1 Rebirth

Richard was dying.

He was alone in his room as he contemplated his current situation, he was alone by choice he had no lover or wife and definitely no children, he had felt his arm go numb and guessed he will suffer a heart attack, but he didn't do anything about it for he welcomed death.

He wasn't suicidal, since childhood he was weird, he didn't like interacting with people and kept to himself even his parents and brothers didn't understand him, he had friends but they weren't close, but this all changed during his teenage years when he discovered web novels and read about the fascinating worlds of cultivation, understanding oneself and the universe.

As he grew older he graduated college he knew he didn't want a fancy well paying job so he took a small job to let him survive and continue his hobby of reading novels, as his brothers married and had children he refused to marry for he thought it was a waste of time and money.

He understood very well the human need to be loved and continue his own legacy in the form of children but he never subscribed to the thought, he believed his happiness can only achieved by doing whatever he liked, which is why he choose to do the bare minimum to get money so he could invest as much time in ready his novels.

Laying on the floor holding his own chest, he thought his own death will be scary or painful but there was only serenity as he closed his eyes and letting out his last gasp of air.

He could feel his own soul leaving his body and travelling to a destination unknown, he tried to perceive his surroundings but there was only comforting darkness, this lasting for what felt like an eternity before a sudden light appeared in the distance and he was quickly travelling towards it.

As he got closer and closer to the light he felt his inexisting eyes burning but he couldn't stop himself from moving towards it, for this was a new beginning of a new life worth living.

With a startled cry he started feeling everything but his vision was extremely blurry, thankfully he had his sense of touch, as he tried to move his arms it felt like moving in mud it was extremely hard but a few minutes later he managed to feel himself and recognized the smooth skin skin of a baby.

'damn, is this what i really think it is?' as he was panicking and trying to understand his current situation he heard a distinctly female voice talking, but he couldn't understand a thing tough it sounded pretty similar to Chinese, he felt himself being held up and brought closer and felt something pointy coming close to his mouth, by pure reflex he opened his mouth and sucked on the pointy thing which in turn produced a milky like substance.

Richard suddenly realized 'this is definitely happening I've been reincarnated as a baby and i'm currently being breastfed' he couldn't help but be scared of the unknown for he didn't know what kind of world is this or even if his parents are decent, but he forcefully calmed himself down because as a baby he had no control over his fate and his own life and death are in the hands of another.

He disliked this feeling of helplessness, as he finished breastfeeding the woman(mother?) put him down and said more words in a language he couldn't understand before hearing her closing the door and leaving him to his thoughts and slowly drifting to sleep.