In a dark place surrounded by nothingness Ariel suddenly felt his consciousness return. Unfortunately when he opened his eyes, all he could see was blackness and the only thing he could feel using his other senses was that he was surrounded by something warm while also hearing something like a drum beating in the background. But he didn’t even pay attention to where he was, the only thing his mind was thinking about was how he was not dead. ‘Didn’t I get shot, is this the after life?’ He thought.

Well no one could answer his question so the only thing he could do was let his mind wander and listen to the soft drum beats, while waiting and hoping that something happens which would explain what actually happened.

After an unknown amount of time he felt the walls around him close in almost like trying to push him out somewhere, and with no control of his body he wasn’t able to resist it in any way. All he could do was to stay calm and let it do what it wanted to.

Soon he was blinded by a bright light and felt the uncomfortable pain that was like having thousands of needles prick you skin. It was definitely not the most pleasant moment of his life, but before he got the time to think about it, he heard a woman's voice. “It’s a boy, my lord”

Ariel of course was confused, but almost immediately he felt his body being lifted up and in his sight he saw a pretty young girl with both brown hair and eyes. At that moment he didn’t understand two things, first one was, why was the girl so giant that she could lift him up like this, and the second one was, why was she in a maid outfit?

He felt like this scenario was very familiar to him, but he wasn’t able to put a finger on it. Right at that moment he was turned to face a different side by the girl where saw a middle aged man with a handsome face, green eyes and blond hair. Furthermore, looking at his strange and tight clothes made Ariel feel like the man had a very trained body.

Yet the expression on his face seemed to be that of disappointment. Ariel still didn’t understand what was happening until another woman’s voice was heard in the room. “Please give me my child.” As soon as the voice rang out, the girl in a maid outfit quickly went near the bed where Ariel could now see a beautiful woman with blond hair and blues eyes different from the middle aged mans. Her beauty couldn’t be hidden even by her scattered hair over her sweat drenched face.

As soon as Ariel was handed to her she embraced him with a smile on her face. Geetin some time to thing, instantly his mind cleared up and he remembered why this felt so familiar. It was like one of those eastern novels about reincarnation he has read before.

That would mean that the middle aged man and this beautiful woman were his parents while he was just a baby. It would explain why everyone was so big. The only questions left in his mind were how did he get reincarnated and where is this place? The first question was impossible to answer, but the second one was worth looking into, although it was not possible right now.

As soon as Ariel came to that conclusion he heard his new mother's words. “He is so cute, but it is a shame that he won’t be able to become strong.” She said in a sad tone. “Yes.” After saying only a single word his father turned around and started walking towards the door. Before he left he turned around once more to speak. “Have some rest.” He said before leaving.

His his father seemed to be a cold man at first glance, but maybe he is able to show his care only to people important to him.

After father left, his mother turned to face him once more. She smiled and opened her mouth. “You must be hungry come here.” She gently drew him closer into her embrace and let him feed on her milk. After eating Arial felt fatigue washing over him and soon he went to the land of dreams.

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After a couple of weeks Ariel has gotten used to his new life, his new name was Ariel Whitestone. He didn’t know if it was a coincidence or fate that he had the same name as in his previous life, but it didn’t matter to him as long as it was easier to ge used to. In the past few weeks he found out some more interesting information about his situation. At first he had concluded two options, first one was that he got reincarnated into some old country side place on earth where technology level was extremely low, second one was that he got reincarnated into a whole new world that was similar to medieval times on earth.

Soon enough his questions were answered, when two maids who were cleaning his room spoke about a monster attack in some village. Monsters weren’t something that existed on earth, so the only conclusion left was that he was now on a different world.

That wasn’t the only thing that caught his attention. One time a maid in his room lit a candle by just pointing a finger at it and shooting out a small flame. It didn’t take genius to understand what that was, magic, Something almost every person dreamed of experiencing on earth, but those dreams only stayed dreams for them. Yet now Ariel has a chance to witness actual magic which made him feel a sense of excitement for the unknown diferent to his usual emotions.

Besides the maids, the only people that were ever in his room was first, his mother who would always come to eaither feed him or play with him. She would tell stories and legends to him about all kind of things that would make any fantasy fan drool. The second one was a middle aged butler with black hair and eyes, he wasn’t handsome, but had a good body build and a reliable feel to him.

The butler was always in charge of looking after him and attending to his needs. He seemed to be one of his mother’s personal servants. And Ariel was glad to have him. He seems strong, also Ariel found out that he is part of some kind of noble family. From the last life he learned that influential people are usually the ones in most danger even if to ohters it didn't seem like that, so he immediately began thinking about how to avoid this danger..

While spending the days in his room he at the same time came to know his mother’s and butler’s names. His mother’s name was Julie Whitestone while the butler only had the first name Derek. One of the stories he was told by his mother was actually about Derek’s past. He seems to have used to be an elite assassin who under misfortunate circumstances ended up captured by bandits and made into a slave.

Those very same bandits attacked his mother’s carriage while she was traveling to the capital and after the bandits were slaughtered by her guards they found Derek chained up in their hideout. When he was asked about his origins he answered without pause not hiding any of his secrets. Ariel’s mother wanted to release him, but he told her that he wanted to stay a slave and serve her as gratitude for saving his life. She didn’t see a problem with it so she let him serve her, and that is how he stayed with her for almost 10 years.

Now it looks like his ownership was transferred to Arial. Anyways, besides listening to these people he didn’t do very much else, since he wasn’t even able to do anything with this weak, baby body.

And so, time slowly passed.