Eiyuu no Musume Chapter 1 Part 2

• Note: this part is equal to the chapter 5 of the WN ver.
• Thanks Send in the Killer Clowns for editing this part.

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Chapter 1: The Reincarnation of the Hero

Part 2

After my belly was filled with milk, I trained my muscles while lying down; I want to stand up with my own feet as soon as possible. I moved my short legs up and down, and swung my arms left, right, up and down. These were the only physical exercises I, who can’t roll over, can do.

“Nicole, you’re really energetic, aren’t you? If you just fed more, I’d have peace of mind, but…”

Maria disciplines me… Actually, she’s just on a rampage, poking my cheek while smiling. From her perspective, I guess I do look like an active baby.

Although, I’m different from ordinary babies; I receive nutrition from cow’s milk. In other words, my diet is in a very unbalanced state. It also leads to lethargy. I succumb to overwork easily and eventually fall asleep as if I’d fainted.

Continuing to lead days everyday by training my muscles, finally, I became able to roll over and stir. Little by little I could creep with my hands and legs to my satisfaction. Then, in order to make my other dream reality, I’d decided it was time to take action.

My other dream: Magic.

Unfortunately, I had no magical talent at all in my previous life. I had studied under Maxwell who was an expert in magical arts, but he briefly drew the conclusion that I did not have the aptitude for magic—so I have experience in giving up learning magic.

However, I’m Maria’s child now. Thus, there is a high possibility that I have magical talent. Maria has a good command over sacred techniques based on religious faith, but sacred techniques are still categorised as a form of magic.

I have never studied under Maria, but the knowledge which I learned from Maxwell still remains within my mind. If I closed my eyes and entered a meditative state, I could then explore the existence of the magical powers dwelling within myself. I could sense something like hot energy emanating from somewhere inside of my body; the area below my navel.

—Ooo, is this magical power?

Feeling this unknown sensation that I had once been unable to no matter how hard I tried, my tension rose on its own. To manifest magic, I have to release the magical power from my body, transform it into the shape of magic circle drawn in my mind, and then input a magic spell into the magic circle which should specify its power, range and anything else, but……I had a hard time manipulating the magical power.

I reached for the magical power in my abdomen and tried to shape it, but the magical power slipped from my grasp and vanished. However, I’m not about to give up just from this. To begin with, my tenacity to persevere was stronger than others. Since I am unable to move my body well, the only thing I could do was magic practice.

Unlike former times, now I can feel my magical power. At the very least, I should be able to manifest magic. And I’m living in a body which has the makings for wielding swords that should be handed down from Lyell in addition to the combat experience from my past life. After thinking about it, I have the qualities to become stronger than anyone so I could not simply stop my training here.

I received warmed milk from Maria. There was a very humiliating time when she replaced my diaper, and for around half a year, I held a grudge against that god again. On that day, I was able to hold my head steady and erect and began to look around at my surroundings. Putting my strength into my body, I was able elevate my torso and saw the lower half of my body for the first time. The thing that appeared from under the diaper which was cleaned by Maria’s hands was—no, it was not lovely male genital organs at my age—it was like a plain; there was nothing there. No, there was a valley there.

In short, I am a girl now.

“Auuuuuuuuu!?”

“Kya! Nicole, what happened to you? Suddenly crying out.”

Maria gazed at me, who had suddenly fallen into a state of panic, wearing a concerned expression. Although, there were no abnormalities with my body itself—no, for me, everything that had happened to me was full of abnormality, but to her it was nothing more than an ordinary sight.

Maria quickly changed my diaper, and I lay my face down, sobbing. The assassin who was once feared and was even called “Shadow Feather, the Disaster”, “Spider That Lurks in Darkness”, and others……has become a girl? What kind of joke was this!?

I, who was proficient in handling wire made of Mithril¹ which was said to be sharper than sacred swords, and even killed the evil dragon, Colchis, was reborn a girl…

“Daauuuuuuuu.”

“For some reason, I really don't understand, but…are you crying? I wonder…”

Maria comforted me by patting my back. It was the same as in my previous life, but now, her kindness makes me sad. Come to think of it, Nicole was a unisex name but this name was a common name for women. Am I so stupid for not noticing it until now? …No, also, there’s no way I could’ve confirmed my own gender by myself under my present circumstances as a baby.

In other words, it was inevitable. For half a year, I was unaware of the fact that I was born a girl.

In my previous life I, born a man, was frustrated due to my inability to wield swords, and reached the pinnacle with a means of combat called Steel String Technique.

In my current life I, born a girl, have inherited blood from parents who are brimful of talents, and will probably receive special education from The Heroes.

It can be said that my completely reversed life began from this point.

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• ¹Mithril was a precious silvery metal, very lightweight but capable of providing extreme strength in alloys, which was mined by the Dwarves in the deep mines of Khazad-dûm in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.^↩