The World Becomes a World Where Chastity Is Reversed?! - 15

Chapter 15: Chatting Happily with Amagi-san in the Morning

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More than a month had passed since I had transferred to this chastity-reversed world. Having lived in this chastity-reversed world for over a month, I had been able to see countless things that were completely different compared to the original real world. First of all, when it came to the strangeness on the women’s side, for example, when I watched TV dramas, I often saw scenes where, on dates, the woman escorted the man or paid for everything. It seemed that, in this world, it was generally the woman who escorted the man on dates and such.

And then, maybe because the gender ratio in high school was messed up, I felt like the percentage of girls who came on really strong was overwhelmingly high. More like cheerful extroverts, or maybe carnivorous types—yeah, a whole lot of that kind of confident, go-getter girl. And of course, the boys’ side also gave me a huge sense of strangeness compared to the original real world. In this world, polygamy was recognized, so even within this school, there were some boys who had multiple girlfriends and fully enjoyed their youth. 

There were also boys who owned tons of brand-name accessories or shoes. I kind of sensed that guys like that were probably doing “mama-katsu”… And I also felt a small sense of strangeness in the mindsets held by the men. Maybe because there were fewer men compared to the original world, there seemed to be many men who held the belief—just slightly—that men were above women.

There was that thing before too, when girls were being forced to do all the chores and not a single guy helped them. Stuff like that made me feel kind of sad as a fellow guy… Remembering what had happened before, I let out a small sigh. And of course, I had absolutely no intention of conforming to that strange mindset. From here on, if someone was in trouble, I intended to help them regardless of gender. My mom always told me, “You should become a kind boy who reaches out a hand whenever someone is in trouble.” 

So the uncomfortable things I had felt during this past month or so were about that much. Well, I had felt many small things too, but for now, I had been able to live normally without particularly feeling rushed. And hoping that I could continue living peacefully from here on as well, I headed to school today like always.

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And so it was another usual morning.

“Good morning, Amagi-san.”

“Mm, good morning.”

Scrible scrible…

As always, I greeted Amagi-san, who sat in the seat next to mine. And as usual, she seemed to be diligently studying every morning. By the way, at first, Amagi-san had been pretty cold toward me, but after I kept talking to her again and again, she also started talking to me little by little.

Well, Amagi-san’s expression was still as expressionless as ever, and her attitude was still sharp, though. But I was really glad that we had become close enough to casually talk every day. After all, we were classmates, so of course I wanted to get along.

“Amagi-san, you’re studying again this morning? You’re so dedicated from the early hours. Really, good job studying every day.”

“Well, I’m trying to get into a good university, so of course I am.”

“Haha, that’s true. Well then, keep up the good work. I’m cheering for you so you can get into the university you want.”

“Mm, thanks.”

Scrible scrible…

While concentrating on her studies as usual, Amagi-san still talked with me. So I tried tossing a casual topic her way.

“Oh, right. Speaking of which, I heard Shiraki-san from our class started going out with Kurasaki-kun from the class next door.”

“Hm, is that so? But plenty of people date, so that’s not exactly unusual, right?”

“Well, yeah, but still, isn’t dating and enjoying youth kind of enviable? Ah, come to think of it, Amagi-san, you don’t date anyone?”

“I’m too busy studying to have time to date anyone. And the true duty of students is studying, right? So originally, we shouldn’t have time to make lovers in the first place.”

“Haha, as expected of the cool beauty.”

“Is that supposed to be a compliment?”

“Ahaha, I’m complimenting you a lot.”

“Hmph, who knows. Not that I care anyway. Ah, but…”

I laughed as I said that, and this time, Amagi-san asked me something.

Scrible scrible…

“But you know, what about you? Don’t you date anyone? I heard you get confessed to quite a lot, right? And yet you reject all of them?”

“Eh… Wait, huh? H-How do you know about that?”

While scribbling away at her studies, Amagi-san suddenly asked me that. The truth was, over the past month or so, I had received a few confessions from female students.

W-Well, it’s not like it was a huge number of confessions. At most two or three.

And it was true that I had rejected all of them so far, but how did Amagi-san know about that?

“Because there are all kinds of rumors about you. Apparently, they’re calling you the ‘Unconquerable Prince’ lately.”

“E-Eh!? The Unconquerable Prince!? Th-That’s a terrifying nickname… B-But there are other boys who aren’t dating anyone, right? So why am I the only one getting some weird nickname?”

I had said earlier that it seemed like all the boys enjoyed their youth in this chastity-reversed world, but in reality, there were also boys who didn’t date. For example, there were boys who didn’t get into relationships because they wanted to work hard on academics like Amagi-san, or because they wanted to focus on club activities, or simply because they wanted to hang out with same-gender friends instead of getting a lover. So yes, there were plenty of boys who had lots of girlfriends and partied hard, and many who earned money by doing mama-katsu with older women, but there were also some boys like me who just lived normally.

A-And yet… Why am I the only one getting some strange nickname…?

“The reason you have a nickname is simple. Among the boys in this school, your reputation with the girls is extremely high. I heard rumors that you’ve helped people many times before, right?”

“Eh? Ah—well, I guess I have a few times.”

“Right? Kind boys like that are rare. Also, from what I’ve heard here and there, a lot of girls feel happy because you smile and interact kindly with everyone without discrimination.”

“Eh? Something like that raises my reputation? I’m just normally laughing and talking with everyone… C-Can that alone raise my reputation?”

“Of course. For girls, talking to boys takes a lot of courage, you know? And if they finally gather the courage to talk to a boy and he responds every time with a bright, cheerful smile, of course a lot of girls would feel happy.”

“Eh? Ah—now that you put it that way…”

Now that she put it that way… If I imagined the same situation in the original real world, for a teenage boy, talking to a girl his age would take a ton of courage. And if he mustered up that courage and talked to a girl, and she responded with a full smile, of course he’d feel really happy. Hearing Amagi-san’s explanation, I felt like I could understand a little why my reputation was strangely favorable.

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