The sun rose high, and the sky was a clear, cloudless blue.
Orario gradually shook off the silence of dawn. Birds, carts, and vendors' calls blended together, and as the volume rose, the entire city grew lively.
Adventurers from the various familias had started their activities early, and the Loki Familia was no exception.
At Twilight Manor, the main base, the kitchen fires had already gone out. The members finished eating and began hurrying off in every direction to take care of matters related to adventuring and daily life.
Liber waited in the garden to meet up with his teammates, greeting the friendly seniors who passed by from time to time.
Some passing members of the Familia glanced curiously at him as he stood in the courtyard. Liber was starting to worry that Lefiya was taking so long to arrive.
"Yo!"
Someone gave Liber a sudden slap on the shoulder, and a lively female voice came from behind him.
"Couldn't you just say hello without scaring me like that, Tiona?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Liber turned around helplessly after being startled.
He saw Tiona, one hand behind her back as she waved in greeting, and Tione standing beside her.
"Good morning, you two."
Liber greeted them with a smile.
"Osu!" Tiona replied cheerfully, while Tione nodded beside her.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you something." Tiona looked at Liber curiously and spoke excitedly.
"What exactly did you do yesterday to make that big idiot Loki so quiet?"
"Yeah, it's the first time I haven't seen Loki harass the female members who came back.
She was in her room wailing like a banshee, looking utterly miserable."
Tione crossed her arms beside her, clicking her tongue in amazement at the fact that Loki hadn't shown up in the dining hall yesterday to