Kallen reached out to steady the Stretcher Cart, and Mandila withdrew her hands and lay back down.
To some extent, she really was very well-behaved and obedient;
No,
she obeyed without even needing to be told.
The second body was wheeled down. Kallen lifted the White Shroud. It was last night's magician.
They were dead. Kallen knew that; Mandila had died long ago, and the magician had drowned last night.
But why had they become a Welfare Form case for the Immerlis Family?
In Rojia City, only deceased people with local residence documents confirming their status as local citizens, and no family or anyone to rely on, qualified for Welfare Form services.
These two were clearly outsiders.
Uncle Mason walked over, breathing into his palms as he said:
"Such a pitiful couple. They actually chose to jump into a river together in the dead of winter."
"A suicide pact?"
"Yes. They drowned and washed ashore beside a river in the outskirts. They still had ropes tied around them when they were found."
"Uncle, I mean, they just decided it was a suicide pact? The police had nothing else to say?"
"The police got there before us. They found a suicide note on them, so they confirmed it as a suicide pact right away and called us to bring them back for Welfare Form services.
"An old merchant who lived nearby found their bodies on his morning walk. He was kindhearted, though perhaps he was also afraid of bringing bad luck upon himself. He offered to donate some money to give these two a funeral and burial, so it became a Welfare Form case."
"So that's what happened," Kallen replied perfunctorily.
The circus people had probably arranged this to dispose of the two bodies easily;
and the police, wanting to save