The morning sunlight pierced through the window, as if piercing through space and time.
Life in the world was truly very noisy. The air traffic was extremely dense... Congested with Zeppelins coming and going.
The sound of footsteps could be heard from outside a room.
Tap. Tap.
They knocked on the door, but no one opened it. Was the room empty?
The door was opened, and there was someone still fast asleep in his bed.
A woman entered and walked towards the bed. She sat on the edge of it.
While stroking the hair of a boy—a teenager—she seemed to be rousing him.
"Julius, wake up... It's already noon," the woman said softly.
The boy then opened his eyes and looked towards the window—dazzled.
"What is it, Mother?" Julius uttered.
"It's afternoon, let's eat first... Then you hurry off to school," his mother said gently.
Julius nodded.
His mother then left Julius to shower and get ready.
After a while, Julius left his room... and headed to the dining table.
His plate had already been filled by his mother, as she did not want her child to be late.
"Eat up," his mother said softly.
Julius smiled and immediately ate the food heartily.
After the food was finished, Julius promptly said goodbye to his mother and 'father'.
Julius stepped out of the house and walked towards the nearest bus stop.
That day, the streets were just as crowded as usual. Nothing had changed.
Julius waited for the bus at the stop, and when it arrived... he immediately tapped his e-money card, boarded, and looked for a seat.
During the journey, he only focused on his gadget.
And when the bus stopped, Julius immediately got off... and walked towards the school.
With steady steps, Julius entered the school grounds.
He saw a crowd of people and walked towards it.
It turned out to be the class distribution, because today was the first day of school after a long holiday.
Julius was placed in Class 3.1 because the subjects he took were Group 3, Humanities.
After finding out his class, Julius immediately left the crowd and headed to his classroom.
The sound of footsteps. Jokes. Filled the school area.
Julius enjoyed that.
After walking for a while, he finally arrived in front of his class.
The class was already lively. And the faces were unfamiliar to Julius.
But like most people—or perhaps only some—Julius ignored it.
When he stepped into the classroom, all eyes looked at Julius with shocked stares.
How could it be? The school's star athlete was entering a social-sciences type class.
Julius ignored the stares and began looking for a seat.
He went to a still-empty chair and placed his bag.
His footsteps were heard again, leaving the very busy room.
His classmates still couldn't believe that the school's star athlete was in their class.
...
Footsteps were heard from behind Julius. And a slender, pretty hand tapped his shoulder.
Julius turned and saw a very beautiful woman, with an ideal body.
"Who? And why?" asked Julius.
"Hm... Elena, could you enter the class first... Because our classmates want to give a welcome," said Elena, without extending her hand.
Julius looked into the class and nodded.
Elena walked ahead. And Julius followed behind her.