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

Fourth Command

Translated by Green Cake
Edited by Green Cake

“… Hey, Mizui-san.”

“What, Sho-kun?”

“It’s time for us to leave.”

Five minutes had passed since then.

She is still hugging me and refuses to leave.

I’m still basking in the afterglow of the shocking revelation about Mizui-san, but time flies regardless of my intentions.

The game of tag is about to end, and we have to go back.

“Hate it.”

“……”

My request was summarily kicked out of the room.

“I want to stay like this for a while longer.”

“No, you know what? We’re going to end up playing tag.”

We had promised to stay until the tag game was over.

If not, the two of us would be caught trespassing in an off-limits area, and the teacher would be very angry with us once again.

This may be the first time for Mizui-san, but I’ve been lectured twice in a short period for sneaking into the school building in the middle of the night.

“Then stay like this a little longer. That’s command number four.”

“I can’t accept that.”

I’m sorry, but if you’re going to kick out my request, I’m going to kick out yours.

Depending on the degree of “a little more” she says, I may accept it, but it will definitely not be over in a few minutes.

“Eeehhhh.”

She lets out a frustrated sound.

I turn my back and see her face on my chest, her cheeks puffed out as she stares at me.

“We agreed that it would last until the tag game was over.”

“I said I’d take care of it, but I didn’t say I agreed to it.”

“A first grader shouldn’t use such verbal traps!”

Sometimes I wonder if Mizui-san is really a first grader.

“I can’t help it if you don’t keep your promises.”

“It’s not that I can’t help it! … Totally, how did you become so selfish?”

I grabbed Mizui-san’s shoulders and forced her to sit up a little, and then I also raised her body from her lying position and sat down on the ground.

In the beginning, Mizui-san was supposed to be a more ladylike and thoughtful person.

Where the heck did the characterization bug out…?

“It’s all Sho-kun fault that this happened, so please take responsibility♪”

It’s my fault, isn’t it…?

I guess this is because I pretended to be a senior in life, saying, “You should live honestly and freely.”

“It’s too big a responsibility for me to bear.”

It has changed the personality of one person drastically. And she was only in the first grade.

How in the world was I supposed to explain to Mizui-san parents?

“Just live with me for the rest of your life.”

“That’s a heavy enough responsibility.”

I don’t know how this happened.

It’s all my fault.

I hold my head in a torment that resembles self-loathing.

“――Anyway, let’s get back as soon as possible.”

There’s no point in thinking about that now.

I switch my thoughts and suggest that we move on from this place.

“I want to be alone with you for a while longer.”

She cupped the hem of my clothes and pleaded in a sweet voice.

She looks up at me with lonely eyes.

For Mizui-san, this situation where she can be alone with me must be very precious.

That’s why she’s bringing me here, ready to give me a lecture.

The fact that she’s trying to keep me here for so long is also proof of that.

I felt guilty, as if I were taking away a child’s toy.

But I can’t just do as I’m told.

My heart wavered at the age-appropriate selfishness, but I was determined not to be carried away here.

“I’ll make time for us to be alone again sometime, okay?”

I gently remind her so she doesn’t get hurt.

“Really?”

“Yes, I promise.”

I hope you’ll have more time this time, though.

“If that’s so… okay.”

The sad expression on her face changed and she returned to her usual smile.

She seemed to be convinced.

I’ll be back before the end of the activity.

I felt relieved and patted my chest.

“Then, let’s go back.”

Mizui-san was finally ready to go back. We’d better get back to the square before she changes her mind.

I pulled her hand and tried to stand up.

“Ah, wait a minute!”

But before I could stand up, the hand that I grabbed and tried to pull back up, pulled me in the opposite direction, causing me to land on my butt on the ground again.

“Um… is there anything more?”

Didn’t you just tell me that you understood? Didn’t you agree with me?”

“Fourth command. I haven’t done it yet.”

“You just did.”

I’ve just been told that the fourth command is to stay like this for a while longer.

“That was invalid because Sho-kun didn’t accept it.”

“Eehhh…”

“Just listen to me, it’s an order. It’ll all be over soon.”

“… Well, in that case…”

If it’s something that can be done quickly, it’s quicker than refusing and arguing about it.

I’m don’t know if it’s really quick or not… 

“Now, turn to your right.”

“Right? What’s to the right?”

“Just turn right. That’s an order.”

“……?”

Despite my doubts, I turned to the right as instructed.

Then.

“Chu.”

I felt a soft touch on my left cheek.

There was something wet and languid about the touch.

I could understand what it felt like, even though it was only for a moment.

I knew it intuitively even though I was sure I had never experienced it before.

When I slowly turned my head to the right and brought it back to the front, Mizui-san, who was blushing like I had never seen her before, held her lips with two fingertips and awkwardly refused to make eye contact with me.

“Eh… um…”

“……”

We were both speechless.

It’s not that I can’t grasp the situation due to the suddenness of the event.

Rather, it was because I was able to comprehend the situation that the silence continued.

She was holding her lips, and I was holding my left cheek.

Each of us is holding the part of our body that came into contact with the other, soaking up the aftermath or lingering sensation.

“… Umm… you know. It’s like a… princess confessing her love to her prince… Umm, I mean… that.”

It’s unusual for her to have slurred speech.

She’s terribly flustered.

Still, she took a deep breath to calm down and regain her self-control.

Her face is still red, but she doesn’t care and continues to speak.

“――I love you very much, Sho-kun. Don’t ever forget that.”

It’s a confession I’ve heard many times in this short time.

I’ll never forget it.

“……”

“Umm, then, I’ll be back first.”

That’s all she said, and she hurried off toward the plaza to escape.

I was left alone, holding my left cheek, stunned.

I feel like too much has happened in such a short time.

I’m lap pillowing, questioned, confessed to, found out that Mizui-san was actually a radio girl, and finally, I don’t know if I can call it a first kiss, but for the first time in my life, I was kissed by a girl.

Including my previous life, of course.

“First graders are so advanced these days…”