Eshnunna was waiting in front of his house. Chi-Woo stopped walking and stared at her. She looked like she had come to tell him something important.

As soon as Eshnunna met his eyes, she asked, “Can I stay here for a bit?”

“Why?”

“I’ll tell you later.”

“Um…did you get chased out of the palace? Did the heroes tell you to leave?”

The best building in the capital was the palace. With the royal family's fall, some heroes might have coveted the place. However, Eshnunna shook her head to say that wasn’t it.

“Some came to the palace, but they quickly left in disappointment after taking a look around.”

“?”

“It seemed they had expected to find treasures, but it was empty.”

Chi-Woo let out a soft ‘Ah’ in understanding. All royal families had a treasury room to store their treasures, but it seemed this particular one had been emptied. Having hoped to get at least a sword from the treasury, Chi-Woo was disappointed. He scratched his head and opened the door to his house. Eshnunna bowed her head politely and went inside.

She quietly sat down once inside and didn’t say a word. Every once in a while, she would squeeze her eyes tightly shut with a bemused look on her face. Chi-Woo didn’t know why she was acting like this. There was a strange air around her. But Chi-Woo didn’t say anything either and began doing his own things such as cleaning and looking for the bun.

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