『Physique +0.01』
Physique? What does that have anything to do with an ant?
Xander was baffled. Even if there was a name tag, what was he supposed to do with it?
After a brief ponder, his beady eyes lit up. Of course he has to kill it!
Mimi was about to enter the bathroom when Little Xan suddenly became restless in her arms.
She blinked and watched in confusion as Little Xan tried to get out of her arms. Feeling happy for her baby's liveliness, she immediately put him down.
However, as soon as Little Xan was put down, she watched in horror as he quickly crawled towards an ant below the dining chair and smacked it.
Her Little Xan specifically went down just to kill that ant?
It's fine if the ant crawled on his body or nibbled on their food, but that ant did nothing wrong.
Mimi widened her eyes. It can't be that her sweet Little Xan takes delight in killing, right?
No! This must not happen!
It's time to impart her Little Xan national morals and the values of a good citizen! She does not want her Little Xan to be like those psychopathic children who tortured little animals just for the joy of it.
Just the thought of those unbridled, uneducated, audacious brats turned her sight red. Where are the parents?! Let me give them a beating of a lifetime!
It couldn't help that most of those brats looked so beatable. Mimi took a deep breath.
Calm down. You're a mother now. How can you think that some brats are beatable? What are you gonna do to your own son, then?
After hesitating for a moment, Mimi's eyes turned firm and resolute.
Hmph! Even if you're my son, there's no way you could avoid getting spanked!
Xander excitedly watched as the ant died under his hand, but he turned puzzled and still when nothing happened.
What's going on? Why there's no notification when he smacked it?
Unaware of the impending beating, Xander fell into deep thought. His eyes blinked rapidly, his mature intelligence quickly trying to come up with a reason to make things sense.
Unfortunately, it could never expect an incoming beating.
"Little Xan, even if you're a baby and I love you so much as a mother, I must make some things clear!"
With the spirit to instill proper moral values and being a good citizen to her beloved son, Mimi did not hesitate to beat her own baby! With a mighty sweep, she placed Xander on her lap and beat his butt.
Xander's baby face turned dumbfounded as he was beaten. Wait, isn't he a baby?
Why are you beating him up?!
Are you reasonable?!
Unfortunately, all these complaints merely come out as incoherent wails. Mimi was satisfied. Let it be a lesson that killing insects for the sake of joy is something you should not be doing.
That is a sign of a sociopath. Even if he was born with it, Mimi was confident she could instill enough fear into him, forever suppressing that unwanted side.
A proper mother should inspire her children by fear when the circumstance forces it!
After all, dumb creatures like babies could only be obedient when they feel the authority of their parents through the shackles of fear! As Mimi's thoughts began to wonder, Xander listlessly stayed in her lap as she beat his butt.
What else could he do?
Damn it, he began to regret the fact that he was a grown man in a baby.
After a few pats to end this humiliating session in a somewhat acceptable way, Mimi nodded in satisfaction, "Next time, even if you kill bugs, don't do it proactively, okay? Kill it only when it disturbs you."
Although she didn't expect him to understand, as a mother, it is only right to remind her son. It's also good for him to get used to her words. She heard from the parenting seminars she attended that babies learned things fast if you keep them engaged.
There's a reason families with educated members usually have smarter children. Because their children have been actively taught from a very young age, when it was easy for them to learn new things.
Although she couldn't replicate the method 100%, she still could do a couple of things to get ahead!
As for Xander, he mentally slapped his head as soon as his mother's words reached him. So that's why he was beaten! Just imagine seeing your son suddenly kill a bug just because of curiosity, isn't that quite a sign?
He subconsciously nodded, not in understanding but in agreement. However, his mother took it as an affirmative, and she grinned happily, "Good boy! Alright, let's take you to the bath!"
Xander the baby was carried to the bathtub, getting abruptly drenched by his mother's rough handling. He watched as his mother sheepishly tapped her forehead and chuckled, "Ah, I forgot you're still in a diaper."
Xander the baby was thoroughly humiliated, his butt naked for the world to see, cleaned and wiped until it was shiny.
Damn it, she literally beat me and humiliated me!
Oh, it's my mother. Then it's fine.
The pressure from the shower was somewhat comforting, giving the perfect amount of weight on his back for him to enjoy. It seems like while his mother was somewhat tough in some aspects, she was a very meticulous person.
After a few minutes, Mimi wrapped her Little Xan in a cute towel with cartoonish elephant patterns, turning Xander the baby into a tiny adorable humanoid caterpillar.
"Hoho, my Little Xan is as obedient and cute as ever. Though that doesn't mean you could get off from mandatory punishments should you break the rules! Still, I could give you some leeway in the future."
Mimi giggled as she softly pinched Xander's cheek with her dainty hands. Little Xander was utterly mortified. He's just a baby, and she already talked about household rules?!
Scary!
He must not offend his mother unless it was absolutely necessary.
It was at this moment that he began to respect his father. To be able to get this woman to act so coy yesterday, what a manly father he has!
"Hmm... It's still morning. I'll prepare food for your little tummy."
After thoroughly dry Xander, Mimi skillfully tucked him into a comfortable baby pyjamas, and after placing him on the sofa in the living room, she buried herself with work in the kitchen, humming a pleasant tune.
The living room of Xander's family was spacious and comfortable. A 24 inches TV was placed in front of the sofa he was sitting on, with the walls decorated with numerous photos featuring his mother and father, along with two pairs of elderly which he would assume were his grandparents. He was quite stunned when he saw a big portrait of his parents' wedding.
Mother looked very gorgeous there, and father was also very handsome!
The portraits are mostly old-fashioned, and only the new addition, which had him in it, was somewhat minimalist, indicating that it was very new.
It seems like the concept of modernization has never changed, always aiming towards simplicity and minimalist looks.
The floor was covered with carpet, indicating that Xander was born in a well-off family.
After being out of his mother's sight, Xander's somewhat dumb and nonchalant baby demeanor changed into a serious one, his round, baby face narrowed its eyes in contemplation.
"That 『Physique +0.01』nametag above the ant... What's that supposed to mean?"
Usually, when a peculiar nametag that showed an attribute appeared above a being, one would immediately think of killing it in order to get the attribute.
But obviously, that didn't work. He got a beating from his mother instead.
Xander began to waddle around to search for another similar nametag, but despite the spacious living room, he was surprised to find that no bugs had appeared.
"Mother was very meticulous."
The nametag also showed that the world he was reborn into was definitely not so simple. Xander has to wait for the TV to turn on in order to make a concrete conclusion. He tried to look out the window, but he was greeted with an ordinary black road, ordinary yard, and ordinary blue sky.
The possibility that the world was extraordinary put him on edge. An extraordinary world with superpowers was cool and all, but the danger it represents was definitely not something to be taken lightly.
He wasn't a hormonal teenager who thought he was a protagonist just when he realized he was transmigrated. As a pragmatic adult, it's never wrong to be too cautious and consider the worst scenario.
"Let's just hope for the best."
Naturally, it would be good if it was a structured society with sufficient rules for people with superpowers. It was also fine if it was just an ordinary world, just as the same as Earth.
He could re-do and make up all the regrets, Xander clenched his baby fists.
I will definitely get a childhood sweetheart! But soon, Xander froze.
He, inwardly a masculine, strong grown man but outwardly a small cute baby, was actually thinking of approaching little girls?
Albeit he was a baby, it felt absurdly wrong. Xander scrunched his baby face. What a headache!
It was at this time that Mimi came back with a bowl of baby porridge, along with a red cup with vapor arising from within. Xander assumed it was coffee.
"Alright Xander, time for breakfast."
Mimi was delighted to see that Xander obediently came to her side, looking up at her expectantly. Perhaps her 'teaching' worked?
Hmph, as expected of her and Little Xander, with her ingenuity and Little Xander with his extraordinary bearing.
Hehe, my son has the bearing of an extraordinary person!
Whimsically joking to herself, Mimi giggled and quickly put her red mug on the table in front of the sofa, placing Xander on her lap. Her other hand grabbed the remote on the table and turned the TV on.
As the TV got turned on, Xander's eyes widened.