[center][h2]Lydia Evangeline[/h2][/center]
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Lydia's strolls throughout the city abruptly ended when rain poured from above.

The rain, in a sense, woke her up from her stupor. Only now she realized how much time had passed.

[i]I really should've returned by now...[/i] she thought to herself.

And now, she was stuck waiting for the rain to stop before she could go home. And who knew how long that could take? She could be forced to stand here in front of a closed shop in the middle of the city all night.

She didn't think she would be able to handle that.

But if she rushed home through the rain, her camera would be the one to suffer. It was not waterproof at all.

In the end, she settled for a compromise. If the heavy rain turned into a light drizzle, she would run for it as she covered the more sensitive parts of the camera with her hands and body.

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In the end, she had to stand there until the evening, where the rain finally let up somewhat. Not entirely, unfortunately.

She didn't show it in her usual calm expression, but her legs were now terribly tired. She now had to rethink her plan to go straight home. She couldn't imagine running all the way there with her current condition.

Thus, when she came by a restaurant as she ran under the rain, she immediately decided to enter it, just so she could rest her legs.

And she was pretty hungry as well, so eating here could definitely work.

Once she was inside, she realized that she had stepped into an oriental-themed restaurant. She rarely, if ever, ate in places like this so it somewhat made her nervous. But she decided to order anyways. It would be shameful to just sit without ordering anything.

"Excuse me, Miss, I think I'll have some steak," she said to the nearby waitress after she sat down in a corner table. She was lucky that this restaurant also sold some western dishes.