“Hikari, come here!”

“Uwa!”

It’s already been nine months since I was reborn.

I was given the name Hikari—“Kya, ah!”

“Amazing, Hikari! You worked hard crawling!”

I’ve finally managed to move around by crawling.

Up until a little while ago, I could walk firmly on my own two feet without a care, but now I have to desperately move my arms and legs just to get around properly.

“Nma!”

Actually, I can’t even speak properly to begin with.

“Fah!”

“Hm? What’s wrong, Hikari? Are you hungry?”

I’m desperately trying to communicate using words I can’t properly speak and limbs that barely move, but nothing works.

With a baby’s brain, I can’t keep up with what I want to say.

'Damn it, this is so frustrating…'

Not being able to convey what I want to say is painful.

By the way, I, who was sixteen in my previous life, am currently desperately trying to tell them I wet myself.

'Why… did it come to this…'

As I was thinking that, tears naturally started to come out.

And then—“Waaahhh! Uweeeeeeenn!”

Despite my own will, loud cries and tears came pouring out.

“So you wet yourself! Sorry, Charl, could you bring a fresh diaper?”

“Milady, diaper changing is my duty as a maid—”

“It’s fine, I want to do it. Or do you want to do it together, Charl?”

“Understood. Let’s do it together.”

Since I’m crying my eyes out, I have no idea what’s going on, but it seems my mother and the maid are going to change my diaper.

This is seriously pathetic…

While I was sinking into that feeling from the bottom of my heart, the maid brought the diaper.

“Milady, is this your first time?”

“That’s right, I always watch you do it, but it’s my first time actually doing it.”

“Then let’s take it slow.”

While my mother and the maid are changing my diaper, I’ll introduce the maid.

The maid’s name is Charl.

She’s an incredible maid who has supported my mother since she was a child.

And she’s a married woman with children.

They call them ‘the count’s wife and her maid’, but at this point, it would be more accurate to call them twins.

By the way, my mother sometimes hides her status and chats with Charl as equals.

While I was going through that introduction, it seems the diaper change finished, and my mother smiled gently and said, “Thank you, Charl.”

“Ahh, nma!”

“Milady, it seems Lady Hikari wants to be held.”

“Oh my, what a clingy girl.”

For now, I tried my best to say thank you, but I wonder if that got across…

* * *

“……”

After calming down a bit, my mother and Charl are having tea together in the same room.

A noble lady and her maid having tea together.

It’s normally a scene that wouldn’t happen, but since it’s been like this ever since I was born, it doesn’t feel strange anymore.

'I finally have time to think alone. Let’s analyze the situation.'

Pretending to sleep while making soft breathing sounds, I start using my relatively sharp mind.

• I have special powers, and my very existence alone can shake a nation.

• I join the hero’s party and support them, but I’m seen as useless.

• I’m branded incompetent by my parents and end up dominating in a remote region.

'…Sigh'

The things I originally wished for from the goddess—within what I can tell now, I’ve obtained almost none of them.

Since my current gender is female, this is probably the kind of world centered around noble ladies, but—'I seriously never read those… I have no idea how this works…'

Up until now, I’ve only read light novels where male protagonists dominate everything, so I have absolutely no knowledge about villainess-type stories.

'What should I do…'

It’s a world with no clear direction.

The more I think, the more tangled everything becomes, and before I knew it—“Suu… suu…”

I ended up falling asleep, breathing softly.

A baby’s body has no stamina!