Hallucination?
It seemed as though time had turned back.
Otherwise, how could the events from before be happening before her eyes all over again, exactly the same way?
Teacher: ...
The little girl suspected the little boy sitting beside her.
The little boy vehemently denied it and suspected the two students sitting behind them.
The two students in the back vehemently denied it, insisting that none of them had done it.
The familiar "melee" among the students happened again.
The teacher reached up and vigorously rubbed her temples.
"...Enough."
She took a deep breath.
"Stop arguing."
"Let's leave it at that."
"Teacher—"
The little girl's voice abruptly cut off.
The teacher looked very displeased.
She looked so scary.
The little girl couldn't help shrinking back.
"Focus on your writing."
The teacher's gaze swept over every student.
The little boy, the two students in the back.
At last, it fell on the little girl.
"...The classroom needs to stay quiet."
"Stop shouting."
The little girl pressed her lips together.
The teacher watched the little girl for a while.
Then she turned and left.
She went to check the writing at the other students' desks.
It wasn't that the teacher was being irresponsible toward the little girl.
It was just...
The situation was what it was.
No one admitted to touching the little girl.
And their firm denials had made the teacher question her initial judgment.
Could it be...
that no one had really touched the little girl?
She had spent years working with children.
Very few children could lie to her face.
So...
After agonizing over it for a while, the teacher soon figured it out.
None of the children was at fault.
The little boy and the others hadn't touched the little