Have you ever wondered how long have you waited to be "you"

At the current time, this time. Imagine, the Earth is 4.543 billion years old. Before you were born where are you?

How long have you waited?

Did it smell when you inhaled and breath out the air for the very first time?

What was the sight when you opened your eyes for the first time?

The wait, the patience, none of them matters if the sense of time was unknown to you. When you blink.

That.

That is how long to wait as nonexistence, time jumps from there to you in just a snap.

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Such a weird feeling

Awakening, this was Aldeice first thought, he feels being enveloped in warmth, blanketed by unexplainable softness, but the air is odd, it's tremendously thin and there is a slight coldness running through his lungs as he finds breathing difficult, he was struggling like a drowning person trying to maintain his head above water.

GASP

HUFF

Forcing himself to adapt to change, at last, he eventually stabilizes his breathing.

I'm alive, am I?

He can't be sure, with all the weirdness neighboring him, there's a huge unfamiliarity, as he is able to gather his thoughts, he realizes that he is absolutely alive, but where is she, her wife? Why does he feel so small? A drastic change on his skin, even his eyelids can't be pried open.

Assessing himself, the sensation of his limbs was present, all of his senses were normal. What could be wrong? He stretches out his hands trying to examine his surroundings, it was a tight space, and was this a smooth cloth he was touching?

While doing so, gladness came in when he eventually able to open his eyes.

In his view, he can see a big face of a bizarre-looking female staring at him, shockingly, is he being held by her? He can tell that she's in a sitting position as he could feel her thighs, her eyes were full of care and tenderness, but he is a married man, this is so wrong! He may not be a good human but he is a faithful man, and why is she so big?

He tried to speak out but no words were completed, he can only make incoherent syllables, is he suffering from dysarthria? Has retribution come to make him pay for all the past deeds? This made him anxiously afraid for himself and for Blanche.

Thinking rationally before he falls into an even greater panic, he found out that he was actually a newborn, Oh! that explains why he is such a tiny fellow.

Calming his beating heart, he carefully inspects the woman again, she's dressed in a plain bright purple dress, with ash grey hair paired with her sickly pale skin, obsidian eyes, and what makes her strange is that besides having prominent sharp long ears, she's beautiful beyond words, this is ridiculously unrealistic, even if it's just a bag of skins how come it was created in perfection?

What a lucid dream I'm having, he hypothesizes.

If he's alive then at this time he might be in a deep slumber, this scene reminded him of virtual games way back on Earth, although he has spent little to none of his time playing outside his work field, he felt not an ounce of regret, his passion for experimentation brought him joy and not the mention of being accompanied every day by his gorgeous woman.

Looking at the female again who holds him, she's so dreamy that it's unbelievable, does that mean he's a trap in a dream after his first life's death? Well, can't deny the fact that beautiful things make humans happy, but why is he in the form of a baby? If this is real it means that the formula did work.

Then having two souls in one body is also a possibility, how would he know? Can they communicate through thoughts?

He needs answers if he's in his sleep or this is reality and if the reincarnation was a huge success, worst he might be alone in this crazy scene, but before fear breaks his mind, he has to found.

'Hello? Blanche? Blaaaaanche! Baby Blaaanche!! heeeey!'

If he can scream in his mind as loud as he can then this is what Aldeice is trying to do, comparable to a crying swan who has lost his pair he calls her out non-stop, until...

'Dear? is that you? Looks like I'm not hallucinating, we really did make it'

Blanche was filled with confusion at first, hearing his husband screaming internally she thought that maybe it's another illusion, but after a rational conversation with him, a sudden surge of comfort comes in, a feeling similar to someone who has rediscovered the right path after being lost.

'But don't call me baby, it gives me goosebumps, could I get spared from teasing even just this time?' She added with pretentious anger on her tone.

Would someone be happy to be called a baby when she knows to herself that she's old? In the past, She is only beautiful but not shameless, hearing this, Aldeice couldn't help but burst in laughing, or to be precise, the baby being held by the woman suddenly adorably laughs.

The female was amazed, did she hit the baby's tickle spot? Assuming this, She beams in joy and squishes the baby's chubby cheeks, her every movement was filled with affection.

Settling their anxiety away, their awareness of the success of reincarnation put Blanche and Aldeice at ease, recalling all the findings on E69 and E88 experiment, how are they able to keep the memories of their old selves without brain swap?

Souls, they have traded souls, but where does it go after death? Will it disperse or maybe travel towards the unknown? Such a fascinating mystery, with their unrivaled enthusiasm they are confident that they could take away the secret's cover, not a day did they lack effort in solving the puzzle.

The compatibility procedure, which is done in the first phase, has solved the mystery about retaining memories from the old self, E69 and E88 have grown well suited to each to the point that soul rejection became impossible, but what if Aldeice and Blanche aren't swapping bodies, what if they are getting reborn to a different time, place, world, or whatever science knows where?

They continue their countless research for the truth.

With the help of super-advanced technology tools, modifying and innovating such said tools to fit their needs, plus many other inventions, data over data has been gathered, after a couple of years, inspired by a part of the brain called the hippocampus, located in the temporal lobe, where memories are formed and be accessible for later use.

They come up with the plan of melting the hippocampus into soul form to be attached to the owner itself, retaining memories, and if rebirth really is possible, then they might occupy a baby's body that has empty memory, which won't cause compatibility issues.

Then what's next? What else could it be but being able to preserve them inseparable love birds? Just thinking of venturing into this unknown dangerous land alone is mental breaking.

Humans are social beings, just imagining a very affectionate couple getting divided unknowingly between two different planets never to see even a glimpse of each other's shadows, it's a horrifying scenario.

Tragic, truly tragic.

To avoid it from happening, the formula liquid Ameliermine was created, it allows a soul bond, similar to having souls on a container without getting them merged.

This is where all of the remaining time has been placed, a tedious task, fortunately, 6 years before the human extinction by supernovae, Ameliermine has been perfected, adding the hippocampus project and the latter project, they're ready to set foot on unexplored grounds.

But only if reincarnation is true.

Those sacrifices, those blood, and sweats, they are all worth it, today it will be witnessed by these eyes of Aldeice and Blanche although through a single pair of small eyes.

Aldiece, surveying the surroundings, it's comparable to the inside of a wide blackwood log cabin with sharp interiors, every furniture was nature-themed, and lighting source was a white crystal gemstone inside a strange box with carvings of unknown symbols, it was placed at farthest top-right edge corner of the room alongside a celtic hourglass on a small table, all the eyes can see were created of the same material, but appealingly made with intricacies.

While Aldeice was engrossed in this scenery, the door suddenly opens, focusing on the comer, it was a male adorned by black leather set in a cloak with a dagger on each of his waists, it enters and takes off his hood, his features were greatly similar to the female he first saw. The man smiled when he took a quick glance at Aldeice then walks near to engage in a conversation with the female, their accent is quite close to British but not totally, of course, Aldeice and Blanche were unable to understand.

'Seems like they are OUR parents. Tsk tsk! Are we about to engage in forbidden love?' putting a strong emphasis on "our", she teased.

For this love story to be against nature, are tragedies undeniably unavoidable? And worse, they share the same physique, taking the phrase "love yourself" to the extreme.

'Our souls aren't merged, just occupying the same shell. Just have to find a way to relocate one of us.' he responded

Aldeice, musing over the situation, was confident that a solution can be found in the future, sadly, it may take years or even decades since they must uncover the fundamentals in this world first.

After success comes with new setbacks, for anything has flaws.

If this world has a different nature to the point of invalidating their prior knowledge and experiences, then they will have to start from scratch comparable to a real newborn, that could be the worst scenario.

But even if fate will play a joke and that really ensue, they'll just have to brush off its prank with a smirk.

Thinking that someone needs to be relocated, the question is, who will it be? Swiping his hands with great effort under his small baby blanket he touched his crotch area, there's a little pea.

'This is a boy's body, you'll be the one to be transferred. Of course, we wouldn't rashly put you in any risky task'

He sighs internally and added, they may have conducted a lot of experiments on themselves such as longevity but all of them were done with the assurance of no repercussion before so, except on the soul experiment, for they are cornered with no choice but to gamble.

'What if you get into a lass body? Let's have a different path of fun in this life. Surely an exhilarating sight to have my husband beg for mercy at my prowess!' She laid her proposal and evilly chuckles.

Aldeice, finding her sick joke amusing plus her infectious chuckles, also laughs merrily with her in synch akin to two bells incessantly ringing, it does feel nice to have someone to share an adventure, be it the upcoming of a disaster or a blessing, as long as they have each other, they'll face it head-on.

The female and male elf couple, seeing their child's sweet giggles cause them to smile in joy, their presence might have made their child happy, they thought.

A kid really does bring light to their colorless home.

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Five years have passed.

In an ever night place where no one will believe that a group of Elves lives lies the village of Verlassene, its only source of light was coming from the openings of houses trying to blend in the darkness.

In one of these households, a slumbering boy has awoken, he has a unique character for he's too mature for his age, but the villagers are full of fondness of this little guy, every birth in this community is a happy occasion for the Elves since their birthrate is low, so any youngling will be warmly welcomed here with open arms.

Aldeice, his face still pasted with sleepiness, lazily got off the bed, still squinting his eyes, he unhurriedly headed towards a long dining table between three chairs, the dining set was artistically designed with branches, he sat on the smallest one, nearby, a woman is busily preparing the food for this hungry comer, she takes a peek at the small boy to show a bright smile.

"Mother, what's for breakfast?"