《3 Appraisal》
―― I regained consciousness in a daze, thinking that I heard the chirping of birds.
Suddenly, when I looked inside the room, I noticed the woman with silver hair from yesterday, sitting in a rocking chair while napping with a blanket over her.
When I looked away from the woman with silver hair and looked at myself, I’m still a baby after all ……
Yesterday I definitely heard a voice in my brain ―― at the same time, I lost my consciousness.
What should I do now?
Although I’m not sure of my current situation, I finally conclude that it is impossible to do anything about this situation no matter how I think about it.
As I was still drowsy, I felt that something was going on. I moved my line of sight towards the source of the sound. The woman with silver hair spoke while approaching me.
「 Louis woke up, good morning – 」
Eeehhh?! — I understood what she said?! ……
Aaaa, is it the 【All Language Comprehension】 skill the mechanical voice bestowed upon me yesterday?
The silver-haired woman’s hand reached forward and caressed me.
And, as it is, the silver-haired woman smiled as she cuddled me.
Perhaps, I am now able to speak? However, if I was to speak all of a sudden it would be, to say the least, troublesome…
After a little deliberation, I opened my mouth and uttered 「Ahhhh, Uuuuu」1. as I try to open my mouth.
「Ahhhh, Uuuuuuu, Ahhhhhhhhh」
Huh? My mouth or rather my tongue does not move as I’d like it to.
What’s this? — I don’t understand why I can’t speak as of yet, I guess it is necessary for me to practice.
Apart from that, I noticed that I was very hungry.
Though it is embarrassing ….. can I do anything but cry?
I made my mind up and cried「ogya, ogya」2.
Then the silver-haired woman opened her mouth to speak.
「 Are you hungry?」
―― As she said that she exposed her breasts.
Th.. this is embarrassing, really embarrassing! However, I put up with it and drank her milk.
I wasn’t able to drink properly at first, but I think I gradually got to the point of drinking effortlessly.
When I started feeling full, I ceased drinking and the silver-haired lady put her clothes back on.
The silver-haired woman rapped my back with a ton, ton 3 and I let out a burp, I attempted to express my thanks to the silver-haired woman with a smile.
The silver-haired woman returned my smile and moved back to the rocking chair while cuddling me.
The woman spoke to me quite a bit until I drifted off to sleep. As the silver-haired woman talked a fair bit to me yesterday, I can now understand what is being said, more words for information gathering! With conscious determination, I will never miss a single word from the silver-haired woman.
「Louis, will you grow up healthy drinking your mother’s breast milk? What kind of skills and what status will Louis acquire? I would like to appraise Louis as soon as possible, but I can only get you appraised after you become a 1-year-old.」
Will you know your skills after appraisal?
Why do I have to wait till I’m 1? I’d like to know why.
「Ahhhh, Uuuuu」
「Hmm? What’s wrong Louis?」
「Ahhh, Ahhh, Uuuu」
I attempt to speak out because I want to know the reason somehow but it seems that my intention doesn’t seem to be transmitted at all.
「Fu Fu, you are full of energy aren’t you?」
I gave up trying to communicate my intention and stopped talking.
「I wish I had the 〈Apprasial〉skill. Then I’d be able to see Louis’ status and skills.」
She looked away from me and started to murmur aloud.
Though the woman with silver hair was talking to herself, there was a wealth of information to be gleaned from it.
In this world, it is said that God gives everyone a skill from the moment of birth to the age of one, at latest.
In other words, to prevent the hassle of being constantly appraised, the appraisal is done at the church after the age of 1.
Other than that, she was talking to herself and to me and just constantly moving her mouth.
So as we spend time together, the two of us, the sound 『Kon Kon』4 was heard as someone knocked on the door.
A 10 year old girl quietly opens the door.
I can see that child is wearing the uniform of a house maid. I wasn’t quite aware of this before, was the wearing the same clothes the last time? Nnn, I can’t quite remember.
「Sarah-sama, good morning, your meal is almost ready.」
「Thank you, Airi. All right, I’ll be there soon.」
「I will watch Louis-sama, so please take your time and enjoy your meal.」
As I was laid down in the cot, the woman with the silver hair named Sarah left the room.
As for the 10-year-old girl named Airi, while looking at me with a friendly grin, she spoke to me with baby talk.
The child named Airi has blue hair and a well-balanced face that would indicate that she would be beautiful in future.
While I was listening to Airi, I remembered the important points the woman Sarah was talking about.
Though the skill of 【All Language Comprehension】 was acquired yesterday, to begin with, the skill acquisition made it very evident that this was not Earth.
You have to accept the reality that this is a different world, I had to force myself to accept it.
However, a parallel world, huh. Well, I died on Earth, I think I managed to protect Ayaka ……
So I will start here again from the beginning with my consciousness intact? Is it OK for me to start over?
For the moment, let me leave Earth in the back of my mind ……
Yesterday I got the skill 【All Language Comprehension】, it was said that I will gain an understanding of skills and statuses after 【Appraisal】, I need to figure out the thing called status.
First of all,unlike yesterday’s acquired skill, somehow or another I doubt I can get 【Appraisal】,
【Do you wish to acquire 〈Apprasial〉?】
――And the same voice from yesterday resonated in my brain, I was inwardly very pleased and excited.
【Skill 〈Apprasial〉 has been acquired 】
【Appraisal】
Gives the power to obtain detailed information about people and objects.
YES!5【Appraisal】 get6!
And my consciousness went dark, again. ――
TN Notes :
- Ahh, Uuuu – [あー、うー] – an onomatopoeic word for the sound Baby babbling.↩
- Ogya, Ogya – [おぎゃー, おぎゃー] – an onomatopoeic word for the sound Baby crying.↩
- Ton, Ton – [トントン] – usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for the sound that a Japanese drum makes or tapping on a hollow surface.↩
- Kon, Kon – [コンコン] – usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for knocking.↩
- Yoshi – [よし] – an expression of positive excitement, this was the closest word I could think of.↩
- Getto – [ゲット] – Japanese Gairaigo (外来語) (foreign loan word) for get, commonly used with Japanese grammar.↩