"Happy new year!"

"Congratulations. I look forward to your continued support this year."

In this world, the religions of each country have changed since ``God's Punishment'', and there is no custom of celebrating births or birthdays, they only celebrate them during annual events, and from January 1st, as a turning point in the new year, people visit acquaintances' homes to greet them. It is common to exchange.

On January 1st, the Sakisaka family visited Yuu's residence in the morning. Normally, greetings would be exchanged inside the village, but the villagers had entrusted them with souvenirs of agricultural products, and they had visited to meet with them.

"Thank you everyone for coming. We hope to see you again this year."

"It's here, brother."

Yaya hugs me. Yaya, who was originally precocious, began to speak clearly and was well attached to Yuu. Yuu strokes Yaya, who has light brown hair that looks a lot like her mother Aya.

"Everyone please come up. I'll prepare some zoni(zoni is new year amount in this country) for you."

"Thank you, Reira. Please use our vegetables too. I'll help you."

Aya and her family brought various souvenirs entrusted to them by the villagers to the kitchen, including vegetables and New Year's dishes.

“Does Reira have to go home?”

"I'll be spending time with Yuu except for my regular trips home. My family knows about it, so it's okay."

"Thank you for always being there for Yuu. A male protection officer can't do it without the cooperation of her family."

"That's true, but taking care of a precious boy is a rewarding job."

After such a conversation, the adults prepared New Year's food.

“Wow, what a treat!”

Originally, Reira had prepared New Year's food, but the dishes brought by the Sakisaka family were also lined up. In Yuu's previous life, his helper Nagashima prepared a little bit for him, which made Yuu happy, and the infant and toddler facility also prepared a small amount of food, but this time it was in full swing. It was the first time in his previous life that he had actually seen such a New Year's feast.

"Happy New Year. I look forward to your continued support this year."

We all exchanged New Year's greetings once again.

"Yuu has grown a lot in the last year. Thanks to Reira."

``Yuu eats well and sleeps well, so there's no need to worry about his health.''

"That's right. Even though he was so small and spoke in a slow manner, he was able to speak properly before I knew it."

"At this rate, you'll become an adult before you know it, so it's going to be difficult to keep your guard up."

"That's right, I have to roll around and pet Yuu while he's still small."

“Me too!”

Everyone is talking. Reira smiles when she hears this.

This morning I said ``Happy New Year'' to Reira and took it easy, so even though the Sakisaka family is here, I can relax.

"What are your plans for this year?"

When Aya asked, Reira answered,

``In terms of Yuu's education, he had mastered all the subjects required for elementary school students by the end of last year.Therefore, there is no need to further advance his education. It might be a good idea to focus on vocal practice and swimming practice."

``I'm going to study at a junior high school level. I'm going to study history and geography, so it's going to be a lot of work, but I want to be able to swim better, and practicing my vocal skills doesn't help my body grow.'' It seems like I won't be able to do that in the first place, so there's still a long way to go, and it's the same as last year.''

When I answered that, Aya asked me.

"Yuu can't go out of this area, so there's a limit to what you can do. We'll have to live in the general area before we can travel. Until then, we'll just be practicing, but it seems like there's a lot going on here, so it's boring. You won’t, right?”

"Yeah, I think I'll still find what I want to do in the future, so it'll be about five years soon. Come to think of it, I'd also like to study foreign languages, so I might ask Reira to do it for me."

"In that case, I can teach you right away. I think it's time for you to start learning foreign languages."

When I had that conversation with Reira, everyone in the Sakisaka family looked at me as if they were living in another world, saying, ``Wow, that's amazing,'' as usual. I am the resident of another world!

"What are you going to do, Yaya?"

When I ask

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"Play!"

``Until Yaya enters elementary school, we will educate her at home. She has other children in the village, so she will be her playmate, and she will have a lot of fun helping out with the farm.''

Aya told me.

I see, I can experience working as a farmer in the village. I'd like to see a cow farmer and see a lot of cows. In my previous life, I had never worked in a field or seen a cow farmer, so I'm quite interested.

I always think about my previous life, but in the end, I couldn't do anything in my previous life and have no experience. I'm supposed to be an adult on the inside, but in terms of experience, I'm still a four-year-old.

That's why I'm planning to stick with Reira and experience many different things.

"If I lived there, I'd like to help out."

"Yes, of course. Everyone will be happy when Yuu comes to the field."

“The cabbage is bigger than Yuu’s head though!”

We all burst out laughing.

"Yuu's vocal practice seems to be difficult. I thought it would be okay to just say it out loud, but that's not the case."

"Yes, I was surprised when I saw the video. But Yuu practicing speaking is so cute that I've watched it over and over again."

That's what Grandma Yuri and Sakura say.

"Practicing your voice is what Yuu is working on the most, so I hope it's successful."

Reira says so. Yeah, I'll do my best and learn how to sing.

"Yes, I'll give it."

While I was talking with the adults, Yaya put a kamaboko in my mouth. And with her hands.

"It's delicious, Yaya. Come here."

Is she bored? I called Yaya over, wiped her hands, and sat her on my lap.

My body is still small, so it's quite painful.

"It's still too early for Yuu. I think you should sit next to her and hold hands."

Grandma Yuri said so, so he made her sit next to him and held her hands, and Yaya seemed satisfied.

``The kids seem a little bored, so let's fly a kite.''

Reira said that and stood up, so we all went outside.

There are some kites flying in the distance. It's quite popular.

It's my first time flying a kite. I wonder how I'll do it.

"Then put on these gloves, and hold this spool of thread. Don't loosen your grip."

Reira came with me, and Tomoe brought the kite.

"Let's go!"

At Reira's request, when Tomoe let go, I started running a little, and the kite caught the wind and flew into the sky.

"Wow!"

When Yaya and I cried out in joy, Reira loosened the thread I were holding a little, and the kite began to rise.

As it rises, the force that pulls the string becomes stronger.

"That's about it. If you stretch it any further, Yuu will be taken away into the sky."

She jokingly said something scary, and Reira fixed the thread on the spool.

“Brother, that’s amazing!”

Yaya is overjoyed by my side. I'm excited too!

I looked up at the kite, which seemed to be far away, and my mouth dropped open.

I thought it would move more here and there, but it remained stable in the air.

"You turned out well."

"I'm scared of getting hurt, but it looks like I did a good job."

"That kite is well balanced."

"The two of them flying kites are so cute~"

I was completely captivated.

It's amazing to be up in the sky. I'm always on the ground, so it's a bit impressive to see me pulling a kite in the sky.

I used to only think of the sky as a world of birds, so I get excited because I feel like I can reach it.

After that, I let Yaya hold a thread spool and played with it before heading home.

"Sorry for bothering you. See you next time."

"Yes, thank you for today. Thank you to everyone in the village as well."

"Please look forward to our next meeting."

"Bye"

After taking a nap with Yaya, everyone went home.

"It was nice to be able to say hello to everyone."

"Yes, thank you, Reira."

"I'm glad that Yuu is happy."

The two of us spent some time together in the quiet house.

"Happy new year"

"Hmm, congratulations. I'll ask you again this year."

“Yes, thank you very much.”

Monitor report with Rokushou as usual.

"As for future plans, I don't think we will be educating boys mental."

“Yes. It was an optional choice in the original plan, but as per the report, it is clear that Yuu has already established his identity as a man in terms of personality, so I have decided that there is no need for further male character education."

"Yes, I agree with you about that. I can already see a little bit of shyness in recognizing us as women other than seeking motherhood."

"Yes. In addition, he has been acting as 'big brother' towards Yaya, so it's obvious."

"Hmm. Then I guess I won't be allowed to interact with other boys either."

"Yes. There's no need to have him interact with boys by exercising or going to school. I think it's enough to experience life in a general residential area."

"If that's the case, there would be no need for protection, but we can't reveal his special circumstances. We have no choice but to continue to protect him like any other boy."

The two of them are relieved to see the boy's reaction, which is rare these days, but it has become a difficult situation to handle.

“Then, will you teach history and the world this year?”

"Yes. I have determined that he already has the strength of character to accept reality, so I plan to proceed as per the report."

Rokushou mused.

"We have come to the conclusion that there is no problem with that. Therefore, of course we can proceed according to your report."

"Yes, thank you. By the way, does Her Majesty herself make the decision?"

“Ah, Yuu’s case is being discussed within the Protection Bureau, but Her Majesty usually makes the final decision.At the beginning, everyone was confused, but now it has become commonplace. Her Majesty has a strong interest in Yuu.”

"I see. That makes me nervous."

"That's right. But please carefully observe and record his reactions when you teach him about history and the world. We want to know in detail his thoughts on the reality of our world. Just as we are unable to analyze the melody of the song, there may be facts that he can recognize that we cannot. Please do not overlook them and report them."

"I understand. This will be a difficult response, so I think I will be requesting various types of cooperation."

"Well, we have a sufficient system in place. Please double check the normal reactions of ordinary children when disclosing information so that we can discover the peculiarities of his reactions."

“Yes, without hesitation.”