Don't Laugh

First and second periods were a ritual that was carried out like clockwork at the start of every semester.

“Take only one each~ There’s no taking one for your friend~”

-“Yeeees.”-

Since I was taking Hunter class, I kind of wanted to watch, but anyway, we’d been handed our textbooks. We got a whopping thirteen of them, and our school uses lockers installed in a space called Home Base.

Meaning there aren’t any lockers in the classroom. Back in the day, some of my classmates’ lockers used to turn into cheese factories and the smell was terrible, but I guess that won’t happen anymore.

“You all got your textbooks, right~? These are textbooks you have to use carefully for the whole year, so treat them with care~”

Once all the textbooks were handed out, second period was already over, and I also said goodbye to my regular-student friends, with whom I sometimes still had time to talk when I sat down.

“Eve, why are Awakeners so weak?”

“I haven’t gained any strength at all….”

“That’s really weird. Can that happen if you’re A-rank?”...