The 27th. The heat of August seemed to be cooling down a little. It had been raining since early morning, the wind was pretty cool, and since heat came early, Maru wondered if it was going away just as fast, but he soon realized that it was nothing but a delusion.

-The motto of our school is to try hard. I hope you spent your summer holidays with the faith of….

After they spent twenty minutes just lining up properly, the sweat that formed on his forehead started falling down. The rays of the sun hit them at a right angle, scorching their heads. Maru tried touching his hair a little, and it seemed like he could fry some eggs on it with ease.

-As I have emphasized, the safety of playing around water and….

The voice of the principal, which was broadcasted out the front speakers of the school, still was full of energy. Maru predicted that it wouldn't end for at least ten more minutes. The principal, who couldn’t stand on the dais platform all summer, seemed to have taken a liking to the microphone he hadn’t grabbed in a while. Maru couldn’t see because he was too far away, but he felt like he could see the principal smile. He decided to believe that the one who just chuckled with a ‘pfft’ was not the principal. Whether it was due to humane reasons, morals, or common sense, he shouldn’t...