The Reincarnation Story of a Not-So Ordinary Orc

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strength and for

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ly is dangerous for your health. Just

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ed. Star

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re gently. She wiped my body with rough towels, c

as when I

eared to be an un

ides. The air reeked of damp earth, mold, and stale iron. The only real light came from a fli

ings on

young woman-pale, thin, terribly frail. Her body was barely covered.

usted, lying motionless wi

getting way

ng of dread cre

it

ight. I

ist of fate, I had died and re

deny it. D

his?! Sure, tragic accidents happened. But reincarn

t mind would beli

e as I pleased. Unable to do anything except lie around whil

no! This can't

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y way to the top until the whole world knew my name. M

just so

he King

uldn't even lift

all over again, especially af

l those performances. All those

hey al

ey mourn my death, or would the world s

an unpleasant k

ke. No confident smile to flash. There was only the crushing rea

body. My throne at t

it...

place everyone else dreamed of. What was I supposed to do no

well just d

ything about it in thi

empty bedding. She turned her attention to the young frail woman o

aze toward th

s is my m

bones. Her face was pale, her body frail. She seemed t

even tha

dress up just to get my attention. I'd grown so accustomed to that k

in this new world was lying there looking as t

failed at lif

I could have buried my face in

ievab

d nothing but sta

didn't know where I was, what kind of world this wa

rld was worse t

uments? No concert halls? No way to reprod

everything seemed. I was a helpless, pathetic

is rid

ig woman continued moving around the room

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another thought

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ll here,

ll every performance, every song, every mistake, ev

ned to me, my mind

. All that knowledge.

rything I'd built. But I hadn't lost the one thing tha

ing of music. My ability

of hope stir

I acting as thoug

a second chance, wasn't it? A completely new world meant

ether they had anything resembling a music industry. But I knew music

I'm not star

f a grown man and the experience of a world-class musician

ut it wasn't the end of the world. I just needed time. Time to grow u

The sky wa

cian again. No...

en I could surpass them? If things went well, I

h.

t time since realizing that I might actually

o

tedly. Fragile, eve

d myself smiling an

eback! This world looks primitive. With my knowledge an

when she heard the baby giggling. She glanced over at me, then turned toward the

ail woman di

ly searching for any clue that might tell me wher

have to rely on that old woma

le arms and pointed toward her, hopin

e air, my eyes caught a glimps

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