Free Web NovelI created a wooden sword with my Crafting Ability, grabbed it, and charged at the kendo club girl.
“You’re fast...! But you don’t seem to know anything about swordplay.”
Her eyes widened slightly, but she still swung her wooden sword.
The instant it touched mine, only my weapon was sliced clean through.
As expected, the cutting power was ridiculous.
I had known this would happen, so I immediately threw away what was left and reached toward her.
“Damn...”
The girl backed away a moment late, then swung her wooden sword again.
I braced myself and used my arm as a shield.
A dull thud echoed out, but my arm was not cut off.
Because of this event’s rules, our real bodies did not actually take damage.
Instead, it felt as if my body had suddenly grown heavy.
The damage from having my arm cut was being converted into fatigue.
But right now, even that drawback did not matter.
My body glowed faintly.
Chiyu had cast healing magic on me.
The fatigue vanished, and I charged straight at the girl.
“What...!”
Another slash.
This time, I blocked the strike with my left hand as a shield, then struck her wooden sword with the edge of my right hand.
Her wooden sword snapped.
And then Chiyu’s magic healed me again.
“Damn it... Charging in without caring about damage...”
“Why do you look like you’ve already given up? Don’t tell me you’re useless without a sword.”
“............”
A frustrated look crossed her face.
It had only been a probe, but I got the answer I wanted.
In that case, it should be fine to have Micron move.
Only participants were protected from injury.
If Micron’s head were chopped off by a single-stroke bisection, that would be goodbye forever.
That was why I needed to confirm it here.
“Matoba...! If we defeat Kanna, won’t the phantasmal beast disappear!?”
The kendo club girl shouted.
“...I can’t! My arms won’t move after taking damage from the fall!”
“Kagemori!”
“N-no, I can’t, I can’t! I can’t produce enough to stop a dragon yet!”
The library committee girl, Kagemori, shook her head with tears in her eyes.
Like the other abilities, her ability to manipulate shadows would probably grow as she kept using it.
At the moment, protecting the base by covering it seemed to be her limit.
That left one person whose ability was still unknown, but...
“This is Kuno’s strategy winning out. The moment our opponents took to the air out of caution, there was no room left for me to shine this time.”
Apparently, she had no intention of using her ability.
“Who just stands there because of that!?”
“If you can’t give up, then I suppose Kazusa will have to do her best.”
“Damn it. You don’t need to tell me...!”
The girl called Kazusa ran toward the other half of the wooden sword I had broken earlier, picked it up, and took a stance.
Oh, I see. If the tip remains, she can recognize it as a knife or short sword!
I knew from firsthand experience how strongly recognition affected abilities.
It was entirely possible that one half of a broken wooden sword had become nothing more than a stick, while the other half still functioned as a short sword.
At any rate, was she planning to stop a black dragon diving from above with a single short sword?
I could not just stand by and watch, so I leaped at the girl called Kazusa.
“Gh...! Again and again, you throw yourself at an enemy for the sake of your companions. You are a fine man. But we must win as well—hm?”
Without Chiyu’s Advanced Heal, I would have collapsed long ago from the fatigue caused by all that damage.
“Even if this is thanks to Iyama’s Healing Magic, that spirit of facing a swordswoman again and again is admirable...!”
“Thanks for that!”
Ignoring the damage completely, I leaped at her and pinned her to the ground.
“Go, Micron!”
Micron accelerated sharply with her head pointed toward the ground, opened her mouth wide, and bit into the base.
The impact was so tremendous that a violent gust swept through the area and sent dust flying everywhere.
“Gwoah...”
The kendo club girl and I ended up tangled together, rolling across the ground from the shock.
Several girls’ screams overlapped in my ears as well.
“Cough, cough. Chiyu, you okay?”
“Mm. More importantly, So-kun.”
“...! Right! Sousuke!”
Shouko’s and Chiyu’s voices sounded muffled.
My vision was dark.
Was the cloud of dust really that thick?
“...Found him.”
“Huh? ...Oh, you’re right.”
I tried to wipe my eyes, only to be startled by a soft, springy sensation.
“Mmh. Wait, Kuno. I’ll move right away, so stay still...”
When my vision cleared, there were enormous breasts in front of me.
Apparently, I had ended up underneath the kendo club girl.
Her face was flushed bright red with embarrassment as she pushed herself upright.
“S-sorry...”
“No, that was not your fault. Besides... this is my complete defeat.”
“So-kun has finally awakened to an accidental-pervert constitution.”
“Oh, I know that one. It’s when you keep having sexy accidents with girls, right?”
Their voices were low.
But before I could make any excuses, our vision was dyed white. frёewebηovel.cѳm
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“The final match has ended.
Party A versus Party C. Winner—Party A.”
After being summoned into the pure-white space, we were told of our victory once again.
“Wow. We did it!”
“As expected of everyone.”
Mamonaka and Minori smiled happily.
Mamonaka even hopped into the air.
“Our strategy worked perfectly.”
I said it while nodding to myself in an exaggerated way.
But—
“Mm. You had a pretty good accidental-pervert moment too.”
“Sousuke really is all sexy, huh.”
The topic got dragged right back there.
“No, that was...”
When I made a troubled face, the two of them smiled.
“Just kidding. I know you worked hard for us, So-kun.”
“Exactly. Even knowing you weren’t actually going to get hurt, I was really worried.”
Apparently, they were not actually angry.
“Well, I couldn’t send Micron charging in when we didn’t know what the enemy’s ability really was.”
A gentle mood settled over the five of us.
“Party A has fulfilled the acquisition conditions. Rights to Return will now be granted.”
“Kuno Sousuke, Iyama Chiyu, Kanna Shouko, Shijo Minori, and Mamonaka Miyao: do you wish to exercise your Rights to Return? There are no benefits for not exercising them.”
The reason I had been given the bonus area must have been because I was the first person and chose to stay without knowing whether there would be any benefit.
We looked at one another and nodded.
“I won’t exercise mine.”
“Mm. I’m staying.”
“We want to go home with all our companions!”
“Yes, so the question itself is meaningless.”
I-I’m one of Kuno’s companions too.”
All of us declared that we would not exercise them.
“Confirming postponed exercise of Rights to Return. Participant Kuno Sousuke now holds two Rights to Return.”
“The event will now end.”
And then our vision was dyed white once more.
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“Welcome home.”
We returned to the front of our house on the deserted island.
Outside the entrance, Roa the maid was waiting to greet us. I had no idea how long she had been standing there.
“We’re back. We won the event.”
“As expected of you.”
Roa smiled gently, but she did not look surprised.
That must mean she had believed we would win.
“I’m starving! I want Shii-chan’s breakfast.”
“If she’s making it now, I’ll help.”
“I suppose I’ll compile the information from this event before I forget it.”
“Um, is there anything I can help with too?”
We all entered the house together, chatting casually.
With this, our party now possessed a total of six Rights to Return.
We had ten party members, so if no more companions joined us, we needed four more.
Beyond that, we also needed to find a way to carry over our memories and abilities from the deserted island.
Our collection of Rights to Return was going smoothly, but it did not seem like we would be able to go home anytime soon.
Still, we had reliable companions, and we were gathering more information about the people around the island.
I was sure we would manage somehow.
It looked like our deserted island life would continue for a good while yet.
