On the fourth day after the Green Star incident was resolved, I got up early—the reason was that Suigintou had gotten up at dawn and started going crazy, flapping around the room. Maybe her wings were molting. At least, that was what I thought.
Breakfast was simple: fried dough sticks, soy milk, and Tea Eggs. Qian Qian also asked for jam, chili peppers, fermented tofu, and chilled red wine. No idea how she planned to eat all that. Saeko was cooking today. She had already become very familiar with all kinds of Chinese breakfasts, and these past two days, she and Anweina had been taking turns making breakfast—of course, Sandora's food still had to be personally prepared by Anweina. That really wasn't a job just anyone could handle.
After breakfast, Saeko packed her things and headed to Shadow City: school.
She was now a very ordinary female high school student at the Senior High Department of the Imperial Military Academy, majoring in Battlefield Command, Scorpion Fighting Technique, and Home Economics. She had also joined the Misaka Nuclear Harmony Forever Interest Group. Her days were full and happy: in the mornings, she prepared food for Respected Elder Brother and the rest of the family; in the mornings, she went to school to attend lectures from officers or heroic spirit teachers; at noon, she slipped into the Military District to mooch meals; in the afternoons, she studied with the Misaka Sisters how to make fusion bombs from common little things found in school dorms; and occasionally, she followed school-organized activities to intern in some Macro World—usually some unreliable Misaka Misaka project. The Military Academy's regular classes ended early, and students could spend most of their time studying under their respective professional instructors. Her professional instructor was Anweina: she went home in the