"Where am I?" the first thing that came into my mind after I woke up. An unfamiliar ceiling as well as a totally unfamiliar room! The room is quite big, no it's much bigger. The room interior is fancy, almost like a fantasy royal house that I had seen in various TV dramas! The bed is soft and the mattress as well as the bedsheets are very high class. A middle class man like me can only dream about this room, no I think even in my dream I couldn't dare to live in this type of expensive house. A dressing table is at the front of my bed, made of mahogany wood I guess! A big wall Almirah is attached with the west wall, filled with books and other staff. The room has two big windows.
"Really, where am I? Am I dreaming!" I keep asking myself. To understand whether this is reality or not, I prod my hand, "Ahhh!" indeed it's reality.
I came down from the bed, went towards the dressing table but as soon as I looked into the mirror, I was shocked! "Who is this lad in the mirror?" I asked myself. It took me quite some time to figure out what I should say to realize and accept that the reflection of the unknown lad that the mirror was showing me is none other than mine! But, trust me, I am pretty sure, I am not this good looking nor do I wear this kind of medieval fancy clothes. But right now, all of my inner thoughts are saying that this person is actually me!
I tried to recall my memories, but to my utter surprise I realized, there are two kinds of memories of mine. How could I describe it? It's more like a normal recalling your past but two different memories were shown! It was so confusing, that at one moment I thought, I am going to be insane if this keeps happening. So in one of my memories, which according to my theory is the original memory, where I lived in India, working as a salaryman, living a life of failure! My parents weren't happy nor did I. It was a disgusting life! But on the other hand I live in this place called Magadha and to be honest, here I am also a failure! The difference is there I was called Rohan, here my name is Leo. There I was 28, here I am 15. There my parents were ordinary, here my parents...well they are extraordinary indeed. If I talk about similarities, then there I was a good for nothing, here I am also a good for nothing. There I couldn't reach the height of my parents expectations, here too, or at least so far I couldn't do any significant work that makes my parents proud.
It took me a little bit of time, but I guess I figured out what happened to me! To be honest, I think I died as Rohan and was reborn on this lad Leo's body. If that's the case, then what happened to the original Leo? I don't know, he probably also died and might be awake in my body! If that is so, can I call it a body swap!
More importantly, the world is fully different, from Leo's memory, they called this world Iggdrasil, it has 12 continents and 13 oceans, the continents are divided into countless countries. Most of the countries are ruled by kings therefore calling them kingdoms would be more fitting. Various creatures are there too including Dragons, monsters, elves, dwarves and humans. Oh! they didn't call it human, they called themselves Analiyams but yeah they are human. The language, calendar, time counting all are very different. It's more like a fantasy world but at the same time it's real.
As for me, my name is Leo LionHeart, I am 15. I am the 7th Young Master of LionHeart Dukedom. My father is the 49th Patriarch of the LionHeart Dukedom and his name is Leon LionHeart. What is more intriguing is that he is known as the Sword Saint due to his extreme swordsmanship skill. The name of my mother is Diana, a descendant of the Supreme Sorcerer Lord Braham. So my lineage is indeed extraordinary as I am a combination of the two powerful supreme level forces yet I am a good for nothing, a talentless person! My father was disappointed, my mother cursed herself for giving birth to me and my 6 siblings belittled me, even the servants showed trivial attitude towards me! I am neither good in swordsmanship nor I have any talent for magic. My father made me do various works to figure out, if by any chance I might possess a talent but only find out that except sleeping and eating, I am good at nothing! Yes, that is very correct! I am truly a good for nothing!
However, what is astonishing to me is that if in both of my lives I am talentless, then why am I reborn? I mean if you think logically then there is actually nothing change except the fact that in my life as Rohan, I used to work hard to earn a single rupee and here Leo is born with a golden spoon! Except for financial achievement, there is nothing for me to be proud of!
(To be continued)
Writer's Note: This is my first time writing a novel. English, is a language, that is not my vernacular. I am still learning it. Trying my best to express myself. There might be grammatical error or the language of this novel may not be as lucid as it should be. In both cases please use the comment box to let me know about those problem so that I can amend the part as per your suggestions! I hope you are enjoying my novel "Heavenly Lion." I am planning to give two updates in a week. Thank you for reading.