The Smiling Swordmaster's Countdown

An ordinary morning of brewing spiced tea turns disastrous when a monster crashes through the kitchen wall - and Sujan's second life officially begins. In his past life, Sujan was a chaotic blademaster who watched his beloved succumb to a corrupted god’s curse. Granted a miraculous regression, he decides to do things differently. Posing as a weak Aura Harmonizer at the Shikara Citadel, he spends his days cheekily buffing his classmates, annoying a brooding rival regressor who thinks he’s the sole chosen one, and reforming a grumpy double agent with home-cooked meals. He hides behind a shameless smile to mask a devastating secret: the regression came with an unmentioned time limit, and his soul is slowly dissolving. But Sujan’s slacker facade shatters during the Citadel's grand exhibition, when a legendary divine weapon violently rejects the arrogant rival and flies across the courtyard to joyfully resonate at Sujan's feet. With his cover blown and the corrupted god's forces closing in, can Sujan rewrite fate before his soul runs out of time?