Interlude: Hazel, Hilda, and Nameless – Part 03
Once they were alone, the girl leaned in and hesitantly confessed, “I’ve been scared this whole time.”
“Scared?”
“Yeah. The sky is always dark, and the adults all seem… kind of scary.”
“…”
“Everyone keeps saying… this city… is going to disappear. It made me so scared.”
Her words were fragmented, but Hazel understood exactly what she was trying to say. After all, the emotions she held mirrored the sentiment of the Independent Trade City’s citizens.
The quiet tension hanging over the city grew heavier by the day, further fueled by circulating rumors. The girl might not have grasped every detail, but just hearing that the Independent Trade City might disappear was more than enough to plant a seed of fear in her young mind.
And then she overheard Hazel and the woman from the hardware store talking. Hazel couldn’t help but feel pained by the fact that a
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