my childhood friend
My name is Kai. It was the name my parents gave me because it sounded good.
For some reason, I couldn't remember my name when I was in Japan.
However, I could immediately imagine the faces of my family and friends in Japan, and what kind of life I was leading.
Since I was a child, I have loved researching history. I do a lot of research on history.
From the mysteries of Japan's early history to the unsolved mysteries of world history, and many more.
As for the old books, I read the Bible in its entirety, and I found Greek mythology and Norse mythology interesting, so I read them over and over again.
Most of all, I love the heroic stories that have been passed down throughout the world.
I especially like Chinese history, as represented by the Tale of the Three Kingdoms, the Sengoku period in Japan, the Hundred Years War in Europe, the situation in the Middle East before BC, and the founding of Rome, which featured many heroes. .
For now, I will stop talking about myself here. I'm not used to introducing myself too much.
Instead of introducing myself, I just said that I like history...
You will soon see the big tree where we met.
When I was little, I always climbed that tree and played.
It was a memorable place for the three of them, and they of course gathered there before going to school.
...Ah, I can see both of them.
"Kai, good morning! Let's go to school!"
"Did you do your homework, Kai? You don't do it anymore, right?"
These two are my childhood friends Haiku and Irene.
We both lived close by, so we met and went to school together.
Only three of our families live around here.
"Well, I didn't mean to miss it, but I didn't come."
"At all!
"Well, I didn't either."
"It's useless if you two don't stick together!"
"I will do it as soon as I arrive at school."
"I'll have Foucher show it to me."
"Mooooooooooooo! It's no use if you ask me to show you my homework. If I see you showing your homework, I'll tell the teacher!"
Haiku and Irene are the same age as me.
When I was in Japan, I thought the word "age" was the dialect of the area where I lived, but I was quite surprised to find out that the word had been used since the Sengoku period.
Words and their meanings change over time.
Haiku has extraordinary motor nerves, which can be seen from his muscular physique.
His chest and biceps were so prominent that it was hard to believe he was twelve years old, his leg muscles were toned throughout, and his core was well formed.
He's a really athletic kid. She has a Middle Eastern face and looks beautiful with short black hair.
Irene is a beautiful girl with a slim figure, long wavy blonde hair and blue eyes.
That? You may have heard of a similar kid recently.
...Yes, it's me.
Irene and I are similar enough to be mistaken for siblings.
...No, it would be better if they were siblings.
When I first started going to school, one day someone who lived near my school said to me, ``Wow, you guys look so much alike. How cute are they?'' I ran home crying.
Irene might like to be called cute, but I'm still a boy even when I look like that.
Huh...I really wish I could be more manly like Haiku...
The house of the three of us is located on the outskirts of the city away from the village center, built along the river along the border.
Two other couples live some distance away.
It takes about thirty to forty minutes to walk to school.
This is a rural area and the terrain is basically flat, so it is easy to walk even if it takes a long time.
"Even so, we will graduate in three months."
"That's right. Most likely, the three of us will move to a dormitory in the town closest to the village and attend a new school."
"Haa, I don't want to leave my father and mother."
"What are you talking about?! Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to enter a school in the city with money from the empire and escape from being a slave!"
Yes. In this country, which is said to be an empire, education is provided in villages from the ages of 10 to 12, and those who achieve outstanding results in their field of expertise are sent to boarding houses in nearby towns, where they receive further education through two schools. -year curriculum. Perfect.
If they exceed the grades set by the empire and meet the imperial standards, they will be given the opportunity to study for two more years in the royal capital.
At this point, the future is secure. Positions as civil servants or high-ranking officers were almost guaranteed.
Of course, if you live in the royal capital, all of these educational institutions exist.
It seemed that the royal capital had all the administration, institutions, objects and people.
I always thought that I want to go there at least once.
Even though I hate the system and the laws of the empire, I want my father and mother to live an easy life.
That's why I can study hard.
If it were true, I would like to live in the village and be closer to my father and mother, but...
It was decided that Haiku would receive an officer's education in the city because of his qualities as a soldier, and Irene would receive a civilian education in the city because of her grades in the classroom.
Like Irene, I am also a civil official.
When I think about it, I can see that they put a lot of effort into education to always recruit good people.
They may train their human resources for the sake of continuing the war, not for the development of the country.
Because, in my opinion, it would be better to see more development in this remote village to improve domestic affairs.
It is a village along the border with a large river flowing through it, so it is an important base that can be developed into a small town or city.
Although it has friendly relations with its neighboring countries, this country is powerless, and is a country that disagrees with its neighbors in many ways.
Or maybe it's just that this land was invaded and occupied before we were born, so it hasn't developed that far.
There is not enough information to provide a clear answer. I wish I could at least get some information about the past...but that's never possible.
"This is certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity. I want to join the army and invade other countries!"
"Haa... what a barbaric idea. If you don't at least say that you want to help His Imperial Majesty, you will immediately be sent back to the village."
"Hmm, but…I also want to go to another country."
"I want to go to other countries too, but it's not easy