The Rider

"Sure, we will always be together," he said, smiling brightly for the first time since she met him.

'Badump' 'badump'—suddenly, her heart throbbed when she saw his smile.

She blushed, realizing what was happening to her for the first time in her long life.

After calming her heart, she got up and walked towards him.

When she stood in front of him, she put her finger on his forehead and said, "Now get ready to go to your new world and start your new life. Don't worry, I will always be inside your body and speak with you until I regain some of my powers."

He closed his eyes for a few seconds to remember what he went through in his life after he steeled his heart to let go of everything and start a new journey.

He opened his eyes with a resolute expression and said, "Let's go."

Seeing that, the goddess's heart throbbed once more. 'Hehe, he looks like he went from a boy to a man right now,' she thought.

"Let's start our journey," she said while touching his forehead.

The next moment, everything went blank.

After an unknown amount of time, he woke up feeling cold and wet all over his body.

'Where am I?' he wanted to speak but found he could not even stand up or move around.

Looking at his hands, he realized that he had become a baby and was in the middle of a forest road, and it was raining heavily.

'Hey, Lustiya, can you hear me? Hey! Hey!' he began to panic when he did not get a reply from Lustiya.

'What should I do now?' He thought of everything he could to get away from this place, but he couldn't even move his body.

After some time, he decided to leave everything to fate.

Then, he heard something coming from one side of the road.

Listening closely, he could hear a horse galloping.

When the horse came very close, it suddenly stopped.

The rider on the horse got down, went near him, and looked at him.

He could not see their face since it was covered by a hood.

After looking at him for a few minutes, the rider crouched down and picked him up.

After lifting him, the rider removed the hood to see him clearly.

When the baby looked at the rider's face, he was stunned.

The rider was a beautiful woman with purple-blue hair and violet eyes.

Her pinkish-red lips looked so soft and kissable.

She was wearing small earrings that looked like crystal teardrops.

Sadly, he could not see anything else because of her robes.

She looked at him for a second and exclaimed, "Kyaaa! How cute❤️"

"I wonder where he came from. With how cute he looks right now, I am sure he will be a ladykiller in the future. Um—what should I do now? Should I keep him or give him to an orphanage?" she talked to herself.

"Hey, do you want to come with me?" she asked him.

He looked at her like she was an idiot.

"Oh! Sorry, sorry. It isn't every day I get to hold a baby, so I don't know what to do with you," she said, looking sad.

He couldn't say anything, so he grabbed her arms tighter.

"So, this means you want to come with me, right? I guess I don't have a choice since such a cute baby asked for something from me," she said, laughing shadily.

'I have a bad feeling about this,' he thought to himself.

"Alright, since I promised to take care of you, I will give you a name now," she said with a thoughtful expression.

"Nick, Garry, Barton, Mike—argh, I can't think of any name suitable for you," she shouted, frustrated.

"Ah! I got it. From now on, you will be NOVA. Hehe, I am such a genius," she laughed, shamelessly proud of herself for naming a child.

But even so, he had to admit that the name was kind of cool.

'NOVA, that is my name from now on,' he thought to himself while repeating his name.

"Alright, since we got you a name, let's go to our kingdom," she said while carrying him to the horse and riding off.