In existence, 13 planes compose everything, and they are known as The Grand Order Of Worlds, with each of those planes having realms within them, alternative dimensions connected to the plane in which they are.
Out of the 13, at the very bottom, there was the first plane, Zero Prima, and this was the plane where the planet Earth resided in a 3-dimensional finite universe spanning billions of light years. Aside from that, only the lower dimensionality could be found in such a plane.
That however was left behind as Lutious' soul was taken to where the real journey began now that his life had ended there.
The next destination was the second plane, Alpha Prima, a plane containing a singular 3-dimensional infinite universe, one where the understanding of existence was better, yet, it could be said that it was to the earth, but a medieval fantasy.
After all, the earth equivalent of this plane was in such a state. Planet Terath was the one to welcome him.
Containing a supercontinent divided into 7 empires, there was no doubt it would be a journey and a half.
Found in the Empire Of Nostia, there was the Kingdom of Broon, followed by its capital city of Monotia, where in the House of Lust, one of the great 7 houses of sin, three individuals in a room were looking at a newborn baby lying in a cradle.
This room with red walls adorned in black and purple, carried a sense of luxury that could be felt as high enough materials for everything could be seen, from the cradle; to the tables, to the carpet, and so on.
As the vision of the world was restored, the soul became filled with excitement.
(So I did get reincarnated… I wonder how Krias is doing… No, I shouldn't mope, if I want to stop the Beast, I can only dedicate myself to growing stronger.) Lutious immediately decided in his mind upon finally seeing the world.
"Would you look at that, the spitting image of his mother… my genes did not contest in the battle for your creation, little one. Well, at least you have my eyes." Carrying a wide smile with crossed arms despite his words, the first of the three to speak was the one man.
He was wearing a black coat jacket with a purple fur collar, and silver adornments, not to mention the white pants and black boots. His short hair was wine-red, his eyes deep purple, like a swirling abyss ready to swallow everyone that dares stare at them for too long.
Aside from that, his features were sharp, and symmetrical, giving him a rather pleasant look. Then, his physique seemed average at first look, but a closer inspection would show that he has a muscular frame even if he's not buff.
Finally, he was rather tall standing at 195cm tall, and he had not two, but six arms just casually there.
Next to him, there was a woman with long pink hair, fully green iris and pupils, making her hair stand out even more, on her grayish skin.
Wearing a knee-length, red A-line dress and equally red sandals.
Moving on from that, she had an elegant and thin figure though she was only standing at 160cm tall, with a rather strong muscle frame.
Then when it came to features her were a bit softer, yet there was a much more enchanting feel to her than him, bat-like wings on her upper back, a black tail with a heart shape at the end, and horns on her head.
"Hmph, greedy! You already have 3 girls who get so much from you, I have one girl and a boy… Well, had, now we're even." The woman expressed with puffed-out cheeks as she looked at the man with narrowed eyes.
Lastly, there was a small woman with long ears, blue eyes, and short blond hair in a miniskirt maid uniform right behind them, listening attentively with good posture.
Her physique is muscular, yet delicate, and a small smile rests on her face.
"Master, and mistress, it seems the young master has awakened." The words left her mouth as she did a small bow to the cradle holding the recently awakened child.
So both, the man and the woman turned their attention back to the baby.
"Ohhhh! Welcome my dear! My little Lutious, don't worry mama will take care of you forever from now on." Lifting him out of the cradle she held him close with a warm if not slightly tight hug.
(Lutious?… I guess her influence is that strong… wait, I can understand them? Aren't they speaking english?… I can't tell… What kind of world is this anyway? Then again I could understand those two as well…) He was thinking about it a bit confused now that he stopped to reflect.
"Look at his little horns, they are always too cute…" The man began playfully and gently using his finger to tickle the newborn's horn.
(Haahahaha… Why are these things so ticklish? That's not fair! Stop!) Lutious internally protested as he could not escape being at the mercy of the tickling.
"Stop! He's still too small, you can do that later. You always do this! When are you going to learn? Babies are too fragile." The woman pulled the baby away from the man.
"Come on, I know they love it, they are our kids, there's no way they are that fragile. I bet he could survive a 300-cm fall with no problem. I'm sure he can already tap into magic." The man responded with a smile.
(Oh… I'm doomed if that's my dad. Let's hope my mother is a bit more sensible, if it's as much like the stories I read as it has been so far, it's safe to say yes.) Lutious could only watch in internal disappointment.
"Falling is normal, but it doesn't mean it's a good thing. Stop trying to make our children into Evershapers from birth." The mother rolled her eyes at his father.
"Fine, enough joking. Welcome, Lutious. You're now an Okanu, our child. Member of the House of Lust. I hope you are ready." The man said with a smile proud of his newborn.
"It's as your father said, it's a big world out there, but you have us so don't worry and just be happy, we'll take care of the rest." The mother said with a similar smile.
"I'll be honest, I would rather you become a strong man who can fight, a warrior in some regard, a ruler in others, and overall someone grand in many ways, and as an Evershaper that's all possible, but I'm sure you'll have your own goals, so make sure, you dream for yourself." The father said as he lightly caressed the baby's face.
A smile appeared on the mother as she watched the interaction unfold, and so did the maid, smile.
"Don't fill his little head with so much already, it's overwhelming." The mother giggled as she pointed out.
"Your mother is right, this is a conversation, for when you're older." His father said rubbing the back of his head.
(… How nice… you don't have to worry though, if this is the type of story I think it is, I'll have to be strong to protect my dreams, and anything else I treasure, so you can count on me to grow stronger. After all, I have someone important to save!) Lutious thought to himself as he smiled internally.
"Even after everything, there's not a single sign of the throne for those up high, it would be a delusion to hope to ever get that far. It being real doesn't mean the likes of us have a chance." The mother sighed before shaking her head and smiling for the baby.
"That's why we aim at our level, I'm sure it's not impossible to make it to a good sector at the very least, the bronze sector. We are a high wood-grade family of the House of Lust, we might be weak, but we are far from the weakest." The father added before once again, focusing on playing with the baby.
From there, time passed rather quickly, and Lutious slowly learned more about his new world and environment.
His mother, Sasha Okanu of Lust, was succubus as well as a tough but caring one and seemed to always be paying attention to everyone else. It gave him a sense of belonging and it even somewhat reminded him of Krias, but in a completely different way.
While his father, Mandrick Okanu of Lust, was an Ashura as well as a strong man with a head held high, and ready to fight for what matters, though he's also known for being quite a troublesome husband.
There were also his 5 siblings, and he ended up not interacting with 2 of them, his elder brother and sister because they had left to begin their studies away from home.
Leaving behind his three middle sisters, who while older than him, it was not by much, so they weren't exactly crazy about meeting him, it seemed.
This allowed him to experience the care and love of his parents almost like he was a single child, though most of his days would be spent with the maid, Evenica, a dark elf woman who was always watching him like a hawk giving him no time to wander around and explore at least not while he's so young.
So he could only see the more basic areas of the complex where they lived, and if he tried to stray away from the path she would pick him up, and take him back to the basic areas.
They lived in what could be called a condo, though it was not exactly that, it functioned the same. They were in an isolated area reserved for members of the House of Lust, or other sin houses, who are essentially nobility.
In there, various sectors could be found to divide the members of the house of lust into a hierarchy. There were the wood sector and the bronze sector. The wood sector has three grades, low, intermediate, and high, while the bronze sector only has low and intermediate.
This was due to it being under another house of sin, to the public the houses are individual and all separate, but anyone who knows anything beyond surface level about them understands that there is a hierarchy among them.
All the houses of sin operate under the royal house of sin, and among the 7 houses of sin, only three have any real power, those being Pride, Greed, and Gluttony. Pride has Wrath under it, Greed has Envy under it, and Gluttony has Lust and Sloth under it.
Though even then, Pride has the most power, Greed follows, and Gluttony is the third place.
All information Lutious gained just from living there without even trying to pry.
However, his worst enemy so far was his own body, after all being a baby with little motor control was not exactly ideal for anything other than listening in on conversation without people caring for your presence.
(Having to get my diaper changed and crying for milk will, never not be horrible…) Lutious could never get used to it, and such moments were always embarrassing.
Unfortunately, he could not leave the high-grade wood sector of the House of Lust, well he couldn't even leave the Omani house at all.
So he was forced to explore as much of the house as he could before Evenica stopped him. In these explorations, he overheard conversations that gave him his understanding of things and mapped out the house, and it was a complete mansion.
There were 11 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, a living room, 2 office rooms, 3 guest rooms, a meeting room, a basement he never got into, an attic that's completely locked, and a library he can't visit yet.
All of it is handled by a few maids working under Evenica the head maid of the Okanu house.
It was planted in purples and black for the most part giving it a gothic look, though there are a few golden ornaments that stand out in the house. Family paints, vases, sculptures, and all manner of artistic decorations.
Another thing Lutious noticed was that the House of Lust lived up to its name, there were nude paintings, statues, and even sculptures of body parts all over the house with no attempt to hide it, even aside from that his parents were unapologetic about getting busy.
Not just the parents too, sometimes he would stumble upon a maid taking care of themselves or sneaking someone into the house to help them with their needs, or they would just help each other out, it was a free-for-all.
This led him to conclude and hope it's a clan or culture thing for the house of lust otherwise his family will have a lot to answer for.
Aside from that, there was the era of the world and it was confusing, to say the least, the way people dressed, the architecture, carrying weapons casually, and even the existence of magic would suggest a fantasy medieval world, but some things confused the boy.
(Most things seem medieval, but we have plumbing, I mean good plumbing. I've also seen lamps all over the mansion, and street lights outside through the windows, which are made of glass. There are also mirrors and the plates and utensils look caught up…) Lutious was somewhat confused by a few of the apparent discrepancies in advancement.
Time continued passing and it had been weeks since Lutious was first born, and crawling around was a bit revitalizing as it gave him back his agency, unfortunately, Evenica, did not let him do it much, preferring to carry him everywhere.
Though he would like to move around more, whenever he's left alone, Lutious has more important things to do.
(Ok, I can't mess with my spiritual connection, my psychic spectrum, and my essence core. It's like they regressed… which is a pity, and I believe because my body is currently too weak and undeveloped, it should be a matter of time. For now, Magic is my focus, until I'm old enough to bunch off again.) Lutious concluded after thinking about it for a while, so he has been focusing on what he already learned.
Further training in his control, awareness, and familiarity with mana.
In this process, he discovered that the body has a circulation system for the mana similar to how it works for blood, and it pumps into the area of his solar plexus. Something that reminded him of various stories he read before.
Also, he found out, that if he accelerates the speed at which his mana pumps enough, he enhances his whole body, but it's very consuming so he can't maintain it for long.
While he was experimenting he zoomed around the run like a rubber ball thrown at high speed, and ended up vomiting, not from the speed, but instead from the excessive mana consumption which forced him to pass out.
After that, it was a few weeks before they allowed him to be alone at all.
(I'll have to be more careful from now on…) Lutious thought to himself.
Then there's the other method of enhancement through mana he found, which is to focus almost all of it into a single point, or a limited area of his body and while it's stronger than the first method, it's also more dangerous since the parts of you that aren't protected, and even more consuming.
Though he left enough mana in himself to not get the side effects of mana depletion, he didn't properly prepare for the damage this move would cause.
Even as he pushed his greatly mana-boosted baby fist out of the opened window, the power was such that he sent him flying back and shattered all the glass, and to not harm himself. He used the bit of mana he left to coat his body and protect himself from the impact.
In the end, he passed out again, and this time, it was not pretty when he was found and an assassination attempt by a rival family was heavily believed to be the cause. Once Lutious woke up and learned of this he left bad for it.
(I'm sorry to the Augu Family, you'll have to take the blame for my mistake… I hope this doesn't spiral into a serious conflict...) Lutious felt bad, but it's not like he could explain himself, and who knows what they would think if he showed them what he could do.
Thus he went for the midpoint of the two methods, where he focused a necessary amount into a a point or part of the body for a stronger effect without completely leaving the rest unprotected.
Happily for him, this worked wonders, and he could now practice with his mana without having to worry about it.
(Now I need to learn how to externalize mana, whenever I try to send it out by visualizing spells and so on, nothing happens… Maybe incantations or chants are necessary… I'll have to wait and see, for now, all I can do is keep practicing mana body enhancement.) Lutious was happy with the progress he was making and found himself gravitating towards more experimentation with mana.
However, he was not alone in this life.
"Young master! There you are! How can a baby be so sneaky?! I can already tell you're going to be a troublemaker. Now come, we need to get you ready to have lunch with Master and the Mistress." Evenica found him and grabbed him into her hold as she complained and took him with her.
Just like that another day in his new life continued and he was ready to face all, with his dreams and goals, he will need all the power in the world and more.
(I'm not a troublemaker, more a scholar or explorer if you ask me!) Lutious complained back in his mind.
So it will be a long ride, but nothing will stop him.