The carriage arrived at its destination quickly, but after stopping at the intersection, before Shade could get out of the carriage, he heard the driver's surprised voice:

"Oh, what happened?"

"What's wrong?"

Shade jumped off the carriage and looked up, and was surprised to find that the original location of the library had been burned into ruins. Smoke was still rising from the ruins, and the buildings on both sides of the library were also damaged. Seriously, the fire was obviously put out not long ago.

The smell of burning was extremely pungent, everything was very messy, and the ground was already frozen in large areas.

A fire truck pulled by four black horses was parked in front of the ruins. The hose of a red-painted fire pump driven by a twin-cylinder steam engine carried on the carriage was even dripping water onto the muddy ground.

The air was cold but very humid. City firefighters wearing thick scarlet uniforms were still checking the origin of the fire in the ruins, while police officers on both sides of the street were asking neighbors about the situation. The onlookers watched with interest.

Watching all this, the fat owner of the store next door was crying and complaining about the unfair fate. Even pedestrians passing by would stop temporarily and turn around to check the situation here, while loudly discussing the disaster in a Tobesk accent.

People have already let Luvia know what happened here:

"Fire?"

Luvia stepped out of the carriage and stood beside the shocked Shade, frowning slightly as she watched the scene in front of her.

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