Way in to the Memories

I _ Just as normal

I woke up early and slept as late as my parents did.
I kept an above-average score, just enough to be a good student.
I graduated high school just like any other kid my age.
I like my life right now just the way it is—simple but peaceful.
Hi! My name is Libra Saris.

I held this attitude to push University application responsibility into my mother's hands since I didn't want to decide between things that were probably the same. However, what happened after that did surprise the cat out of me.

A fortnight before back-to-school (this time it was University), Libra was lying beneath the open window, hoping for a rainy day in summer. The cold breezes were smacking her face without cover, and the girl was just too lazy to pull the curtains. The girl had nothing to do, so she preferred to call a day off from the summer activities and take more naps after the last instead. But today's world took quite an unusual turn when Mrs.Saris (Libra's mother) called for her from the ground floor with a shockingly sharp voice: "Little froggy, you have a big package to open, get your rotten corpse down here! ~"

Don't get me wrong, my mother loves me, but sometimes she kind of takes everything so easy that she starts to sound like an 18-year-old teen.

The energy needed a few minutes to gather, or another way to look at this is that Libra's inactiveness stuck her back into bed right after the moment she sat up; besides, that thingy wouldn't run away if she let it wait for an hour or so. Therefore, a conclusion made the matter easier than ever for her to continue lying down again.

Staring at the ceiling, Libra wondered what could be in that box. The answer was so vague since she doesn't have many friends who tend to send anonymous gifts, and neither does she have any adoring relatives.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, her mother burst in with the box unwrapped in her hand.

Froggy, look what this is; your application has been accepted!" She called out with enthusiasm.

Libra let out a small yawn before finally realizing what her mother had said.

"Application? I thought you gave me a gap year; which school would probably send a confirmation this late?!?" She hissed at the fact that she just lost one year of slack.

Her mother raised one eyebrow with confusion along with a provocative grin: "You truly believe that I would give you a year just to be lazy? Dream on! Now come here; you should open this yourself."

Slowly crawling towards her mother, Libra sits down beside Mrs.Saris to get a better view of the weirdest envelope she has ever seen, quietly letting out a small sigh.

Inside that package, there was a grayish rectangular box wrapped in envelope-like paper that could be opened like a standard letter. Libra cut off the red bow on top to find a wax seal with an elegant logo illustrating one sword dipped into a cup.

She'd never heard of a school with this logo or any school that uses expensive wax seals to send a normal confirmation to its students. The seal could be broken with little force to reveal the small letter on top.

Straightening her back and putting some wise elder tone in her voice, Libra read it out loud to her mother with curiosity (both of them):

"Dear child,

Student name: Libra Saris

Student ID: 640322

Enrollment: 2023–2027

Department: Faculty of Art and Science of Alexandra University of Preservation

Congratulations! This may confirm your acceptance to the Alexandra University of Preservation starting on August 28th.