Striving to Become the Ideal Man in a World of Reversed Chastity

The next morning.

“Mm… ah…?”

I seemed to have fallen asleep without realizing it. When I woke up, I was alone in bed. Apparently, Himeko had gotten up and left the bed earlier.

“Yaaawn…”

I left the bed while yawning and walked to the living room. There, Himeko was sitting properly on her knees just like yesterday, drinking coffee from a mug.

“Oh, good morning, Himeko.”

“Ah! G-good morning…”

Himeko flinched when she saw me, but immediately acted as if nothing had happened and treated me with her usual composed attitude.

“Do you want some coffee too?”

“Yeah, I’d like some.”

“Okay, got it. I’ll prepare it, so hurry up and go wash your face.”

“Yeah, thanks Himeko. I’ll head to the bathroom then.”

As Himeko instructed, I expressed my gratitude and headed to the bathroom. Hmm, she seemed slightly kinder than usual. Normally her tsundere ratio was about 9:1, constantly snapping at me, but this morning’s atmosphere felt more like 7:3. Well, I was sure she’d return to her usual tsundere level as time passed.

But since Himeko was being a bit more dere, maybe I should try some naughty teasing in the morning… no, I’d probably just make her angry if I did that first thing in the morning, so I should restrain myself.

Therefore, this morning, until it was time to go to school, we leisurely ate breakfast while watching the morning news program together.

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And then, during lunch break that day.

“Yaaawn…”

I was walking sluggishly down the hallway while yawning. After all, I had stayed up late last night, too absorbed in fondling Himeko’s breasts. As a result, I couldn’t stop yawning since arriving at school today.

Well, I was really surprised at how good Himeko had gotten at games. In this world, the greatest entertainment for men—erotic content—was gone, so gaming was the only entertainment left for me… and to lose to Himeko felt somewhat frustrating. Hmm, maybe I should train a bit to improve my gaming skills from now on.

“Yaaawn… I think I’ll buy some coffee to wake myself up…”

I was walking toward the vending machine to buy coffee, when suddenly someone called out to me from behind.

“Hey, hey, the onii-san over there!”

“…Huh?”

It was a girl’s voice speaking in a slightly sweet tone. I turned around wondering who it was. And standing there was…

“Hey, hey, onii-san! Would you like to play with me?”

“Eh?”

Standing there was a female student with a somewhat flashy appearance. She was probably in the 150cm range in height with a very slender, doll-like figure. Her hairstyle was short black hair cut straight in what I believe was called a “hime cut”.

Her makeup emphasized the tear bags under her eyes, and her doll-like pale skin was very distinctive. She also had cute pink and black nail art on her hands and multiple piercings in her ears.

(Huh, who is this girl? Do I know a girl like this?)

This girl standing in front of me was dressed head to toe in what was called “landmine style” fashion, but I had no prior acquaintance with her. My first impression was that the landmine style really suited her, but… wasn’t she completely violating school rules? Was she going to be okay?

“Oh, good! You looked this way, onii-san. Here, please take this if you’d like.”

“Huh? Uh, thank you…?”

As I was staring at this girl in confusion, she happily approached me and handed me what looked like a flyer.

“Um, let’s see… ‘e-sports club’?”

I looked at the flyer she handed me, and it had “e-sports club – Members Wanted!” written in large letters.

“Huh? What’s this? A club recruitment flyer?”

“Mm-hmm, that’s right! It’s a new club that started last month. Beginners are totally welcome, so let’s play together!”

It seemed this girl was handing out club recruitment flyers. So her stopping me was just a coincidence. No wonder I couldn’t remember who she was no matter how much I thought about it.

(I didn’t know a club like this had been formed.)

As someone who liked games, this club definitely piqued my interest. Maybe I should ask what kind of activities they did?

“By the way, onii-sdan, what’s wrong? You have really dark circles under your eyes! You look super tired!”

“Huh? Oh, yeah, well… I was playing games with a friend yesterday, so I’ve been sleepy all day, haha.”

“Whaat?! That’s crazy! Wait, what?! You play games too? Wow, that’s such a miracle!”

When I explained my lack of sleep with a slight fib, the girl laughed cheerfully but showed quite a surprised expression at the fact that I play games. Shironeko-san had mentioned the other day that gamers were predominantly female >> male, so I was a bit hopeful she might show a surprised reaction, and sure enough, she reacted just as I expected.

“Oh, then, then, why don’t you join the ‘e-sports club’ too, onii-san! We just started so we don’t have many members, but we can play games together in a friendly atmosphere!”

“Hmm, I’m definitely very interested… Oh, by the way, how many members are there? And I’d also like to know the male-to-female ratio.”

“Oh, sure! Since the club just started, there are only three members including me. And, well, all the members are girls!”

“Ah, so everyone is female, as I thought.”

“Yeah, I figured you’d be concerned about that. Well, I guess guys probably don’t want to join a club with only girls, right?”

“Huh? No, not at all! That’s not true.”

“Really? Are you the type who doesn’t get embarrassed easily, onii-san?”

“No, no, I’d definitely be nervous in a room full of just girls. But if they’re friends to play games with, then gender differences don’t matter, right?”

“Ooh, that’s a really nice thing to say, onii-san! Yes, I’d definitely like someone like you to join our club!”

Somehow I seemed to have said something good, but truthfully, I just said that because I wanted to be in an environment surrounded by lots of girls while gaming. Well, I had no intention of revealing my true motives.