Category: Umareta Chokugo ni Suterareta kedo, Zensei ga Taikensha datta node Yoyuu de Ikitemasu

“It’s been a long time, Master. You’ve become quite cute again.”

The strongest staff I used in my previous life was the Holy Dragon Staff Lindwurm. It was also an intelligent weapon, it was able to communicate with me through telepathy. Apparently, it sensed my resurrection and rushed to me itself.

What a loyal staff it is.

(I’m so happy that I feel like I’m about to burst into tears…)

『……Wasn’t it Master who set it up before he dies so that I will automatically fly to you even after reincarnation?』

(Oh-, was that so?)

Anyways, it’s my beloved staff. I don’t know how many years have passed, but it looks exactly the same as it did then.

“I almost gone into dormant mode so I don’t know exactly how long it has been.”

Hundreds or even thousands of years? As expected, even I couldn’t determine the time after reincarnation.

“Grrrrrrr!”

 Oops, now is not the time to get too emotional because of our reunion.

『This manticore is so annoying! Leave it to me, Master.』

The Holy Dragon Staff Lindwurm is a beautiful white staff that is crystal clear. Its tip is designed to resemble a dragon’s head.

『Disappear』

The dragon head at the tip of the staff opened its mouth, then a tremendous breath of light was released from it.

“~~~~~~!?”

It obliterates the head of the manticore in an instant. The headless giant slowly fell to the ground.

(As expected of you, Linlin.)

『……Please don’t call me that. Anyway, Master, why are you in such a place? Weren’t you born to new parents?』

 I told Lindwurm how I had been so far.

『I see. It was a disaster, isn’t it?』

(Mmm, but I don’t hold a grudge against the parents of this new body. Rather, I think it was a relief to be free. A child from an aristocratic family is kind of troublesome you see.)

It’s just that I think it was too soon that I got free.

『Well, Master, with me here, you don’t have to worry about those monsters. But, you can’t prepare milk, can you?』

 I know that! If I don’t get milk somehow, I’ll starve to death eventually.

“Uwaa-uaah”

 I raised my short left arm and then I used a spell.

(Magic Drain)

Then, the magic gathered from around me and it was absorbed into my left arm. Since my capacity was low from the beginning, the magic power that had been depleted was fully restored in a blink of an eye.

Magic Drain is a magic absorption magic. Originally, it was used against opponents who use magic, but I improved it so that it could also be used to collect magical power from the surrounding space. Now that my magical power has recovered, the next step is body strengthening magic.

“Uwaa-uaah”

I stand up in the box. Good, even with this fragile baby’s body, I managed to get up by myself. It’s a bit squishy underfoot, but I’ll get used to it eventually.

(Alright. Let’s go find a village and get milk.)

『……Master, in what world is there a baby who goes to get milk alone?』

(Huh? Is that no good?)

『Please think of it this way. All of a sudden, a baby who is only a few days old comes to your house alone and asks questions. From the other party’s point of view, it must be tremendously scary you know.』

Is it like that? It can’t be helped then. Let’s take a look for it in this forest then. Luckily, Lindwurm is here so we should be able to deal with the monsters.

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As it was said to be a demon domain, it is a forest with a high concentration of magical power. Thanks to this, the magic absorption efficiency is very good, and even if I use body enhancement magic strongly, my magic power is not be depleted.

The most important way to increase your magic power is to use it. As long as I’m in this forest, I’m sure my magic power will increase steadily. I seemed to be getting used to my immature body as well. I am now able to walk quite normally.

“Shaaaaaah!!”

“Your in the way.”

“~~~!?”

The monsters that tried to attack me are defeated by Lindwurm. By the way, Lindwurm  follows me while floating in the air so I don’t have to carry it. On the contrary, it burns down the vegetation in the direction of my journey to make it easier for me to walk.

 My staff is really useful. Fufu.

『But Master, is it really possible to get milk in a forest like this?』

(There is no need to worry about it. Look at that.)

『That’s…』

With my little finger, I pointed to a wolf monster that was even bigger than the manticore before. Its whole body is jet black but there is a crescent-shaped yellow hair around its forehead. Unlike orcs and manticores, it is a kind of monster I don’t know about. Well, it must have been at least hundreds of years since then, so it wouldn’t be surprising if there were monsters now that didn’t exist at the time.

The wolf monster was lying on a rock, probably breastfeeding, and the little wolves were huddled around her belly.

『Don’t tell me…. You don’t mean to get milk from that monster, do you?』

 Um? That was my intention though…

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

(Aah-, the air is so nice!)

I was completely sealed in a box without any air holes. If I were a normal baby, I would have died of suffocation a long time ago. I blew off the lid of the box I was in and then I sucked in as much air as I could with my small baby body. I couldn’t help but mutter the bitterness in my heart.

(Luckily I’m not a normal baby.)

Immediately after birth, I had a clear memory of my previous life. 

Aristotereus, the Great Sage. I was called that in my previous life because of my track record of developing numerous magic and magical tools and burying many vicious demons and monsters.

 ……By the way, the fact that my name in this life is Reus is just a coincidence.

When I realized my own lifespan, the last thing I challenged was the great magic of reincarnation. To be honest, I thought the success rate would be about 10% at most, but I didn’t think it would really work. Well, I couldn’t choose where I was born though. And even though I was reincarnated, I was thrown away shortly after.

(Ugh… So dizzy…)

This is just a baby’s body after all… I can’t believe it’s so easy to become magically deficient…

Feeling lethargic, I couldn’t help but frown inside the box. It is impossible for a baby’s strength to break through a tightly sealed box. So, I threw a lump of magic on it. My magic was all depleted because of that though.

That measurement was really terrible. Because of the wrong measurements, I was easily disposed of. Perhaps he didn’t want to see my face anymore, but after that ceremony, my father, Galia, left my affairs to his subordinates. However, that subordinate seemed reluctant to lay his hands directly to a newborn baby, so he packed me in a box and asked a black dealer to dump me somewhere far away.

They called it a divine tool, but it’s just a broken magic tool. There’s no way I could be mistaken. It was developed by me in my previous life after all. The maximum value of memory on it is certainly up to 100, but in fact, it can be measured properly even if it is beyond that. Since it spun around eleven times, my true magic aptitude was supposed to be 1103.

No, it was probably my mistake. Rather than reading the memory, I should have made it in a format that would display the numbers instead…

However, I didn’t expect it to be used on me after my reincarnation. Well, there’s no point in regretting it now. I have to survive for the time being.

I manage to move my head and look around. What I can see on my left is a dense forest. By the way, that guy was saying that this is a magical forest or something like that. In a place like this, I can be attacked by monster at any time.

“Bufooo!”

Something appeared from my side as I was thinking. A huge, muscular man with the head of a pig came out of the forest breathing heavily.

(Orc?)

In my previous life, it was a monster that I could kill in an instant, but now that I am just born, with this weak body…. 

“Buhihi”

Apparently noticing me lying in the box, the orc approached me with a grin. He must have thought he had found a prey in just the right place. The orc peers into my face from above. Perhaps because it liked fat babies, a large amount of drool was dripping from its mouth.

Bang!

“Buhi?”

With a silly voice, the light disappears from the orc’s eyes. Its huge body fell backwards, and a loud thud resounded. I condensed my magic to its utmost limit and shot it at the orc’s forehead. No matter how much of my magic power is depleted, it’s still easy to kill a stupid orc who lets his guard down and sticks his head out in front of me. I just have enough power to penetrate its skull and brain though. As I expected, if a more ferocious monster came, I wouldn’t be able to deal with it.

But—

“Grrrrrrr”

 —Perhaps it caught the smell of the orc, it quickly appeared from the side. It is a huge monster with a total length of more than 5 meters. The head is similar to that of a human, but the body is that of a lion, with bat-like wings and a scorpion-like tail.

 It is a manticore.

 (This is bad…)

 It’s too much for me to handle right now. I hope it is satisfied with just that dead orc’s meat.

That’s when it happened. Just as the sky seemed to flash, something fell at a tremendous speed. Then, it crashes into the nearby ground at breakneck speed.

(…..Thank goodness)

Apparently, when it found out that I was resurrected, it rushed to me itself. Stuck there was the strongest staff that I had used in my previous life —the Holy Dragon Staff, Lindwurm.

“It’s been a long time, Master. You’ve become quite cute again.”

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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A pair of man and woman were peering into the face of a newborn baby.

“Reus is the son of me and you, I’m sure he’s incredibly talented.”

“Yes, there is no doubt about that dear.”

The name of the man who has a stern face and a strong physique is Galia Brazel. He is the current head of the Brazel family, known for its magical powers, and is the lord entrusted with guarding the frontiers of the country. Of course, he is also a first-class magician himself.

On the other hand, his wife, Meliena Radolf, is a peerless beauty. She’s not just a beautiful woman. She, too, is known to be a brilliant magic user, as good as the head of the family. The first child born by such two people is this baby. Naturally, the whole territory congratulated them on his birth.

“But he doesn’t cry at all. I wonder if it’s because he is a powerful child.”

“Auaah”

“Oh my! Dear! This child is already trying to say something!”

“Mmm. Maybe he is a genius beyond us.”

 They had high hopes for the future of their newborn child.

 ……But, only a few days later, their hopes are easily shattered.

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“I’ve been waiting for you, my lord. Now then, can I have Reus-sama please.”

“Hmm.”

Galia was greeted by an elderly priest in the largest cathedral in the territory. He took the baby, whose neck couldn’t hold steady yet, and carefully placed him on the altar. Most babies start crying at this time, but there is no sign of crying from the baby placed on the altar. On the contrary, he seemed to be looking around curiously.

“Alright. From now on, with the help of the Gods, I will test Reus-sama’s magical aptitude value.”

Saying this, the priest took out a disc-like device. It has clock-like hands and it comes with memory. This was called a divine tool, and it is a tool that allowed people to see their latent magical talents. Naturally, it is a fairly rare item and only a small number of cathedrals own it.

This ritual of looking at a newborn baby’s magical aptitude is a tradition of the Brazel family. If it is found that the child has a high aptitude value, he or she will be a strong candidate for the next head and will receive a rigorous gifted education. Of course, Galia also underwent this ritual at an early age and showed a talent worthy of being the next head of the family, far surpassing his older brothers.

The priest held up the divine tool while chanting a spell. Suddenly, the divine tool seemed to glow divinely, and then the needle began to spin in circles.

“What’s the light just now…!? And, the needle is spinning!? What does this mean!?”

“I-, I don’t know… I’ve never seen anything like this before…”

The priest’s body trembles as he was approached by the family head. But after a while, the needle stopped.

“Thanks God… It looks like it’s been fixed.”

 The priest let’s out a breath of relief. But the next moment, he gasped.

“T-This is…”

“What’s wrong? How talented is Reus?”

“Uhm, well, that… The magic aptitude value is said to be around 5 for commoners… then about 20 for aristocrats…… It is said that if you are a first-class wizard like the family head or your wife, it will be more than 50…”

“I already know that! Don’t beat around the bush and just say it!”

 The priest spoke fearfully,

“R-Reus-sama’s magical aptitude value is… t-three……”

“Whaat!? I-Impossible! There’s no way it’s only 3! It is my and Meliena’s son you know!”

“B-But the actual result… the divine tool…”

“It’s true that the needle points to the memory number 3, but…”

 At that moment, the baby spoke up.

“Uwaaah—, Uwaaah—”

It looked like he was trying to convey something, but of course, everyone refused to think so. They all concluded that there is no way a baby could have such intelligence.

To have a child like that… Galia looks down on the newborn child with eyes devoid of emotion.

“…… My child… died of illness shortly after he was born.”

“Lo-, my lord…?”

“That’s what we are going to say! Understood? Today’s matter will be forbidden to be talked about!”

“Ye-Yes!”

Fortunately, apart from Galia, the only people present at the ceremony are the priests of the cathedral. As long as they remain silent, the result will not be known. In this way, the baby was made to die.

After the family head walked away, the priest mutters to himself,

“But… What was the rotation of that needle about…?”

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“Be careful. There is a possibility that demons from the demon realm will appear in this area as well.”

“Yes, yes, big brother.”

The brothers drove their carriage to the woods north of their domain. It was a dangerous forest known as the Demon Domain, and because of this, there were no towns or villages in the vicinity. In order to protect the country from the vicious monsters of this forest, the Brazel family, a famous magical family, has been entrusted with the rule of this land.

“Is it okay around here?”

“Yeah, this place is probably enough.”

When they came very close to the forest, they stopped the carriage and lowered the box they had brought with them to the ground. Then they immediately turned around and moved away from the forest.

“But… big brother, what the hell was in that box? It is sealed really strong with magic you see.”

“Who knows… Well, it’s not something we should concern ourselves about. As long as we get the commission fee, I don’t care what it is.”

“Well, you are right.”

It is a special job requested through the dark route. They probably never have thought that the person in the box was the newborn son of a lord.

Let alone that….

“Uwaaaahh.”

 Boom!!!

They must have never dreamed that after they left, a ten-day-old baby would burst open from the tightly closed lid of the box and crawled out.

“Uwaaaah, Uwaaaah (Seriously!? I was abandoned right after I was reincarnated!)”

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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