At the department, a nice woman secretary helped me fill out all the necessary papers and even promised that she would bring them to the dean's office herself. Well, just a messenger of the Most Bright, compared to old Fester, or whatever it is. I profusely thanked her and, having made a few compliments to her dress, went to check into the hostel.

The road to the hostel would have taken about five minutes, if I did not freeze in admiration every now and then at the sight of the backyard of the main building. The building itself was not rectangular, as I thought, but U-shaped. Inside the backyard was...