Darkness... nah, not really. More like this weird, fuzzy nothingness. Then, pressure—uncomfortable, suffocating—and suddenly... LIGHT!And cold. And noise. So much noise. My brand-new ears were buzzing like crazy. I tried to scream and—surprise, surprise—what came out was a high-pitched baby wail. What the hell...? Oh, this is bad.

  I opened my eyes—or tried to. Everything was blurry, just giant shapes moving around me. I could hear voices: one deep and male, sounding relieved; the other, soft and female, tired but overflowing with joy. Then, big but surprisingly gentle hands wrapped me in something warm and soft.

  "He's a healthy boy, honey. A strong one," the man said. Through my crappy vision, I made out a massive figure—muscur, dark-haired, sharp features. Even in my dazed state, he radiated power."Oh, look at him... He's beautiful, Garen," the woman whispered. She leaned in, her light hair and kind, sky-colored eyes coming into view. Just looking at her was soothing. "What should we name him?""Lexo," Garen said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "His name is Lexo, love."

  Lexo. That's me. Or... was me? My mind was a whirlwind. I remembered something else—another world. Books, screens, tech... a pretty anticlimactic death (truck-kun? A dumb slip-and-fall? The details were conveniently fuzzy). And now... this. A baby. Whimpering, helpless, and completely unable to control my own bowels. Yep, definitely reborn. What kind of light novel cliché is this?!

  Right as that cynical thought crossed my mind, something flickered. Like a hallucination—except way too sharp. A translucent blue screen popped up in front of my eyes, visible only to me.--------------[Lexo]Level: 0HP: 10/10MP: 5/5STR: 1VIT: 1INT: ?? (Locked)WIS: ?? (Locked)DEX: 1MAG: 1Status: Newborn, Conscious Mind.--------------Aha! Stats! Knew it! INT and WIS locked, huh? Makes sense—my baby brain probably isn't fully wired up to my adult consciousness yet. And that status... Conscious Mind. The system knows I'm aware. Interesting. And kinda creepy.

  They pced me in the woman's arms—my mom, I guess. She smiled down at me, and I swear I felt a faint, comforting energy flow from her when she touched my forehead. Definitely a healer mom type.

  Garen—my dad—stayed close. His hand, huge and rough, scarred even to my blurry vision, patted my head with a kind of clumsy tenderness. Ex-hero or soldier type, I thought. He looked the part. Strong. Protective.

  Man, what a set of parents I lucked into.

  The room around me was simple but clean. Smelled like wood, dried herbs... most likely a vilge. Firstborn son, possibly OP parents... the setup was solid. Now came the hard part: surviving infancy as a mental adult stuck in a useless baby body.

  The cycle of eating, sleeping, and... well, pooping was painfully slow but necessary. I watched everything I could, absorbing every little detail.Weeks turned into months. My vision sharpened, and my muscle control got slightly less pathetic. I could turn my head, babble in ways my parents thought were cute (if only they knew...). I started noticing patterns: Dad left often, sometimes coming back smelling like the woods and sweat. Other times, he trained in the backyard with a wooden sword (a sword!), moving with the kind of power and precision that confirmed my suspicions.Mom took care of me but also treated other vilgers who came by with injuries or sickness, using a mix of herbs and that gentle, healing light I sometimes felt from her.

  My status screen hadn't changed much—maybe a point or two in HP and MP from natural growth.The question is... what now?

  I'm a baby with an adult mind in a fantasy world, probably rocking some broken skills eventually. The possibilities are limited right now, but they're there.

  ------------------------------------------------Alright everyone, buckle up! We're kicking off a pretty epic journey here. We'll get to watch our main character grow and mature as the story goes on. We'll be there for every small win, every step he takes, and yeah, basically become part of his legend as it unfolds.**********Just wanted to give you a heads-up on where things stand: I've actually got 34 chapters written out of the pnned 40 for this first volume/arc.I'm writing the original story in Spanish (which is naturally a bit further ahead, for obvious reasons), then I transte it into English myself. I'll do my best to keep both versions updated around the same time / more or less in sync.Now, I know, it might feel a little slow at the beginning (and hey, you're probably right!). The first real mini-climax, where Lexo's signature ability gets revealed, hits around Chapter 18.NGL, I did toy with the idea of starting somewhere deeper in the story and then fshing back to his birth, but I decided against it, at least for now.Also, there's a ton of extra stuff that's kinda just sitting on my hard drive right now – things like storyboards, the fully drawn map of Ummo, character sheets, all that good stuff.I'm being a bit slow uploading everything because I decided to go back and revise/edit (8/18) it all (though I'm sure some mistakes might still slip through!). That's probably why you'll notice the story description and the cover art are kinda spoilery (and honestly, maybe me telling you they're spoilery is the biggest spoiler of all, whoops).The game pn is to first get caught up posting everything I already have written, and then keep the story rolling from there.Thanks so much for your patience, and sorry for any awkwardness or deys!Any suggestions or comments are always welcome – seriously, y 'em on me!