Velvet Manor Gardens, Midnight.
Rei never thought he'd live to see the clock strike twelve.
The dinner-that-wasn't had ended in frosting casualties, soup casualties, and the spiritual death of at least three servants, but somehow, miraculously, he was still breathing. The System, though sarcastic as always, confirmed it.
[Quest Update: Dinner Survival – COMPLETE.]
[Reward: You still exist.]
[Bonus Reward: A lifelong fear of cake.]
Rei slumped against a marble fountain, hair dripping with frosting, sanity dripping faster. He should have felt victorious. Instead, he felt like a man dragged through five weddings, three funerals, and one Michelin-starred exorcism.
"I did it," Rei croaked. "I actually lived."
