[Hidden Quest Completed]
[New Quest Issued by the System]
The moment those words bloomed across my vision—cold, mechanical, utterly indifferent to the heat still surging through my veins from victory—I froze in place, my breath hitching as excitement and caution collided inside my chest, because a hidden quest being completed and a new one being issued at the exact same time was not coincidence.
It was the System's way of smiling without a face, and when I focused on the notifications and read through the details, a slow, deliberate grin crept across my lips as I realized how perfectly the pieces were aligning, as if the world itself had decided to make things easier for once.
'Could this be any better?'
I thought, my mind racing ahead of itself. Two birds, one stone… I knew it—somewhere deep down, I knew things would turn out like this.
