Classroom of the Elite

The sky grew dimmer and dimmer by the second as the overall visibility of our surroundings began to get much, much worse.

The wind was also getting stronger, and at times a particularly fierce gale would come and violently blow down the slope.

Despite all of this, the good news was that we were nearly finished with our journey to the top.

All we had to do now was follow a relatively smoother path heading down the other side.

Of course, we’d still have to make sure not to lose our footing somehow on our way back down, so we couldn’t be too careful.

“I’ll be fine now that we’ve come this far. My bag… I’ll carry it again from here.”

“Are you sure? I’d like to avoid wasting time later by having to go through the process of handing it over again.”

“Yes, I’m sure. Thank you very much for helping me.”

I looked to confirm once more just to be sure, but she seemed confident, so I returned her bag.