My name is Tsuruko Sasaki.

I turn thirteen this year. I just enrolled in a local secondary school a few days ago.

And I'm still spending my days spreading one book in the back seat of an atmospheric classroom that's restless.

Around, girls from each elementary school are creating more and more new groups.

I would like to talk to you intimately so that I can be in that group too...

I was really bad at that...

I didn't know how to talk to you, or how to join your people.

In elementary school, I was always alone when I realized that while I was confused.

And when I blurted out of everyone's circle, I was being ignored, teased, and sometimes hidden from the other kids as something heterogeneous.

I had those days, and when I realized it, people got scared, and I couldn't talk to anyone more.

For this reason, even now that this has become a new environment called secondary school… I can't even speak to people from myself.

So I always opened a book that I had brought from home alone, side-by-side with my classmates chatting happily around.

Novels in cartoons, I liked books.

If I read the book and got into the story, I could forget how lonely I felt alone.

Read the book and imagine yourself as the protagonist of the story.

Always on my own and leaning down, I could also be a lovely girl of the popularity in the story.

So I open the book as usual today.

To escape the lonely reality...

That's how the days went by and it was only a few weeks since I enrolled in secondary school.

When I'm done with my after-school homeroom, I stop by the library and rent a book and go home.

That's been my routine in the last few weeks.

Wear your shoes on the student's front door and head sideways to the school gate where the athletics department is clubbing.

I'm not in the club.

The truth is, maybe I'd rather be in a club and make friends... but I didn't have the courage to visit the room alone.

Nice, that sounds fun.

That's what I thought when I saw the girls running around chatting about the school yard.

It was then.

"Ahhh."

I heard a mysterious scream overhead, and soon after I confirmed what it was, suddenly, 'Zdon' and his body ran a terrible shock.

I let go of consciousness to the shock.

"Ugh, I'm so sorry"

I heard someone crying and when I slowly opened my eyes there was a girl's face squealed in tears and snot in front of me. Apparently it was this girl who was crying.

"Oh, I'm up! I'm awake, Doctor!

The girl who noticed my eyes open screamed like that and flew across the white curtain.

I have no idea what the situation is. Was I asleep?

Look around slowly.

White ceilings, shaking white curtains, and what I was lying on was a white bed.

I'm not sure where, but the ceiling belongs to a familiar school building.

Apparently, this was like inside a school building.

That, but I was certainly supposed to be crossing the school yard to the school gate...

That's how baffled I am. Now a woman in white appeared.

"How are you feeling? Your head doesn't crack? Does your body hurt anywhere?

The woman in white asks me, and I check my body.

There's nothing particularly painful about it, and I think my head is fine.

"... it's okay"

When I answered that, the woman in white smiled calmly.

"Yes, that's good. But for once, I need something, so go to the hospital and have it tested. My parents just contacted me."

"... What, a hospital? Inspections?"

At all, a woman in white turned to me like I was in trouble without grasping the situation.

"Right. You didn't know what happened all of a sudden, did you? This is the infirmary, and you were transported here out of your mind."

"... lose your mind..."

This was the infirmary or it was the first time I had been properly in it, so I didn't know where it was... so I guess this white woman is the infirmary teacher.

Nevertheless, I am not particularly ill, and there was nothing wrong with me today.

And yet why did you lose your mind...

The doubts swell more and more. Very confusing.

And you must have noticed my question. The teacher smiled bitterly.

"Perhaps it wasn't you who lost your mind or something. Or because it's definitely this girl."

That said, ahead of what the teacher indicated, an earlier girl stood.

As usual, its face remains messed up with tears and snot.

"I'm sorry."

That's what the girl said and bowed her head deeply towards me.

"I got invited by the charm of the trees in the school garden and wanted to climb... it was good at first but when I got a little on track... I slipped my legs and fell... so I put you underneath... I'm so sorry"

Speaking of which, I feel like there was a mysterious scream from over my head and a terrible shock just after that.

That was because this girl fell on me.

And if you're in elementary school, you're still in middle school, and I didn't know a girl would climb a tree in the school yard.

Besides... I don't really know what it means to be 'invited by the charm of a schoolyard tree'...

I stared again at the girl, desperately bowing her head and apologizing with a crying face.

And I noticed.

The fact that the girl is in a uniform skirt...

And to the fact that that skirt is dirty and messy with dirt.

He probably got dirty when he fell on me from a tree... which means...

This would mean that this girl was climbing a school garden tree in a skirt.

He's kind of like a much different kid...

"Um, because it's okay now"

I couldn't wait to be able to bow my head like this forever and I said yes to the girl.

"... but"

To the girl with the troubled face I repeated, again.

"Don't worry too much, it's really okay now"

Suddenly, he fell overhead and was underlayed.

Maybe I could have gotten angrier if it was true...

The girl in front of me is so reflective...

Besides... the girl with the troubled face lowering her eyebrows had such an unhateable strange vibe.

"It's not on purpose, and you really don't care. Are you hurt more than that? Were you okay?

That's what I said and smiled at the girl.

"I'm fine. Thank you, Mr. Sasaki is sweet."

The girl who looked like she was going to cry all the time also smiled.

Nevertheless...

"... how did you get your name..."

How does this child know my name?

Did you check with your belongings or something?

"What are you talking about? I know. Because we're not in the same class."

……

I looked seriously at the face of the girl who said that with a decent face.

Speaking of which, I also felt like I had seen something.

... well, were you a classmate...

After a few weeks of junior high school, reading books all by myself, regardless of people, I still barely remembered my classmate's face or name.

"... I'm sorry I haven't really remembered the face or name of my class yet"

I'm sorry they remembered, but I didn't.

What if I make you uncomfortable...

The girl grinned and grinned at my anxiety like that.

"It is. Well, once again, I'm in three pairs a year."

The girl who said so and introduced herself offered me a hand.

If you unwittingly hold back the hand offered, the girl said with a full grin.

"Stay tuned."

The girl's hand held tight was very warm.

So, since that day, my lonely life has changed dramatically.

As the saying goes, "Keep it up," this tree climbing girl started dropping in on me the next day to say what it was, and if I realized it, she was my first friend.

And...

"Ah-chan, help me!"

A friend hugged me from behind with a pitiful voice.

"... Now what?

I sounded extremely calm.

"The English translation is today, the day comes, but I forgot it's coming... I forgot it before and before, so my teacher tells me," Next time I forget, I'll do a punitive cleaning "..."

I sighed in dismay at my half-faced friend.

"... you forget too much..."

My friend smiled when I gave him an English note, even though I was frightened.

"Give it back to me by English class."

"Thank you, Master Ah-chan"

When you say that and bow your head to me, your friend dashes back to his seat and desperately starts copying his notes.

"Mr. Sasaki is already a wild monkey caretaker."

One of my classmates who watched me and my friend interact nearby said that and laughed bitterly.

"... wild monkeys?

"Yes, wild monkeys. That kid's nickname in primary school. I was in elementary school together."

She answered my question and smiled bitterly again.

"During the holidays, they climbed the trees in the school garden, flew away and played, and even in the neighborhood mountains, they always played like that, and rumors broke out that 'there's a giant monkey in that mountain' for a time in the neighborhood."

"... that's amazing"

Sure, if it was in elementary school like that, I guess it's nothing enough to skirt climbing a little bit of a tree in the middle school campus.

"Besides, you know, I just forgot the assignment, and my teacher's always pissed me off, and yet the next day I seem to forget that too... I'm usually going to forget it again"

"... that's amazing"

Sure, my friend always makes me look depressed right after being pissed off, but the next day, I'm already kellogging.

Apparently, no matter how angry my friend was, more or less the next day, he had what an enviable ability to forget.

But that may be good in person...... it's hard around.

She gave me a slightly more meaningful look when I said, 'That's a tough thing to do around you.'

"But you know... that's kind of fun to be with."

When I said that, I laughed at her. I laughed unexpectedly, too.

After that, she was given a lot of martial arts traditions from her friend's elementary school, and she was greatly exhilarated to hear them.

So, when I realized, I had many other friends besides my wild monkey friends.

And after a while, the wild monkey that he had been playing wild mountains all along began to fit into cartoons and cartoons under my influence.

Thanks to that, the wild monkeys stopped snooping around the mountains as much as they used to, and her parents were to be thanked for not knowing "thank you for making the monkeys human".

I also went deeper into cartoons and cartoons by getting friends with the same taste.

And when the two of us became fine geeks, we were best friends.

That's how I grew my nerdy friendship, and I ended up in junior high school and going to high school in the neighborhood with...

"Ah-chan... I can't do this anymore... I left it to later..."

I said that and slapped my best friend's head trying to close the textbook with a round print with a pocon.

"What, you're saying... you haven't even stood up enough for the first time yet! You're going to be a high school wanderer."

"... Ugh, because... I'm so drowsy watching this thick line of reference letters... this must be cursed by this reference book"

That said, I sighed deeply at my best friend trying to finish the exam study, which had only been enough to begin with.

My best friend is the motor nerve, but I couldn't tease him to study. It's more like a character you can't get into that you're not interested in than you're retarded.

Honestly, if it's just a school test, I can teach you Yama and you've done something about it... that's just not going to happen in high school exams.

I don't know what to do...... instead of going to high school with me as it is, I could really be a high school wanderer.

Something, this kid has a way of motivating him...

"All right! After this exam, I'll make you play my secret maiden games to the fullest!

"... oh, what is a maiden game... Um..."

"Maiden Game" It is a new genre of product that has recently begun to buy and fit in with the old balls I have saved.

If I were you, I'd like my best friend to move on and talk to me...

My best friend was judged by your parents to be 'wasted as soon as I gave him a lot of money' because of his overly messy personality, and he hasn't gotten the hang of it, and his old balls are being forced around to save money.

That's why my best friend can't afford expensive shopping of his own volition.

So she doesn't even have a game console.

Exactly. I can't afford to buy two consoles and lend them to you either...

I felt sorry for my best friend staring at me with envy.

"... but ah. I don't have a console..."

That's what makes my best friend puffy.

I smile at her like that.

"I'll lend it! If I can pass the exam properly, I'll rent you every console for a while!

"... Ah, dear..."

My best friend looked at me with a sparkling eye and stood up.

"Thank you! Me, for the maiden game, I'm gonna pass high school!

and proclaimed it exalted.

My best friend, who thus declared that there was little problem as a motive for passing high school, worked hard and was brilliantly able to pass the same high school as me.

And even luckier, to celebrate his high school pass, my best friend succeeded in getting a console bought from his parents, and he and I both embedded in my loaned maiden game.

More nerdy friends also increased in high school. And I worked part-time with my best friends to buy cartoons and games, followed my best friends who, as always, forget the challenges, and had a busy day.

I read books all the time in elementary school by myself and the days I spent without talking to anyone seemed a lie.

I'm going to have a busy and fun day with my best friend who's a problem kid but I can't hate him.

I'm sure these days will continue unchanged.

That's what I thought.

That day, coincidentally, I had left my phone at home, and I didn't know that my best friend, who had a split class in two years, hadn't come to school.

I was only thinking about 'Speaking of which, that kid, you're not coming to see me today'.

And after school...... I learned that I would never see my best friend again.

The days I took for granted... ended all too suddenly.

Overnight or funeral...... I couldn't cry.

In the first place, I couldn't believe that this would keep me from seeing my best friend forever.

'Cause it's about that kid, I don't know why he might just come back...

After the funeral, the usual routine came again.

But my best friend didn't come back, wait or bring it.

And one day after a few days, I realized that there was something unread left in my smartphone line message.

I kept in touch with my friends about my best friend's night out... I didn't realize.

When was it being sent?

When you open it like that...

There was the name of the best friend I was used to seeing.

The date is late the night before my best friend was in the accident.

"Over there. Prince Belly Black Dos Can't Attack ~ '

That message that was being sent with emoticons on the troubled face is probably about a maiden game my best friend was desperately playing...

... the last message is this... it really seems like that kid to the end.

That kind of made me laugh.

I laughed and laughed and laughed too much and even cried...

As such, the overflowing tears came out without lingering...

I kept flowing all the time wondering if my eyes would melt anymore.

That kid's gone, but I wasn't alone anymore.

Because that kid gave me a new world...

I grabbed the smartphone that was copying that kid's last message.

She's not coming home anymore...

I'm going to live a routine without that child.

I will live the new world that she gave me.

So... if you can be reborn into a new life when this life runs out like some novel...

At that time...

Again, I want to be friends with that kid...

Again, I want to have those busy, fun days with that kid.

"... Dear Sophia, Dear Sophia"

When I heard someone calling and slowly opened my eyes, a maid looked very worried by the bed staring at me.

Apparently, she was calling me.

"... what's wrong?

I still asked back with a blushing head.

"... Um, it was a lot better, so are you okay?

"... had been done?

When I heard back that I was unconscious, I noticed my cheeks were wet.

Oh, was I crying...

And there was somehow a mind around the cause.

"... I had a very sad dream, so maybe that's what they did."

"Is it a dream?

"Yeah, it was a very, very sad dream... but I totally forgot what it was like when I woke up"

Yes, even though I don't remember the content at all... I did remember that it was a very, very sad dream.

"Probably something that happened back in the day..."

"... back in the day..."

The maid solidified with an indescribable look on my whine.

Until a few years ago, I was locked in a room with a lot of slander, slander, from a heterogeneous appearance.

Perhaps she thought it was about that time.

"... you know. It wasn't when I was caged in my room. Much, much longer ago than that..."

That's what I said. The maid looks strange to me.

That would be so. I haven't even grown up yet, because you can't possibly remember how long ago I was...

Honestly, I don't know myself...

Sad sad dreams of not remembering the content at all......

But I do think that was a long time ago, a long time ago...

And even though I don't remember the content, only a very sad and hard feeling remained firmly in my chest, which made me squeamish.

That's how I feel sinking, the maid told me to cheer me up.

"Dear Sophia, today is the day to go out to the Kraes."

The sad, hard feelings that remained in my chest cleared up a little when I heard that.

Yes, it was. Today was the day to visit Master Catalina's house.

I chose another recommended book during yesterday, will Catalina be pleased?

My feelings surfaced when I thought of Master Catalina.

As usual, I went with my brother to the Kraes family when I was well prepared to eat and eat.

When I arrived at the Klaes house, Master Catalina was out in the garden as usual.

And as usual, my brother-in-law, Master Keith, is with me.

"Keith, so this is an absolutely edible mushroom"

"No, sister, I was stuck in a tree around here, 'cause you'll never eat mushrooms you can't handle."

"No, no, this is the one you can eat. Because something that smells the same as Shiitake. Because this is definitely one of Shiitake's people."

"What, shiitake... you should never eat a mushroom like that anyway I'm not sure. I'll break your stomach."

"No, you don't know unless you try it... Ah, Sophia!

Somehow, Catalina, who was speaking to Master Keith, noticed me.

And he comes running to me with a full smile.

When I see that smile, the sad feeling that was still in my chest disappears.

I'm so glad I attended a tea party at the castle that day a few years ago.

It was really nice meeting Master Catalina Kraes that day.

"Dear Catalina, I've brought you a new book to recommend."

"True! Thanks Sophia!

If I said so and gave her the book, Lady Catalina was happy to jump.

The days spent with Master Catalina are lively and very enjoyable.

I'm so glad to be friends with Master Catalina.

If you noticed, the sad and hard feelings that remained in your chest had disappeared beautifully.