I worked myself to death as a veterinarian.

And when I opened my eyes again,

I wasn’t human.

I was a gorilla.

Dropped into a brutal fantasy forest where survival meant fighting every day, I adapted the only way I could,

by becoming stronger.

I hunted monsters for mana stones.
I learned the rhythm of the wild.
I even formed strange bonds with fairies who should have feared me.

Little by little,

I carved out a place to live.

Until the day I found her.

A noble girl, trembling in the forest, surrounded by goblins.

I didn’t think. I moved.

And when it was over,

she looked at me not with fear…

but with trust.

Her name is Aria.

A fallen noble burdened with a rare spirit affinity she cannot control,
feared by others, abandoned when she needed them most.

So I did what I couldn’t do in my past life.

I stayed.

I protected her.
Guided her.
Walked beside her back into a world that had already given up on her.

They laugh when they see me.

A noble lady, relying on a beast.

They don’t understand.

I’m not just a gorilla.

I’m the reason she won’t fall again.