Chapter 57
‘Why isn’t she coming...? Is she really late?’
Being alone was boring—and waiting endlessly was just as tiresome.
‘Hmph.’
In the end, I rummaged through my wardrobe and started blowing up balloons.
Originally, I’d brought them for a different occasion.
But since they were mine anyway and I’d packed plenty, I figured I could spare a few for Linna.
‘She must really not want to come to the Academy. Maybe a warm welcome will make her feel better?’
Thinking that, I carefully wrote a “Welcome” sign, even if the letters came out a little crooked, and stuck it to the wall.
‘Was it Antata? Or Theol?’
The spelling of those two syllables confused me until the end. In the end, I had to secretly look them up in the dictionary.
I also cut colored paper into flower shapes and stuck them to the floor.
After that, I went back upstairs, finished dinner, stepped out briefly to run an errand, and by the time night had fully settled in—