Chapter [1] - A New Life

{Narration POV}

In the cold light of the moon, the black sky was lighted by the multiple stars of the night, the clock was close to 8 PM, and the sound of footsteps was constant in the middle of a huge, more or less devastated area.

The common people, residents of the poorest area, could be seen walking around, talking amongst themselves. These people knew their situation and just how bad life around here is, so most of them cooperated with one another in order to survive.

It has been like this for many decades since their current king rose to power, around 50 years ago. The dedication he poured into the nobility layer was beyond anything his ancestors had ever done.

Yet, when one benefits, the other must live with losses. In this case, more than half of the country's overall population. Specifically, the poor.

Such is the outskirts of the outer layer of the enormous country. One so big that it dwarfed most of the kingdoms and cities across the globe.

Yet, this country, with so many economical methods and resources, lets most of its citizens live in depravity, lacking the basic expenses for a healthy life.

However, none of that concern entered the mind of three people in a small broken house at the farest distance from the outer layer, one that resides in the entrance of a big forest.

One of them, however, didn't have time to think of such things, as that person was screaming loudly. Wrong, make that two, as the one right behind her was worried sick.

"Karen, dear, you can do it." A rusty but firm voice came from a man that seemed to be in his thirties, trying to comfort and persistently encourage the woman laying on a worn-out bed.

Who was about to give birth.

"Aaagh!! How is it, Dorime?" Asked with a raspy voice and in extreme pain, the one whose name was Karen pointed to an elderly woman lying down on the bed sheets right in front of her, apparently holding something.

"Almost there! Push with everything you have, Karen!" The elder spoke with a strong voice that didn't fit her old age.

Another scream resounded in the house, not one filled with pain alone but with determination. Karen wished with all her strength for her baby to be born healthy and strong. She wanted to nurture him with all the love she could give.

It was the same for the father; he might be sturdy and rough-looking, but he wanted nothing more than for his son to be safe, to have food to eat, to take care of his body, and most importantly, to be happy.

Yet such warm thoughts did not pass by the newborn, as at the moment he was scared shitless.

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{Ernest POV}

God fucking damn it!

It hurts; I feel like I am being squashed under two steel presses. Just whose brute is my new mother? This is definitely child abuse!

'I can finally see a faint light. My eyes are adjusting.' I thought, so I really got reincarnated? And in the world of One Piece? Fuuuck... I hope I don't die a premature death at the hands of your average pirate.

"My baby..." A weak voice intruded on my newborn ears, and I knew that it was my new mother whispering, which is strange. I could hear her as well as when I'm in a normal conversation.

'How weird, I am sure that my hearing should not even be that developed.' It was really strange.

"Look Lumino, he has your golden eyes." Karen spoke with a small smile plastered on her face.

"And he seemed to have inherited your face." The man named Lumino said with a gentle voice as he whispered in a low voice, not wanting to scare me with his grumpy voice I guess.

"How can we tell, all babies have chubby faces." I heard my mother chuckle.

It seems like I lost consciousness for some brief minutes when I was coming out of my mother's womb. I felt a light pain in my butt earlier, so I guess that's what woke me up.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, I halted my thoughts.

"He's not crying; how surprising. Normally, newborns start to cry when given a light butt firm spanking, but this little one didn't. He's healthy, so I believe he's just fine." I heard an elderly but strong voice near me, and when I tried to look up to the side a little, I saw an old woman in a simple gray outfit, which looked really worn out.

"Hahaha, that just shows that my boy is going to be strong and rock the world when he's older, just like his old man." Glancing at my front, I saw a light-skinned, rough-looking man with rebellious black hair and golden-like eyes, dressed in a sleeveless white shirt, showcasing the well-defined muscles on his upper body. Along with black shorts, while wearing light blue sandals. He was plastered with a big grin on his face as he looked at me with his sharp eyes.

And god he's huge! If I had a better field of vision, I'd probably be a dwarf when compared to my old self.

I assumed he was about the same height as Monkey D. Garp, the marine hero. Although he didn't look overly muscular like him.

"What are you saying? He's still a newborn." Said my mother, who held me as if I was her most precious treasure, and refused to let go even for a moment when she winced in pain.

She's really weekend right now. I guess it probably took all her energy to give birth to me, and I did try to struggle when I was still inside her belly, which took a toll on her.

"Have you decided on a name yet, Karen?" The elderly woman, Dorime, spoke. Reminding the woman lying on the bed.

"Oh yes, Lumino and I already came up with a name when we discovered that our baby was going to be a boy. His name is Adrion, Kaiser D. Adrion." My mother spoke my name with confidence and warmth in her voice.

Wait, D.? I am from that accursed family?! Shit! I won't be having a quiet life anymore! This family name always brings misfortune, and now my chances of a premature death really went through the roof.

"Karen, you should have a well-deserved rest, let me hold him for now." I heard, as my father slowly approached the bed and sat next to his wife.

"Fine, but you better not play around, he just came to this world!" The wife said with a strict tone. Worried that her brute of a husband would get his excitement too far.

"Ehh? But he can handle some lifting up and down, right? My old man told me he did throw me around like a sack of potatoes and I laughed at it" My father, Lumino, spoke. His voice felt a bit nostalgic as if he remembered some good memories, which I didn't like one bit.

Whose kind of parent tosses their own flesh and blood around with no concern for their lives?

"Absolutely not! Your family only has crazy people, especially your father!" An angry tone resounded in the small room. Karen was about to lift herself up from the bed and give her husband a well-mannered (usual) beating.

As the man saw what his wife was about to do could only be alarmed while I just sweatdropped at this idiot of a father that I have now.

Dude, just let me sleep, okay? For some reason I'm already tired, the perks of being a baby are really annoying I have to say.

I basically could only eat and sleep for quite some time until I develop a little more.

"Alright, alright, no tossing! I promise I'll just put him in his room." He hurriedly left the place carrying me with care and a soft grip despite running, which didn't go unnoticed by me. He probably didn't want me to fall or be uncomfortable because of the calluses on his hands.

'Well, at least he is serious about some things.'

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| 3 months later |

It took me a while to get used to the baby life. I must admit that it wasn't that bad, despite the fact that I soiled my diaper an uncountable amount of times quite often throughout the weeks.

I did try to speak but my words always get stuck on my little vocal cords, leading to me making weird baby noises. Thus, I decided to imitate the sound of the letter, and I succeeded in saying "Mum".

I don't remember jack shit about how I behaved as one back in my world, it is said that one doesn't recall most things from when they're only a baby. But since I am now a reincarnated person, with a seemingly stronger brain than my past self, I could control all of my actions during my activities.

Mother was so happy that my first word was me calling her mom that she almost fainted. All due to my cute chubby face and big golden stary-like eyes struggling to say it. I didn't feel embarrassed as I know I tried my best, and it's not like she knows that I'm a grown man, mentally that is.

*Bzzt*

As I was finishing eating dinner in the dining room, I heard a weird sound in my head.

[Decently developed brain has been achieved, commencing integration.]

Ohh, finally! I was also wondering where the things that the survey's questions promised me had gone, but it turns out I just needed my brain to develop a little further. To be honest, I could recall things that I have never been able to when I was back on Earth, my memory had become much better by the time I arrived in this world.

[Assimilating...]

*Ding*

[Assimilation of the Tensura System complete!]

[Welcome, Host.]

And just as I put in my answers, the design of the system was really exactly like Solo Leveling's.

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Now, it is time for the most important test.

'Hello, system.' I tried to speak directly to the voice in my head, only to be rewarded with a deep silence.

YES! IT ISN'T SENTIENT! For whoever made this survey and allowed me to reincarnate, I'll pray for your well-being every single day starting today!

Looking at the interface of the system, I noticed an interrogation mark on the bottom left of my vision. Clicking on it mentally, I am presented with a pop-up.

[The Tensura System is a type of system that recreates and stimulates the usage of the many skills/abilities that originated from the Tensura world, each divided into their respective ranks; Intrinsic Skills, Common Skills, Extra Skills, Unique Skills, and Ultimate Skills. Even the weakest intrinsic skill can evolve into an ultimate skill, depending on how well one develops it.]

After that, I decided on looking into the main system by clicking on the "plus" mark in my top right corner.

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{ Host's Profile } (O)

{ Skills } (O)

{ Party } (O)

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Without thinking twice, I opened my profile.

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{ Host's Profile } (-)

[Name: Kaiser D. Adrion] ____ [Gender: Male] ____ [Age: 3 months]

[Physique/Constitution: ???] ____ [Status: Healthy]

[Disaster Level: Blank Class - Diaper] ____ [Devil Fruit: None]

[ World Force: 0/ ∞ ] - LOCKED

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{ Skills } (O)

{ Party } (O)

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'What is disaster level? More importantly, why the fuck does it say diaper!' Does that mean that I'm incapable of doing anything else but soiling my diaper?!

Curious as to what that was, I decided to mentally click on it to see if there was any information about it, and luckily for me, it appeared.

[Disaster Level represents the level of threat of an individual. It was created based on the host's memories of the many powerhouses of this world, which resulted in a variety of different classes of how destructive their power is.

It can also be regarded as a rough strength measurement system for the host's usage.]

That is certainly going to be useful to identify potential talents out there, as well as alert me of any threat that I won't be able to fend off.

'World Force? What is that?'

[World Force is the type of energy that circulates through the entire world, considered to be the accumulative strength of the world. It is a product of the extremely thin cosmic energy that is absorbed and refined by the world's core, which in turn releases it in the form of World Force.

As magicules do not exist in this world, it was issued that the host will gain a certain degree to use and control World Force for the use of skills/abilities. Currently, no one but Celestial Beings and Host is capable of harnessing and manipulating its power. The host's current body is not appropriate to accumulate it.]

[Notice: Further information is blocked.]

'Wait, skills and abilities? OH NO, I forgot about magic! I can't believe this, I'm so stupid!' I sighed inwardly, what is done is done, there's no use in crying over spilled milk.

'But it doesn't matter, most of the powerful skills are non-magical, such as the Deadly Sins Series and Virtues Series. Besides, just because the system does not help me acquire magic-related skills, it doesn't forbid me from researching by myself.'

Yes, magic is still doable for me. And it seems that World Force might or not be much better than magicules, so I might be able to use skills on a much larger scale than in the Tensura world.

"Adrion~, It's time for your bath." I heard my mother's voice as she picked me up, and walked towards the bathroom.

I still have plenty of time to think about things, so for now, I'll just take pleasure in mommy's embrace while I take a nice shower with her.

What? She might be my mom but it's not like I wouldn't think of such things, I was a healthy (monster virgin) man before my death. So seeing a perfect pair of good fucking tits was enough for me to feel some comfort, and thankfully I can't get horny due to not having any hormones to act me up.