius!?」 and that made me suffer in middle school.
In high school and university never did I take studying and club activities seriously, afterwards taking the exams and job hunting became quite difficult.
After when finally i got a unofficial job offer at some company, it ended up that company was one that exploited it's employees, and at the end, after being worked figuratively to death…
That's right, I don't remember the moment of my death but…..
It was probably "death from overwork".
Because of that, I cannot make any mistakes! I bet on this horrible previous life memory of mine, absolutely!
Once a person works, they lose! That's the truth of the world!
But if one was content with a poor life, they're third-rate.
First-cla.s.s is without work, yet living luxuriously… that's the best. Niyari. [3]
I'll make the imperial capital 'my home.'
So for that reason, I can't do things slowly.
Because, a "prodigy" could do a lot.
『The appearance of genius baby?! 』 that kind of newsworthy topic, the younger I was the more effective it will be.
In this world, both girls and boys were considered adult when they reached 15. In short, I must consider that『15 years you're just normal』.
Thus, the t.i.tle of prodigy only lasts before 7. And then talented before 11.
I can't waste any precious time!
At present, I'm a 3 month infant since my birth as 『Sefiria』. I was born into this world as a boy.
For the sake fulfilling my ambition to become great, I was currently suckling at my mother who's looked like she belonged in junior high school.
Remaining time to achieve『Prodigy』, currently 7 more years.
章 2: Chapter 2
What you call baby would at most, suckle for milk, cry, sleep, or leak… they can only do things like that.
However, naturally I won't do something like cry unreasonably. I am already at that age you know!
And then when I am hungry I just start sucking at her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, when wet my pants I don't panic or make any fuss, i just keep it to myself.
If I were do these poorly, they might think of me as a demon's child ….. it's not that I hadn't thought about that, but I can just show them my smiling face and they will treat me like an angel.
Mufufu. Adults are easy.[1]
Our village was poor, and none among those wooden houses in a row had a gla.s.s window.
And obviously, soundproofing was nonexistent – the village didn't even have the "proof" half of the word.[2]
Therefore, when in some house somewhere a baby was born, their neighbour must prepare for the coming sleepless nights due to the baby crying.
However! If we are talking about that, I am as quiet as can be.
Ever since I got my memory back , I have never ever cried.
At first mother was rather vigilant about my lack of night crying and could only sleep lightly, but now she's sound asleep every time. She won't wake up even when I sucked at her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
Because of that everyone from the neighbourhood were in a good mood, and I always get pampered by everyone.
As for me being pampered by everyone, I have a few cute faces to use for that end.
Also, I only have less than 7 years to become『a prodigy』.
For that purpose, I lavish a lot of charm onto a lot of people to attract them together, desperately absorbing their words.
The results were amazing!
Now that my age is 4 months, I can already understand most of the conversations happening around me.
I had never learnt any foreign languages before in my previous life… even I was surprised. If faced by death, nothing is impossible I suppose.
Or maybe, it was thanks to baby brain's amazing plasticity for absorbing information?
Could it be, I actually have a hidden genius power… nope, yup , definitely not.
Ah, and besides that, I am not having any lack of practice talking.
At first I was bewildered by a baby's tongue and mouth, but I'm now starting to be able to say word-like sounds without lisping.
And anyway, for the me who was just a 4 month infant, something like 「Mother, I am hungry, please expose your breast in front of me」 was something that must not be said.
The only things appropriate for a baby were stuff like 「ha-i」, 「cha – n」 or 「babuー」, stuff like that… And somehow, every sunday evening strange sounds similar to a baby's footsteps can be heard.
For your information, the first word I tried to say was 『I'm the greatest under heaven and earth』.
...… there's no other meaning you know? Yes, it's because I'm modest!
Eventually I want to learn how to read and write… but there was no one in our village that can do either.
I am sure that they can at least read some simple flags or a signboard but… I doubt that even the village chief Bashbal could make heads or tails out of a book.[3]
Because of that, I would often sneak into dad's room to take that one book out of the desk drawer and try to read it .
According to what Mother said, father can't read books. This book was a memento of sorts that his friend left for him, therefore it was not like the contents of the book didn't mean anything .
However that also meant that I didn't know what kind book this was, and with no hint I can't even start to guess as to the meaning of the words.
.... G.o.d has died.
Putting that aside, on the topic of – is there anything else that I must do?- then the answer is none. At most, I just needed search for mother when I get hungry.
For the sake of become muscular, as soon as I could barely see through my eyes, I have frantically been moving my body. Because of this, I can now already move by crawling.
If there was something like『baby muscularity rankings』might I become the winner?
So, while the muscular me totteringly crawled around this small house, apart from mother, my eyes met with my other family member's.
That little boy with thick honey like blonde hair and sharp eyes.
He is my brother, Roguna-kun.
「...」
When I entered Onii-chan's field of vision, he just glared at me with a rather scowling expression… am I hated?
It's not like he's been talking behind my back or anything like that, maybe he was just feeling the typical childish jealousy.
Now Onii-chan's age is just above 3 years old. Even though he is at the age where he wants to be spoiled, mother is turning her attention away towards me, who is just a newborn.
And since I'm an abnormally easy to handle baby, I think that despite mother giving him a lot of attention as well, it still made him unpleased.
Well, he's been monopolizing this beauty of a mother all this time. It was inevitable.
Moreover, different to Onii-Chan, I am being super pampered by entire village.
Anyhow, I've always tried to please everyone with my charms. I was brandishing it to the point it can be considered「terrorism」.[4]
Thanks to this, I'm in high demand ..... no, maybe idol level ..... better yet, an angel!
My baby power is more than 530,000. For Onii-Chan who always wore his sullen face and had bad social abilities, our levels are too different! Ho – ho ho! (PR: imagining generic anime n.o.ble girl laugh. Haha)
Even today, just as I moved slightly away from the house, the senior couple gramps and granny, my mom and some other girls about the same age as her, even little children started to shower me with affection.
From Onii-Chan's point of view, this little brother who had been born after me, was probably s.n.a.t.c.hing away mom and all people from village from him, or something like that .
For me, who in my previous life had n.o.body love me, or anybody help me and spent all his time overworked in loneliness, this was a heaven sent life.
That is why, I desire love more than anyone else, desperately.
Then, another thing that I've learnt was, 『if we are to give all of our love earnestly, the other side will love you back !』
Given that I gave my all to getting closer to the ones who don't like me so much, I'm sure I'll penetrate their defences eventually.[5]
If you look from my side who's giving my all, all I could say was that Onii-Chan's effort in getting love was not nearly enough.
Onii- Chan, this world is the survival of the fittest. For the one who's cannot flatter others, he is only going to be eliminated you know? Fu fu fu ~.
Today as well, I was charming all the villagers through my love-love aura. Eat this, love me beam!
Ah, it's nice having everyone love me! Ahahaha!
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