chapter 1 reborn

**Disclaimer:** The following narrative is a work of fiction. It contains adult themes and may not be suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised.

When I woke up, the first thing I felt was my eyes being dazzled. Light filled my eyes, and I narrowed my vision, easing the discomfort. Once my eyes adjusted to the light, I found myself in a woman's arms, around the age of 20. She had black hair and blue eyes. When I tilted my head, I saw a man in his 20s with brown hair and brown eyes. In that moment, I thought, "Who are these people? What am I doing here?" I tried to speak, but no words came from my mouth. The lady lifted me up and said, "Rusius, it's our baby. He's born." This shocked me for a moment because this lady was holding me, a 25-year-old man, and saying that I'm her baby. I thought she was insane for a moment until the young man picked me up and started to smile. When he turned around, what I saw in the mirror shocked me to my core. I was a baby, not a 25-year-old man who was supposed to be dead. In that moment, I started to think about a lot of things, like if I'm dreaming or if I'm really reincarnated like the characters in anime. It felt real, but I did not want to believe that it's true. Days passed by, and I gathered information. The tall, brown-haired man is my father, Maikeru Abarai, and the black-haired, blue-eyed lady is my mother, Sakura Abarai. They are a married couple, and I am their first child. My name is Rusius Abarai. From the look of the house that I live in, it looks like they are farmers. The house has a medieval design, with decorations of animal heads and swords. But who would use swords in the modern age? If what I'm thinking is true, this means that I'm in another world. But that's just an assumption I have come up with. There are no concrete pieces of evidence to back up my claim. As time passed, I started to believe that I was just reincarnated into a baby on Earth. That is until the day I turned 9 months old. I was starting to learn how to walk again, but it was not really walking, just crawling. I hit a chair that was on the table where I was crawling, and it was about to fall on me. My mother came in and did something, and the chair started to float in the air. I thought I was just seeing things. My mom ran to me and said, "Rusius, are you okay?" In that moment, I could not contain my happiness. I started to laugh. It was magic. I was in another world. After the noise, my father came in to see what was going on. From that day, I started to study any book that was around the house to find out what world I was in. From what I have studied, the books mentioned the world of Elysium. There are ten regions: Eldoria, Arkanvale, Mistwood, Celestria, Emberfell, Frostpeak, Shadowfen, Sunhaven, Stormreach, and Silvermist Isles. Our family is located in the east in the smallest region, Mistwood. The region is known for its huge forest and fields of crops. Most of the trade of goods comes from this region. It is also known for elves to live here because of the huge forest. The most amount of earth mana comes from here because of the huge mana vein that flows through here. From my research, that is the only thing that I could find out about this place because there are not many books in this house. This may be due to the lack of education in this world.