âHey, Souya-Kun. Soon itâll be your first time doing an âMSAâ, right? So, umm, Souya-kun I heard that you chose those outsides of the special wardsâŠâ
Someone with a slightly sweet voice called me. It was a girl from the same class, Akemi Yahata-san.
She was a young lady who lived in the special wards, and usually had many people naturally gathering around her.
âYes, but why do you know?â
Then, from the back of the classroom, I heard voices such as
âIs that so?â
âEeeh? That rumor was true?â
âOutside the special wards again? Really?â
âSouya-kun, maybe heâs actually a hero?!â
It was yesterday that I decided. But the rumor flowed so fast. Well, it was unavoidable.
Anyway, there was something more important than that.
I looked around the classroom, but as expected, there were no members of the group.
They must be stuck somewhere.
Well, those of special wards arenât used to the formation, but they still could create an opening, soâŠ
All the girls in the classroom were paying attention to me. No⊠only one person, Shiho Shino- san, who was reading a book as if she were ânot interestedâ at all.
By the way, in the conversation with Yahata-san the word âMSAâ was mentioned. However, this is an abbreviation for âMale Service Activitiesâ, and boys from co-schools like me, would go out to an office, girlsâ schools, etc. to encourage, talk, and eat together.
I heard that an entertainer went to prison to give some condolences.
In âThis worldâ, the male and female ratio was broken, and males were quite rare.
Moreover, all the rare men were living in the special wards.
Outside the special wards, not to the point where males could be called âUMAâ (Unidentified Mysterious Animal), but their existence was so rare to the extent of urban legend.
Since I would go to such a place, the reaction of Yahata-san and the girls around was something natural.
However, outside the special wards, in order to improve the morale of employees of people who were working there, the owners earnestly hoped for a male to visit their company.
Then, the government institutionalized such desire with the so-called service âMSAâ⊠at least that was what I knew.
In fact, there were overwhelmingly more people outside the special wards who requested âMSAâ than those inside the special wards.
âYou see. Yesterday, there was a person who saw Souya-kun choosing from thick documents in the staff room⊠S-sorry. E-everyone wanted to hear about it⊠If this made you uncomfortable, Iâm sorryâŠâ
As I was thinking, Yahata-sanâs complexion turned pale.
âNo, I donât mind at all. I donât plan to hide it either. But someone saw that huh. I wonder if you can tell from the thickness of the documents. Well ⊠I chose the service outside the special wards. Itâs a fact. Also, itâs my first time, so I donât really know what to do. Thatâs why, I decided to go around only three places this time.â
âEh? Three?!â
Yahata-san opened her big eyes even bigger.
Is it that surprising?
âYup. Iâm a little interested in the cleaning company that was commended this month, the transportation company that has a deal with my motherâs company, and a girls-only school outside the special wards. Those three would be the place I visit.â
RATTLE!!
Several girls got up from their chairs all at once.
Hm? Are they practicing a flash mob or something?
âS-Souya-kun⊠are you going to a g-girls-only school? You know that itâs outside the special wards, right?â
Yahata-san was quite upset, muttering, âWhy, why?â
âThe girls-only school in the special wards is somehow predictable. I chose the outside⊠well, because I think that something interesting may happen there? HahahaâŠâ
When I said that and laughed, Yahata-san had a face saying âI canât believe it.â
For Yahata-san, who had rarely left the special wards since she was born, it might sound as if I was going to hell⊠No, that would be too muchâŠ
Anyway, half of the class came from outside the special wards. Yawata-san shouldnât say too many unnecessary things. It should be better that way.
The âSpecial Wardsâ that appeared many times in conversations with Yawata-san was an area where men could live preferentially, and the official name for the wards was âMale Special Residence Wardsâ. However, such a lengthy-phrase could only be found in documents.
In addition to men and their families, specially selected women, such as Yahata-sanâs family, also lived in the special wards.
Living in the special wards was a kind of status, but you would be burdened with taxes and other costs. It was hard to stay in the special wards.
In the first place, the conditions for living were strict, and just because you wanted to stay there, you couldnât live there. Also, once you started living there, you might have trouble maintaining it.
You wanted to live there but you couldnât. You couldnât live there but you wanted to live there. That was the special wards.
Anyway, Yahata-san was so shocked that she returned to her seat in a sloppy manner.
â⊠Fuuuâ
After having a conversation with Yahata-san and taking a break, the one who was seating next to me, Atsushi Kunou, turned his eyes in a sympathetic way to me.
âItâs hard right?â
âWell, Iâm used to getting attention from the girls in this class. Even more than that, Atsushi, when your 16th birthday comes, you must do âMSAâ too, you know.â
ââŠThatâs right. Itâs depressing. But Iâll only choose those in the special wards. I donât want to go out and plant trauma.â
Atsushi had the face of a pretty boy, even a sorrowful expression looked good on him.
âI donât think itâs necessary to be that afraid of the outside, but⊠well, you should get used to it gradually. Thatâs the best way. For the time being, maybe you should talk normally with girls that came from outside the special wards?â
Told so jokingly, But Atsushi looked so serious while shaking his head, saying,
âItâs still impossible to stand in front of those people.â
I understood what Atsushi wanted to say.
Some female students who were not immune to men were so nervous that they over-breathing. Even if it didnât go that far, it was a common sight to see girls have rough breathing, nosebleeds, and even red eyes.
âSome may start crying when you call out to them. Well, Iâll be your âlightning rodâ for a while. So Atsushi, if anything goes wrong, you can throw it at me.â
âYeah, thank youâ
Atsushi gave me a defenseless smile that he never showed to girls. From the surroundings, âUh, my nosebleedâ or âSaved!â or âThank you for the smile!â
I continued to speak,
âBut no matter how much you grieve, the world wonât change, right? Then you should accept it now and letâs enjoy ourselves.â
When I hugged Atsushiâs shoulders, a voice âKYAAAăŒ!â could be heard from around me. Of course, I did it on purpose.
It was a lie that the world wouldnât change no matter how much you grieve. After all, I would be a person who would change this world. I wouldnât too much to call myself, the embodiment of change!
I came from a world where the ratio of men and women wasnât broken, but from a world where the number of men and women was about the same, and was requested by the Goddess to come here.
âAtsushi, Iâm really, glad that I came here.â
When I said that, Atsushi asked, âIs a co-ed school that good?â