Fate: “...guuuuuu…*inhales*..guu…*exhales*

-Looks like I slept well.

Looking around the room, it doesn’t look like Jacob’s come back yet. The sun is dimming slightly, behind the clouds, so it’s at least early evening.

-Might as well train again if my legs aren’t too sore…

I check my legs, but sadly they’re still sore from forcing myself to practice standing. So, I don’t want to get up and there’s nothing else to do. This suddenly feels a lot more like home.

*growl...*

-Looks like I burned all the energy from the “food” earlier. I guess I’ll wait for Jacob or someone else to come with my next meal.

I take another look around the room. It’s decently large, but I don’t have measurement tools so I can’t tell exactly. It will be a decent while of training stamina or agility before I am able to get to most places in this room or otherwise. But come to think of it…

-Maybe if I develop my magic, then I can develop some sort of spell that will take me across the room like 【Teleport】or 【Magical Platform】!

I don’t have spell knowledge or an idea of the spell structure in this world, but I should be able to make something like a light-ball right? If I at least had that, then I could navigate in the dark. Then again, if it was just for navigating dark spaces, something like night vision would be more discreet.

-Let’s try meditating. It works in martial arts novels.

Although that’s usually gathering aura from within oneself, this still requires focus. But I’d better lie down instead of sitting crossed legged, just in case someone comes to check on me.

-Well, it’s just focusing on one thing or nothing so this will either help me train or put me to sleep until dinner, so it’s a win either way.

I lie down and close my eyes, trying to block out any sensations that might disturb my focus…….

I see nothing...it’s dark... and cold……

-It’s like how every atheist describes death and how so many fearful humans picture it to be………except…

She’s not here……..When I died, I got to witness a sea of stars and an island of the sand of hourglasses. I got to see someone more beautiful than anyone I had ever known. I got a second chance at life...and at revenge.

-So why did I question it back then? Was I still held back by morality or the laws of society, even though those don’t matter here? Am I still now?

-But she told me that I could get revenge... she didn’t tell me I had to or that she could make me...She’s just assuming I will…..Ugh, whatever! I don’t need to think about this right now!

Fate: “!”

I feel something, a slight shift in temperature...I wander towards it….

*bonk!*

-OW

It appears that the sound I heard and the pain I felt, was from hitting my head on the bars. Jacob is standing in front of my crib with a face that shows he’s stifling a laugh and a bowl of something piping hot...

-I guess it must be dinner time. It sucks that I wasn’t able to discover magic, but once gain food has pulled me away from dark thoughts! But I guess I fell asleep, which is understandable given my subpar stamina...and that I’m a baby.

Jacob blows on a spoonful of something a couple of times and brings it towards my mouth. I try to see what it is, but he shoved it in my mouth too fast for me to look! It tastes...a bit like chicken, but only a bit…

-But even if it is just a bit...It’s the first meal I’ve had in this world that had any flavor...But …...it's hot!!!

*cough!* *cough!* *cough!*

Jacob looks at me with a dead-eyed expression, like he was a cameraman who couldn’t stop recording a scene until it was over.

*gasp!* *wheeze!*

-What the f*ck, you elderly sadist?!

Fate: “Uahhhh!!!! Uahhhhh!!!”

Jacob grabbed my head and forcefully turned it towards the plate, which he was purposely lowering so that we could see it. He then points to a jar that seems to contain the same kind of ‘jelly’ that I ate earlier.

-Is this supposed to be some sort of ultimatum?! Tasteless ‘jelly’ or extremely hot and spicy, slightly flavoured chicken soup? Is he trying to gauge my tolerance or…

I try forcibly restrain myself to stop crying and Jacob points to the bowl.

-...He’s actually to train a baby like a dog. What the f*ck?

So he’s using a reward and punish system on a child who isn’t even a day old yet? It looks like he may be a genuine sadist or…

-It might be my mother’s orders. Nobody says she has to love her child to raise it, but I guess I was expecting some form of affection.

Jacob gets a spoonful of soup and blows it one less time than the last one. He then holds it in front of my face and gives me another blank look before blowing on it again and holding it close to my face.

-If I try blowing on it, it’ll just spill on my hands or in the crib! So he’s just trying to get me to swallow the soup, hot!

I really don’t want to do this, but if it means that I gain some favor from ‘my family’ then I’ll just have to bear with the pain! I bite down on the spoon…

*clack*

-It burns!

Fate: *umphh!*

『【Endurance】has increased by 0.2!』

Jacob gives me a cold look. It feels like he’s trying to peer into my soul! Fear overwhelms my senses, so the one thing I feel the instinct to do is…

*gulp!*

『【Wisdom】has increased by 0.1!』

I quickly suck the hot soup down my throat in a large gulp! But I can still feel his gaze trying to pierce through me. He must still be gauging my behavior…

*exhales...* *inhales...* *exhales...*

I control my breathing in rhythm, despite the burning pain I feel from my throat…

-Is this good enough, you f*cking sadist?!

Jacob promptly moves the soup bowl to the back of the tray and begins feeding me the ‘jelly.’ It’s tasteless, but I don’t hesitate in eating it.

-This is a lot better than extremely hot soup, but it sucks that it’s flavorless. Besides...I’m just not sure what I did wrong!

After I’ve finished the ‘jelly,’ Jacob grabs the jar and begins to leave with it and the tray.

*creak*

The door creaks closed, leaving me alone in the room.

*cough!* *cough!* *cough!*

I begin to cough violently from how scratchy my burnt throat is.

-Seriously though, what the hell was that bastard trying to accomplish other than training me like one would an unruly puppy?! Total bullsh*t…Not to mention that if the burning from that soup raised my endurance by 0.2, then either my body is even weaker than I imagined or there was something in that soup specifically made to hurt me!

Though the pain has helped eliminate the fatigue I had remaining from my nap, but it hurts my pride and I feel extremely bitter.

-My first taste of food with flavor in this world and it just had to be scalding, slightly-flavored chicken soup and it was served by a damn sadist!

It might have just been sadism, but I wonder if my mother might have also played a role in this event.

-Then again, I don’t know a thing about her personality so I guess that remains to be seen. With that said, or rather thought, let’s get back to training!

I got up, pushed the plank away, and began my standing exercises once more. Yet, there was still one question at the forefront of my thoughts…

-Why did my wisdom increase at that moment?

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Jacob walked out of its room.

Jacob: “My lady, did you see everything through your【Share Senses】skill?”

I walked out of the shadows, gracefully as one of my status demands, even in the company of those I trust.

Agatha: “Indeed, it seems to have understood who’s dominant in this house. Though it still has a hateful gaze, which you did well to push punishment for…”

Jacob: “I am honored to do your bidding my lady. If I may be so bold, why have you not attempted to show it more forceful methods in person?”

My servant is capable and trustworthy, yet still manages to disappoint in situations such as this.

Agatha: *Sigh* “If we punish it too severely, then it will fail as a tool and disobey orders more frequently. It is important to make it feel that he can belong in this house by obeying and performing well, thus we only need to make him feel disparity and obedience…”

Besides, if its father favors it instead of any future children, then I may lose my place in this house instead of it.

Jacob: “Your foresight and intelligence are brilliant as always, my lady!”

I have to restrain the corners of my lips from rising. But he is right, as I am a brilliant and beautiful servant of our goddess Luna!

Agatha: “...That is as obvious as it is eternal, but make sure you continue attending to it with my instructions.”

Jacob: *smirk* “Yes, my lady Agatha.”