Soon, a maid returned with a laundry basket.
She rearranged the storage and cleaned the dream world’s clothes.
When she brought the basket back to the changing room, everyone gathered except for those in the dream world.
“Hey, what are we doing after this?” the maid asked.
“First, when Dream World returns, I want to talk about something with everyone. We need to decide whether to officially make Dream World and Loa part of our team.”
“Huh? I thought they were already part of the team.”
The maid’s personality was straightforward and easy to like.
Still, it was important to unify the team’s intentions clearly.
“I’m fine with making them part of the team. But, we agreed to ‘return together’ and ‘wait until everyone can bring back what they want,’ right?”
“That’s true. I don’t want to forget my memories of the desert island,” Shion said seriously.
“Mm. I want to keep my ‘healing magic’ even when I go back to Japan,” Chiyu added.
That’s right. Even though the conditions were still unclear, we could apparently bring back the memories and abilities we gained on this desert island to Japan.
「Sōsuke, your concerns are valid. Increasing our team means it will take longer to return. We need to understand this and carefully consider it.」
「Hmm… Yeah, it can be frustrating when someone makes a decision without consulting others or when your opinion isn’t heard. It’s important that everyone agrees to avoid that, right?」 Shokushu also seemed to understand.
Loa remained quiet, given the nature of the discussion.
Actually, she had already started preparing tea in the kitchen.
「Once we finish this discussion, we’ll have free time until evening. You can go explore, train your abilities, or stay at home. I plan to head toward the boundary between the dream world and the barrier. I’ll set up some stone markers so everyone can see where I’m going.」
「I’ll go with you! After that, I need to show Seiriame around the house.」
「I think I’ll practice magic. I can always add the information we learned today to the map later…」
「I’ll prepare the food. I want to make something special for Seiriame’s welcome party, and I’ll also look at the ingredients we gathered during the exploration today.」
Loa had just finished making tea for everyone. 「Loa?」
「Yes, Master?」
「Did you see what we need from the dream world?」 She smiled at my question.
「Yes, but it seems we’ll need Shi-on’s help to get it.」 「Me?」 It had something to do with cooking.
Roar explained in detail, and the other women reacted slightly. Even I did.
Because we all loved it. “Yeah, yeah, I think I can make it.” We all got excited for a bit. ”…What are you talking about?” And then Yumika came back.
Everyone stopped talking suddenly, probably because of the surprise, but that made it seem even more suspicious.
”…Well, if you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine.”
Yumika seemed to take that as a secret.
“S-So, Seirina! Your skin is so shiny and smooth now!”
”…I don’t know about that, but I feel refreshed. Kouno, if I keep this, I’ll be in debt. We need to check the boundary of the barrier, right? Shall we go?”
“Yeah, but before that, there’s something I want to talk about, so Yumika, sit down.” ”…Okay.”
Roar prepared tea for Yumika as well.
After that, Roar sat down and explained again what we had been talking about.
“Huh? You mean everyone’s going back? Seriously? That won’t work if even one person gets their ‘return right.’ Even if our abilities make life a little easier, no one wants to stay here.”
The other women smiled wryly at Yumika’s words. Chiyu remained expressionless.
「Ah. Shouko, didn’t you explain how to use the hair dryer?」
「Oh, yeah. I only told her how to get it.」
I see, if you didn’t mention the bonus area, it’s understandable she wouldn’t know. 「Kouya, what’s going on?」
「I’ll explain later, but we have one ‘return right’. It’s actually Soh-kun who has it.」
「…So Kouya could have returned, but didn’t?」
Dream World looks at me with an expression of disbelief.
「But you’re living a better life compared to your classmates, right?」
「Still…no, never mind. So if I’m joining, it means I’ll be under the same conditions.」
「Yeah. Dream World and Roa. By the way, everyone agrees to welcome you as a member.」
「Of course, I will accompany you until the very end.」 Roa immediately replies.
「…Even if I agree now, I might still return when I can.」
「If that happens, there’s nothing we can do about it. But I doubt it will.」
「…why can’t you say that?」 Musuhai looks a little sulky.
「Because you were worried about Shouko, weren’t you? If Musuhai had returned without us, we would have lost the barrier. Then Shouko would have been in danger. You definitely wouldn’t have been able to overlook that.」 「…annoying.」 Musuhai looks away and lowers her head.
「Thank you, Seirina! Actually, I’m sorry I couldn’t go look for you earlier.」
「Don’t hug me!…I didn’t actively look for you either, so don’t apologize.」
Musuhai tries to pull Shouko away, but seems to lack the strength to do so.
Eventually giving up, she looks at us with a weary expression.
「…I understand. I’ll make a deal with you under your conditions, even if I don’t agree with calling you a friend.」
「Alright. Then Musuhai and Loa, you’re official members now.」
The living room is enveloped in a welcoming atmosphere.
「Well, nice to meet you…I mean, is it really okay to trust you so easily?」
「Yeah. We have someone who can tell if you’re lying.」
In response to my words, Shion modestly raises her hand. 「…I see, Shion.」 「I’m sorry, did I make you angry?」
「No, I’m impressed. You only side with those who tell the truth at crucial moments, right? That’s an important ability when forming a group like this, isn’t it?」
「Ah, thank you, Seirina-chan.」
Shion looks happy to have her ability recognized.
「By the way, Kouno, let’s hurry up and go.」
「Yeah. So everyone, consider this free time.」
The three of us—me, Yumika, and Shouko—leave the house.
We get back into the Micron and head toward the boundary of the barrier.
「Slow down, we’re almost there… Stop. Let’s get out here.」
Following Yumika’s instructions, the Micron moves, and we head to the boundary line. 「It’s quite a distance.」 「It might be longer than the school’s playground?」
「The high school I went to could fit inside the barrier, so I can still expand it to that size. No unauthorized animals or people can enter the barrier.」
We ride the Micron to show the distance from one end to the other and place the ‘stone wall’ there.
「…It’s really amazing. Even without the barrier, wouldn’t you be able to defend yourself?」
「That’s the current situation, though. Depending on the monsters that come next, anything could happen.」 「…Yeah, maybe.」
「So, I’m counting on the power of the dream world.」
「Hmm… Well, if it’s valuable, I guess it’s nice. At least I won’t have to keep borrowing.」
I had Mikuron move to another side and set up stone walls there.
「Really, Setsunagi is pretty strict about lending and borrowing.」
「It’s uncomfortable if I don’t settle up. In that sense, I owe more right now, so I want to fix that.」
「Kou, Setsunagi says she doesn’t want you to look at her chest or her panties.」
「Hey, I wouldn’t say something like ‘show me your chest if you want to pay me back.’」 「Sorry, sorry, I was just joking.」
「…If it’s valuable to Kou, then it’s fine with me.」
「Eh?! W-well, if you say that, Kou, you’ll just stare at them, right?」 I can’t deny it, and that’s sad.
Of course, I have no intention of doing such a thing to someone who doesn’t want it.
「I feel uncomfortable if I owe more. Well, I don’t think there’s any reason to look at me when there are such cute girls around.」
“That’s not true! Hey, Sōsuke!”
“Oh, well, I don’t mean to show it off, but I think the dream world is pretty cool.” “Yeah, yeah, it’s cute!” “And she’s so caring!”
“And her voice when she’s surprised is cute too!”
“And she can express her gratitude properly.” “And, and—”
“Stop it already! Huh? What? Both of you, you’re so…!”
I couldn’t see her face clearly from the Micron, but I was sure she was blushing.
And then, our base was surrounded by a barrier and stone walls.
“Wow. It’s really clear. This area is protected by Seirin.”
The stone walls were spaced out enough to allow people to enter and exit.
“The leader here is Kono, so this area is Kono’s territory.” “It’s ours.”
“Ahaha, that’s Sōsuke for you. Yay, it’s our country!”
On the seventh day of our life on the desert island, we had secured an area that others wouldn’t easily enter.
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