I decided to look for a man and make a deal with him.
In exchange for providing him with food, clothing, and shelter, I would have him gather information and materials through exploration.
It wouldn’t hurt me, and it was also something that Lumina-sensei strongly hoped for.
Sensei would ideally want the whole class to unite, but the boys’ reputation on this island has unfortunately plummeted to the bottom.
At the beginning of the transfer, two boys had been targeted for their deep techniques.
They probably had a hard time on the desert island, but they had lied during the event and shot guns off.
The guys who are currently stalking the members of the Clear Phoenix party.
Of course, our party doesn’t want to include any guys, and neither does the Clear Phoenix party, which has united by focusing solely on the girls.
That said, we do have more room to live comfortably now, and we didn’t object to considering a deal for the future. “Where should we go first?”
Luminous-sensei said, while carrying Mashiro. Mashiro was running through the forest.
“First, how about those guys who are trying to mess with the Clear Phoenix team?”
To be more precise, they haven’t succeeded in messing with them yet.
The second event also made clear most of the party members’ abilities.
Considering that most boys don’t have any abilities, it’s understandable that they were able to defend themselves until now.
Enhanced archery, physical duplicates, enhanced leg strength, immortality, the power to manipulate shadows, and so on.
However, having the power to attack and actually using it against someone are two different things.
Just because someone is given a gun doesn’t mean they can use it, for example.
There are penalties, and one has to be careful when using it against people.
“I see… I hope they change their minds.” The teacher’s face becomes complicated.
It seems she’s torn between the feelings of the girls who were troubled and the boys who can’t be abandoned.
I think her job as a teacher must be very stressful.
“Are you going to go see Ryouka?” Shouji asks.
“I’ll go see the boys first. After I talk to them, I think it would be better to make the girls apologize to them. We’ll decide later whether to do it today or not.”
I’ll leave aside the question of whether that’s our job or not.
We will eventually be returning to Japan.
We don’t know who will retain their memories and who will forget them, but it would be best if we didn’t leave any grudges behind.
As things stand, if everyone retains their memories, the boys in the class will likely be despised by the girls.
And since we’re just starting our second year, we could end up spending the entire year in a terrible atmosphere.
“Hmm, hmm. I wanted to see Ao-chan too, but there’ll be other chances besides today.”
Most of the Shouko group belongs to my party, but they’re not all here.
Some of them are in the Seikou party.
“I’m also interested in Seikou-san’s party, but I’m worried the boys won’t listen to me…” Deepa’s concern is understandable.
“Mm. There’s a useful spell for that. I just learned it.” Chiyu said confidently.
Confident as she may be, she still looks as emotionless as usual to everyone but me. “A new spell, huh? I’m counting on you.”
Mariko snorted disinterestedly and kept moving forward.
For a girl who loves boys, following their scent might be a trial.
Still, she did as Shouzi asked and carried us.
“Ah, Mashiro said it’s ‘almost there’!”
Soon enough, a place that looked like what we were looking for appeared between the trees.
It was a space surrounded by a crude fence in the middle of the forest.
Three boys in tattered clothes were there, all of them devouring fruit. “…! W-What’s going on!?” “Wolves!?”
“No, it’s the thing we saw at the event before!”
The three boys stood up in surprise when they noticed us.
“Please calm down, the teachers are—”
Luminas tried to speak to them, but they didn’t hear her.
“Damn it! What are you guys here for!?”
“D-Did Shou and the others send you!?”
“Don’t you think it’s unfair that you got special powers and we didn’t!?” “‘Calmness’”
When Sen Yū cast the spell, the wild-eyed boys regained their reason. “Teacher, it’s okay now.”
“Y-Yes, sir. The teachers didn’t come here to harm anyone…”
”…Hey, it’s Lum-chan.” “What are you doing here?”
“Didn’t I tell you I was just doing a dream assignment?”
The three boys immediately calmed down and started talking as if they had run into an assistant teacher in the middle of town.
So, it’s a spell to calm the mind.
In the game, there are white magic spells to remove confusion, so maybe that’s what it reminded them of.
The teacher then offered them a deal.
In exchange for their cooperation in gathering materials and making maps, they would provide them with food, clothing, and shelter.
In addition, they were to make sure they didn’t cause any more trouble for the Seihō party.
And they were to accompany the teacher to apologize to the girls.
The three boys, now calm, readily agreed.
By the way, I asked them their side of the story to make sure there were no misunderstandings with the Shouhou party.
Even when the Shouhou party was around, I had Shi-on confirm with them, but if the person themselves doesn’t feel they’re lying, it can’t be detected by ability.
So, I decided to hear their side of the story from the boys as well. The boys generally admitted their guilt.
At first, they had a strong desire to be accepted, but after being rejected, they acted out in almost a form of harassment.
For now, I’ll give each of the three a hut.
I’ll also give them clean clothes, towels, soap, water, Shi-on’s homemade bread, meat and fish, and salt and other seasonings. “Wow!” “Is it okay?”
“Thank you… thank you…”
Some even start to tear up, but no one laughs.
The girls nodded understandingly.
“Even if you’ve lost your composure, you shouldn’t make your classmates suffer. Go and properly apologize.” “Yes…!” The boys nodded vigorously.
It was solved too easily, but looking at Shi-on, they weren’t lying.
So, they were basically honest guys, huh?
…If everyone is like this, that would be great.
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