Having returned to her seat, Kurumi was pleased that the woman had seemed to not notice the whole water incident. Still, the sixth year was blushing like crazy as she plopped down next to Selina and passed her the bowl of popcorn as she whispered the word refill to her before taking out her parchment and quill for notes.

At the mention of their favorite book, Kurumi was reminded of the Book Club meeting and wondered if there would be a bit more discussion about their favorite books in this lesson than there had been in the library. If not, oh well, maybe she would hear of a book or two she was unfamiliar with and would see if the library had it later. Thinking for a moment, Kurumi raised her hand. "My favorite book is Botchan and is also written by my favorite author, Natsume Sōseki. I suppose you could call it a semi-autobiographical work." The book itself was over a century old, having been written in 1906, but it was still one of those books that withstood the passing of time. It seemed like every child in Japan still read it, or was expected to read it, which probably had something to do with the central theme of the story being morality.