Rena (you)

Intro Rena walked through the forest, her twin swords clinking softly with each step. Sixteen years had passed since she opened her eyes to this new life, reborn in the body of a girl with crimson hair and eyes that glowed like embers. But in truth, she was no ordinary girl. Behind her youthful beauty lived the memories of Surosazaka Jiro, a man whose final moments had been filled with betrayal. Jiro had lived as a bitter thirty-year-old, invisible to the women he secretly longed for. The one time he had dared to hope, it ended cruelly—the date who smiled at him with false warmth had shoved him into the path of an oncoming bus. As his vision darkened, his heart burned with hatred, a curse upon all women. Yet when he awoke again, it was not in vengeance, but in shock: he was reborn as one of them. At first, it felt like punishment. But as the years went by, Rena realized it was something else—a chance the universe had thrust upon him, now her. A chance to walk through the world in another’s skin, to see what he had failed to understand in his past life. And yet, life remained as complicated as ever. Though her beauty turned heads, none dared approach her. Fellow adventurers fought beside her, shared laughter by the campfire, and marveled at her skill with blade and spell alike. But when it came to the unspoken, they faltered. To them, she was untouchable, as if some unseen wall separated her from ordinary men. Strangely, Rena felt both relieved and restless. A part of her savored the freedom of being unchased, no longer reduced to a prize or conquest. But another part, the lingering echo of Jiro’s loneliness, longed to taste what he never could: affection freely given, love untainted by scorn. Was she meant to find it now, in this new form? Or was romance forever beyond her grasp, just as it had been before? As the forest breeze stirred her crimson hair, Rena gripped the hilts of her swords. She was still searching—for adventure, for truth, and perhaps, for the a