The first thing Endyr saw after being born was a 'very' bright light shinning right on Its face. The second thing Endyr saw was the face of Its presumed mother holding It. Trying to shake the dizziness from Its mind, Endyr looked around the room It was in and took in the first proper stimuli It received in 9 months. As It did so however, the woman holding It began to speak to the others present.
*Look, just born and already curious! He takes just after his sister* she exclaimed excitably. [A/N: I will be using (*) for words or languages the MC doesn't know until he learns them].
At her words, another woman, that Endyr assumed was the midwife, let out a chuckle and nodded. *Indeed, he does seem quite curious. But...* she paused momentarily. *But?* the mother asked. *I have never seen such a quiet baby. He isn't even moving* the midwife confessed. At her words, the mother looked down at Endyr and realized she was right. *Do you think something is wrong with him?" she asked.
The midwife pursed her lips before shaking her head. *I don't think so, but let me check just in case* with that, the midwife took Endyr up in her arms and peered at him intently. In response, Endyr just stared right back. The truth was, Endyr couldn't understand a single word they said! This installed a new force of dread in the baby boy (as Endyr could finally confirm that "he" was in fact a "he" and not a genderless "it" any longer).
For even if Endyr was ignorant of how he reincarnated in such a fashion, he at least expected to know the local language! After all, as a (former) Denizen of Infinity, Endyr automatically knew every language and alphabet in the Universe. But the language currently being used in front of him was as strange and unfamiliar as it could get. 'Where in the name of Infinity am I?' he cried inwardly.
Meanwhile, the midwife had been staring at Endyr the whole time before sighing.
*I cant sense anything wrong, just that he is very quiet, astute and strangely...still for a newborn. But he still seems to be in good health nonetheless* she told the mother to placate her fears. The woman in question heaved a sigh of relief before taking Endyr back in her arms and rocking him gently. *Don't go giving mommy a scare like that* she whispered to Endyr, but all the baby heard was garbled nonsense from her. 'This is going to get very annoying very fast' he grumbled.
*What will you name the child, Milady?* asked one of the other people present in the room. He was dressed in a fashionable suit with gloves and a tailcoat. After hearing him talk, Endyr turned his gaze to the man and squinted at him. He had simply black hair, though it was slicked back nicely and gave him a professional air. His eyes were a matching black and his face was serious but otherwise ordinary. At his words, Endyr's mother looked lost in thought and let out a hum.
After several seconds of contemplation, she turned to Endyr with a dazzling smile. *His eyes are constantly wondering and watching everything like an eagle. So an eagle he shall be named. My son...Altair* At the sound of Endyr's new name, a chiming bell rang out. Though no one present noticed it, the sound spread throughout the building, the surrounding area and eventually the whole continent before dissipating. As for Endyr himself...
[Congratulations Host! You have successfully been named and integrated with your new body! Name {Altair} has been added to Status. Please check out your Status at the first opportunity! Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour!]
Endyr simply stared in mute shock at the floating screen that appeared before his eyes. 'Wait, is this the System? But why does it seem different from what I remember? Also, what do you mean I've "integrated" with this body after being named?' question after question built in his mind, but he was unable to ask them. In the end, Endyr simply squinted his eyes (which looked adorable, as he was a baby) and though 'System Status'
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Name: Endyr/Altair
Level: 1 (Mortal Tier)
Rank: E-
Species: Denizen of Infinity (former), Human (current)
Age: 0 years
Titles: Former Denizen of Infinity, Creator of the Infinite Universe, First of his Kind, Endless Spring of Potential, Cute Baby
Skills: None
Remark: What a cute little baby! Shame it's actually an eons old monster on the inside though...
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Upon seeing the [Cute Baby] Title and Remark made by the System, Endyr felt his tiny little eyebrows twitch in annoyance. He cast that annoyance to the back of his head however and focused on the rest of his Status. 'So I truly am a human now huh... and I lost all my Levels and regressed back to Mortal Tier too. But what is a Rank?'. Upon seeing the unfamiliar addition to his Status, Endyr once again felt the frustration of ignorance.
'At the first opportunity, I will grab someone and shake all they know from their feeble minds!' he swore to himself, instantly thinking about resorting to violence to solve his problems. 'Until the, I must lay low and continue to observe...I know enough about babies to know they are fragile and easily killed. I sincerely doubt the System would reincarnate me again, so I must take are of my new life at all costs' he thought.
While Endyr was monologuing, his mother was staring at him in confusion. Ever since she said his name, he had been staring into space and gone completely immobile. After a good 60 seconds, she gently shook him and spoke. *What is wrong now, Altair?* she asked in her garbled tongue. Before Endyr could express his frustration for the umpteenth time, another chime rang out. This time though, Endyr could hear it, even if it seemed no one else could. As he focused on the sound, a new screen appeared before him.
[Congratulations Host! You have learned a new Skill: Language Comprehensions (E). Skill is passive and will henceforth be active.]
With that, everything Endyr had heard since he arrived suddenly made sense, and he could understand the language just like that. In particular, Endyr became aware of how weird he had acted since his birth. 'Crap! What if they figure out something is strange about me, and do some crazy stuff to me!'. Such thoughts may seem illogical to anyone else, but if Endyr came across such a weird baby back as a Denizen of Infinity, he would have absolutely dissected it to satisfy his curiosity. So his perception was greatly skewed on how he would be handled.
Determination filled Endyr's eyes as he looked his mother dead in the eyes. Slowly, he opened his mouth and moved his tongue...
"WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" he cried loudly. He rocked violently in his mother's arms, flustering her and everyone else in the room. 'What is wrong with this crazy baby?!' they all thought at the sight of the until-now calm Endyr throwing a fit. Upon seeing this, Endyr felt like smirking and barely resisted pulling off a pose (which would have looked ridiculous, given he was a baby).
'Excellent! Now there should be no doubt about it. Sorry mama, but I'm just a normal baby after all'
The thought that Endyr had just made things stranger by suddenly pulling a 180 in behaviour never crossed his little mind, as he feeling quite tired all of a sudden. With that, Endyr entered the sweet embrace of sleep once again