Episode 6: A girl in love is a little boy in the reverse world

"Damn it! It's not enough at all! Money or power!"

　Seeing Irene yell as she slammed her mug on the table, her companions exchanged glances as if to say, "Here we go again."

"I think Irene is doing well enough."

"That's right, it's rare to see someone become an adventurer and improve this much in just a few months."

"Don't treat me like a kid! I'm not a child!"

　Irene was yelling, but to the older members of the party, she just looked like a wolf pup trying to intimidate them to the best of her ability. The other party members shrugged, saying that as long as you get angry when someone calls you a brat, you're still a child.

　In fact, Irene was a child. In the Great Brishav Empire , the age of adulthood was set at 21, so Irene, who was probably around 14 years old, was legally a minor. I say probably because Irene grew up in an orphanage in the slums and had no parents, so she didn't know her exact age.Magna CartaMagna Carta

　No matter what the Great Charter stipulates, in reality, commoners in this country do some kind of work from childhood. Especially if they grew up in the slums, there is no room for excess manpower. They work hard at jobs that don't require education, such as carrying cargo, selling water, sweeping sewers, and shining shoes, and in their free time they hunt small monsters together.

　The big-horned rabbits in particular were convenient prey. Even children could hunt them, and they added meat to the vegetable stew for dinner. For a slum child who was always hungry, there was no monster more welcome.

　However, the children of the slums are only allowed to hunt things like big-horned rabbits, and any monsters of a higher rank are strictly forbidden. This is because they are simply no match for them. High-ranking monsters use magic, and if a child is hit directly by one without equipment that provides magic resistance, there is a risk of instant death. The regional city where they live is surrounded by castle walls, and intelligent monsters consider it human territory, so they are not often seen around the city, but it was common sense among the children that if they did come across one, they should run away immediately.

　The guards would tell them not to go outside in the first place, but if the children were being attacked by monsters right in front of them, about half of them would choose to let them die. This is because slum children do not have citizenship rights. The guards' job is to protect the city and its citizens, and it is not their job to protect people without citizenship rights. The other half might help, armed with the theory that monsters that appear around the city must be repelled. But that is not certain. For the children of the slums, the only people they can trust are themselves.

　Irene was a special child. She had strong magical powers even when she was younger, and using the physical strengthening magic she learned from an old woman living in a corner of the slums, she was able to demonstrate superhuman strength that surpassed that of an adult. Her features were so beautiful that it was hard to believe she was from the slums, and she might have been the illegitimate son of some noble, but she had no proof of her origins.

　The old woman who had taught her the basics of magic would sigh as she watched her beauty grow more pronounced with age.

"If you were a man, you'd be a popular brothel girl."

　But unfortunately, Irene and she were girls, so there were no brothels that would take them in. In a world where the male to female birth ratio is 1:3, brothels are places where women go to have fun with men... or to get seed. Brothels are filled with men with high magical powers and good looks, so for wealthy women who want superior offspring, they are a place where they can have fun and produce an heir at the same time.

　Incidentally, women who have no money and cannot marry go to brothels. These are what could be described as very low-class brothels, where men who have been drugged to obtain an erection are forced to take turns inserting themselves into the female genitals of customers and forcibly extracting their semen. It is a horrible environment where sexually transmitted diseases are rampant, and it is said that men who are put there die within a few months. Of course, no one would willingly sell themselves into such a world of suffering, and this was the fate of men who had been kidnapped by bandits or bought at low prices from rural areas during famine.

Let me explain!

　This is a cheap sex service similar to wall ass and lucky holes in our world!

　In our world, it's almost like a special fetish that's not even worth taking advantage of, but in this world, poor people will go extinct if they don't force themselves to get pregnant like this! Well, my libido is on par with that of men in our world, so I don't care who's got the dick, I just want it! >>

　As a woman who exploits them, I do feel pity for them, but they also want children. They need successors, and if a boy is born, they can marry him into a good family or sell him to a brothel and make a fortune. ... If they have extra girls, they can just abandon them in an orphanage.

　As the abandoned orphans grow up, the slums gradually expand.

　However, not all children who grow up in slums end up poor: some show talent and gain citizenship and decent jobs.

　Irene, who became an adventurer, is one of them.

　Adventurers are monster hunters, and are mainly engaged in exterminating monsters that appear around cities. If you are confident in your skills, you can challenge powerful monsters. Expanding the living space of humanity is an act of justice, and your dedication will be honored and rewarded.

　It was hard physical labor and required a high level of magical power and a certain level of knowledge to wield magic, both of which Irene possessed, thanks to an old woman who took a liking to her and gave her some instruction.

　A dirty little brat from the slums barged into the guild saying he wanted to be an adventurer, and naturally was almost shut out.

　However, a young man with black hair who happened to be there interrupted, saying, "Why not? It doesn't make sense to accept some mysterious Asian like me, but turn away a child who grew up in this town."

　Heart skip a beat.

　Thanks to this, Irene was able to have her aptitude as an adventurer examined, and her high aptitude was recognized and she was loaned equipment as special assistance.

　She infiltrated a party that was short on front-guards and is now rapidly demonstrating her talent as an adventurer. The party that welcomed her was not particularly low-ranked; it had simply stagnated after losing its front-guard in an accident and not being able to find new members, so they had the leeway to carefully train a talented newcomer.

　Things are definitely going well. If they continue like this, the party will definitely reach even higher levels.

　Yet every time Irene drank, she would cry that she didn't have enough strength.

　The reason is that,

"At this rate they'll take Yuuji away from us! No way!"

　"Hmm..." the magician, the party leader, sighed.

"Give up already, Irene. You can't have him."

"No way! I have talent too! I'll make Yuuji my maid and protect him from those guys!"

"You certainly have something to offer. With you, we could become a high-ranking party in the guild, and maybe even hire a beautiful maid for my mansion. But Eugeo's marriage will be decided soon, and there's no way you'll be able to save up enough money to hire her as a maid by then."

"Uhh."

　Irene was slumped over the table with tears in her eyes. Her red shoulder-length hair was tied up in a small ponytail and trembling. The party members looked at her as they tilted their mugs.

"How many times have we had this conversation?"

"It's been six months since he joined us, and it's been almost every night."

"Well, if you follow your crush and become an adventurer, you'll be betting your chastity on the top guild members as they compete with each other like crazy. It'll destroy your brain."

"The problem is that this girl has a bad attitude. It's fine to go after the guy you like, but why make fun of him? He definitely doesn't have a good impression of her."

　As her friends stabbed her with the knives of words, Irene's shoulders slumped even further.

"Because when I see Yuji's face, I don't know what to say..."

"You're just a brat."

"You're just a kid."

"It's a common adolescent illness."

"So don't call me a brat!"

　Having been dismissed by the elders, Irene's eyes were teary and her small shoulders were shaking.

Let me explain!

　In our world, he's a shota who can't be honest with his older sister and says nasty things to her!

　When the plot develops into onee shota, he's the easy target who falls for it easily! Oops, it looks like he's already fallen for it! ≫

"Why is she a maid anyway? If she said she liked him and asked him to go out with her, wouldn't that Asian girl have snatched him away in no time?"

"It's not that I like you or anything. I just want to protect you from those lust-crazed beasts, so I thought that making you my maid and keeping you by my side would be the easiest way to protect you..."

　As Irene fidgeted and repeatedly rearranged her slender fingers, the party members snorted.

"This guy said that he just wanted to protect people, regardless of sexual desire."

"You're acting like a knight and being all high and mighty~"

"It's a common adolescent illness."

"I'm serious!"

　As Irene's face turned red from drunkenness and embarrassment, the other party members just shrugged in exasperation.

"Just admit it... that's possessiveness. It's a dirty emotion that is 100% sexual desire."

"You too, come over here... I've noticed that if I use that sadness as a stimulant to jerk off, I get really worked up..."

"That's very touching. Go ahead, cut open some more of those wounds in your heart and show me."

"These adults are the worst!"

　It was truly the worst.

　As adventurers, they are ver

y caring people.

By the way, the age of majority in the Great Charter means "the age at which one can inherit one's parents' property," and no one cares if one drinks alcohol or gives birth before that age. Especially among the poor.