episode_0081

The school playground was grass.

When I squatted down and touched it, it felt artificial.

I did that because I didn’t know the difference between natural grass and artificial grass. I guess it’s because it’s cheap.

I wasn’t in a hurry, but I got to school fairly quickly and saw several students going to school. What is the purpose of going to school early from the entrance ceremony?

As I was looking around the school, a strange kid who came to school early in the morning approached me. Likewise, it seemed like he was visiting the school, and he seemed embarrassed and started talking to me, as if he felt a sense of kinship. I ignored it.

The school was too big to be a high school. Perhaps that is why the hard work of the policy staff seemed to be visible. They must have had a hard time trying to control the number of lawmakers who had assigned only one high school to the new city where the Blue House, National Assembly building, etc. would be relocated. Oh my.

I think I took a quick look around. Since I was going to get sick of it over the next three years anyway, all I had to do was get a feel for the atmosphere on campus. In fact, if you know the location of the store, it’s a good place to go.

When I opened the door to the chairman’s office and entered, I saw my mother putting on a coat.

“Knocking, huh? You’re here! You’re here quickly.”

My mother, who looked back with a frown, changed into a smiling face.

“Isn’t the school too big? I think walking around to class will only hurt my legs needlessly.”

I sat down on the sofa and conveyed my complaint.

“Please don’t ignore our daughter or mother. Everyone’s movements are calculated.”

“Even if the layout is good, in the end it’s just wide.”

Without saying a word, my mother picked up a cookie from the desk and put it to her mouth. I think I’m just going to gloss over it.

The cookies were salty and savory.

“Mom, I’m more worried about Haneul than that.”

Mom opened the mixed coffee and poured it into a paper cup. The electric kettle was tilted and the scent of coffee came out. Instant coffee… … . I wonder why they bother using mixed coffee without a coffee machine.

There was only one finished cup of coffee. Mom held a paper cup and sipped.

“What about mine…?”

“Now that I’ve started living on my own, isn’t it time to do it myself?”

“Not at all. I still need care.”

Mom nodded and opened another bag of mixed coffee. A new cup of coffee was steaming. A pale black color appeared inside the paper cup. If you add milk foam here, can you call it cappuccino? … . I think if you sprinkle cinnamon on it, you can call it cappuccino anyway. First, change from paper cups to mugs.

I took a sip and it tasted just like my previous life. It’s new.

“I’m really worried….”

Mom sighed.

“What’s there to worry about? Even if I get into trouble….”

I tried to say that I didn’t cause any trouble, but I had flashbacks of the days I missed class. But that wasn’t an accident, was it? There are times in a student’s life when listening to class is boring. Well, it’s not like I’m going around hitting people.

Come to think of it, there was a time when I kicked a kid who was arguing. Since it is self-defense, it is not included in the count.

“I’m worried….”

That’s only the third time I’ve said that.

“Mom, don’t worry. By the time they reach high school, kids will be thinking about it too.”

When I offered words of comfort, my mother became depressed. I feel like I have regrets about life for a while.

I understand what mom is worried about. It’s because I’m afraid that some trouble will arise.

The new city was created to prepare for extraterrestrial threats. Thanks to this special characteristic, important parts such as real estate all went to their owners, so there were few items for sale. This means that even if you have money, if you try to move to a new city now, it will take time.

However, if they have already moved and have their children enrolled in high school here, then these families are able to get information first. If you have kids from families like that and they fight, it will be very difficult. It’s not easy for kids’ fights to turn into adult fights, but once it breaks out, it becomes a mess.

But isn’t it the other family that you should be worried about, not this one?

“Mom wants Haneul to make a lot of friends. Since the area has changed, he can also change his image.”

This wasn’t the reason. I guess the mother just felt sorry for her daughter’s friendship.

“Having too many friends is not good. According to research results, the number of friends and stress tend to be proportional.”

“What is the source?”

“In my head.”

I just made it up.

“Even though the reference is in my head, it is an objective inference I derived through qualitative evaluation.”

Mom grinned at these words and muttered.

“Is home education a failure…?”

this.

“I think the reason for the failure is my father.”

“That’s what Mom thinks.”

Mom calmly agreed. Avoiding responsibility is an art.

“Okay, you said you’ll take care of it, so I’ll trust you for now! But try making at least one more friend. You said you have a foreign friend among the friends you live with, right? How about becoming friends with him? Or are you already friends?”

friend friend?

“Laplace is a nickname, so he’s not a foreigner. He’s just someone I know. We probably won’t get to know him.”

Surprisingly, this is a kid whose name I don’t even know. I was self-proclaimed terminally ill, but I didn’t bother to tell my mom. I’m also wondering if it’s really time-limited. Isn’t this just a pessimistic middle school student?

“I can’t do this if our personalities don’t match, but since we’re living together, try to be friendly.”

“yes.”

If my mother says this, I can give it a try as a dutiful daughter who never had accidents and was raised properly. someday.

“How is living together? Are there any inconveniences?”

“Hmm. There are a lot of inconveniences, but I think it’s just because life is inconvenient. Is there any solution?”

“That doesn’t matter.”

Mom laughed loudly.

“It’s a shame.”

“Other than that, are you eating well? Are you eating sloppily?”

“Of course, I’m just guessing. This morning, Yumina made pasta for me, but I couldn’t even see the tomatoes. I thought this was something.”

“Daughter, you can’t eat breakfast if you complain.”

“It’s because my mom never tried it. It wasn’t tomatoes, it was just ketchup.”

After adding a few comments, I got scolded by my mom.

After my mother finished speaking, I quietly sipped mixed coffee as a way to reflect.

There was a knock on the door.

“Come on in.”

An employee who appeared to be an administrative employee came in cautiously.

“Chairman, you keep not coming. Is something happening?”

“Oh, it’s already been like this. I was busy talking to my daughter so I lost track of time. Let’s go now.”

Mom got up from her seat. Come to think of it, I was wearing a coat when I first came, so I guess I was about to leave. But then, it’s not that you didn’t see the time, it’s that you took your time until the employee came to visit you?

Mom was about to leave, so she got up too. You will also need to stop by the school office to hear an explanation of the entrance ceremony. Before that, I have to stop by the classroom and leave my bag.

When I entered the classroom, there were quite a few students there, probably because many people had gone to school while I was spending time there. About half. As I looked around, of course, there were tons of kids whose faces I didn’t even know. Yes… … . Where should I sit? Can’t we all just leave so we don’t have to worry about this? I suddenly wanted to homeschool.

As I was heading towards a suitable empty seat, the classroom door burst open.

“Hi guys!”

All eyes were focused on the voice that seemed to command everyone to listen. Yumina, who was looking around the classroom with a smile, noticed this and blinked.

“Why are you doing this when our lady left a long time ago?”

“I came to class late because I was chatting with my mom.”

“With the chairman? He must be busy preparing for the entrance ceremony, so that’s not possible.”

At the word ‘Chairman,’ all eyes focused on Yumina turned in this direction. My body trembled.

Since when did he call my mom the chairman? Why is he mentioning that word now? There is a sense of resentment in the choice of words. Are you saying this because I reviewed the breakfast?

Yumina came over, took off her bag of her own accord, and decided on a seat. It was next to me.

Then, he opened this bag at will and took out a book as if he had it there.

“I’m going to make friends and my lady is reading a book.”

He patted his head and left.

Why are you patting your head?

I felt strange.

Still, it was true that I wanted to read a book, so I opened it.

“It was like a storm.”

“I see.”

After answering, something occurred to me.

When I looked at the seat in front, there was a girl sitting there who must have moved her bag in that moment.

How is he pretending to be friendly?

The face seemed spherical, so I looked back on my memory. This was the kid I spoke to shyly when I was touring the school earlier.

“that…….”

I was confused as I was looking at it. Then he suddenly held out a hand.

“Nice to meet you! My name is-”

blah blah.

The girl began to introduce herself in gibberish. I don’t know why it’s suddenly like this. Every word felt unnatural.

Doesn’t he have any friends?

Soon the self-introduction was over.

“Please take care of me.”

He seemed proud that he had said everything he wanted to say.

I guess I just need to hold the hand held out here.

With that out of the way, I turned over the pages and opened the table of contents. The important thing in reading is to understand the author’s direction and develop critical awareness accordingly.

As I was looking through the table of contents, in the corner of my eye, the outstretched hand retracted as if asking me to hold it. I took a quick look and saw that I was lowering my head and blushing. I feel ashamed of what I just did.

It’s been a while since I saw something amazing.

I looked away and opened the first chapter of the book. It was something worth seeing.

Afterwards, the teacher came to ask why I didn’t come to the teacher’s office, and I was taken away.

I went through the entrance ceremony, took the oath as a freshman representative, and did various other things.

I am really a high school student now.

Just as there is no difference between high school students and adults, there is no difference between middle school students and high school students.

But the difference is that since you are a high school student, you can now claim that you are at an age where you can enjoy cultural content with cruel content?

There is a lot of room for disagreement.