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"I died a hero. But I woke up as a baby—with all my memories, and none of the strength." Haruki Takeda lived a life of quiet pain—trapped in the shadow of debt, loss, and monotony. That all changed the day he sacrificed himself during a school shooting to save the people he cared about. But death wasn’t the end. Reborn as Kenji, a child in a peaceful yet mysterious fantasy world, Haruki finds himself torn between past trauma and present warmth. His new parents are kind, his maid a quiet guardian, and magic flows through the air like sunlight. Yet even in this new world, something lingers: grief, guilt, and the feeling that he doesn''''t quite belong. As Kenji begins to master magic in secret, piece together the mystery of his reincarnation, and form bonds that ease the ache of his past life, the peaceful days around him begin to thin. Beneath the warmth of family and routine, something unknown simmers—an unshakable sense that this world, too, holds its own shadows. And Kenji must ask himself a question no child should face: Is this second life a gift… or a curse? A slow-burning isekai story rich in emotion, reflection, and subtle worldbuilding