In a World Where Chastity Is Reversed, I Kept Provoking Girls Until Things Went Too Far - Chapter 4: Family Interrogation

Chapter 4: Family Interrogation

“Welcome home, Kouta. Were you popular with the girls at school again today?”

Mom greeted me with a gentle smile while lightly stroking my head. Her eyes were completely lovestruck.

“No, nothing like that…”

“Ufufu, I know. You’re weak to girls, so Mom will protect you properly.”

When she hugged me tightly, I felt swayed by the sweetness, yet somehow like I had fallen into a trap.

Then Mio—my little sister—slid right up beside me and sat down.

“Big bro… you smell like something.”

Instead of her usual innocent smile, her eyes fixed on me with a sharp glint.

“Uh, do I smell sweaty, big bro?”

“No, big bro’s sweat smells nice. But there’s this gross female scent.”

She widened her eyes and wrapped her arms around my arm tightly, refusing to let go. Her gaze seemed to pull me in endlessly, and it sent chills down my spine.

That evening’s dinner tasted somehow off.

Grilled fish, miso soup, simmered vegetables… Normally, I would gratefully devour Mom’s cooking, then fight Mio over the TV afterward, only to get scolded by big sis. That was the routine.

But tonight was different.

After Mio grilled me, big sis casually spilled the details about the after-school commotion.

Once the dishes were cleared, I ended up kneeling in the center of the living room, subjected to questioning by the family.

“—Rika. Is it true that Kouta got surrounded by girls at school and caused a commotion?”

Mom wore what seemed like a gentle smile. But her eyes weren’t smiling, and cold sweat trickled down my back.

“Wh-wait, Mom! I got dragged into it too! I’m the victim here!”

Big sis Rika suddenly emphasized her own position. She waved her hands frantically in desperation.

“Oh? For someone who said she was ‘protecting’ him, you sure seemed to be at the center of the commotion.”

Mom pressed her with a beaming smile.

“Ugh…! N-no, that’s not it! I tried to stop it! But those three were so persistent…”

“That’s not stopping it, is it?”

“Guh…!”

Rika hung her head and grabbed my sleeve. No, even if she sought help from me, I was at a loss.

But then, the quietest one—Mio—spoke up softly from the side.

“…Big bro.”

Her voice was small. Yet it carried an eerie intensity. I straightened my back reflexively.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Huh, tell you what?”

“About getting surrounded by girls at school and causing a commotion. Why didn’t you tell Mio right when you got home?”

Mio approached me steadily, calmly but relentlessly. Her eyes weren’t smiling.

“N-no, it wasn’t that big a deal—”

“Not a big deal?”

Her smile vanished in an instant.

“…So big bro doesn’t mind being touched by anyone but Mio.”

In that moment, the room’s temperature seemed to drop several degrees.

“N-no, that’s not it! I just got caught up in the momentum! I couldn’t refuse, that’s all!”

“If you got caught up in it, that means you accepted it, right?”

Mio sat down seiza-style with a soft thud, positioning herself right in front of me.

Then she peered intently into my face.

“Big bro, you said it before. ‘Mio is number one.’ …Was that a lie?”

“N-no, that was…”

“Then prove it.”

Mio smiled sweetly. But her eyes weren’t smiling.

She settled onto my lap and wrapped her arms around my neck in a hug.

“Say it right here. ‘Mio is number one.’ In front of Mom and big sis, properly.”

“M-Mio!? H-hey, stop that!”

Rika jumped up in a panic and tugged at Mio’s arms.

“No.”

Mio refused flatly. She glared straight at her big sister.

“Big bro is mine. Not big sis’s.”

“Wh-what are you saying!? Kouta is everyone’s family!”

“No. ‘Mio’s alone’ big bro.”

“Guh…!”

Rika fell speechless.

Mom hurried in to mediate.

“Wh-whoa, you two, calm down. …See, Kouta is troubled, isn’t he?”

“Mom, stay out of it. Big bro is Mio’s.”

Mio’s words left even Mom frozen.

“Whoa whoa whoa, wait…! Why does it always turn into this!?”

I could only clutch my head and shout.

After my bath, as I dried my hair with a towel, exhaustion from being tossed around all day made me doze off.

—Damn, I forgot to set out my change of clothes…!

The moment I flung the door open with a bang—

“…Ah!”

Every gaze in the living room pierced me at once.

…There stood Mom, big sis, and Mio, all together.

“Kouta… like that, in your underwear…?”

Mom hurriedly covered her face with her hands, but she peeked through her fingers.

“Mom… my son is too cute, I can’t forgive it…!”

No, what does that even mean…

Rika’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she leaned forward, staring at me intently.

“Fufu, this is… quite the surprise. My Kouta, in such a cute pose…♡”

And Mio crept toward me with enough force to scoop me up in her arms.

“Big bro… you’re my big bro only…! Don’t let anyone else see!”

Jealousy and possessiveness swirled behind her smile. She wrapped her arms around me, nearly pushing me over.

“Wh-whoa, wait wait wait! I need to get dressed!”

I desperately clutched my towel and backed away, but Mom grinned slyly, Rika reached out with a smile, and Mio clung to my arm relentlessly.

“Kouta, come on, just show us like that… Big sis will protect you.”

I dashed to my room in a hurry.

Later, surrounded by the three on the sofa,

Rika twisted her body on the sofa while laughing, “Fufu, but that might be a bit foul play…”

Mio wrapped her arms around my towel and murmured softly.

“Big bro… my big bro only…”

I took a deep breath and muttered to myself in my heart.

“…I’m completely dominated by my family…”

Even so, I strangely felt at ease.

—This family, terrifying as it was, didn’t feel so bad.