It has been six months since I reincarnated into this world. I've come more and more to accept my identity as Alys and have grown accustomed to this tiny body. I, however, have not grown to like it. Being in a child's body is horrible! I can't do anything! I also can't use my divine protection yet either!
All in all, my experience so far has been fairly awful to say the least.
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Ok, enough of that! Time to think of the future… that is very, very, very far away.
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Anyways, what should my plan be for the future? I don't exactly know where I am in the timeline and probably won't until I can learn to read and actually talk to people. But under the assumption that by the time I reach adulthood or sometime in my adulthood I'll reach canon, who should I support in the royal election? Actually, that's under the assumption canon would still be the same. Additionally, my own actions would change canon, would they not?
This is complicated. I've never done so much thinking in my life! And I still can't do shit!
Ok, on to the good news now. I've managed to pick up parts of the language just by listening. This must mean I do actually have increased language learning capacities though, I used to watch subbed anime a lot and I never got much better at speaking Japanese.
Actually, since I have the accelerated language learning capacities, that means I should have the brain of a baby right? But with my understanding of how brains work my brain should be vastly underdeveloped right now, yet my mental capacities are just as functional as they were before.
It seems my brain is like a baby's brain molded to fit my cognitive abilities. I have object permanence and depth perception. I can understand the concepts of conservation and I can even remember how to do basic calculus.
But… my muscle memory is, well, gone. From my understanding, muscle memory is when the synapses in your brain adapt and become more used to performing specific actions making them easier to do-also leading to it making it harder to do those specific things in a different way-and since I'm in a new brain with the same memories essentially, well, my brain synapses basically reset.
This is a good and a bad thing really. It's bad in the fact that anything I used to easily be able to do, like writing, I can no longer do. But at the same time, it's good because my brain is fresh and can adapt to doing things in new ways. Maybe because of my brain resetting I'll have an easier time getting used to writing a new language?
The specifics of reincarnation are a lot more complicated than it initially seems.
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Maybe everyone gets reincarnated? Like, their consciousness, but because they get a new brain and all, all their memories reset and they become essentially a new person.
So, if that's the case, I'm just the exception then?
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Why?
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Well! No use in obsessing over that! It's not like I'll know the answer to that anytime soon anyways. And hey, maybe my purpose in this world is whatever I make it? Or maybe my purpose in this world is what I'm already predestined to do?
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I don't really like the thought of predestination. I'd like to keep on thinking I have free will so I'm ending that thought process there.
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So, the royal selection. Let's think about the candidates here for a second.
First off we have Anastasia Hoshin, the greedy merchant girl. Initial thoughts? Not ideal. Countries aren't companies, lady! There's far more at play than just money! I don't think I'd want to give my support to her…
The second candidate is… Priscilla Barielle… Yeah, no.
Next we have Felt! I actually like Felt, but I feel like the issue here is she's a bit too hot-headed and she also doesn't really seem to care about her policy at all. Well-meaning but, y'know, I don't think a fifteen year old girl or something around that age, is the right person to lead an entire kingdom of millions of people.
Then there's Emilia, Subaru's favorite, and also, like Felt, pretty immature. I mean, I get it, I'm not unempathetic after all. She's never really had the chance to mature, and Puck is kinda fucking her over by repressing her memories and all. Plus, Subaru is the star of the show in her case, I'd feel kinda unimportant…
And finally, Crusch Karsten. Well the pros are she's probably the most mature of all the candidates, and she's definitely capable of acting with y'know basic logic and reasoning. The cons are, well, she's kind of a big militarist. And I understand the importance of military action, but it's usually better to avoid it. There's like, a Sun Tzu quote about that or something, I think.
Oh, and also, she has Ferris with her, I like Ferris.
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Yeah, I think I've made my decision.
You're in luck, Crusch Karsten! I'm about to make you queen! If… you've been born yet… or if the royal selection isn't already an event from the past…
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Nah, I'm sure I'm in the right time, no use worrying over it at all!
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That's not really reassuring.
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