—Clank Clank Clank
The metal footsteps got closer as I peered from behind my book.
"… I'm glad she allowed you to come here."
`W-wait… That voice.`
A woman with silver hair walked down the side of the hallway and turned into the corridor.
I put my book down and let out a sigh.
"Oh, Calina! It's just you!"
Calina walks over and gave a confused expression.
"Yeah… I asked Iyuna for you to get special permission to the restricted section of the Akralem Atheneum."
She pulled a seat from my table and sat with one arm hanging over the back of the chair.
"So… You learned anything interesting."
I look towards the book then back to her.
"I think…?"
"You… Think?"
"W-well, it's just that when I read something like this, I need to read it a few times for me to comprehend the text."
"… What? You're kidding rig—You're not kidding."
I sigh, and I feel the dips and edges of the book's top cover.
