My Blood Wizard System
**Chapter 104 – Morning Visitors**
**August 2032 – Friday morning, Nakamura house, Hot Springs, Arkansas**
Sunlight filters through the kitchen windows, turning the steam from the rice cooker into soft gold mist.
Keiko Nakamura moves with quiet efficiency—miso simmering on the stove, tamagoyaki rolling in the pan, fresh onigiri shaped on the counter.
The house smells like home: dashi, grilled fish, and the faint pine scent drifting in from the open window overlooking the lake.