Maboroshi Nakami is a girl on the volleyball team, standing at an impressive 180 centimeters tall.
Her body is toned, and she has a beautiful appearance. In addition to volleyball, she displays exceptional athletic ability in all physical education classes, and I’ve even heard rumors that girls have confessed to her.
She’s a beautiful and cool-looking girl, easily believable of such rumors.
But she’s not just tall; her bust is also quite large…
But right now, what’s on my mind is what she said about wanting to join us.
I never expected a third candidate to appear today, after Lumina-sensei and Shoubu had already joined us. This ninth day has been quite eventful. “What do you mean by useful?”
I ask on behalf of everyone.
“Eh, um. My ‘Transformation Ability’ allows me to transform into any living creature I’ve seen before, so I can become various creatures depending on the situation… ”
“Into any living creature? Like lions or elephants, for example? That sounds pretty amazing.”
“Y-Yeah. As long as it’s a creature I’ve seen at a zoo or aquarium, I can transform into them. And I can also transform into monsters.”
“Monsters… The more monster types there are in the future, the wider the range of your ability, right?” Shinpo mutters in amazement.
“Can you transform into sea creatures at an aquarium? Like dolphins or turtles?”
Shouji couldn’t help but open her mouth.
“Huh? Yeah, I can… but…” “Ooooh.” Shouji seemed to be impressed.
Flying like a bird or swimming like a fish is something everyone dreams of at least once, so perhaps she felt a bit envious knowing that Kageu could do those things. “What about the phantoms?”
Kageu paused for a moment before nodding in response to the dream world’s language.
“About the summoning beast you saw earlier, Shouji? It seems like I can transform into it.” “Really? Meow, that’s amazing!” Ryoubu exclaimed in surprise. “‘Seems like’?”
Kageu looked like she was trying to figure out how to explain it to me, and after a few seconds, she tried to explain.
“Well, if I imagine a transforming creature in my head, I can tell if it’s possible or not… If it’s a creature I know about but haven’t seen, I can’t transform into it…”
“I see. So because you’ve seen Fenrir and the black dragon, your ability judged that you can transform into them.” “Yeah…”
However, Kageu’s behavior had been strange since earlier.
She wouldn’t look me in the eye, and her face was red the whole time.
…Could she be embarrassed about the cat incident?
The cat had been unusually affectionate toward me, but all of its cute actions had been Kageu’s.
I didn’t know what her true intentions were, but thinking about how she felt after being exposed as a human, I could understand why she couldn’t look me in the eye.
Thinking about it, I felt a bit embarrassed too.
”…Well, that changes things. We have a summoner, but we can’t summon that many Fenrir-class monsters. Mia can switch between different creatures, so she’d be useful.”
Dream World had been a bit harsh earlier, but now that she knew Mia’s abilities, she seemed more positive about her joining the team.
Right now, the summoner can barely summon the third Phantom Beast.
Even if she could summon the third one, having another Phantom Beast added by Genjuu would be a plus for the party.
“Can Mia’s ability change other people?” Shion asked.
“No. At least, not right now.”
“Genjuu, what about partial transformations?” Chiyu asked.
Genjuu tilted her head at Chiyu’s question.
“Partial transformation? Like, changing just your arm into another creature, like in manga?”
“That’s one way. What I’m asking is if you can turn into a real cat-eared humanoid.”
Even though she was expressionless, Chiyu was giving off an oppressive aura that made Genjuu confused.
”…I-I think I can do it. But of course, I can’t recreate it unless I’ve seen that kind of creature before.” “Hmm. I’ll take it.” “Chiyu, don’t decide on your own.”
Also, the fact that I can grow realistic cat ears is the deciding factor.
Well, cat-eared demi-humans or otaku who have seen them once would like to see them.
“Why do you want to join Sohjiro’s party?” Deepo was wondering about that.
She was speaking after seeing our base, so it could be that she was impressed by our high living standards… but she had approached us because of the cat to begin with.
If she wanted to be friends with us from the start, there might be another reason. “W-Well, it’s that…”
Genjuu glanced at me and quickly looked away.
“Myu is just fond of Koyo.” When the dream world was exposed, Genjuu panicked. “W-Wait a minute, Seirin!”
…Come to think of it, it seemed like Muukai was convinced that Genjuu was the cat.
“Huh? Really? I’ve never heard that.” “I didn’t know either.”
“I didn’t either. Why does Seirin know?”
It seems that even in Shouko’s group, no one knows anything about the real world.
…Actually, I don’t remember anything either.
“Anyway, we hid here, but it was useless. When we were in first year, the guys had a really bad conversation at a distance where Mia could hear them, and Kouno casually solved it.” — I don’t remember that…
But it’s true that Kouno and I were in the same class in first year.
“Um, I thought he was a good guy… I kind of liked him.”
Kouno fidgets and intertwines his fingers as he says this.
So, he liked me even when he was a cat?
”…So, Kouno, did you set up a lot of flags even on Earth?”
Chiyu sounds slightly surprised. Her voice is still flat, but I can tell her emotions from the subtle changes.
If we hadn’t come to the desert island, I wouldn’t have known, but there were quite a few people who had positive feelings toward me even when I was in Japan, like Shouko and Shinpo.
With Kouno added to the mix, it’s no wonder Chiyu is surprised. Actually, I’m surprised too.
“Kouno-kun, you really are amazing.” Lumina-sensei also looks happy.
He seems impressed with the part where I helped a troubled female student. “You really are amazing, Master.” Loa also doesn’t hesitate to praise me. “S-So… how about it?” Phantom Jun looks at me hopefully.
“To be honest, I think it’s pretty amazing just to be able to transform into phantoms like Mashiro and Mikron. If Phantom Jun wants to join our party after being convinced of our way of doing things, I’m fine with it… but what do you guys think?”
No one objected.
“So, Phantom Jun, we look forward to working with you.”
“T-Thank you…! I’ll do my best!”
Phantom Jun agreed to wait until everyone’s ‘return rights’ were complete before returning, and to wait until those who wished to could inherit their abilities and memories.
When Senyuu declared that “Joining the So-kun Harem is an absolute condition,” he turned bright red and looked down, but I told him not to worry about it right after, so it should be fine.
As a man, I wouldn’t say I have no interest, but I have no intention of forcing it.
Senyuu made that statement because he thinks it will help the group unite better, not because he wants to force a harem.
That said, I already have three girlfriends, Deepo is coming to my room tonight, Loa has served me, and I’ve seen Zoubu’s naked body…
Anyway, with this, our tenth member has joined the group.
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