I Prepared for a Storm and Got My Alpha at the Lost-and-Found

Risa Tachibana is counting the day’s receipts when the chess piece in her desk drawer turns by itself. She works the academy’s lost-and-found room, where unclaimed packs, broken charms, and dungeon scraps have piled up until the room feels like a private museum. Her real problem is not the dust or the rumors. It is that she needs this job to keep her room, help her family, and stay free enough to choose her own life. When Kurose Ren walks in with an alpha scent that makes her knees go weak, she knows her quiet days are finished. He sees her work, her fear, and the way she protects every forgotten thing. He also sees the ranking system that keeps praising the same kind of mind and punishing h...