XXV SI

Where am I? This looks like I got reincarnated. That proves my point of the soul being a real thing! You lose, Christy. Wait, I can't meet Christy with this body. How far is this new planet from Earth? First, I need to learn this place's language. Why does this language seem similar? It sounds like Sanskrit and Japanese mixed. So these young lads are my parents. They are much younger than me. And the concept of clothes is also present here. SOOO FASCINATING.

These people are writing something on that wooden wall. What's XXV something? Shit, they have numbers here. Same numbers like us. I know Roman numerals. If they are Roman numerals, then it's 25. So fascinating...

Three weeks later...

So it took me 3 weeks to learn their language, and it's practically impossible for a baby to learn that quickly. So I will pretend to act dumb. I can understand what they are saying. First, the day is 25 hours long. Their calendar only has 10 months, which are named:

Si,Di, Fi, Gi ,Hi,Ji ,Ki ,Li ,Zi ,Chi.

Each month has 25 days. Each week has only 5 days, but each day has 25 hours. Surprisingly, they have the same 60 minutes and 60 seconds stuff. That may be a coincidence, I guess. I have noticed these people have a small tail behind them. Every part of them seems human, but it's just one tail which they have, which makes the difference, I guess. My mom and dad have blue tails. It looks pretty small, and I have seen it while bathing. They are hiding their tails under their dresses.

Later, after a week, I got to know about the weekdays' names also:

Moko Toko Wako Foko Sako

In the next week, I realized they are living in very poor conditions, and they are borrowing fire from the army. Why not just light some matchsticks? That's not the weird part. My mom and dad can release water from their hands and mouth. Is this magic?

There might be some scientific explanation for this. This can't be real! Am I in a world where magic is a common trait?

Three months have passed, and I got the reason they wanted me after having me. This cracks me a lot. They had intercourse and didn't know if my mom was pregnant or not, but after 7 months, they found out about me. They were really happy and all, but apparently, my dad works for this place's king. This king also had a son, and that was born on the night of the 24th si, and I was born on the 25th si morning.

But then that little boy went missing. Only very few people know about it, and one of them is my dad. It was partially his fault, so he thought of secretly changing me with the king's son. He talked with my mom. At the beginning, she insisted. She cried, but then she realized my dad could get killed for such a thing. I heard from my mom, they were praying for a boy, instead of a girl. Hahaha, aren't they Chinese? Just kidding.

Then when I was born, my mom was unconscious, and my dad took me to the palace. Luckily, they found that king's baby, and I didn't have to go there. If I was replaced then, I might have been living a great life, but I don't want them to be hurt. So it's how it is, I guess.

Once I grow up, I just want to see Earth and see how Christy... I died on such a bad note. I don't know why I had to do stuff like that. I don't know which time I am in, where Earth is. Am I born 100 years too late or 100 years too early? I don't think I could ever see her. The last proper conversation I had with her was about some stranger with red eyes.

I still remember it, word by word. It was not even a good conversation to end on. The stupidest conversation. It was not about me, not about Tesla nor Einstein, but some guy on the street. But thinking about the lines makes the image in my mind more clear.

The conversation happened just a day before Otho's death.

Otho was sitting in the lab with a few chemicals in his hand, one of which was blue in color, and the other was red. Christy came running towards Otho.

She was the happiest that day. She was a happy person, but usually, she would smile very gently. She came into the lab and said, "I couldn't believe it! I saw a person with red eyes."

I asked her, "What was weird about this guy?"

She replied to me, saying, "This guy... was almost 6 feet 2 inches. And this guy had such a familiar aura, yet a very different aura."

I was like, "Did you meet him before? I mean, why are you this happy?"

She replied with a smile on her face, "He guessed that I am... he guessed it so well... I don't know how he knew it!"

I asked her, "What did he guess!?"

I remember she changed the topic and said, "So do I look fat!?"

I was like, "Yes!" and we both laughed. That was the last proper conversation we had in person. I will try to get back to Earth and meet her again. But before that, I need to figure out stuff here.

I think this is a magical world, so if there would be any magic by which I could go to Earth.

He picks up a map and checks it.

Shit! I can't read what's written over here, but I can see there are 5 countries or maybe continents. These five have different colors. One is blue, the other one is red, green, white, and brown. Maybe we are in one of these countries.

I observed something weird. Cooking is done by magic, but some stranger is cooking and giving them food while they are paying him money, I suppose. Now, they are leaving the house, I guess, going to work maybe. Like usual, and I would sleep. No one's at home, so I can research this place more.

Knock... Knock. The sound of knocking on the door. Someone was knocking on the door with a lot of force while this baby was alone at home.

To be continued...