In a World Where Chastity Is Reversed, I Kept Provoking Girls Until Things Went Too Far - Chapter 8-9

Chapter 8: Date with Little Sister (Part 2)

After finishing the meal and leaving the food court, Mio naturally tugged at my sleeve.

“Hey, big bro. Let’s go over there.”

“Hm? …The arcade, huh?”

“Yeah! I want to play with you.”

We pushed through the crowd and entered, where intense lights and electronic sounds assaulted us.

Mio dashed excitedly through the kids and students swarming the lined-up machines.

“Big bro! Let’s do this one, this!”

She pointed to a claw machine. Inside, large stuffed animals were piled up.

“Are you good at these?”

“No… But this stuffed animal is super cute.”

“…Fine. I’ll get it for you.”

I’m not particularly good at them either—

“…Damn, it won’t grab at all.”

“Go for it, big bro!”

Mio leaned forward beside me, cheering innocently.

Feeling strange pressure from her voice, I tried multiple times.

The 100-yen coins kept disappearing.

“…Yes!”

Finally, the stuffed animal fell into the prize chute.

When I handed it to her, Mio received it with shining eyes.

“Thanks…! I’ll treasure it because big bro got it for me.”

“Yeah… Well, my wallet got lighter.”

“Fufufu, then as compensation—”

Mio grabbed my arm and dragged me forcefully.

Next, we arrived at a purikura machine.

“Come on, get in.”

“Huh!? This is totally for couples!”

“That’s why it’s good.”

“No, I don’t get what ‘that’s why’ means!”

While we argued, Mio forcefully pushed me inside.

Just the two of us in the dim booth. The screen countdown began.

“Come on, big bro, smile!”

“No way with this!”

“Hey, put your arm around my shoulder! …Yeah, closer!”

“Hey, too close—”

Flash.

The merciless flash went off.

In the end, swept along by Mio’s pace, we took several shots, and she handed me the finished stickers.

“Hey, big bro. Can I keep this as a good-luck charm?”

“…Do whatever.”

“No. You keep it too.”

With that, Mio forced the purikura sticker into my wallet.

“…You’re really a troublesome little sister.”

“Ehehe. Even if I’m troublesome, big bro can’t leave me, right?”

I ended up smiling at Mio’s profile as she said it with a smile.

“Ah… It’s Kouta!”

A familiar voice reached my ears. When I turned, classmate Yuri Sakura stood there.

Mio immediately gripped my arm tightly.

“…Who?”

“Uh, th-that’s Yuri, my classmate.”

“…Hmph.”

Mio narrowed her eyes and stood like a shield protecting me.

“Could you be Kouta’s little sister? Are you two out playing?”

Yuri approached with a smile, but Mio was fully on guard.

“…Yeah, big bro is mine.”

“Uh, um…”

I faltered. Yuri froze for a moment but kept her smile.

“Then, since we’re here, let’s play together, all three of us.”

“No way!”

Then Yuri’s gaze landed on a nearby air hockey table.

“Alright, then let’s compete for Kouta with air hockey over there. I can handle 2 against 1.”

“…Fine. There’s nothing my big bro and I can’t do together.”

Before I knew it, a contest over me had started.

“I’m participating too, huh…”

The match was almost even.

Even 2 against 1 being even showed her impressive athleticism.

The puck flew left and right, and cheers rose from the gallery that had gathered unnoticed with each goal.

“…Grr, you’re pretty strong!”

“Fufun, of course. Because big bro is here!”

The match reached mid-game.

At this rate, no decisive blow.

“Hey, Yuri… Do you really want to beat us that badly?”

“Huh, w-well… Of course!”

I smiled provocatively and leaned forward a bit.

“Then, if you win, I’ll grant you any one request.”

At that instant, Yuri shook intensely, her hand trembling.

The puck’s movement faltered a bit, and her aimed shot missed.

Mio giggled and winked at me.

“Big bro, leave the rest to me!”

Final round. Mio pushed in the puck, and the Kouta & Mio team won by a narrow margin.

Yuri dropped her shoulders but laughed ruefully.

“…Damn, I got rattled a bit…”

“Fufu, losing to one word from big bro? How pathetic.”

“…Fine, for today, I’ll yield Kouta to little sis.”

“Big bro will never be yours in a lifetime.”

Mio grabbed my arm tightly with a triumphant face.

“…You’re really a troublesome little sister.”

“Sorry, but winning with big bro was fun!”

Kouta clutched his head, but deep down, he found the time of victory with his sister endearing.

By the time we headed home, my fatigue gauge was completely maxed out.

As for Mio, she stayed in a good mood, holding my hand and occasionally peeking at me.

“…That was fun.”

“Yeah… for you.”

“Big bro had fun too, right?”

“…Well, it wasn’t bad.”

With those words, Mio’s smile grew even larger.

I clutched my head in my mind.

—At this rate, my dignity as a big brother will keep eroding.

—

Chapter 9: Prince Play in the Net Game

Mio’s Perspective

The living room at night.

When I sat down on the living room sofa, Mom and big sis were waiting for me. It felt just like I had been seated in an interrogation room.

“Well, Mio. Where did you go today?”

Mom deliberately lilted her voice. Her eyes looked gentle, but there was a sharpness deep within them.

“My friend already told me she spotted you and Kouta together at the mall, you know?”

Big sis chimed in too.

I crossed my arms and pouted.

“Yeah. Because it was just the two of us today. Big bro seemed to have fun too, you know?”

“Oh? Then maybe next time I take a whole day for a date, I can make him have even more fun.”

Rika smiled provocatively.

“No way! Big bro has the most fun with me!”

“Fufu… After all, you girls are just young. Mommy’s still very much in the game, you know? Wouldn’t I be the one who can heal Kouta the most?”

Kasumi tossed out a bombshell statement casually.

“Hey! What are you saying, Mom!?”

“Oh, it’s precisely because I’m his mother that I understand. Kouta’s preferences, right?”

“Stop it! Big bro is mine!”

“Yes, yes, Mio’s still a child~”

“Mom’s already an old lady!”

Blue veins popped on Kasumi’s forehead.

The three voices overlapped, and the living room grew noisy as usual.

I returned to my room and slipped under the covers.

The argument with Mom and big sis just now was nothing new, but I always ended up laughing about it in the end.

Still, a rough feeling lingered deep in my chest.

—Because what if big bro really got taken by someone?

The image of big bro laughing with his friend at the mall floated into my head.

At that moment, I couldn’t laugh at all.

…Big bro is mine.

I didn’t even want to share him with Mom or big sis.

I absolutely won’t let him go to anyone—big bro is mine alone.

Night, Kouta’s room.

On the desk sat not textbooks, but a gaming keyboard and headset.

As he clacked away at the controls, the avatar on the screen was a blond hero that sparkled excessively.

“Fufun… Even in this world, my value gets proven, huh.”

Kouta grinned smugly and spoke into the mic.

“Kouta-kun! Nice support!”

“Guys’ voices are just different, aren’t they~! So cool!”

“Hey! Kouta-kun, come here! I’ll protect you!”

Hot cheers from the women echoed through the speakers.

Kouta leaned back in his chair with a smug look.

“…This is the best. Even in the game, I’m surrounded by girls fawning over me… Truly a winner!”

In truth, the reason Kouta started this game was simple.

—He wanted to be fawned over.

That was it.

He had maxed out his character’s appearance during creation and, from day one, came out as “actually a guy” in voice chat.

From that instant, the female players’ energy skyrocketed.

“Real guy!” “Whoa!” “Let’s be friends!” Friend requests flooded in.

“Whoa… These girls in this world are so easy.”

Kouta grinned and pondered his next provocation.

“Kouta-kun, got any recovery items? Share some with me~!”

“Hey, that’s unfair! Use mine first!”

“Uh, um? Then I’ll give you an equipment enhancement stone, so Kouta-kun, join my party and let’s do the next quest together!”

The female players’ voices flew back and forth through the headset.

On the screen, they were in the middle of a monster battle, but more than half their attention was on “Kouta.”

“…Fufun, just my presence changes the atmosphere, huh.”

Kouta sighed exaggeratedly and spoke into the mic in a slightly theatrical voice.

“Fighting over me so much… I’ll take you all on one by one, so relax.”

“Kyaa!”

“No way! Your way of saying it is so sly!”

“Kouta-kun, you’re such a little devil…!”

The women on the other end of VC erupted all at once.

Kouta’s lips curved up naturally.

—Yeah, this was what he wanted.

He maximized enjoyment of his “precious guy” status from the real world here too.

That had become Kouta’s little daily routine.

At that moment.

A new notification popped up in the bottom right of the screen.

[Guild Join Request: Player 《Naru》]

“Hm? Newbie?”

The requester’s avatar was a white-haired long-haired magician with clear blue eyes.

It was obviously a female player.

“…Heh, another lost lamb drawn to me, huh.”

Kouta grinned and clicked approve, then raised his voice to the mic.

“Welcome, newbie! I’m Kouta, nice to meet you!”

And in the next instant, the voice that came back through the headset—a strangely familiar girl’s voice.

“Huh, could it be Kouta-kun?”