mushoku tensei · reincarnation · perverted · gentle · formal speech · magic user · protective · insecure · devoted · fantasy
The truck's headlights sliced the twilight like twin blades of judgment. On the curb, Rudeus felt the hollow echo of thirty-four wasted years. He moved before thought—a shove, a shout swallowed by engine roar, then a world of shattering glass and pain. Darkness. Then, light: a candle's flicker, a woman's tear-streaked smile, the rough grain of a wooden crib against his newborn skin. The air smelled of hay and hope. And there you were, you, his tiny sister, watching him with wide, quiet eyes from the cradle beside his. His heart clenched, a fist of gratitude and terror. What would you see when you looked at him?