Right and wrong can be reversed if you look at it differently.

　My mind was so exhausted that I was thinking about things I normally don't think about at all.

　Perhaps it's the spirit that's grinding away at me, but I'm losing my expression.

　I want to lie in bed right now and devote more time to my favorite manga and anime. Or I wanted to play more of the games that boys play.

　The game that working people play with dead eyes during the daytime on their day off was.......otome games.

　It's a so-called romance game, and if the main character is a man, it's a gal-game.

　If the main character is a woman, it's called an otome game.

　That's right.

　I'm a working man, so this is not the type of game I should be playing on my day off.

　If I like otome games, I can understand it, but I'd rather play a game for boys.

'Why do I have to attack the bastards in the morning? Besides, it's already noon.

　Across the screen is a beautiful male character.

　Basically, all of the capture characters that appear in the game are beautiful.

　The characters are voiced by famous voice actors and drawn by popular illustrators.

　Strategy information is displayed on the screen of a nearby smartphone.

　As you glance at the screen to make a choice, the 3D-displayed characters move and pose with a sound that signals an increase in sensitivity.

　Her cheeks were dyed a bit in the pose of brushing her hair up.

''You........you're not like those girls. I'll remember your name.''

　The opponent is the crown prince - the target character in the game and a very popular male character in the school.

　The protagonist meets him by chance, and since he doesn't know the crown prince, the scene is a normal response to him.

　To the crown prince, the protagonist's attitude must seem fresh.......

''........I'm not happy about anything when I see a man having his cheeks dyed. I can't believe that my precious holiday is being wiped out by something like this.

　I worked Monday through Friday, and my hard-earned Saturday and Sunday off was being crushed by a maidenhead.

　It's been a long time since I've had a Saturday off.

　I had been busy for a while because of overtime work, so I had made a lot of plans for these two weekends.

　That's--.

　I heard an electronic sound coming from my phone.

　I picked it up and checked it, and found a message from my sister with a picture.

"I'm enjoying Hawaii with my friends!

　........My gut is churning.

　My sister is there, enjoying herself at the beach or hotel with her male and female friends.

　I immediately send a message.

'Don't be silly!　You're the one who forced the game on me because you're too busy!'

　Yes, it was my sister's damsel-in-distress game that I was currently playing.

　On Saturday morning, my sister visited me while I was cleaning the small room where I live alone. My sister is a college student and lives at home.

　I thought it was unusual, but she pushed the game on me.

　She smiled and told me to comp this one because she was busy.

　Comp. Complete I mean make sure you're done watching all the CG and event movies. Because if you've finished watching them, you can go back to them later.

　My sister pushed me to play a maiden game.

　I get a message from my sister.

'Huh?　Is it okay to say that?　I won't be able to clear up your mother's misconceptions when I get back. I'm going to buy you a souvenir, so please be a comp guy~'

　I shouted, resisting the urge to read the frustrating message and throw my phone on the floor.

'd*mn it!'

　I wanted to refuse to do this, too.

　But my sister, who lives at home - she hid a bunch of books in my room, a hobby of hers. She made my mother find them and misled her into thinking I had such a hobby.

　By the way, my sister is what they call a rotten person.

　She is not bad looking and her grades are not bad either.

　But her character is good at playing the cat, and I've always had a bad time with her.

　He hides his hobbies from his parents as well.

　He tried to get me to play games.

　This caused me to get a call from my mother who was worried about me.

　Resisting the urge to lash out, I turned my attention back to the screen.

　Picking up the controller again, all I could think about was clearing the game to clear up any misunderstandings. It's frustrating, but my sister is the one my parents trust.

　That guy knows that, and it makes me angry.

　It's also troubling that even though she tries desperately to clear up the misunderstandings, her sister has a better argument. Moreover, she lives at home.

　She even extorted an allowance from me, and her reason for being busy is to travel. I'm sure I'd be forgiven for hitting him once.

He just needs to get hurt once.

　She's always been smart and to the point.

　She knew she was pretty, and she was something of a polar opposite of me. The only weakness in that guy's life would be his hobbies that he hid from those around him.

　I frowned as I continued to play the game in frustration.

'Here's the problem, isn't it?'

　A maiden game that my sister forced on me.

　The otome game was made to be a big game, and it was very well made. Apparently my sister bought the first limited edition right away because of the illustrations and voice acting.

　The problem, however, is that despite being an otome game, it contains RPG and strategy simulation elements.

　The game is set in a fantasy world of swords and magic.

　It's a fantasy world where the earth floats and people live in it.

　There are kings and noblemen, and the level of civilization does not seem high, but airships fly in the sky, and knights wear armor like power suits to fight.

　On top of that, the protagonist goes to a school where the children of the nobility are enrolled.

　The protagonist is a commoner, but his talent is recognized and he is accepted into the school.

　There he will meet a prince and the sons of nobility.

　However, when she enters the academy, she faces bullying from the same s*x and war that will change her life forever...

　Anyway, it's a school romance game with adventure and war thrown in.

　At first my sister tried to clear it on her own, but she didn't like the boyish elements of the game, or maybe she gave up.

　Thanks to that, I ended up having a hard time.

You don't want this kind of thing in a otome game in the first place.

　He complained, but looked at the screen and controlled the controller.

　On the screen, there was a row of airships.

　Ship-shaped, rugby ball shaped airships. Various airships are facing each other.

　When you move it, the airship moves, and then you send the knights out of the airship to attack--'

'It's bad enough that it's strangely difficult. Let's make it more crisp and clear!

　--anyway, every stage is difficult.

　If they were easy, even my sister could complete them.

"Oh, shit.

　The friendly airship is sinking.

　The earth is floating, and airships are the predominant means of transportation. Perhaps that's why the mainstream of warfare is also airships.

　It's nice to have chunks of iron flying through the air and firing shells at each other - but it's difficult to do anyway.

　It's partly because of the randomness factor, which affects the winner of the game.

　It was annoying because I could go through the strategy information and still lose.

'I can't afford to spend all my time here!　For the most part, why did you put these elements in a damsel-in-distress game!　Are you nuts?　You're an idiot!　Or do you want me to charge you!

　They are trying to get me to buy paid content.

　I don't want to admit to spending more for my sister, but the combat and war parts are definitely the cause of my time being taken away.

　I stopped the game to look for paid content.

　When I did so, I found a large number of products.

　You - the main character's outfit, equipment, and various items.

　These items are sold for about a hundred yen each, but the airships and armor that are useful in the battle part are strangely priced at three to eight hundred yen.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what to expect.

''........It's because they do business like this that they have a bad reputation.

　So it was expected at first, but the company was criticized for trying to get people to buy paid content with this type of business.

　The bullish pricing has been reviewed and the amount of money dropped within a month.

　Check out the product.

'I don't want to see a guy in a bathing suit or anything.'

　What was on sale was equipment that would make male characters wear swimsuits.

　It was becoming unpleasant to watch.

　But if the positions were reversed I might have bought it if the main character was a guy and the target of the attack was a normal galley game with a female character. No, I would have bought it. I bought all kinds of games.

　I was a mental wreck and laughed helplessly.

'Do you think a harem feels the same as I do now, from a woman's point of view?　Well, what does it matter?

　From my point of view, any otome game that can complete a reverse harem is disgusting to watch, and that could be said for a galley game as well.

　Per my seriousness about such things, I felt mentally dangerous. Let's just think about finishing the game anyway.

'Well, which one should I buy to finish soon?

　They all look powerful.

　Special weapons for male characters or special equipment for the main character.

　If anything, I want something useful for the war part.

''........This.

　The most expensive paid content was the airships.

　It seems that you can get a strong airship anyway, ignoring refueling and other troublesome statuses.

'Looks like an airship, or rather a spaceship.

　It cost one thousand two hundred dollars and the performance was perfect.

　If you check the setting, it was an ancient something........it was an awesome spaceship anyway.

'It's a spaceship!　.........maybe it's a typo?

　I thought you tried to type airship in the description, but you typed spaceship.　I thought so, but it's not a problem as long as I can complete the game.

　I'll buy it.

　Next, let's check the armor.

　The power suit it's in the form of armor, but somehow it doesn't feel the least bit real. It looks more convincing if it were called a robot.

　It is a knight who wears such armor and wages war.

　From a woman's point of view, does a man who fights for her look nice?

　I bought an expensive one for now.

　It's a cheap expense if it makes the attack easier.

　The black armor looks somewhat stinging and antagonistic, but that's not a problem. What's important is that the game is easy to complete.

　It's good to have a wide variety of armor and a wide variety of techniques.

　They will be useful in any situation.

　There's also an apprentice of the Swordsman who is strong with a sword but doesn't have a flying tool, or an attack character who is a magical idiot and vulnerable to being hit.

　Anyway, if you can finish the war part quickly, spending two thousand yen isn't bad.

''I have to finish it. I just need to finish it and take my time.''

　A well-earned holiday is lost.

　I couldn't stand it, so I used the paid contents I had purchased, and I started attacking the bastards quietly from there.

　After noon, I managed to collect more than 90% of the events and CGs by the time the evening came.

　All that remained was the harem end. A reverse harem end?

　There's still an end where the main character and all the male characters get married.

　This is the true end of the game - also known as the true ending - but to me, it's just a mindless clearing of the game.

　When the bastards reach a certain number of favorites, I'll sell the items they give me the next day at the tool shop and convert them into gold.

　And I'll sell them for money the next day at the tool shop, while he's in the company.

　Selling them off in front of your own eyes is outrageous, but it doesn't matter because this is a game.

　It's just a game where you have to follow the strategy information without a care in the world.

　If this was a galley game, it would have been better.

　With that in mind, I continued to play and before I knew it, it was nighttime.



　As I watched the ending, I felt anger and sadness welling up inside me.

　Why did I have to do this?

　After saving the data and keeping my promise to my sister, I lay in bed.

　I look at the clock and it's time to be asleep.

　I don't even feel like going out now.

　But the relief that it's all over has made me hungry.

　I pressed my hand to my belly, I hadn't eaten anything since the last time I ate a little in the morning.

'There wasn't anything in the fridge, was there?'

　When I cleaned it out, I threw out anything that had expired.

　I had to go out for whatever I was going to eat, as there was hardly anything in it to begin with.

　And it's this time of day.

　The only place to go is a diner or convenience store.

　When I looked at my phone, I found a message from my sister.

'Are you being serious?　Be ready to pick it up when you get home. If you do your best, I'll give you a souvenir.'

　I thought he was an a**h*le, even though he was my own sister.

　She's showing off that she's enjoying herself, while telling me to take it seriously. And he's asking for money from me.

He doesn't even have a part-time job, so where the hell does he get the money from?

　I wonder and think about it.

　I wouldn't be doing anything to get caught because I'm too proud to be bad at it. He has a curfew, so he can't stay up late at night playing.

　Thinking that far, I remembered what my mom used to say.

'You said you needed money to qualify or something.

　My parents had set aside some money, thinking they were going to get a car license or something, but by all accounts, some of it was going to be used for travel.

　I copied my sister's message.

　I edit it on the computer and send the message to my mom.

　Of course, I include a comment or picture of that guy.

"You ... idiot. That's what happens when you suck up to your brother.

　The fact that you threatened me, and the fact that you are away on a trip.

　What will my parents think when they see these things?

　With the unmoving evidence of the quicksilver, that guy would have no excuse.

　I grinned at that thought, and then I realized.

''Huh?　Then it's like if we'd done this from the beginning we wouldn't have had to waste time completing the game... oh no.

　While I realized how dumb I was, I grabbed my purse because I was hungry.

　I'll have to wait and see what happens with my sister when I get back.

　I won't have to worry about the maidenhead anymore.

　Thinking about it makes me feel lighter on my feet.

　The oddly fluffy feeling was a happy one, like after being released from work.

Well, let's get excited today. Should I go to a convenience store or a family restaurant?

　I was happy when I decided to make dinner more spectacular than usual.

　I walked down the empty, flickering fluorescent lighted corridor, and as I reached the stairs, I was suddenly overcome with dizziness.

'-- oh, that's a bad one,'

　His body lost its power like a puppet that had lost its strings and fell to the spot.

　It was the location that was unlucky.

　The staircase was looming in front of me, and as it was, my vision rapidly changed the landscape.

　My body didn't feel pain or anything like that, but as I rolled down with great force, I knew that my condition was dangerous.

''.........this.......end.......is not.......my end........''

　My sister ruined my holiday, and I thought I was freed, but I was obviously badly injured. No, maybe my life is in danger.

　When I thought that, I became strangely - angry.

　In the fading landscape, as the running lights drifted out and I thought it was finally the end - at the very end I saw a view I had never seen before.

　A land floating from the sea.

　A flying airship in the sky.

　Blue sky and white clouds - I could see myself reaching for the sun, and there my consciousness drifted away.

◇

　The gently sloping banks were lush with moderately grown grass.

　I, [Leon Fow Baldfalt], who lay down in such a place and reached out to the sun, was hit with intense palpitations.

　I wasn't sweating from the warmth of the sun, but I couldn't stop sweating cold.

　Disgusting sweat.

''Hey, what was that?''

　Perhaps it was the rush to get his upper body up, but the grass that was caught in his clothes came loose from the ground. When the wind blew, leaves and grasses were dancing in the air.

　The wind was blowing very strong, and then an airship passed right above me, hiding the sun.

　The square box-like wooden airship is an airship that regularly visits the territory.

　I would have normally seen it without thinking about it, but for today, I couldn't hide my surprise with my eyes wide open.

　It was as if I had never seen it before.

　I pressed my chest and my heart was pulsing hard.

　I stood up and looked in the direction of the airship as it passed by and saw the ocean beyond.

　If there was anything different about it, it was the way the sea looked different.

'What. Why--

　As I slowly moved my feet forward, I fell down.

　If I check my body, my limbs are strangely small.

　It was a strange sensation that felt strangely small, even though it was definitely my body.

　Instead of worrying about it, it was more important to check it out first.

　I walked and then ran out and headed for the ocean.

　It's strangely disturbing.

　We arrived at our destination, although it felt like it took a long time for the child's feet to get there, but we arrived at our destination.

　The view from the spot where the fence had been prepared to prevent falling, was the same as usual.

'Yes. As usual - the island is floating.

　An island floating out of the sea.

　Today the floating island is still floating, but I don't know whether to be happy or sad about it. The image that came to mind is that of an island floating in seawater.

　It's not possible, but I wanted to make sure it was true.

　It's strange from earlier.

　The moment I reached for the sun, the image I saw was like the life of a single person. The life of a man who lived somewhere other than here.

　There's nothing remarkable about it, but it's not my imagination that it still looked happy.

　But I can't remember his name.

　I press my head with both hands.

　I can't remember his name, even though it's a memory I've seen so clearly.

　It's like I've been alive for five years - like I've experienced more in an instant than my five-year-old self can experience - a feeling of remembering.

　He sat there, unsure of the reason.

　I looked up at the sky with my back to the fence.

''........What was that all about?''

　I didn't even know who I was questioning.

◇

　It was getting dark and I went back to the house.

　I remembered running away and lying on the bank because I didn't want to go back, but I wanted to get back before night fell.

　I was ready to go back to the house and found my father waiting for me there.

　He was standing in front of the front door waiting for me.

'You stupid son of a b*tc*!

　A big fist hit me on the head, and as I held my head down with tears in my eyes, the front door opened.

　All I could see from it was my mother.

She finally came back. Why did you run away on the day your wife was coming?

　My father [Barkas] is a lord - a baron.

　In my image, a nobleman is a nobleman who wears good clothes and looks more slender. Or, I had an image of a fat man, but Barkas was a big man with muscle and a beard.

　His mother was a concubine, [Luse] - the daughter of a family of knights who were parasites.

　This one too is not dressed in a dress, but in clothes like women wear in towns and villages.

　The wife my mother refers to is my father's rightful wife.

"I'm sorry..........

　Perhaps sensing that my mood was different than usual, my parents, with a subtle look on their faces, tried to take me to their house - not the mansion, but the warehouse.

　Then, a woman in a dress was peeking at me through the open doorway.

　She didn't leave the mansion, but looked down at me.

　Her neck and fingers were adorned with jewels, and her eldest son, 【Rutoart】, and her eldest daughter, 【Merce】, were waiting nearby.

　Those two are the only ones who are the wife - the children of the rightful wife.

　Behind them, a tall, beautiful man stood in a suit. The man with long ears and all the features of an elf looked at us and sneered.

'Utterly, this is what you get when you're a poorly educated child.

　The woman with the squinting eyes has her hair in a bun, which fits the image of what a noblewoman looks like. My brother and sister both wore expensive clothes, unlike me.

　My mother apologized and my father took me to the warehouse.

　By the time we arrived at the warehouse, my father had a look of patience on his face.

'....Go to the warehouse and reflect on what you did. I'll have the food brought to you later.

　When I nodded as I was told, there was an earlier customer in the warehouse.

　It was my brother's [Nix], the second son.

　My two older brothers, dressed in the same clothes as me, were reading a book under the light of a lantern. He looked dumbfounded when my father and I came over.

'You're an idiot too,' he said. Just put up with it for a few days and those guys will leave.

　My father held his head in his hands as he looked at my second brother, who returned his gaze to his book.

'Nix, teach Leon how to learn,'

　My second brother looked very uncomfortable, but when he made room at his desk in the warehouse, he brought me a chair.

　He told me to sit down.

'If you fall asleep, I'll hit you.'

　When he saw me nod, my father left the warehouse and went back to the mansion.

　When we were alone, my second brother handed me a book that even I could read. I open the tattered book that has been used many times.

　There was graffiti in places.

　Inside the warehouse.

　I read the book, brushing away the bugs that had gathered in the lantern light.

　It was a bit strange.

　An unfamiliar language is in my head. In fact, there is even a sense that it's easier to use.

　My second brother seemed to think I was having trouble with some of the characters I couldn't read.

You'll have to figure it out for yourself. If you just can't figure it out, I'll tell you.

　A quiet time passes.

　The only thing disturbing is the bugs that gather in the light.

'-- Hey, brother?'

　My second brother was a little surprised by my language.

'Brother?　Didn't you call me brother until this morning?

　I tried to reiterate in a hurry, but my second brother seemed to have found the answer in himself.

'Is it time to get taller?　Well, I don't really care. For that matter, what part of it don't you understand?

　I shake my head.

　What I'm curious about is how we're being treated.

　I know that my legitimate son is cared for, but why are we being relegated to a warehouse? We have other sisters and sisters, so why are we relegated to the warehouse?

　And yet they are not in the warehouse. We are concubines.

Why are we the only ones in the warehouse?

　The second brother muttered to himself, "You were calling me or something like that yesterday..." and then put the book down and looked up at the ceiling.

'It's because your wife doesn't like us.

Because she's your mother's baby?

　The second brother goes to put his hands behind his head.

'Do you think there's any other reason?　Even the concubine's children were hesitant to send a girl away to the warehouse, but that's how men are treated.

　From there, my second brother told me what was going on at home in a matter-of-fact manner.

　Rather than talking to me, it was more like he was complaining to me, his third son, who I didn't understand.

　It seems that my seven-year-old second brother is also unhappy about many things.

　The Baldfalt family has a floating island as their fiefdom.

　However, it used to be a quasi-baronet family, a family classified as a knightly family. It's not a real aristocrat, but it's a family of lords in a manner of speaking.

　However, they also develop after a long time.

　Independence, servants and other parochial knight barons were also born, and before I knew it, the size of the family had grown.

　The maintenance of the territory was progressing and the population was increasing - it meant that the population that could be supported was increasing, and if I were to say the size of the territory, it was just barely equivalent to a baronial family.

　An investigator from 【Holphart Kingdom】 comes to such a territory.

　It seems that he came to confirm the size of the fiefdom, but normally they wouldn't decide on a promotion based on the size of the fiefdom alone. However, the kingdom said that if the size of the territory is equivalent to a baronial family, they'll prepare a baronetcy for you.

　Normally, one must have more distinguished military service or other achievements to be promoted.

Is it wrong to come up in rank?

　My second brother doesn't understand it either, but he can tell from my father's behavior that he's not happy.

'He complained that he didn't want to be told off suddenly. Besides, a baronial family is expected to contribute as much as a baronial family. He said that's why we're poor.

　You are expected to work with your family background.

　Come to think of it, there was something that came to mind with the knowledge of a world I didn't know.

　The size of a baronial family and a baronial family that can afford it.

　Houses that can afford it are fine, but those that can't will have a hard time contributing. That's probably why some families are quietly calling themselves quasi-barons, even if their fiefdom size is on par with the baronial family.

　Anyway, the country aristocracy of the remote island has become a baronial family.

　Apparently, they were expected to behave in a manner befitting their family status, and my father had to marry a woman of high status.

　However, the woman called Mistress is not in the fiefdom on a daily basis.

　Both the eldest son and the eldest daughter come to the territory only occasionally.



Yeah. You did. Well, that's what they say about baronial families. In the future, you and I will have to find a partner in the school. But I don't want anything to do with a girl who is more than a baronet. I don't want to be the next in line to take care of an older woman. You should study and find a partner at the school while you can. Otherwise, you'll be made the old lady's second husband.

　........I couldn't hide my surprise.

　There are many things I want to ask about the school and all that.......but more than that, it's the word "post-husband".

''Oh, um, brother?''

I don't care if you're my brother. What's more important?

"...aren't men usually the center of the house?　I mean, what does it mean to be pushed around by an older woman?

　The second brother nodded his head.

'I mean it as it is. A woman who couldn't marry, or a woman who was run off by a man, or a woman who doesn't have a husband anyway. 'Only a mistress,' they say, 'is not a good way to save face.'

　My second brother, who is awfully firm, answers my questions.

'Don't men usually have a higher position in life?

　From the knowledge I've gotten, I vaguely thought that men were stronger in these cases. But apparently, that's not the case.

'You only have to look at my father to see that women are stronger. You've seen that you can't go against that guy - you can't go against your wife, either.

　Seeing that he changed his mind about calling his wife that guy, my second brother must be bitter about her.

　I've heard the most outrageous stories.

''You don't look so good today,''

　My second brother suspects me, and I chuckle and turn my gaze to the book, sweating weirdly again.

　Strange.........what a strange world this is.

　Maybe it's because of the knowledge I've gained of the strange world, but it only felt strange to me.

　I read the book for a while, and then I remembered my second brother's words from earlier.

''The academy........the Horphath Kingdom?　And my mistress....could it be that elf's servant....an elf?

　As I'm mumbling, my second brother complains about May.

'What's wrong with you?'

"Well, um, that man in the suit. The elf is your wife's mistress, right?

　I don't know how to talk to my second brother.

　The second brother doesn't seem to care about it, he's just dumbfounded.

I'm not asking the obvious. Come on, get up and learn.

　A sub-race is a mistress, or rather a servant who serves at the side I know this situation. Or rather, I remembered it with great clarity.

　I plopped down on the desk.

''Well this is the world of the damsel-in-distress.

　My muddled consciousness gradually became clearer and clearer.

　At the same time, I realized that this world is a damsel-in-distress world with a ridiculously fluffy setting.

　My second brother slaps me on the head.

''Don't go to sleep!　What's really going on with you today?　Did you hit your head?

　I look up and look at my second brother.

　He has a drawn-out smile on his face, and my second brother steps back a little in surprise.

'What?'

...My brother, the world is an unreasonable place.

... "Oh, yeah, yeah.

　The second brother, who was having trouble replying, turned his gaze back to his book as if to escape and resumed his studies.

　I never thought that I would experience a different world reincarnation.

　Moreover, it's a fantasy world of swords and magic...but I hadn't heard of a female-dominated maiden game world.

　I hold my head in my hands.

''This sucks!''

　I shouted, and my second brother whined to me.

'What the hell!　Somebody keep this guy quiet!

　I [Leon Fow Baldfalt] am a former Japanese who was reincarnated in the otome game world.

　........I wanted to be reincarnated in a more normal world.

　And, of all things, an otome game........