Mashiro brought a female student back.
I laid a futon out and placed the girl on it. “Sen’yuu, please.”
“Understood—‘Intermediate Healing’.” White light enveloped the girl. “Nn…nnn…”
As she made an oddly alluring sound, her breathing gradually calmed. “Her complexion looks better.”
“She looks a bit gaunt, so she might not be eating much. Maybe I should make her some soup.”
“Oh, I have some leftover mushroom soup from before.”
Shion doesn’t always eat every last bit of her cooking.
I can store large quantities of soup in my ‘Inventory’ while it’s still warm and serve it whenever I want.
I’ve figured out how to serve the same batch of soup over several meals. “Oh, right.”
Shion remembered this and nodded. “This girl is Roa-chan, right?” “Fujin Roa-san.”
Sho calls her by her nickname, and Shin calls her by her full name.
Her wavy cream-colored hair and closed eyes of the same color.
She’s taller than average, and the second tallest in our group, after Shouko.
She had huge breasts that would lift up her uniform, and I think she had a gentle personality.
In class, she belonged to a different group from Shouko and Shion, and we didn’t have anyone in our group who was close to her.
Only Shouko, who’s good at socializing, and Shinpo, the class representative, knew her name.
“So, Souchan’s harem is getting bigger.”
The girls seemed to tense up at Chiyu’s comment… “Uh, you know…” “Half kidding.” “So the other half is serious?”
「Since you’re Sō-kun, you can’t be cold to someone you’ve picked up. We wouldn’t feel good about abandoning you either. But if we keep you around, everyone might end up feeling uncomfortable.」
Right now, all four of them have some kind of relationship with me.
It would definitely be uncomfortable for her to be treated like a customer while living with a group.
And for the four girls, since they can’t do anything with me when Fūjin is around, they need to be considerate.
Of course, I need to be considerate too.
Even if it’s fine at first, the awkward atmosphere might eventually lead to a breakdown.
Well, I guess I understand the reasoning behind that.
“I think it’s best not to mess with the way we’ve been running things with Tsousuke-kun as the leader.”
“T-That’s right. Even if we put Harume aside, we need to make sure everyone understands that Tsousuke-san is the leader of our party.”
“Y-Yeah. I get that you can’t just take anyone as a member…”
Shouko was the one who communicated the most with everyone in the class.
So, she was probably the one who was suffering the most from having to choose who to take as a member.
But at the same time, Shouko understood.
The difficulty of trying to help everyone and the burden that would place on her teammates if she insisted on it.
None of us were saying we wanted to help our close friends because we all understood that.
And if we were going to take this girl as a member, everyone would need to be prepared.
Since our goal was to return as a group, the number of “return rights” we needed would increase with each member added.
In other words, taking on more members meant accepting the continuation of the island survival.
Even though we lead a privileged life, it’s not an easy thing to do.
In fact, as long as things stay as they are, we have some leeway, but we don’t know what might be added in the future.
If the Mystery Blackboard wants to give us new stimuli, it could place monsters or hold harsh events.
In many ways, we have to be careful about who we choose as our allies. That said, however.
“For now, we can’t just leave her here, so we’ll let her stay until we calm down.”
“And who knows, she might give us new information.”
“I’ll be the one to tell if she’s lying.”
“Hmm. Until we know if we can trust her, it’s better to hide everyone’s abilities.”
“My crafting ability and the summoning ability of the summoned girl are hard to hide, but we’ll keep explanations to a minimum.”
For example, I could just say that I have the ability to make things.
The summoned girl could just say that she can call out a phantom beast.
There’s a huge difference between revealing the broad strokes and revealing the details, so this is a sufficient temporary measure.
I’m also curious about what Honju chose to bring to this desert island.
For now, I leave the women to Honju and ask Mashiro to flatten the ground.
Mikuron declares, “I can do it too!” and lowers her long body to the ground, rolling around like a child at play.
Considering her weight, she should be able to level the ground sufficiently.
Our phantoms are hard workers and a great help.
Mikuron will probably need to wash her body afterward.
With the two of them working together, the ground is now level, so we can set up the base camp.
I’ll also set up the bathhouse, Fenrir’s hut, chicken coop, stone walls, and other facilities, but I might expand the stone wall area later.
By the way, I placed the refrigerator in the kitchen.
“Deep, I’m sorry, can you help me set up the solar panels?” “Of course.”
Since she chose them, it might be better if I don’t mess with them.
I stick to my role of setting up the equipment, leaving the specific work to Deep. “I think this will do.”
There’s a small monitor attached to the machine connected to the solar panels, showing how much it’s been charged.
“I think we should wait until it’s charged a bit before connecting it to the refrigerator.”
“Let’s do that just to be safe.”
Standing up with Shinpo, we left the solar panels alone for a while. “Sokun.”
When Senyuu called out, I turned to see that Hyoujin had woken up.
I arranged the tray, mushroom soup, and a glass of water so that Hyoujin wouldn’t see me, and carried them over. ”…Where am I?”
Hyoujin had woken up and was sitting up, her eyes wide open. “Hey, Roachi.”
“Sh-Shojo-san? And, I-Isayama-san, Dokumi-san, Shijou-san, and… Kouno-san?”
Apart from Shojo, who I had some interaction with, she was addressing everyone else by their last names.
“My friends found you lying there. Drink some water and soup for now.”
For now, Mashiro and Mikuron are inside Fenrir’s cabin.
I’ll introduce them after she gets a grasp of the situation. “Oh, thank you very much.”
Houjin bowed politely before taking the tray.
“Trays, cups, spoons… how did you get them on this island…? No, first, thank you very much.”
She clasped her hands in front of her chest, then drank the water with a few gulps and gently sipped the soup.
Her movements were very refined, and it was clear she had been well brought up.
After drinking the soup, she sighed in relief.
“Huh… It’s a very soothing taste. Thank you very much, I feel much better now—eek!?”
Houjin raised her gaze and stared at our house with wide eyes.
“Haha, you’re surprised, aren’t you? I know, I know.” Shokushu nodded in sympathy.
“These were created by our king, Kouya Souji.”
Chiyu, don’t tell such obscure jokes to people you’re not close to.
Look, Houjin is confused.
“Y-You’re the king…? Oh, right, in that dream, the person who mentioned ‘Crafting Ability’ was Mr. Kouya…? So, this magnificent house is Mr. Kouya’s?” It seems Houjin remembered.
Surprisingly, maybe a lot of people were listening to what I said.
“What did you choose, Hyoujin?”
From my ability, Shion casually connected her question.
“I really didn’t think I’d be sent to a desert island. But after hearing Kino’s answer about his ‘ability,’ I thought of the ability I wanted.”
So Hyoujin also has a valuable ability. “What is that ability?” Shinpo asked.
“It’s the ability to know what people want.” We tilted our heads.
T-That means… what exactly…?
No, if you know what someone wants, it’s easier to negotiate with them, and it’s also easier to gain their good favor.
At first, Shion chose the ability to “tell when someone is lying” because she thought her classmates would transfer together, so is Honjin the same type?
“So, you chose it to make group life smoother, right?”
When Shion asked as if to confirm, Honjin shook her head.
“No. I love taking care of people. Especially when I see them happy, I feel happy too. So, if I know what they want, I can be even happier, I think.” That was an unexpected answer.
…Is she the so-called “self-sacrificing type,” but on steroids?
Shion looks at me, nods, but with a confused expression.
So, this is her true nature.
“Oh! I remember! Roach-chan, you work at a maid cafe, right?”
“Oh, did you tell Shokun-san? Yes, that’s correct. Of course, it’s not an inappropriate place. It’s a cafe for gentlemen and ladies who understand the concept of maids and masters.”
A concept cafe, then.
I don’t know much about them, but I’ve heard they can be surprisingly popular with women.
I never would have thought a classmate works there.
“Has Honju been alone until now?”
“Yes. I chewed on a nut I recognized, and on the second day, I luckily discovered a water source and used it as my base of operations… But when bears started using the water source, I got scared and moved, and ended up getting lost in the forest… I couldn’t move properly during the event and eventually passed out, and when I woke up, everyone’s faces were right in front of me.”
Shion’s nod confirms that she’s not lying.
So, there were people who couldn’t move properly even at the event.
Besides, the new addition might not necessarily be a salvation.
For an ordinary female student, encountering a beast would only be terrifying.
If she had managed to move around until today and nibbled on the newly added fruit, perhaps.
In that case, she might never have met us.
Which would have been better for her?
――Still, the ability to know what one wants.
Honestly, I want to use her power to find out what my friends want.
They do tell me their wishes, but I know they are holding back quite a bit.
I appreciate their consideration, but I like crafting and want to do what I can.
“Um. For now, let’s test it. What do I want?” Chiyou began.
When I saw my childhood friend, Hyoujin blushed.
And then, looking down, she muttered.
「Um… well, Dr. Yama wants a… ‘contraceptive’…」 “Correct.”
Chiyu… You’ve got an overbearing mental strength, don’t you?
But apparently, Bongjin’s ability is the real deal. It seems to be quite accurate.
A subtle tension hangs in the air, and Bongjin resumes eating. After a while.
Having finished her soup, Bongjin slowly stands up and bows deeply to us.
“Thank you for your help. And if it’s not too much to ask, would you consider hiring me as a maid?”
The polite, gentle beauty is asking to work as a maid.
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