A few hours after enjoying sex with Shiori.
It’s evening, dinner’s finished, and it’s time for a bath.
It’s near the hideout.
We have twelve people here, excluding Tanaka and Kageyama.
Tanaka and Kageyama are heading to the lake where the bathtub is located.
「 Muscle! Muscle!! 」
Muscle’s doing push-ups at a distance.
Nearby is Yoshiokada staring at the e-reader as he writes the blueprint.
I was sitting at the campfire with the ladies who are chatting.
「 I’ve read this on news before… 」
Karin started the talk.
「 The “What if?” stories seem to be rising 」
「 “What if?” Stories? What? 」
I tilted my head.
The others don’t seem to have a clue either.
「 Well it’s mostly a “What if this happened?” talk 」
Karin explains.
「 For example, what if I won 300 million yen in the lottery 」
「 「 「 I see 」 」 」
Everyone’s convinced.
I then grinned and said.
「 It’s a common thing people fantasize about except for Sofia 」
「 Muu, that’s rude, Shionomiya-sama. 」 Even I… 」
「 Have you ever thought of winning the lottery? 」
「 Of course! 」
Sofia puffs her cheeks.
「 Sofia’s papa can just give you 300 million yen as an allowance, right? 」
Arisa jokingly said.
「 Well sure, but still 」
Sofia didn’t deny it
As expected of the young lady of Micronsoft, the world’s largest company by market cap.
Her father’s total assets are over ten trillion.
「 U.S. Lottery has more money if you win compared to the Japanese lottery 」
「 Oh, I see! You spent your time last year in the U.S.! 」
Mana says in agreement.
Sofia nodded with a serious face.
「 There’s a lottery in the U.S. called the Ultra Ball, and the highest winning amount to date is said to be 1.8 Billion USD 」
「 How many Yen is 1.8 billion dollars? 」
Arisa asks excitedly.
「 I think it’s about 200 billion? I saw something on the news that a dollar is about 110 yen 」
Shiori said. Sofia replied “Exactly”
「 200 billion? I guess that’s to be expected from America, it’s outrageous 」
「 And so, I’ve had my share of lottery fantasies too 」
Sofia’s lips pout as she glares at me.
I chuckled and bowed, saying “Sorry”
「 We strayed from the subject. So, Karin’s talking about “What if?” stories, right? 」
I asked Karin to return to the topic.
Karin nodded and started talking.
「 This is a question to everyone but Hokage, what would have happened to you if you hadn’t met Hokage on this island? 」
「 I haven’t thought about that 」
I hear a voice from behind me.
It’s Eri.
She’s lying on the bed since she’s worn out by her period.
It’s a rule not to bathe while menstruating for medical reasons.
「 I would’ve joined Byakuya’s team, and after Byakuya died, I’ll go with Reito. We can live on our own now thanks to Hokage here, but without him, we wouldn’t even be able to start a fire properly 」
mana said. Arisa, Eri, and Karin agreed.
Meiko also added “Eventually, we’ll end up the same too”
Her younger sister, Hinako is moving her head up and down.
「 But I think that we would still have left Sumeragi-kun’s team at least even without knowing about Shinomiya-kun. After leaving the team, we’d try to do something on our own, but in the end, we can’t even start a fire properly, so we’ll most likely go back to the Sumeragi team. Hinako won’t have the courage to commit suicide, so we’re likely to choose to get raped 」
「 Right. Byakuya’s team had that rape system! It’s the worst! 」
Arisa remembered.
Even so, calling it a rape system, what an awful naming method.
But, it’s a perfectly fitting phrase for it.
「 We’ll probably be different. I’ve come to meet Shinomiya-sama and every one after I left Sumeragi-sama’s team 」
Sofia said.
Amane who was sitting on the side added “Ojou-sama’s right”
「 Although, if I had not met Shinomiya-sama, then it would be harsher than it is now. We’re likely collapsing of malnutrition 」
Karin interjects and returns to the topic.
「 I guess, all the girls here, including me, are grateful to Hokage 」
「 Now I’m feeling embarrassed hearing that 」
The world won’t change even if I’m not here.
I don’t think I’m extremely self-conscious, I think normally.
I always have that thought, but it seems different here.
Hearing that, I feel that I’m making my presence felt here.
「 Then, this is a question to Hokage only 」
「 Shoot 」
I knocked on my chest, waiting for it.
The girls also are curious, wondering what kind of questions will I get.
「 What would you do if there were no caves at all on this island? 」
「 Caves? That includes this hideout? 」
Karin nods.
「 Woah! That’s a hard one! 」
Arisa’s the one who replied, even though the question was for me.
The other girls were also saying that it’s too hard for a “what if” scenario.
On the other hand, I didn’t think it was that hard.
So, I replied with a nonchalant look.
「 In that case… 」