「3rd Quest Reward — 3 QUESTIONS, 3 ANSWERS」
The blue window did not disappear.
It hovered quietly in the cold air, its light softer than before— not playful like the System's usual sarcasm,
not dramatic like a quest announcement.
Just… still.
Like something waiting.
Snowfall Mountain had grown strangely silent.
Even the distant groans of creatures moving beneath the frozen fog had faded, as if this entire first floo— no. Region, understood that this moment was not meant to be interrupted.
The campfire crackled between us.
Its warmth reached Hana first— wrapping around her small shoulders— but it never fully touched the ground beneath our feet.
Nothing on this floor was actually truly warm.
Not the air.
Not the stone.
And definitely not the questions hanging in front of me.
「3rd Quest Reward — 3 QUESTIONS, 3 ANSWERS」
The letters pulsed once.
Slow.
Heavy.
"…Ah," I murmured.
Right.
I really did forget.
