Location: Nameless Village – Morning Market
Time: 7:12 AM
Kaen carried a basket of oranges down the dusty path, nodding at passersby. His footsteps matched the rhythm of a quiet life: regular, unimportant, and beautiful.
A vendor waved.
> "You still waking up before the sun, old man?"
Kaen smirked.
> "Someone has to pick the fresh ones before you sell them as gold."
They shared a laugh. The kind of laugh that needed no history.
No reputation.
Just presence.
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Location: Village Community Board
Time: 8:45 AM
Kaen pinned up a small, handwritten note:
> Free repair lessons – Old Tools Only. No money, just curiosity.
– K
No one questioned it.
No one asked, "Who's K?"
Because by now, he wasn't the myth, the strategist, the manipulator, or the reset survivor.
He was just Kaen.
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Location: Forum City – Ezra's Office
Time: 10:20 AM
Ezra sifted through a box of letters sent by students.
> "Thank you for teaching us what quiet power looks like."
