Editing City Series:Volume7 Layer 8 (section)

===Record 59: That’s All===

'''04/12/1998

'''5:28

With the entrance ceremony on the 10th and the opening ceremony on the 11th, the Chancellor’s Officers had been extremely busy for the past two days. We had basically spent the night in the rundown living room on the main school building’s 2nd floor. When I heard the sounds of the girls on breakfast duty in the spare room next door, I forced my sleepy head awake and began patrolling (and taking a stroll around) the building.

My new class was Class 2-…oh, there it was. The classroom was located at the very end of the building. The emergency exit was nearby, which was great if I needed to make a quick escape. I looked out the window and noticed the cherry trees at the end of the schoolyard were in full bloom and then checked inside the classroom to see Sensei there.

“What are you doing here so early, Sensei?”

She had been sleeping sprawled out on her desk, but she partially got up when she heard my voice.

“Hwee?”

“What does ‘hwee’ mean? And why are you here?”

“Because I’m this class’s homeroom teacher.”

That was just about the scariest thing I had ever heard. And besides…

“Being the homeroom teacher doesn’t mean you can just sleep here.”

I started feeling really sleepy as soon as I said that. The next thing I knew, the spring air blew in through the open window. Was this what they called the deep sleep of spring?

“Well, this ain’t good. I don’t even remember the dawn.”

“Right? This desk is upwind, so the effect is really powerful.”

We both rested our heads on the desk, shut our eyes, and dozed off until Lady opened the door and walked in.

“Oh, I’m in your class,” she said when she saw us. “And what are you doing?”

“Hweh?” I replied.

Before the danger could really sink in, I was already drifting off to sleep.

I had a feeling we would see more and more victims every time someone else walked in. How would we ever fix this?

'''Author Comment:

I don’t think Sensei is there so early because she’s passionate about her work. I think she gets there early and takes a nap at school so she isn’t late.