Starting at Rock Bottom After Reincarnation A hikikomori is reincarnated to another world with superior magic, though he just plans to be a hikikomori again. He awakens as newborn Prince Reinhardt, son of King Jilq and Queen Gizelotte the former heroine. Discovering his magic level is only 02 and he can only use Barrier magic, the embarrassed parents abandon him in a forest. It is revealed the measuring crystal only measures two digits; his power level is actually 1002, on par with a God. Reinhardt finds Barrier magic has a variety of uses, allowing him to fly and fight. He defeats a Flame Fenrir named Flay and, wanting to hide his royal lineage, impulsively claims he is Demon Lord Haruto and takes her as his familiar in the form of a beautiful woman. Count Gold Zenfris, a relative of King Jilq, is disgusted by Jilq’s actions and secretly adopts Haruto as his son and Flay his servant. Nine years later Haruto lives with Gold, his mother Natalia and sister Charlotte. He struggles with Charlotte who appears not to like him but also plans to quietly run away one day. Gold starts teaching him the sword but Haruto, having refined his mastery of Barrier magic, is now a powerful fighter. Gold and Natalia worry Haruto’s strange abilities might mean he has a demon ancestor, also explaining Flay’s attachment to him, but are satisfied they have raised him as a good man.