chapter 3

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Chapter 3

Three years had passed since I was born into this world. I learned to walk and speak properly, and now I am trying to get used to the numbers of this world. I also learned that from the age of five, I can start learning magic.

Waking up around 8 am, I toss around in my cradle. Then, my mum picks me up and washes my face. Afterward, I have my breakfast, and then I play around with my second mother. Sometimes she cheats with her magic. Really, who cheats while playing with a child?

After lunch, I take my nap. And don't call me lazy or something; this is not a novel, and I don't have cheats. Nor am I a goblin who grows fast, a slime, or a spider. I am a perfectly normal human baby, and this body gets tired very easily (video game reference ;)). After waking up, I try to learn some new words or try to write numbers. Then, I walk in our garden, watching our farm and crops. When father comes home, he plays with me, and he also cheats. Then, I go to sleep around 10 PM. This is how I spend my days until good news came.

Today, in the morning when mum was feeding me, suddenly she closed her mouth and went to the toilet. After consulting with the doctor, we got the news that mum is pregnant. Everything went smoothly.

But the next day, another good news came. Lucy was also pregnant. We were excited very much, but this time we had a person with experience, Lucy's mother.

Lucy sent a letter to her family without telling anybody. After a week, she told us that her mother was coming, and the day after tomorrow, my grandmother came.

Everyone was sitting in the living room. Nena, my step-grandmother, started the conversation.

"Beth, Steven, thank you for taking care of my daughter. I don't know how many times we thought to find out about her and how she was. Seeing that she was happy and you all accepted her into your family makes me happy," Nena said, her eyes getting teary.

"It is not necessary. We needed Lucy at the time of Alex's birth, and then after a few months, we became family," Steven replied.

"We are also thankful for her. She took very good care of us during my labor," Beth added.

They continued their talks. Then Nena turned to me. "Hi Alex, my name is Nena. You can call me grandma."

"Grandma!" I said in an excited voice.

Satisfied, she walked to her luggage, which she brought, and took out a wooden frame with four holes, a set of balls, and a stick, and gave it to me. I was confused because this looks very similar to pool, but the board is small, and there are only four holes with 13 wooden balls in it.

Grandma said grandpa made this for me when they got the letter and said this game is popular among kids in the capital.

Taking it, I thanked her and asked her to teach me. Looking at my cute face, she complied.

Months passed smoothly with the addition of grandma in our house. The food got tastier. She took care of Beth and Lucy. I sometimes tried to help her, but she said I was too small for that.

After months, the time of delivery of the babies came. Lucy gave birth first to a girl. She was small with cute features, and we named her Ana.

After three days, Beth also gave birth to a girl. With Luna's suggestion, we named her Sia. She has a tinge of blue in her eyes, just like me and mother.

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I corrected the grammar, punctuation, and some sentence structure for clarity.