Transmigrated into a World of Reversed Roles
ChAAAp 13

Hearing my words, the sandwich Yona was about to bite dropped—falling back into her lunchbox.

“W—Wasn’t that… a date, Ren?”

“…”

I was taken aback. My initial intention in asking her out clearly wasn’t like that.

But thinking it over… this is obviously a date, isn’t it?

I asked,

“You don’t want to?”

“—Let’s go right now.”

“On Sunday, Yona.”

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Afternoon.

School was over. The day passed without much incident. I had already tried asking my homeroom teacher to be the advisor for the club Yuri started, but as expected, it was a no-go.

“Well, I kinda expected it wouldn’t be that easy.”

I mean, who would want to be the advisor for a club that sounded like it was made just to slack off?

Since I’m also excited about this Game Club, I can only hope Yuri finds a teacher willing to take the role.

Besides, I don’t really know many teachers well enough to ask them for something like this.

“Maybe I’ll try asking the school nurse tomorrow?”

Muttering to myself, I walked toward the restaurant where I worked. It was as busy as ever, and I went in through the back door again.

Only this time, I froze the moment I entered.

Because I saw the manager lecturing someone. But not just anyone—it was a familiar face. Someone I had just met yesterday.

“Hina… I hired you because I thought your looks could attract male customers. But if you can’t even wash dishes, I’m starting to doubt your qualifications here.”

“P—Please Boss, anything but firing me! I haven’t even seen any customers with sexy butts today!”

“Call me Manager. I’m not a gang boss.”

“Then why do I feel such a strong Boss aura from you…?”

Should I just take a day off? I suddenly felt dizzy.

Slowly, I tried to close the door again. Unfortunately, the Manager probably already noticed me since she turned around.

“Ren, you’re finally here. Let me introduce you—this is Hina. She’s your new junior.”

“Nice to meet you! I’ve been waiting for you, sexy-butt guy!”

“Heh, she’s interesting, right? I’d like to ask you to teach her the ropes here. You don’t mind, do you?”

“Before that, Manager, can we talk outside first?”

Without giving her time to answer, I dragged her out and shut the door.

“What’s the rush, Ren?”

“Why did you hire her, Manager?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t like her? You haven’t even gotten to know her yet. I thought she seemed like a hardworking girl.”

“That’s not the problem…”

At first, I wanted to say she was a delinquent. But then I stopped—because really, there’s nothing wrong with a delinquent wanting to work.

“Then what is the problem?”

That question made me realize I was being overly impulsive. Seeing Hina here had shocked me so much I unconsciously dragged the Manager outside.

“Um, didn’t she just say I had a sexy butt?”

“So?”

“I feel unsafe.”

“…”

The Manager was silent. I was too.

After a few seconds, the Manager finally spoke again.

“You’re seriously only feeling that way after I’ve been grabbing your butt since you started working here, Ren?”

“…”

Now that she mentioned it, why am I only thinking about this now?

The Manager must have been harassing my version in this world for a while now… So why haven’t I quit yet?

“Well, there’s no need to worry too much. I don’t want all my workers to quit just because of one new hire. If you have a problem with her, just let me know.”

“…Good to hear.”

Not finding any other reason to get Hina fired, I gave up.

“So, will you mentor her?”

“I’ll do it.”

Come to think of it, why was I even against her working here? Because I was afraid of being raped by her? But do I really have to care?

Wanna grope my butt? Come at me! It’s not like I can get pregnant anyway.

“Glad to hear it. I’ll be heading out to restock supplies now. By the way, don’t worry about serving customers. Just teach her properly so she doesn’t mess up too much, okay?”

“Okay…”

With that, the Manager walked off—and I went back into the restaurant.

There I saw Hina. Sitting in the chair the Manager had used, she perked up excitedly when she saw me enter.

“You two took forever! I’m tired of waiting. Where’s the Boss? Um…”

“My name is Ren. Sorry for making you wait. The Manager went out, and she asked me to guide you for now.”

Hearing that, Hina’s eyes sparkled.

For some reason, she reminded me of a puppy.

“Really!? You’re gonna be with me!?”

“For a few days, maybe. Until you get the basics down.”

“Awesome! One of my goals is already partly achieved.”

So you really do have a hidden motive for working here. Also, are you sure it’s okay to shout that out loud? I’m right in front of you, you know.

Looking around, I noticed her sister—Alice—wasn’t around.

“Did you apply here alone? Where’s your sister?”

“Big Sis Alice already has a part-time job somewhere else. So yeah, I’m on my own here!”

Can you please lower your voice?

Even though I might only be mentoring her for a while—since we’re both high schoolers, our schedules are bound to overlap often.

“Alright, let’s not waste time. Why were you scolded by the Manager earlier? Was there something you didn’t understand?”

“Hmm, the Boss got mad because she said I couldn’t wash dishes properly. But I cleaned them until they sparkled, weird right?”

“Show me how you wash the dishes.”

I can’t judge her properly without seeing for myself. So I brought her to the kitchen to watch her dishwashing skills.

“See? Super clean, right?”

“Have you even washed dishes before? You’re wasting too much soap.”

“What’s wrong with that? Isn’t more soap better? Kills more germs.”

“If you’re aiming for cleanliness, going a little overboard is fine. But you’re using way too much.”

Honestly, I felt like facepalming watching her wash dishes. I just refilled the soap bottle, and it’s already halfway gone.

This made me question the Manager’s judgment in hiring new people. Even if she said Hina was hardworking, is it really okay to take this kind of risk?

Though I guess I shouldn’t complain. I’m also grateful the Manager hired me when I had no experience at all.

I showed Hina the proper way to use the soap.

“If you pour the soap into the water like this…”

But midway through my explanation, something felt off.

Why wasn’t she responding at all, even after I talked so much?

I turned around to look at Hina. Sure enough, she wasn’t paying attention at all.

Because her eyes were completely focused on something behind me.

“Hina, what are you looking at?”

“A beautiful view.”

I flicked her forehead.

“Ow—!”