Duke's sudden saluté

From a reader to a character

It was 2am in the morning. I've been staying up to finish this novel my friend recommended me. I was really hoping for this to be good and interesting, but as the chapter numbers went by I felt my blood was boiling more and more.

How can the main character be so stupidly in love?! He defeated the final boss and brought peace to the empire at the age of 21 and just when his life was finally turning to the better after living in the battle field, some random woman gets paired up with him within 10 chapters and he just falls head over heels for her?! And on top of that only because of her beauty??

It felt like I was reading a wattpad story written by a 9 year old who had an awful taste when it came to the plot! But who am I to complain now. It was me who finished this novel hoping for something to happen at the end, but all I got was a superficial man in his 20s losing his life, because he had to protect the oh-so-wonderful priest of the south since she is his soulmate and the only one who can help him~ SHUT UP!!!

"I feel like I'm losing more brain cells than usual. Whatever! Since I have my last uni exam tomorrow I should go to sleep now. I'm glad I studied before reading this nonsense." As I was finished getting ready for bed, I just felt like I needed to have this one moment of showing gratitude. Maybe it's because, unlike the male protagonist, I was actually able to live a happy life with a supportive family and wonderful friends.

Everyone experiences hardships, but the guilt I felt for a mere character made me go insane. I closed my eyes and fell asleep in an instant. But suddenly my head started to hurt...? My body felt heavy and painful. What was happening? It was also getting hard to breathe. I couldn't move nor could I talk...! I tried to scream. It was hard. Really hard!

After a moment I was able to open my eyes but my vision was blurry. I moved around a lot even though it wasn't easy. Maybe I was kidnapped?! No, who would kidnap a broke uni student? But it is true that some people hate me... but who would go this far?! Slowly I was able to see something. I heard a loud screaming and my head was hurting a lot. Gosh, who brought a baby here...

No, wait...! Little boys were surrounding me, but they looked like giants? One had white hair while the smaller one had light grey hair. Their eyes... it looked like I was watching the sunrise, while sitting on the beach with no people around. It looked so bright yet there was no dim of light in them. It was scary... the cry got louder. Now I know - the one who was crying was me!

"Shhh... why are you crying, my dear Leon?" A soft deep woman's voice was heard. I looked up and saw an angel staring gently into my eyes. Unlike the kids, her eyes were the color of the deep sky and the stars that reflected the long night. My crying stopped immediately. I had no control of my own body, that was for sure.

I didn't know if I was dreaming or not, but at the same time the people around me that made it look more real than imaginative. I just didn't want to believe it. This baby body I was in felt uncomfortable and heavy. My head kept on hurting as if it's not used to this body. Just everything was overwhelming me at that moment.

Suddenly a small hand that was bigger than mine touched my arm "Mama, why is he so fat?" Fat?! Did you just call me fat, you brat? "Hahah, babies tend to have more fat when they're young, but after some time they start to grow and lose most of the fat, sweetie. You were once like him too." Her laugh and smile sounded so angelic that I kept staring at her. "Whaaat?" The sound of disgust was clearly heard from the kid's mouth.

It was still unclear what was happening to me, but it wasn't the time to think about it too much. My head could explode at any time, because of the amount of thoughts I had. The only thing I really wanted to do right now was to sleep. It was tiring enough to keep my eyes open. The woman who was holding me noticed it and put me tight in her arms "Such a lovely baby you are... Nothing like your loud older brothers. It's quite unfortunate that you didn't inherit my looks, Leon." Her smile was bitter. It was bitter and gloomy, because that was not how she wanted her youngest child to look like.

– to be continued ,,,
(Note: Idk why I'm doing this.. I just wanted to share my story idea. I guess it will stay at 0 views for a while🤙)