Really living in this world is very painful, there are many life tests that we have to face. Food prices, house prices, and education prices are increasingly expensive. However, there are some people who have to struggle to support their families, even though they are still young. He is Rey, a 28 year old man who used to be a scientist and historian, but now he is just a private employee in the field of construction and property planning, who makes plans for buildings or infrastructure such as urban areas. His job was under a lot of pressure and insults from his superiors. Luckily, Rey is still patient in order to earn a living for his family.
Meanwhile, both parents, his father worked as a construction worker, and his mother was only a housewife. Rey has 2 younger siblings, one boy and one girl. In order to help his parents make ends meet in this cruel world, Rey tries as hard as possible to earn enough money to buy a small house for his family. Because currently his family lives in an outdated apartment and will soon be evicted.
"Hah... I'm tired of working here and there, just to get a comfortable and decent life. As much as possible, I have to be able to collect enough money, so that my younger siblings can continue their education." Rey said tiredly and full of worry.
Then Rey worked hard for several months. He finally earned enough money to be able to buy a small house and also pay for his two younger siblings to continue their education. However, at around 11 pm at night, Rey was about to return to the apartment where his family lived, Rey seemed to see several people trying to look around the old apartment building. However, some of the people seemed to be thieves, Rey approached them quietly.
After Rey followed him until he reached the suspicious person's place, Rey was suddenly shocked and said, "Isn't... that the room where my family lives? Why did they go there?" Rey said, increasingly confused and worried about his family.
Then, Rey rushed quickly into the room where he lived. When he was in front of the door, Rey felt his body and hands shaking, as if he was afraid of what would happen to his family and himself.
"Ugh….Hope this isn't what I think." Rey said while swallowing hard, and shaking with fear.
"KREEK…." The sound of the door when Rey opened it.
When Rey opened the door, it turned out that what he was afraid of was true. Rey's entire family without any reason, without having any problems with anyone, were killed by some suspicious people who looked like thieves. Rey was very angry and cried, then he beat all the suspicious people or let's say thugs. There were 8 thugs in total, and Rey, in his anger and sadness, indiscriminately beat them one by one.
"BRAKK"
Rey gave them the sound of a blow, and Rey tried to look for a weapon, but the weapon he got was a kitchen knife. Meanwhile, some of the thugs used their bare hands, because their bodies were big, and some also used baseball bats. However, Rey didn't care what they were carrying, he immediately attacked again, but Rey's attack was in vain, from behind there were two thugs who attacked Rey by hitting Rey on the head with a baseball bat. Rey's head was bleeding from the blow, and suddenly from the front there was a thug who immediately stabbed Rey with the kitchen knife that Rey had been holding but fell.
"BRAKK" The sound of a stick hitting Rey's head.
"Ugh… Really, damn!" Rey said with his head bleeding and his body immediately falling to the floor.
"It turns out my life ended like this... there was nothing special in my life."
"If only, I was given a second chance… maybe I would protect everything, everything I have and everything I love." Rey's final words as he was dying and everything went dark.
However, when Rey was dying and dying with regret, suddenly a soft voice was heard, like a voice calling his with affection. But the voice seemed foreign to Rey, like he was calling someone else and not Rey's name.
"Theo!.... Theo..... please wake up, Theo! Don't leave mom and dad here." A woman's soft cry was heard.
At that moment, Rey's eyes slowly opened, and he finally realized. But Rey realized that his body was injured.
"I... where am I? ugh... it hurts so much, my body... why does it hurt?" Rey looked confused and also felt pain from his wound.
Then a middle-aged man appeared, with a sturdy body and at his waist was a sword that looked like a knight. The man also called Rey affectionately.
"Son, you finally realized... don't move yet, your body was hit by arrows because of the attack from the enemy two days ago." Said a middle-aged man with great affection.
Rey became even more confused by what he saw, and asked, "Sorry, who are you?... and where is this? I... am I not dead? Why am I still alive?"
Everyone around Rey was shocked, they thought Rey was experiencing temporary memory loss and was traumatized by the events Rey had gone through. After that, a few minutes later Rey seemed to have regained some of his memory. Currently Rey's body is not his previous body, he is Theo Von Caerstellar who is 12 years old, has brown hair and beautiful eyes. A young master from the Caerstellar family, a noble family that has great influence in the Kaelmar Kingdom.
Theo also has two siblings, 5-year-old younger brother Kiel Von Caerstellar, and 10-year-old sister Myra Von Caerstellar. Meanwhile, his father is Lucien Von Caerstellar, the highest count in the kingdom of Kaelmar and a top swordsman, and his mother is Celia Von Caerstellar, a healer and herbal researcher.
However, because of the rebellion and some nobles who did not like the influence of the Caerstellar family in the Kingdom, because that influence could threaten the position of the prospective King's heir in the Kaelmar Kingdom for all the nobles in the Kaelmar kingdom. Because of this, the entire Caerstellar family was secretly attacked until they fled into the forest.
This attack all started with an engagement plan carried out by one of the nobles, namely the noble family Virelle. However, that was just their alibi to be able to attack the Caerstellar family directly. Because the Caerstellar family did not accept the engagement plan, this became an excuse for the Virelle nobles and several other nobles to attack the Caerstellar family.
"Ugh... this... this isn't me, am I being reborn? no, it's not like being reborn, but like my soul entering this little child's body."
"Is this what is called transmigration to another world, or what people call isekai?"
Rey also feels that this is a second chance for him, now Rey is Theo Von Caerstellar, young master of the noble Caerstellar family. He thought he could have a comfortable life with a family whose economy was running smoothly.
But that was before,
Now the Caerstellar family no longer has the title of a noble family, because of attacks carried out by other nobles on the territory and the Caerstellar family, some of the Caerstellar people even betrayed themselves for the sake of their personal power. So currently they are just Fallen Noble level or nobles who have fallen and become ordinary people.
"Hah... really my life is very unlucky, I used to die because of being stabbed by thieves in the apartment, and now I suddenly wake up in the body of a 14 year old boy, dying?" Theo said angrily.
Then after a few days Theo had recovered, he looked around the area where his family and several of his troops were hiding. This area is referred to as the forbidden forest, Ardentfall Forest, Theo and his family didn't know where to run anymore because there weren't any nobles and several kingdoms or even several empires they could ask for help.
Morning had arrived, Theo then started helping the family and troops from Caerstellar. As a young master, Theo had to be calm even though circumstances were not in his favor, because Theo didn't have any skills. He is just an ordinary human being, different from his younger sister who has had a talent for magic since childhood. However, Theo is a very intelligent person, unlike his father, mother and younger siblings, Theo's intelligence is truly beyond everyone's thinking. That's why Theo is still respected by several Knights and their families.
"Haha... theo, theo... are you really someone who has no talent at all? but the young master is the smartest of all the people in the Kaelmar kingdom? hehe, yes... it's really lucky that you still have this natural talent for intelligence." Theo said with a small laugh but proud of himself.
However, Theo didn't care what people were talking about, whether as a talentless young master or as a smart young master. Theo only thought about how he should survive and be able to survive the attacks of other nobles on his family and himself. Because in his previous life, he had promised to protect what he had, anyone close to him, his family and the people he loved.
From here, Theo's journey as the young master of Caerstellar began his life. As a person who does not have any talents, Theo will use his intelligence to protect everything he has, and will also avenge all the actions of the other nobles.