In a World of Reversed Chastity, I’m Rumored to Be an Easy Bitch (♂) Among Lustful Girls - 62

Chapter 62: The Young Lord Who’s Good at Pampering

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“Ways to boost one’s self-esteem?”

“Yeah. I thought maybe you’d know something, Tokiwa-san.”

The next day, I decided to turn to someone who seemed to have high self-esteem. The person I ended up going to was Tokiwa-san. Among the top-tier girls in the popular clique, she had the most big-sister vibe and was said to have tons of experience.

Riria was also a potential candidate to be asked, but that girl had an absurd level of energy and positivity, so I didn’t think she’d be a good reference for Hinayo. Trying to teach a pinch runner how to hit home runs would be pointless. Based on the situations, Tokiwa-san seemed like she’d be the best candidate and even if she didn’t know the answer herself, I figured she probably had connections to someone who could help us. And it seemed my decision to ask Tokiwa-san who wasn’t a bad one.

“… I see, so you want to help out your introverted female friend.”

“Exactly. It seems like she’s got some past trauma, and to overcome it, I want to help her raise her self-esteem, but I can’t think of a way to raise her self-esteem.”

“Then why don’t you praise her, Hirakawa? That’d be the easiest solution, right?”

“If that was enough, I wouldn’t have come to you in the first place, Tokiwa-san…”

“Fair point. This is harder than I thought, huh?”

Tokiwa-san folded her arms and let out a light sigh. Despite the vague and fuzzy nature of my request, she was taking it surprisingly seriously. That must be one of the reasons why people looked up to her.

“So basically, you’re thinking if she gets doted on by a bunch of guys, it’ll help boost her self-esteem?”

“Well, crudely put, yeah, that’s the idea.”

“Then maybe she should try going to a concafe or something?”

“Concafe?”

Concafe—short for concept café. Things like maid cafés, which had existed forever, were a type of concept café. In my original world, they were places with a bunch of cute girls working there, chatting, running game events, and pushing the boundaries of what was legally acceptable under entertainment business laws. (According to Asahi Hirakawa’s measly research.)

In this gender-reversed world, the staff would presumably be guys. I wondered what kind of place it was. Maybe something like a casual host club?

“By the way, do they have age restrictions?”

“As long as it’s a concafe that doesn’t serve alcohol, people like us can get in just fine. After that, just pick based on the lineup of the young lords.”

“Yo-Young lords…?”

“Yep. That’s what they call the boys who work there. Sometimes they’re shortened to ‘lords’, but it’s safer to go with ‘Young lords’.”

“Why not a feudal lord?”

“Feudal lord sounds a bit more adult, doesn’t it?”

“I-I see…”

The nuance of terms in this gender-reversed world was so specific and hard to grasp… But I guess concafe ladies became concafe young lords in this world. It wasn’t the exact antonym, but… Just the image of being served by a young lord definitely gave you a sense of superiority.

“…Come to think of it, you’re pretty knowledgeable about this stuff, Tokiwa-san.”

“Fufufu… That’s because I used to work part-time as a ‘girl’ at a concafe.”

“A-A girl…?”

Girl—in other words, the equivalent of a ‘boy’ in my original world. They mainly showed customers to their seats, but they also stepped in to handle trouble and maintain order—an important role in concafe and things like that. Back in my world, they looked gentle on the surface but were actually terrifying black-suited male staff members once they showed their true colors.

“The pay was amazing, but I kept working late and got sleep-deprived, so I quit. And no matter how hard I worked, I could never earn more than the young lords.”

“I-I see…”

“Hey, Hirakawa, if you’re interested, why don’t you try working as a cast member at a concafe? I can introduce you to someone through my connections.”

“N-No thanks, I’m good for now…”

“Really? Well, the pay is definitely good, so let me know if you’re ever short on cash.”

“O-Okay…”

“So anyway, I think that introverted girl should go to this concafe.”

At some point, Tokiwa-san had started researching on her phone and showed me the shop’s Instagram account. 

…By the way, her phone screen was totally shattered. I’d heard a rumor somewhere that girls with cracked phone screens tend to have weak defenses or loose boundaries or something like that…

Whether you believe it or not, that’s up to you though.

“Whoa… these guys are all like, picture-perfect clean-cut types…”

“Super classic, right? No matter what they say, girls always end up falling for this kind of thing. So this place is pretty popular.”

“I see.”

But would Hinayo really be able to keep it together in front of these charming boys all of a sudden? No doubt she’d panic, get dizzy, and end up only being able to say “Hau…”

“By the way, are there other options?”

“Totally! How about this one? You can play board games and card games there.”

“W-Whoa, all the shelves are packed with game boxes…”

“The young lords here will play together with you, so it’s super popular with gamers.”

“This… This might be the one. Thanks, Tokiwa-san!”

“That means you owe me a favor, Hirakawa~”

“Wait… This counts as owing you a favor?”

“Of course it does. I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll do for me in return~”

“Ugh… I haven’t thought about that at all…”

“No rush. I trust you’ll repay your debts properly~”

All I could do was give a wry smile and admit she’d scored a point on me. Well, still, I had a clear path forward now. If Hinayo went to a concafe and got pampered a bit, maybe she’d start feeling more positive. I thanked Tokiwa-san and left the spot.

That said, I really needed to repay that favor to Tokiwa-san soon.

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