Vol 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 1, Part 2

He feltthe road

For Tohru, as very sensitive to that kind of thing, it was incredibly botherso a newcomer, he must look incredibly out of place, so he couldn’t really complain

“…”

He involuntarily let out a sigh

To his left and right, as far as the eye could see, there were only clusters of shabby houses, a countless nus lined up side by side If there hadn’t been any people in them, they would have looked completely abandoned; fissures in the walls had set in and the paint was peeling, and those were the ones that were better off There were other buildings that leaned dramatically to one side, and water-repellant cloth had been stretched across the cruerous, of course, but the ones living there probably didn’t have luxury of worrying about that

However, the atmosphere on the road around Tohru was not one of deterioration By no ance either; there was only air that smelled of mud and earth, and it teemed with life that was a bit unsavory

Especially the black markets that were often around here

There were many pedestrians in this area, and, as one would expect from the area, the stores were so trashy you couldn’t even call the odds and ends that anyone would hesitate to call “e, edible wild plants, and unidentifiable animal flesh Mixed in with these adults were children in shabby clothing, laughing loudly while running around Each residence had a pet pig to help dispose of food scraps, and these were also running along the road, oinking andnoise in the same way as the children

The kingdom was in shambles

The district had been burned down

It was bereft of friends and family

Nevertheless, in order to keep living, they had to keeptheir lives away and ending it all; they continued to sip fro-willed people in this underdeveloped place, and a with life, where talk of hope existed

For this reason, someone like Tohru definitely stood out—always despondent, with no a his feet melancholically like a slave

“…”

Tohru was sauntering through the city of Del Solant, specifically the south district where the refugees resided Fortunately—well, whether or not you could actually call it a good thing was questionable, but the wars had lasted for a long time, so in this area there were lot of abandoned houses for people to ions and provinces after being victi to refurbish the houses to settle in wasn’t an unusual prospect The wandering strangers residing in this district were obviously foreign and didn’t have very pleasant faces, but they weren’t violently ostracized Because so ide peace had finally arrived, the ether to form a kind of

This was a period of post-war disorder

Ordinary kingdohts, were busy rebuilding the nations, so they had no time to be concerned with the needs of co on the assistance of the upper The at to protect their futures, no matter what

Tohru and Akari’s shabby house was also within this district

Expelled froe where they had been born and raised, after only half a year of being vagabonds they had found the into the crannies of the district of refugees