What was she doing when she found the book?

Waiting Nervously

The deputy headmaster had been diagnosed with cancer right after school had ended for the summer holidays.

The news that she was near permanently bedridden only spread out two weeks before summer ended and with that announcement was the headmasters decision that the new deputy would Summer.

The reason she was in the cafe she found the book was because she was going to meet with the headmaster, Lucy, about her role and what was going to be expected of her.

Now, as Summer had only announced her transition to become a women right before the summer holidays, She had not yet gone through with her transitional changes until just a few days ago.

The combination of her new bodily changes and the sudden responsibilities of her new postion made her quite nervous.

This led her to arrive at the cafe a few hours before hand and causing her to absentmindedly sit down at a random table.

As Summer left her daze, we arrive at the current situation.

Summer, a newly transitioned woman, sitting in a cafe a few hours early for her meeting with her headmaster, staring at a book that could change reality at her whims.