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1. The Scratched Cipher by Rhanni

   Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   18 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Various Character(s)
   • Maomao being Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Maomao is Bad at Feelings (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Protective Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Childhood
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

   Summary

   To the corrupt guards, vile predators, and cheating merchants of the capital, the slums are just a chaotic maze of urban rot. But to the tunnel children, the streets are a real-time map of survival. Nine-year-old Maomao navigates the outer market by scanning low corners and damp bricks for the Squeeze cipher—a secret language of strategically placed pottery shards, charcoal-rubbed notches, and limestone slashes. When a sudden patrol threatens to trap the younger kids at the docks, the group must deploy their hyper-vigilant radar to communicate danger downstream.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Of Sanctuary

   Language:

   English

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