Revelation and making peace

Time had passed as it always does and in what seemed like the blink of an eye Jaune had become 5 months old and in this time, many changes came into his life.

Firstly his constant exercises, if shuffling about in a crib or on the ground could be called that, had finally paid off as he became fully capable of sitting, turning and even crawling for short distances as his muscles developed and became stronger.

That has given him much more freedom as he is sometimes put on the floor and allowed to crawl around the house with his parent's or older sister's supervision. That has opened up a whole host of activities that he was previously incapable of doing such as reading books that aren't fairy tales to gather more knowledge.

Secondly he no longer is breastfed, opting for instead using a baby bottle which is much more convenient to him as it lessened his dependence on others and although he has somewhat grown acostumed to it, breastfeeding is still something he is uncomfortable in doing, so avoiding it is appreciated.

He also already started his teething so it won't be too long before he starts supplementing his diet with solid foods such as baby food.

Thirdly, he has noticed in these few months that he hasn't grown sick or had any problems ever since he was born, showing a very high resilience for an infant, this has probably something to do with his Reincarnation but he has noticed that his health and growth speed slightly exceed others his age.

And lastly going into his relationships, on his family's side things have remained mostly the same with him becoming closer to them steadily but the real changes came with the people outside of his family. He has got to meet and come to know many of the residents of this small village as he was either brought along when visiting them or they visited their house.

He also got to meet a few kids that are close to his age but he wasn't very interested on them so he just ignored most of them. Meanwhile his parents would be chatting and setting up play dates and trying to get him to make a few connections early on.

But all the changes that happened on this time pale in comparison to the ones that are about to occur thanks to an vital piece of information.

And it all started in an seemingly uneventful night...

...

I can hear some talk coming from downstairs, apparently mother's friend and neighbor Camille along with a old lady that is known as a midwife that the villagers occasionally talk about had come to talk to her about something and it is apparently so serious that she had put all of her children to sleep before it so they had privacy.

But now that I can finally move around, I'm not very keen to stay put, so I chose this opportunity to make my move.

I craw towards the wall of the crib with my blanket and pillow, and after using the wall as support to stand on my feet I trow the blanket to the ground near the crib and position the pillow near the fence to increase my height then start my attempts of climbing up.

I was still unable to undo the lock and lower the fence due to my lack of dexterity with my fingers so I have to do it the hard way.

On this last months I've trained in more than just sitting, rolling and crawling. I've also started secretly practicing on how to escape my enclosure in order to be able to start my plans uninhibited and away from the prying eyes of my parents.

So after a few failed attempts I finally managed to get over it and fall on my fluffy blanket that cushioned and muffled the fall, checking to see if the area is safe I quickly head downstairs towards my destination.

The first obstacle that stood between me and my objective are the stairs which I need to descend in order to reach my destination.

Which I overcame using a slow and methodical method of going one step at a time while using the railing as a support to make sure I don't tumble down the stairs and find out if I'm lucky enough to reincarnate once more.

Reaching the bottom safely I then start to crawl my way towards the house's bookshelves that are located in a corridor near the living room.

The reason I'm going through so much trouble just to read a few books is that although I am allowed to read books, they are more often then not just fairy tales that give me no useful information and I don't mean a fairy tale like the maidens which are actually real but completely fictional books who gives me no information about the world I'm in and whenever I try to get more informative books they just snatch it from me and replace it with a picture book.

And I have tried to cry and give a pitiful face for them to not take away the books but that only caused them to put the books in unreachable places so I can't get to them in the first place and filled the areas where I could reach with children's books. It seemed that they had made up their minds in not letting me near books that were too advanced and instead make me read more 'appropriate' books for my age.

While I certainly was prepared to deal with my parent's restricting me and getting in the way of my wishes while imposing their own, I'd never had imagined that our conflict in ideals would start so soon.

Anyway, as I aproached the bookshelf where the books that I wanted were located and started thinking of a way to get the books that were out of my reach I then started hearing noises coming from the living room and letting my curiosity get ahead of me I found myself sneakily approaching so I could hear what they were talking about.

The first voice that I was able to distinguish was my mother's "My son is fine now, isn't he? I think we should bury this matter."

That served to further increase my curiosity, I'm mother's only male child so they must be talking about me, that was enough to erase all guilt that I would feel by doing this. Since they are talking about me behind my back is just fair that I eavesdrop on the conversation.

I aproach the living room positioning myself in an advantageous spot where I can't get detected and continue listening in to the conversation that is going on.

"Your husband deserves to know about this regardless, he shouldn't be kept in the dark when it concerns your son's health." Says our neighbor Camille while I become even more confused since I've never once grown sick in this 5 months.

"I have aided the births of several babies but none were as peculiar as your youngest child's." After hearing this words coming from old lady Emma, my heart suddenly clenches and my mind starts to run several possibilities.

What exactly has occurred during my birth? At the time I was too confused to pay attention to anything that was happening and I couldn't even open my eyes so that day and the ones that followed I was still unaware of what is going on.

Is this a byproduct of my Reincarnation? Are they perhaps already doubting my identity? No, I've never seen her act in a way that would allude to this being the case. Then has something else occurred at that time?

I temporarily manage to calm myself and continue listening in order to get a better picture of what happened.

"And what would he think if I told him that our dearest son was a stillborn until he suddenly revived? It is not like telling him would change anything, our baby is strong and healthy having had no complications to this day, I think that we should leave it at that."

Hearing this my brain starts churning in order to process all the new information I have received.

So that means that this body was already dead when it came out and it suddenly revived not long after. I can see how this would be considered strange by-.

But wait a second!!

I am sure that when I possessed this body it had already been born, that is what led me to believe that something had happened to the original's soul when I entered this body, but if this body was dead and it suddenly revived.

Than that means...

That means that the original was already dead before I entered this body and was my arrival that has allowed this body to persist. My soul wasn't an aggressor which stole this body but an opportunist that took advantage of a body that was already vacant.

My legs buckle and I fall on my bottom making a loud *thud* but I wasn't paying any attention to it as my mind was thinking of only one thing.

I haven't killed him, I haven't stolen his life, I don't need to keep being eaten away by this guilt, I can finally face not 'his' but MY family without holding back.

With a large weight taken of his shoulders, the wave of relief that ensues ends up being too much for him and he starts to cry.

Mind you, Jaune ever since he was born hasn't cried even once outside of just after taking the body when it was instinctual and he had no control over it. Whenever he needed something he would let out a sound from his mouth or get his parents attention another way even when he was dropped and hit the ground he didn't let off a single squeak.

But this new wave of emotions proved to be too much for him to control and he ended up incapable of leaving it bottled up inside as it broken out of the Dam and came flooding out at full force.

"Jaune, is that you?" His mother who heard when he fell on the ground came rushing to him only to be met with her son crying on the ground which is a scene that she has never seen before.

But she doesn't waste much time thinking of how he got there or why he was crying, instead she immediatly picks him up and starts calming him down while comforting him. "It's okay, mom is here. Nothing bad is going to happen to you, you are safe."

And that proved to be just what he needed to hear as the crying quickly turned into sobbing wich turned into him starting to breathe softly.

Alexandra with the child in her arms, then turned to the two guests and said:

"Sorry, I'm going back to put him to sleep we can continue this conversation another time." She said with an apologetic expression.

But Emma just brushed it off and said: "No need, just do whatever you think is right." Camille also said her goodbyes and the two then left, leaving only the mother and the sleeping child in her arms.

"I aways thought that you were a calm and well behaved child ever since you were born and that sometimes lead me to believe that you didn't need me to help or comfort you, but now I see that I was wrong all along." She sweetly whispers to him while making their way upstairs.

After reaching his room, she laid him inside his crib and gave him a kiss on the forehead before saying "Sweet dreams my little prince, mom will aways be with you." Before leaving the room and letting him sleep.

And this sleep turned out to be one of the best slumbers that he had since coming to this world as now he had one last thing weighting on his mind.

In the days to come, his relationship with his family would finally take the last step and he would start to fully accept their care and reciprocate with his own.

This day, Jaune has finally found himself a new objective to pursue on this life as now that he finally fully accepts these people as his family he will do anything on his power to protect them. Which lead to his wish to become powerful to become stronger than ever before.