Chapter 31: Afterglow, Aftershocks
The room settled into the hushed click-click of the ceiling fan, little drafts sliding across a battlefield of wrinkled sheets. Three bodies lay knotted in the middle, still radiating leftover heat.
Kang Min-jae woke first. Everything ached in that you’re-still-alive-congratulations way. His dantian fizzed like a shorted fuse.
[SYSTEM NOTE – 05:43 A.M.]
Stormbound Fool status: Expired
Total duration: 24 h 03 m 14 s
Residual effect: 0 % physical, 100 % embarrassment.
He blew out the longest sigh of his second life. "Thank every ancestor."
On his right, Eun Hae’s arm pinned him by the waist; on his left, Hye-Ra dozed with a lazy smile, one bare leg strewn across his shin. Min-jae inched sideways—Eun Hae’s arm tightened like a cuff. Hye-Ra murmured "Mine," and buried her face in his shoulder. Escape: denied.
[SYSTEM STATUS]
Spiritual core: 9 %
Physical stamina: 11 %