Reborn

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[Your rewards for clearing Sebbetis have been fused]

[You have been reborn]

[You have been granted a modified version of your previous system]

[Please Enjoy]

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"Babe, get over here. He's finally opening his eyes," I heard a warm and loving voice call out to somebody across the room.

He was now running straight at me, but as I tried to move back in order to retaliate, I felt my body suddenly become stiff.

"Oh my gods, he is so cute," I heard another warm voice say, and a rough and calloused hand stroked my skin.

As I slowly opened my eyes wider in order to see what was around me, a hard blur prevented me from making out pretty much everything.

It was almost like a filter had been placed over my eyes, and that was the only thing holding me back from exploring my surroundings.

"Why isn't he crying?" A voice said, and this time I was able to distinguish that it was a woman's voice.

I felt her warm embrace as she hugged me while I lay on her chest.

"It's fine! He's my son anyway, so he shouldn't be crying! HAHAHAHAHA!" An annoying yet warm voice laughed so loud that it felt like it was going to burst my eardrums.

After a few minutes of hearing them talk back and forth, the man soon left the room we were in, and by that time, my vision had become completely clear.

An exactly twenty-twenty vision which was pretty handy because the floating miasma in my life made my eyesight so bad that I had to rely on magic to keep everything nice and clear.

Also… it seems I've been reborn.

The four floating panels above clearly told me everything I needed to know, and it honestly wasn't that surprising.

I've picked up on a few clues over the years I had participated in that hellish event, and of course, the idea of a reward at the end was brought up multiple times.

At first, I thought the gods just wanted to torture us demons, but over time I realized this truly was a test for us.

It wasn't a fair or nice test, but it was obvious they wanted to create something… what was it they wanted to create then? A champion? A hero? Possibly a god?

No, they wanted to create the perfect soul… and despite me being the last demon on that hellish planet, I wasn't the result they wanted.

I talked multiple times with them through being summoned to their world above existence itself, and they always displayed their hatred for me using summons.

I mean, what could I do?

I was a weak and helpless guy without my summons, and I'd say I was pretty talented with them as well… but clearly, I wasn't good enough for them.

At least they rewarded me, though.

"Baby… I'm feeling a bit tired. I'm sorry we didn't get to name you yet… We were just so happy and excited…." The woman's belly I was sleeping on soon rose up slightly and then pushed back down, displaying her relaxing breath.

My mother had fallen asleep, and my father went to go get some baby formula for some reason.

It's not like I was hoping to be breastfed, but isn't that what you normally do when a baby is born? My wife did that with our newborns when they were fresh out of the oven.

Well… whatever… I'm too tired to think anymore… I'm so tired… I'll just get some sleep as… well…

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When I reawoke, I noticed I was lying in the same room, on the same bed, but now next to my mother's face, who had finally gotten a good look at.

Her skin was a very light shade of brown, just like mine, and her long white hair fluttered against my face as a breeze came from the direction of the door.

She was beautiful, but I wasn't able to admire her any longer as my father soon picked me up, and I noticed he also had very light brown skin but with short, silver hair.

He was lean and muscular, just like me in my past life, and his black pupils seemingly stared into my soul as he brought me close with a smile.

"You must be starving. It took so long to warm this thing up," He said before slowly interesting the nipple of a baby bottle into my mouth.

Instinctively, I began to suck on it, and the warm, bitter fluid flowed into my mouth, but as I was starving, I made sure to drink all of it.

Soon, my hunger and thirst had been satiated, and overwhelming exhaustion phased through my body.

I felt my muscles become tired, and my brain became foggy… causing me to fall asleep yet again.

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"Good morning Kostas. Are you hungry?" My mother asked just as I began to wake up again.

Her beautiful figure was presented to me, but I only felt a warm and loving feeling swell up from within my chest as she stroked my very short white hair.

I see… so my name is Kostas. That's a pretty cool name, so I don't really mind… not that I'd complain anyway.

Suddenly, my mother slipped a bottle into my mouth, and as I drank the warm and bitter liquid, my eyes widened upon seeing a few more panels appear in front of me.

I felt a rush of confusion and anger.

[The System: Chimera System has greeted you]

[Would you like a tutorial?]

[A god is intrigued by your presence]

A god… that's right. Of course, there are gods… They're fucking everywhere… EVERYWHERE! JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I'D GET TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE, YOU GIVE ME THIS SHIT!

You better not ruin my fucking life again! SO STAY OUT OF THIS!

After going on my little internal tantrum for a few minutes, I calmed down and decided to keep a level head.

If there are panels, then there must be a system… and this chimera thing must be that modified version that I was informed about.

『Status』

[Name: Kostas]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 1/10] (0/100) XP Needed

[HP: 15/15 MP: 15/15 SP: 15/15] - Normal Human

[Strength: 3] - Normal Human

[Defense: 3] - Normal Human

[Magic: 1] - Normal Human

[Speed: 3] - Normal Human

[Miasma: 5] - Non Human

[Skills: [None]

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Huh... Human?