I woke up like a kid on a holiday.
No alarm.
No existential dread.
Just pure, unfiltered excitement buzzing under my skin like I'd chugged three mana potions before breakfast.
Flame Heart came into view faster than expected, probably because my feet refused to slow down. The guild hall doors barely opened before...
"EUNJI!"
Lufe barreled into me.
Not metaphorically. Physically. Arms around my hand, fingers squeezing like I might evaporate if he let go.
"There you are," I said, laughing as he immediately dragged me inside like I was late for something important. "Miss me that much?"
He nodded way too hard. "You didn't show up for the whole entire week."
Dungeon time trauma. Valid.
"Well, I went to the dungeon leveling Oreo up."
He led me straight to the guild office, chin up, chest out, like a tiny escort knight.
The door was open.
