Chapter 1: The Reincarnation of the Hero

Part 2

After my belly was filled

with milk, I trained my muscles while lying down; I want to stand up with my

own feet as soon as possible. I moved my short legs up and down, and swung my

arms left, right, up and down. These were the only physical exercises I, who

can’t roll over, can do.

“Nicole, you’re really

energetic, aren’t you? If you just fed more, I’d have peace of mind, but…”

Maria disciplines me…

Actually, she’s just on a rampage, poking my cheek while smiling. From her

perspective, I guess I do look like an active baby.

Although, I’m different

from ordinary babies; I receive nutrition from cow’s milk. In other words, my

diet is in a very unbalanced state. It also leads to lethargy. I succ.u.mb to

overwork easily and eventually fall asleep as if I’d fainted.

Continuing to lead days

everyday by training my muscles, finally, I became able to roll over and stir.

Little by little I could creep with my hands and legs to my satisfaction. Then,

in order to make my other dream reality, I’d decided it was time to take

action.

My other dream: Magic.

Unfortunately, I had no

magical talent at all in my previous life. I had studied under Maxwell who was

an expert in magical arts, but he briefly drew the conclusion that I did not

have the apt.i.tude for magic—so I have experience in giving up learning magic.

However, I’m Maria’s

child now. Thus, there is a high possibility that I have magical talent. Maria

has a good command over sacred techniques based on religious faith, but sacred

techniques are still categorised as a form of magic.

I have never studied

under Maria, but the knowledge which I learned from Maxwell still remains

within my mind. If I closed my eyes and entered a meditative state, I could

then explore the existence of the magical powers dwelling within myself. I

could sense something like hot energy emanating from somewhere inside of my

body; the area below my navel.

—Ooo, is this magical power?

Feeling this unknown

sensation that I had once been unable to no matter how hard I tried, my tension

rose on its own. To manifest magic, I have to release the magical power from my

body, transform it into the shape of magic circle drawn in my mind, and then

input a magic spell into the magic circle which should specify its power, range

and anything else, but……I had a hard time manipulating the magical power.

I reached for the magical

power in my abdomen and tried to shape it, but the magical power slipped from

my grasp and vanished. However, I’m not about to give up just from this. To

begin with, my tenacity to persevere was stronger than others. Since I am

unable to move my body well, the only thing I could do was magic practice.

Unlike former times, now

I can feel my magical power. At the very least, I should be able to manifest

magic. And I’m living in a body which has the makings for wielding swords that

should be handed down from Lyell in addition to the combat experience from my

past life. After thinking about it, I have the qualities to become stronger

than anyone so I could not simply stop my training here.

I received warmed milk

from Maria. There was a very humiliating time when she replaced my diaper, and

for around half a year, I held a grudge against that G.o.d again. On that day, I

was able to hold my head steady and erect and began to look around at my

surroundings. Putting my strength into my body, I was able elevate my torso and

saw the lower half of my body for the first time. The thing that appeared from

under the diaper which was cleaned by Maria’s hands was—no, it was not lovely

male genital organs at my age—it was like a plain; there was nothing there. No,

there was a valley there.

In short, I am a girl

now.

“Auuuuuuuuu!?”

“Kya! Nicole, what

happened to you? Suddenly crying out.”

Maria gazed at me, who

had suddenly fallen into a state of panic, wearing a concerned expression. Although,

there were no abnormalities with my body itself—no, for me, everything that had

happened to me was full of abnormality, but to her it was nothing more than an

ordinary sight.

Maria quickly changed my

diaper, and I lay my face down, sobbing. The a.s.sa.s.sin who was once feared and

was even called “Shadow Feather, the Disaster”, “Spider That Lurks in

Darkness”, and others……has become

a girl? What kind of joke was this!?

I, who was proficient in

handling wire made of Mithril1 which

was said to be sharper than sacred swords, and even killed the evil dragon,

Colchis, was reborn a girl…

“Daauuuuuuuu.”

“For some reason, I

really don't understand, but…are you crying? I wonder…”

Maria comforted me by

patting my back. It was the same as in my previous life, but now, her kindness

makes me sad. Come to think of it, Nicole

was a unis.e.x name but this name was a

common name for women. Am I so stupid for not noticing it until now? …No, also,

there’s no way I could’ve confirmed my own gender by myself under my present

circ.u.mstances as a baby.

In other words, it was

inevitable. For half a year, I was unaware of the fact that I was born a girl.

In my previous life I,

born a man, was frustrated due to my inability to wield swords, and reached the

pinnacle with a means of combat called Steel

String Technique.

In my current life I,

born a girl, have inherited blood from parents who are brimful of talents, and

will probably receive special education from The Heroes.

It can be said that my

completely reversed life began from this point.