I felt like I was floating aimlessly in an endless void. No sound, no sensation, no visibility. Is this what happens after you die?
Unexpectedly, I started hearing strange noises. They felt human. Something like groans or shrieks. They got louder, what was it? Was I finally going somewhere? Did heaven and hell really exist?
Suddenly, a bright flash blinded me.
Ugh, what's with this sudden light? My eyes hurt…
I finally started feeling again. I felt my senses returning back into my body.
When the bright light finally faded away, I saw a girl. She held me in her arms. How was she able to manage that? I was easily around 80 kilograms.
She had blonde hair, tied up. She seemed to be around the age of 20, barely older than me. She looked ecstatic, her eyes were filled with happiness.
There were two more women, actually. No wait, there were more than two, all of them wore the dress of a maid. Were they servants of some sort? The atmosphere felt auspicious.. I could tell by the noises of conversations flowing through the room.
They spoke a different language, where was I? It felt like I was alive. Did I survive? But I felt my life fading away from my body. What in the world is going on??
The girl handed me over to a woman, who was laying on a bed which hardly seemed like the bed of a normal person.
Fancy…
It seeped the feel of royalty.
The woman, she looked so beautiful. I never could've imagined such an elegant looking woman existed in my life. I felt drawn to her for some reason.
She seemed to be in her early 20s.
She had shoulder-length white hair, like an endless expanse of white clouds in a clear blue sky. Her eyes shined a bright, fascinating dark red colour. She looked at me with such gentle affection.
I felt a warmth I never experienced my entire life.
Her flawless porcelain skin was flushed. She wore a gown, it was light blue.
What am I to her? Why does she look at me with such affection? Just where the hell am I?
I didn't admit it, but I liked the feeling. Before I knew it, she brought her lips to my forehead, pressing a soft kiss.
She whispered something. I didn't understand what she said, but I had a feeling it was something good.
I felt a sudden urge to touch her face, to feel the warmth I felt through her gaze. I brought up my arms.
Oh how could I have expected this out of all the possible cases..
I raised both my arms towards her, only to see the hands of a baby. I touched my face and felt the small and fragile skin of a newborn baby.
Warm and soft… it was my skin.
What the hell?!
The realisation set in. It was exactly like something I read in a novel a long time ago.
Reincarnation.
It was hard to believe, but remembering the pain I felt—the heat and the sickening feeling of coppery blood in my mouth that I dealt with for almost 40 minutes—and now after what felt like dying, waking up in a warm, well-decorated and organized room with so many people looking at me like a miracle happened, this had to be real.
The shock only lasted so long, before I composed myself.
I was able to take a quick understanding of my situation because I was part of a youth born in the time when Animes and Mangas were widespread and a highly contagious obsession that was infecting every person around my age.
Well, whatsoever, this was another chance of living life the way I couldn't back then. I didn't question who brought me here or how it was logically possible for this to happen – maybe it was dumb luck.
I would surely use this life to my fullest, until I take my last breath, fully satisfied.