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Chapter 3: Lovers of the past

In the lone shop of the streets of New Belgin which was still open at such a late hour the clock at the wall read quarter to nine.

Just fifteen minutes until the regular daily official night royal broadcast.

The broadcast, although royal was not something special, just a quick announcement of Eastern Commonwealth's important and sometimes not so important news and events. Today, though, Emperor Kaito was to make an announcement regarding the annual ball for his birthday and that exactly was the reason that the New Belgin's market was completely isolated from people and all the shoppers had quickly closed their shops to be at their houses on time for the broadcast.

Apart from one, of course. Wire Cutters was still open. It was always open, 24/7.

Normally, it was illegal for shops to be open and close whenever they wanted. The shop-owners had to follow the timetable the palace had decreed, but since there was not very strict supervision in the New Belgin's market, shoppers could occasionally diverge from the official timetable.

But Cinder Lihn never adhered to the program. She stayed open all day and all night. She was not doing it for the money, she just didn't have a home to return after she closed her shop.

Wires Cutters was her only home.

9 o'clock the clock at the wall of the little shop rung and at the open TV screen appeared the same reporter that for the last twenty years presented the Eastern Commonwealth's news.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Today…" he began the broadcast like every other single day he did.

In the meantime, a young men who was walking around the streets of the center of New Belgin enjoying the rarely emptiness of them, stopped dead tracked at the little shop that was still lighted.

"Wire Cutters. A wide variety of replacement parts and super fast repairs" he silently read the shop's label and immediately tons of different thoughts passed his mind about the so seemed innocent phrase. He didn't know what to think about this. He didn't know how to feel about this. He didn't want to think or feel anything.

In the end he put a slag but kind at the same time smile on his face and entered the intriguing shop.

"Breath deep Kai" he thought to himself while opening the door. "Because I have a feeling that this time will be harder than the last one"