After closing his eyes to drive away distracting thoughts and stroking the cat, Shade really did open his book. This winter, he still had to take the Skipping Grade Exam, covering Seventh Grade and Eighth Grade courses.
Although higher grades no longer had so many general education subjects, the pressure of reviewing was still considerable. Not to mention that he had not even begun writing many of his course papers. If he failed to submit them before classes ended for the Year-End Festival, he would not receive credits even if he took the exams.
After roughly calculating how many papers he needed to finish, Shade completely lost the mood for anything else.
He had thought he would spend this not particularly long night on the sofa, but unfortunately, something else ended up interrupting him.
At ten in the evening, a knocking sound rang out. But before Shade could respond, the door was pushed open a crack. Then Tifa tried to slip inside sideways. Failing to fit through, she had no choice but to push the door open wider before entering.
The Black-Haired Head Maid walked toward the sofa. Shade set down the Intermediate Time Exploration Guide in his hand and asked curiously:
"Tifa, why are you back? Did something happen at the Moon Sanctuary?"
The young lady, still carrying the chill of the outdoors, shook her head.
"Nothing happened. Miss only asked me to arrange for more fruit and red wine to be sent over."
"Then you—"
"I've already informed the kitchen. They set off ahead of me. It's very lively at the hot springs right now. When I left, Miss and the others were taking turns telling stories in the springs. It won't matter if I return half an hour late."
The maid stopped beside the sofa, bent down,