Maria Sama Ga Miteru:Volume12 Chapter0
Prologue
"Good day."
"Good day."
The brisk greetings echoed below the clear blue sky.
The maidens who assemble in Virgin Mary's garden today, too, pass under the tall gate with pure, angelic smiles on their faces.
Clad on their pure bodies and souls were deeply-colored school uniforms.
The pleats on their skirts should never be perturbed, and their white sailor collars should never be curled. It is regarded their politeness to walk slowly. Of course, there should be no ill-mannered students who run past, on the verge of being late.
Private academy -- Lillian Girl's Academy.
Founded in Meiji 34, it is a ladies' catholic convent with tradition, an establishment originally for the daughters of the peerage class.
Standing in the city of Tokyo, on a vast turf of green still left on the surface of Mushashino, this maidens' garden is protected in God's hands, and provides a straight-line education from kindergarten to university.
In the flow of time, the year of reign has already changed three times, from Meiji to Heisei nowadays. Even now, however, the school still remains a prestigious institution, a system in which daughters are raised to be pure and speckless under a greenhouse enviornment throughout their eighteen years here.
The damp rainy season was finally over, and the brisk clear season that visited was refreshing.
However, things didn't get all bubbly. Waiting in front of the awaited summer vacation were the unavoidable final tests.
No matter what, wait till after the tests. Notebooks, reference books, dictionaries, handbooks and annual calenders are piled up at the desk corners, and one cannot even watch her favorite variety shows on television, as she packs all school subjects in her mind as much as possible.
Of course, no complaints if everything can be memorized. Otherwise, while at school, she is to be careful in moving her head as least as possible, so as not to let the knowledge fall out of her brain even in the midst of tests.
No matter what it was, it waited till after the tests.
Beyond the tests lies the awaited summer vacation.
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