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）Kagamismiledandthoughtofher“formativeassessments”

thatshehadpiledforstudeeringphysiGrade11.（“Thatfeelslikealifetimeawayalready...”

）

Afewdayslaterallthechildrenwhohadturnedsixsincelastyearwereliningup.Aftergoingthroughwindingtunnelsandafewdoorsengravedwithmagicspells，Kagami，oneoftheyouwhosebirthdaywasjustlastweek，sawtheskyattheendofalongwalk.

Itsnotblue.ButKagamicouldntdecidewithfirmnesswhetheritwasbesttocallitturquoise，，oraquamarisacalmingworld，albeitwithravingmagicelements.Towardthehorizon，theskyturnsjustthemostdelicatehueoflavender.（"

Iamfortunate，regardlessofhowslighttheluckmightbe，"

）thoughtKagami，（"

tobeinaworldfilledwithmyfavoritecolours."

）

Theopeningofthecavelookedlikeanamphitheatre，withmultiplemagicmatricesontheground，glowingfaintlywithpurplelight.Acrossfromthechildren，standingosidehalfofthespace，weretherepresentativesfromthevariousacademies.

Afterlisteningtosomesuperficialintrodusontheacademiesfromthedaycarestaff，KagamibelievedthatshewouldjoinAohiyamashouldshesucceed.Itwastheuniformthatattractedher.Classiavybluesuitsseempleasingtotheeye，whereastheotherswerealittletoo“lively”

.Yes，Kagamiwasonceamorenerdytypeofphysicsteacherintraining，notanartteacherordaeacherordramateacher.

Kagamirecalledonlinevideosoftaichiasshewatchedthedemonstrationonhowtotakeadvantageofthematrix，（“someoftheseposeslooklikeyoga，whileothershavefootworkresemblingtaichi...”

）

（“Therewasevenaparodyvideoonline，onhowtomakebegiaichimovements:gentlyholdoneairwatermelon，cutitinhalf，totheleftfallsonehalf，totherightfallsanotherhalf，leftfootgoesoverthewatermelon，tracethecurve，liftyhtlegtoavoidsteppingonthemelonandslipping，nowmovetherightfoottogoovertheotherhalfofthewatermelon，closethefridgedoorwithbothhands.”

）

“Whowouldliketotryfirst?”

somevoicecalledKagamibackfromherthoughts.

（“Itwouldn’thurttotry.IalwaystryagaiyearifIfail.Beingadaycareworkerisn’ttoofarawayfrombeingateacheranywayifworseestoworst.”

）Kagamitookastepforward.“Me!”

Kagamisteppedintothematrix，andimmediatelygaspedforair.Themagicelementswerevicious，eveniftheireffectsweredampenedbythemagicspells.Kagami’sfeetweresweptoffthegroundasshewasbeingcaughtinawhirlpoolofelements，andherneckfeltlikeitwasbeingseizedinachokehold.

Kagamisihoughtshewouldpassoutsoonifshedidn’tdosomethingimmediately.（“Foot...stepoverawatermelon...lefthand，letamelonfall...right...hand...theotherhalffalls”

）andthensuddenlyshecouldbreathe!Kagamiwasnolhtingforherverybreath，butwasgoingwiththecurrentintherapidwhirlpool;itwasstilldifficult，however，tobeintrol.Herbodyspuntoofastandwasnolongerinsyncwiththerotation，likeapieceofclothinginawashingmaethatgottangledwhenmomentumcarrieditforwardwhenthemaewasshiftingitsdireofturning.

（“Sothisishowitfeelstobeabedsheetinthewash...”

）Kagamiponderedifshewasableto“ridethecurrent”

whenshe’sbarelysix...

（“Yoga?Palate?Zumba?anythinghelpmerightnow?”

）Kagamigottiredquickremedies，anddecidedtocallitquits.Sheslashedthetorrentofmagicelementsopenwithherforearmandsteppedout.

“Welldone.”

camethejudgement.

“Heh?????”

Kagamiwasmorethanfused.“ButIgaveuptryingtotroltheelements.”

“Youwereabletobreathe，andyouknewwhentostop.Weotpossiblyaskmorefromasixyearold.Wherewouldyouliketogo?”

“Aohiyama.Iliketheuniform，it’s...”

“Youwouldn’twanttowasteyourtalentatAohiyama，wouldyou?”

AyoungvoicecutKagamioffhalfwaythroughhersentence.“ewithme，toKageyama.”