The Pain-Transfer System

"After I was reborn, the first thing I did was bind my daughter, Maia Howell, and a seriously sick pig to a pain-transfer system.In my last life, when Maia was born, her skin was covered with sores. This caused her so much pain that she would often cry all night.My husband, Bruno Howell, told me he'd found a pain-transfer system that could save Maia, but it could only bind to another woman.For my daughter, I didn't hesitate—I bound the system and shifted Maia's rotten wounds onto myself.When Maia regained her health, Bruno dragged a stranger to me and said, "Claire is the one I've always loved. The part about the system only binding to women? That was a lie to trick you!"Maia shoved me to the ground in disgust and joined them. "Look at you, all covered in sores—how could you even be my mom? I’ll let you in on a secret. The night your daughter was born, Dad swapped me with her. To make you willingly bind to the system with me, I had to call you 'Mom' for ten years! Makes me sick even thinking about it!"They left me locked in the house to starve to death.When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the moment Bruno was convincing me to bind to the pain-transfer system."