After lunch, Duncan watched as Nina cleared the table. He had intended to help with the dishes, but was forcibly stopped by her claim that "the doctor said Uncle shouldn't be in contact with cold water due to his poor health", so he could only lean near the staircase, reading the morning paper while watching the girl bustling in the kitchen.
This scene, so reminiscent of the daily life in an ordinary household, gave him an oddly strange feeling.
Just then, Nina's voice came from the kitchen, "Uncle Duncan, is there any news in the paper?"
Duncan glanced down at the newspaper, first noticing the date "August 14th of the City-State Calendar, year 1900", and then the news about the Church's Judge leading a team to arrest dozens of Heretics: on the entire front page of the paper, this was probably the most significant headline.
