After the Third Day of Spring, Everything Changed

Haeun is counting bruises in a supply room when another hunter slams a fist into her shoulder to test her B-rank body. The blow hurts, but it also feeds the power she stores and keeps hidden under her calm face. She would rather fix broken gear, track injuries, and keep a team moving than chase glory, because her last mistake cost people she cared about. Then a wedding hanbok arrives with stitch marks that tell a private story no one wants to say out loud. The seamstress who made it still lives nearby, and the cloth pulls Haeun into old promises, a cold parent, and a chance to work out why her hands are always the first to keep a fight from turning ugly. She can hold a room together, but the...