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Introduction

I am a author who goes by Yvan1 on the site webnovel--I'll be posting maybe 5-10 chapters here; for the rest, please check out my webnovel page as that is where I'll mainly be posting.

Here's a little introduction to my novel:

The protagonist--Ivan, is sent to another world. In this world, there are eight realms. Well, maybe eight--who knows? Though, Ivan's transmigration did not come without difficulties; eventually, they will catch up to him. However, if Ivan can surpass these difficulties then the only thing in his way will be his own ability to achieve his goal! (Further Explanation). This story is supposed to be serious, although you may encounter humorous chapters--do not be drawn away, it is not simply a comedy. Throughout the story, Ivan will have to climb up the ranks and find out what it means to become a true Transcendent, and make the best use of every tool that is given to him; the world--though seemingly peaceful at first glance, is filled with brutality, unfairness, and bloodshed.

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Chapter 5

After the healer had taken her leave and said her goodbyes, Ivan decided on asking his father for one last piece of information.

"Daddy, can I have a book about that stuff?"

His dad raised his eyebrow, but he was not too surprised by his request due to the earlier conversation.

"Uhm, a kid your age may not be able to read one."

But Ivan's expression in response to his fathers passive objection was stubborn.

"I want one anyways daddy! Hmph!"

His dad was too exhausted to have a debate about a mere book, so he conceded and allowed Ivan to borrow his own book he had kept for awhile.

"Fine, I have one that you can borrow."

He walked to his room then came back holding a big book that looked around 500 pages, the pages were not perfectly white it seemed and had traces of yellow on them; the cover did not have any words and was made of a rough, black material.

As he gently handed the book to Ivan, the book was transferred from his strong, medium sized hand to Ivan's weak, small, baby hand. The difference was huge. If before the book looked normal when he carried it, now when Ivan was carrying it instead it looked as if a cat was trying to carry a smaller sized Bearded Collie dog.

'S-so heavy....'

Ivan tried his best to carry the book back to his room, although it would usually only take him around 10 seconds, rather while carrying this monster of a book it took him over 30. As he got to his room he instantly set the book down. He was sweating from carrying it and his little arms felt like spaghetti.

He flipped through the book until something caught his eye, which talked about elements and concepts a Transcendent could choose to explore and mainly focus on to increase their strength.

There was Fire, Water, Earth, Essence, Air, Lightning, Blood, Death, Life, Shadow, Light, Soul, Manipulation, Creation, Beast and even money.

Of course, all of these interested him but there were four which especially did, which were mentioned as "Ancient/Mysterious".

Demonic, Angelic, Time, and Balance.

All of these were called Mantras, essentially paths one could take.

'Huh, I should research these first.'

So he first flipped to the page where it was stated the information on the Demonic Mantra was.

He then read it to himself.

'Demonic is becoming a demon yourself, which makes you form into a red creature with horns and four arms. Your lifespan is increased by a thousand years but to live you need to absorb the souls of people. Demons have greatly increased strength and there Velsit is able to release hellfire and dark energy. You may ask why this is listed here next to these other paths, well once you become a demon your relics all turn demonic and your velsit is permanently adapted to only releasing hellfire and dark energy,'

Ivan's view on it changed throughout him reading it, at first he thought it was disgusting but when the lifepsan was mentioned he perked up a bit, but right after that his expression turned to one of disdain.

'I would not do this even if I was being forced! Next!'

He then flipped to the page that had information of the Angelic Mantra.

 'Once becoming an Angel, one's lifespan is increased by 300 years. However, after becoming an angel it messes with your mind. No longer will you ever feel the need to kill and you will develop excessive empathy for people. But you also gain the ability to fly and your Velsit is adapted to releasing holy energy and can form it into weapons. All of your relics instantly form into new Angelic type relics too after becoming an Angel.'

'Yeah, that's also not for me. Next!'

He then allocated his focus to learning about the Time Mantra, quickly flipping the pages.

But there was nothing!

'What? There's really no information about time?'

This was a shame, he was very interested in time specifically.

'Well, balance is next.'

He switched to the page that talked about balance.

There was only one sentence.

'Balance to all the living, all the dead, all the tangible and intangible, balance to everything.'

His expression shifted from that of disappointment to confusion in mere seconds.

'What the hell does that mean? Balance to everything? Are we serious? This is useless!'

He quickly moved on from all those, being left thoroughly disappointed. After that, he decided to only research one main Mantra. So he scoured the book for every Mantra previously imposed. 

'Okay, after an hour of reading through I have dubbed it down to three that interest me the most currently. These are Lightning, Beast, and Soul.'

Each of these Mantras had their own specialties.

Lightning of course, delt with lightning. After little research he learned that lightning can be used in many ways. First off, some relics release lightning directly. Some can alter the change of a whole environment, causing it to start thundering. Some can cause disruptions in other relics by applying a shock to them. Finally, there are numerous weapon relics that have to due with lightning. Then there was Zelits. These were able to be used to absorb lightning into your own Velsit, or into a Relic. Of course, the higher tier a Zelit (Zelits had the same tier system as Relics) was the more lightning could absorb, and the higher tier lightning. That's right! Lightning actually came in many different forms. White, blue, yellow, gold and even pure black. Each one had different strengths and weaknesses.

Then there was soul.

Soul had to deal with your own soul and your enemies soul. But first to focus on Soul Mantra you have to understand what a soul even is; Ivan took this into consideration and read about it in the book.

'A soul is basically is your Xin core, but this had to do with the Active Zi in your Xin core. Because this was really the base of your soul. Active Zi could only be found in one's original Xin core, new ones created would not carry any trace of it. When you do a Soul attack it also effects your own soul because you have to release Active Zi directly. Well, that is only if you didn't use a Relic. But soul relics were interesting. To activate them instead of having to pour your Xin energy from your body into them you needed them to absorb souls themselves, which could only be achieved by killing things. Once you absorb enough souls they can release the soul energy (Active Zi) at their opponent to damage their soul. Similarly, the only way to strengthen your own soul was by using a Zelit. You had to kill monsters or other people to absorb their soul energy into it and then pour Xin into the Zelit for it to release it into your body. But soul attacks could also be physical. Some relics turned the soul energy into physical forms like phantoms to attack people. Or combine it with another relic to achieve an effect.'

But before he could continue his research, suddenly he heard the door open and saw Lucy walk in. Instantly, when Lucy saw him her bright blue eyes shown like diamonds. 

"Aw Koji are you trying to read that book, do you need big cousins help?"

She cupped her hands together and rubbed her cheek against them while looking at him, to her it was a very cute sight, after all seeing Ivan trying to read this book while being two was like seeing a fish trying to walk on land.

'No, I must do this research alone insolent girl! You dare view me for my physical age. Actually, I am older than you! Be kind to your elders.'

He said inwardly, however his expression showed an almost opposite tone.

"Koji don't want Big Cousins help, Koji is bored with reading!"

Lucy was still smiling but slightly calmed down.

"What does Koji want to do then? Does little Koji want to go outside?"

Truth was, Ivan didn't want to go outside for the time being. Maybe if he could walk alone but he would have to be watched at all times. Currently, that was too much of an annoyance for him to deal with; he would rather not.

"Koji tired!"

Lucy slightly pouted at this. But she did understand, after all he was a two year old.

"Does Koji want help to bed?"

Ivan had no objection to this.

"Yes please big cousin, Koji wants help!"

So Lucy picked him up, her slender arms not struggling too much carrying his small body. 

Ivan could feel the warmth from her body and hear the beating of her heart, it calmed him down a good bit.

Thus, whenever she had placed him down in the bed, even though he had only said that as an excuse to be left alone and think, he had fallen asleep.

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Chapter 4 of Everlasting Rain

Mei walked in the room, seeing her husband bleeding from a huge gash on his lower body. His appearance was disheveled and it had looked as if he rolled around in the grass for an hour. His middle length, wavy white hair was in a state where it looked like a wet mop. His face usually spotless and smooth was covered with dirt and a scar, and his black and grey robes severely damaged.

"Stay right there! I'll get a healer to come by!"

She instantly moved, running up to him and mounting his arm across her neck onto her shoulder and letting him lean on her.

"Thank you, I'm not too hurt. We shouldn't waste a bunch of money on a healer to come by."

But Mei responded with a skeptical and slightly pouty expression, her expression representing that of one where you would feel mocked but also know they feel pity for you at the same time.

"Really? Not too hurt? It's amazing you can even stand with such a wound! Meanwhile you have the gall to say that you are fine."

Her expression shifted to one of slight irritation, but had an extremely obvious undertone of worry and pity at seeing her husband in such a state.

Right as she said this his expression basically took a full right hand turn. Instead of having a face that would be described as one who is in pain but trying his hardest not to show it, rather his face showed that of instant submission!

"Okay, okay we can call the healer..."

Mei smiled lightly as he submitted, ruffling his hair in response. His hair could be described as a wet mop before, but now it was a birds nest.

"Good, now go sit down and wait. Don't try to exert yourself."

He did as he was told; he walked over to a rather nice white couch nearby and sat down. He sighed in relief as he was finally able to rest.

But Ivan had other plans rather than just letting his father rest!

He needed information!

So he scurried over with his little legs, determined so interrogate his own father and learn more about how he was hurt.

"Daddy what happened?"

His dad looked down, although he was in great pain he would not show it to his son. So he responded as well as someone who had just been dug into by a blade could. 

"Well, while I was participating in the fight, one of my opponents used a weapon relic on me which was a blade that worked with fire. Basically, he could condense the fire onto his blade and the physical properties of the blade and the fire merged together to create a fire blade which was able to cut through me very easily, it would also have burned me but i used my own body to release water that stopped it from burning me. Since the water effect was greater than the fire one, it countered it. However, the blade was still able to cut me."

He explained not expecting a mere two year old to get it, but due to his pain he couldn't be bothered to put it in simpler terms; especially terms such a young child would be able to fully understand.

"Daddy, how was the water effect greater?"

This left a great surprise on the dads face, Ivan had actually understood him and even asked a question. So he responded, now being slightly invested in the conversation.

"Well, his was a Relic and I used Velsit. His relic was a minor class relic that had only a small concentration of Li stored in it. Basically, my bodies Velsit is scaled by how many current Xin cores I have and the more xin cores, the more velsit and the more velsit the more Li you can release and the more concentrated it is. I am a Midstreamer class Transcendent and he only used a Minor class relic. I only had to release 5% of my bodies Li storage to counter it. Li is stored in your Xin cores but Velsit allows you to store it in your whole body as a certain form, which lets you release it. Basically, the more xin cores the more velsit the more velsit the more Li you can output. Li is all things physical like elements. My bodies Li is adapted mostly for releasing water, because when you store relics in your mind your body it effects what you are adapted to. Say I had relics that delt with fire, then my body would be adapted to releasing fire. They are all connected in a way."

Of course, if he had not expected Ivan to understand his previous words, there was no way he expected Ivan to comprehend what he had just explained. One a seven year old would understand maybe, but this would take someone of more experience to fully grasp.

If his previous words were like a hill to climb for Ivan to understand, then this would be like Mount Everest back on earth!

Ivan giggled like a two year old would, however his next few words differed from his childish demeanor.

"I get it daddy, but can you tell me what all the classes are?"

His dads expression shifted from one of slight surprise to if someone back on earth had seen a ghost! But then his surprise slightly dwindled away and reshaped into skepticism.

Was this child serious? Did he actually comprehend that fully?

He had to test if he actually understood or he was just acting like he did.

"Repeat to me in simple terms what I said."

Ivan smiled, he had expected his dad to say this.

"Well, basically his relic was weaker than you by a lot because you were a higher class and the Li released from his relic was easily counter able because your Li is more concentrated and you released higher amounts. Not only that but the amount of Velsit you have in your body is determined by the number of Xin cores you have. The amount of Li you can use and how concentrated it is depend on how much velsit you have. Li is all of physical existence too you said so that's why it formed into water. Also, the element that you are used to releasing is dependent on the relics you have."

At this, it was not as if he had seen a ghost anymore, but had seen an animal speak human language! 

"Well, uhm. You're correct. Uh... Basically there are eight confirmed ranks and one theorized rank. Miniscule, Midstreamer, Indomitable, Radiant, Iridescent, Demi-Immortal, Immortal, Demi-God, and then God is theorized to exist. The Relic ranks are ranked by which class you have to be to use them. Minor, Middle, High, Peak, Lustrous, Eternal, Eurasic, and Leniec."

Ivan nodded his head as his dad explained to him what all the classes were. This information was beyond valuable to him, he could not risk forgetting any of it, so he paid very special attention to everything his father was saying.

'Finally! I have learned a fuck ton of information now... All these classes.. I need to learn how big the power difference is between each one.'

"Daddy how much more powerful is each class than the other one?"

Now the dad was not slightly invested, he was full on absorbed into it.

"Okay, it would take 10 Minisucle's to beat one midstreamer, 50 midstreamers to beat one Indomitable, 1000 Indomitables to beat one radiant, 200 Radiants to beat one Iridescent, 60 Iridescent's to beat one Demi-Immortal, and Immortals cannot be beat by any amount of Demi-Immortals, same goes for Demi-Gods. No amount of Immortals can harm them."

Ivan made sure to pay extra attention as his father explained each difference between each rank. He was absolutely fascinated by this, after all he had been trying to learn this for over 2 years and he was finally able to hear it for himself.

'This is great, but I wonder how hard it is to break through to each rank...'

But before he could ask about that, suddenly Mei had opened the door to reveal the healer who was previously mentioned by her. This caused his father to come back to his senses and no longer be absorbed into the conversation with Ivan, similarly Lucy came out of her and Ivan's room to see what all the commotion was.

"Welcome Elaina, the last time you came by our baby still wasn't born but look. He's two years old now! Anyway, we needed to stop by because my husband, Ivan was injured."

(Authors Note: Remember Ivan's father is also named Ivan.)

She said the first part with a nostalgic expression, while the second part was said by her with a more serious expression and a bit of a worried undertone to it.

The healer named Elaina happily smiled, even when Mei spoke of her husband being injured.

"He is such a cute baby! I'm sure he will grow up to be a fine young man one day. As for Ivan, although his wound is deep it is not a problem for me to heal it. I will only need around 15 minutes."

Ivan was observing Elaina with a surprised expression. Her boobs were fucking gigantic! That was putting it lightly too! She had brown hair that went down to her elbows and she had a kind looking face with light green eyes that shown like emeralds, but differently from most people he has seen over the past years she wasn't pale, rather she was a bit tan.

'Back on earth I never saw tits like that, holy shit.'

Lucy was quietly standing in the corner, but she felt great pity as she laid her eyes upon Elaina's rather 'generous' proportions.

Why couldn't her boobs be even half of the size of hers?

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Chapter 3 of Everlasting Rain

Ivan had shared his room with Lucy for over a week now, and let's just say things were going unimaginably well regarding that particular situation.

'This is amazing, since I am only a two year old she thinks I'm pure. But really this whole time that she's been getting dressed every day I have been peeping on her.'

However, the other situation he was in was not so good. In fact, one could say the value of the other situation drastically dwindled due to this one.

Ivan was unable to get hard because he was only a two year old child, not only that but he genuinely had zero sex drive at all! Additionally, any horny thoughts he may have experienced back on earth when witnessing a woman undress failed to cross his mind. Considering these things it was very difficult for Ivan to fully be content with his new life.

In his past life a large portion of it was spent jerking off to women online and he heavily relied on it as a form of stress relief, although his life is not so bad to the point where he must do it 3-4 times a day unlike his past life he is definitely still devastated by this hard to swallow pill. Ivan was devastated in the face of this new obstacle.

But after his next realization, if you could call his devastation a bottomless sea; Ivan had fallen from the midnight zone to the abyss!

'Wait, I won't be able to get hard till I'm way older! Like 11 or something...'

This singlehandedly crushed the relatively good mood he had previously been in and replaced it with one that was not desirable at all if you took into consideration his age. After all, he was a baby who should be happy all the time; him being devastated while being say a teenager wouldn't matter too much because he would have responsibilities to distract him for the most part anyway.

But Ivan was a mere baby, all he did was scurry around and shit himself! Which goes to say that he had nothing to distract himself with for the time being and was trapped in his own head.

'This is not something that can be changed. I need to move on from this quickly, instead I should be trying to learn more about this place.'

But right as he thought that an intense rumble ran through his small stomach. Ivan was extremely hungry.

'Stupid fucking needs, why does something have to come up as soon as I make my mind up and decide to do something productive. That's okay, one day I'll be free of all these distractions!'

Ivan got up on his two legs that were almost as small as a Basset Hound's legs and walked around the house searching for his mother.

'Oh motherrrrr, this baby is extremely hungry!'

He was taking full advantage of the fact that his mother would prepare a meal anytime he required one.

Eventually, he found his mother. But something was off, usually his mom would be in a cheerful mood but rather, she seemed to be worried about something.

Ivan spoke up, his voice being that of a toddler but his pronunciations of the words similar to how an experienced adult would speak.

"Mommy what's wrong?"

His mother slightly jerked back when he said that, not only did she not notice him but the way he pronounced words so well at such a young age still baffled her quite a bit.

"Daddy went off to fight in a competition, mommy is worried he may get hurt."

Ivan's baby face instantly shone with curiosity. Of course, inwardly he was also very interested.

'A competition, I should for sure learn more about this!'

So he asked information relating to the competition.

"What competition mommy?"

Mei was not surprised when he asked her this. He was a toddler and they were naturally very curious about the world. 

"Well honey, this is a competition where daddy will fight his friends to prove to his boss that he is stronger than they are so he can do something that would help us."

She tried to explain the situation where even a toddler could grasp it. 

But Ivan's face showed a lack of understanding, but that was not because he was faking it; he genuinely didn't know what she meant.

"I don't get it mommy."

Inwardly she was slightly irritated that he couldn't grasp it, but of course she didn't show that.

"Basically daddy is fighting to get a better job that will support us more."

Now Ivan finally was able to get a hold on the meaning of what she was trying to explain.

"Koji gets it!"

He said with a bright smile.

"I hope daddy wins!"

All traces of irritation instantly vanished from Mei's mind as Ivan said these things, how could she still be even slightly angry when he was so happy? He was her child after all and he brought her great joy; she truly did love him deeply.

"Mommy hopes he wins too honey. So what does my little Koji need?"

Ivan inwardly cursed, although being a baby had it's benefits he was sick of acting like one.

"Koji is hungry..."

He explained while pouting and rubbing his stomach like a real toddler would.

After that, she fed him by first breast feeding him and then serving him some food, which was a plate of beef.

Ivan licked his lips after consuming everything on his plate, but as he was appreciating how exquisite the taste of his meal was, his dad walked through the front door.

His pale white face had a scar on it, his black and grey attire had multiple pieces cut off of it and he had a gash that spread from his abdomen to the side of his stomach.

"What the fuck happened to you?"

Ivan automatically blurted out, but then he realized what he had just said!

His face paled instantly.

'You retard! Why on earth would you say that?'

The dad looked at Ivan with a shocked expression, even though he was in a good amount of pain this definitely succeeded in distracting him for a moment.

"Uhm, Koji who taught you that word?" 

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Reincarnation (Chapter 2 Everlasting Rain)

Two years into his reincarnation.

Ivan had learned a lot about his world he was brought into, although he was only two years old he had a baseline understanding of his surroundings. Especially the people around him, which makes sense as he spent the last two years with them.

He recalled everything he knew about the family he was born into.

'My mom's name is Mei, she has no job and stays home to take care of me and my older sister. Speaking of older sister, her name is Livy. She is five years old now, while I am only two. So she is three years older than me. But what the fuck? My dad's name is Ivan! What are the chances that my own name on earth was taken by my own fucking father?!'

He used his toddler hand to lightly hit the floor he was sitting on.

'I guess the cultures or something are mixed because why is my name Koji? That's so much different from my other family members names...'

That didn't matter much though, so he shrugged it off.

'Oh, there are something called Transcendents!'

But what was a transcendent? Ivan only had a vague understanding.

'A transcendent is apparently someone who developed more than one Xin core. Usually, a human has one Xin core which stops them from manipulating the essence of concepts or elements. But when a human creates another Xin core they have the capacity to manipulate the essence.'

He recalled in his mind. This was the limit to his understanding currently.

'That's fine, I have much more time to gain a better understanding of all of this. Right now I will enjoy my life as a two year old!'

He loved his life currently, all he had to do was crawl around and make cute noises and his mother, who he still thought was extremely hot would hug him to her rather 'developed' breast.

But he sighed, although Ivan had no problem with incest if it was with a sister or a cousin. With his mother would be extremely weird; he needed to expel those dirty thoughts about her from his mind.

Currently, his sister was only five so he had no romantic attraction to her at all; that could easily change if she developed well. 

Development was an interesting thing in this world, instead of one's development being hindered by store bought baby formula, in this world they were given real breast milk as the norm. 

In fact, Ivan's sister was breastfed until she was 4.

Also, contrary to earth, Ivan was never forced to eat a single vegetable by his parents here. There was no "Here comes the airplane." or "Eat your greens to become big and strong." 

This surprised Ivan a bit, but not too much. He was glad about it though, because that would mean he didn't have to eat those disgusting vegetables that were so praised on earth. 

'I need to stop thinking about vegetables, instead I will explore the house more!'

Ivan got up on his weak toddler legs and started to walk around. The house was white and the windows were tall with an outline of dark brown wood. He walked into the kitchen are where all the counters were also made of dark brown wood.

But suddenly, something had happened!

His mother had picked him up. To Ivan this was a drastic situation, what if his mother changed his diaper again? He didn't want some women, not even his mother to be looking at his private parts!

She hugged Ivan to her chest, rocking him like a baby; well he was one of course.

"My sweet Koji, what are you doing in the kitchen honey? That's a no no area for Koji."

She cooed to him like he was the most precious thing in her life.

'Once I am older I will show this big chested mother of mine that she shouldn't treat me in such a manner!'

His rather crude explanation of his mother was just due to his embarrassment, rather he deeply appreciated her for everything she did for him. 

But then another thing happened, the door to the house was opened and his father walked in. But something was off...

He had a big smile on his face, which he rarely has because he is a rather reserved person who doesn't show too much emotion.

"Remember Mei! I told you that we would have a visitor for awhile, well she is here."

He moved to the side, presenting a young girl who looked about 14 years old next to him. She had light, blonde hair that ran all the way down to her waistline, her eyes were a light blue that shined if even a trace of sunlight was to touch them. She was around 5'4 and had normal body proportions for her age, her face was not pale but not tan either and she had full lips and a button nose.

The dad introduced her himself, still having a smile on his face.

"This is Lucy, she will be staying with us for the next few years."

He then looked at Ivan.

"I'm sure Koji is glad to meet his cousin!"

Oh boy he was glad. Very, very glad.

Ivan was a pervert, even he himself knew that. But he didn't care if he was, why would he? Was there something wrong with it? In his mind there wasn't.

'Hm, in my past life I lived to fifteen years old. So me crushing on this girl isn't even weird. It's not as if I was 25 or something like that!'

Then Mei spoke out loud, greeting Lucy with a smile on her face.

"Welcome Lucy! Come in, come in. We welcome you with open arms."

Lucy slightly smiled, but her face also showed a bit of embarrassment.

"T-thank you Aunt Mei."

Mei realized how nervous Lucy was, so instead of pushing further and asking questions like how her journey to get here was she just smiled and nodded.

But obviously, Ivan's dad didn't quite grasp the situation as well as his wife did.

"So Lucy, how was your trip going here?"

Lucy explained, still having a slightly nervous expression.

"It was quite good, I didn't encounter much trouble on the way so that's good. But I did have some trouble crossing the border into the kingdom because I forgot my travelers license..."

She said the last part more reluctantly and quietly than the rest, clearly it embarrassed her that she made such a mistake.

The dad just laughed lightly, not making fun of her for forgetting it.

"Well I'm glad your trip went relatively smoothly. Anyway, you will be sharing a room with our son Koji. I know he's only two and some toddlers are loud but Koji is different. In fact it's a little creepy how good of a kid he is."

Lucy turned her head to look at Ivan. She was a 14 year old girl meeting her baby cousin, she thought he was extremely cute!

Her mood instantly shifted from embarrassed and nervous to happiness.

"That's okay, I'll share a room with him. He's so cute!"

Mei laughed lightly and so did the dad.

"We're glad you think that, he is a very cute baby."

Mei said as she rocked Ivan a bit more in her arms.

'This girl thinks I'm cute? Hell yes! Maybe she will hold me or even play with me... Such a cute girl thinks I'm cute too! In my past life I was never called cute by a girl even once.'

His mood was still good, but a touch of sadness enveloped him.

'All they would do was bully me and call me names...'

But he smiled to himself, in this life that would not happen!

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Chapter 1 of Everlasting Rain (Born Again)

'W-where am I?'

Ivan opened his eyes, his vision extremely blurry.

But when he opened his eyes a bright light assaulted his senses.

There were people speaking, but the ringing in his ear drowned the noise out.

It felt as if he was just waking up for the first time ever, as if he was just brought into this world.

The ringing and blurring gradually died down.

Eventually, he was able to see his surroundings and hear what was being said.

The room was white, combined with the bright light it was a very non-welcoming atmosphere to Ivan.

'Wait. Is someone holding me?'

Ivan turned his head, it felt weird to turn his head. As if he wasn't in his own body.

What he saw shocked him!

It was a beautiful woman with black hair and blue eyes, she had pale skin with no pimples. 

'Wait, she is carrying me…?'

How could this woman carry a teenage boy like him so effortlessly?

It made no sense.

He decided to reach his hand out at her.

'What the fuck?!'

He looked at his hand, the hand was small and chubby; it had white, pale skin and looked nowhere near the size of a teenagers hand!

'Am I?'

'No wait, that's impossible. No way'

'Am I really a baby?'

This had to be a dream, no way could he have been reborn as a baby. That's the stuff of fairytales and novels, he was in a dream for sure! 

But the details of his surroundings made his belief waver a bit.

The white walls were not smooth, they had many bumps going along them. The light cascading over it to make it even more bright than it already was, but enhancing the contrast between the shadows from the bumps and the wall itself. 

He looked up at the ceiling, it was also white but the white light coming from the sun through the window didn't quite reach it, giving it a less bright view than the walls themselves.

He could not see the floor but what he could see was the woman holding him, again she was very pretty with round, blue eyes that gave her an innocent look and her lips were full, her nose was straight and her eyebrows were not thin but not thick.

The next thing he tried to do was hear what they were saying.

One voice sounded like a young woman full of life, being the woman holding him. 

One sounded like a man who was a bit more serious but nonetheless also very happy, who he could not see.

"What are we going to name him?"

The woman said with a happy expression, she almost had tears in her eyes.

"What about Koji? Isn't that a cute name for him?"

The man laughed and said with a sweet tone.

"Koji it is."

The woman looked at Ivan, her expression of pure love and joy.

"Wait what? Are they talking about me? No! My name is Ivan not fucking Koji! Hey"

But all that could be heard were incoherent wines.

The mother laughed gleefully.

"He made his first sound!"

Finally the dad came into view, his features were almost the opposite of the mom. 

He had white hair and red eyes, also having pale skin. His face was young and he did not look like that of someone who was very masculine.

'Are these my parents or something?'

…

'Was I actually reborn?'

'But I was just on earth, I was literally waking up to go to class today!'

It was extremely hard for him to accept the current reality, after all he had never heard of this happening.

'If I really am in a new world…I guess it's not that bad. I mean, I didn't have much on earth.'

Maybe in this world he will be happy, maybe he will be handsome, maybe find a lover.

'I'm starting a completely new life… Wait!'

His thoughts drifted to a new possibility.

'Are there powers in this world? Oh there better be!'

He had always wanted to have powers, he day dreamed a lot about a fantasy where he could live freely in a fantasy world where he had powers to stop anyone who tried to restrict him! 

The dad's expression suddenly went serious.

"We have to check if he will be able to become a Transcendent.'

The mom nodded her head, her expression switching to that of worry.

"We better hope he is able to."

Suddenly they sent out a little green ball, it flew in the air and then opened. 

A red light shined into Ivan's face.

'What is this? Hey! I was just born can yall give me a break from all this light, good lord!'

The green ball closed and the light went away, then the dad grabbed it out the air.

Instantly, his expression shifted to that one of inexplainable joy!

"He can! Our son will be a Transcendent!"

The mom's hand went to her mouth as she almost cried once again.

"How much open space does his Xin mark have?"

The dad smiled.

"60%! Our son has amazing talent!"

The mom started crying tears of joy.

"His future will be bright! I'm so glad…"

Ivan naturally had no idea what the hell a transcendent was or what a Xin mark is.

'Let's just hope this means I have power.'

But if he did have power, when could he start using it?

Right now he was just a baby!

'I know, I can learn about the power system as a child, so when I'm able to start using it I will be ahead of all the kids my age!'

Of course, that was pretty obvious.

'I won't make the same mistakes I did in my past life. I will get a girlfriend, turn her into my wife eventually, and be happy and doing whatever I want! I won't be a depressed, bed addicted virgin like I was!'

Ivan was going to do his best to finally get what he ultimately wanted out of life.

Freedom to do whatever he wants and not be disturbed, to not have to face any hardship ever again.

So what if hardship strengthens your mind?

He didn't give a shit about strengthening his mind!

So what if hard times made the good times in life more special?

He didn't care if they were special! He just cared if they weren't hard!

'They say a life where you can do whatever you want and don't face hardship would be boring, but I'd rather my life be boring forever than having to spend my life trying hard and being depressed!'

He would also reach his goal in the easiest way possible. 

He would not hurt himself to achieve this goal, this went against the goal itself!

The goal had to be worth the journey. 

No goal to him was worth a journey that caused him endless pain, so he would take the easy route whenever possible!