Reincarnated Prince just wants a quiet life

03: A New Life

The next few weeks went by in a blur. I spent my days walking around and regaining the strength that had been lost after years of being immobile. It was a slow and painful process and had Milim not been there If would have been even more painful. She was the strange woman who had been keeping the prince's body alive for all these years. She would follow me around as I walked the long halls of the palace or even follow me as I walked around my room. Often I would collapse and she would rush to my side and use her healing magic to ease the pain. There was nothing she could do about my stamina but it did help for the pain. Along with her Darcia would accompany me and acted as my personal cheerleader, urging me to get up after every time I fell. It was strange to see the two of them together, one with pure snow white wings and the other with wings as dark as the night. It was even stranger to see them both working together to help me regain my strength. Milim,I found out, was a succubus which was a being on earth that was considered evil, and yet she was one of the sweetest people I have met since being reincarnated.

I came to find out that this new world that I lived in was home to a vast array of demi-humans who would have been considered monsters or even demons back on earth. Here however, they were just normal people, they ate, drank and enjoyed the same fun activities as any human would. It was a bit of a shock at first but exciting to say the least.

In the evenings I spent a great deal of time talking with my new family as well as Milim. In the beginning they had all been far too careful around me, almost as if I was made of glass. My mother would fall asleep in a chair that she had pulled up to my bedside to make sure that I would wake again. She said that she was worried that I would relapse into a coma and she would once more lose her son. My father on the other hand chose a far more roundabout way of keeping an eye on me. He chose to employ the help of an army of butlers and maids to tend to my every need, which on several occasions I saw them reporting back to my father. Milim however was the one that worried me the most. She never really treated me any different than my parents but I saw a strange glint in her eyes. I would often catch her staring intently at me as if I was a strange specimen under a microscope. It was a cold and calculating kind of stare that would vanish in an instant when she noticed me staring back at her.

Even though it had only been a few weeks I had already felt a strange connection with these people. They were still strangers to me but for some reason I felt a great deal of affection towards these people, especially my parents. I felt love for them as if I had really been their son all along. Baffled by this I asked Darcia one night after the others had left for the night. "Darcia, how is it that I have known these people for a few weeks yet it feels as if I have known them all my life. More so I have a strong love for my parents as if they really had given birth to me."

"It is because when you entered the prince's body, the residual memories that resided inside the prince's body mixed with yours." she replied, and continued when she saw the confusion on my face, "In cases like these where a soul leaves a body some strong memories and feelings can linger. Normally they would dissipate over time because the body would soon die without a soul in it, but your case is rare in the fact that Milim had kept the prince's body alive long after his soul had left it."

"Do you think she knew all along that the prince's soul had left his body? I find it hard to believe someone of her caliber wouldn't have noticed. Even more so, since she is the one who cared for this body for all those years." I replied

"It is strange, certainly someone so attuned to the healing arts would be able to notice something so simple." Darcia replied.

I looked over at Darcia as a frown appeared on my face, "Then isn't this a terrible situation? I had meant to keep my reincarnation a secret. If she knows the truth then aren't I in danger?"