The Third Party

On the night of a full moon, a crisp cry rang from a distant cottage, cries of a woman giving birth, the screams of labor enveloped the night, and at last, with one loud cry, everything turned silent, and it was quiet once again,

But another cry erupted, the baby was born, the laborer quickly washed and groomed the baby so that the mother could hold it, once the baby was on its mother’s arms, the sounds slowly died down.

The baby felt its mothers touch making it feel safe under her arms, the father who had silently observed at the side, quietly and slowly approached his wife and child, tears welled at the corner of his eyes.

He smiled for he could now see, and touch his child cradled on the woman's arms, he hugged the mother and son and gave a tender kiss on the forehead of the woman and leaned his own forehead, savoring the moment that would be forever engraved in his memories for a lifetime.

The child hazily opened its eyes, and the parents looked at it, they were mesmerized to see their child born into this world, but something shocked them as moonlight shone on the child,

They witnessed as the child's hair turned translucent, looking as if the hair's turning to the color of silver, and the child's eyes shone under the moon's light in white color, but when the moon's light came to pass, the child's hair and eyes returned to their original state.

The couple could not believe it, because in their legend, it states that when a newborn baby shines under the moon's light, it will bring with it, 'twilight', or change, or war, or something good or bad will occur in the kingdom,

And thus, everyone was told that they should take care of the child, nurture it, care for it, and guide it, to prevent an age of strife from befalling upon the kingdom.

The parents were overjoyed and at the same time anxious of what might come of the child, but they already know what their purpose will be, what role they will partake, what it is they will do as parent of the child of the legend.

And only in time shall they know the truth behind the mysterious power that had come upon their world.

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He said that it would be a breeze, said that he would plan in advance his current steps upon arrival of this world. That he would directly contact those influential people he read from the information given to him by Mr. White.

As some sort of preparatory measure in case he doesn’t get the notification that his mission was updated, for in Mr. White’s words ‘The mission will reveal itself once certain conditions are met’ and ‘Once the main mission is triggered, the possibility of sub-missions occurring are high’.

Using those people’s connections would help him progress his mission for this world, both in terms of access on different areas, and relative ease in obtaining information and materials from this world, after all, money was still the medium of purchasing power.

Another thing he found use for those influential people is that they would secure his position in this world, that if he transmigrated to someone of not so influential status, he can acquire a different job that will help sustain himself for the short or long run.

This was also partly due to Mr. White telling him that transmigrating to a world does not guarantee that he would be inhabiting a person who died. So, he prepared plans to whatever situation that may befall unto him.

But he did not expect this type of situation. A variable he did not expect or was part of any contingent plan he made. To be a baby in this world, but this fills him with a different worry, one that does not concern trying to do what he has mentioned from before.

One that concerns his identity for this world. Did he replace the child that was supposed to be born in this world? Did the child not survive while inside the mother’s womb?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt alarmed and worried. But there is nothing much he can do, magic could not give him the answers to the questions in his mind, he can only live for the person he… he does not want to think about that word, else he would be proclaiming that it was true.

That would go against the principle he holds, that even when he accepted the prospect of replacing a person’s life, he would not agree to stealing a person’s life in their infant years.

This made him skeptical though; will these be one of the conditions in fulfilling his mission and missions in the future?

He sighs at the thought, praying to the Almighty One that when this situation happens again, he would be forgiven of his sin.

‘You pray to God?’

‘Yes, I do.’ replied Ken to the ball of white, arriving at his side.

‘Hm…’ That’s a bit surprising for White, for they don’t look at their supreme being as someone who helps them in concerns relating to perceptions of the world and how they treat one another, morality is a concept foreign to them.

Not that he could judge anyway when he doesn’t know the full background of his host. He just couldn’t see their supreme ruler in such a way.

He does have to inform this host of his about the process of transmigrating to different worlds, he just need the host to fulfill a condition for him to inform the host of this, with how capable his host is, he’s sure that the condition will be fulfilled sooner or later.

At the thought of God, Ken offered a silent prayer to the Lord, asking God to watch over his siblings from his previous world, he also silently asked how the two are doing over at that side, solemnly asking the Lord to provide and care for them in his steed.

As he slowly drifted to sleep, the solemn night carrying his favor into the sky.

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