3 Day One

A warmth like no other envelops Conrad as he regains consciousness.

"𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡! 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭! 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!" An old midwife's voice croaks in a foreign language.

(Note: Bold text is for things that Conrad cannot understand. While '' Are his thoughts.)

"𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐲!" The midwife exclaims triumphantly.

The room suddenly erupts into movement as various people suddenly begin hugging each other while congratulating the parents. As men in this world are in high demand for their importance in a household's success.

"𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐲! 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!" The midwife exclaims, raising Conrad for all to see.

Shaken by the sudden movement, Conrad's eyes jolt upon. A look of confusion comes upon his face.

'He must've had my soul reborn into a new body. I need to take a breath and calm my nerves. I believe his story and that he will uphold his end of the bargain. But he is still a Demon.'

Conrad's mission comes to mind, as he steadies his emotions for the task ahead.

'Couldn't he have given me a better birthplace than this?'

Conrad thinks as he looks around at the room smaller than his studio apartment back home. A half-broken bedframe barely holds up his new mother. While the floorboards below look like they could snap at the slightest movement. Dirt stains cover the walls, and the room is adorned with the bare necessities.

Conrad looks at the happily celebrating crowd.

'These people look so poor. They remind me of the serfs I read about in my medieval history course. Maybe this world is still in that period?'

Just then, a putrid smell appears in Conrad's nostrils, causing him to cough.

His action causes the midwife to look at him with concern while lying in her arms.

'Is the child sickly?' The midwife thinks to herself.

Conrad's breathing returns to normal, and her expression returns to normal.

'What is that god-awful stench!?' Conrad thinks

Turning his head left and right Conrad immediately pinpoints its location.

A mass of blood and flesh, along with every other bodily fluid, decorates the sheets below his mother.

Just then, an angelic voice shifts his thoughts.

"𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞?" His mother calmly says.

The midwife rises from her chair, from which she had sat upon for the birthing. Walking forward, the midwife gently hands Conrad to his mother. In the blink of an eye, every thought is removed from his mind as he feels his mother's gentle embrace. The loving look in her deep blue eyes pulled at his heartstrings. Conrad is engrossed in the first act of love he has felt in a long time.

Memories of Julie flood his mind. Conrad remembers the last homecooked meal he and Julie shared.

Conrad's sense of reason then snaps him back to reality.

'I can't get attached. There's no telling what this woman is hiding behind those eyes.'

"𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧." His mother coos. As she rubs his cheeks and her long ashen white hair tickles his face.

Sudden realization dawns on Conrad.

'Wait, what the hell is she saying? At first, I thought I wasn't making their words out properly, but I have no idea what language she's speaking. It sounds like some North-Germanic dialect. It reminds me of the Swedish guys I would play games with online. I guess things won't be easy right off the bat.'

Gears of thought begin grinding to a start as plans formulate in Conrad's mind.

'Alright, first off, I need to close this language barrier while also playing the part of a baby. Damn.'

"Goo ga goo." Conrad coos back to his mother, with the most babyish speaking he can manage.

Conrad extends his little hands and grabs her hair while smiling at her. She responds with a smile and a laugh at his actions.

'Wow, this part might be easier than I thought'

Conrad's eyes drift to his new parents.

'I can't get over how beautiful this woman is or this barbarian of a man. I've got watching every little movement I make.'

His mother is every definition of the word beautiful. She has long ashen white hair with slight curls at its ends. Deep blue eyes fit perfectly to her heart-shaped face. From what Conrad can see, not a single blemish lies on her skin. Looking closer, she even has a magnificent body that even plastic surgery would have a hard time achieving even while hidden under the white robe she's wearing.

Conrad sneers at his father hovering over him.

The man looks like the tv depiction of a Viking Warlord. Standing tall, he wears a black leather tunic with rolled-up sleeves that leave out his massive forearms, big enough that it wouldn't be an overstatement for him to crush a man's skull with his grip. Following his forearms up, huge muscles from underneath his tunic bulge with every movement. A topknot holds up his blonde hair while the sides of his head are shaved. His chiseled face holds an uncharacteristically kind smile with blue eyes having the same emotion.

'Fuck, if I have this guy's genetics I'm gonna look like Thor.'

A sudden noise draws Conrad's attention.

'Ding!' A bell rings in Conrad's mind, suddenly.

Text appears before Conrad's eyes.

'A new mission has been added. You may check it in the "Status" window.'

"What the hell?" Conrad blurts out, shocked by the sudden turn of events.

'Shit, what have I done' Conrad looks to his mother to check if she just heard a newborn speak.

Thankfully English isn't a language in this world, causing his mother to ignore his sudden speaking as how an unintelligible baby would sound.

'Thank god!'

The text before Conrad's eyes suddenly disappears.

'The "status window" hmm, this reminds me of something like 'Skyrim.' Maybe this was what Atrioch, meant when he said my task would be shown to me when I came here. I have no keys to press, so maybe it responds mentally?'

'Status.'

The status screen appears before Conrad's eyes.

Status Window

Name: Lucian

Current State: "Newborn"

Race: Human

Titles:

Corruption Index: 0%

Health: 100%

Strength: 0

Dexterity: 0

Constitution: 0

Intelligence: 5

Charisma: 0

Wisdom: 0

Skills: Null%?

Proficiencies: Null%?

Languages: Common 0%

'Damn, I really can't do anything with this newborn body. At least some of my intelligence stats have carried over.'

[Base level Intelligence for a Human is 5 unknown to Conrad ;) ]

'Quests.'

The quests screen appears before him.

'You have 1 New Quest.'

𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺:

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭 0/1

Conrad's stomach rumbles at the thought of food.

'Shit, how long has it been since I've eaten? And how the hell do I get food as a baby?'

Almost instinctively, his mother replies to his stomach.

"𝐈𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲?"

His mother raises Conrad's head to an upright position and bears her bare breast towards him.

Shocked by the sudden action, Conrad's head tilts to the side.

'I guess a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.'

Conrad goes in to complete his quest. Suckling her like a starving wolf pup.

Several moments later...

Tired from his eating efforts, Conrad feels a wave of exhaustion pass over him. His eyes feel heavy.

'Wow, that was good...I'm so tired now..'

Conrad's eyes close tight, and he passes on to the first blissful sleep he's had in a long time...