The year was 1028 in the new calendar, December.
Auburn was a reporter for "The Mole Report".
"The Mole Report" was a second-rate newspaper based in Plymouth, mainly reporting on business information and tabloid news.
The winter in Plymouth was colder than ever.
He, along with other media reporters, had been staked out outside Mitra Palace for a long time, their faces red from the cold, equipped with their cameras, flashlights, shorthand notebooks, and pens.
They waited in silent anticipation, much like hunters in the jungle, wanting to land a big news story.
"Huff... huff..."
As he was stamping his feet and blowing warm air into his frigid hands, a colleague approached him: "Auburn, would you like a cigarette?"
"Thank you!"
After lighting the cigarette with the other's match, Auburn took a puff, immediately feeling slightly warmer in the biting cold.
