Hi. Sorry I've been gone for so long. Looking through my old projects and re-upping ones I want to start translating again. I'm currently going through and proof-reading my translations~ hopefully won't take long to re-upp all of Misfortune Reincarnation and start with the new chapters! - Blushy
I don’t regret anything about my life.
I was born into a wealthy family. I grew up in comfort alongside my kind father, mother, and older brother.
From an early age, I was pretty and brilliant. I always placed first at one of the most prestigious integrated schools in Tokyo. I also excelled in various school events thanks to my natural athletic ability.
I graduated from primary, intermediate, and high school at the top of my class and was recommended to enter the medical school of a certain elite university. However, with the recent population explosion, I decided to do something about the world’s food self-sufficiency rate and instead entered the Agriculture Faculty of the same university, also at the top of my class.
After that, I studied abroad and obtained my doctorate. A late bloomer by society's standards, I became a researcher at a national institution and devoted myself to my research for the sake of my country and the world.
My life had always been busy, but I had my fair share of friends and lovers, and my personal life was every bit as fulfilling as my professional life.
Though I was single at a marriageable age, my brother, who had taken over the family business and was steadily expanding it, had gotten married. My parents were too busy doting on their first grandchild to pressure me into settling down, so I could take it easy.
Never once did I dream that I would be struck by lightning… while on my mission to create a world where no one would have to suffer from hunger.
I'll admit it was my own carelessness, being out in the middle of an empty field during a field survey.
But how could I have known that I would be struck as soon as I began to notice that it was getting cloudy?
It sounds like a joke, but I’m dead serious. It killed me instantly. I didn’t feel any pain, but the sheer force of the impact remained etched in my memory as pure terror.
People say that geniuses are loved by the gods and are thus called back to them early.
My death might have been inevitable because of my brilliance. It was disappointing that it happened before I could accomplish anything, but I would have accepted this fate if it meant living peacefully by God’s side.
――― However…
I was soon awoken by a white light and had somehow become a baby.
As I gazed at the completely unfamiliar scenery with my new, small body that couldn’t even move freely, foreign faces stared rudely at me and spoke in an unfamiliar language. Gradually, I realized that I had been reborn into an unknown world.
To put it simply, I was reincarnated into another world.
I hadn’t expected this at all. I was surprised that souls even existed, let alone that I could think so deeply with a baby’s undeveloped brain.
I thought I was dreaming at first, but the scenery remained unchanged no matter how many times I slept and woke up, so I eventually believed it.
I’m a scientist. No matter how unbelievable something is, if it’s been proven, then I will accept it.
Since my memories and consciousness remained intact, I couldn't deny that I had been reincarnated. I had no choice but to accept it, even if I didn't understand why.
At that moment, I remembered the fantasy novel I had read as an innocent little girl.
It was a story where the main character died in an unforeseen accident and was reborn into a wealthy noble family through the kindness of a benevolent god. She gained not only power and authority, but also a 'cheat' in the form of tremendous magic, and married a prince.
The world the main character was reincarnated into would probably be a paradise for her.
According to this rule, this world is my paradise. God must have taken pity on virtuous people who died with regret.
I will have a joyous life from now on ――― or so I thought.
But somehow, despite all the flattery I could muster, my new life is… poverty-stricken.