4 The New birth and The Tragic ending

"E-emergency!!, Madam Aria needed an operation! the baby in her belly is in abnormal condition!" The Doctor yelled to other physicians, who were also in a state of panic.

"Please... save my baby at all cost, don't let him die!" Aria, who seemed in pain, said it in an exhausted tone.

"It's an Emergency! call all the physicians and doctors we have!" Shouts were heard by the doctors as they began to call all the available doctors and physicians, one by one.

In less than an hour, countless doctors and physicians rushed in and gathered around the bedroom. 

Forming a circle around the bed, While gathering, they all suddenly gazed in awe, mesmerized by Aria's beauty.

Her sleek black hair is interspersed with gray strands, complemented by a pop of pink underneath. 

Her smooth face and piercing Rubellite-pink eyes captivate anyone, regardless of gender.

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"Guys? Are you alright?" Aria asked as she awkwardly smiled at them.

After hearing that, they all snapped back and went back to normal.

"...I'm sorry, anyway! Now that we are here, we'll do our best as far as we can!" the head doctor said with confidence as he attempted to inject some kind of unknown drug into Aria's body.

-Basshhh!!

Suddenly, someone kicked the door and entered inside the bedroom.

His name is Kael, also known as Duke Kael, dressed in a distinguished outfit reminiscent of a modern-day war general; he had pure red ruby eyes, jet-black charcoal hair, and an intimidating aura. 

He appeared to be both angry and worried at the same time.

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Upon the door, Kael saw the head doctor who was trying to inject something and tried to make a fuss about what they were doing.

"You Morons!! What do you think you're doing?! if something happens to my Aria, I will execute you all!" Kael then Bellowed with a mix of rage in his voice.

After being scolded, both the doctors and the physicians got so frightened that they couldn't help but remain silent for a second.

"..."

"..."

"..."

To break the chilling atmosphere, the doctor who is in charge of the operation and also the one who attempted to inject the drug stepped forward and tried to explain the situation to Kael.

While doing so, Kael gives a chilling gaze at the Doctor.

"W-w-wait Duke Kael, D-don't w-worry We're J-just injecting some pain-relieving drugs," stuttering said, while sweat dripped from his face.

Hearing this, Kael looked away, seemingly unsatisfied with the answer; then, he asked the others to provide a clear answer as soon as possible. 

"Morons! Give me an answer, or else..." Kael yelled in rage.

"B-but Duke Kael..." One of the physicians asked.

"Don't call me Duke!" Kael yelled.

While Kael is arguing with the physician, Kael hears a faint voice coming from Aria.

"...Kael, Come here... I need to tell you something..." Aria called him.

"Yess. My love?" Kael Replied, his voice filled with concern.

"Once our son is born, give him anything he wants, got it?" Aria whispers as she holds Kael's left hand. 

"Aria!, please Don't say that! you will survive! And I will do everything just to make it happen!" Kael promised, holding Aria's hands while struggling to hold back his tears.

"...Promise it, that no matter what you will love our son," Aria repeated herself, then smiled gently while looking at Kael.

"...I will, I will promise that I will love our son with everything I have!" Kael replied before embracing Aria, unable to hold back his tears as he wept on her shoulder.

"...Thank you" Aria then replied as she slowly closed her eyes. 

Upon hearing this, Kael hugged Aria tightly; he couldn't help but cry like a baby who had lost his lover.

"Waaaahhh!!"

"Ariaa!! Ariaa! please... Ariaaa!!" Kael cried as he called her lover's name.

The pain he received is so painful, that it can't even compare to the wound he has right now.

"Ariaaa..."

While crying, Kael noticed that Aria's mouth was moving as if she wanted to say something again, so Kael leaned in, placing his ear near her mouth, and patiently waited.

And after seconds of waiting Aria then finally talked.

"Kael....., my love, forgive me..." Aria asked forgiveness, as she smiled at Kael.

Kael sees it and replies with a soft tone.

"Whatever it is, I will forgive you." 

Aria then revealed something unexpected...

"Kael...I'm sorry, but it's just a prank! Bwahaha!" Aria said, and then burst into laughter, sounding like a chicken, "Hahahaha!!"

"..."

After realizing that he got pranked by Aria, Kael couldn't help but freeze for a second, 

"Ariaaa.." Kael Mumbled before covering his face. Out of embarrassment.

"The end"

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[1st POV]

"And that's how I prank your father Kael when you're born, my little cutiee~" _Fufu_ Aria exclaimed, as she cuddled me while giggling and spinning around in the chair.

"Waaa!" What the... That's too much. Even though I already heard that story multiple times. 

I still couldn't help but feel sorry for Kael after being pranked to the extreme by Aria.

"Aria, you've already told that story multiple times, you know?" Kael retorted as he fed me a spoonful of paracell.

"Hmm?" Wow..., it still tastes so good.

"Hehehe, don't be angry. It's just a prank!" Aria then replies as she tries to stifle her laughter.

"Don't hehehe me, Aria. It's lucky that our son is only eleven months old and didn't understand us or see your stupid pranks," Kael replied while wiping the excess paracell from my mouth.

Anyhow, Truth to be told, even though I didn't see that embarrassing moment of yours.

However, still, I heard you cried like a baby and wanted to die out of embarrassment. Kael.

How pitiful.... that your son saw you like that.

-Ding! 

-Zzzzzz!

Suddenly, the sound of an alarm echoes through Kael's pocket.

-Creakk.....

Hearing this Kael stood up and suddenly kissed Aria on the forehead.

-Mwaa!

"Waaa?!" Wow... can't you just please do it when I am not around?!

"Aww, Can't you just stay a little longer?" Aria begged as she playfully pounded her cheeks.

However, Kael shook his head before gently patting Arias. And replied with a smile.

"Nope, I'm sorry, Aria," Kael replied as she left the room; however, he looked at us and smiled before he left.

-walkk....

-Suuuust!

As the door closed, All that was left was me and my Mother Aria. 

"...Aww, it's just the two of us again, my little cutiee," Aria mumbles before excitedly cuddling me once again.

"Uwa.." Ugh... I'm gonna puke! If you hugged me like that!!

"Cuteee!!" Aria still continues. 

Anyway, after minutes of suffering not to puke, Aria finally finished feeding me, and then she asked me.

"Cutiee! Do you want to take a little walk? " Aria innocently asked while also cleaning up the excess food in my mouth.

I know I'm an adult inside a baby's body, but at the same time, it's still hard for me not to mess around while eating.

After wiping the Paracell through my small mouth.

Arian then carried me outside for a little walk inside the mansion.

The mansion is just like your everyday historical web novel – it's a big and elegant mansion if you ask me.

However, I wasn't fully able to explore the place, or more likely, because we were not allowed to go outside the mansion.

You see, I am the only son of the Duke family and the sole heir to all our family wealth.

Thus, my safety is always their priority.

And also, for this reason, my life in the mansion sucks. In fact, I feel more like I'm in a prison than in a house.

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-Fusshh!

-Bashhh!!

-Ploopps!

While Aria and I continued walking, we accidentally bumped into a maid who was running while carrying a pile of dirty clothes.

"I-I'm sorry, Madam Aria, young master," The maid begged with a sorry tone in her voice as she bowed to us.

"?!!" Hearing her voice kind of reminds me of something. 

Wait... His voice seems familiar. However, from where? I can't quite remember.

Ugh... Damnit, this memory of mine.

I was curious about the voice, so I decided to see who it was by leaning on my head.

However, the moment I tried to take a Peek, my curiosity was replaced by disappointment. 

As I couldn't recognize her face because it was covered in a pile of dirty clothes.

"Waa!" Damnit, I can't take a good look.

"Cutiee? What are you doing? Anyway, don't worry, you can go now," Aria replied, then smiled.

"Thank you! Madam Aria and young master," The maid replied as she hurried up and ran.

However, she ran when I gave her another try to give her a bitter look. And All I saw was her long, white hair.

Well, that didn't matter anymore; it was just a petite maid with white silver hair, right?

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Later, as we continued our walk, I noticed that they once again increased the number of maids and knights that were patrolling.

"Waa.." they tripled the number.

Well, it's probably due to the recent kidnapping incidents that are happening among Low-ranking aristocrats.

However, that's none of my business, as I'm not a low-ranking aristocrat but a high-ranking one.

Anyway, After walking around and playing for a little bit. Aria then decides that it's already time for my sleep. So she then walks back to my room.

Minutes later, we finally arrived at our destination, to my cute little prison.

Just kidding, it was just an average baby room with a soft bed and flashy design, But I like to call it a prison. 

"Ha..." Aria sighed before entering the room.

-Auqsssskk!

Inside, the room was decorated with various designs and some unfamiliar objects, such as a box-shaped toy that I always play with, but most of them are all made of wood.

After that, Aria then placed me into crip, where I usually slept.

"Goodnyt, my little cutiee, tomorrow is an exciting day because it's your birthday! and you will finally have," Aria Excitedly said before giving a kiss.

-mwaa!

"Waaaaa..." What do you mean I finally have my name? cutiee isn't my real name?... 

Haha, kidding, cuz who the hell would name their child a cutie, right? Only a psychopath would do that.

"Sleep well..." Aria whispered as she turned off the light and left the room.

-Squcck!

As she left, all that was left was me and this dark prison room.

However, I'm not scared. I somehow felt so sleepy for no reason; maybe it was because I was still a baby.

"Haaaaa," I yawned as I stretched my mouth; after that, my mind went numb, and I fell asleep. 

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While sleeping, I suddenly had a weird dream about the day I was born and what happened during that time.

Eleven months ago... the day I was finally freed from suffering. 

The day I was born, I woke up with an unexpected tightening up around inside my chest.

At first, I thought it was just like a body evolution, so I tried to use the psychological arts to ease the burden.

Unfortunately, it didn't work. 

"Waaaa!!! " What is happening? Why isn't working?! I panicked as I didn't know what to do.

"?!!"

It was already late when I noticed that the problem wasn't coming from evolution but from how I breathe internally, so the psychological arts are basically useless.

Anyway, after the tightening up around my chest. It moves forward into my throat, causing me to feel drowned. 

Like having some water stuck through my throat or, more likely, a plasma getting lodged around it.

"Waaaaa!!!" Fuck... what am I gonna do?!

As I struggled to breathe while also slowly losing consciousness.

-fusssh!

-Bang!!

When suddenly, someone forcefully punched me on my back, followed by another hit in my chest

-Bwuaaa....!

After being hit twice, I vomit like a drunk Teenager.

"Blughh..." I vomited the lodged thing that stuck inside my throat; it felt like I'd just puke blood with a mix of waste and slime.

Mesmerize of what happened,

"?!!"

When suddenly, I heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Congratulations! Madam Aria, it's a healthy boy!" Congratulates by the woman's voice, which has a husky tone.

"Ehh? Hehehe, I see... thank god," _fuuu_ Aria then replied with a sigh of relief.

"?!!"

"Bwana?" What?!! Is happening I-I can finally talk? And hear as well?!! 

However, why can't I open my eyes?!.

Agh... was I born with a deficiency?? Nah... never mind. Let's just be happy that I can finally hear.

Hold up, Talks about hearing. Didn't I just hear a woman's voice just now?

"Eheheheh." Hearing that, I laughed.

Strangely, hearing her voice gives me a weird feeling of happiness.

Maybe that is because this is the first time I heard a human voice; the last time I heard something like this was when I was still alive.

Anyway, it seems they speak a completely unknown language; however, for some reason, I can understand the words and the meaning itself.

"Wait, Madan Aria why is your son isnt crying?" the doctor worriedly asked.

"Waaa?" What the fuck are you talking about?! I cried like a baby a while ago, remember?!

While making a fuss about it, Aria then looked at me and smiled.

"Maybe he's just brave enough not to cry. After all, he's Soulshearth," Aria confidently replied.

Before looking around at every corner of the room as if she were looking for someone.

"???"

The physician noticed that she was looking for someone and asked.

"Madam Aria, if you are looking for Duke Kael, he's on his way now, so please don't worry," The physician reassured her with a pleasing smile on his face.

Upon hearing that, Aria's eyes lit up and began to show some creepy smiles as if she was thinking of something.

"Hey! You guys! wanna join?, I want to do something," Aria yelled with an excited tone. And proceed to tell them her sinister plan.

Aria then talks with them one by one, saying every detail of her plan, and I, who is in arms being carried around, hear all of her plans.

After a long minutes of explanation, it was finally done; the first thing they did was to hide me inside the curtain. So no one will see me.

"Waa" Fuckk.... I'm not gonna be thrown away, right?

Second, they called all of our family's private physicians and doctors to gather around and tell them that something bad happened.

After they've finally finished, Aria then proceeds to go to bed, but before that, She splashes a small amount of tomato juice onto the bed so it will look like blood.

"Let's the plan begin...." Aria mumbles with a sinister tone.

After that, next is history; Kael rushes in with a worried look on his face, blames the doctors and physicians for not doing anything, and almost dies because of the embarrassment of being pranked by Aria.

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Ever since then, nothing has happened since the moment I'd reincarnated.

The only thing that has happened is this seemingly endless circle of waking up at midnight for some unknown reason, being breastfed by Aria, pooping, and then sleeping again.

It only stops when I turn eleven months old, and then they begin to feed me a paracell, a slimy textured food with a salty-sweet flavor.

I love it more than Aria's milk, not because I don't like Aria's breast milk, but it's just kind of embarrassing if you think that a twenty-seven-year-old is going to like it.