It was as if God himself didn't want them to skip class.
The girl felt the same way.
She had always been a good kid.
She didn't do anything uncivilized.
This really was her first time...
And she'd run into such an awkward situation.
She wished the ground would open up and swallow her.
She was also terribly worried that anyone who saw her would label her a bad student.
She wasn't.
Since she was little, she'd been a good student with excellent conduct and grades.
She couldn't stand people thinking of her as a bad student.
The girl looked anxious, stumbling over herself as she tried to explain something...
She was explaining, right?
The orb didn't really understand what the girl was so concerned about.
It watched her curiously.
But it didn't appear in front of her.
The girl looked bewildered and anxious.
Her eyes darted everywhere.
Where was this person?
"You..."
"Aren't you coming out?"
At last, the girl couldn't hold back the question that had been bothering her.
She'd said so much.
Yet she hadn't gotten the slightest response.
Could it be...
He had already left?
The girl twisted her hands together tightly.
Had she just spent all that time talking to herself like a clown?
Her face turned ashen, then flushed.
She felt a lump of frustration lodged in her throat.
Neither rising...
Nor going down.
It was horribly uncomfortable.
"I'm right in front of you."
The light around the orb flickered.
The changing expressions on the girl's face amused it.
Right in front of her?
Old Man?
The girl's mind filled with questions.
But the most urgent thing was to find where he was.
She looked up in a hurry.
In front of her...
She froze for a moment.
There was