This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! (Manga) Vol. 9

QUESTIN’ WITH BESTIES Ren faithfully sweats over the forge day after day, to raise her skills and create the most powerful magic swords possible, while still taking time out to teach her old friend, Triela, how to read and write. Her turn as teacher leads to a reunion with Lycoris, Maricle, Ares, and Kuro, all children from the orphanage! As if designed to revive their friendship, an herb-gathering quest appears for them all to complete, but in this world, nothing is ever what it is appears to be… Series Overview: Ren is a young girl in a primitive world of magic and brutality. Sold as a slave and about to be delivered to an unscrupulous merchant, she suddenly awakens to vivid memories of a past life: a world called Earth, where Ren was both a grown man and a research scientist. Now, she must learn to survive, combining her knowledge of science from her past life with her talent in magic from this life.