Reincarnated as a Phoenix

Chapter 6 - Human

"Num, num, nu- *Yawwnnnn*"

What happened? Where am I? Not this again.

'What kind of strangeness is going on here?'

I awaken in a large bed in a bedroom fit for a royal. Seriously though, the room looked like something out of a painting or a palace. There was so much expensive crap in here that my first thought was to see how much I could sell it for. I wonder if I was a thief in a previous life?

But that isn't even the strangest part, I'm a human again.

'Don't tell me that was all a dream?'

Yeah, everything I've experienced in the last year gets wiped out in seconds, that's the kind of thing writers love to do, isn't it?

Oh God, I'm actually scared that might be the case now.

I get myself up off the bed to have a look around when I encounter a large mirror in front of me.

'Ah, good. I haven't gone back to my original human body, I'm in the body of a female'

...

'I might be an idiot, why does that make it better!?'

Getting surprised, I start looking at my appearance in the mirror. Reddish-orange long flowing hair, blood red eyes, long white nightgown, small to average breasts and a black choker around my neck. Whoever's body I'm in, it's beautiful.

'Why do I have a chok- no, don't focus on that! System, are you there?'

[<Affirmative>]

'Whose body is this?'

[<...>]

'You don't know system?'

[<-User- is incredibly stupid>]

'Damn it system, you don't have to be such a dick. I thought it might be my body but I got told a human form is impossible right now. Do you know why I look like this?'

[-User- has enchanted piece of clothing on>]

'Enchanted piece of clothing? The choker, right?'

[<Affirmative>]

So, someone must have put this on me while I was in bird form? It must rescale then since my neck is now smaller than it was when I was a bird.

Looking at myself in the mirror again, I start getting flustered from my appearance. I just look that good.

'I can't stop looking at myself, I'm becoming a narcissist'

Seriously though, this appearance I couldn't make any better if I tried. It wasn't insanely beautiful but to me, this was ideal. Like my parents' human bodies seemed to fit their dragon looks, this just seemed to perfectly suit my phoenix body.

'I'm embarrassing myself now, I've got to stop'

I shake my head and stop looking at the mirror, my face must be as red as a tomato right now. I've got to stop thinking about myself. Need to force myself to think about something stupid.

'Ummm... my gender! Ah damn it, I really miss my manhood! Why is this world so cruel to me? My little buddy is never coming back. Looking like this is absolutely terrible, why must I endure such a terrible curse?'

If it isn't obvious, everything that was just thought is sarcastic.

'Shut it! I might have a split personality'

Anyway, as I'm having a serious gender crisis, a man enters into the bedroom with a maid behind him. He doesn't even knock as well though.

"Morning! It's a pleasure we finally get to meet. Did you sleep okay?"