Chapter 1: Childhood Friend

As I understand it, I think I've been reborn as a human being, but these people are a little... different?

The buildings, the language they speak, the things they use are all different.

And this strange man who closes his eyes with his hands and opens them, I think he's my father. I don't understand why he does such a stupid thing. His name is Ikari.

And the lady who's cooking is my mom, she seems to be a better person, at least I'm sure she's smarter than this idiot. I think they call her Kaguya.

I don't understand much of the language they speak, but it wasn't hard for me to understand that they named me Airi.

My first 6 months had already passed before I could find anything to do, I did nothing but suck my mother's breast and eat and sleep.

During this time I learned the meaning of a few words, but I still have difficulty saying them.

Sometimes guests come to the house and their children try to take care of me.

They treat me as if I am a baby, I am 10000 million years old! Although I don't look 10000 million years old when I look at me now.

Ahh I miss being that honorable knight respected by all.

But there's nothing to do, I have to get used to this life...

2 years later:

I'm 2 years old now, at least I can talk and walk a little bit, which is good progress.

But I still don't understand these human children, why do they do such ridiculous things and run around and cry all the time? They are trying to get my attention? But why do they disturb the peace of society just to get attention?

I guess I'll never know. I don't need to know.

But what surprised me the most was the rate at which people grow. How can the human body and mind develop so much in just 2 years?

I heard my mom telling me that when I was 3 years old I would go to a place called kindergarten, she said there were lots of children there, I wasn't very happy, do I have to spend time with children anyway, can't I spend time alone?

I liked trying to read the books in my father's drawer, even though I understood only a tenth of the book. But my mom and dad seemed quite happy with me reading books, they thought I was a genius, is reading books such a rare thing in this world?

When I was thinking about it, I was already three years old and they had already enrolled me in kindergarten.

The children there were just as stupid as I thought they would be, always shouting and crying and asking for food, but one boy caught my eye, he was not very talkative, he always sat to one side and just read a book, so I went over and sat next to him.

"What's your name?"

He shyly backed away and looked at me.

"Well, Masayuki... What about you?"

"I'm Airi, nice to meet you."

"Umm... Me too."

Even though he was a boy, his behavior was more feminine than mine (people call it shyness) but he was still a good 

I started hanging out with him because he looked like a nice person and we read books together all the time and he taught me words I didn't know and sometimes I taught him how to draw (it was satisfying to have people admire my art) and that's how we finished kindergarten. I thought Masayuki and I were going to part ways, but things didn't work out the way I thought they would, he came back to me on the last day of kindergarten.

"I want to go to the same elementary school as you, Airi."

I didn't know what to say and the only thought that went through my mind was "I'M GOING TO SCHOOL AGAIN? DOESN'T EDUCATION END WITH KINDERGARTEN? WHY?" but I left these thoughts behind and turned to Masayuki.

"Then try," I said.

I thought it was so cool when I said that, but now I look back and I'm so embarrassed.

Then when I was 6 years old, Masayuki and I entered the same elementary school and luckily we were in the same class.

"Good boy, now you've managed to get into the same elementary school as me."

"Don't call me that"

"Oh what happened Masayuki? Don't you like being a good boy?"

"Stop making fun of me"

"Okay, I'm just kidding."

We both started laughing for no reason, that's when I realized that this was what people call a "childhood friend".