It's been around 3 months or so since… Siegfried and I came here to the world of Averna. It was quite a bit more… antiquated compared to Earth. The major indication was the medical equipment. I have been around many forms of modern medicine, from the equipment down to the techniques used, and what I was seeing was similar to 700 C.E. texts from the Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire. Much to my and Siegfried's dismay as well, we have yet to meet our parents in this world. From our collective understanding of both the conversations the maids, butlers, and service attendants were having, along with what… God… said. They were the Duke and Duchess of a region called Luminareth, or Luminar. I cannot tell what is what, but from what it seems, it's an extremely important city for culture, population, and trade.
To be the daughter of two of the most powerful people in the country is riveting. At first, I was filled with despair… I couldn't believe that after my death, I was reincarnated by the God of the Bible… supposedly, and into a new world of swords and sorcery. I have yet to see such events, but who'd let a 3 month old child around such destructive forces? I sure wouldn't. But I would love to see my parents, especially my mother, the Duchess. She is the second most powerful woman in all the land, and it is riveting to think of, imagine. This is probably a backwater society of filthy men who control women. If I had the backing of the second most powerful people in the world, then I could recreate Earth on Averna.
"Keep your idiocies to a minimum whilst we are still figuring out this world, Amaranthine. You, in your incessant internal monologues, are tiresome; we need strategies, not fantasizing. You and I are in an unknown world, surrounded by unknown people and unknown powers. We have only seen maids and butlers and the occasional what seems like a gardener. We have yet to meet our parents." Siegfried stated in exasperation. He does have a point; we do need to figure stuff out. But we are babies at the moment who cannot move, and even if we were slightly older, I doubt we would have the levels of freedom to dictate those kinds of moves, political or not.
"I've almost taken into account your entire life, Siegfried, and I can mentally see you have of mine. We both have had our… issues, and we both seemed to have been forced into things that we didn't expect. I, for one, am proud of where I came from and where I ended up. I cannot say the same for you." I stated with pride and indignation, "We've basically been each other's personal punching bags and emotional support machines for the last 3 months… and what seems like we'll be forced together till the day we die. We have time." Finalizing the few month conversations we've had, hoping to be more productive.
"Yes, yes, yes. We can crawl now, too, which is nice, but we have yet to see each other properly because of the cribs we've been in. I've only seen you when the maids feed us, and it's quite… gross. I knew baby food tasted like shit, but in these times. It's worse than I could imagine." He mentally signed in realized futility.
He was right, in the beginning, he helped… no force… I don't know the correct words to put for that, but he woke me up to the current issues we're facing. I do owe him for that; not even my secretary or business partner did that for me. But it looks like, from my point of view now, deep down in his mind's eye, he's facing similar mental constraints towards his own will to live. To that end, if I need to be a forced antagonist, I will be.
"For the man who singlehandedly took down multiple international facilities, forced my company's research back 5 years, and is this, seemingly, military-style and mechanical genius, you sound absolutely pathetic. Yes, we need to come up with a plan, but as you said, we just learned to crawl." Lowering my tone to be more forceful, "We are a whopping 3 months old, and time seems to go by slowly for some reason, because these months have felt like decades. But you just need to calm down. We are in a situation where we need both of our mental states to be in tip-top shape." Finishing my diatribe, hoping he would get where I came from.
"I recognize what you're saying from a logical perspective, but it still doesn't help. I…" He stopped his response suddenly, listening to my surroundings. I heard the door open. It seems like the maids and butlers are here to feed us again… how taxing.
"Hey, Lovis! You're still Master Amaranthine's butler in training; you must learn to knock first before entering any room." A stern younger woman stated
"Yes, I know, it's hard to kick old habits. You do know I was one of the strongest swordsmen in our lands, right? I am not used to this prim and proper lifestyle like you, Seri."
"No more excuses! Soon she'll be able to think, and you'll need to defend her with your life. But none of that now." Seri stated in a bubbly tone, she slowly walked over towards both of us and said, "Hey, little Siegfried, little Amaranthine, the Duke and Duchess have finally come back to our lands with your elder siblings! We can show them how much you've grown!"