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Outside the Prefectural Government Office, the sky was dark, and soldiers clad in armor surrounded the place. Inside, cries shook the heavens, occasionally interspersed with one or two screams of panic. Soldiers continuously escorted maids, young servants, and women out.
"Ah—!"
"What is the matter? Who are you people, are you trying to rebel? How dare you run wild in the Prefect's residence!"
"Release me, whose subordinates are you to have such audacity? When my husband returns, he will severely punish you! Where is my husband?!"
The well-dressed woman who walked in the front was being escorted by two soldiers, one on each side. Her appearance was disheveled, her expression angry, lacking her previous dignity. If not the Prefect's Wife, who else could she be?
