1.2 Reincarnation

My head hurts. Where am I now? I can see light coming from the window. It's warm and bright, it looks like I am in a house. The bed feels comfortable and warm and I can smell something like food. I tried to raise myself up but my body wouldn't move. I barely managed to lift my hand and I heard someone speaking.

"Oh my god, he survived, he woke up."

A woman in her early thirties with brown hair and mature but beautiful face spoke. she was wearing a sweater and had a bowl of warm water in her hand. Hearing her speak a man came in.

"Oh Martha, this is a Miracle."

A man in his mid-thirties came in and looked at me. He caught my hand to check my temperature. He was wearing a sweater too and had short brown hair. He looked at my face and as if he knew the questions in my head he started answering them.

"I found you in the forest, you were gravely injured so I brought you here. You had an injury in your head so I think you may not remember much. For a kid like you to survive such an injury, god really must have wanted you to survive. This is my house, I run an orphanage nearby so you don't have to worry about anything. Just rest for now."

I learned the woman was Matha and the man was Andrew. He was the village chief of the small village where I was in. He also ran an orphanage near his house.

"Andrew, are you going to the farm now?"

"Yes, there is a lot of work to do today. I will be back in the evening. We have got a good harvest this year. I think we will be able to sell the crops in the nearby town and buy some clothes for the orphanage kids."

Andrew answered Martha. Since it was harvesting seasons things looked busy. Martha would have gone with him but since she had to look after me she couldn't.

"Okay, take care, and don't forget to take breaks between work. I have prepared some food for the afternoon, take it with you."

"Okay thank you, see you in the evening."

After a week, I finally became able to speak and stand properly. I am still unable to walk properly but I can eat by myself and move around with holding on to the wall. I remember everything from my past life and how I met God but I have no idea how I ended up in this 15-year-old body. We spoke the same language but I was not able to read and write since the letters were different. The couple thinks that I have amnesia. I haven't told them about my past life and all the memory of how I met god since that would make things odd.

"Wh-What's that?"

I was surprised since there was a red glow coming out of Martha's hand and the water that wasn't even in the stove was boiling.

"What? oh, this. I am boiling water using magic. Since boiling water with magic is faster and easier than using the stove, I use fire magic to do it sometimes."

Martha said that as if it's a completely natural thing while I am not sure how to respond.

"Can everyone here use magic? This is my first time seeing magic being used."

"That's odd, almost everyone can use magic here. Andrew used holy magic to heal you when you were unconscious."

I am still not sure how to react to all of this. It's like what I used to see in fantasy animes back in my world.

"Sorry, this is my first time seeing someone use magic."

"Oh don't worry about it too much. You are still recovering so focus on that for now."  Martha responded looking at my worried face.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After that conversation with Martha in the kitchen, I went to my room. I learned that this world has magic and it was used in day to day works. Andrew could use holy magic to heal wounds and cure disease, curse, and effect of poison. He was the one who treated my wounds. I recovered fast thanks to his magic. Martha could use fire magic which she uses in the kitchen. There are magic appliances that run on magic that make works easier. Like magic heater and magic stove, you need to supply magic once every few hours to make them work. I am not totally sure how they work but I think I will slowly figure them out.

After a month I was finally able to walk properly. This body of mine is a bit smaller and my face looks different. I have white hair and cyan colored eyes. I learned that I was wearing a locket with a strange pattern that had a name written in it "Nara yan". The couple assumed it was my name. This is the only clue to my past in this world. Since my current status is normal I will start living with other children at the orphanage soon. Andrew is going to take me to the orphanage where I will meet with other children. He thinks that it will help me in learning about society and making friends.

"So, how are you feeling today?"

"I am feeling fine. The headache is gone and I can walk and do almost everything normally. Thank you for all your help."

I just woke up and Martha came in with some tea. I thanked her for the tea and answered her.

"That's nice to hear. From today you will be staying at the orphanage so that you can study about society and make friends. There are 5 kids at our orphanage. All of them are of your age now but all of them grew up there since they were little. Since the last great war ended and Andrew became the chief we had no homeless children so they are the only ones left at the orphanage."

"Great war? I haven't heard anything about it, was it against the neighboring country?

I don't know anything about this world so I am not sure what happened. This sounds like an important part of history in this world so I asked her.

"It was a really horrifying time. After hero killed the demon lord 50 years ago some greater demons went into hiding and multiplied their number and attacked the kingdom from time to time. One of those greater demons attacked the towns 10 years ago and killed many knights and civilians. The royal magic knights came and finally defeated the greater demon. There haven't been any attacks since then and things have become peaceful again."

The history of this country sounds interesting. I know this country is called The Fiore Kindom and is ruled by the Royal family and their faithful nobles. I think I should talk more about this later. For now, since it looks like the orphanage is going to be my new home, I am excited to meet the children there.

"Thank you for all your help Martha. I will work hard." I said in an excited tone.

"I know you will. I and Andrew are like parents to all those kinds and since you will be joining them ask us for anything you need help with. "

Today I am going to go to the orphanage with Andrew. Since I hadn't gone outside the house before this is my first time visiting outside. The village is called Calm village. There are around 2500 people living in this village and most of the houses are simple single floored and tin-roofed houses made of bricks. The orphanage is near Andrew's house, just 10 minutes walk so Martha likes spending time there. Since this is my first time visiting there, Andrew took me there telling me various things about the village. There is a small market area nearby. Merchants and villagers buy and sell their products there so it is usually crowded. There is a knight station near the market area.

Both humans and demihumans live here. Half of the population is demi-human which includes cat people, dog people, lizardmen, and other species. There is no discrimination between demi-humans and humans here but in the areas that are ruled bu other nobles, there is huge discrimination against demihumans.

"Let's take some meat skewers for everyone."

"Yes, it looks yummy."

My sight fell on some meat skewers which was being sold in the nearby shop. I think Andrew noticed it and decided to buy it for everyone.

Finally, we arrived at the orphanage and I saw a few kids standing in front of the door from far away. It was a house made of bricks like every other house. There was a well in front of the house and farming land was behind the orphanage. There was a small beautiful flower garden in the front of the orphanage.

I had heard that there were 5 kids. The oldest of them is Ronald, who is a guy and there are 4 other girls, Arica, Marina, Nina, and Sistina. Ronald and Nina were human like me while Arica, Marina, and Sistina were demihuman. Arica was dog people and had dog ears and fluffy tail. Marina was cat people and had cat ears and tail. And Sistina was a fox people with fox ear and tail.

Next chapter: Orphanage