C3— The Marquis’ Daughter Who Was Called the Great Mage – The World Is Dirty, so I Was Just Cleaning It Up…

Chapter 3: I Was Reincarnated Into Another World

I’ve grown quite a bit.

I must be about three months old now, I think. It’s getting troublesome to keep count.

Even though it’s my own body, I’m amazed at how quickly a baby grows.

Seriously, I can tell my body’s bigger after just a nap. I hardly move at all, yet my body keeps demanding food. No wonder.

The cradle that used to be so spacious for me has gotten cramped, so I’ve moved to a bed instead.

A lot has happened over these past three months.

To put it bluntly, my maidenly pride has been shattered into pieces.

If you eat, then naturally waste builds up. It’s obvious. I may be surviving solely on breast milk, but I’m no exception.

At first, it wasn’t so bad.

I could barely stay awake, so whenever I had accidents in my sleep, the attendants would apparently clean me up before I even noticed. I was vaguely aware of it happening, but I chose not to think about it.

Even at that point, I couldn’t help feeling it was questionable for a maiden, but it wasn’t too damaging to my mental health yet.

However, as I grew and started staying awake longer, I could no longer ignore the situation.

Of course, at first, I tried to convey that I wanted to be taken to the toilet when I felt the urge. But it didn’t get through at all.

My tongue still couldn’t form proper words, so I tried desperately to communicate with gestures and sounds. But they just thought I was throwing a tantrum. They kept trying to soothe me, thinking I was cranky. That’s not what I meant!

A baby simply doesn’t have the capacity to “hold it in.” It wasn’t long before I reached my limit.

While I sat there stunned afterward, the attendants acted swiftly. Despite my embarrassment and resistance, they changed my diaper without hesitation. They didn’t scold me for thrashing around, nor did they forcibly restrain me. They simply finished the change with quick, efficient movements, and I genuinely admired them for it.

Though there was no escaping the embarrassment, at least I didn’t feel any discomfort physically.

They’d carefully wipe all the way between the folds of my bottom with a towel warmed in hot water. Each time, my maidenly dignity took another savage blow.

And of course, this happens multiple times a day. My maidenly pride is on life support.

But it’s okay.

As a baby, I haven’t developed full self-awareness yet. So these memories definitely won’t remain. Absolutely… I refuse to let them stay!

Anyway.

Thanks to my neck becoming stable, my field of vision has widened, and I finally confirmed for sure that I’d been reincarnated into another world.

This world… is filthy.

Black, swirling grime clings to everything around me.

It’s something that shouldn’t exist in the world I knew.

Once I could move my neck, I happened to glance down and saw that some of that black grime was stuck on my own chest. Panicking, I tried to brush it off.

Fortunately, it disappeared as soon as I brushed it away.

I was worried it would dirty my hands too, so I tried wiping them off quickly. But the grime hadn’t transferred to my hands. Thank goodness.

From that day on, it became my daily routine to wipe my body as much as I could whenever I woke up. Cleanliness is important.

It’s frustrating that I can’t reach my whole body because my range of motion is still so limited.

But no one else seems to care. Not my mother, nor the attendants—they all go about their lives while covered in that grime.

Is this normal in this world?

They still seem to do regular cleaning and laundry, yet for some reason, they pay no attention to that black grime. It’s strange.

But I refuse to accept it.

Technically I’m “former,” but I was Japanese. I absolutely can’t tolerate filth.

So whenever I’m picked up, I discreetly brush the grime away. Especially around my mother’s chest—after all, that’s where my mouth goes.

If I could, I’d scrub the entire room clean, but that’s beyond me for now.

I’ve gained another reason to hurry up and grow bigger.

Someday, I’m going to eradicate all of it!