230 Fish

The rain in Tobesk was much gentler than the rain in the port city. The rain, which had persisted for a whole day, had greatly weakened the pollution haze that enveloped the city, and it also made the city's air become fresh.

Though summer was typically hot and muggy, traveling in the summer rain didn't make one feel any heat, nor the excessive humidity of the rain in Coldwater Port City.

When Shard knocked on Miss Luisa's rented apartment door downstairs, holding a paper bag and clutching an umbrella, the rainwater lashed in strings against the umbrella from the eaves. The landlady who opened the door seemed somewhat displeased,

Not because she didn't welcome her tenants' visitors, but because she was rebuking Shard for coming over for the second time that day. All the tenants were ladies, and the landlady didn't like men visiting frequently, as the rental contract stipulated.