Chimera

Aeris has always believed her life would remain small and predictable, bound to her village and the quiet future laid out before her. That certainty shatters when a drying river leads her and two other children to a grotesque discovery and something that would rip an ordinary life from her forever.The encounter leaves them permanently changed, and the magic now lodged within them threatens to consume them from the inside out. Returning home is no longer an option. In a world that fears those touched by beast mana, even the people they love could turn against them. Forced onto the road toward the capital, Aeris must abandon her home without goodbye and live a life she never chose. What happens when the most ordinary girl on earth gets involved with something that will make her ostracized forever?Not OP-MC, medieval(ish) fantasy, magic academy, SLOW BURN Queer characters involved  Cover art by me