What am I looking at right now?
“Yatou Yoruuto desu. Kyou hajimete oto ni detano de dokidoki shitemasu. Onajitoshinoko to ohanashi suru no mo hajimete desu. Nakayoku shite kudasai.”
While watching the boy, Yatou Yoruuto, who introduced himself clearly, I couldn’t help but think so.
I myself am also 20 years old this year.
I have seen men in this world with few men before.
However, there are not many men who are as clear and firm as him.
Usually, men don’t come out much in society.
This is because they receive living expenses and subsidies from the government even if they don’t go out into society.
Furthermore, the more marriages and births there are, the more contributions they are considered to be making to society, and the amount of subsidies increases.
Moreover, if a marriage partner gives birth to a male, the amount of subsidies increases even more.
In other words, men who have little interaction with people like us are overwhelmingly likely to either have a small voice and be difficult to communicate with, or become arrogant and rough like a king in a small world.
Nevertheless, Yoruuto-kun is neither of those.
No…there are certainly men who don’t feel aversion towards women, men who don’t become distrustful of women, and men who are kind to women.
However, such men are a distinct minority, and I wonder if they exist in a ratio of one in a hundred men…no, one in a thousand men in this world where the gender ratio is 1:10 between men and women. It’s a rare boy in comparison.
I was amazed and dumbfounded as I witnessed him receiving applause with a satisfied expression while thinking about what to write in today’s diary in my mind.
(Ha!!)
I inadvertently immersed myself in my own world…and the girls in the kindergarten had expressions of astonishment, and there was not even a round of applause.
And in such a situation, Yoruuto-kun also had an anxious expression.
“Yes! You did a good job introducing yourself! Let’s give him a round of applause, everyone!!”
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
Phew…it seems that the girls were so surprised that their thoughts froze, and it can’t be helped. It’s my fault after all…
While thinking about what to write in today’s diary in my mind, I looked at Yoruuto-kun, who was receiving applause with a satisfied expression. I couldn’t help but think such things.
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(I managed to do it without stumbling…)
I thought to myself and inwardly breathed a sighed of relief.
Imagine this. In a situation like meeting someone other than your family for the first time in this life, I was able to smoothly introduce myself without stumbling. Can’t I praise myself for that?
There were times when I thought that.
While I was satisfied with my self-introduction, the classroom became silent.
Huh? Did I do something wrong?
I just introduced myself…
The girls stared at me with wide eyes and didn’t even blink…scary!
When I glanced at the teacher, she was also looking at me with vacant eyes…the teacher is scary too!
Huh? It’s not a joke, and I really don’t know what to do.
My voice was soft?
No, no, if I raise my voice more than that, wouldn’t it sound like I’m shouting?!
“Yes! You did a good job introducing yourself! Let’s give him a round of applause, everyone!!”
While thinking that, the teacher raised her voice.
Thanks to her, there seems to be a slight relaxation in the atmosphere with a round of applause…but I wish she had raised her voice a little earlier…
I thought that while heading towards the chair in the place the teacher led me to and sat down.
