tand.
When you are a child, even a small mistake becomes a terrible mistake.

I thought the first step to becoming an adult was to draw the line yourself.

And you will eventually realize it.

Surprisingly, there is no such thing as an irreversible mistake in the world.

That’s about the only thing you could undo the life and death of a person.

“……”

“What’s the matter? You seem a little strange today, Iroha.
Could it be–”

A curious look.

My heart jumped, this time in a different way.
Children are perceptive in strange ways.

An adult would dismiss the idea of a different person with a different mind.

Mai put her mouth to my ear and whispered.

“Could it be–constipation? My sister has that look on her face when she can’t get out of the bathroom.”

“……”

“If you’re having a hard time, you can always tell me.
I’ll help you, too.”

No, kids are idiots.


*  *  *

As expected, elementary school classes were easy.

P.E.
was the hardest, and lunch was the most fun.
Isn’t this almost the same impression as ordinary elementary school students?

“What? Aren’t we going home yet?”

“We haven’t had the homecoming party yet, have we? The teacher was late.
I wonder what’s going on?”

After a while, the homeroom teacher finally appears.

“We’ve changed to a group dismissal today.
Everyone, please line up in the schoolyard for each club group.
There was a suspicious person in the area, so please do not go home alone.”

That’s what happened.

The world has become a dangerous place.
I don’t like it.

*  *  *

I’ll bring both of them tomorrow and return the other one.

With these words, I headed home with the crossed flags in my hands.

“I wonder if it will be all right.
No bad people will appear, right?

“You worry too much.
If they do it, pull the buzzer and scream, and you’ll be fine.
You guys don’t worry.
Mai will take care of you if it comes to that.”

“Mai is not that strong!

Well, the chances of actually encountering a prowler are slim.

The police would be patrolling the area, and it would be quicker for them to find me.
As I was walking along thinking this, a shadow suddenly fell.

Do you know what a cell phone is? >

I looked up at the person.
Wow, big.

So huge that I couldn’t see his face in the backlight.
A man with an appearance so squidgy that you could tell just by his outline, was standing right in front of me.

I was unintentionally alarmed but changed my mind when I heard his voice.
He seemed to be in real trouble.

I timidly called out to him.


And when I was looking around for it, I almost got caught by a policeman even though I didn’t do anything wrong, and ran away unexpectedly.>

Then let’s go to the police station together and ask for the phone.
We need to clear up the misunderstanding anyway.
Don’t worry.
I’ll help you explain.

Even so, when he was about to be caught by the police, I thought it was very easy to mislead people, so I deviated slightly from the school route.

At this distance, it’s faster to go directly to the police box than 110.

As I was about to start walking, I felt a tug on the hem of my dress.

There was Mai, her teeth clattering.

“Iroha-chan, are you okay? Isn’t he suspicious?”

“Huh? He said it, didn’t he? It’s wrong.
He seems to be in trouble, so I’ll take him to the police station.”

“Yeah, right? Are you sure he’s not a prowler? Iroha-chan, how do you know what he’s talking about?”

“Heh? No, I know at least the phone.”

Is it possible that today’s children can’t get through unless they say “smartphone”?

Can’t they get the message with a cell phone?

“No, that’s not it.
Because this guy – he’s a foreigner, right?”

“Huh?”

Perhaps from the relief of seeing a solution, the man raised his face, which had been downcast.

What was there was an unmistakable Western face.

It’s nothiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

Somehow I had come to understand and speak English as if it were Japanese.

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