Editing City Series:Volume7 Layer 1 (section)

===Record 1: Like Always===
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'''02/08/1997

'''6:15

It was a chilly morning and the sound of cold water swam through the air. The morning did not even have a scent.

I arrived at the school first thing in the morning with my exam ticket in hand. It was the large high school behind my middle school. I passed through the relatively deserted front gate and walked along the front road that spiraled up to the school. It was a normal school, so walking straight in would likely take me to the office where I could present my exam ticket.

The leaf-color of the roadside trees had been peeled off by the morning frost and the bricks below my feet were dyed brown. A few of the colors were plastered to the bricks. They were childishly plastered on like cheap stickers and they would likely have to use solvent to get them off come spring. …It looked like winter was going to drag on this year.

When I looked up, I saw a white line of frost cut by at a little above eye level as if to block off the road. Needless to say, frost wouldn’t pass through the air for no reason.

The line of frost was supported by a colorless and invisible destiny line extending right to left between communication poles.

It was a pretty low-quality destiny line, so whose was it?

“Seiyah!!”

With a sudden shout, some wind passed by me and instantly cut the destiny line overhead.

I saw a girl in a ponytail standing tall below the faint frost about to vanish from the morning air. She had rolled her exam ticket into a tube and held it like a sword. She looked back toward me.

“You there. Please do not tell anyone about this. …Everyone has their issues before an exam.”

“And are you planning to cut through every last one of your issues this morning…?”

'''Author Comment:

I guess you could say this is where the main story begins.

Snowy shows up right away and you can read the school’s name on the left side of the illustration.