Chapter 38: ~First Adventure.~ (1/2)

***Norfolk, Sarn-Valley***

“~Shananana.~”

Being able to read books on your own is the ~best~! If someone would ask me what the worst thing about reincarnation is, I would answer that it's the time as an infant. Even if you get taken care of, lying around as nothing more than a lump of flesh for the greatest part of one year is torture.

Torture I say!

At least Tori saved me by reading books to me all day long. When she opened the first book to read it for me, I got a huge shock.

I may have known the language, but the writing was completely different from what I had seen before. All my attempts to reach the bookshelf were useless from the beginning. I couldn't have read anything anyway.

But by following the lines which Tori read to me, I got the trick behind it very fast. Though it took me a while to make clear that I wanted to sit on her lap. Supposedly to watch the pictures.

Suddenly the door is opened and Tori steps inside. “Ah! Look at you! Why do you always create such a mess with the books! You are such a fidgety child.”

“~picture!~” I point at one of the pictures in my book.

She sighs and starts to sort the books back into the shelf. Sorry, but I think it would be awkward if I sorted a book I read back into the shelf.

“How did you even get up there?” She places a book back into a shelf which is three times my height above me.

Ooops. Please don't become wary of me. I got that one with magic, that was lazy of me.

I decide to ignore her and look back into my book.

Tori kneels down in front of me and offers me a cookie. “You want one. It's delicious.”

Oi. Why does she have such a conflicted expression? Is it because of the cookie? Eat it yourself if you like it. “nno!”

My book is way more interesting than a cookie.

“Then we have to do this the harsh way.”

Huh? Why did her voice suddenly become so fearsome? Tori stabs her index finger at my forehead. I instinctively try to evade but this body isn't able to do so!

Killed by the nanny! Damn! That was a first … and I was doing such a good job with mom and dad.

… everything goes dark as I loose my consciousness.

***

I open my eyes and try to move. But it's dark and the air is stuffy! Am I inside a bag? Seriously? What's going on? I feels like I am being carried.

“Tori?” “Tori?” “TORI!”

“Silence!”

The bag is opened and I see Tori's face. Uwah! She looks a little haunted. Right you are! If mom and dad find out what happened … mom will dissect you!

Tori gets me out of the bag and I realize that she dressed me with thick and furry clothes for children. And the second thing is … that we are in the wilderness.

For real? I got abducted? Tori is still carrying me in a princess carry while running at full speed and jumping over obstacles. Is she something like a ninja?

What should I do? Um. Does that mean that Tori is an enemy of mom and dad? I guess a normal child would start to cry.

“Mom?”

Tori doesn't react. Such a bitch!

“MooooOOOmMM!”

“Silence! Or I will put you to sleep again!”

Urgh. I am not sure if being put to sleep is better than being awake and see what happens to Tori when mom and dad catch her.

What can I do? What can I do? Damn! This body is too weak! Should I try to attack Tori with magic? A well aimed telekinetic strike may do the trick and severe her spinal cord.

But if I fail, she will be warned. And I will be alone out here. Wherever I am.

While I fight for a decision, a small hut is coming into view and Tori slows down. We seem to be high in the mountains, which tells me that I was out cold for a long time.

Tori slows down to a walk and sets me down on a fallen tree beside the hut. There is a steep snowy meadow under the hut and I look around while Tori starts to rummage through the stuff inside.