CotE: Year 2 Volume 5 Translation

Chapter 3- Dark Clouds -Intro

I am a little nervous. 

The alarm clock, which I have known for ten years, rang in my ear. I reach out my hand quickly and silently, and without regard, I roughly press the button to stop the bell. 

Due to the excess momentum, It fell off the mini table and finally.

 Rin! 

He's been trained by me many times, so he's not a soft companion to break at this level. 

" It's already six o'clock. .............."

In the end, I only slept for about two hours and welcomed the morning. 

I took off my pyjamas, which I had no idea what I had changed into, and walked with heavy steps to the sink in my underwear. 

While I was at it, I picked up the alarm clock and found that the cover with the broken claws that had been attached with cellophane tape had come off and one battery had fallen to the floor.

 "I think I was a little too rough with him. I'll be more careful tomorrow, so forgive me."

 Then, I stepped in front of the mirror. 

{You look terrible. ・・・・・・} 

It's not very nice, but I can't show my face in front of the students in my current state. The dark circles under my eyes were even more noticeable today, as I had been sleeping particularly lightly for the past few days.

 After washing my face carefully, I laid out my cosmetics, which she usually rarely picked up. 

I can't let my students know that I'm in a bad or even unstable state.

 As I picked up the bottle of lotion, my eyes suddenly met with my own in the mirror. 

{You look like crap.}

 I touch my cheek somehow. The elasticity and tactile sensation coming from my fingertips would be incomparable to what I felt when I was a student. 

{You're getting old}

 It's only a little more than 10 years, but it's still 10 years. It was an inevitable reminder that much time had passed. 

{Is that a trivial matter? ......} 

It wasn't until now that I grasped the flow of time.

 I resumed my halted movements, opened the lid and began to apply my makeup silently.

 One day it will come

 This was something that I understood from the moment I decided to become a teacher. I should have known, but I wasn't really prepared. 

"Calm down. This is not my fight. The situation is different from that time. I bet the current class would clear it without a hitch. Yes, they should. There's no point in getting nervous." 

I felt my heart beating faster and tried to convince myself that this was just another easy task. Such a shallow idea didn't work, and my heart started to beat faster and faster. At this rate, I won't be able to hold myself together until the end of the special exam.

 I can't imagine what the future holds.

 {Be prepared. ・・・・・}

 I pressed both of my palms against the mirror and stared at my reflection, muttering to myself.