Chapter 11 – A Blond Gal and a Black-Haired Prissy?

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Once I went outside, the two were already inside the walled compound. Or rather, two people plus one animal. The moonlight illuminated a big, white wolf.

To be honest, I was so shocked that my heart almost stopped, but I think I managed to immediately recover because one of the people on the wolf’s back was Kanna. In other words, this being, which didn’t exist on Earth, was a mythical beast.

“Ah…a Fenrir, huh?”

I immediately suspected that she had summoned it with her 『Fluff Summon Ability』. But if I hadn’t heard about the ability she acquired, I might have fainted by now. This is how majestic its appearance was.

“Right, right! I named him Mashiro! He’s super fluffy! Super cute! And super obedient!”

Being praised by Kanna, the Fenrir happily squinted its eyes and wagged its tail.

“Mashiro, let us down.”

The Fenrir immediately sat down in response to his mistress’s request. Kanna and another person got off the beast’s back by sliding down its side.

“There are many things I’d like to ask, but…for now, I’m happy to see that you’re safe, Kanna.”

“Ahaha.”

Kanna laughed lightly upon hearing my words, but…her brave front gradually fell apart, and tears accumulated at the corners of her eyes.

“K-Kanna?”

In the next instant, Kanna dashed towards me and hugged me tightly.

“Uoohh.”

Somehow, withstanding her momentum, I avoided us falling over.

“Seriously…! Sheesh, I don’t get what’s going on anymore! Once I woke up, I was in a forest! I was like, where the heck am I? No one else was around me. I got totally lost wandering around, and just when I thought that I couldn’t go on any longer, I remembered the dream and wondered…wait, is this a doggie isekai transfer? Accordingly, I tried to call a fluffy one, and Mashiro came for me! He told me the places to find fruits, and he kept rescuing me all the time like the good boy he is, but I didn’t have a clue what I should do in the future. I got totally worried…!”

I guess things were really tough for her. I could smell her sweat, mixed with a faint, sweet body odor. But that part was still fine.

However, the destructive force of her big boobs, which she was pressing against me, was tremendous. Having said that, it’d be the worst to get horny from a crying girl, and thus I gently stroked her back.

“I-It must have been terrible.”

After a while of doing this, she seemed to calm down. And just as I thought that, she suddenly separated from me. It was hard for me to tell because of the night, but her face seemed faintly red.

“A-Ahaha! Yep, yep! Kuno, you too, right!? As I thought, guys who look ordinary at school will become reliable during such developments!”

She seems to be quite fond of novels and other fantasy stories. A boring boy showing an unparalleled ability to adapt after being tossed into a strange environment is a very common development not only in isekai stories.

I don’t know whether I’m as adaptable as they are, though.

“Hey, Shouko-chan, aren’t you somewhat rude?” The girl with long, black hair warned Kanna while tugging her sleeve.

She might be thinking that I got offended by the 『guys who look ordinary』 part.

“Eh? Really? Kuno, did you get angry?”

Kanna pulled a worried face.

I know that she didn’t say it out of malice, and to begin with, she’s not wrong about it either. I’m an ordinary high school student.

“No, it’s fine. Rather than that, umm…Yomiumi-san, you were with her as well?”

“Ahaha, thanks for bringing this up from your side, Kuno-kun. Shouko-chan hasn’t introduced me at all, so I was trying to find the right moment to enter the conversation.”

Yomiumi Shion lined up next to Kanna while revealing a troubled smile. Standing next to Kanna like that, you could tell that she had voluptuous breasts that didn’t lose out to Kanna’s. Her waist was slender, yet her butt had the right amount of fleshiness. Moreover, she was a beauty, which made her stand out in the class, and she was also quite popular.

Even so, I’ve never heard any rumors about her having a boyfriend, despite the number of guys who have confessed to her, only to be rejected, reaching ridiculous numbers.

――So far as it goes, she’s in Kanna’s group and thus should have been in a place close to use during that dream…

As a result of Kanna being influenced by me, a huge wish-whatever-you-want-ability event started. Because of that, the number of special ability owners obviously increased in the class. If not for that, Chiyu and I might have been the only ones with game-like abilities.

But, even now that I’m thinking back on it, I can’t recall Yomiumi voicing out her desired ability.

“Eh? You guys are usually classmates, so you can talk to each other as you like, right?”

“It’s not like everyone can socialize with others as easily as you, Shouko-chan.”

“You think so?”

“I think indeed.”

Despite her somewhat joking answer, Yomiumi nodded seriously.

“Hmm, well, okay then. This prim, black-haired beauty over here is Yomiumi Shion. And the black-haired savior over there is Kuno Sousuke. Now shake your hands and with that you’re friends.”

Savior, she says. Well, I suppose it means Kanna feels grateful for having obtained her 『Fluff Summon Ability』 due to her conversation with me.

“Hehe, Shouko-chan, as always, you’re so random. But, I’m truly happy to meet you, Kuno-kun.”

I promptly clasped the hand offered to me. It was smooth and felt tender.

“Y-Yeah, nice to meet you, Yomiumi-san.”

“You can call me Shion.”

“Umm, okay, Shion it is then.”

Leaving aside elementary school, I’ve felt a resistance to calling a woman, who’s not really close to me, by her given name since advancing into middle school. If you’re an openhearted, sociable person, you might be able to do it on a whim, but I usually feel somewhat nervous about it.

“Is it okay for me to call you Sousuke-kun?”

I doubt any boy would be able to refuse her if she’s looking up to them like that.

“Of course.”

“W-W-Waiiiit! Shii-chan? Aren’t you way too fast at closing the distance there? You totally show no hesitation!”

For some reason, Kanna got between us with a frantic voice.

“What’s wrong, Shouko-chan?”

“What’s wrong, you ask…”

At that point, Shion said, “Aahh…!” and clapped her hands together.

“Sousuke-kun, your relationship with Shouko-chan has been lasting much longer than that with me, right? So I think it’s wrong to only call me by my given name. How about using this as an opportunity for both of you to start calling each other on a first-name basis?”

“I don’t have a particular problem with it.”

“M-Me neither. If Kuno is okay with it, I’ll be as well.”

Alright, then you’re forbidden to use each other’s family names from now on.”

“Okay, Shouko?”

“Y-Yeah, what is it, Sousuke?”

Confirming it by calling each other with our first names feels strangely awkward. Shion gazed at the two of us with a broad grin.

“With that settled, would it be okay to get on with the story now?”

I nodded at Shion’s question.

“Neither I nor Shouko-chan intend to be hostile towards you, Sousuke-kun.”

“Wait, Shii-chan, that’s only natural,” Shouko said, but I think Shion’s words were important too.

Shouko and I are friends, so I simply stopped caring about it. Moreover, her 『Fluff Summon Ability』 is an incredible ability. Being able to use a mythical beast endowed with combat power, movement abilities, detection skills, and search abilities is quite a cheat.

It’s something I don’t really want to consider, but if Shouko sicced the Fenrir on me, things would become quite problematic. A declaration of no hostility should be very natural from Shion’s point of view.

“I don’t want to be hostile towards you two either.”

“Thanks. So, the reason why we’ve intruded upon you this late in the night is, you see…we want to become your comrades, Sousuke-kun.”

I had somewhat expected as much, but I guess this makes it certain. I don’t know what Shouko is thinking, but those who heard me choose the 『Crafting Ability』 will likely realize its usefulness as soon as they learn about everything they wished for becoming reality on this island.

“How about we share information for the time being? It’s already late, and even if we continue this tomorrow, I’d be fine…”

“No, if you aren’t against it, Sousuke-kun, we’d like to do so now. Right, Shouko-chan?”

“Eh? Ah, yeah. Let us also hear about your time on the island, S-Sousuke.”

“Sure. Also, this isn’t my base alone, so let’s talk with everyone.”

Once I looked back at the hut, the door opened with a creak. And the head of my childhood friend peeked out, staring this way.

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