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Old Sword – Part 05

And Hilda’s prediction proved right.

“Patty Baldwin. Do you have someone you love?”

“Wha—?!” Patty squeaked. The question came out of nowhere.

Patty Baldwin was a petite woman with chestnut hair and thick glasses. She worked as a non-combatant civil servant who also performed healing duties through Prayer Pacts when needed.

Since preparations for the relocation project began, most of the clerks had started sleeping at the office, working without pause. The project wouldn’t end just by arriving at the destination. Every household needed to be assigned to temporary housing, food supply and legal systems in the Militant Nation had to be understood, and job placements needed arranging. There was a mountain of tasks to handle in advance.

Right now, city clerks didn’t have such a thing as fixed hours. The government office stayed open around the clock in case of emergencies, so requests for help and updates kept