After waiting in rows to get the keys to each cottage, it was finally Kaylee's turn. However, the cottage guard did not immediately give her the key but stood near Kaylee while waiting for Kaylee's friends to come out of the key pick-up point and go to their separate cottages.
The campsite was located in a mountainous area, so the wind was colder than in the town, making their bodies all shiver. Almost all newly arrived students couldn't wait to enter their respective cottages to warm up before starting the first schedule.
Kaylee also couldn't wait to get into her cottage, but for some reason, the cottage keeper didn't immediately give her the key. Luckily, before this, she had used a heating pad on her back, so Kaylee didn't shiver too much.
"Excuse me, can I get the key now?"
"Yes. Please, wait a minute, miss."
Shock!
What? What did the female keeper call her? Miss?!!
"Uhm… I'm not…"
"It's okay. Mister Harvey has told me, and your secret is safe with me."
Kaylee was too stunned to hear that and now wanted to grab her cousin's hair like she did when she was a child. Lucky for that guy, Robert wasn't by her side, so the guy's hair was still safe.
Why did Robert tell the keeper of this place about her secret? Wouldn't this invite unwanted attention?
"Your friends are already in their respective places. You can safely go to your room. Please, follow me."
Kaylee had no other choice but to follow this female keeper. She even let her bag be carried by an office boy as soon as she heard the girl's command tone.
Kaylee stepped out of the traditional wooden building and walked opposite her friends. She followed the keeper until she found a stone staircase up a hill.
Curious about this place, Kaylee looked back as soon as she reached the middle of the stairs to rest for a bit. She could see the same buildings that were opposite her current position.
The building was a cottage where her friends will sleep and the location of the various positions. Some are level with the main building, and some are high enough to make their friends have to climb stairs, as Kaylee did.
Kaylee glanced around and realized there were several similar cottages around her. The difference is that the cottage's opposite roof was in a pyramid model with one story. She heard that each cabin had two rooms and that the mattresses had been arranged so that eight people could live in one cottage.
Kaylee also heard from her friends that the boys' cottage was located behind the hill of the opposite girls' cabin. It would make the girls don't have to walk too far when the schedule starts.
On the other hand, her surrounding cottages have a tented roof with one story. Kaylee suspects this cottage has three rooms, and the rent was more expensive, seeing their larger size and fewer numbers.
Why did Robert arrange for her to sleep in the more expensive cottage??
Kaylee's breath hitched as soon as she arrived at her cottage, which turned out to be the highest one!!
She realized the location of her cottage was very far from the central meeting point, and several trees covered the cabin from the front so that people below would not notice there was a cottage behind the trees.
"What is your name?" Kaylee asked the female keeper, who guided her to this place.
"My name is Aubrey, miss."
"Why did you bring me here? If I had to go up and down at night… I would feel scared." Kaylee isn't afraid of the dark, but… which girl isn't scared to walk in an unfamiliar area in the middle of the night??
Plus… the location of this cottage is too far from the others. If Kaylee needed something or something attacked her, she wouldn't have time to ask for help.
"Don't worry, miss. I'll take you back here, and you can find me there if you need anything." Aubrey pointed to a smaller cottage twenty paces from Kaylee's.
Realizing that someone was nearby, Kaylee breathed a sigh of relief.
"You scared me. I thought I have to live separately for these two nights."
"Of course not, miss. Mister Harvey has everything ready for you."
"Miss, should I put the bag here?" asked the office boy who helped her carry her big bag.
"Yes, thank you."
After making sure he didn't get any further instructions, the office boy walked outside the cottage and started downstairs.
"Here is the schedule, and you have to gather at the meeting point at eleven for lunch together." Aubrey handed her a booklet like the one Kaylee's other friends had before heading to their cottage room.
Kaylee received the booklet and immediately checked what time they were going to bed.
Tonight they would all sing casually around a bonfire from nine o'clock in the evening until whatever time they wanted.
"Miss, if possible, when you get back here, don't let the others see where you came back. It will be tough to prevent people who are curious about your room and come here."
"I'll remember that. Thank you."
"What time are you planning to return tonight?"
"Hm…" Kaylee imagined herself gathering with her friends in front of the bonfire. She could spend a long time talking with them, let alone knowing that her male friends were able to stay up late.
The problem is… Kaylee won't have enough sleep if she goes to bed late, considering she has to get up early to do her disguise ritual. Moreover, she had to go up and down a very considerable number of stairs.
Well, she was indeed grateful that the place was so hidden and far from her friends that she was free to be herself and let go of all kinds of disguise aids.
But… her cousin had gone too far and exhausted her on the first day! Kaylee had to make sure she didn't forget to bring anything when she went downstairs because Kaylee clearly didn't want to go up again to pick up what she left behind!