Night

Chapter 05: Father and I

Now then, since I could stand up now, my bed was changed to a considerably lower one. One which was safe for me even if I were to fall down from it. Although it was common to have high fences on beds for babies, I moved around a lot, so I quickly learnt how to climb down the bed.

The chair and table that brother used along with the picture books and toys he brought here were left as they were, so I wasnt bored even if brother wasnt here; and it was a bit gloomy, because Hannah was always by my side with a severe expression on her face, but I wasnt lonely.

She read the book that brother read for me several times, and I began learning words little by little. Although I have been reincarnated, this didnt seem to be a world with magic, and the general knowledge I had didnt seem useful in this world. The only things I could do was train my body and build up my knowledge.

However, it became a little unsatisfying for me to just be in my room now that I was able to stand and crawl. I wanted to move in a much wider place. A chance came to me when I wished that.

One day when I woke up from my nap, there was nobody in the room. Recently, Hannah would usually be in the room with me, but it seemed like she had to do something elsewhere. The windows were opened because it was hot, but the wind which was stroking my cheeks felt different than usual.

Perhaps,

I thought and looked at the door; I saw that it was opened slightly.

My chance is here!

I hyped my sleepy self up, carefully got off the low bed and waited on the floor.

I wormed my way across the floor, put my head through the gap in the door and forcefully crawled out of the room. It was dangerous, so good kids shouldnt copy this, but I managed to safely get out of the door. I sat down once and looked around. It was just a corridor, but it was wide enough for a maid to push a cart past me. It seemed like I would collide with her somehow if I go right, so lets go left. But still, it was wide.

I found out later that my room was at the end of the East Wing, and mothers room was close by. It seemed that people rarely tended to this place after mother died and it became a somewhat desolate place.

So why did Sebas, brother and father show up here?

Sebas came to this wing a lot because he was worried about me, brother became curious about me when he came to mothers room to calm down, and father came here during quiet times when no one was around so that he could chase after memories of mother.

Youve never thought about seeing your baby even just for a little, did you? Honestly.

By chance, it seemed like I was crawling towards the middle of the wing and I would sit down occasionally to rest; then a pair of expensive leather shoes entered my field of vision. It seemed like Ive crawled towards someone while in a daze.

But, the owner of those shoes didnt say a word.

Right, Ill pretend I didnt see them.

I changed my direction a little and proceeded past the owner of the leather shoes.

Wait, they suddenly called out to me, and I carelessly stopped for a moment; but since Im a baby, I dont understand the meaning of wait.

Yup, I felt like I was acting like father, but lets ignore this feeling.

I resumed crawling at a fast pace.

I said wait.

I cant hear you because Im a baby. I pretended not to hear him and continued crawling.

Ooh, are those stairs over there? I can manage to get down from a low bed, so I should be able to handle the stairs soon.

Wait! This time, the voice shouted from above me. At the same time, my back was pulled with a jerk.

Daau.

I told you to wait, didnt I? Did you not hear me, you?

It seemed like hed grabbed my clothes from the back. I tried to move my arms and legs just to be sure. Im not running anywhere.

Daau.

I want him to release me, but I also didnt want to be civil towards him.

Daai, daau, eei, aa, I continued to state my displeasure.

What the heck do you want to do?

Eei.

I want to walk! He wont leave me alone, would he?

Then, he continued to grab the back of my clothes and lifted me up with a jerk. It was like he was holding a kitten.

Hah? It hurts, you know.

Uurts