SS 1: Honorable Start

Following a sharp pain and slight silence, a warm, secure feeling enveloped me, like being soaked in lukewarm water.

The vague sensation, a movement pushing me, it all ended after a short while as I went out through a small hole.

I feel uncomfortable after losing the warmth but after going out, I can feel a sense of freedom.

The voice of a young woman reaches my ear and I open my eyes to be met with quite the sight. She was wearing a maid costume, and behind her was a glossy white scenery, covered in heavy snow. Though she spoke, what did she say?

The maid lifts me up, almost as if preparing to bring me somewhere. How was anybody that strong?! She did it effortlessly, holding me with her arms outstretched before drawing me closer to her body.

I felt small.

The maid held me in a princess carry, surprising me more than I always thought it would. While it feels comforting, how come my head is so close to her chest? And has mine flattened? Shouldn't it be farther out?

WAIT! Why am I naked?!

"Abuah~," I tried to make out but much to my shock, I was ignored.

The woman who I still have yet to see properly blabbered something, and the maid carried me away until a little while after I saw a big bed.

On that bed was a large but still young baby, sleeping comfortably.

I gently laid next to the baby.

On it too, I finally realized what just happened. The baby was the size of me and we were currently in a bed with walls.

In other words, a crib.

I'm a baby?!

That makes sense why I didn't see my previous brea- no, that's not important!

How did this happen? The last I remember, I was in class as Chie-sensei gave a lesson with a hangover.

Now that I think about it, I was feeling sleepy. Was this all a dream?

Is this one of those book or movie plots that ruins everything by saying that? No way this is a dream, it feels too real.

While I was close to nodding off in class due to strategies I made yesterday, and little sleep, there was something on the ceiling wasn't there?

I know this might sound crazy, but a huge crack appeared in the ceiling. I initially thought I was hallucinating due to the lack of sleep. The main reason I didn't think much of it was that the crack was not only blue but it wasn't the actual ceiling breaking if that makes sense.

After a certain point, everything went black and I was delivered here.

Before I had time to think, I became a baby.

Is this the so-called reincarnation Shibata and Watanabe mentioned?

A dead person being reborn as a different person.

That means that I must've died in my previous life.

I wonder if the crack is the cause of it...

If I was a baby, what gender was I? I tried rolling over but was unable to, I felt sluggish but weak. I'm not sure what gender I am but hopefully female right?

Somehow though, I was reborn with the memories of my previous life. I'm happy I cannot forget them but it saddens me as well.

My life, no, past life was full of regrets.

I left my little sister and mother behind before ever fixing our relationship fully after what I did. I feel depressed when I thought that I would never be able to meet my family anymore.

In addition, I wanted to play more with my friends. I left everyone in ANHS behind as I died.

Remembering that, I grew more am worried about the state of my school after I died

If I am correct, the crack exploded, and that's how I died.

Mako-chan, Yume-chan, Kanzaki-kun, and Shibata-kun who sits next to me, everyone, did everyone die together with me?

What about the other classes?

Was Ayanokoji-kun also gone...?

I became terrified when I thought so.

I might never see any of them ever again, and to add on to that, they won't recognize me if they lived and I won't recognize them if they died.

~Skip a little~

After being reincarnated, I continued to fight against the uneasiness crushing me.

To add to my troubles, the country where I was reborn is not Japan.

At first, I thought that it was a country in Europe with maids and royalty but I was wrong.

There's magic here.

It was not even Earth.

The first time I saw magic was when the time where a great person of the church gave me something called a blessing.

Sparkling light surrounded me and I can feel that my body was full of power.

It was neither my imagination nor a trick.

I realized there was magic after experiencing it, I felt close to my past strength even though I was still an infant.

I was excited at the fact that magic exists. What can I do, make a campfire with fire magic? Put out one with water magic?

But later, I became uneasy again.

In a world with magic, can I do well in this world? I'm not oblivious enough to know, that oftentimes in games when there's magic, there are monsters.

I was really just an ordinary girl in my previous life. Sure, I led the class and got into the extravagant school but I was ordinary if compared to Sakayanagi-san's and Horikita-san's prowess.

It was of no help that I happened to be the daughter of the king.

Can I live up to expectations?

The language here was different, so I learned it as if my life depended on it.

It's more terrifying than I imagined that I don't understand the words here.

I don't understand what the other party says.

I didn't think that I felt so helpless...

This small younger sister next to me, who was born of a different mother, did not hold any uneasiness.

She looks carefree as if the world doesn't have anything uneasy and she reminded me of my past one...

Well, it's natural because it's a baby, a frail existence that depends on the world and leaves all to the others.

Any baby is like that, at least in most cases.

Because I have memories of my previous life, I should at least be mentally stronger than my younger sister.

And yet, why am I troubled with my worries when my younger sister next to me looks so peaceful?

I am the older sister of this child.

How can an older sister show a miserable appearance to the younger sister?

Same as in my previous, I'll continue moving forward without skipping a beat.

I, who was unsure about a lot of things, finally snapped out of it.

If there are monsters in this world, I just have to be strong enough to beat them.

No, I have to be strong enough to protect people from them, just since they're labeled that doesn't mean they always mean harm right?

If I was reincarnated here with my memories intact, I'll use them to my advantage and get a head start on life, tackling challenges at an earlier age than many.

I learned words and I get to know about this world from the voices little by little.

I moved my infant body forcefully so that I can crawl as soon as possible.

Thanks to that, I was able to crawl earlier than normal babies.

Like this, I mustered my motivation from the appearance of my younger sister.

In order to become an older sister that my younger sister can be proud of.

In order to become a beacon for if my friends are here, and he is here, they can find me.

It was the starting point of the Second Princess of the Anareich Kingdom, Honami Zagan Anareich.

~Author's note~

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