"Yuu, let's go."

"Yeah!"

I leave the house holding hands with Reira.

Today is our first time cherry blossom viewing.

I've been looking forward to it for a long time.

I just moved last year, so I wasn't able to have a proper cherry blossom viewing experience.

That's why she's finally going to take me to see the cherry blossoms, a dream I've had since my previous life.

The new fiscal year began in April.

However, I don't go to school or interact with other boys, so nothing has changed.

From what Reira says, it seems normal for the other boys to interact with each other and play sports in groups.

But in my case, I don't seem to need such things, and I continue to live my life the way I want.

I've learned over the past year that there aren't many other boys around my house.

At first I thought this was normal, but apparently it's only here.

I was vaguely aware of it, but it seemed like I was being treated as special.

I asked Reira why I was given special treatment, and she said it's because I'm a proper boy.

Well, it doesn't matter, I don't care either.

This is off topic, but today is cherry blossom viewing. I read a lot about it in books in my previous life. Cherry blossoms often appear in the lyrics of the song in Japan. I was looking forward to it.

Reira is carrying my luggage.

I think it was quite a large amount, but Reira lifted it up with one hand.

As expected of a first class male protection officer.

There are many places around here where cherry blossoms are blooming, and today Reira is taking me to a park where they are blooming.

It's within walking distance, so we walk hand in hand.

Reira always matches my walking speed.

I still have small feet and short legs.

The warmth of Reira's hand on my left always makes me feel at ease.

After walking for about ten minutes, the park came into view.

A park with a large lawn.

There are many cherry blossoms blooming there.

I can also see a few boys coming to see the cherry blossoms.

"Let's do it here."

When we arrived under the large cherry tree, Reira spread out the rug for us.

It's a big rug, so it's okay to roll around on it.

Reira laid out a lot of dishes there.

"Amazing! What a treat!"

“It was cherry blossom viewing that Yuu was looking forward to, so I made you something you liked.”

"Thank you!"

Today I decided to have lunch while viewing cherry blossoms.

The weather is often stormy during cherry blossom viewing season, so you won't know if you'll be able to view the cherry blossoms until that day. That's why I checked the outside every morning, and since the weather was calm today, I was able to come and see the cherry blossoms.

Reira prepared it for me early in the morning.

It's now 5 years old, but I'm still 4 years old and my body is too small to reach, so she've spread out food for me, but I can't order it.

As I sat there for a while, Reira divided the food onto plates.

"Is this okay? Please eat a lot."

"Thank you. I'll eat a lot!"

I took the plate from Reira and thanked her.

On the plate was a small hamburger, fried chicken, fried egg, and a small rice ball.

It's my favorite food. I'm happy.

"Delicious. Thank you as always."

“Yuu eats a lot, so it’s always worth making.”

Reira brings me a cup of tea.

Reira also divided the food onto plates and began eating.

Sometimes there is a breeze.

Flower petals are fluttering and falling.

The cherry blossoms in full bloom and the falling cherry blossoms are so beautiful.

The large branches of the cherry blossom tree extend close to the ground, giving the feeling of being surrounded by flowers.

Green grass, colorful branches, cherry blossom petals, and a cloudless blue sky.

No matter where I look, the colors of nature overflow and leave a lasting impression on my heart.

Spending time like this with Reira feels like a dream.

Sceneries that I only knew about in writing or saw in photos in my previous life are right in front of me.

There were various expressions in words, but nothing could compare to the real thing.

If I look at my hands, I see flower petals on my plate and floating in my tea.

That makes me realize that this is reality.

This is what the world is like.

In my previous life, I couldn't move from my room, so I always created a world using just my imagination from words and a few photos.

A world that I never dreamed of reaching there someday.

That's what's in front of me now.

It was told in many songs.

Spring encounter, new life.

Cherry blossoms were sung to represent such encounters between people.

Yuu stopped his food and naturally began to sing in a low voice.

A solo piece without accompaniment.

I don't even use vocal techniques, I just hum.

In my previous life, I listened to it repeatedly during cherry blossom season.

This is a song that sings about spring, and celebrates the beginning of a new life, with the sight of falling cherry blossoms making us regret parting ways with others.

While singing, Yuu thought about her.

Meeting and parting are one thing

Farewell and encounter are one thing

The flow of time for people is a repetition of encounters and partings.

Repeating joy and sadness

Memories of encounters and partings become memories and accumulate

Adding color to an empty life

The life I lived alone in my previous life

It was a world without any color.

No matter how much I learn

No matter how much I reach out my hand

It was a world that would never reach me.

Born into this world

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I'm starting to see color as well.

The world that was on the other side of the window became my world.

To me who was living in a world only of spirit

A human body was given to me.

To me who was given a human body

A human world was given to me.

To me who was given a human world

A human heart was given to me.

To me who was given a human heart

A human heart was given to me.

My life started to take on color.

I'm alive right now.

When Yuu finished singing, he realized that he was crying.

Reira is staring at Yuu.

"That's a very nice song."

Reira said with a gentle smile and gently wiped away his tears.

Yuu didn't really realize that he was singing.

Yuu was a little embarrassed and rubbed his face into him Reira's hand.

"Older brother"

A day has passed since the cherry blossom viewing, and the Sakisaka family has arrived.

Yaya hugs me very cheerfully.

"Hello. Please come up."

“Thank you everyone for coming.”

I pat Yaya on the head and invites their in with Reira.

A warm spring-like day.

“There are still a few cherry blossoms left around here, but there are still a lot of them blooming here.”

"The temperature here is a little colder than here."

Grandma Yuri and Tomoe said.

"There were a lot of cherry blossoms blooming around here and it was beautiful. Reira took me to see the cherry blossoms this year."

"Huh, I see. That's good. Yuu likes cherry blossoms, right?"

"Yeah. I've been looking forward to it for a long time. Last year I was so busy that I couldn't take it easy, so this year I was really happy. Thank you, Reira."

"I'm glad Yuu was happy."

Aya and Reira answered.

"If you live near my house, let's all go cherry blossom viewing together. Sakihara has a lot of flowers blooming. We're proud of it. Even the mountains are covered in cherry blossoms and it's beautiful."

"That's what Sakihara means. I like flowers, so I'm looking forward to it."

“Me too~.”

“Yaya likes flowers too, right?”

"Yeah!"

I make Yaya sit next to me and pat her head.

With this meeting, it will be exactly one year since I met with the Sakisaka family.

The tension I felt at the beginning was gone, and I started to feel a sense of familiarity.

Yaya has also grown a little bigger.

"Starting this year, I decided to study calligraphy and musical notation.''

"Your calligraphy is good. It's very convenient when your handwriting is neat. I have to make Yaya learn it too. By the way, what is studying music scores?"

Grandma Yuri asks.

"I'm practicing my voice right now, right? That's why I want to be able to read music scores soon. I especially want to be able to write music scores."

“When you write music scores, do you also compose music?”

"Hmm, I don't know. I guess I just write songs that I think are good."

"That's amazing. Yuu has musical talent."

Grandma Yuri is impressed.

The songs from my previous life were not written and composed by me, so it's hard to say how to recreate them in this world.

"But if you want to write music scores, wouldn't it be easier to use AI on a computer?"

Sakura says so.

In this world, it is normal for music compositions to be automatically generated by AI.

The AI used to create music is not an information gathering type, but is designed around an independent complex thinking type, so if you give it a few configuration conditions, it can create quite original songs.

This is what Sakura is talking about as composition AI.

But I just can't help but like songs composed by AI.

That's why I thought about converting songs from my previous life into sheet music. I don't have the ability to sing the lyrics yet, so it will be a while before I can let everyone hear it, but I thought I would at least acquire the knowledge and skills of musical notation.

It's quite difficult to write a musical score.

I can still do a melody by just stringing together single notes, but in order to make a proper song, I have to divide the accompaniment into different instruments. Most of them are chords. I must be able to do the arrangement in my previous life.

In that case, I have to learn proper composition knowledge, acquire knowledge of instruments, and compose music. Knowledge of the technique of arranging sounds is also important.

It's quite difficult to reproduce a song that no one knows in this world. It's not difficult if I just do it somehow, but it's difficult to do it properly with a performance.

Furthermore, depending on the results of my vocal practice as I grow up, I may change the way I sing, so I may arrange it to suit myself.

In this world, once the musical score is completed, the performance is done by a computer.

The performances in this world are advanced, and even if it's not a live performance, the music reproduction technology is amazing, allowing you to freely reproduce sounds and sound fields. The reproduction space is very large. It's amazing that it's not a simple digital technology like in my previous life. And the reproduction of the sounds of the instruments is of a very high level. Of course, you can also create unknown sounds.

By combining this playback technology with composition AI, anyone can freely create and perform music.

But there's something strange about all the songs from this world that Reira lets me listen to.

Also, even if I sing the melody, have the computer read it, and have the AI distribute the instruments, the song will be something different. It's the same no matter what AI you use.

That's why I decided to study musical notation and arrangement. It seems that in my previous life, music subjects were divided into detailed subjects, but in this world where things are left to AI, there is no such thing, so I have no choice but to do it myself.

Actually, I could just learn to play the piano, but since there aren't any good sheet music to begin with, there's no point in that.

"I tried using AI in various ways after Reira taught me about it, but I just couldn't seem to find something I liked. So, since I had some time, I decided to study it and try it myself."

"I see. It seems difficult, but Yuu can do your best. Please let us hear the song you wrote."

"Yeah, of course. If it's done well, I'll let you hear it."

We are talking about such a difficult topic.

“Brother, do you sing?”

Yaya asked cutely.

"Yeah, I hope I can do that in the future."

“Isn’t it there now?”

Yaya asked with a somewhat expectant look on her face.

...Ugh. Her gaze hurts.

Hmm, I've decided not to sing the lyrics yet.

Since I had Reira listen to me sing classical music the other day, the joy of singing and the joy of having people listen to it have gotten bigger and bigger.

I think that's why the song came out naturally during cherry blossom viewing.

"Then let me sing a little."

"Yay!"

Yaya claps her hand and rejoices.

"Hey, Yuu, are you going to sing?"

"This is my first time hearing Yuu's song."

"I've been working really hard on my vocal practice, so I'm sure I'll be good at it."

"Now is the only time to listen to small Yuu's songs."

Everyone is making a lot of noise.

I'm sorry if I got your hopes up and couldn't sing well.

“Yuu, what kind of song are you going to sing?”

"I'll sing nursery rhymes for children."

Reira asked me with a smile, so I answered.

Stand alone, away from everyone.

I took a deep breath and began to sing with ease.

A nursery rhyme that kindergarteners and early elementary school students learned in their previous lives.

All have simple melodies and simple lyrics.

Even children who don't know much about the language can sing it.

However, the song is well-written, and once you listen to it, it will stay in your heart no matter who listens to it.

A melody that is faithful to the basics and provides emotional stability.

The nursery rhymes of my previous life were well written.

Sing honestly without using vocal techniques.

This is so that Yaya can sing it right away.

"It's my first time hearing this song, but it feels nostalgic."

"Oh, that's strange."

"It's a nice song. It sounds just right for a child to sing."

"You'll learn quickly."

When I finished singing, everyone applauded.

"Yaya, come on. Let's sing together."

"Yeah!"

He brings Yaya, holds her hand and sings alongside her.

Yaya quickly learned his song and was able to sing along.

Yaya sings happily and cheerfully.

It's childish and cute that the sound is sometimes off.

Afterwards, he performed three songs and the two of them sang together.

We had a great time and received applause from everyone.

Reira was also smiling.

I'm glad I sang.