But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

My Seventh Birthday Party

Here comes... Nicole and Clyde!

Elegant white dress with jewels adorned, the same gold-colored earrings with cherry decoration, and braided front hair... Oh, her hair seemed to have grown longer that she tied it behind her. She looked fresh and gentle... at least gentler than the image I had of her when she was younger.

What made my eyes sour was how her arm encircled Clyde's arm, just like a lovey dovey couple—ah, they were married couple, indeed. As for Clyde... I just noticed it, but compared to when he was young, he seemed to be more... relaxed? Happy? I didn't really spend much time with him so I didn't know, but the atmosphere around him seemed different.

"We meet again, little girl! How's school?!"Nicole's gentle image was quickly broken by her words and how she patted my head quite hard—be gentler, Nicole! You're ruining my hair!!!!"S-school is fun, and how do you do, Aunti—""Ni-co-le-san!!"Before I could finish my words, Nicole quickly corrected me. Uuh, to think that I just realized yesterday that I could probably address Nicole with Auntie and Clyde with Uncle as they were already parents... Okay, no need to change how I address them, then!

"Nicole-san... Thanks for coming to seventh birthday party!""It's a matter of course! There's no way I'm not coming after I met you last year! I still remember..."...Nicole's 'I still remember' is terrifying...Nicole moved closer as she seemed to be probing on my... face?!Eeh—she's trying to read my expression?!"Haha, Nicole, you're going to scare her," Clyde said as he tugged Nicole closer.Phew!

"We meet again, Lyra! You're still as cute as ever. I'm not sure how to describe it... though there are some parts of you that I think are similar to my late sister, your overall characteristic is different from her...," Clyde said....Hii!! C-Clyde, there's no need for you to say it out loud, just keep it in your mind... Please?"Well, she sure looks so different from Reinst, but I also feel that she resembles her in some ways. Yup, hard to describe," Nicole added.

...S-stop comparing me with ...myself in the past, pleasssseee? I'm sweating bullets here... Must try to not look nervous!!Right, I have to change the topic!!

"U-uhm, Nicole-san, Clyde-san, how is your son?"

"Ah, Eine has grown up to be a bright child. He's my pride and joy," Nicole smiled proudly.

Eine...? Their son's name, I guess?

"He is five years old now. Next year, he will turn six... Will you come to his sixth birthday party, Lyra? I'm sure he's going to like you," Clyde said.Uhm, yes, I know you and Nicole like me because I was Reinst who reincarnated, but don't assume your son is going to like me right away...?

"Of course I will come!"Despite my thought, I still managed to smile it off."Promise it, Lyra?" Nicole unexpectedly asked me to make a promise to this thing that didn't even need promise...?She even gave me her pinky.Uhhh, does she still have her childish habit or is it because of her son that she still has this habit?

...But.Back then.

As Reinst, I didn't take her pinky.She was the one who forcefully hooked my pinky to hers.I didn't take the pinky promise nicely.

So..."Promise!" I gently hooked my pinky to Nicole's pinky.Back then, my pinky was bigger than Nicole's. But right now, my pinky was evidently way smaller than hers.Though our forms were different, at least I could make it off for Nicole and made a nice pinky promise with her.As I looked at Nicole's current smiling face, the image overlapped with Nicole's younger self that I still remembered. Her smile remained the same.