Transmigrated into a World of Reversed Roles
Chap 1

It happened right after I went to sleep. When I woke up again, I suddenly found myself in a doctor's office with both of my parents. At first, I thought it was a dream, but strangely, I remembered everything clearly.

With a serious expression, the doctor with round glasses spoke to my parents.

"This is truly unfortunate, but your child may not be able to get pregnant ever again. The accident he experienced yesterday, though not severe, damaged some crucial parts of his reproductive system and now he can no longer conceive a child."

My banana is injured!? Reflexively, I grabbed my future tightly. But I didn’t feel anything, if anything, I felt even better than before.

No, wait. I think I’m missing something important here. Pregnant? Accident?

Why is this doctor sad that I can’t get pregnant? Hey, you’re a doctor, how could you mistake my biological sex!? Are those huge glasses just for show?

And an accident? When did that even happen? All I remember was a minor incident during soccer tryouts when I first entered high school! That was a year ago! The ball didn’t even hit my banana, it hit my face!

I honestly didn’t understand what was going on anymore. A thousand questions flooded my head because of how weird everything was. But what was even stranger was my parents’ reactions.

"Oh no... Ren’s future is ruined... Who would want to marry him now..."

"Calm down, dear. At least our son’s life was spared. We should be grateful for that. We’ll get through this somehow."

What the heck is going on!? Why is my dad; who I once respected for his masculinity before marrying Mom, now sobbing like a woman!?

And Mom, aren’t you the one who should be crying right now? Why do you look so tough!?

It felt like their gender roles had been flipped, Mom was acting masculine, and Dad was completely feminine.

I-I didn’t understand anything anymore. Even if this was a dream, why did it feel so real...?

I was tired. The last thing I remembered was lying in bed before falling asleep, and now I was suddenly awake here. I was still sleepy.

Maybe... if I sleep here now... will I wake up back in my cozy bed and escape this nonsense?

My eyelids were getting heavier.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and the sequel to my favorite game is being released... I need to wake up early to buy it...

With that, I closed my eyes completely. The last thing I remember was falling asleep on my mom’s shoulder while still sitting in that uncomfortable chair.

The next morning, I woke up.

"This is my room."

The dream from last night stayed vividly in my mind. The smell of medicine from the hospital, the cold air from the AC I didn’t like, and the faint scent of my mom’s usual perfume.

It felt like I had experienced that dream in real time.

"Ah, whatever. I need to shower and go buy that game I’ve been waiting for."

I got up from my bed.

"Hm?"

But I immediately noticed something was wrong. Something deeply unsettling. Something I didn’t even want to imagine, not even in a nightmare.

The large shelf I bought just to hold my entire game collection since I was a kid. A collection built through sweat and blood.

Because whining only ever earned me a hard slap from Dad, I spent years saving my allowance... even worked part-time jobs in high school just to buy the games I wanted, and now...

"They’re all gone."

There’s no way my parents would be cruel enough to throw away or hide something I worked so hard for.

So where did they go?

All of my collection disappeared overnight. No thief could have pulled this off. If it was a robbery, why would they take the whole shelf too? The only valuable thing left in my room was my computer. And I rarely used it, I was a console gamer.

"And the specs on this computer... they’re worse than what I had before!"

I wanted to slam the computer to vent my anger, but I quickly realized that would be overkill and held myself back.

Then, I remembered.

"That dream last night... Don’t tell me it wasn’t a dream!?"

I rushed out of my room and ran to the dining room.

As a gamer, I had at least some understanding of what might be happening. Maybe I was transported into an alternate world. Plenty of games use that premise, and this felt just like one of them.

Only... I had no idea what kind of alternate world this was. But judging from that "dream" I had, I could guess.

I ran downstairs and saw my dad, cooking in the kitchen... with a sad expression on his face.

"Dad!"

"Ren...!? What’s wrong?"

In my panic, I shouted at him without thinking. I felt a little guilty for being harsh, but I was too panicked to care. I had to ask.

"Dad, why... why are you the one cooking?"

"Huh...? What’s gotten into you, Ren...? Don’t tell me... because of what the doctor said last night, you..."

Dad’s eyes welled up with tears, and he covered his face while sobbing. So it’s true, based on his reaction, that dream last night wasn’t a dream.

"Dad, where’s Mom?"

"Looking for me, sweetheart?"

Just as I asked, the person I was looking for appeared at the top of the stairs and walked down.

Wearing a t-shirt and shorts, which was totally different from the skirts she used to wear, Mom sipped her coffee the same way Dad used to, as she walked.

Standing in front of me, she spoke again.

"I know you’re probably still shocked about what the doctor said last night, but you can’t get pregnant anymore, Ren. In short, you’re infertile."

"..."

I didn’t even know how to respond anymore. Was it the shock of losing my game collection? Or the realization that I apparently can’t get pregnant? Everything felt too absurd to process.

Mom kept talking, and I just stayed silent. I didn’t need any more confirmation of what was happening.

The TV in the living room had been on the whole time, and now the voice of a male reporter reached my ears.

[...Another tragic case has occurred, involving five women as suspects in the rape of a single male victim. This happened when...]

No... This can’t be real, right? Why is something so illogical happening to me?

But the news I heard felt like the final blow.

If I piece everything together from last night’s dream... how Mom and Dad acted, the way they dressed... and the fact that men are the ones who get pregnant here, there’s only one answer.

I’ve been transported to a world where gender roles are completely reversed, haven’t I!?