How to Tame a Saint (1)

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Tap, tap.

I opened my eyes to the sound of raindrops tapping against the window.

When I looked outside, black storm clouds had covered the holy city.

I could see tree branches bent as though they might snap at any moment.

Whatever those storm clouds had brought, it seemed to be more than mere rain.

‘Come to think of it, they said typhoons came here instead of heavy snow.’

I remembered what the merchant princes had told me a few days earlier.

The Imperial capital received heavy snow every winter.

That white calamity, which covered the entire city in white, silenced the bustling metropolis for a while...