We hit a dead end.
We’re at the bottom of a cliff, looking up. “It doesn’t look like we can climb it.” Chietsu mutters. “Yeah.”
The cliff isn’t vertical, but sloped, so if we go down, we won’t be visible from above. “So-kun?”
She calls out to me after staring for a while.
“Yeah, I was thinking of using this as a base camp.” Chietsu looks around.
There are no trees around the base of the cliff, and it’s a slightly open space.
It’s perfect for setting up a hut or making a fire.
“It does seem like it would be hard for people to find us?” “Exactly. Do you mind?” She shakes her head.
“I don’t mind. Then this will be the love nest candidate.” “A love nest, huh…”
This childhood friend says things like this seriously, which is frustrating.
“I am powerless against the beast that So-kun has become…”
Chietsu hugs herself and shakes her body from side to side.
“I wouldn’t attack you if you didn’t want me to.” “As expected of you, Sir Knight.” “You’re welcome.”
Chiyu looked up at me as if she was searching for something.
”…What if I didn’t mind?”
My heart skipped a beat at her question. “W-Well, you see…” I could feel my cheeks heating up.
Seeing this, Chiyu nodded with satisfaction. “You like me.”
“I don’t know what kind of face I should make…”
I knew I couldn’t win against this childhood friend who was serious.
Chiyu was a dear childhood friend and a close friend, a very attractive girl.
I would be delighted if we could become even closer. That was the truth. “Anyway…” Chiyu’s stomach growled. “I want you to cook mushrooms.”
Honestly, I was glad the atmosphere had changed. I chuckled and began preparing.
“Let’s do that. Chiyu, you can help.” “Of course.”
I immediately generated a ‘Himogiri Style Fire Starter’ with my crafting ability.
Also, I had been collecting stones and rocks along the way and stored them in my ‘Inventory.’ I used them to create a large stone pavement, and set up a six-tatami mat-sized area.
I also placed a fire-making device on top of it.
Since I needed to sit on the ground while working, I would get covered in dirt in a place like this.
That’s why I wanted a clean floor. Senyuu and I got up onto the stone pavement.
“Sou-kun, is this the fire-making device?”
“That’s right. This is something for two people to do.”
The parts are a piece of wood with a dent, a wooden stick, a rope, and a stone with a dent. “Interesting.” We both sat down.
The stone was cool and refreshing, but it might also be nice to generate a woven mat made of grass. For now, let’s start with the fire-making.
I placed the dented wood on the ground, put the wooden stick against it, and supported the top with the dented stone.
Then, I wrapped the rope made of vines around the stick and pulled it back and forth to rotate it. At this time, the wood needs to be fixed with your feet.
“For now, I’ll take the role of pulling the rope.” “Please do.”
Following the instructions, Senyuu fixed the wood with his feet.
She was wearing a skirt, so her thick thighs and the white underwear underneath were completely visible, but she didn’t seem to mind.
I tried to ignore that and pulled the string, rotating the stick left and right.
At first, the string would slip, and the stick would come loose, but I quickly got a feel for it.
Eventually, smoke started rising from the wood, so I removed the stick and placed the fire starter into the flax-like wood fibers.
I generated a thin wooden board and used it like a fan to blow air onto it—and the fire caught! “Wow!”
A fire that would ignite in a second on a stove at home was incredibly welcome on this desert island. “Sugoi, Souchan…!”
Even Chiyou, who is usually calm, was excited.
I generated some firewood and carefully tended the fire.
It didn’t take long, but I felt oddly exhausted. “Thanks for the help, basic healing.”
A white light enveloped me, and my fatigue and hand pain faded. “Of course, Chiyou.”
“Sou-chan won’t be the only one to shine.”
She said it with no expression, but there was a determined edge to her voice. “Haha, I’m counting on you.”
Honestly, Senyuu is a pretty big cheat.
「But it’s really amazing. It was worth it to have my underwear seen.」
Her cheeks slightly flushed, my childhood friend said that. I was speechless. 「You noticed…」 「Girls are sensitive to gazes.」 「Sorry.」 「Forgiven.」
We skewered the mushrooms on the sticks we made and sprinkled them with salt before grilling them.
As the moisture seeped out and evaporated, the delicious aroma spread around, stimulating our appetites.
We waited eagerly for them to finish cooking.
And when they were done, we quickly put them in our mouths. 「Hah hah.」 Senyuu seemed to find them a bit too hot.
「Wow. Mushrooms are this delicious.」
「Salt is the best. Souchan, let’s eat more.」 「I will.」 Nuts and mushrooms.
In modern Japan, this would be a very simple meal. But on this desert island, it’s a fine meal.
We roasted more mushrooms to satisfy our hunger.
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