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

“Hmm, well… I guess I’m a bit interested, so can I take this flyer? Actually, I’m already in another club, would that still be okay?”

“Yes, yes, of course! We have other members who are also in sports clubs, so it’s totally fine!”

“Oh, really? Is that person also a first-year girl?”

“Yeah, that’s right. You know, she recently started gaming because she wanted to play with an acquaintance (?), but she has amazing talent. She’s the best player among us!”

“Wow, it’s impressive that she can be so good while also being in a sports club. Alright then, could I come visit the club sometime when I have free time?”

“Oh, that would make me so happy! Yes, absolutely! We’re always welcoming to gaming enthusiasts like you, so come anytime! Hey, since we met by chance, it must be fate, right? If you still have time, would you like to chat about games?”

“Huh? You mean right now?”

“Yeah, yeah, that’s right! Only if you have time, of course.”

The landmine-style girl made such a proposal. Hmm, she was really quite forward. Well, I actually liked forward girls, so that was totally fine!

“Sure, why not. I’d like to talk about games with a girl anyway.”

“Great! Yay! Then, let’s talk over at that bench by the vending machine!”

“Ah, yeah, got it.”

So I bought the coffee I originally came for at the vending machine, and treated the underclassman girl to a juice as well. After buying our drinks, we sat together on the bench.

“Thanks for the juice, you’re really kind, aren’t you? Oh, I forgot to introduce myself properly. My name is Kirishima Mirei. I’m a first-year high school student.”

Finally, the landmine-style girl in front of me introduced herself. Come to think of it, I just realized she referred to herself as “boku”. This landmine appearance, sweet way of talking, plus using “boku”—the combined effect made her seem incredibly cute. In my original world, she could probably be an idol.

“My hobby is gaming, of course! Sometimes I also stream games on YouTube. I’m a bit proud that I’m close to getting my silver play button!”

“What, you’re almost at 100,000 subscribers?! That’s amazing! Getting that many subscribers just from game streaming shows means you’ve got real talent, Kirishima.”

“Ahaha, it’s not just gaming streams! I do various other streams too.”

“Oh, really? What other kinds of streams do you do, for example?”

“Hmm?? Fufu…♡ That’s a secret for now! If we get much closer, I might tell you someday, fufu…”

Kirishima said this with a somewhat suggestive smile. Huh, was she doing some kind of risqué streams that she couldn’t tell people about? If so, I’d definitely want to watch… but she didn’t seem like she’d tell me right now, so I’d give up asking about it for now.

“I see, then… I’ll try my best to become good friends with you.”

“Yes, yes, looking forward to it, ahaha. So? What’s your name, onii-san?”

“Oh, I completely forgot. I’m Kurahashi Aoi, second year. Nice to meet you properly, Kirishima.”

“Yes, nice to meet you too, senpai… Huh? Wait, Kurahashi…?”

“Hmm? Is something wrong with my name?”

“Well, I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before… hmm, where was it…?”

While saying this, Kirishima crossed her arms and made thinking noises. Apparently she knew my name somehow… but where could she have heard it? I didn’t really know any underclassman girls except for Hikasa.

“Hmm… well, it doesn’t really matter! If I remember where I heard it, I’ll tell you next time!”

“Oh, okay, sure.”

“Yeah! So anyway, what kind of games do you play?”

Kirishima seemed to be quite a free-spirited girl. How should I describe her… if I were to compare her to an animal, maybe she was like a cat? Well, honestly, I didn’t dislike this type of girl.

“Ah, well… lately I’ve been mainly playing LPEX.”

“Oh! You play Pex??”

LPEX (commonly called Pex) was a three-person team FPS game. It was so entertaining that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it the most popular FPS game in the world right now. By the way, the game I was playing with Shironeko-san was also this LPEX.

“Wow, I play Pex a lot too!! Oh, so you’re what they call an ‘LEPX boy’, right?”

“LEPX boy? Oh, I see… when it’s reversed, that’s what it becomes, huh.”

Indeed, in my original world, I’d often heard the term “LEPX girl”. In this world, it was the opposite, with “LEPX boy” being the term.

“Wow, everyone around me who plays Pex is a girl, so I’m super happy to find a boy who plays Pex. By the way, what rank are you??”

“I’m currently Diamond 4. What’s your rank, Kirishima?”

“Oh, you’re actually really good! I’m in Diamond too! Hey, why don’t we play Pex together?”

“Sure, that sounds great! Let’s form a regular squad and play together!”

“Yay! Then, then, let’s exchange LINE contacts first!”

“Yeah, sure. Here you go…”

I took out my smartphone and displayed my LINE QR code on the screen.

“Thanks! I just sent you a friend request, so please accept it!”

“Yeah, got it.”

And with that, I successfully made a second gaming friend (a girl) after Shironeko-san. Since she was genuinely cute, I’d definitely like to become closer through gaming.

“Wow, this is the first time I’ve made friends with a boy who plays Pex! By the way, what other games do you play?”

“Hmm, well, I don’t really play single-player games much. I mainly play online co-op or competitive games. Basically popular FPS and MMO games.”

“Oh, I see! You’re quite the gamer! Hey, there’s something I really want to ask an online gamer like you. Can I ask?”

“Hm? Sure, go ahead. What is it?”

“Well… you know how in online games, you often end up playing with random people or first-time encounters, right?”

“Yeah, that happens a lot.”

“Right? So, when you play with these random or first-time people… do you often encounter sexual harassment or people looking for hookups??”

“What…!? Ah, well, umm…”

I see, in this world, the victims of online sexual harassment and hookup hunters were mainly boys instead of girls. Oh, maybe that was why the gender ratio in online games in this world was female >> male?

“Ah, well, I’m not sure? I haven’t really experienced much of that so far.”

“Oh, I see!”

To be fair, since entering this reversed world, I’d only talked to Shironeko-san online, so I really had no idea. Though I said that, I did get pretty excited discussing erotic topics with Shironeko-san when we first met.

Well, since Kirishima brought up something erotic-related, I decided to let her know in advance that I was open to such topics. There was no particular deep reason, just a faint hope that if I said so upfront, she might be more comfortable bringing up naughty topics with me.

“Yeah, well, I actually enjoy discussing or hearing about erotic topics, so if someone brings it up, I’d just talk about it while laughing, haha.”

“Ohh, is that so? You’re a gamer boy with a calm, attractive voice, and you’re also open to erotic topics. You’d probably be super popular in the streaming community!”

“Huh? Streaming like what you do?”

“Yeah, yeah, that’s right! So maybe you should try starting a streaming career too? If you work hard at it, I think you could get way more concurrent viewers than someone like me!”

When I mentioned that I was open to erotic topics, Kirishima laughed and said something like that.