#9

  Allison searched her son's face for any sign of deception, but she saw only honesty and vulnerability.

  She knew that he was telling the truth and that he needed some space to work through whatever was going on in his head. So, she can only give up.

  "Are you sure?" she asked, reluctantly.

  "Yes," William nodded his head with a faint smile.

  "So promise me, you won't be calling any doctor, okay?"

  Allison hesitated, but then she nodded her head.

  "Promise?" William looked at her with a puppy dog expression, and she couldn't help but agree. Her hesitation was gone in an instant. She’s always weak to his request.

  "Okay," she said, with a heavy heart.

  "But if I see anything wrong, any wrong, you hear me, I'll call her."

  "Okay," William replied, and Allison could see the relief in his eyes.

  He knew that his mother was only looking out for him, and he appreciated her concern.

  However, this was not something any doctor could cure.

  “But, don’t bme Danie…”

  William turned his head and looked at his sister who was hugging him from behind.

  Danie looked at him worriedly.

  He reached out with his hand, caressing her face, and she leaned against his hand.

  He turned to his mother again and continued, “It’s not her fault. What happened, is something I wanted. I enjoyed. Whatever is wrong with me, is not her fault… rather, I’m thankful, because she is here with me… you both are here with me.”

  “Will,”

  “Dear…”

  William smiled and spread his arms, hugging them, his mother on his left while Danie on his right.

  “I love you both~”

  Allison and Danie smiled, and they hugged him back harder.

  “I love you too, dear (Will)”

  ….

  When Danie left the room to change her clothes, William chose to stay, saying he needed time to think.

  He wanted to have some time to recollect his thoughts- things were becoming weirder.

  William sat at the edge of his bed, staring bnkly at the wall in front of him.

  He didn't know how long he had been sitting there, lost in his thoughts.

  His mind was racing with confusion and disbelief.

  He couldn't believe what had just happened.

  It was like, he was now inside a dream, a twisted version of reality that he couldn't wake up from.

  He had always thought his family was normal, or at least, as normal as any family could be.

  But now, everything seemed to be falling apart.

  His whole perception of his family and his memories was shattering before his eyes.

  It was just yesterday when the world seemed normal- or at least, the ‘normal’ in his memories.

  Although, he doesn’t know now if these memories in his mind were real or not- it was like a dream, actually. It’s not as clear as it should be.

  Some of the things are blurry, and there were even things that he had never remembered happening or occurring, but are in his ‘memories’. Even his age, or the ages of his sisters doesn’t match with how he remembered them. The number of his retives, names, ages, the name of the neighborhood, and still a lot more are far different from what he remembered.

  When he woke up this morning, it was like there were two memories in his head, and though it was strange, it was ‘his’. Nevertheless, he chose to ignore it, thinking he was just having a dream.

  And though he thought that, the ‘memories of his dreams’ seemed to be real, so he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was off, that he was living in some alternate reality.

  It was like he had been transported to a different world where his sister was not who he thought she was. Still, he ignored it, because… how such a possibility exists. Time travel is a thing of legend, stories, or merely just a dream.

  …but to think it’s true.

  He is indeed now in another world- a world so strange and twisted to understand using a man’s basic logic.

  William took a deep breath and tried to calm his racing thoughts.

  He needed to make sense of everything that was happening.

  He needed to find a way to go back to his old life, the one he knew before all of this madness began.

  But as he sat there, trying to piece together the fragments of his memories, he couldn't help but wonder if he even wanted to go back.

  Maybe this new world, with all its strangeness and uncertainty, was where he truly belonged.

  His sister just fuck him. Their mother thinks nothing of it despite being caught as if it was the most natural thing in this world. She seemed even eager to do it with him as well.

  He couldn't help but wonder if this was normal in their world.

  Is he living now in a world where incest is not forbidden?

  It seemed impossible, yet here he was, had just experienced it firsthand.

  William shook his head- there was still plenty of time to know about these changes or understand this new world he found himself in.

  The only problem is, how should he deal with this weird transformation of his family?

  As he sat in his room, trying to make sense of everything, he realized that he was unable to come up with any answer at all.

  There was no information or guide for him to refer to in this new world where sex had become so normalized. Not to mention, incest was seen as something… normal…

  “Ah!”

  Suddenly, he realized something.

  With a wry smile on her lips, he smacked his forehead, unable to believe how stupid he was.

  If someone didn’t know the answer… what would you do?

  Of course, ask someone who knows the answer!

  And if there’s no one he could ask?

  Well, there’s only one thing to do…

  Ask G*oogle!

  She will surely have the answer you are looking for!

  Without hesitation, he stood up went to his desk, and turned his computer on.

  Unfortunately, G*ogle does not exist… but Poodle does.

  There are differences in the details of apps, but the overall functionality is the same.

  Great, a relief.

  Fuck!

  William couldn’t help but swear as he looked at the incredible amount of information that appeared before him.

  He didn’t even need to search deep, and all the things he needed came in bulk.

  He didn’t just go into another world, or universe, or whatever it was called, he was sent to a world stranger than he could ever imagine.

  The number of men in this world seemed to be quite low.

  Probably, around one among fifty women, and that difference is still widening as of now.

  Not only the women had turned into sexual predators, but even the popution was skewed.

  William couldn’t believe it at first, but it was the truth.

  He stared at the articles he had searched on the internet not knowing whether to ugh or cry about it. Or both.

  After a long while of research and reading, he managed to get a good idea about the changed values of this new society and why.

  First of all, he confirmed that there were subtle differences in history compared to what he remembered.

  However, it strangely started to branch out a hundred years before the beginning of the Millineum. In addition, weirdly, a few of the historical characters are of the wrong gender.

  Napoleon was a tomboyish woman who was almost six feet in height. Newton was a nerdy girl, while Einstein was a crazy, but genius middle-aged woman. Mozart was a beautiful dy, and Picasso was an introverted girl. Some retain their genders, such as Beethoven, Steve Jobs, Adolf Hitler, and quite a few famous people… while a few transformed into a girl, with incredibly strange quirks.

  In addition, Globalization and migration have become prevalent in this world.

  Most people of the world can also speak and understand English. Although it was not the world’s sole nguage, almost every country can converse in English.

  In addition, apparently, there are no more pure races anymore, because everyone had become a mixed race at some point in time- which, included him.

  He has Asian blood, after all, even in the previous world.

  He inherited that from his father's side.

  This resulted in discrimination due to color or race disappeared.

  Whether that is a good thing or bad, he doesn’t know.

  Well, probably more of a good thing.

  Second, was the thing that he was curious about.

  What brought these major changes?

  And now he knows why, at least, some of it, anyway.

  A few hundred years ago, there was a virus that struck the world.

  Nobody knew where this virus had started.

  Nobody knew what the precise mechanism of transmission was, how the disease exactly affected the body, or even why it only affected men.

  All that was really known was that the symptoms began arising in all men seemingly simultaneously, all around the world.

  The male popution was almost wiped out.

  Approximately, 87% of the male popution died slowly in that virus, while only a few unlucky women did.

  Some were able to luckily resist and survive due to - according to experts, high-resistance and such- but their numbers were too few. It was a tragedy that even damaged the economy of if not all, most countries in the world.

  It took a few decades until the world was able to recover somehow.

  But it also doesn’t mean that women were not affected.

  Though the infection was minimal, the worst effect it had on women was that they were unable to reproduce male children.

  The virus seemed to be something that affects the male DNA.

  This causes the birthrate of men to be extremely low.

  It was not until a few years ago that a vaccine was made- but it was not a perfect cure.

  Though there are now women who can luckily give birth to male children, the number is few. The current consensus was, around a ratio of 20 to 1. Of course, 1 represents the male birthrate. One man for every 20 women. The numbers are staggeringly low.

  Well, it’s much better now though, compared to that time. Since more and more male children were being born.

  Probably, women have enhanced their immunity to that said virus becoming stronger as time passed by.

  The number of men had also increased significantly over time. However, it can’t be said to have recovered to what it was before the virus appeared.

  And though, not as good as at that time, the treatment for men now is still better than normal.

  Perhaps, it’s the reason why men become pussies while women were like hungry wolves- sexually. Too spoiled, and had become rotten. But though that seems to be the case, the behavior of men and women seemed to be also a consequence of the said virus.

  Women had their sexual desires and needs enhanced, becoming almost predatorial. However, it did enhance them physically as well.

  That is why, instead of men, this world turns into a world where women are more sexually driven than men.

  Of course, it not only changed women but also men in this aspect.

  For some strange reason, men who were born after the pgue had their sexual desire mellowed down to a minimum. In other words, men have a hard time getting themselves sexually aroused.

  Of course, it doesn’t mean that they have none.

  They can still be aroused, and they even had a condition where their libido spiked for several days a month. But not as good and aggressive as before, or compared to the women of this world.

  Due to these factors, the world has turned into something like this.

  A world with almost reversed gender roles.

  With weak men around, women took up most responsibilities.

  The world become matriarchal.

  Not the gender equality that one imagined, but a complete reverse of gender roles.