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Feeling the breeze of the afternoon air, I silently turn over a new page of the book I was reading, a book of fantasy and adventure, a book that was filled with magical land full of wonders, and full of time
Feeling the breeze again of the soothing wind, the window's curtain flapped as the wind touch it with its gentle touch. Having its gentle touch, caress my wrinkled skin, I took a glance towards the window, and saw the full light blue sky with the sun ray's light touching the ground with its light.
"What a beautiful afternoon"
I said
Knock Knock
Creak
As the door of the room creaked opened
"Yes it is, isn't it?"
I then heard a sudden voice that came from the side of me - at my right - I then turn myself and saw a beautiful, young nurse that was holding a tray of medicine, syringe, some medical apparatus, and a glass of water
"If isn't Ms. Linda"
I spoke with a smile with my already low voice and well.... Old tone that truly describe my age
"Good afternoon to you too, Mr. Cedric"
The young nurse stated as she head over here with a soothing smile. Ms. Linda was wearing the usual full white attire of a nurse, though she's young, she's beautiful and hardworking nurse. She's been my caretaker ever since I was diagnosed with diabetes, and some symptoms of having a heart failure
Well can you blame me if I ate too much sweet or too much meat? Well, yes, I suppose?
The young nurse then came at my left side, and placed the grayish tray to a peanut brown desk that was just a meter or so from where I was resting. The small desk I have was owned by the hospital, with a flower vase flowers that was being replaced by my own children, and grandchildren everytime they visit me, and a small bookshelf with 7 books lined up in a vertical manner
She then went over my side and checked my dextrose bottle to see if she needs to change it by looking at it, and flicking the bottle if it's still working
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Dextrose bottle contained a dextrose substance or D-glucose that helps old people like me with diabetes, or low blood sugar, also called as hypoglycemia. By also adding potassium, it could decrease the chances of my blood to increase.
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She then took a sphygnomameter as she seated beside me, and placed the cuff above my elbow of my left hand. She then tighten the cuff around my arm - not to tight neither to loose - and started checking my pulse before she checked my blood pressure
'Well, I don't know much of this hospital thingy anyway'
She also placed a pulse oximeter on my index finger, to which measure my heart rate. After a few minutes came, she then smiled at me as she took the pulse oximeter and sphygnomameter and spoke as she clicked her pen and closed her black note pad which record about me in the past 1 and half months
Click
Almost 2 months ago, I suddenly felt myself hard to breath, and almost losing consciousness. I suddenly collapsed at the park - specifically at the beach - where I was playing with Mia and Cain. Thankfully the 2 were quite smart on their own way. Cain called his parents as he runs off while Mia was panickly with her tears falling as she was guarding me
After a few moments, Cain's parents and Mia's father came, and hurriedly brought me to the nearest hospital here in Cdo, MUMC - Mindanao University Medical Center.
I was then diagnosed with diabetes and a slight reaction of having a heart failure, due to a sudden heart attack that came, and me having a hard time breathing. The doctors then used with the permission of my guardians - Crain's parents and Mia's father - to use echocardiogram, to check if any other symptoms.
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An echocardiography, also known as a cardiac echography, is an ultrasound of the heart. It is a type of medical imaging of the heart, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound - (Wiki)
A sphygmomanometer a.k.a. a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure the pressure. Manual sphygmomanometers are used with a stethoscope when using the auscultatory technique - (Wiki)
Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method for monitoring a person's blood oxygen saturation - (Wiki)
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Some of the other symptoms that was seen in the echocardiogram, that may lead to me having a heart failure is how my feet gotten swollen, and a sudden blockage of my artery blood vessel. They did the test thrice for a careful confirmation
Well thankfully, for some miracle, I just did have a slight heart attack due to me having a high cholesterol, and a sudden high blood pressure, but even though so, I wasn't allowed to be sent out and shall wait for 3 months here to be properly check again with the echocardiogram, and will be observe for any slight changes
"Your heart rate is good today, and your blood pressure seems to be doing fine as well"
"Oh, did you greet them by chance?"
I jokingly spoke - well a bit sarcastic too
She then giggled
"And it seems to me, that you are doing fine for you to make such joke"
Knock Knock
As we laughed, a sudden knock then interrupted us. The two of us then turned our head and gaze at the door behind me. And as the door of the room I was in, creakingly opened
"Grandpa!"
A sweet little child then came in. She was dressed in a princess clothe and a beautiful twin tails, wrapped in a light blue ribbon
"Mia"
The little girl then run towards me, holding infront of her was a colored book. As she arrived at my side, she then placed the colored book beside me, and glanced at the nurse that was seating beside me and smiled as she greeted her
"Good afternoon, Nurse Linda!"
"Oh my, good afternoon to you too, Mia"
Mia then looked at me and happily spoke
"Momma brought this book for me grandpa, please read it for me! Read it for Mia~"
And I could only smile at her angelic voice and pat her head which she happily accepted. She look like a cute little puppy when being patted
Mia is my 3rd grandchild, daughter of my eldest child, my daughter.
As I carried Mia up and placed her beside me - which totally took every strength in myself to do so - I then took the colored book, and placed it between my lap - that was covered by the bed sheet, after I closed the book I was reading and rested it at my left. It was a coloring story book, which titled "The princess and the beast"
I then cleared my throat a bit, made sure that Mia is rested beside me, comfortably, and placed the coloring book where I could see with this blurry vision of mine, and Mia also
"Once a upon a time-"
"Papa!"
And as I was about to begin to read the children story book to my cute Mia, we were then interrupted. And as we look to our side, a beautiful woman then came, wearing a red velvet dress with no shoulder on it with a red rose design at her right. She was wearing a brownish-dark long pants that was tight on her waist but loosen from the bottom, and a pair of heels
She was my daughter, and for some reason, she has the same name as the nurse beside me
"Momma!"
Mia greeted
"Mia, I told you not to disturb your grandpa when his in the hospital right? You promise. And papa, you are supposed to be resting, not spoiling Mia"
She scolded which I then shrug as I swayed my left hand
"It's okay, I was just reading a book anyway, and beside, resting too much will make my body dull"
As she approached us, Mia's face then made a cute dejected look as she pouted
"I just miss grandpa"
Linda then arrived at my right, and carefully grab Mia as she raised her up which Mia didn't resist as she raised both of her arms up
"I know, but grandpa needs to rest, so he can play with Mia, don't you want that?"
Mia then puff her cute cheeks and hug her mother
"When will grandpa get better?"
Linda then smiled as she lean her head on Mia's head, placed her left hand on her back, and rested Mia's body on her right arm, and spoke after she took my right hand and placed the back of my palm to her forehead
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The gesture Linda did was called Mano o Mano po in the Philippines. It's a gesture to show respect to the elderly, especially towards your family elder
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"Well, let us just pray that grandpa will get better sooner okay?"
Mia then made a cute nod
"Good girl"
Linda then turn her body to left and greeted the nurse Linda
"Good afternoon"
"Good afternoon"
Creak
I then cast my glance back at the door and saw a tall man, wearing a eyeglasses, a checkered long sleeve, and a long brown pants, and a..... Slippers, not any fashion type slippers, just your in-store for indoor house type slippers
"Still the same style isn't it, Ronan"
Ronan, Linda's husband smiled wryly as he placed his left hand behind his head
"Good afternoon father"
"Poppa!"
"Sheesh honey, I already placed a dress for you to wear"
"Hahaha"
"Well, atleast he wasn't wearing a long white sleeve with a panda design, a short, and slippers this time"
I teasingly stated, which made the Ronan dryly laugh, embarrassed by my remark. He then carried Mia as he took her from Linda's arm, after he Mano on me. Soon after the two sat down
Creak
The door once again opened, and guess what, another visitor came in. My 2nd born daughter, Myle with her husband, Jason, followed by my 3rd child, Charles my son, and his lover Cerile, with their daughter and son, Cain, and Sophie
"Grandpa!"
Cain exclaimed as he runs towards me. Cain is much older than Mia by 2 years only. Cain is wearing a white polo, and tawny brown pants Paired with black shoes.
"Good afternoon grandpa! Good afternoon Ms. Linda!"
As Cian greeted the two us
"Good afternoon to you too, Cain"
Cain then hurriedly climb up the hospital bed I was resting, but before he could reach up, he was then hurriedly grab by his father, and was then scolded by his mother
"Ahhh!"
"Cain, I told you not to disturb your grandpa when his resting"
Said Cerile. She then Mano on me, followed by Charles, and their eldest daughter Sophie, who was a bit anxious as she stood beside me
I was quite puzzled at first but then realized where her gaze were. I then glance at the book that I was reading till afternoon that was beside my left, and teasingly smiled at her
Sophie is my 1st grandchild, a 3rd year high school student, and the 1st born of Cerile and Charles. Sophie was born when my son, Charles, was so eager to become independent and made a huge accident in a club, where he made one of his classmate, his crush best friend pregnant on his 1st year of college. Cerile, the mother was 21 that time. I was really surprised and quite frankly speaking, so furious at him. But even thought the two weren't that close, due to Cerile being pregnant, they became closer and somewhat, or unbelievably became a good couple. They will be married 3 months from now on, during my birthday
After everyone has settled, Ms. Linda then reported his findings about my health for which she stated about how my condition is getting better than the previous, though I still need to stay in the hospital room for quite some time until I fully recover, and will be released if 3 of my doctors approve
After that, she then left us out. So I then took the liberty to called Sophie and let her sit beside me after I told her to get a chair. I then took the book that was on my left and place it on my lap, and look at her
I gaze at her fore quite some time, trying to let her calm herself and be ready, and when I noticed she was now clearly paying a close attention me, I then spoke and started reviewing the book she just made. Sophie is trying to become a novelist, and this is her 4th work this time. She was getting ready for a competition that she joined in, of course she has my full support but grandchildren or not, reviewing is reviewing
"The book is good, and I love how you started the story, quite frankly speaking, it wasn't unique but quite surprisingly new"
Sophie just nodded as she continued listening to my remark. I then tap the book cover and stated
"But there are too much" references" and repetitive words written on it. In this days words, too much clinche and cringe"
I then look at her, which made her unconsciously gulped. I then continued
"First of all, you are using too much references, doing so made your book look like a copy cat from the other book, little originality and less creativity. It's good to use reference, but minimally, using them to your book looks like a meme page with a long caption "
" Second, you are using a lot of repetitive words, and so I suggest that you find another term to use on them. Reading dictionary, and widening your vocabulary will help. We have internet today, so why not use it. And also, don't keep cycling some of your words in one paragraph, it won't destroy your story but it will left a bad after taste to the readers"
Sophie then nodded with a bit of dejected expression that she was trying to hide
"Thirdly, too much recyclable clinche and cringe scenarios in your book, it's look like you are making a monotonous children story book," the princess and the beast", "the beautiful lady and the magical frog", "the orphan girl who meet his prince in the ball", "the princess who was cursed to be asleep", and etc. This isn't a children book, you are making a novel, not a coloring book. Do a research, find your plot, make your title, and then write your story. Just because you are inspired by a certain book, doesn't mean that you will use that as your base until you fully copied some part of it. Making a book is like making a thesis report, be unique, and be different"
"Poppa...."
Each of my children then were quite silence and didn't added anything as they silently listened and didn't questioned my words, but it was painted in their expression that they were quite worried about Sophie who was receiving those negative reviews, and was now clenching her fist on her long stunning dress, and down casted her gaze as she quietly, and patiently receive those backlash.
"But...."
I then placed my right hand atop her head and spoke
"For a someone who is new in this genre, you did a very good job. Though there are still some mistake, but those were lesser than those who are already in the industry, and still didn't know about their mistake, or which were their mistake"
I then tap the book cover and stated
"Using some of your own quotes in your story as well as trying to base your book in the modern world is quite something else. Adding some realistic ideas and features were quite informative and also, truly splendid. They might be flawed and has quite some plot hole but nevertheless, coming up such idea when you are still learning is an achievement that some or few of the old ones in the novel business were not able to do, without anyone telling them to. Your book might still need some more information and collective research, but as I said, even a seasonal professor needs to read to properly understood what they are trying to teach"
I then took my hand away from her head, as I took the book that was lying on my lap, and place it on her head and muttered
"So keep it up, young author"
Sophie then clenched her fist and nodded happily which she was trying to surpress
"I already placed a hand note inside it which I wrote all the pointers, and other pages remarks. They are written in an order so that you won't get lost, and would easily knew which part wasn't good, and why is that part won't be good"
'Even though I said those words, I did give it 3.5 review'
Sophie then happily took the book, and unexpectedly hug me and muttered
"Thank you grandpa!"
Which I did return with a hug, and a kissed on her forehead. After that, it was time for the adult to speak
"Poppa, let us discuss this tomorrow, you need to rest first"
"Oh please, this old bones still work fine"
I said as I made a gesture of showing my biceps which was long gone and left with a skinny skin and bones
"Grandpa is so funny"
Cain laughed at me as Mia tease me, so I then added some of those macho men poses, and made some funny expression which made the 2 laugh even harder
"Okay, okay, poppa"
Cerile then put Cain down and spoke
"Awww~"
Cain dejectedly voice out
"Go with your sister, and play with Mia. Don't go further, and stay close with your sister and Mia all the time"
Cain then nodded with Mia along with him
"Bye grandpa"
Mia and Cain stated, as they left. I then waved them goodbye before I turn myself towards my daughters, and son
"So now?"
Ahem
"Poppa, Cerile wanted to ask you about investing 30% of our business income towards the resort construction that she was planning to establish
"Resort?"
I curiously asked, which Cerile replied with a nod and spoke
"Yes, poppa. I was planning on considering constructing a resort near one of the lot that was sold unto us, the one near a river bank, and with a beautiful mountain view. My friends came up with such idea, but me and Charles did the final decision"
"Then why ask me? You are no longer kids you know"
I said as I unconsciously about to crossed my arms which I then realized, and hurriedly halted as I felt the tube that was connected to my left hand stretching
"Poppa, this is still your money, and that lot that we are about to use is yours, not ours"
"My my, I'm old already, so those land are yours to take. Like I said, you can divide all my property among yourselves, I don't need to intervene in this matter"
Everyone in the room then gave me the "geez, please take this seriously old man" which made me sigh
"But nevertheless a resort ha"
Deep in thought I then tried digging through my memory about this kind of business
"The location is near the river bank that could see the mountain view, am I right?"
"Yes"
".... How is the internet connection, and communication signal then?"
"Umm..... Well... It wasn't that strong but certainly there is"
Charles stated with a bit unsure voice
"Then you need to fix that, find a way to boost the internet connection, especially the communication signal. Accidents tend to happen in the most unfortunate, and unforeseeable manner, so be sure to take note on that"
"Remember, we are living in the 21st century, where everyone stick their eyes until it pops to their phones, and PC. Some even won't come out and just stick their butt in their rooms and just befriend thier trustworthy computers. So having a stable and strong internet connection will result in much better remark in our visitors taste"
Cerile then nodded. We then continued tackling about the resort's interior and outerior designs, other facilities to be placed, some other additional appeals or features that may appeal our guest like weekly events, and some monthly or yearly activities, and some other things to look out for when building a resort, which took us some time to finish.
It took us till dinner to finish our discussion, which took longer as sometimes we get diverted when we suddenly tackled about something in the past, a memorable moment in our past which totally made me feel that all my life worth of luck was totally used to raised them to who they are now, and I am proudly boast this
"... Why am I not surprised?"
I displeasingly stated as I opened my meal, and was totally, and nonchalantly staring at my full plate meal of grass, a course meal with nothing but raw green leaf, and cooked leaf
"Come on poppa, you need to watch your health. In the first place, this is the reason why you are here, isn't?"
I know it's bad manners to sigh infront of your food but its seems
Sigh
"Don't worry, your poppa will become a vegan until I'll get discharge from here"
A bit disappointed I stated, as I made a "I can do this pose". After we finished eating our meal that my children delivered, after they ordered our meal from a food delivery chains.
Yawn~
"Poppa?"
Linda concernly asked
"It's seem I'm quite tired today"
I said as I rub my heavy, tired eyes. Charles then came beside me as he helped me lay down, while Linda took care of my pillow as she arrange it. After I was placed, she then covered me with hospital bed sheet, and placed her right hand on my chest and asked
"Are you.... alright?"
Anxiously she questioned
"It's okay, it just that I'm quite tired than usual today"
She then smiled at me with still hint of distress
"Grandpa! Grandpa!"
"Hmmmm?"
Mia yelled at me, and run towards my direction. She then climb up, as she used the chair that was placed beside me. After she got up, she then looked at me with a beaming eyes and a huge smile
"I wanna sing grandpa a lullaby!"
'Oh my'
"Mia, don't disturb grandpa now, he need to rest"
"But"
Mia dejectedly spoke as she made a cute pout
"It's okay"
I said with my tired voice as I waved my right hans
"Geez, you are spoiling her too much"
"Come on now"
"Me too! Me too!"
Cain then yelled as he heard that Mia will sing a song on me, and directly run towards my direction. He then climb towards the opposite side of the bed. And as the two was already positioned themselves properly
Cough Cough
Mia then cutely cleared her throat, and started singing
"Twinkle~ twinkle~ little star~ how I wonder what you are ~"
I was giggling on my own end, trying to surpress my laughter as I amusedly smiled as out of sudden, Mia then sang one of the most popular nursery rhyme, but nevertheless, a sudden feeling of soothing, and warmth wrapped around my body, hugging me with its gentle coziness
'This is unusual...'
"Up above the world so high ~ like a diamond in the sky~"
As Cain then sang along with Mia, singing with all his might that he didn't realized he was sometimes out of tone. Feeling the two singing, I just silently layed down the bed and let the two of my precious grandchildren sang their songs.
'It's totally unusual for me to get this tired, how peculiar'
While their parents, my other children was just standing just a distance from us, looking at us with a soothing smile.
"Twinkle~ twinkle~ little star~ how I wonder what you are ~"
After the two finished
"Say goodnight to your grandpa"
Linda then whispered on them. Both then gave me their gentle kiss on my cheeks and spoke
"Goodnight grandpa"
With such words spoke, my heavy eyes then came to closed, turning off the light my eyes saw. As if some miracle happens, a very bewildering experience as my body suddenly became lighter, as if all my fatigue, all my pain vanished, disappeared as if they were just a mere illusion, nothing but just a mere thought.
My body just felt a tender warmth hug as if I was a soft, fluffy marshmallows in a hot chocolate bowl. My body then drifted afar, like a leaf being swayed by the water streams, drifting ashore, flowing down the water way.
My body felt lightness, and at peace for the first time in a long while, as if all of those pain were dreams. And as my body drifted in the most unforgettable moment
Uwaaaaahhh
'....'
Wahhhhhhhh
'.....'
Uwahhhhhh
'A...child?'
I asked, as a sudden yelp of a new born child was then heard
'Someone just give birth....?'
Trying to wrack my brain who among the people in the room I was in was pregnant before realizing that I was all alone, occupying this private room
But how come, a baby's cry resound just near me, and not just that but at this hour? This late hour? Was there a patient just came in? An emergency maybe? But this is a private room that my children took for me, so
'Strange...'
Wahhh~wahhhhhh
A bit feeling fear, as how a gentle voice of crying child keep ringing on my ear, as if it was near me, so near that as if the child was beside me, laying down just beside my ear
Uwahhhhh~wahhhhhhh
"Shhhhhsss come now"
Suddenly, a woman's voice then came in, gushing down the crying child on its wake. Trying to see who might this be, quite curious and disturb, and anxiously a bit scared, I then tried to open my heavy eyes, but alas, my old age just kicks in as my fuzzy vision didn't even laminated whoever was beside me
Uwahhhh~
With my blurry sight, I could see two silhouettes in my cloudy vision. One was so close beside me, literally just beside me
'.....'
The other one was standing above me, or it seems like it.
Guagaaahhhhh~
As it tried moving my body, I felt like a wiggling worm. And as I was about to move my head, a simple slight change occurred, as my head feel do heavy and quite frankly speaking, it feels like I was driving a race car on a wet slope, trying to drift on the curves way without slipping
Uwaaahhhh~
The baby once cried again
"Husssh now"
'!!!'
As if a jolt of electricity just came in, struck by a lightning bolt my body shivered, not by fear but by a gentle breeze of something I once felt, a touch of love and care, as if you were being sandwich by 2 fluffy marshmallows, a jelly bed of jello
' Mother?'
Guagaga gagaga
I unconsciously voice out as a sudden tinder kissed on my forehead made me remember of my very cheerful mother
'..... Am I...dreaming about her?'
With such thought in mind, I suddenly felt quite lonely as it seems that my time almost come, the flickering glint of my candle is about to end its once burning light
"Fufufufu"
"He totally likes you. Look how lovable he is"
"My my, look how your father is trying to seduce me~"
'Father?'
Quite puzzled to the words she just spoke
Guaaa~
"Oh my, someone seems to be sleepy"
As she said that, for some reason, my eyelids became heavy, my eyes became tired, and my vision became more fuzzier
Humm nmmmmm
The woman then started humming with a playful tone of melody, as my body suddenly swayed, swaying me like a swing with its careful touches
Muah
She then once again kissed my forehead, and even though I'm bewildered, but it seems my 89th years old body seems engraving this kind peck into my memory
'.... How.....strange....'
My vision once again envelope by darkness, and let me drift in a wilderness
(POV Change)
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It was pass 9 pm in the evening, as one by one stalls after stalls locked thier door close, and bit by bit, little by little, every lovely folks in the evening charade slowly walked, and headed back to their peaceful place, except for a one, evening bar
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Puahhaha!
"Barkeep! Another bottle!"
Sigh
"You are already drunk, Mylene"
The Barkeep complained as he turn his body to side, and took from his shelves another bottle of liquor
"Oh shut up! Give me another bottle!"
I yelled in a round yelp. I was totally drunk after I drank 7 bottle of alcohol. My vision suddenly became cloudy, and my body, bit by bit, became heavy
"Barkeep!"
"Coming"
"Hurry!"
I yelled, demanding another bottle of alcohol in regrettable, and dismay tone, full of disdain and question, full of doubts and concerns
"Henry!"
Flick
"Ahh!"
Feeling a throbbing pain as the Barkeep suddenly flicked my forehead, I placed my left hand on it
"What was that for!?"
Thud
He then irritatedly put a glass of
"... Lemon? And a banana?"
With my drunk self, I then stared at him with a bit of frown
"Am I.... Am I monkey to you, ha Henry? Hiccup"
He then stared at me a bit before he took a deep sigh and spoke
"It's a lemon juice, it's good side drink if you are drinking. That banana will help you, will atleast make sure that you won't be rowdy bull when you get highly drunk, Ms. Heartbroken"
"Huh!? You pic-hic! Picking a fight!?"
I shouted as I grab the banana with my right hand, angerky peeled it and screamed
"Who the hell you think you are!?"
Hic Hiccup
"Just because you are rich, popular, and oh mister gifted that you will treat me like this!"
Munch
"Just because you have a silver spoon in your life you have the right to treat me like a rotten trash!"
Munch Chew
"You think you are handsome! You think you are special!?"
Chew Chew
"H-hey calm down"
Bang!
"I am calm down!
As I slam my fist after I chewed and chugged the banana with big munch every bite which made Henry taken aback
Hic Hic Hic
"Why?"
Suddenly, tears drip from my eyes
Hic Hic Hic
"Why Henry, why?"
I asked as tears fall down from my eyes, making my already fuzzy vision wet and cloudier
"..."
"Why!?"
I yelled
"Why...? I give him everything I have, everything I have! Everything!"
Sniff Hic Hic Sniff
"Everything Henry, Everything!"
I then irritatedly glared at Henry with ferocity and angerly spoke
"My money, my body, my worth, my love, and even my own time! But did he appreciate it!? No! And that lovable, and respectful son of mine, look at me like I'm a completely pile of trash!"
I shouted, and loudly spoke all my thought, all of my pain, and all of my hatred, trying to atleast lessen the burden that were plugging my heart, that were clouding my mind
" Hic Hic Hic I just.... I just want them to appreciate me.... Just once, just once sniff sniff"
Uwahhhhhhh ahhhhhhhh
And started crying like a lost child, being left behind, being lost, and being alone
I cried and cried, letting all my tears wash away all the heartaches, all the time I spent, and all the effort I took, I cried and cried, and cried, until the whole bar was flooded with my pitiful, agonizing voice
Like a dog, I was abandoned, forgotten, and useless, like a trash, I was unusable, I was....
Wahhhhhhhhhh
I was a complete wreck and worn out, to the point that I felt that I just wasted all my years, all my years of effort into making... Nothing
Uwahhhhhhhhhh
"Pleaseeeee! Make it stop!"
I cried
"I'm begging you, make it stop"
Ahhhhhhhh
Henry, hearing my plea then shoved the lemon juice he just made. With my wetting eyes, and fuzzy vision, I stared at the bottle before I swiftly took it, and without any second thought, chug the whole bottle down
Fuahhha
Hiccup
'...!'
Ugh
I then suddenly felt a throbbing pain in my head, like a needle pick my brain.
"I'm sorry"
"... H-huh?"
I then look with my blurry vision and headache, and stared at Henry who was looking down the empty bottle of lemon that I just drank
"..... You-ahhhhh"
Thud
Creak Bang
I then slam myself down the floor with a loud thud, causing the chair I was sitting, pushed back and fell down beside me
"..... Y-you.... What did you do..?"
Cough Cough
"I promise you that, you won't feel any more pain"
I then started coughing. And as I looked at my hands, the once morena skin I have was now coated in a red, a reddish with a hint of black blood just painted my hand
'..... Blood?'
I then glared at Henry who was cleaning the bottle I just drank and maniacally laughed
"So even my best friend...huff... betrayed me.....puff.. for money.....cough.... What a joke"
Cough Cough Cough
Ughhhh
Thud
My breathing became heavy, my vision almost blacking, and my head is becoming messier, and my heart thumps like a drum in a parade. My throat became dry, and my lips were now wet from the blood I just coughed
Haah hah Haah haa
'..... Aleast..... I can.... rest... In peace.....'
My heavy eyelids then came to closed as I took my last breath, and dreamth of a wide, peaceful meadows, underneath the sunny sky
'.... I wish...'
'...'
'.....'
Uwahhhhhh
'.... '
Wahhhh~
'.....'
Uwaaahhhhhh~
Completely bewildered on how I can still hear a baby's cry, and in first place, Henry is alone with me in the bar, so how!? How come there's a baby yelp in the bar?
'..... And how come I can still think?'
Puzzled and full of questionable thoughts, I tried searching, rampaging, and wrecking my brain, on how that I, who was poisoned by my best friend, was still breathing, and alive? How?
Wahhhhhhhh~
Totally puzzled, I was then annoyed by the child - nerborn I think - irritating cry
'Please, shut it up!'
And just like that, the once crying child was now gone, completely silenced, it's annoying sound was shut off
'..... I didn't know I have telepathy lol'
".... Dear, I think I have found your doppelganger"
'?!'
Out of nowhere, all of a sudden, a woman's voice then replaced the crying tone of a baby's weep. Her voice was different, it wasn't gentle but rough as if she was a teen girl voicing out an adult man's script, but for some reason, her words were like a rock song with jazz rhythm, harmoniously playing its melody, a lullaby so rough but you just can't help but fall into its wrap.
Trying to see who this woman could be, I then tried opening my heavy eyelids, and just like an illusion, the supposedly shut eyes that shouldn't be open was now slowly, gradually taking its veil out to see the light again. And as I fully open it
'... I know I'm at my 60 but.....I'm not that old'
I complain as my vision was so blurry that I almost mistook that I was wearing one of my friends eyeglasses. I then attempted on moving my body, but as if I was a just a newborn calf, my body seems heavy, and my head seems quite hard to maneuver, but I did still able to move it the side which took me 3 tries to do so
And as I look to my right side, a huge blurry object was blocking my view, blocking my vision which made me abruptly aghast. Anxiously scared, I steel my heart and tried to move my left hand, trying to feel a cope, attempting to feel a touch of this object
"Oh my~ fufufuf someone is hungrry~"
The woman's voice once again spoke. Trying to get diverted, I then swiftly move my hand, and touched the blocking object before me
"!!!"
Soft, it was so soft! It felt as I was touching a huge jello! And everytime I move it, it as if I was touching a giant pudding!
Guaggaa Gagagag
"Oh my~ fufufufu"
The woman laugh in her gentle tone. And as I was occupied with how fluffy, and squishy this giant blurry object was, a sudden shade then covered my left side, till it reach almost half of my face. And as I moved my vision to my left
'!!!!'
I almost lost all of my life for the sudden shocked when I saw a huge vision of another blurry figure just an inch or two from me
Boink
"ughh"
"What are you doing, idiot?! You are scaring her! "
The woman giggles. Completely stunned with my almost teary eyes, I was left frozen on my place as I saw how that woman's figure slowly closed the distance between her and that huge figure beside me
Muah
'!?'
"You don't need to feel jealous, I will pamper you up when she feel asleep ~"
"What?"
Gooogo?
The woman then turned her gaze on me and give me a kiss, a gentle sweet kiss that I never felt ever before. It was a nostalgic feeling, a feeling that none of my parents, relatives, even my own husband and son gave me, never once they showed me
My body then suddenly start swinging, cradling me in careful swings.
Guaahhh~
Na~ nanana~ na~ nanana~na~ nanana~na~ nanana~
The woman then started humming in tinder lullaby. With her soothing voice that was unexpected for someone with a rough tone, my body then begone to relax, calmness gently wrapped its warmth around me with its tight hug. My eyelids then once again became heavy, and my tired eyes then slowly shut, completely falling to a peaceful slumber once more
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Just a reminder that both the 1st pov and 2nd pov are in a 4 months old baby, as a newborn one can't even lift nor move their finger, even their heavy head.
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Months past or years as the time flew it's changing chime. I was now 1 year and 8 months old, or so the doctor my mom told her so. It took me a couple of weeks, days, maybe longer than I could remember to know that the last lullaby my granddaughter Mia, and my grandson Cain sang to me, was my very last song to hear.
Did I regret it? Yes, as I wasn't able to live until my birthday, to greet my once a headache son to his once in a life time wedding ceremony, a marriage of two people who was bound by fate, well in the most unique, and unexpected manner of course
After knowing I died, and reincarnated into a new body of a baby of some royalty, it was then that I took a deep thought and tried calming myself, telling myself that the 89th years old Cedric was now gone, dead, and now I was reborn to a new body, to a new life
'I'm completely lying if I said I wasn't truly stunned to know that the one of the most famous fantasy type genre in every book, movies, and TV shows just happened on me. It so.....exciting and totally bewildering that reincarnation was real, or to be precise, exist'
I was reincarnated into a body of....well to a what coincidental thing to happen, a truly complete coincidence that I was reincarnated into a baby with the same name in my previous one
Cedric von something, or I think it was Cedric yada yada von etc something
'it can't be help that I can't remember my name. I'm in a 1 year and 6 months old baby for God sake, a baby with its hearing senses that was yet to be developed'
But I do know that my parents are royalty, or so what the maid said
'Let me remind you that I don't like gossip, but I do love listening to one'
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In Filipino 'hindi ako chismoso, nakikinig lang'
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Every now and then, my vision is getting better and better, and now I can totally see and observe my surrounding areas, where I was, who am I with, and how fantastic the new life I have
I was placed in a dark acacia colored cradle, with an elegant light blue soft, and fluffy bed sheet, and pillows.
Atop of me was an elegant peanut brown ceiling, with a small chandelier. The walls are coated with daisy white with a huge window at the front, with curtains covering it, painted in a pear green that blended perfectly with the daisy white window and walls.
At my right vision, right side was a desk brushed with a tortilla brown coat. I can't see clearly at the desk as I was laying down but it has a flower vase atop with a matching flowers placed inside it.
And at below was a..... Well this is the disadvantage of being born into a child's body, you can't move without any external force, or any support, and you could only wiggle your body like an earthworm, until you reach at the age of 3 when you can walk already
'Seriously, why a child though?'
A bit frustrated about my circumstances, which I should be thankful about, I then started wiggling my body, and used one of the best skill I have when I was reincarnated into this small, frail and cute wiggly being. A skill that would make anyone tremble in fear, a skill that every other heroes would envy! SUMMONING!!
Uwaaahhhhh~
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
Creak!
And just like that, voila! 2 maids then came. The first one who arrived then worriedly looked at me, before she carried me in her arms and started hashing me down
"Hush now young master, madame isn't yet home"
"Flora, is young master hungry?"
Flora, the young maid that carried me then took an empty bottle of a baby bottle. She then slowly placed my head unto her left arm with the help of another maid - the one who came with her. She then raised the bottle she holds in her right hand and showed it to me
".... "
'... What?'
After a couple of seconds with no reaction, Flora then looked at the other maid and shook her head
"The young master isn't hungry"
"Then what is it"
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What Flora did is a technique to know whether your baby is hungry or not. By showing them a baby bottle that they been seeing when they are about to be feed, it will register that it's time for them to be feed, but if they show no reactions when you show it to them, then it means that the baby isn't hungry
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Flora then raised me a little bit and started sniffing my under.
Is it embarrassing? Well, I can't say it wasn't but I wasn't uncomfortable to it also. I might have an 89 years old mind but my body belongs to a 1 year and 8 months old baby, so getting breastfeed, cleaned my bottom, and also seeing your mom naked as she exchange in your room are inevitable scenarios, and getting embarrassed on it in a baby's body is truly.....creepy and stupid, so I gain a bit resistance to this kind of stuff
After Flora raised me up and noticed nothing amiss, she then gently placed me back on her cozy arms, looked at the other maid and shook her head once again
"There wasn't any smell nor indication that young master needed something from below, or already did so"
"Then why?"
Flora then looked at me, smiled as she gently caress my cheeks and spoke
"Well, I think young master just wanted attention"
"EH?"
The bewildered made exclaimed. Flora then giggled which I respond with a laugh
Guaaaggagaa
'Well I did indeed felt lonely, so play with me!'
"Geez young master is already this carfty"
The other young maid spoke as she came beside me and started making a lot of funny expression
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The maids are wearing a Victorian type of maid outfit. It's one of the etiquette and most use design of a maid when you think of a "proper and noble type maid outfit". This outfit was introduced in the Victorian Era during her Majesty Victoria's reign, or Victorian Era, in the early or mid 20th century
The outfit consist of a hair cap, black dress underneath a white apron.
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"Say ahhhh~"
"Ahhhh~"
Nom
"Good girl!"
Chew chew chew
'..... This is.....unbelievably, comforting'
I thought as I was being feed by my beautiful, lovely, and tough mom. When I say tough, she's totally tough as in TOUGH! Her muscles can be clearly seen, with her gigantic boobs that defeats gravity for whatever fantasy science was applied on it. She was wearing this stunning red velvet dress that matches her reddish-orange hair, and eyes that shone like a ragging flame.
Her curves was so proportional that I felt that my old self will crumble in the dust how a woman that has a perfectly muscled tone body has such curves, and sexy, gorgeous and stunning body
'This is unfair! Get my lawyer!'
That woman, my mother then smiled at me and took another scoop of my food and started doing the "Cho-Cho here comes the train" which supposedly embarrassing to me, but as I never felt pampered and spoiled like this in my whole life, yes whole life, I didn't care about such action of embarrassment as I let my happy go lucky day filled with nothing but joy, and pleasure
Guaahhh~
Nom
I was now 2 years and 11 months years old. It took me a complete 3 months - thanks to the butler than always inform my mother about the date - that I reliaze I totally died, and was transmigrated into this new body. At first I thought I was summoned, but seeing that I don't have my original body, I then thought that my body(soul) was transferred to another body from the other world, or what we call the fantasy world
'I seriously didn't thought that such thing exist, especially for someone like me, how ironic'
Well mostly I don't really believe in miracles, Gods, Deities, and whatnot. So I really don't much prefer fantasy type gender as they mostly doesn't apply the world of physics and realism, and mostly because of those damn authors who keep making this unbelievable "power of friendship, and Mc hex plot armor" so I totally not into such things.
I do read a few villainess novels, just for a.....well, like living in a world where you are so badass, beautiful, and someone that would overthrow anyone that would dare oppose you, or something, well mostly its because I just wanted a strong, handsome, and so unreachable young male lead to chase me
Imagine trying to be so hard to get just to get surrounded by some hot papayas around you, wouldn't that make your heart explode in joy and ecstacy?
'Every woman does dream of that. Well not all, but mostly'
Well, I don't know which world I am in, what character I am playing, and what role I am in this play. I do know that I am Aurtoria blah blah blah blah or something that is always spoken in kingdom etc names. I am also living in a golden spoon life as my mother and father are both royalty
I was comfortably sitting in this elegant mahogany colored baby chair that my mother's personal crafter made. I mostly enjoyed my baby years with sleeping, playing with mom, seeing my gorilla tall father who is busy but tends to play with me, being bath by our servants, eating with my mom, and if she is busy I will be feed by our servants, sometimes playing with the maids
'I also having my own personal maid and butler when I get at the age of 4, how lucky~!'
I also do a simple leg exercise every morning, having a leisure walk with mom and our servants in the garden, and also mom tends to read some story book on me every afternoon and evening, sometimes when mom is tired, poppa will replace her, and guess what? My gorilla father has such soothing voice like one of those good voice actor that could lead a good story telling, it was unbelievable how he could speak in such tone
'Now that I think about, most of my 2 years, almost 3 years of life is peaceful except for that one little, stupid accident'
I was really stupid that time, well thankfully I didn't cause any more ruckus and just did that one time only. It was when I reached 2 years old that I started standing up on my own. I used the baby's cradle as my ladder, and slowly stood myself up, and as I did that, I was truly amazed and surprised, so to continue how much this little body of mine could do, I made my first ever dinosaur step
"Oh my~!"
Which resulted on me, getting found out by a maid that came in unnoticed. I was really stunned to what to do when she suddenly yelled
"Madame! Young mistress Aurtoria is walking!"
Thud Thud Thud Thud Thud
Like a raging bull, the floor I was in shaken by a sudden quake, and guess what? That bull was none other than my own lovely mother. She totally runs from wherever she was towards my room in a hurry, so hurry that every step she took made the mansion floor shaken
As she arrived at my room, with astonishment and joy, she then hurriedly came over my side. At first I thought she was about to hug me, but I was greatly surprised that she suddenly tried to put a barrier like action with her hands and called someone out
"Call the artisan, right now!"
"Yes madame!"
She then looked at me beaming with a proud and warming smile
"Wait until your papa see this!"
Gugugaga?
"Yes! Our little angel, yes"
'Huh? The what now?'
Though I was happy that my mother was overjoyed about my abrupt action, I was still quite anxious. Though I don't know what world I was in, but I do know that this world hasn't reach the technology advancement where they could take photos with a snap, so when I heard my mother calling an artisan, the first thing came to my mind was that old technique of the artist of old where they let you sit still - sometimes pose - then started painting, for hours!
'Please don't be, my cute baby legs won't hold!'
But like how eartshaking my transmigration became, I was also shocked, surprisingly amazed that the artisan who came here didn't take enough to paint us.
After the artisan came by my mom's summon, mom then hurriedly pose while making sure I won't stumble down. With the help of the artisan, he then tried adjusting my mom's position without blocking me nor the lightening that shone me.
After everything was made, the artisan then suddenly has this green with red hints of light glows in his body. He was also mumbling something, like on of those magic casting or something in fairy tales and fantasy type lore, as I was still yet to fully develop my sense of hearing, I could only watched how everything unfold.
After the artisan did whatver he did, he then started painting. Like a breeze in the wind, his movements was swift, steady, and beautifully magnificent. His eyes was so sharp that every time he took a glance at us, he was printing every detail he saw in that one glance then started painting again. It just took a couple of minutes to finish. The artisan then showed the finished work to my mom, which she happily took. The artisan then leaves after his work was done.
And after everything was done, mom then hurriedly carried me and screamed as she hugs me with her tight loving embrace, while making sure I won't get crushed by her strong muscles
"My daughter is a genius! Our baby is a genius! "
Which now brought us to this situation where a giant portrait of me and my mother was placed at the [Grand Room],nailed above with a giant canvas.
Well, after that little accident, I then didn't tried anything again and just let myself go with my body's flow. I know it's one of those clinche(?) thing being spoken in the other novel but I won't try to intervene in this world. I am Aurtoria, a 2 years and 8 months old baby - for now - not Mylene the broken, unloved, unappreciated, and unwanted at my 50s ex-wife
'I will enjoy my life to fullest I have!'
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Transmigration: Transmigration is the movement of a soul into another body after death -(Google)
Reincarnation: Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions - (Google)
Transmigration is an act where your body's soul will be transferred after death, into a new body that isn't different to your previous one, whereas reincarnation is the process when your mind's spirit (consciousness) or your own very soul will begin or placed into a new life with a new body. The former let you live in a body similar to the one you have, while the latter let you live in a body that will be fundamentally different to your previous one.
A [Grand Room] or [Great Room] is a room inside a house that combines the roles of several more traditional rooms such as the family room, living room, and study into one space. Great rooms typically have raised ceilings and are usually placed at or near the center of the home - (Wiki)
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-[AUTHOR'S POV]-
Ting Tong Ting Tong Ting
As the [Clock Tower] chimes it's time, ringing down its sounding ring, telling its people below about the days passed as they lived
It's been 3 years since the time when Cedric and Mylene was transfered, and reincarnated into the another world, was it a coincidence, or fate? The world just doesn't know how the time tings neither fate drift, all it knows was another piece was placed in the game none knows was being played
Ting Tong Ting Tong
Ring's the clock's time. The townsfolk and all the citizens in the kingdom was busily lived their lives by. Some were buying goods, and some were roaming around. Guards patrolled the area, with Knights guarding the front of the castle wall, and defending the palace door. Making sure that no rats should dare to intrude their master's home.
Children were playing, some were studying, and learning. Some folks were happily chatting, some were just enjoying the day they are having. Some went towards the market, some just went towards the woods, and some were hiding behind the wall, crawling behind the crowded folks.
The day comes by and ends, almost fulfiling thier life needs. Spring almost come, just a day or week shall pass, and a new day of life will come.
This is the story of how the 2 of our dearest new souls will play their role when the skript in this play wasn't been written neither been told.
Can they hold on, to heat wonders this wolrd should hold, or will they give up and left this book untold.
This will be the time when both shall know, that fate of strings already played its role, before they took each of thier turn, and role. It's just a matter of time, where once again, the untold tale of each of thier Fated time will be unfold.
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Reminder that there will be a lot of notes from me that will be placed everytime you read this series. It will help you discern, and discover, and possibly to provide new ideas and information along the way.
It will be ina form of like this:
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These notes will be either be from wiki or Google, or from me, maybe even both. I will try my best to make sure it won't hinder the story even a bit, so please look forward for his new both I have written just for you all!
So please enjoy this story everyone, and set another sail for a glorious adventure!
