I’m Back in the First Grade of Elementary School, so I’m Going to Live Well

Today is the first school event since I was sent back in time.

A field trip.

We’re heading to an outdoor plaza a little far from the school.

A literal field trip. The kind of field trip that everyone can imagine, and that everyone is excited about.

The day before, I bought snacks for less than 300 yen, checked my belongings in the bookmarks, and couldn’t sleep because I was so excited for tomorrow, and finally, today was the day.

I was one of the kids who was looking forward to this school event, just like the rest of the class.

And now, all of us from the first year and third class were walking towards the outdoor plaza.

All of us were wearing the school’s designated gym uniforms and red and white caps, and we were walking in an unbroken line in the order of our attendance numbers.

“Hey, Kakeru. What did you buy for snacks?”

There was one person who disrupted the line.

It’s Sunagawa Rinta, who appeared in the same way as last time.

He was supposed to be in the center of the line, but he came to the front just to talk to me.

If the teacher at the front finds out about this, they’ll be pissed, just like last time.

Last time…… it was a story I didn’t want to remember.

I was slightly traumatized and put a lid on my memory.

“No, Rinta-kun. You have to get back in line.”

Imai-kun, number four, who was walking right behind me, number three, took over as the teacher and warned Rinta.

That’s right, that’s right! Tell him, Imai-kun.

Tell that to Rinta, who hasn’t learned a thing even though he was scolded so severely last time.

The trauma of breaking into the school that day is ingrained in me, the teacher is angry with me, and my mother is angry with me because she found out that I went out in the middle of the night.

I can’t say it out loud because I’m too small-minded.

“Don’t be so stingy. It’s more fun to walk while talking with your friends, right?”

This is where Rinta whispered the devil.

But Imai-kun, who seemed to be a serious person, would not be misled.

“…… You’re right, it is.”

That’s not the case……

He is only a first grader, and even his tweaked comments are easily dismissed.

“So, what did you buy?”

For some reason, Rinta was obsessed with the contents of my snack and kept asking me.

“It’s nothing out of the ordinary. I just bought potato chips or whatever I wanted.”

I didn’t need to hide anything, so I told him right away.

I don’t have any interesting purchases to tell others about…… 

When I frugally introduced the contents, Rinta sniffed proudly.

You asked me that as a preliminary step to bragging.

“As for me…… Jaja~nn!”

Rinta proudly showed off the contents of his bag of sweets.

There was a bag full of chocolates worth 300 yen.

I couldn’t help but wonder why he only had chocolate.

More importantly, the combination of a bag full of chocolates at this time of the year, when it was still very hot even in September, was just plain stupid.

I can already see the punchline.

“You can always call me later.

“Ah, yeah, yes.”

I avert my gaze and accept the courtesy.

――Well, that is, if it is intact by the time we reach the outdoor plaza…… 

“I’d like to trade.”

“Waa!!”

“M-Mizui-san!”

The three of us, including Imai-kun, were surprised by Mizui-san’s sudden appearance.

Once again, someone appeared to disrupt the formation.

Well, that’s the kind of discipline that first graders have, isn’t it?

I decided to give up.

“What is Mizui doing here?”

“That is, of course… fufufu.”

In response to Imai-kun’s question, she looked at me and smiled.

I understand what the meaning of the smile is.

“Is it possible that Mizui wants the chocolate I bought――”

“No.”

She answered immediately.

The negation was as swift and strong as a professional boxer’s straight right, and Rinta was successfully KO’d in one blow.

“Gah!” The sound effect was so blatantly depressing that it could have been projected in large letters in the background.

Her usual smile has never looked so cruel.

“I came here to exchange with Sho-kun. Here, I bought some sweets that Sho-kun might like.”

“It’s a field trip, you should buy your favorite sweets.”

I mean, really, all the sweets are in there that I like too. Where the hell did you gather this information from? (Mizui has an informal relationship with the Sho mother, so that is basically the source of information.)

“You don’t want to exchange sweets?”

“Umm…… it’s not that I don’t want to……”

I can’t help but flinch at the question.

――I have no qualms about exchanging sweets with my friends.

I’d like to exchange sweets, one of the best parts of the field trip, but I’d rather exchange with as many people as possible than with one specific person, and… now is not the time to exchange sweets. It’s time to move to the outdoor plaza.

“It’s okay if it’s not sweet.”

“I’m not saying that――…… anything other than sweet? Is there anything else we can trade?”

“Yes, like a ring.”

“Wait, what are we doing on this field trip?”

A wedding? Are you going to have a wedding?

Even if I allow it, the law won’t allow it.

The ring you’re talking about is more than the maximum amount of sweet you can bring on a field trip. I’m a first grader, there’s no way I can make that kind of money no matter what I do.

“A ring?”

“What do you mean?”

Fortunately, a first grader doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the ring.

It’s better if they don’t know. Especially Rinta.

“Then we can use your last name instead of your ring.”

“That’s not an exchange, it’s matching. I don’t do either of those things.”

What’s wrong is wrong.

So, Mizui-san. You can’t do that, no matter how much you make that cute, puffy face.

“Hey, there, kids. Don’t disrupt the line.”

I was caught making a ruckus, and the teacher at the front of the line, Misato-sensei, got angry with me.

I was reprimanded by the teacher about 10 minutes after the field trip started.

――What an unsettling beginning.