It seems that the owner of this body is named Nia.

"Nia!   Nia!"

"Thank God!   Really, thank God."

The man and woman who are crying and yelling at my bedside are probably Nia's parents.

Yeah, yeah, I get it.

I know that you're happy that your child's life is now safe, so don't shake me too much. I can't concentrate on my Ki.

I haven't been able to take a look at the body that I'm possessing, but judging from the size of her parents, Nia is a child.

She must be a very young child.

Also, since she can talk, she's not so young as to be called a baby.

"Niaaaaaa!   Niaaaaaa!"

"Live! I'm begging you, please live."

Can't you see that I'm alive? Also, don't shake me too much; I'm going to die from you guys shaking me too much.

If I think about it calmly, in a sense, does this mean that I have taken over the life of this body?

And will these people raise me as if they were raising their own child?

Hmmm, well, I guess it can't be helped.

All of this happened because of that hooded man.

I'm just a victim here, also I'm the one who saves Nia's body, who was supposed to die in the first place.

Though I don't know how long I can live, for the time being, using my power, I can certainly live on my own for a while.

It seems that the original Nia is already gone.

Hopefully, she no longer fears the shadow of death, and she's sleeping peacefully.

Well, I just hope that she won't experience the same thing that happened to me and that no one disturbs her eternal sleep.

"Niaaaaaa!  Niaaaaaa!"

"Ah Nia! Our precious little Nia!"

Seriously, they are really noisy.

When I slightly opened my eyes to look at them while feeling condemnation, the two of them raised their voices like fur seals or crows that go "Oooh! Oooh!" while holding hands and sobbing with tears of gratitude.

"That's enough of that, the both of you... Ojou-sama looks very tired; let's leave her so that she can rest."

A voice from someone who was waiting at the doorway said that.

Judging by the tone of his voice, I can tell that it sounds like an old man.

From the way he speaks, is he one of their servants?

When I look at Nia's parents, I notice that they are dressed quite nicely.

Do they come from a wealthy family?

Well, I'm sure they are.

Maybe it's the reason why the hooded man extorted a lot of money from them by putting a different soul into a dying body to keep it alive temporarily—a trick that didn't solve anything at all. I'm not sure about that, but probably that's what happened.

The fur seal father and the crow mother left the room with regretful looks on their faces.

Hmmmm, are they perhaps people who have a heavy affection for Nia, or are they perhaps people who can't read the air in the room?

Or is it both?

Well, whatever. Whether I want it or not, since I already received this body, I have no choice but to become Nia.

I should also at least fulfill the responsibilities and the duty that she was assigned.

That's why I should live my life as Nia, and at the very least, I should also do my duty of filial piety for her, who has already departed.

For those purposes, I will use this body...

First, let's get rid of this terrible disease that's eating me away.

Fufufu, hey disease, do you think can you defeat me?

With the way my body is now, this isn't the best posture in order to circulate Ki in my body, but in my current conditions, it can't be helped.

Lying down on my bed, I put both of my hands on top of my heart to help the ki circulate around my body.

My body is still fragile and inadequate to circulate Ki, not to mention it is also small.

As a child, this body has too little Ki to cultivate, I believe it's one of reasons why this body is in a very weak state right now.

That's why the disease is getting in my way and I can't circulate my ki that much.

Truthfully speaking, far from actually circulating my Ki, it's actually blocking me from circulating it.

Normally, Ki circulates in the body unconsciously.

If it is unnaturally stopped, it can cause an illness.

Is there something wrong with my lungs?

There may be something wrong with my lungs, which is why I'm having a hard time circulating Ki in my body, but I'm also certain that my other internal organs are also damaged.

Okay, this is fine.

Work the extremely fragile ki of this body... and circulate it throughout my body.

Slowly but surely, scrape away the Ki that is accumulating in the lungs and let it circulate.

I don't know how long it would take, but if I repeat this process over and over again, it will cure the disease that is plaguing this body.

The self-cleansing effect and the activation of the body's internal energy circulation will make this body healthy again.

After all, if one can properly manipulate their Ki, any sickness or disease would be no match for that body.

I won't let any disease kill me.

In my previous life... even for this life too, but...

Hmmmm

Anyway, who am I again?

I naturally thought that I should use Ki, but in the first place, what is a Ki?

I don't know anything about myself...

Well, that's fine, I guess.

As of now, I will live as Nia.

In that case, it would be enough for me to vaguely remember what happened in my previous life.

What was important and necessary in my previous life was the consciousness that proved that I was who I was. That thing should be engraved in something that can be called a soul.

Also perhaps, the "Ki" that came out naturally from me was also a memory that is engraved in my soul.

From now on, if I accumulate various experiences throughout the years of this life, especially if I experience flesh being pierced, blood being spilled, and getting drunk in battle while bathing in blood, I will remember what I need to remember.

Until then, I'm fine without even knowing who I really am.

I don't need to rush afterall now that I have this body, I have no interntion of letting it die in a few days.

Speaking of things I don't understand, it's the same with this body.

I don't have any memory of Nia.

No matter how much I think I can't find any of her memories.

I don't know the details, but I've heard that humans think with their brains and at the same time store their memories there.

I thought that the reason I didn't have any memory was because I didn't have the organ to remember. Because frankly speaking, I'm nothing more than a soul-like being and I didn't bring my brain with me when I got put into this body.

Well, whatever, Nia is still a child.

Even if the brain forgot everything it won't take long to get it back.

I'm sure she doesn't have that much life experience to begin with and if she has probably most of it will probably revolve around lying sick on a bed.

Even if she has a lot of memories the fact that I couldn't remember them won't change.

Things that aren't there, aren't there.

After all it can't be helped because I can't remember what I can't remember.

That's all there is to it.

Besides my priority right now is the recovery of my body and it is more important than my memory.

Doing something about Nia's body, which is still being dominated by an illness, should be my top priority.

I would think about the other things that I need to after I survive this.

As right now this body is still on the brink of death.

Occasionally, the cough that suddenly welled up inside me would wake me up even if I didn't want to.

And everytime I coughed, in the door of my room that is slightly opened someone is looking at me... as far as I could see it looks like a woman who seemed to be a servant on this house. While coughing over and over again eventually the night seemed to have passed without any fatal incident happening to me.

On the outside, this was the night that the hooded man saved a girl from dying.

But behind the scenes, it was the night that my conciousness that dwells in this body of a girl who gave up her life saves this body.

Turning my head, I can see through the lace curtains drawn on the large window, and the brightness outside which is dazzling.

Right now, I am now living in the tomorrow that Nia threw away.