Rebirth

【Birth By Baptism】Chapter Two | First Contact

Hello readers! :) I am happy to present chapter 2. Not much else to say today, but if you're interested in what the world looks like, I have created a map for the world, which can be found here:  https://sorani.me/rebirth/rebirth-world-dictionary/poi/

Before anyone sees it, yes— Eldeora is not where it was said to be in the prologues, shhhhhh. I hope you will enjoy the map anyways, it took me almost a full day to make it for what it's worth. I will be updating it as time goes on, and fleshing out the other continents that have no markers on them as of yet. There will also be more detailed maps of each continent, cities, Eldeora, etc. in due time.

I also have updated the world dictionary on my site quite a lot. Feel free to browse the information on the various races, magics, characters, etc.

This chapter is a little shorter than usual, but the length will increase steadily as the chapters continue... I wrote a few comedic things into this chapter, I'm not that funny but if you snort a little air out of your nose I'll be content.

Thanks for reading! As per the usual...

For those reading on Honeyfeed/RoyalRoadL, you can visit my site which has updates on what I'm doing, setting information about races, people, magic, etc. presented in an interesting way:

https://sorani.me/rebirth

As always, any feedback is welcome on my writing, I know it will be amateur at times.

With that, the story continues...

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【Chapter 2 – First Contact】

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The dream has changed. I used to be in my own footsteps, watching the scene where I walked up to the shrine as if I was there. Now, —for some unknown reason— I am standing near the top of the stairs, watching 「another me」 go through the motions instead.

Several times I tried to yell at 「myself」 as 「I」 walked up near that strange person while they were praying, but no voice comes from my mouth. Not only do I act as an observer now, the atmosphere is different. It's like all the color has been washed away, reminding me of a black and white movie, and a silky grey smoke wafts off of everything. I don't understand why I'm seeing the dream like this, but every time I try to approach myself and the other person I'm violently awoken.

I'll keep these changes in mind as I continue to grow up, maybe there is some significance to it.

I woke up this morning after that dream as I usually do. There's only faint light coming in from the single window in my room, light shades of blue and green appear on the walls from the colored glass.

It's been about 2 months since my first birthday, but nothing has really changed for me. I can tell I am growing at a pretty fast pace, but I wish that my physical endurance would keep up with my mental side. It's something like having narcolepsy, sleeping the way a baby does.

Recently I've been trying to get Rei'el-san to understand that I'm not a baby.

Well, I mean, I am a baby— but not really...

I don't know how he'll respond once he finds out, but I learned something rather interesting the other day which gives me hope. I found out that Rei'el-san is an Elf, something he told me himself actually. While I'm sure he didn't think I could comprehend it, lately he's been visiting me while sitting at the chair in my room. He picks me up and looks down at me, quietly whispering things that are on his mind.