Chapter 12 - #12 Being a baby again is strange (2/2)
Gave me? Why are they holding me so easily and why everything around me seems so big?
Don't tell me I was reborn...Agh! And here I thought that I would be able to sleep inside that darkness. It was comfortable there but... now knowing what kind of place it was, I am content with being here. Not to mention that I will be able to laze around as a kid for numerous years! Yay!
”Waaah!” I started to cry because I wanted to celebrate my incoming lazy years but since I didn't know how to talk, I started crying.
”Oh? Is he perhaps hungry? Come to me!” The silver-haired woman said and revealed her brėȧsts while bringing me closer.
Fuck! No! Noooo!
I thought inwardly but I was still hungry myself...I had to do it for my survival.
”Ember! How are you?!” The red-haired man with orange eyes rushed inside the room and worriedly shouted at the silver-haired woman.
”Dear, look at our little boy! Look at his beautiful eyes!” She completely disregarded his question and instead showed me off.
Seeing this, the man looked towards the maid for answers.
”Lord Phoenix, both newborn and mistress are safe” The maid bowed and said with a respectful tone with closed eyes.
”I see, let me see his eyes.” He said and approached me and Ember.
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'?! What the hell are those eyes?! They look so strong even though he is just a newborn. Not to mention that bright red color which means that his genes are even purer than mine. He is a perfect example for my family but...are those...vertical slit pupils? I don't even want to imagine how intimidating he will look when he grows up. Now, the only thing that remains is the ritual, let's hope it will go alright as well.' Akashi's father thought when he saw his newborn son from up close.
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Huh? What's up with that surprised face and that respectful tone? Was I reborn into the middle age era? Well, judging from the furniture in this room, it's not that old. Wait...am I even in the same world? If yes then why the hell would I move backward in time. I guess this must be another world but I...don't...have to care for now. Why am I so sleepy? Well, it's not like I mind, good night.
I thought and closed my eyes.
---Out of Akashi's POV---
”Jun, dear, is there something wrong?” Ember asked with a confused expression
”Not really but I need to perform the ritual as my father did with me” Jun, the red-haired man, answered with a stern expression.
”Dear...do we really need to do that?” Ember asked with a worried expression.
”Don't worry, all members of the Phoenix family were quite resistant to fire, even at a young age. That's also one of the reasons why I need to perform it.” Jun said with a serious expression and Ember reluctantly parted with her newborn son.
Jun took Akashi into both hands and approached the fireplace inside the room.
Both Ember and the maid nervously watched while clenching their hands together.
”As the 10th leader of the Phoenix family, I grant you, my son, the name Akashi. The entire Phoenix family hopes you will be strong enough to accept the fire as your companion and continue to honor our family's name.” Jun said and put his hands with Akashi above the fire but the flickering flame was still close enough to touch Akashi's back.
The flame suddenly grew much bigger and engulfed Jun's hands together with Akashi.
”?!” Jun was surprised by this but he felt that something like this shouldn't be possible under normal circumstances. His instincts told him to endure the heat produced by fire and let the fire do whatever it wants with Akashi because it was clear as day that it was targeting Akashi's body.
”Jun?!!” Ember worriedly shouted at her husband when she saw this.
”Quiet!” Jun lightly shouted to calm both women down.
The flame enveloped Akashi's body as if it was creating a blanket for him. Akashi, on the other hand, was just sleeping, not knowing about the situation here.
”This?! Haha!” Jun immediately started laughing when he saw this but he immediately realized something and snapped his head at the maid inside the room.
”Get out and don't speak about what you have seen to anyone! Not even if the emperor was to ask you!” She shouted at her while glaring at her with his cold orange eyes.
”Y-yes lord Phoenix!” The maid bowed and quickly run away in fear.
”? What's going on, dear?” Ember calmed down when she saw that Akashi was happily sleeping with no discomfort found on his face while being enveloped by the flames.
”This has never happened before...From what I have heard then even the founder of our family wasn't this abnormal.” Jun muttered and then took Akashi away from the fireplace and handed him back to Ember.
”He didn't accept the fire as it's a companion...The fire itself accepted our son as its master. This kind of thing...must stay in secret!” Jun said with a cold expression while glancing out of the window at the palace build in the middle of the town.
'This is really strange...There is no way for my son to be born with already teigu inside him. No...even if he had a teigu...It would be impossible for him to affect how would fire behave while being asleep. Teigu usually wants to take over their users and if they are not parasitic type then they are still dangerous to their own user...Was my son really accepted by fire just like that?' Jun thought with a puzzled expression while looking at his son.