"Phew... That's enough for today."
After leaving the library, Moss raised her arms and leisurely stretched her body.
She took a deep breath of the still-warm air, then looked up at the sun gradually sinking westward.
"The sunlight is still so scorching at this hour."
"Another summer already..."
Moss sighed with a faint smile, then raised her hand and pulled up the hood of her cloak.
"Then, I'll go take a look over there."
Standing before the library entrance, she glanced left and right before silently blending into the passing crowd.
People came and went along the road, their shadows flashing past her eyes as though she were blinking.
A silent figure passed through a corner where no one was paying attention.
When she appeared again, the beautiful girl had already become an ordinary young man.
She strolled through the passing crowds as though she had always been there.
Even if, in the next instant, she transformed into a coachman driving a swaying carriage through the crowd,
the people still paid her no attention...
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
A familiar din reached her ears.
Moss looked up at the gradually brightening lights ahead, a hint of surprise appearing in her expression.
"Oh? The market's already open? It's a little early today..."
...The market district before the city gates.
At this time in August, the market generally opened only twice a day.
And now, it was time for the evening market.
It opened at five in the afternoon and closed at ten-thirty at night.
Although there weren't many people on the streets yet, and most of the vendors on both sides were still busy setting up their stalls,
it would soon be packed with people.
This was when most adventurers returned from outside the city, carrying large quantities of Monster Materials