The World Becomes a World Where Chastity Is Reversed?! - 13

Chapter 13: When I Go to See Narumi-neesan

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One afternoon on a day off.

Ding-dong♪

“Nee-san, I’m here!”

“Ah, yeah… Just a minute…”

Today, because Nee-san said she would treat me to dinner to celebrate my move into Tokyo, I came straight over to the apartment where she lived.

Click!

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Haru-kun… haa…”

“Yeah, thanks for having me—wait, huh? Nee-san, what’s wrong? Don’t you look kind of gloomy? Are you okay? Did something happen?”

“Eh? Ah, ahh… well, um… yeah.”

When she opened the apartment door, Nee-san looked terribly gloomy. I was genuinely worried, so I asked if she was okay, and with a sigh, she told me why she was feeling down.

“Well, um… Another one of my friends is getting married… Everyone’s been getting married one after another in just these past one or two years…”

“Eh? Ah, really? I guess once people become working adults, they start getting married quickly, huh.”

“Yeah, that’s right… So I’ve been feeling really left behind… Ahaha… Haa…”

Neesan sat with her knees hugged to her chest, looking dejected. From this conversation alone, I more or less understood why she was feeling so down.

“Ah, ahh, I see. Well, it’s okay. You’ll find someone good too, Nee-san. So don’t get so gloomy.”

“Fufu, thanks for cheering me up, Haru-kun… But I’m busy with work every day, and I have absolutely no opportunities to meet men, and on the rare days off I have, I don’t even have the energy to go out, so I just stay holed up at home…Aahaha, I guess I’ll just quietly wither away alone like this…”

“N-Nee-san…”

She said that while laughing self-deprecatingly. Honestly, this was the first time I ever saw her this down because Nee-san used to always be bright, kind, and wonderful. And since childhood, I’d always loved that kind, wonderful Nee-san. Seeing her like this now…It honestly hurt to watch.

Ughh, I really want to cheer her up somehow… Ah, that’s it.

At that moment, something came to mind. This world was a chastity-reversed world. And if I thought about things a “male” in the original world would be happy to have a “female” do for him, I could easily come up with plenty. So I…

“That’s right, Nee-san, your shoulders and back get stiff all the time from work, right? So… I’ll give you a massage now!”

“Eh… W-whaaat!?”

So I made that suggestion. In the original world, it’d be like a high school girl telling an older working brother she would give him a massage. That would obviously be a happy situation for Narumi-neesan too. Well, I had been warned by Kirisaki-senpai not long ago that if I touched women too casually in this world, I might get attacked… But if it was Narumi-neesan, I honestly wouldn’t mind. Actually, if things with Neesan developed into something sexy, that would be great. After all, she was my first love ever since I was a kid.

So thinking that, I suggested the massage. As expected, Nee-san’s face turned bright red and she started flailing.

“N-no, w-what are you saying, Haru-kun!? T-that’s… Having a male high schooler do something like that… It’s a c-crime, isn’t it!?”

“No no, how is it a crime? I’m just giving you a massage. So I’ll give your tired body a full massage from head to toe!”

“Eeeh!? F-from head to toe!?”

As soon as I said that, Narumi-neesan’s face turned bright red with a ‘pshh’ sound. It looked like this kind of thing was absurdly effective in this world.

“Eh, um, n-no, you can’t! A male high schooler can’t just touch an adult woman all over!”

“Huh? Why not? We’ve been close for seventeen years, so it’s totally fine, right? But if you say no… Ah, could it be that you hate me…?”

“Eh!? N-no, that’s not it!! T-then, j-just my shoulders! Just my shoulders, please!”

“Huh? Only your shoulders? I could totally give you a full-body massage though?”

“N-no, i-it’s just that… If I let a male high schooler do something like that, my HP would drop to zero or something…”

Her face still bright red, she said that. If I pushed further, she would definitely refuse, so I decided to compromise.

“Okay, got it. Then I’ll just massage your shoulders. So can you turn around for me?”

“Y-yeah. Okay. Then… Please.”

“Yeah, got—”

Saying that, she faced away. I reached out to gently rub her shoulders when…

Gori!

“Eh—wait, what!? Nee-san, your shoulders are ridiculously stiff!?”

“Eh? R-really?”

“Yeah, they made a loud gori sound!? N-Nee-san, doesn’t it hurt!?”

“Hmm… Well, it’s kinda painful, but I’ve gotten used to it…”

She didn’t look all that pained as she said it. But this level of stiffness was definitely bad… So instead of thinking about providing some lucky-pervy event, I pushed aside those thoughts and focused entirely on healing her, massaging her shoulders with all my strength.

Knead knead… knead knead…

Before long, Nee-san relaxed into the massage, looking comfortable as she spoke.

“Nn… ah, ahh… Haru-kun, you’re really good at this…”

“Well yeah, I always used to give Mom massages. Mom’s whole body was always stiff too.”

“Ah, right. Minato-san works really hard every day…”

“Yeah. But she actually enjoyed fieldwork, so she worked with lots of energy. What about you, Nee-san? Do you enjoy the job you’re doing now?”

“Eh…? Ah, y-yeah… I guess… I enjoy it every day…”

“Hm? What’s wrong, Nee-san?”

I asked without thinking, and suddenly her expression darkened again.

“…Eh? What do you mean, what’s wrong?”

“Well, your face just got really gloomy, you know? So I thought maybe something happened at work.”

“Eh…? N-no, nothing like that at all! I wasn’t gloomy at all! You’re imagining things!”

“R-really? Well, if you say so…”

She shook her head rapidly while insisting it was nothing. Clearly something was going on, but since she insisted, I decided to let it go for now.

“B-but anyway, changing the subject… Hearing that you always give Minato-san massages, Haru-kun, you really are a gentle boy who cares about his mother.”

“Well, anyone would be kind to their family, right? I mean, it’d be weird to hate your own family.”

“Fufu, I see. Yeah, Haru-kun really is kind. You grew up to be such a considerate high school boy who treasures his mother…Fufu, as your relative, that makes me really happy.”

“Haha, thanks. But it’s not just Mom. I treasure you too, Narumi-neesan. You’re also a very important part of my family.”

“Feh? A-an important part of your family? Me?”

“Ahaha, of course. I mean, you changed my diapers when I was a baby, made me baby food, fed me, took naps with me, even bathed with me. If you weren’t an important part of my family, that’d be weird, right?”

I said that with a laugh. Since I was a baby, Narumi-neesan had always taken such gentle care of me.

“Ah, y-yeah… That did happen. Fufu, now that you mention it, baby Haru-kun was really cute…”

“Ahaha, it’s nostalgic for me too. Anyway, that’s why you’re super important to me. So if anything happens, tell me, okay? I’ll always be on your side, no matter what, because you’re an important family member of mine. Okay?”

“Haru-kun…”

I said that with a smile. Those words came straight from my heart. I had a feeling Nee-san was going through something tough, but she’d always been the type to keep things inside and not let her emotions explode. So I wanted to tell her in advance—if something happened, she had someone she could trust nearby.

“…Yeah, thank you, Haru-kun. I’m sure you’re worried about me. But I’m okay. You know, being sturdy has always been the one thing I’m good at.”

“…Yeah. You’re definitely famous for being sturdy. But still, if anything happens, tell me anytime, okay? As your younger cousin, I’ll listen to anything!”

“Yeah. Thank you, Haru-kun. Fufu, I’m so lucky to have such a caring younger cousin.”

“Haha, I’m glad to hear that.”

Nee-san understood what I wanted to convey and responded with those warm words. She was clearly dealing with something, but at least now I’d managed to tell her she had someone on her side. Hopefully that would keep her from bottling things up alone from now on. After that, I continued gently massaging her shoulders, and we spent a relaxed, peaceful time chatting together as close cousins.

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