“Look outside,” he said.
“You saved me three times,” Hikari said, tears streaming but smiling. “Let me save you once.”
Students laughed. Birds sang. The chalk fell. gakuen de jikan yo tomare 4
“I’ll do it,” said a voice from the door.
Then she looked at the ghost students. Their eyes — empty, pleading. “Look outside,” he said
Three times, time had stopped. Three times, someone had used the forbidden hourglass hidden in the archive basement. And three times, the Student Council President, , had reset everything with a heavy heart.
But now, a fourth stoppage had begun — without her permission. Sora woke up on the rooftop, surrounded by motionless students. A girl mid-laugh. A boy tying his shoe. A teacher dropping chalk. All statues. Birds sang
And in the frozen second between one breath and the next, she would hear her little sister whisper back: