The Reunion with the Know-It-All Master's Degree Holder (4)

Dana and I walked down the street side by side.

“Sargadis is quiet.”

Dana said, looking ahead. To someone used to Einhir, the streets of Sargadis at night must seem silent.

“Compared to a trade city, sure. I like it better here for nighttime walks.”

That was normal for a city with little foot traffic. Dana merely bobbed her head at my words. I matched her pace as I followed her toward the institute.

‘So she really didn't get an inn.’

Maybe I was being conceited, but──could Dana have come ahead under the pretext of scouting the area so she could see me sooner, without even booking an inn?

‘……It's been about thirty days since I left the university.’

It took about twenty days for me to finish my paper here and for it to reach Einhir, where Carmine University was.

In other words, Dana had applied for a transfer to become the institute's director two or three weeks after I left...