I'm bored…. I thought while alone in my room. I can't believe no one's here to look after me!! I complained, a bit annoyed.

Three years had passed since I'd been reborn, and for some strange reason I still couldn't walk or talk very well.

I wonder if Zoe's home…. I thought curiously.

After slowly getting down from my bed, I headed to my sister's room, which luckily was next to mine, thanks to that it wasn't a problem to walk while leaning on the walls.

I have very careless parents. I thought upon not hearing any noise throughout the house. But being alone doesn't completely bother me either.

After several months of arriving in Birton, my parents started looking for work, because apparently a large part of the money we had was spent on buying this house, and what little was left gradually ran out over time.

Kadian became a great adventurer, although for some reason he only uses a nickname instead of his name. On the other hand, Irisha is a renowned teacher at the magic university here in Birton.

Yes! Here they are! I thought excitedly upon finding some books among my sister's things.

Since both worked, they didn't stay home much, so they entrusted my care to Zoe, who more than taking care of me spends her time training until our parents return.

No! All the books are about magic! I complained when I couldn't find the book I wanted, after searching for a few minutes.

With my parents out of the house and my sister busy, the days turned into a routine, making them pass faster.

The great diversity of the world...? Yes!! I found it! I thought happily. Yesterday I barely got to see you a bit before Zoe caught me snooping through her things. But now you won't escape!

Carefully I took the book from one of the shelves, then, being very careful not to drop it, I put it on my sister's bed.

Now yes, time to read! I thought excitedly as I jumped onto Zoe's bed. After getting comfortable, I started reading it.

The truth was that for days I had been looking for some book that would help me learn more about this world, at first, I thought there would be some in my parents' room, but I was wrong. For some reason the only books in the house were in Zoe's room.

So.... I thought as I slowly looked through the book. This book talks about the world's geography, its animals, its plants, the different races, the many languages, the traditions and religions that exist? Wow, it has a bit of everything. I thought after reading something similar to the index.

Being curious to know more about my parents' race, I started reading from that part.

Amazing! There are so many races. I thought upon seeing the variety of races the book described. This book is awesome! Besides talking about the races, it talks about the different sub-races within each race.

After reading for a while I saw something that caught my attention.

"Hum-humans!" I said stuttering. Damn, it stresses me out that I still can't speak well. I thought a bit annoyed.

But, it's just as I had imagined, there are humans in this world too!

I kept searching until there were two races that fit the description of my parents. As I suspected, Kadian is a Dragonborn and Irisha a demon.

Right, now that I think about it, I think it's weird to have parents of different races, but I guess it's not impossible.

"A-amazing" I said astonished while reading the description of my father's race. According to this, it says it's almost extinct.

With doubts about the book's veracity, I continued reading it until I found something that shocked and confused me at the same time.

Wait wait, I don't understand, according to this book it's almost impossible for two people of different races to have offspring, and that it's also very unlikely for two people of different sub-races to have offspring. I thought, reflecting on my family.

If what's written here is true... How could my parents have two children? I thought confused.

My head started creating many possibilities, until I came up with two theories that were gaining strength as I meditated on them.

Either this book is incorrect or Zoe is not my biological sister. I thought as I sat on the bed. I don't think a book that looks very renowned is wrong. And on the other hand, I know I'm my parents' child, because I saw them seconds after this baby was born.

But on the other hand, my sister looks almost nothing like Irisha, I at least inherited her eyes, but she nothing....

After thinking for a while longer I found something that confirmed to me that Zoe was not my sister.

Of course! That makes sense. Zoe is about 10 years old and my parents are about 22. They're very young! It's impossible for them to have a 10-year-old daughter. I said to myself.

But... if she's not their daughter, what would she be? They treat her like my sister, so... Why pretend? I asked myself very confused.

Suddenly hearing my parents' voices coming up the stairs forced me to put the book away.

Damn it! Why did they come back so early? I thought, feeling a bit dizzy as I lay down on Zoe's bed pretending to be asleep.

To my surprise, after just a few hours all my doubts were answered that very night.

"Happy birthday Zoe!!" We all shouted in unison. It's true, I didn't count on that.... I'm an idiot. I said to myself, a bit disappointed.

That same night we had celebrated Zoe's 20th birthday with a big feast, and although it was just the four of us, everything felt really good.

After spending a few days investigating, I found out that my mom, Irisha, is 89 years old. And that Kadian, my father, is 122 years old. Apparently, those of the Demonic and Dragonborn races can live for more than 600 years. That's insane! I ended up thinking.

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And again, time kept passing.

Yesterday there was a small celebration because I turned 10 years old.

It surprises me that the custom of my parents' races is to celebrate birthdays every 10 years. But that makes sense! Because we live many years, and if we celebrated each one of them it would be... annoying? I reflected as I lay down to sleep.

Also, when you turn 40, you're only then considered an adult. Wait! Before being reborn I was 27 years old, so.... Ahh!! That means that even adding both my ages I'm not considered an adult. I thought, disappointed. That sucks....

Another thing that surprised and unsettled me was the fact that I was 10 years old, but looked like 6, just thinking about how long my life would be gave me chills down my spine. It's best not to think too much about it, and simply let the days pass....

In these last 7 years I hadn't done much, I wanted to learn to use magic, but I quickly discarded it when remembering the nightmare I had when I ran out of mana in my cores.

Inside, I had decided not to use magic for the moment, so in my free time I almost always went to my sister's room to read the books my mother brought her.

I guess because I'm very young I learn quickly. I thought as I settled into my seat at the dining table. Taking advantage of that, I think I'll tell mom to teach me the Demonic language, I'm sure that will help me in the future.

"Goodbye Drake, goodbye Zoe, see you tonight." My mother said before closing the front door and leaving.

Well, alone again. I thought as I got up from the dining room and quickly went up the stairs.

"Wait Drake! Where do you think you're going?" Zoe asked me, a bit annoyed. Damn it! She must have gotten tired of seeing me in her room. I bet she won't let me in in the future.... I thought, scared. I need to do something!

"Don't get mad Zoe, I just want to go up to learn a bit more about how this world works." I replied as I slowly climbed another step.

"If you want to learn more about this world, don't you think that locking yourself in your room and just reading some books won't do you much good?"

"No, they do help me, the latest books mom brought from the university are great." I replied as I climbed another step. "What's in those books you would have learned in three years exploring the world." She said a bit seriously.

"You're right, but I don't thi—" "Enough." Zoe said, cutting off my words. "You'll come down the stairs and we'll go to the garden right now." Here we go again.

"I don't want to!" I complained like a child. "I know you just want me to come down to use me as a target in your training."

"Huh? I didn't say anything about that." She said, looking at me confused. "I just wanted to teach you fencing, but since I see you're not interested I'll go train." She said as she turned around and opened the door to the garden.

If what she said is true this could be a unique opportunity!, because I wanted to learn fencing in the future, but if I learn from a young age I'll be more powerful in the future. Just imagining myself wielding a sword fills me with excitement!!