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The village hall, which had managed to remain relatively intact, had become a temporary shelter for the villagers who had lost their homes.
While everyone else slept like the dead, exhausted from the ordeal, one person sat awake, sighing deeply. The heavy sigh that was laden with worry belonged to the village chief of Gulak.
“Chief?”
Lost in thought, the chief raised his head at the soft voice calling him. It was Hanolz, who had been resting with his family. Carefully, so as not to wake his wife and daughter, he tiptoed toward the chief. The sight of the bear-like man moving delicately to avoid disturbing others brought a faint chuckle to the chief’s lips.
“Why aren’t you resting, Chief?”
“Haha, I would ask you the same—why aren’t you sleeping?”
At the chief’s response, Hanolz plopped down beside him. He glanced toward his wife and daughter, who were curled up together, holding each other as they slept.
“I’ve slept enough. On a normal day, I’d already be up and getting ready to head to the mountains.”
“But today’s not normal, is it? After what you went through yesterday?”
“I wasn’t the only one to suffer. We all went through it together.”
For a moment, Hanolz stared silently at his wife and daughter, as if he needed to reassure himself that they, along with everyone else, were really alive.
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