A Guy Who Thinks He’s a Villain in a World Where Gender Ratios Are Broken - Chapter 06: Reincarnated as a Villain, But I Want to Go Outside (Not Really)

Chapter 06: Reincarnated as a Villain, But I Want to Go Outside (Not Really)

It’s been a week since I started scrubbing the floors.

That’s quite a bit of time!

When you’re living with purpose, the days just seem to fly by.

On the first day, I ended up with muscle pain, and I could feel the maids around me giving me strange, almost suspicious looks.

Even Kyoko, with her usual cool and composed demeanor, seemed a little thrown off.

I guess the idea of Reito Hazumi, the infamous young master, crawling around with a rag in hand was just too bizarre for them.

I mean, up until recently, I was a source of trouble for everyone with my harassment, so seeing me suddenly scrubbing floors probably felt surreal.

But after a week, everyone’s started to get used to it.

Both me and the maids.

After breakfast, like usual, I was on my hands and knees, wiping the hallway floors. As I passed the maids going about their tasks, I greeted them cheerfully.

“Good morning, good morning, and good morning!”

Since I was scrubbing the floor, my view was mostly limited to their feet.

But even that… was kind of a blessing for the eyes.

The maids wore black tights or white knee-high socks…

No, no, no!

I’m a villain who got hated for being a creep, remember?

I can’t let myself think things like eye candy!

But… I am a guy, so it’s kind of inevitable, right?!

Okay, I just need to make sure it doesn’t show on my face.

Though, thanks to the fact that I’m scrubbing the floor, no one can see my face anyway.

“G-Good morning, young master!”

“Young master! Keep up the good work today…!”

When I greeted the maids, they started responding like this.

It seemed like their feelings of dislike toward me had eased a bit, and they were now willing to acknowledge me with a few kind words.

That made me happy, but…

Lately, I couldn’t help but notice something odd—the maids rarely made eye contact with me.

Actually, it wasn’t just that. Their gazes often seemed to shift somewhere else entirely.

Ideally, I’d like to exchange greetings while looking them in the eye, but whenever I tried, they’d avoid my gaze, and our conversations wouldn’t last long.

Why is that, though?

The only things I’ve been doing recently are scrubbing the floors…

Oh, and when that wasn’t enough for my workouts, I started using the training room the maids use for their exercise. I’d do some light exercises there, ask which muscle groups they liked the most for reference, and even brought them drinks as a gesture.

Yep, nothing strange about that.

Since they’ve started returning my greetings and occasionally speaking to me, I don’t think they’re outright avoiding me. Maybe they’re just unsure how to deal with the “new and improved” young master I’m trying to be.

If I keep at it steadily, I’m sure they’ll get used to the changes and things will normalize eventually!

With those thoughts in mind, I continued scrubbing the floors diligently.

“Alright, the first-floor hallway is done! Whew…”

As I straightened up to wring out the rag, my eyes wandered to the window.

“…Come to think of it, I wonder what it’s like outside?”

Since I reincarnated into this world, I haven’t stepped outside the mansion even once.

Well, I’ve been too busy dealing with other things to even think about it until now.

The original Reito didn’t go to school since he had private tutors.

And honestly, this mansion is incredibly comfortable.

The maids handle all the cooking, cleaning, and laundry flawlessly. If I want something or need anything, I just have to tell Kyoko, my personal maid, and it gets done.

I don’t need to do anything myself to live comfortably.

There’s really no need to go outside.

Though, if I’m being a little cynical… it feels like I’m being kept inside on purpose.

…But that’s probably just my imagination, right?

Still…

“I’d really like to see what the outside world looks like.”

Even if this is a modern rom-com setting and likely similar to the world I came from, I can’t help but feel curious about what’s out there.

“Maybe I should bring it up with Kyoko.”