“What did the remaining seven choose again?”
Shouko said as we headed toward the source of the scent Mashiro had picked up.
“Based on what they said in the first dream, we know up to airplane, Teleportation Ability, handgun, harpoon, fishing rod, and fork. There’s one whose details are still unknown.”
Incidentally, the boys we had already formed cooperative ties with had chosen cola, potato chips, a lighter, matches, a knife, a survival knife, a pot, and dishes.
Once again, I was glad I had chosen the Crafting Ability...
“Ugh, I dunno how you remember all that. I’d never be able to.”
Shoubu sounded impressed.
“It’s not just my own effort. I listened to what everyone else remembered and compared the information.”
Besides, that was only what they had said, and not necessarily what they had actually brought in.
Shion had already proven that the choice of what to bring could also be accepted through internal thoughts.
“The handgun was already confiscated during the first event, so Tsutsui should no longer have it.”
Minori added that clarification.
Tsutsui Kenji was the name of the boy who had possessed the handgun.
“...I remember now! During the second event, he shouted something awful at you, didn’t he, Sousuke!?”
Shouko puffed out her cheeks.
I was pretty sure he had told me to die or something like that.
“Mm. Honestly, I don’t want to help him.”
Chiyu was expressionless as usual, but she sounded displeased.
“Well, it was basically the same as having his ability taken from him. I can’t blame him for resenting me.”
I had hidden myself during the first event, but if I was with Mashiro, it would be obvious we were from the same group.
I did not know his true intentions, but he might have attacked knowing it was me.
Personally, I did not particularly care.
That event had not damaged our real bodies, and trying to defeat the enemy was perfectly natural.
Besides, Micron had blown him away so hard he vanished into the sky. That must have been terrifying.
“You’re as soft as ever, Kuno.”
Yumekai muttered.
Her voice sounded exasperated, yet somehow soft.
“Oh, we’re almost there.”
The phantasmal beasts slowed down.
“Chiyu, use Calm. Ms. Luminous, handle the negotiations. Shion, tell us if there are any lies. Yumekai, use your barrier if anything happens.”
Each of them nodded.
“All right. Time to negotiate.”
◇
Of the seven, four became our deal partners without issue.
Their living conditions were pitiful enough that we were reminded once again just how blessed we had been.
Now, that left three. First, one of them.
It was Tobita Kakeru, who had chosen an airplane.
He was a tall boy with long hair.
His base was a jet plane placed on open ground.
As a fellow guy, I felt a little excited.
However, I had no idea how many people it had been intended to seat. It was practically an airliner.
Unlike the other boys, he was rational, and he listened seriously to what Ms. Luminous had to say.
“Hmm. I understand the situation. By the way, I’d like to discuss something. Could I also stay at your base—”
“Impossible.”
Chiyu cut him down flatly.
“I-I see. Then, are there any girls who would like to act together with me?”
No one volunteered.
“Gah... A complete defeat, Kuno.”
Tobita dropped to his knees and hung his head.
“I-I see...”
We could not take in a new member unless all of my companions agreed.
That had nothing to do with abilities or what someone had brought in. Motivation, compatibility, and other factors were important too.
“Hey, so can you fly that airplane?”
Shoubu threw a question at Tobita.
That was definitely something I wanted to know.
“Heh... I cannot.”
Tobita said it with a cool look while sweeping his hair back.
I was pretty sure he had said in the dream that he would fly it home.
The fact that that had not been reflected in his ability meant that although he had wished for an airplane, he had not imagined himself freely piloting it.
“Were there any supplies inside the airplane?”
I asked him too.
“I expected that as well, but there were none. It seems I was given only the aircraft itself.”
“I see.”
Incidentally, the airplane could not be taken out or put away, and if it was damaged, those parts would not repair themselves either.
Since it was too much of a waste to abandon, he had apparently been living in this area the whole time.
It could be used as a base to shelter from wind and rain, so it was not useless for deserted island life, but...
“W-well, we’ll come again.”
I found the situation somewhat painful to watch, so I quickly left the area.
◇
After that, while we were traveling on the phantasmal beasts...
“He wasn’t lying.”
Shion reported.
“He didn’t seem like a bad guy either. He was calm enough that Chiyu didn’t even need to use Calm.”
“So-kun, your evaluation is generous because the airplane looked cool.”
Chiyu sounded slightly exasperated.
“An airplane is one thing, but why a passenger jet...?”
Minori seemed baffled.
“Kuno’s just weird. Normally, that’s about what you’d expect. Actually thinking about how to survive on a deserted island with what you bring isn’t exactly easy.”
“Lady Serina is correct.”
Roa agreed with Yumekai’s words.
“Ahaha... I’m the same kind of person as Tobita, aren’t I? Like, who cares about makeup application on a deserted island, right?”
Shoubu’s eyes went hollow.
“Urume, your ability is a huge help to us!”
Shouko tried to console her, but...
“Only because Kuno made cosmetics for us. Without Kuno, it’d be worthless.”
Shoubu was always cheerful, but it seemed she had her own worries.
“I don’t think that’s true, but even if it were, you met Sousuke and your ability gained value, so there’s no need to feel down, is there? One day, you might become the island’s only makeup artist.”
Shion, who had also struggled with how much her ability contributed, gently encouraged Shoubu.
“Or contribute as a member of the harem.”
Chiyu said something like that again.
Encouraged by the two of them, Shoubu smiled as if recovering her spirit.
“So I have no choice but to become the sixth girlfriend...!”
“A-ahaha...”
“Mm. That’s the spirit.”
“Ahem. It is good news that there was another rational boy.”
Ms. Luminous attempted to change the subject.
“Rational, huh. Well, we could talk to him, but wasn’t he sneaking glances at our chests?”
Yumekai murmured with annoyance.
“He was. He was looking so much, he made Sousuke back on Earth look restrained.”
“I suppose it can’t be helped because he’s a boy. But it doesn’t feel good, does it? Oh, Sousuke, you’re different.”
“Yes. Looking reflexively is one thing, but continuing to direct one’s gaze afterward is not praiseworthy behavior. O-of course, it is different if the woman gives permission.”
“To think he would direct such rude eyes at this body, when it belongs to Master...”
Shouko, Shion, Minori, and Roa—the girlfriend group—reacted as well.
“Mm. It used to be bothersome, but now I’ll allow looking.”
Chiyu suddenly said that.
“Did something change how you feel?”
When I asked, Chiyu gave a soft laugh—except she did not smile at all, and only made the sound in an expressionless voice.
“The more other men look at my chest, the more So-kun can bask in the superiority of thinking, ‘But she belongs to me.’”
“Do you think I’m that rotten...!?”
The other four, please stop looking like, “So that way of thinking exists...!”
“That’s not true. I’m happy and proud when So-kun is praised. Do you dislike it when the people around us see me as attractive?”
Put that way, I had no choice but to answer seriously.
“No, I don’t dislike it.”
“Then that’s what it means.”
“Is that really what it means?”
I was not entirely convinced, but I thought about it for a moment.
A lovely face that made anyone look twice, and a full chest. Her charm came from her personality too, but in any case, she was someone other people were allowed only to look at.
And now she was my girlfriend.
If I said I did not feel pleased by that deep down, it would be a lie.
What was more, I now had five girlfriends.
“Oh. Hey, why don’t we have lunch over there?”
Shouko pointed at an open grassland.
It resembled the area where our base was, and it felt expansive and freeing.
Considering she was holding her stomach with her other hand, she was probably hungry.
“Let’s do that.”
We had formed cooperative ties with four out of the seven.
It would be fine to take a break around here.
Apparently everyone felt the same, because no one objected.
When we arrived at the grassland, everyone climbed down from Mashiro, Micron, and black-dragon Miyao.
Miyao returned to her original form as well.
“Hehe. I already made lunch for us, so look forward to it.”
Shion smiled.
I nodded, then took out the lunch I had been holding for her in my Inventory.
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