Chillin' on an Uninhabited Island in Another World

We had decided to deal with everyone who had transferred to the island in the form of trade.

The only people we still had no connection with were the remaining seven boys.

Today, the whole party was going out, so before we departed, I stored the base away.

If, by some chance, we ended up outside the range of Yumekai’s barrier ability, there was a possibility that someone might occupy the base while we were gone.

Well, everyone in the area around us had become our deal partners, so I doubted anyone would try something as reckless as occupying our base at the cost of ruining their trade with us.

There was also the possibility that monsters might destroy it.

Right now, this island had been stocked with vicious °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° beavers called Afancs and tree monsters called treants.

Naturally, leaving our base and supplies sitting out made me uneasy.

“How should we split up?”

Shouko said.

Mashiro the Fenrir and Micron the black dragon.

She was probably asking who would have which one carry them.

“Um... should I transform from the start?”

Mamonaka asked in a reserved voice.

With her Transformation Ability, she could transform into phantasmal beasts too.

“Mm. You should transform as training too.”

“The more proficient you become, the more you’ll be able to do, so if you don’t mind, Mamonaka, I recommend transforming.”

At Chiyu’s and Minori’s opinions, Mamonaka nodded and said, “O-okay.”

“You don’t have to force yourself.”

I smiled deliberately to let her know that it was fine to refuse.

Helping each other was good because it was voluntary. If she felt like she was being forced, there was no point.

“No, it’s okay. I need to practice flying too.”

Mamonaka clenched both fists and psyched herself up.

The next instant, her form changed into a fluffy black dragon.

“!”

Micron immediately coiled around me as if to warn her off.

When Mamonaka had transformed into a Fenrir, Mashiro had shown interest, but with Micron, this was apparently how it went.

“Ahaha. Maybe she thinks Sousuke’s going to get taken away.”

Shouko laughed cheerfully.

Micron’s behavior was adorable, so I stroked her fur too.

“So who’s riding Myao?”

“Urume. Your wording.”

Yumekai gave Shoubu a short rebuke.

“Sorry, sorry. But what should I say?”

“There are plenty of ways to put it. Like having her carry us, or letting us ride on her back.”

“Serina, you look prickly, but you’re really proper about stuff like that. Love you.”

“Sorry, but you’re staying firmly in the friend zone at best.”

When Shoubu smiled with affected charm, Yumekai cut her down with a straight face.

“I got dumped.”

Shoubu exaggeratedly slumped her shoulders, and a faint laugh rose from the others.

After that, once we discussed it, we ended up splitting up as follows.

Shouko, Minori, and Roa would ride Mashiro.

Ms. Luminous, Chiyu, and I would ride Micron.

Urume, Shion, and Yumekai would ride black-dragon Miyao.

So Miyao would not get too nervous, we had the girls she had been close to at school ride on her back.

Shouko and I were fixed in place, and the remaining spots were decided by rock-paper-scissors teams.

“Okay, let’s gooo!”

At Shouko’s signal, we set out.

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Some time passed as we traveled.

“Actually, isn’t Shouko kind of the biggest cheat here?”

Shoubu said from atop black-dragon Miyao.

“Huh? Where did that come from?”

Shouko tilted her head.

“I mean, if this were a game, everyone would be walking at first, right? Horses are one thing, but dragons are the kind of thing you get to join you near the end.”

“Really? In the manga Sousuke recommended to me, they were making them join left and right from the early parts.”

“Ah... otherworld comics and RPGs are kind of different.”

“Ohhh, really?”

One of the good things about otherworld stories was the way they could casually have the protagonist recruit beings who would normally be almost impossible to make into companions.

Games had their own good points too. Early on, you walked and enjoyed the scenery and towns, and once you got used to things in the latter half, your movement speed increased so you could focus on what you wanted to do.

“Maybe not having preconceptions actually worked in her favor. The abilities we were given on this island are obviously influenced by each person’s nature.”

Yumekai said.

She was snapping photos with her tablet.

Those would be used later for mapmaking.

It seemed she had naturally started thinking about how to contribute to the party.

I did not think we all had to be best friends, but I was still happy to see her opening up to us.

“Considering how large this deserted island is, I also think this mobility is one of the top-class abilities.”

“Whoa. That’s Mashiro and Micron for you! And Myao!”

Black-dragon Miyao, suddenly called out, shuddered, and the three girls riding her grabbed on tight.

“Nyah!”

Yumekai let out a high-pitched voice completely unlike her usual one.

“W-whoa! Myao!”

“She got startled because she was praised out of nowhere, didn’t she, Myao?”

Shoubu panicked, while Shion kept it to a wry smile.

Yumekai was expressionless.

But I had heard that tiny scream, and I had seen something too.

I had seen Yumekai flusteredly flapping her hands after almost dropping the tablet.

It was somehow cute, but if I said that to her, she would probably get annoyed, so I kept it to myself.

“But I still think Sousuke’s power is the most amazing.”

After confirming that the three of them were safe, Shouko spoke up.

“Mm. It’s ideal for survival and development. It was lucky that So-kun was the one who got it too.”

Chiyu promptly praised me.

“That! If it had been a bad boy, he would’ve turned into a ty-guy.”

Shouko, who responded, had probably meant tyrant.

“Hehe. That’s true. I’m glad Sousuke is kind.”

Shion nodded happily.

“I also think Kuno is admirable.”

Ms. Luminous sounded somewhat proud.

She had the look of a teacher whose student had earned excellent marks on a test.

“If only everyone had been like that.”

Minori, who had seen the uglier sides of the boys on this deserted island, wore a slightly complicated expression.

The two boys who had caused trouble for Minori had reflected on what they had done, and they had received proper punishment.

Even so, that did not erase what they had done.

“It was my good fortune to be picked up by Master.”

The day Mashiro brought back Roa after she had collapsed by the roadside now felt nostalgic.

Her dream had been to become a maid, so she had decided to make that dream come true here on this otherworldly deserted island.

And when she did, I was the one she chose as her master.

She was so completely convincing as a maid that lately, I had stopped feeling any sense of incongruity about it.

“But if we’re deciding who should be the king of the island, Kuno would be the leading candidate.”

Yumekai said something unusually direct.

“No, no, no...”

I smiled wryly, but no one else objected.

Roa, as my maid, had been positive about me ruling the island for some time, and the others did not seem anxious about me taking the role of leader either.

I was grateful for that trust, but titles like king or island’s lord did not really draw my interest.

“Still, it’s rare for you to say something like that, Serina. Did you fall for Kuno?”

I felt a strange tension run through the women.

“I hate that habit of connecting everything to romance.”

Yumekai glared at Shoubu.

“Sorry, sorry. Then you like him as a friend?”

“Not really. He’s building a harem like a king, so I just said it.”

Shoubu burst out laughing.

“Ahaha! True! Kuno is definitely the one having the most sex on this deserted island! He’s the harem king!”

At that remark, all four of my girlfriends except Chiyu blushed.

Chiyu, if anything, looked dignified.

Even though she was my childhood friend, her mental strength was absurd.

As for me, I felt incredibly awkward, but I could not deny it, so I had no choice but to stay silent.

“Not the most. The only one, isn’t he?”

Yumekai muttered.

The whereabouts of every girl transferred to this island had already been made clear.

The girls had either become my companions or joined the companions of a girl named Suou Ryouka.

None of them had joined the other boys’ groups, so Yumekai might have been right.

Thinking about it that way, the situation really was something else.

“I wonder when he’s going to make a move on me.”

Shoubu said that while sending me a mischievous smile.

“N-now, Shoubu! There is no doubt that Kuno is admirable, but please choose the right time for sexual topics!”

Ms. Luminous shouted.

She was right behind me, so I could not see her face, but I was sure she was blushing.

“Oh, it looks like Mashiro found the first one.”

Thanks to Mashiro, that awkward conversation came to an end for the moment.

We needed to focus on proposing trades to the seven boys.

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