Sticky egg and flour clung to my body. Of the three of us who had been playing, I was the dirtiest. This was because I had taken the brunt of the egg and flour hits rather than throwing them at Levinas or Saebyeok.

"Oh my, you kids," Sophia exclaimed, walking briskly towards us with her cane. Behind her, Midsummer hurried over in short strides.

"Gyeoul, why are you covered like this?" she asked.

"The school over there was having a festival, and they were playing by throwing flour and eggs at each other," I explained.

"Oh… so you were playing …