It's very cold this morning. When I woke up in the morning, I saw a snowy landscape outside.

“Reira, it’s snowing!”

After barely washing his face, he charged at Reira.

Snow!

"Good morning. It looks like it's piled up since last night. Shall we go outside later?"

"Yeah! I want to go!"

Unable to resist, I hurriedly finished my breakfast, and, bundled up in my winter clothes, I took Reira's hand and went outside.

Then there was a blanket of snow.

"Wow, that's amazing! It's completely white!"

I trudged into the pure white snow where no one had left footprints.

It leaves interesting marks.

The snow was waist-high.

"Yay!"

Bohu!

Dive into the snow!

It's fun to be covered in snow all over.

Reira came.

"It's already snowing. Let's make a snowman."

"Yeah!"

I've seen snowmen at infant facilities, but I've never made one myself.

It's my first time!

Make a small lump of snow and roll it around.

It was getting heavier and heavier and I couldn't move it, so Reira rolled it for me.

After making another one, Reira puts it on top. Reira is strong.

Make eyes with leaves, pick up branches and add arms to complete!

"Amazing!"

I didn't make much of it myself, but I was happy.

Reira will be happy too. I'm really happy that we made this together.

The next step is to move forward through the snow and get buried in it. I was rescued by Reira from time to time, and kept moving forward. It's fun to have Reira come with me.

I made two small snowmen with my palms and placed them next to each other. Me and Reira. Reira laughed when she saw that.

My body was wet and cold, so when I got home, Reira immediately gave me a bath. I had boiled it beforehand. It was kind of fun to have a bath together in the morning.

"Okay, let's study history today. It's summarized in this book in an easy way, so please read it for yourself."

That afternoon, since there was no swimming practice, Reira decided for me to start studying history.

I was given something like a small picture book. It's a little thick.

"Yeah, I'll read it."

Yuu, who was still small, sat on sofa and began reading comfortably as usual.

Reira is observing the situation.

He looked like a cute child reading a picture book.

``In the past, there were many countries in the world, and each country tried to check each other, and each country did not cooperate, and people conducted research, development, production, and consumption as they wished.Social systems were created for those who wanted them, and morals and self-restraint, which people should uphold, were neglected.Sometimes it was war, sometimes it was domination.In the world at that time, those who had power were allowed to do whatever they wanted.

Approximately 800 years ago, cloning technology, a technology for replicating people, was developed and rapidly spread throughout the world. With the advent of cloning technology, the number of human clones of talented people and good-looking people has increased, and not only the powerful and wealthy of each country, but even the middle class, have come to demand cloned humans, and cloned humans have become a desire. It began to be produced in large quantities as per convenience.

Cloned humans were always given a "role" from the time they were born. Cloned humans produced for a purpose were not allowed to live outside the purpose of the person who created them.

Human clones of people with superior intelligence and superior physical abilities were produced solely for the purpose of their abilities, but in reality they often fail to demonstrate their abilities as expected, and "failed" clones were were disposed of one after another.

Most of the good-looking cloned humans were allowed to survive only for the sexual purpose, and once that purpose was completed, they were disposed of.

Cloned humans were ostensibly humans, but in reality they were tools, and the discarded cloned humans were herded into a specific area by specialized contractors and died in a few months in a harsh environment.

Human clones were produced without limit in any country, and the body cells of those in high demand were traded at high prices, cultured, and even sold after death. Eventually, it became commonplace for people to designate successful clones of themselves as their heirs, and not just as a tool. In addition, many children were born with cloned humans, and society now consisted of the majority of descendants of people with ``ability'' and ``good looks.''

In this way, of the world's population, which reached 8 billion at the time, 10% became "successful" cloned humans, and the number of descendants of cloned humans was countless.

It happened suddenly.

500 years ago, cells created using cloning technology suddenly began to cease their activity. The cause was completely unknown. This happened all at once all over the world, and one after another, the body cells of cloned humans stopped working, and the cloned humans died. Even in newly produced cloned humans, cell activity stopped midway through development. It was the same no matter which cloning technique was used.

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In less than a year, cloned humans disappeared from the world.

Each country fell into chaos. Although the descendants of cloned humans were not affected, cloned humans themselves permeated the powerful and wealthy class, and the extinction of cloned humans had a serious impact on the power structures of each country.

But the changes didn't stop there.

The year after the extinction of human clones, the birth rate of boys began to decline around the world. Although the cause was completely unknown, it decreased to 10% of girls over the next ten years, and then to 1% in a total of 100 years. People around the world feared that the birth rate of boys would decline further, but since then the decline in the birth rate of boys has stopped.

Through these processes, the world's population decreased from 8 billion to 3 billion people, and the number of countries decreased from 200 to 100.

In this way, people began to refer to the extinction of cloned humans and the decrease in the birth rate of boys as "God's punishment." The world before God's punishment was called the "Previous world," and the world after that was called the "Current world." ”

The following sentences were written on the background of a picture that looked like a religious painting.

"Hmm."

A cloned human. That technology existed in a previous life as well. It was even made into a novel.

It must have been an amazing world to be able to materialize that as it is. No wonder it would be like that without the shackles of ethics.

Well, in my previous life, I was serious about organ duplication due to medical needs while avoiding ethical issues.

Well, I guess it feels like a parallel world to my previous life. There are big differences, but the basics don't seem to be that different.

If there were ethical shackles attached to the use of cloning technology, I don't think the world would be much different from the previous world.

There were times when I thought this world was the future of my previous life, but it's a different world after all.

Well, either one is fine. My situation hasn't changed, and since I have Reira, I don't really care about anything else.

Anyway, it's "God's punishment", isn't it? Well, looking at the situation, people think it's God's work.

I can only think of my being reincarnated into this world as a miracle, so it's not really strange.

At least I understand that a big event happened 500 years ago.

While I was thinking about this, Reira asked me a question.

"What do you think?"

Even if you ask me what I think, there's nothing special about it.

"Hmm. People must have had a troubled past."

If I answer honestly,

"...Do you have any other thoughts?"

asked Reira. What are my impressions? It's like a story from a novel, so it doesn't feel real. I guess people in the past did whatever they wanted. The history of the previous life was also terrible, and the lower classes had the same hardships.

``I understand that there is a big difference between the previous world and the current world.Aside from God's punishment, in the subsequent world, this country will be properly stable, I can spend time with Reira like this, and the Sakisaka family will live a happy life. I think it's amazing what we're able to do. I'm really glad I was born in this era."

When I answered again with my feelings, Reira looked dumbfounded, then smiled and said,

"Yuu is a strange kid."

Sorry. That's right, I'm a strange child. Because I have memories from my previous life.

"The rest of history will be told another time. Shall we have some tea?"

After saying that, Reira went to prepare a snack. I'm only four years old, so I eat snacks and takes naps. It's important work. I'm looking forward to it.

``This afternoon, as planned, I had Yuu read the book about the previous world and God's punishment.Rather than reading it to him, I had him read a general textbook for junior high school students by himself.''

"...I see. How was the reaction?"

Rokushou asked with a nervous expression on the other side of the monitor.

``He finished reading it calmly until the end without changing his expression at all.The speed at which he was turning the pages didn't change either.After he finished reading, he said, ``Hmm,'' and when I asked him what he thought, he said, ``It's a difficult past.'' He said, ``It's amazing that this country has remained stable in the world since then.''

Rokushou was stunned when she heard that.

"Is that all? What's that? You haven't even taught him the history of the current world yet, have you?"

``Yes, that's all. Immediately after that, he had a snack as usual, and as usual, he ate a lot in a good mood, and then immediately fell asleep for a deep nap.Even after he woke up, he had dinner with a refreshed face and energy. He was eating it. Well, I guess it was because it was his favorite hamburger."

Hearing that, Rokushou crossed her arms and groaned.

``Aside from the hamburger, I have no doubt that he didn't lose his appetite and slept soundly.Does that mean he wasn't shocked or frightened at all?''

"Yes, it will. I was surprised."

When regular junior high school students learn about this history, they become angry at the inhuman acts of the world in the past, and are also afraid of God's punishment and the existence of God. They then realize that this is real and that they are probably the descendants of the cloned humans, and often become emotionally unstable for several months. There are some people who will never accept the reality of the past. That is why they are preparing psychological support and disclosing historical information. This is the reason why history lessons are not distributed in elementary schools.

"This will require quite a bit of time to analyze. Her Majesty will be very surprised. I was hoping for some clues, but there aren't any. According to your story, he seems to have no awe or fear of God's presence or punishment at all. I can only assume that he has an understanding of inhumane acts. I wonder why he has no qualms about being the descendant of a cloned human."

Rokushou couldn't understand Yuu's reaction at all. In the first place, people usually reacted by being confused about the idea of replicating humans. Normal children take quite a while to understand the social meaning of human cloning when they hear of it, and it is not until the end of junior high school that they reach an understanding of the subsequent expansion of human clones and the occurrence of social contradictions. This is not uncommon.

``Based on my own experience, as well as my experience as a second- and third-class male protection officer, I could not have predicted Yuu's reaction.Earlier, advisor mentioned the possibility that Yuu would notice things that we were unaware of. However, I think the world we see is completely different from the world he sees in the first place.”

Hearing Reira's statement, Rokushou thought that was exactly right.

Although she did give some consideration to the song written in the special behavior report, the reality was that it was so far away from reality that she barely considered the possibility, that is, that he was a resident of another world.

At this point, Rokushou had no choice but to think about that possibility.

Then she realized why Emperor Yusho was so attached to him, that she truly believed in that possibility.