According to the requirements the Beaver Duke had given her, she had to comprehend a skill within seven days. What would happen if she "died" during those seven days?
Would she return to the entrance of the Burial Ground, or leave this fairy tale?
Did time in the fairy tale pass at the same rate as outside? Time Skills could not be used in the Burial Ground, but this was the Beaver Duke's story. Could she alter perception or adjust the flow of time?
Yu Xunge finished an ice cream, and after confirming she would not hear any more useful information, she got up and headed home.
As she passed the general store, she paused, then turned inside to buy a bottle of the soy sauce they usually used at home.
It all went quite smoothly, if only the soy sauce shop's owner had not been Zhuri...
When the owner, Zhuri, handed her the soy sauce, Yu Xunge was still staring blankly at Zhuri in her gray overalls. Only when Zhuri clicked her tongue impatiently did Yu Xunge snap out of it and take the soy sauce, looking back repeatedly as she left.
District 21 was chaotic, but news traveled fast. Everyone seemed to know by heart which households had a Mail Carrier and which did not. When Qihua went out to deliver letters, she stayed home alone, and nothing dangerous had ever happened.
Perhaps they feared retaliation when the Mail Carrier returned from delivering letters?
In her "memories," Xunge had asked Qihua more than once what abilities she had, but Qihua never said.
Yu Xunge worked hard to sift through the story memories she had received, hoping to find a scene of a Mail Carrier using their abilities. But as she walked, she suddenly stopped-she did not seem to