The New Gate (LN)

The fateful final day finally arrived.

Shin woke up 20 minutes earlier than usual.

“Good morning, si…ahem. Good morning. You’re up earlier than usual.”

Schnee was about to give her usual polite greeting, but corrected herself halfway through. The words that followed, however, were kind of awkward.

“Morning. Don’t force yourself to change, take your time.”

“I do it because I wi..want to.”

Schnee’s attempts at speaking less politely sometimes met such quirky results. She only tried when she was alone with Shin, though. It didn’t go well every time: she was too used to speaking politely, so sometimes their conversations turned awkward.

“Well, let’s take it easy, anyway.”

There was no need to rush.