Birth and Confusion

In the hospital bed lay a sweaty woman enduring childbirth; her name is Mechalia Cordett. Beside her is her husband, Benjamin Cordett, who is even sweatier due to both the woman's strong grip and the anxiety evident on his face.

Waaaa… 

Waaaa…

After enduring a moment, finally, a baby boy emerges, greeting a new world with a cry.

Unlike most babies who, after birth, have wrinkled and seemingly unattractive skin, this baby is different. Not only does he have smooth skin, but... ahoge hair sticking out of his bald head?

-Mechalia's POV -

Taking a deep breath after enduring the pain, my gaze lingers upon the crying baby. He is so beautiful. I feel my eyes overflowing with love.

I turn to my husband beside me and say

"Dear Ben, could you show him to me?"

"Sure, here you go."

"Ah! He's looking at us! But why is he crying even louder?"

I ask in a panic, turning my head to my husband who seems equally puzzled.

"I don't know. Maybe it's normal for a baby to cry after seeing something foreign?"

"Yeah, maybe.."

Murmuring softly, I began to observe him closely. He is so cute that I long to hold him and squeeze his cheeks a few times, if not for my body needing time to recover. 

His ahoge hair is swaying left and right, and sometimes it's wither? I wonder why it moves like that. 

No!.. First of all, why does a newborn already have hair that long? Hmm, whatever. Most importantly is that He.Is. So. Cute.

"Um. Mechalia, honey. I think we need to name the baby, we don't want to make the nurse wait too long."

"Oh yeah, ahem, how could I forget to name him? Tee hee. What do you think, Ben? Do you have a good name for him? I think we should give him a biblical name, since our names are from the Bible too."

"Hmm, how about Adam, Adam Cordett. In the Bible, Adam is the first human ever created by God. Similarly, our boy is our first son."

"Yes! It's beautiful. Adam, Adam Cordett, your name is."

I look towards the boy.. no, Adam, my first born, my love, my family.

'Ah, I hope he can grow up healthy with me accompanied him along the way'

-Benjamin's POV -

'Hahh, damn. What did that woman eat? Her hand was crushing me.'

I look at my hand that was marked with her nails.

"Did you think something rude about me?"

"No, no, how could it be? Hahahaha"

"Really?. hmmmm"

'Did Mechalia instinct just kick in. How unlucky.'

My wife scrutinized me with her eyes as I began to sweat once again.

I turn my eyes once again to my baby boy, Adam. I pat myself on the back in my own genius head for thinking of such a fitting name.

Huh, what is this? Did water just drip into my eyes? Or did I just cry? Me, a man, crying?

"Hahaha.."

"What's wrong dear?"

My wife looked at me with concern.

"No, no, nothing. I'm just so happy that I got my own son."

"No!"

"What?"

I was puzzled by her reaction.

"It's our son."

"Yeah. He's our own son."

Oh, so that's how it is, yeah, how could I forget the pain my wife went through.

'As he grow up, I think I will teach him how to be a man'

Oops, I think I must stop thinking about this. If Mechalia found out what I'm thinking while she's spoiling Adam, I think I would be kicked out of the bed.

How do I know that my wife will spoil Adam? Well, just look at her doting eyes directed at Adam. Anyone who sees her will think the same.

"Are you thinking bad again, husband?"

"No, no of course not."

"So you admit that earlier you had rude thoughts?"

'Shit! I think i need to get out of here'

I don't know when, but I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. As I turned my head towards her, and saw her gentle smile, I felt a shiver run down my spine.

"Where are you going?"

'How are you so fast?! I thought you were still recovering."

"Hahaha, I want to buy some food for you."

"No. I'm not hungry."

"Fine…"

I sat down once again and looked towards Adam who fell asleep during our quarrel.

-Adam's POV -

'Is this heaven?' 

 I mused to myself as I floated in darkness.

'But why is heaven so slimy?'

<<Confirmed. Ultimate Skill [Lord of Wisdom: Raphael] acquired>>

<<Confirmed. Master right are being conceived in a womb>>

'Is this.. Voice of the World?'

<<Negative. This is master's Ultimate Skill [Lord of Wisdom: Raphael] Derived from the Origin [Information King Akashic Records]>>

Calming myself down, I asked Raphael,

'Did I reincarnate into Cardinal from the Tensura Novel?'

<<Negative. Master right now is not in Cardinal>>

'Then where am I?'

<<Negative. Need more information to verify which world Master reincarnate>>

<<Confirmed. It is recommended for the Master to try sensing surrounding magicule>>

'Right. If I'm capable of wielding skills, that means there must be some sort of energy inside my body. In my case, it's magicule.'

'Raphael, am I still human?'

<<Confirmed. More specifically, the Master is a High Human. Human an advanced race as ancestor of Humans. Humans possess capability to resist abnormal conditions, store higher quality magicule, and have more adaptable strong soul, in Master's case.>>

As I was relieved by Raphael's words, I began to think about the Origin Skill.

Origin Skill [Information King Akashic Records], it's a Skill that was owned by the creator of Cardinal, True Dragon Veldanava. 

'But how can I get this skill?' 

I pondered and expected an answer from Raphael.

<<Confirmed. Higher Being intervene with the World Skill [Voice of World] to giving master Origin [Information King Akashic Records], strengthen Master soul and creating a suitable body for>>

<<Confirmed. Higher Being left a message to Master when was in deathbed. Do you want hear it?>>

"Yes."

<<Confirmed. Higher Being left a message "have fun with your new life my Son, I hope you can find whatever are looking for.">>

Who would have thought that God really heard my plea and granted it. 

'Thank you, God.'

'Raphael, access my Origin Skill and try to obtain magic sense skill to sense the surrounding magicule. And arrange the information from magic sense inside my head as not to overload myself'

<<Confirmed. Ultimate Skill [Lord of Wisdom: Raphael] accessing Origin [Information King Akashic Records] by the request Master. Success>>

<<Confirmed. Accessing Origin Skill [Information King Akashic Records] to obtain the Extra [Magic Sense]. Success. Sense] acquired. Assisting Master use>>

<<Confirmed. From the information from Extra Skill [Magic Sense], it appears that Master is in a world similar to previous with no magic development whatsoever>>

I ignored Raphael words as my thoughts were not focused on the world, but focused on two people that seemed like my new parents.

I observed them closely for more than a couple hours and found out that they are different. Different face, lifestyle, interaction with each other. It is more… affectionate.

And.. Dad I suppose, is submissive towards Mom? Weird, I never seen anything like that before. But is this what a couple should look like?

As information drilled into my brain, I found myself more and more sleepy. And finally I succumbed to the feeling of drowsiness and eventually fell asleep.

~3 Months Later~

I woke up to see a light source and i'm being pushed to it.

'Raphael, am I being born?'

<<Confirmed. 11 Master is being born. As a High Human and need more energy to develop than Humans do, conceived longer usual, that months>>

The light source is getting brighter and brighter until I see the doctor who helped Mom give birth to me.

As I was crying, the doctor handed me over to my Dad's embrace as he was looking at me with mouth agape and cold sweat all over his body.

"Dear Ben, could you show him to me?"

"Sure, here you go."

I heard my Mom, Mechalia and Dad, Benjamin's conversation.

Mechalia and Benjamin, those are my Mom and Dad's names that I discovered when observing both of them when my consciousness first woke up in Mom's belly.

Why are you looking at me like that? What is this feeling? It's making it hard to breathe.

That familiar and unfamiliar gaze their eyes onto me.

Is this family affection?

"Ah! He's looking at us! But why is he crying even louder?"

Ah, I'm crying.

Is this the instinct of a baby, or is it just I'm too emotional to find someone that can be considered a family?

I opened my watery eyes again to find my mother's doting gaze turn into a fiery one. I shiver at her gaze.

Thankfully there is Dad to rescue me. I cast my grateful gaze toward my Dad.

"Um. Mechalia, honey. I think we need to name the baby, we don't want to make the nurse wait too long."

"Oh yeah, ahem, how could I forget to name him? Tee hee. What do you think, Ben? Do you have a good name for him? I think we should give him a biblical name, since our names are from the Bible too."

'Wow, to think my mother is acting cute towards my father'

'Oh.. I think I will get a new name for my new life!'

I thought excitedly.

"Hmm, how about Adam, Adam Cordett. In the Bible, Adam is the first human ever created by God. Similarly, our boy is our first son."

"Yes! It's beautiful. Adam, Adam Cordett, your name is."

Adam. William. Adam. William.

'I guess I settled on my name as Adam 'William' Cordett, to commemorate my past life. Got it, Raphael?'

<<Confirmed. Master's new name [Adam 'William' Cordett] is being engraved to the soul. Success>>

<<Confirmed. Congratulation to the Master, individual [Adam 'William' Cordett] for being born world>>

The moment I engrave myself a name because my Mom and Dad could not name me by their miniscule magicule inside their body, I recognize myself from now on as Adam 'William' Cordett.

'Even though I am a High Human, I can still experience drowsiness as a baby.'

Hoamm.. 

I yawn and close my eyes, surrendering myself to sleep.