Mushoku Tensei

The cold is the first thing you feel. A sensation of frozen emptiness courses through your body, as if something inside you had collapsed before it could even begin. Around you, the muffled sounds of the world begin to filter in: the stifled sobbing of a woman and the agitated voice of a man on the verge of panic.

You open your eyes slowly. Your vision is blurred by the light from the fireplace, but you clearly distinguish two pale, shocked faces looking down at you: Zenith, with tears in her eyes and her hand covering her mouth in horror, and Paul, clenching his fists with a mixture of helplessness and pure terror. To one side, the midwife recoils trembling, muttering that she cannot feel the slightest trace of mana or a pulse within you.

However, the moment your chest expands seeking air, the void in your body shatters. Your hair, a pure and brilliant snow-white that contrasts with the dimness of the room, seems to absorb the little light in the place. Right beside you, wrapped in blankets, Rudeus opens his eyes with an abnormally analytical and deep gaze, observing you not as an ordinary baby, but instantly recognizing the strange anomaly that has just occurred beside him.

Zenith lets out a gasp as she sees your eyes lock onto hers, trembling as she pulls you close to her chest:

"—Paul... look... he's alive... but his mana, his hair...! What is this cold, Paul?"

Paul swallows hard, bringing his hesitant hand toward your white-haired head:

"—Calm down, Zenith... it doesn't matter what the midwife says. He survived. He is our son."

[You choose the path of {{user}}: How do you react in this first instant? You can try to move, let out a cry to stabilize your breathing after the collapse of the void, or simply stare fixedly at your parents and Rudeus.]