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PROLOGUE

Don't we go to the another world to enjoy with cheats , magic and harems ? Sato Renji a japanese man has no such luck . His wife pushed him from the cliff and he was reincarnated in another world as ATLANTIS , but in brothel without magic . But we truly don't know anything about this man's character. Without cheats or magic , he sets out to find the reason why he was reincarnated, his mother's past and why his wife betrayed him . This is a story of how ATLANTIS learns what it means to truly live life to the fullest .

"LEARNING TO LIVE IN ANOTHER WORLD"

[Prologue]

[LIFELESS BODY FALLING DOWN A CLIFF]

[IN HIS EYES WAS AGONY AND DEEP SENSE OF REGRET]

[REMEMBERING HIS LIFE WHILE LOSING IT]

I still remember the last time I ate my Mom's cooking.

I still remember the time when my startup got successful.

I still remember the last time I held my Wife's hand !!

[PANICK NOISES]

Oh yes I remember that she pushed me off a cliff and said " I love you , trust me, we will meet again ".

[Wife's face not visible ]

What a way to DIE !!

Where did I go wrong in this life ?

I want to lie ! I just started my life !

[LIFE FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES]

My name is Sato Renji . I was born to a fairly middle class family in Shinjuku , Tokyo .

[Facial Details:- Moderate skin color big nose and a round face ]

I was on honeymoon to HAWAII with my wife . As adventurous as I am , we went up to the mountains in search of adventure. Still at that time I didn't even have the slightest idea what was going to happen next .

I saw a light shining down so I went to look for it . Seeing from above a cliff the reddish-greenish light looked a bit of strange so I was getting a bit of curious.

At that time what I saw behind, I cannot describe if that was the face of a monster or a yokai but I was frightened beyond existence.

Not a second of time was there before I could maintain my balance or say anything. What I saw falling down was a face [Face not visible ] full of love , pain , regret, agony, and despair. I cannot even describe in words what I saw or what I felt but I couldn't believe that the person I loved the most betrayed me .

"There must have been a reason

There must have been a reason"

My consciousness was fading into nothing less and all I could see was white . I guess this is where we go when we die , that's what I thought.

As soon as my body hit the ground , immediate my consciousness went dark . I could feel my mind transitioning into something but cannot se anything . Suddenly it all went quiet and then ......

[SOUNDS]

[Babies crying loudly]

"What is this ? "

" It's so pitch black dark in here . Is this where we go when we die ? Wow!"

" What is this sound then ? Wait ! There is a light ! It's glowing more brighter!"

" Eh ! It's hard to open my eyes . It's a dark place .

[Eyes open suddenly]

"Huh , what is this ? "

[SCENE]

< It is a dark room with only a bulb on.

Countless babies are spread over in this room and they are all crying . Some are newborn like me while some are infants >

"Huh who are these people? I'm a new born so where are my parents ?"

"Hey where are you taking me ?"

In her eyes were profound motherly love

yet a truly sorrowful expression.

"I'm Sorry, I have given birth to you "

"Huh , what are you saying mother ? I am sorry what does that mean ?"

"Your hands are so gentle and warm , it feels like I am in Heaven "

< That is my mother , I suppose >

" This is an isekai , it definitely is. Yes I remember I was ..........

That is a sad memory that I don't want to remember. The only person in the world that I trusted the most betrayed me .

Why God Why ? Why did you reincarnate me when I had everything ? I earned my life totally with my very own hands . Why didn't you isekai me when I had nothing ?

Is there even a God ?

Where are my cheat skills , where is the explanation of this world?

Guess I have to figure it out myself."

My mom took me outside and what I saw was something beyond my comprehensions.

In front of my eyes was a world far unknown to me . Big mountains , to vast green patches of lands , Flying Dragons to Giant Fishes , and Huge forests to vast grass lands . And a huge orange sun in the afternoon disappearing into the horizons .

This is the isekai that I dreamt about!!!

[ Breastfeeding and Resting on My mother's Lap ]

There are something that I learnt after coming to this world. First is that my name is " ATLANTIS " My mother gave this name to me and it seems that this name has a hidden meaning to it .

This is a fairly mediaeval European society where magic exists . As we can see now that I am currently inside a brothel where my mother works as a prostitute . So I am an illegitimate child huh ? (That sucks)

Now about me , I'm a white skinned kid with White hair ( My mom has greyish hair so I might have inherited it ) . I have both Red Eyes and a sharp chin (Yay!!) . Most interestingly I have a birthmark (Crossed swords with a small dragon above it) on my hand , but my mom seems to cover it by a cloth. My mom has a burnt mark over her breast , I guess her birthmark was there . Does this birthmark have some special meaning ? Guess I have to find it out by myself again.

This brothel seems to be located inside a forest , a little bit away from the city . It is a two storey building made of stone with a fence covering it . It has several guards in knight armor protecting it . Except for me , there are many illegitimate children here . Also there are other prostitutes like Eva , Mandy , Aoi , Celestina and several others . Celestina seems to be the most popular prostitute here. But I have never heard anyone say my mom's name before . Maybe she didn't tell anyone . We also have Ji-baba ,an older Lady who manages the brothel and gets the customers . Heard she was a former prostitute here . It seems like this brothel is owned by some merchant or businessman .

By the way , slavery seems to be active in this world. Most of the prostitutes are slaves here and it seems like the children are being sold too. My mom seems to be guarding me so that I don't get sold but until how much ?

But anyways I am enjoying my isekai days here with my mom . Well there is atleast someone's who loves me and I can trust unlike in our previous world.

It feels a little bit hard seeing my mom into prostitution but yeah it is what it is . Thus my peaceful isekai days were going on .

[TIMESKIP]

[5 years later]

I am Atlantis, an illegitimate child in a brothel and also a former japanese man having memories of my previous life .

And I'm now standing in front of my Mom's Grave . Folding my hands I am giving a last Goodbye to my mother.

Yes , the only family that I had in my life has died too . My mother probably died of syphilis (an STD) , malnutrition and not getting proper medication.

Earlier in the previous world I used to hate and despise prostitutes .

[Flashback] Me sitting in a car and gazing towards the red light district.

"Huh ,how lowly these people are ! Selling their bodies to men . Pathetic whores ."

[Flashback ends]

But now I understand something that no woman in the world does prostitution became she likes it . Every woman must have their own reasons like my mom did (she was a runaway who was enslaved probably) . I wouldn't never belittle anyone's occupation from now on since everyone must have their own reasons to do a job that is not accepted by society .

So I got another reason to live in this world huh ? To find the backstory behind my mark and also my mom's past ?

Now I am currently a slave in the brothel who is used as a helper in the brothel. With this tiny body of 5 year old , Im doing jobs like helping others in carrying stuff or cleaning the floors , gardening or sometimes even greeting customers .

By the way I have learnt that magic exists in this world .

But it seems like I cannot use any kind of magic . BRUHH !!

But this can't go on forever I must find a way to escape from here . But as long as I have this slave collar , I can't escape.

Like this several days pass by as I was lookin for a chance to escape . Meanwhile I was training physically and also doing my best to use magic .

Then came the day of my escape. I was practicing the sword in the night when I heard a huge noise and commotion. I also heard horse footsteps and swords striking.

There was a fire burning out everywhere and I could see our brothel guard fighting the robbers .

"This is my chance , If I have to uncover the truth behind my reincarnation, I have to escape now "

Everyone was fighting from the front door , so I escaped from the back door .

I took a look back what was happening and I saw men killing each other mercilessly and women being violated by the intruders . These people were like family to me since I had grown up with them .

In my previous life , after going through so much in my childhood, I changed myself . I had just started to "what it means to live " . This time I want to find the meaning behind my existence .

"But sorry , I can't help you since I am in a 5 year old body and also I have to run because I want to find the truth behind my reincarnation."

With this , my eyes were full of tears .

I think I don't even remember the last time I cried in my old world. Guess I was a bit cold hearted.

I wiped my eyes , turned my back and ran away from that place . I ran and ran to the forest and never looked back .

Once I reached enough inside the forest , I calmed down. There are two things in my mind now , Remove the slave collar and find a place for shelter.

It was a really dense forest , entirely deep green in colour, with the moon peeking from the shallow canopy. Sounds of insects and bats were prevalent but I was scared if any wild animals like bears or snakes attacked me .

And exactly what I was afraid of happened . I heard footsteps from the bushes and then a loud roar of an animal .

I never checked what it was but ran for my life straight . With every inch of my body I tried to escape that forest .

After running for a long time , I reached the centre of the forest I guess . There was a very big lake inside the forest .

The lake was pretty much crescent shaped and the crescent moon was shining over it . There were no signs of animals around me .

I was really tired of running, so I tried to go close to the lake to drink some water. The lake looked incredibly beautiful with the moon shining but as I started to dip my hands in the water the lake started shining brightly.

I can see Various fairies rising from the lake and from the middle a very bright light began to glow . Slowly the light began to get upwards and shined the brightest. So bright that I had to close my eyes.

"What the hell is this light ? A God ? A fairy? Or is this an answer to the reason behind my reincarnation?

As I thought that, I slowly started to open my eyes .................

[End of prologue]

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Hello this is the author of "Learning to live in another world " .

First I must clarify clearly that I am not japanese and I am writing this in English . I will translate it to japanese using machine translation until syosetu admins help me .

I'm a bit late to start in the isekai novel writing business, but atleast I started.

This story will uncover the story of Sato renji aka ATLANTIS , who is on a path to learn to live his life to the fullest .

- Thank You , Author