episode_0002

I couldn’t open my eyes because of the dull feeling that my body wasn’t my own, and I could only hear the sounds around me.

As I was listening in the dark, relying only on my hearing, the surroundings suddenly started to get noisy.

“Soyoung! How are you? Are you okay? Are you tired?”

“It was hard giving birth. But it got better when I saw Jaehoon.”

“What about Jaehoon? Wow, he’s pretty. He looks like you.”

hmm…

I had my doubts, but the more I listened, the more I realized that I had died in an accident and was reborn.

The baby killed me.

This time, I really was planning to quit my job tomorrow, but I guess I ended up just studying and working my whole life and then dying.

I will die because of the baby.

No, you can’t die again right after being reborn.

I feel like I’m experiencing a situation I’ve only seen in novels.

First of all, I definitely don’t think it’s a regression.

There’s no way my parents, who were grateful for being born healthy, would abandon me right after I was born. I guess this is reincarnation like you see in novels.

It can’t be a fantasy world, right?

I hope this isn’t just a weird world.

It’s been so long since I was born that I’m already feeling sleepy. I guess I must have really become a baby.

***

The baby’s body is uncomfortable.

No, it’s not that uncomfortable.

Nothing just went as planned.

When something is put in the mouth, the taste is secondary, and the baby sucks the breast milk diligently to survive the hunger, and after eating, the baby pats the back and burps.

And then the drowsiness creeps in again.

I don’t know how many times a day I sleep and wake up.

One time, I tried to hold back sleep because I didn’t like this weak body.

The result was that I slept so well that I didn’t even know when I fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was still in my mouth.

I don’t even know how many days have passed since I was born.

It feels like a few days have passed.

‘huh?’

“Huh?”

My eyes opened as I gave strength to my stuffiness.

But I can’t see ahead very well.

In a black and white world, there is only white.

‘Am I disabled?’

‘Is it possible that I can open my eyes by applying force?’

‘If I’m reborn, I’m disabled?’

“Oh my, did our son open his eyes?”

It’s my mother’s kind voice that I hear again and again today.

Since I was an orphan in my past life, I don’t really know what family is, but now that I have a mother, being a son doesn’t seem like such a bad thing.

Again. I’m feeling sleepy again. Ugh…

***

I woke up to the sound of whispering voices.

If I were a normal baby, I would have cried as soon as I woke up, but I am not a normal baby.

I pretend to sleep and continue to work hard to collect information today.

“You should have seen Jaehoon open his eyes.”

“Huh?! Are you awake?”

“How pretty is it? When Jaehoon wakes up, take a look.”

“Oh. So we can see it?”

“He said he opened his eyes but couldn’t see much because his eyesight was so bad.”

Oh, I see. That’s really fortunate.

I thought I was born with a disability, but I guess this is how it is.

“Ugh!”

I let out a cry of joy.

“Huh? Jaehoon woke up. How is he? Isn’t he pretty?”

“That’s right. Our son is pretty.”

“You said you wanted a daughter, but you’re upset. What should I do?”

“If only he had been born healthy. My father was so happy that he was born as the eldest grandson.”

“Father really isn’t coming?”

“Yeah. Hahaha. He said what would happen if I didn’t keep my word haha. ”

This body must have a grandfather too. A blessed child.

I guess I should be a little more filial to my mother in this life who gave birth to me in good health.

Is filial piety something special?

If you don’t cry unnecessarily, that’s filial piety.

The name filial piety means not to cry in vain.

That’s how I practiced filial piety.

***

It’s been about a day since I started practicing filial piety.

“Our Jaehoon doesn’t cry. Is that okay? I heard that babies get vocal nodules from crying, but that can’t be the case, right?”

“Well, you look healthy, but just in case, why don’t you get tested?”

I heard that the other person is a doctor, but he is a quack.

I’ve had all kinds of tests done.

I tried to call it filial piety, but my mother didn’t even recognize it and my affection for her decreased slightly.

“If you look at this, your son is healthy with no vocal cords or physical problems, so I don’t think you have to worry.”

“Oh my, thank you. I was so worried because the baby was so quiet and didn’t cry, so I knew what was wrong.”

Hmm… I guess what I called filial piety was actually unfilial.

My favorability toward my mother increased significantly when I saw her worrying and reassuring me.

I felt a little sorry for my mother because I wasn’t acting like a normal newborn.

***

The life of a baby.

Eat, shit, sleep, shit, eat, sleep, sleep, eat, shit.

In my past life, I was surfing the web and happened to see that we should have a campaign to reduce diapers on Environment Day. I laughed it off thinking that babies should poop so much.

I’m saying this out loud, but I fight like crazy without even trying.

The quantity is not large, but the frequency is high.

I feel like I poop ten times a day.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing, and after seeing it for myself, I realized that there must have been a reason for doing the campaign.

Have you changed more than a hundred diapers?

My mother dressed me in new clothes and wrapped me in a blanket before leaving the hospital.

“Jaehoon, shall we go home now?”

“Ugh.”

I guess I’m finally leaving the hospital and going home.

I want to see what my surroundings are like, but my eyes are still in a black and white world, and my damn body is becoming sleepy again.

The surroundings are quiet.

When I opened my eyes, I realized I was already home.

It’s an inefficient body that can’t stay awake for even an hour once it wakes up.

Does it make sense that you only have 5 to 6 hours of activity per day?

“Oh my. Jaehoon is awake?”

“Ugh.”

I have been practicing the principle of not crying unnecessarily and have been answering questions honestly since I took various tests.

Did your conscience prick a little because your filial piety ended up being unfilial?

That’s why my mom talks more and more.

Even though I don’t do much, my body is tired so it’s hard for me to answer every time, but I’m trying my best.

“Does Jaehoon understand what you say?”

“Ugh.”

“Hey, really… Really?”

“Ugh.”

“Jaehoon, do you want to try not answering?”

“Ugh.”

As I was answering, I found myself answering without even realizing it.

Well, I guess it doesn’t really matter.

“Right? You’re just saying that?”

“Ugh.”

“Oh my, me too…”

The life of a newborn is difficult to answer.

***

How many months have passed?

I can feel my eyesight slowly improving.

In a world that used to be filled with only black and white, I feel like things are becoming more and more colorful every day.

When I woke up and opened my eyes, what was the world like today?

The once white world is now bright.

The blinds are gone.

The time has finally come.

“Oh my.”

My shout for joy and calling out to my mother.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, my mother appeared and hugged me.

“Jaehoon woke up?”

As the hazy curtain disappeared from my vision, I saw my mother’s face holding me.

“Gyaaah gyaaah.”

I was born with this body and for the first time I even clapped.

A face that looks like it’s in its mid-20s, younger than my previous life.

Even at first glance, you can feel the elegance of her face even though she is not made up.

My mother’s face, which I had only seen through a blur and could not see properly, was much prettier than I had thought.

I knew that my face wasn’t that ugly in my past life, but I wasn’t a good-looking person either, so I hoped that in this life, I would have a good-looking face.

When I see my mother’s face, I feel like my wish has come true.

If only my dad had above-average looks, wouldn’t I be able to be a handsome man in the future too?

“Jaehoon looks like he’s in a good mood today?”

“Gyaaaah.”

“Then shall we play flipping today too?“

“….”

Flip-over game. It’s a game where you literally lie down and then flip over so that you can lie down. It might be fun for a normal child.

But when I do it, it’s just labor.

I don’t know if it’s because my head is too big for my body or because my neck muscles aren’t developed enough, but it’s so hard to even lift my head that I’m dying, and now they want me to turn my body over. That’s not right.

My mother put me down on the bed.

“Jaehoon, look here.”

My mom shakes her rattle diligently within my reach.

A normal baby would try to roll over to grab the rattle.

Of course, I rolled over yesterday while playing with my mom, but even so, it’s not like it happened two days in a row.

Today I didn’t even pay attention.

“Tinkle tinkle. Son~ Look here~”

“…..”

Haa… Mom’s expression filled with anticipation.

While I was wondering whether I should do it, my dad came home.

“Honey~ I’m home.”

“Are you here? Have you eaten?”

“I have to eat with you~ What about Jaehoon?”

“I’m on the bed. First, wash your hands and change your clothes.”

I can see my father’s silhouette in the distance, but I can’t see his face clearly because my eyesight is still poor.

First of all, the silhouette is acceptable.

He looks quite tall and his proportions are not bad, but if only he had a handsome face, he would be perfect.

I can be a handsome guy in the future too.

“Jaehoon. Let’s go say hello to dad?”

I got closer to my dad and saw his face.

What is this? Where have I seen this face before?

Huh? Huh??

Why is the chairman here?

The young chairman was looking at me with a bright smile.