Peaceful Days

"Are you going to just leave like that? ", Iono asked the jester who was already opening the rift leading to his dungeon.

"What do you want? A kiss goodbye? How could you ask something like that of a maiden like me? Hmph!", said the jester while puffing out his cheeks and giving Iono his 10th headache for the night.

"No, you purple buffoon, I was talking about the guy you want killed. Any details to clarify? Murder weapon? Duration? Pain? I need to know now so I don't have to see your face again.", Iono answered with a small tinge of disgust on his face.

"Oh, yeah, of course, I almost forgot. You do not need to do much, I only enjoy inflicting pain when I am there to experience it. He has been quite a thorn on my side and so the fast approach is the best approach. I'll give you four years. Should be enough."

"Are you seriously asking a 4-year-old to travel to who-the-hell-knows city, and kill someone? Are you a god, or a moron? Give me ten, at least then it won't be weird going missing for a few hours."

"Ok fine, you pain in the ass! I swear, if you manage to screw it up, I'll come by and make you wish you were 4, so I would have a smaller body to torture. Anyways that's everything. Oh, and send my regards to the bastard while dealing the killing blow. See you never!".

The jester then punched the air, which, almost like a glass window, broke. He then jumped through the portal while laughing maniacally. The portal closed behind him, restoring the frozen time flow, that was the aftereffect of his appearance.

"That purple excuse for a god! I'll rip his head off the moment I get the chance. He won't die, but I will definitely enjoy it." Said Iono with a malicious grin. Due to his baby face though, he looked cute.

Suddenly sunlight could be seen shining through the window and signalling the dawn of the next day. Iono squinted his small eyes and turned his body, so his back was facing the window.

I guess it's a given, Randell isn't strong enough to stop the time flow of the whole realm, I bet it was only my house so my parents wouldn't wake up. Well, my parents will now be a night younger than they are supposed to, and much more tired since they only slept for an hour instead of the whole night. I thin-", a big yawn caught Iono short, and reminded him, that he too needed sleep.

He closed his eyes and slowed his breathing. This would be his first peaceful night of sleep after his birth, since he didn't need to refine his core.

After a few minutes, he fell asleep. Ten minutes later the door opened and his parents walked in, yawning and rubbing their eyes. "Morning sunshine!", his mother said.

But no response was given as the small goblin was asleep. His mother, pulled his still sleepy father's hand, with an excited look on her face, and beckoned him to look at their baby's cute face. Yusef held his wife's waist while looking at Iono and had a blissful look on his face. They spend the next half hour just standing there.

"Anna, thank you. Thank you for accepting someone like me, and for giving me the most valuable thing I could ever hope to acquire.", Yusef said with a profound look in his eyes.

"What do you mean someone like you? I am the one who is thankful for the joy this little angel brought us. I couldn't have done it without you, Yusef. ", she said as she turned around, wrapped her arms around his shoulders and gave him a long, passionate kiss.

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Iono woke up in the afternoon. The sun was high in the sky and his mother was preparing supper. His father was helping the villagers with daily tasks, while also gathering firewood. Although the sun was high, winter was nigh and so they could use all the burning wood they could find.

The winters in that part of the continent were relativity calm, but because of unknown reasons, the climate had shown significant changes, with the winters being much colder and the summer's heat, enough to fry an egg on the house roof.

Iono opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling, while myriads of scents assaulted his sense of smell. His mother, other than dazzlingly hot, was also a great cook. Although embarrassed by his actions, they only way Iono could let his parents know he was awake was by crying.

He gritted his teeth, and a session of fake crying, made his mother stop what she was doing and rush into the room.

"Good morning, or more like good afternoon my angel. Someone was very tired to sleep through until noon. Come on, let's go prepare dinner! ", said his mother as she picked him up. When suddenly, a terrible smell made her legs buckle.

Iono's face was so red, he looked like a tomato, and his diapers were so full, they looked like a stuffed turkey. " This Fc*king body!!! That's why Randell laughed so hard before. How can I control an ego space if I can't even control my damn bowels! ". Iono said while trying to find a hole to hide away for eternity.

"Looks like someone lost a battle," she said with a bright smile while changing his diapers. She then picked him up and moved to the kitchen. The kitchen was a simple room. The floors and walls were made out of glistening wood, while the windows were made out of yellow glass.

One side of the room had all the cooking equipment, which although made out of stone resembled modern kitchen devices, a fridge, a stove, and even a smoke inhaler. While the other side had a small wooden table with four, wooden chairs.

His mother held Iono in her arms while moving her fingers over the pots. One could see a spoon inside moving around stirring the soup that was cooking. Iono watched his mother using only her fingers to move spoons and forks to prepare supper, and he inwardly sighed. "I know I am not really back in time, but I can't help but feel joy when seeing this scene in front of me. Mom, Dad I am so sorry for not saving you," he said as he looked at his mother with teary eyes and a broken smile.

"I have only lived through two lives and I have made so many mistakes already. I can only imagine what the rest have ready for me. I need to steel my resolve, this is not something I can just ignore.", Iono's eyes had a strange feeling to them, one that made his mother turn around and look at him, revealing a bright smile.