Daniel Park woke up feeling wrong.
Not tired.
Not heavy.
Wrong.
He sat up too easily.
His breathing was steady.
His heart wasn't racing.
He raised his hands.
Long fingers.
Smooth skin.
Daniel froze.
"This isn't—"
He ran to the mirror.
A tall body stared back at him.
Lean.
Sharp.
Unfamiliar.
Daniel staggered back.
"This… isn't me."
The system did not appear.
No tasks.
No reminders.
Only silence.
Voices came from outside the room.
"Daniel! Hurry up!"
Someone was calling him like they expected him.
Like he belonged here.
Daniel looked down at his hands again.
"This body… lives normally."
At school, everything was different.
People smiled at him.
Teachers spoke kindly.
No one shoved him.
No one laughed.
Daniel smiled when expected.
Nodded when spoken to.
But inside, his chest felt hollow.
This wasn't earned.
That night, he lay in the unfamiliar bed.
"I can't rely on this," he whispered.
Darkness.
Then—
He woke up again.
The ceiling was low.
The room was small.
His body was heavy.
His body.
The system appeared immediately.
[System Online]
User Confirmed: Daniel Park (Original Body)
No praise.
No comfort.
Just confirmation.
Daniel sat up slowly.
Two bodies.
One borrowed.
One real.
"I'll use both," he said quietly.
"But I won't lose myself."
Somewhere deep in the system—
New features waited.
This arc had begun.
END OF ARC 1
START OF ARC 2