Reincarnation from Zero

What was it? What happened to me? I tried remembering everything however all I got are blurry images and scenes I can't understand. Mage, Demon King, mountain of corpse and a person with a blurred face who looks like a girl surge in my subconscious mind. Who are you? Garth Heather Vandell?

All I know is I was born in an unknown land with an unknown parents. The villagers found me in a cave deep within the forest of Heyward. They too, doesn't know anything about my origin. They believe that I was a child of a merchant who's parents are ambushed by wild beasts while traveling in the forest. I grew up taking that hypothesis as the truth. I grew contented with what I have and live as an orphan for years and was therefore called Lawton.

However this morning when I woke up from my deep slumber, flood of memories rushed through my brain. I remembered being killed in a concert hall. Cause of death; stampede. I was crushed to death, it still bring chills to my spine.

Aside from my "True" self's memories, I also remembers being Garth Heather Vandell, a tyrant who killed platoons of Heavenly Knights, step on thier King's corpse and dominated a whole empire. It sounds crazy compared to the latter.

Come to think of it... I am reincarnated as Garth Heather Vandell! The demon king! Dammit!

I look at my pale small hands. I was a 15 years old skinny child. My dark brown hair reached my brows, my body is full of bandages. Ah, right. I got into trouble again, aren't I?

Yesterday, I tried climbing the apple tree outside the orphanage, however I fell. Due to the impact, I was able to remember the pain of being crushed to death once again and my memory flashed back.

But who is Garth Heather Vandell? What I only knew is that he was a lunatic who tried to conquer the world. But, why did he became a child?

My flood of thoughts was disturbed by a sudden rattling sound at the door. The door was pushed open by a grumpy looking old woman with her brows furrowed.

"Time to get up! Hurry and take a breakfast. "

The dining hall is large enough to hold 70 orphaned kids. It has rows of long tables, each table can hold up to 10 people. I sat at the last free seat beside a black haired boy who is enjoying his porridge.

"Morning, Law. " He said cheerfully as I took my spoon and started eating breakfast.

"Morning, Reg. " I said while munching a bread.

Reg is also covered with bandages. He, too, climbed that apple tree. He actually tried to rescue a stranded cat on the branch, but ended up being rescued instead. He stopped midway because he was afraid of heights. The cat was able to go down safely on it's own. That's when I tried to rescue him and also ended up injured.

Pathetic kid.

"Mrs. Bottomham said 'Both of you will be in charge in taking fire Woods today! It's your detention for climbing that Apple tree'" Reg said trying to imitate the grumpy old woman, Mrs. Bottomham's voice.

"Suits you. " I said while taking a bite.

"She also said that, 'You are not allowed to go beyond the red line!'" He said, still imitating Mrs. Bottomham.

"The red line? " I mused. "Who would want to go to the red line? I heard there were wild beasts out there, ready to pounce on you. "

"Yeah, I also said that to her, however, she won't listen to me. She said it's always better to be safe. "

"She doesn't trusts us, is she? "

"She won't, she said we always gave her headache... So no more trouble. "

Breakfast is done and everyone set off to do their work. Reg and I brought the basket case and strapped to it our back. Mrs. Bottomham kept on reminding us, over and over again about how much trouble she was getting.

We reached the door when another problem came up.

"I'm coming with you. "

A girl with waist-lenght hair approached us, her arms crossed.

"No-"

"Mrs. Bottomham's order. "

"What? "

She glared at me. "I'm coming with you whether you like it or not. " She said stubbornly.

I sigh. "Fine, just don't be a nuisance."

The three set off to thier destination --- the Hayward forest, where it all started. The three children's lives has been intertwined with each other. The adventure begins!