-Chapter 3: Rudeus's Beginning Part 1-

AN: I think I'm going to upload weekly for right now. I'll probably make two chapters during a break that's coming up soon. This will keep me ahead so if I have some business, I can still give you all a chapter that week. Anyways, that's just going to be what I use for now. It's not set in stone so if I decide I don't want to do one chapter I may not upload something. Or alternatively if I'm bored, I might make two chapters a week for the heck of it. If I make any major changes to my upload schedule, I will tell you all on my profile. I'm going to split everything from last chapter in to two Rudeus perspectives. I don't know how much of either perspective I will use but once I get to some of the stuff that will take place later will be redundant in two perspectives. I plan to be alternating between Rudeus's and Laplace's POVs. If you find any improvements, I could make please feel free to comment about them. I need to gain some experience in writing, this story is my first public work in writing.

-Rudeus POV-

Huh…? Is this what it's like to enter someone else's mind? All right… Now what do I do? The first thing you do when meeting someone is to offer a greeting, so I guess I should start with that. Although, different races have different greetings, and some don't have greetings… I guess I'll ask who they are and give a greeting? Yeah, that sounds good.

'Hello? Who are you? I am Rudeus Greyrat the magic king.' There! It's been a while since I've met someone new, in my past life after I turned 60, I didn't have much need to go out much except for exercise… Everyone that wasn't my friend or family would be nervous interacting with the magic king. I suppose I shouldn't have called myself the magic king… They don't seem to care though, so it's probably fine.

'My name is Saleyakt.' Interesting name. Wait, why do they feel like a child? I don't know how I can tell, but I can. Anyways, I don't think the presence is coming from the real world because I'm not supposed to sense there right…? I mean I'm dead, it would kind of be weird if I could interact with the real world. Ah, but I guess there are spirits that can interact with the real world, so maybe? But this is quite different from a spirit screeching at you, so maybe not? Perhaps I should question if this one is a child or not? Sure, let's go with that.

'Great to meet you Saleyakt, I can't see you, but I can see through these baby eyes we appear to have. …Wait, if you're a baby then how do you know your name…? You don't receive your name until you're named.'

'I just liked the sound of the name.' That must be why it's such an interesting name. I haven't heard a name like that anywhere on the six-sided world nor Earth. I haven't heard a name like that anywhere for that matter.

'…Is that all? Well, I suppose it's fine then… I am the one invading your mind.' I'm invading their mind, it's probably rude to ask a bunch of questions right off the bat.

Now, I guess I should leave… How do I get out of here? Hitogami never explained how to leave someone's mind. Does this mean I'm stuck here?

'Wanna become friends?' Saleyakt asked. If I'm going to be stuck here, it's not a bad idea to become friends with them. Besides, what harm could they do? It's not like they're Laplace or something crazy like that.

'Sure.'

Now that that's settled, I should plan for the future. Let's see… I should gain awareness of my surroundings first of all. Looking around I notice several things: we're in a Superd household, we have Superd parents, and I have tail senses! Never felt a tail before! I can feel a large blanket wrapped around us and it feels weird with my tail pressing against my back. Let's see… about 3 inches long for now. It'll turn into a spear in the future, right? How cool. I'm like a multi-part figurine! Up-down, left-right, it's amazing! I can't help but give out a few happy coos despite crying. It seems Saleyakt is acting like a normal baby, I guess I should have expected this. He is a baby after all.

Our parents eventually set us down in a crib to rest. I can't turn my head around, it's so annoying! Well at the very least I've got a tail now. I shall name you Poky! I have made my tail wag in excitement at its new name. When I get older, I'll have to see about training Poky. Poky needs to grow up nice and tough to be good spear. I guess I'll make that a step one. Training is always a good thing, so I'll do it throughout my entire life.

And if there is a step one there must be a step two. What to do? What to do…? I could try to mess with Hitogami's plans like in my past life. Or try and find my family. Or try and find Orsted. Well, if I'm going to mess with Hitogami I might as well find Orsted. Orsted will be near Sharia, so I would find my family nearby as well. Though… if I go right now that would probably be unfair to my new parents. They deserve to be able to raise a child like any other parent. It appears that I'm their first, so I really shouldn't just leave. I can leave at some point, just now any time soon. Paul made me leave at the age of seven, so I guess that might be the standard for this world. Or at least it feels like a good standard for me. I also left my children to go to the magic university, but then they were staying nearby. The more important this is that Saleyakt gets a good education here. I don't know if our connection will be forever, but either way it would be bad if he didn't have his own education. He may not want to leave our parents yet… I'll have to wait until then.

Across the next few days various people came to visit me. Nearly all of them were Superd. They all wore happy faces at my baby goodness. Boom! Baby cuteness at its maximum! Give me all the attention! I'm probably the youngest in the Superd village right now. I wonder how long that will last? Well, I don't have a proper way to check so it doesn't matter. Anyways, it's boring being a baby! I got to do something! That's my reason for being so overdramatic.

-1 month later-

My parents went to go see my own funeral… Of my past life! This means it's around the same time I died. K481 or around that time. I promise I will meet you again someday! Anyways, my parents left me at our Aunt and Uncle's place. There's another child here, she's a little bit older than me, I would estimate around 3-5 years older. I just hope she doesn't turn out like the one cousin I met in my past life. Luke was a nice guy, but as a dude that wasn't gay, I just found him irritating. I don't think most gay men would like him either… Don't know why Sylphy became friends with him. Sylphy… I will make a figurine of you! That will be a great way to pass the time!

Now, I just gotta figure out where to hide this figurine before I make it… We have an attic, and I haven't seen my parents enter it yet, they must not go there very often. A great hiding place! I can't think of a better hiding place, and I need something to do, I must make a figurine for Zanoba's will! I will honor you pride Zanoba! I will create figurines as long as I live! Anyways, it's a good way to get this body used to magic as well. I don't know what Saleyakt will think. Oh well, I'll just make this figurine.

-A little while later-

I've finished making the figurine and have decided to make figurines of my other wives as well, it's only being fair to them. They did make an agreement that I must treat them all equally. All the faces around me remind me of Ruijerd, so I should make a figurine of him as well.

-A mediocre amount of time later-

I have all my figurines finished! I can sense that Saleyakt is looking in awe at me! Fu fu fu, this is my amazing power! No one can stop me! At least I feel like saying those things. Saleyakt takes control and begins to make a few attempts himself. He's quite good for a baby, it must be muscle control. We share the same muscles, so my capabilities are his capabilities. I don't know how that applies to mana capacity, but at the very least it seems like we both have a decent amount of mana.

While I was making the figurines, I figured out how to use my demon eye. This allowed me to vaguely see where the attic was from here, it also seemed that Saleyakt was able to use the eye just as easily as I was, maybe even better than I. Anyways, I need to make sure that my parents wouldn't find out about my powers. Paul and Zenith reacted well when they found me casting magic but I'm only a month old. My new parents might call me a Laplace reincarnation at that point. I don't mind being compared to Laplace, but I also don't want them to kill me for incorrect information. The hate for Laplace is strong here, he wasn't the kindest to them during the second Human/Demon War.

Let's see… at seven leave home and find old family, train in secret, anything else?... Keeping on good relations with Saleyakt would be a good point. Do I have somewhere to write this stuff down? It doesn't seem we have any paper in the house. I don't think there is much of a way to make a notebook here. Oh well, just another thing to add to the list.

If I add too much to the list right now, I won't remember it all, so I should start doing stuff to knock it off the list. Training seems to be the priority right now. I'm still a baby, so I can't do much in the way of physical training, that just leaves magic. I just need to figure out how to train without anyone noticing, the only exception for now being Saleyakt. I can stop Saleyakt from telling anyone about what I'm doing if he wants to leak info. Besides, it's kinda impossible for me to stop him. I'll just lower the power of my first spell to see how well this body can manage mana and not freak anyone out. Something that won't leave a mark… Basic wind magic. They'll never know if I just cast a little bit of wind magic, heh heh heh…