The next day.
Friday morning.
The skyline gradually turned red beneath the bright dawn. As the sun rose, its light pierced through the wooden railings of the balcony, and patches of shifting brightness danced across Lanchi's body. The shadow on the ground stretched long and slanted in the early morning sunlight.
A carefully designed wicker chair sat quietly on the balcony. Beside it, several books on Magical Engineering rested on a glass coffee table, their pages turning in the breeze as if repeating the traces of Lanchi's reading from the night before.
The breeze carrying the garden's floral fragrance drifted over from afar with the sunlight and gently brushed Lanchi's face.
"Lanchi, hurry up and make me some Magic Cards!"
Just after being summoned, the Poet of Great Love picked up the watering can and watered the flowers as usual. Then she saw Lanchi leisurely feeding birds on the ground beside her, also as usual, and immediately walked over to kick him twice.
"Got it... I bought a lot of materials yesterday and experimented until dark... I've already got everything ready now, haven't I? We're just waiting to make them together."
Lanchi sleepily fed his animal friends.
After returning from the Shadow World, Lanchi had spent several relatively fulfilling days in a row.
On the afternoon of his first day back, he visited his old man. That night, he asked Talia to look after Hughberlian. On the second day, he sparred with Adams and converted Phoenix. On the third day, he told Dean Loren the surprise.
Today was the last working day of the week. After feeding his animal friends and finishing the Poet of Great Love's skin, Lanchi planned to visit the Student Union if he still had time and see whether they needed his help.
Of course, besides