"Will they bring out their valuables?"
"Definitely not... there are strange beings hidden in the house."
"Just burn down an entire street like this?"
"What else?"
"What a pity... How did it go out!?"
Under the gaze of two panic-stricken eyes, the towering flames in the distance abruptly ceased, plunging into darkness.
"What's going on... Hiss!"
A City Guard who had been complaining about the weather suddenly raised his palm, only to be obstructed by his helmet.
"What's wrong with you?" his companion quickly asked. The extinguished fire in the distance incited a flicker of panic in him. On the deserted street, even the street lamps and the sneaky peeks from behind the curtains of nearby houses could not offer him any sense of security.
"It might be too cold, feeling a bit uncomfortable." The sting in his cheek quickly faded, and the guard dismissed it with a wave of his hand. "Rather than that... what happened in the five o'clock district?"
