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Chapter 69

library; 3:40pm

"Education for everyone...", Mina's voice echoed in the small room we locked ourselves in. It was very hidden, right behind the section for political history of Scotland. A perfect location for secret investigations.

"What does that mean?", she asked, nothing more than a whisper to herself. I stared at the open book on the table.

"That Arnoldie was a communist?", I laughed and folded my hands in front of my chest. "How should I know? He probably wanted to give everybody a chance for education. We love equal rights." I raised my fist to the ceiling and earned a confused glance of Mina.

"Education for everyone... Isn't it normal that everybody has to visit school?", I asked and casually took the pencil on the table just to spin it with my index and middle finger. Mina was still not moving, her gaze glued to the sentence on the page.

I took the time to observe her a bit. Her graceful movements were completely the opposite of me, probably a consequence of playing soccer. She muttered the sentence again, softly and gently.

My thoughts lingered at the term. It was the motto of St. Priston. At least an old version Arnold Priston set up. I was still for the theory with the communism, but Mina had another opinion.

Education for everyone... Seulgi's thoughts orbited around that sentence, not letting it go.

"The old dude becomes stranger and stranger", Jihyo mentioned and leaned back. She placed her hands at the back of her head and bit her lip. Seulgi's gaze shifted to her girlfriend who was busy to understand all the things Chae had told them.

"Then we had the idea of entering the northern tract again. Just to understand things bet-", Chae interrupted Mina.

"Where is the suspense you are trying to build up?"

"Which suspense?", Mina asked and looked at her irritated.

"Hello?! They have to be inpressed of our story. You are talking like a character of peppa pig." Chae crossed her arms.

"At least I am not sharing unnecessary information", Mina replied and smiled sweetly at her before she rolled her eyes. Seulgi almost coughed as she heard the silent girl talking. What happened with the quiet, unbothered Mina?

"Continue", the latter instructed in the same moment and glared at Chae. She was busy staring back.

library; 3:50pm

"Can you take them and bring them back to the right section?", Mina inquired. I looked at the pile of books in her arms.It looked pretty heavy.

But Mina didn't bother to wait for an answer as she just gave me the books and took a step back.

The unendurable pain started to run through my veins as the heavy weight got placed on my injured wrist. I gasped and winced, releasing the grip of the other hand too.

The sound of the hard covers dropping to the floor was followed by a long groan of me. I took my wrist and closed my eyes.

"Shit", I heard Mina. She approached me and looked at the injury, her eyes full of regret and guilt. "I am so sorry", her whisper filled the air. I remained still and waited.

The pain faded after a few moments. I looked up.

"It's fine", I mumbled, not able to control my voice perfectly. The light tremble remained.

While her eyes were still focused on my wrist, her expression suddenly changed, the guilt transformed into an understanding one. "The northern tract", I barely heard her whisper.

"What do you mean?", I automatically asked, like I always did since she often talked to herself.

"We visit the northern tract. I got an idea on how this sentence is connected with both the complex and the northern tract."

"Wow Chae that was really unnecessary", Jisoo stated. Chae narrowed her eyes and glared at her; Mina was chuckling next to her.

"I guess she should really continue", Seulgi suggested and eyed the taller blond haired girl. Mina nodded.

"Okay it gets complicated now. And the only one who would probably understand the most isn't here right now. Wendy", Mina informed them and started.

northern tract; 2:12am

I used exactly the same movements like last time, the way I entwined my own hands and kneeled down in the mud in front of the enormous building. This time, we used the broken window next to the corner, approximately ten meters away from our last time.

While Chae took the opportunity to move into the burned tract with my help, I shifted my gaze to the sharp glass splinters. The reflection of the moon could be seen in them, at least I could until the dynamic body of Chae covered some of them.

"Now you", I heard her voice. I took five steps back and stepped on my right foot first so I could jump perfectly on the little projection. Chae grabbed my hand tight and helped me in.

At first, I took my time to inspect the room we landed in. It looked like a abandoned class room, the tables still at their old position. The blackboard was lying on the green surface on the dusty ground, just some posters decorated the walls.

There were almost no chairs in the room. Four, I counted in a second.

"Can we go now?", Chae asked impatiently and hopped on the floor. I nodded.

We walked along the long dark corridor again. To my relief. I knew this place and didn't have to be concered about dangerous spots like last time. I wouldn't do that mistake again.

Although the feeling of guilt suddenly popped up in my brain, I continued to be hundred percent attentive. I had to deal with that later...
I stopped at the old posters of some science competitions of the late 30's. Perfect. I unintentionally smiled and touched the old paper with my index finger. Chae appeared at my side.

"What are you thinking about?", she asked. I blinked in confusion but quickly remembered that she couldn't read my mind. I still had to tell her. "1935 was this competition. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't later."

Chae frowned and waited, but I turned away and continued to follow the path. The next stop would be the sleeping hall...

"This is creepy, can we maybe pass that room?", Chae asked with puppy eyes. Her gaze dropped to the open door which was leading into the sleeping hall.

"No", I answered. I entered the room, noticing that she wasn't following me.

I deeply breathed in and out and turned back, just to grab her non-injured hand. "No monsters", I smiled. A short 'haha' came from her.

The bunck beds where sill ordered like last time, at least my brain told me that after I recalled the same scene from last week.

"Why are they storing wheelchairs and artificial limbs here?!", Chae whined and tightened her girp on my hand. I remained silent and ordered my thoughts again and again. I knew why everything seemed so strange in this tract.

But at the same time, I feared to tell her a lie, to open a wrong assumption that would maybe put us in danger again. The struggle grew.

"You know what this all is about right?", Chae's voice suddenly took me back to reality. It was softer, kinda unusual for her. I bit my lip and nodded. She release my hand.

"Had this assumption since yesterday when I hurt you", I spoke out.

Surprisingly, Chae didn't said something, her eyes where just on me, curiosity and excitement extracting in them. I approached the mess of wheelchairs and laid my hand on one of them.

"Education for everyone", I said.

Chae's eyes widened.

"This is everyone. Wheelchairs, artificial limbs... Everyone means not only physical healthy students, I also means people with handicap."