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At six in the morning, as Leonard began climbing the mountain, Miss Fors Wall had just finished her nighttime patrol.
"Why did Mr. Fool suddenly ask me to pay attention to what happens in Backlund at night..."
That inexplicable divine revelation had sent Fors scrambling out of bed with a start and left her out in the cold wind all night, until her neck was a little stiff. Still, she really had caught a few criminals attempting theft and robbery under cover of darkness, and had also escorted several people who had to go out to work or return home late through the dangerous night. She had to admit that Mr. Fool's request had given her some inspiration. Going out late at night had shown her many things she would never see during the day, and had also let her fulfill her little childhood dream of standing up to bullies, protecting the weak, and helping others.
"Although it was pretty rewarding, surely I won't have to go out every day?"
After being woken twice in one night, her quality of sleep could not be described as poor-only nonexistent.
Fors yawned so widely that tears came to her eyes.
"Sigh, if I really have to go out every day, I'll have to sleep during the day, and I'll have less time to write. But Mr. Fool must have a deeper purpose in asking this. I wonder what role I'll play when the answer is revealed..."
Those people out at night, whom Fors had secretly watched over until they arrived home safely, earned only a few pennies for working overtime at tremendous risk. She could not help sighing over the current economy, either. As for the criminals, after frightening them with a few little tricks and Spirit World Creatures, Fors had