Chapter 352: Aoko, the Magical Maid
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As the date drew closer to January, the chill of winter deepened.
Snow fell across Japan, a subtropical island nation, plunging the entire country into an arctic climate.
In this season, where a single breath could freeze, even the Japanese, who had been trained since childhood to withstand the cold, fell victim to the incurable disease known as ’oversleeping.’
Especially today, a Saturday, a public holiday, the disease was even more rampant.
And Aoko Aozaki was one of its victims. In fact, she was a prime example, a terminal case with no hope of recovery.
Aoko lay sprawled on her bed, her body curled into a ball. A thick, pink comforter with a cherry blossom pattern was wrapped tightly around her thin frame, a perfect demonstration of her stubborn refusal to face the winter cold.
"Hiss—! Strange, why does it feel like it’s getting colder?" Aoko burrowed her head under the covers, rubbing against the thin, yet exceptionally warm, wool mattress pad, her brow furrowed in confusion.
Ten minutes ago, she’d felt the temperature suddenly drop. Now, she felt as if she were standing alone in a piercingly cold wind, receiving a personal greeting from the winter solstice.
Whoosh—!
A cold wind howled by.