Looking back, that day felt strangely off from the morning.
As soon as I opened my eyes, unusually hot and humid air filled my lungs. The muggy weather that had persisted for days showed no sign of letting up; instead, it was expanding its domain day by day.
It was a fatal abnormal climate.
With summer passing and autumn approaching, it was time to slowly prepare for the harvest. A heatwave arriving at this point, right before the harvest, couldn’t possibly be welcome.
It seemed the empire was already pondering various relief measures. After all, the emperor had even discussed follow-up countermeasures with several scholars while staying at the academy.
Nevertheless, today felt different somehow.
The temperature was noticeably higher than the previous day. Even though the weather is something hard to gauge with human power, such an blatant change was enough to instill a strange sense of discomfort.
It didn’t take long for this intuition to turn into certainty.
Right after finishing my wash and preparations and stepping out the door.
“……What is this.”
The front of the door was a complete mess. Starting with flowers, colorful letter envelopes were scattered everywhere, and some notes even showed eerie blood-red letters.
The contents varied from note to note.
‘I adore you with my life, Ian senior.’
‘Go die.’
‘Every time I see…