The timeline was the usual one.
The perspective was Kadomi.
They were supposed to be doing a borrowing competition.
At night, I woke up thirsty.
If Hagasaki-kun was awake, he would get me some water, but since he was asleep, I went outside the lecture room. If Maito was awake, she would give me something.
But when I peeked into the chemistry lab, no one was there.
So I thought maybe she was sleeping on Ketorami, but Ketorami wasn’t there either.
Instead, a classroom was outside.
When I went inside, Maito was there after all.
This classroom was almost entirely like Maito’s pantry. There were a lot of shelves, and they had various things like meat and fish on them.
Maito said that if you turn the classroom into a jewel, the things inside don’t progress in time. So, they don’t rot. Indeed, I’ve never had food poisoning, and I don’t think anything’s spoiled. Probably.
“…Huh, Kadomi-kun, what’s up?”
Maito was looking at the shelves, so she was late to notice me and was surprised. Sorry.
“I’m looking for something to drink… what about you, Maito?”
“Well, um, just doing some… inventory management…”
Maito was looking at the shelves while recording on a wooden board (probably something she ‘cleaned’ from some wood around) she made herself, but she had a difficult expression.
“Is something missing?”
“Huh? Oh, um… no, the quantity is sufficient. Ketorami and Glida hunt a lot.”
Just like she said, the shelves were filled with a great amount of meat and fish. Speaking of which, I think Ketorami and Glida have been out hunting recently.
“But, you know, vegetables tend to be in short supply, and also, the variety… if there’s not enough variety, I have to use my head in various ways to increase the variety of meals…”
Maito was groaning as she stared at the wooden board, jotting down something. She might be planning tomorrow’s menu.
“If you tell me what’s missing, I’ll go get it…”
“No, even without asking you guys, if it’s vegetables, I can mobilize the maid dolls, and if I ask Ketorami-san, I can spin the meat gacha, and if I leave it to Glida, I can spin the fish gacha… but, you know, Ketorami-san and Glida sometimes hunt toxic creatures and sometimes hunt extremely unappetizing things, so it’s really just a gacha…”
…I don’t quite understand what she’s saying.
I guess it means she doesn’t want to bother us.
“…I don’t want to rely on gacha for meals…”
“Ah, yeah. So, I’ll do my best here.”
“No, I mean… um…”
But, even if I say I’ll get it, I know Maito would feel apologetic.
At times like this, Toriumi would say something clever to convince her.
“…Hey.”
“Yeah?”
“Well…”
“…Yeah?”
I couldn’t think of what to say. Actually, I didn’t expect to come up with anything.
“I want something to drink.”
“Oh, right! Sorry, sorry, what do you want?”
“Something not sweet.”
“Since it’s before bed. Then, tea, water, or… there’s also floral water.”
What is floral water…?
“Uh, then, water…”
“Okay! How do you want it? Warm, on the rocks, or mixed with water?”
I mean, warm water and water on the rocks are fine, but what’s water mixed with water…?
“…Water mixed with water.”
“O-okay… you picked the most trivial one… here, water mixed with water.”
Plain ordinary water came out. …Yeah.
I drank the water and went back to bed, then slept. In the morning, after waking up the still sleepy people, I asked.
…How could we bring food without Maito minding it?
“That, right? I was thinking the same thing.”
As soon as I asked, Toriumi responded.
“Maito-san is quite a worrier. No matter what we say, she’ll likely be concerned.”
“It’s pointless to worry, though. It’s too late for that.”
“Any food beyond what is necessary for survival seems like a luxury to Maito-san. Even though it’s under the pretext of enriching our diet, she seems to think that if it’s something she can manage with her own efforts, she should handle it herself first.”
“Being frugal is fine, but we’re in a different world. I want to eat various things.”
Yeah. Me too. I don’t want to eat those dud meats or fish from the gacha…
“But we don’t know what ingredients Maito-san wants to use or finds easy to use. It would be easier if she could list the necessary ingredients.”
She might list them reluctantly, feeling apologetic… Well, maybe that’s fine too…
“…Oh. I just thought of something really good.”
Just when I thought it was pointless to think about it, Hariu raised his hand.
“Let’s make it a game. Yeah. That way, we’ll have fun. Maito-san will have fun too. And we’ll get delicious food! Isn’t that great?”
“So, we want to ask Maito-san to make cards.”
“For the borrowing competition…?”
“Yes. We could have made them ourselves, but I thought it would be better to make it a practical borrowing competition.”
“I-I don’t get it… Sometimes I don’t understand what you guys are thinking…”
“Don’t say that. We’ll enjoy having Maito-san as the GM. Maito-san will be happy to get ingredients. It’s a win-win, right?”
“Is that okay…”
While mumbling, Maito started writing the names of ingredients on wooden plaques (probably made by ‘cleaning’ some wood around) with a brush and ink… or colored water…? Something like that.
“Please use the ingredients from the same floor for the plaques we’ll use in one game. You remember where everything is, don’t you?”
“Yeah. Because you guys report everything. I have it all noted down. …So, I’ve been entrusted with the role of GM.”
Looking at the plaques Maito was writing, I noticed that each plaque had a different shape and ink color. …Plants were green, meat was red, fish was blue, and others were yellow…? The plaques’ shapes were different for each floor from 1F to 4F, I think. Probably.
…Eventually, Maito finished writing 400 plaques. Amazing. There are 400 types of ingredients… (Later, I heard that there were duplicates, so there weren’t that many types.)
“So, here are the rules for this game!”
While Maito was sorting and shuffling the plaques, Toriumi started explaining the rules.
“We’re going to have a hunting competition instead of a borrowing competition! The rules are simple! Draw a plaque! Then bring back the ingredient written on the plaque! Once you get Maito-san’s approval, you can draw the next plaque! So, the faster you hunt, the more plaques you can collect!”
Yeah. I got the gist of it. It’s not a competition to see how quickly you can get one thing, but a competition to see how many things you can get within a certain time… No, wait? Is it a competition to see how much faster you can keep getting things than others…?
“Um, there’s a town on 1F, right? Is it okay to buy things there?”
“Let’s allow it. It makes the game more interesting. But let’s start with zero initial money. If you want to shop in town, you have to hunt something that can be sold for money first. How about that?”
“Sounds good. It wouldn’t be a game if we started with money.”
Yeah. Hunting things that sell for a high price, selling them, and then buying what you need is faster… maybe. It depends on the item.
“By the way, in this game, you can hold up to three unprocessed plaques at a time. But once you succeed in hunting one thing, you can draw the next plaque.”
So, even if you hunt a maximum of three things, you have to go back once…
Movement speed seems pretty important. I can fly on Tera, so that might give me an advantage.
“We’ll play one game on each floor, and after four games, the game set! We’ll tally up the points from the plaques, and the one with the most points wins!”
The terrain is quite different on each floor, so I might have to think carefully about the movement methods… I’m not very dexterous, and I’ve been thinking about various strategies.
“Oh, let’s make the person with the lowest score do a penalty game? That way, I’ll try harder.”
Hariu said something like that.
…
“I see. There’s no reward for winning, but you don’t want to be the last. That kind of game isn’t bad, but the strategy changes.”
“Interference becomes important.”
“No way, no way, it’ll be a mess…”
Yeah. I don’t want that either…
“Well, let’s prepare a prize for the winner. Like snacks.”
Maito, being a pacifist, suggested that.
“That’s not appealing. You’ll give us snacks if we ask, right?”
“Ugh… that’s true…”
Yeah. Maito would give us snacks if we asked, so it’s not much of a prize.
“Forgive this useless maid…”
“No, I’ve never thought you were useless.”
When Suzumoto quickly corrected her, I thought… yeah, Suzumoto is cool like this.
“Oh, how about this, everyone! I will be your maid for a whole day!”
“That has no appeal at all.”
“I’ll take care of you diligently!? I could make sure Hagasaki-kun doesn’t move an inch from his futon all day!”
“Isn’t that just fun for you, you idiot?”
“I don’t care if I’m an idiot! Hahaha! Let me take care of you all!”
Maito went off the deep end.
“…Maito-san, do you want to take care of us?”
“I do!”
Maito’s going nuts. This is normal for her, which is kind of amazing.
“We don’t want to be taken care of, though.”
“Right. I don’t want that either. Probably everyone here doesn’t. So let’s make that the penalty game. The loser gets taken care of by Maito-san for a day.”
…
President has lost it too.
“Hooray! Hooray! I want to take care of you! Even if you don’t want it, I want to take care of you! I really want to take care of you! Yay!”
“This is a battle I can’t afford to lose… no, this is ridiculous.”
“This is worse than revealing embarrassing secrets, isn’t it?”
“Because it creates new embarrassing memories. We can’t afford to lose this.”
…As a penalty game, it’s very effective, I think. I absolutely don’t want it, though.
“Well, if you don’t want to be taken care of, do your best to win.”
Yeah. I’m going to win.
“The winner’s prize will be the right to be the GM for the next game and a ticket to Maito-san’s snack pantry.”
“Well, honestly, the latter half doesn’t mean much.”
“Maito-san will bring it to us if we ask…”
“If it’s not there, she’ll make it…”
“It feels like the focus is more on avoiding the penalty than on the reward.”
“Don’t you think you’re being too harsh on me?”
…Anyway, the prize and the penalty game were decided, so the game started.
We all moved to 4F.
We each prepared a dragon to ride and took the classroom’s jewels. Depending on the size of the prey, we couldn’t carry it normally…
Before long, everyone was ready.
“Well then, everyone! Are you ready?”
Maito brought a tray with a lot of plaques on it.
“You can draw up to three each. Red is meat, blue is seafood, green is plants, and yellow is others.”
“What’s ‘others’?”
“You’ll know when you draw it.”
Got it. I won’t draw it.
I’m not good at distinguishing plants, so I chose three red ones.
“I’m not good at distinguishing plants.”
For the same reason, Suzumoto also chose three red ones.
“Obviously, it’s easier to get plants!”
Kariya chose three green ones.
“The water spots on 4F are quite limited.”
Hagasaki-kun chose three blue ones.
…Everyone seems to be thinking carefully.
“I’ll take three yellow ones.”
President chose yellow… why?
“I see. That’s your strategy.”
President was smirking as he looked at his drawn plaques… why?
“Then, get ready!”
Everyone took three plaques, got on their dragons, and waited for Maito’s signal.
“Ready!”
I gripped Tera’s reins and lowered my posture, prompting Tera to prepare for takeoff by putting strength into his legs.
“Go!”
The sound of a frying pan hit with a ladle signaled the start.
The clanging sound was a bit silly, but we all started at once.
Tera had the advantage of flight. Unlike Toriumi, who was restricted to the ground, it would be much more difficult to traverse mountains.
“Kyuu!”
Moreover, Tera was smart enough to alert me when prey was nearby.
“Got it. Descend.”
I drew my sword and dived straight towards the prey Tera had spotted. I was glad I wasn’t afraid of heights.
We descended like a falling star, and with a swift strike of my ‘Energy Sword,’ I beheaded the prey and immediately ascended.
After a close turn near the ground, we hovered to stabilize and then slowly descended for a landing.
“Got the ‘Diamond Bull.'”
Looking at the prey’s head, it had the glittering gemstone horns. I was probably right.
I quickly deployed the classroom and threw the bull inside, then mounted Tera and set off again.
The remaining two plaques were for ‘Amber Deer’ and ‘Two-Headed Ostrich.’ The Amber Deer was in the forest, but the Two-Headed Ostrich… maybe in the mountains?
Well, I’d probably find it if I searched. Probably.
I found the Amber Deer quickly. I also spotted a stray Two-Headed Ostrich running in a field and caught it.
I think I was quite fast. I hurried back to Maito.
“So, here are ‘Honey Crystal,’ ‘Candy Spider Web,’ and ‘Tsukimori’s Autograph.'”
“Oh, impressive speed, President. All yellow plaques next?”
“Yes. That seems most efficient.”
…President had already returned.
So, the yellow plaques were for things that weren’t meat, fish, or plants, or weren’t even food?
“Ah, Kadomi-kun, welcome back! Let’s check your haul!”
President quickly drew three more yellow plaques and left. I deployed the classroom outside and showed the bull and others to Maito.
“Hmm, hmm… okay! These three plaques are now your points, Kadomi-kun.”
“Thanks.”
So, that’s 3 points for me.
From now on, even if I don’t find all three items, it might be better to come back and draw new plaques. It seems more efficient to rely on the chance of drawing easy-to-find items than wasting time on difficult ones.
“Kadomi-kun, will you take three more red plaques next?”
“…Yeah. I’ll do that.”
After a bit of hesitation, I decided to stick with my strong suit. I’m not good at overthinking things…
I found the next three plaques’ items with some effort. However, when I went back to draw again, the red plaques were all gone, so I had to take green ones, but I had no idea about plants.
…Drawing plaques from an unfamiliar field just wastes one of the three slots…
So, I ended up with eight red plaques and three green ones, totaling 11 points.
“Alright, everyone, well done! Now for the results!”
Maito stood at the front and wrote the scores on the blackboard.
“Let’s start with first place. The winner is President with 18 plaques.”
Huh.
…What.
“Second place is Toriumi with 17 plaques.”
“Ah, I lost to President. But I’ve got the hang of it now, so I can do better next time.”
Wait…
“Third place is Katori with 14 plaques. Fourth is Hariu with 13 plaques.”
“Not bad.”
“Oh, I wanted to do a bit better!”
“Fifth place is Kadomi-kun with 11 plaques.”
…Right in the middle…
“Sixth place is Kariya with 10 plaques, and seventh is Suzumoto with 9 plaques.”
“Trying to catch fish was my downfall, I guess…”
“It was just bad luck. I didn’t expect to draw meat plaques and get only small birds.”
“And in last place is Hagasaki-kun with 8 plaques.”
…Unexpected.
Hagasaki-kun looks extremely displeased.
“…Hey.”
“Yes?”
“You said seafood, right?”
“It is seafood. Freshwater pearls.”
…
“I had to free dive for those, you know?”
“I’ll dry you off. Pof pof.”
…
“And what’s this? Algae? What do you do with this stuff?”
“You can make something like agar.”
…
“But the one I want to complain about the most is this! What’s with 50 liters of spring water! You can produce water anytime you want!”
“I wanted to cook with delicious water, just this once.”
Understood.
So, blue plaques aren’t just fish…
On to the next stage. Hagasaki-kun looks extremely determined. …Yeah, I also don’t want Maito taking care of me for a day.
“Everyone, get ready, go!”
Maito banged the frying pan again to signal the start.
…This time, I want to aim for a better score.
On 3F, I mostly hunted for meat again.
…I think this was very effective.
The northern side of 3F is mostly filled with zombies, which aren’t edible.
Therefore, the edible meat is concentrated in the southern part, so there was less effort needed for moving and searching.
…However, everyone had the same idea, so the red plaques ran out quickly.
I thought about drawing green plaques, but I decided to draw blue ones instead.
“Oh, Kadomi-kun, are you okay with blue?”
“Yeah. It’s fine.”
“I see. Here you go. Good luck.”
I looked at the plaques Maito gave me.
…Yeah. I can do this.
Naturally, blue plaques had a lot of fish.
There were other items too, but I managed. I’m not good at floating, but I’m good at diving. Carrying 50 liters of water, well, I’m probably better at it than Hagasaki-kun…
…And although I couldn’t distinguish the algae types, I decided to bring everything I could find.
Yeah. I brought everything I could find.
That made it very easy.
“Alright, time for the results announcement!”
After everything was over, Maito announced the results again.
“The first place in the second round is Kadomi-kun. With a record of 19 plaques.”
I won.
“Wha, what!? Kadomi-kun got 19 plaques!? How!? How did you do it!?”
“Oh, by the way, Kadomi-kun drew mostly blue plaques.”
“Water items!? Why!?”
Hariu was noisy.
“Ah, quiet, quiet. …Kadomi-kun, you know… he kind of… overfished…”
Maito had a distant look in her eyes.
“Huh…? What did the fishing ban do…?”
“I ‘Exploded’ underwater.”
“Kadomi used dynamite fishing…?”
“Isn’t it fine? This is another world. The Marine Resources Protection Law doesn’t apply here.”
“Catching fish was ridiculously easy.”
“Scary, scary, Kadomi is doing something dangerous.”
Yeah. If you picked up everything that floated to the surface, threw it into the classroom, and went back to Maito’s place, the next fish card you drew would already be mostly picked up… It was easy.
“I see, by using the fact that the blue cards have a small range, you can devise a strategy to bring everything together at once.”
It was borderline cheating, but it wasn’t banned. So it’s fine.
“By the way, the second place is Hagasaki-kun with a stormy 14 cards.”
“It’s not that stormy, just this much.”
“By the way, Hagasaki-kun didn’t pick up a single blue card.”
Huh.
“Because I got tired of it.”
Oh, I see. …Thanks to that, I was lucky to get a lot of blue cards.
“Hagasaki-kun carrying a boar was today’s highlight.”
I wanted to see that too.
“And in third place, Suzumoto and Toriumi with 13 cards. Next is Katori and Kariya with 12 cards. And then Hariu with 9 cards. The honorable last place is President with 9 cards.”
……
“Huh?”
“P-President…?”
We all looked at the President. Well, of course, we’d look…
“I have no regrets.”
“President had a big fail with yellow cards.”
Huh, what’s that…?
“When he made ore the subject, he tried to do something similar to Kadomi in the mine and caused a massive cave-in.”
“I’ll do better next time.”
……
Scary.
“Now, moving on to the third stage! The 2nd floor is where our Chemistry Club’s base, the chemistry lab, is located! Everyone should be familiar with it!”
“Not really.”
“We move around a lot.”
“Well, Kariya and I started on a different floor from the starting point…”
…I’m familiar with it.
While Maito was preparing to ring the starting gong with a frying pan and ladle, President raised his hand.
“Maito-san. By the way, may I ask something?”
“Oh, yes.”
“The rule of this game was that we can’t use movement skills like ‘Teleport’ or ‘Shadow Step’, correct?”
“Y-yes?”
……
“Other than that, we start with zero money. Negotiations with local residents are allowed. You can hold up to 3 cards at a time. If you want to draw more than that, you must use at least one of the three cards you have before drawing more. And at the final score calculation, the score is determined by the number of cards, right?”
“Yes, that’s right…?”
…I have a bad feeling about this.
“There’s no other rule, right?”
The President’s eyes were scary.
“N-no…! Attacking people is not allowed, though…”
“I see. Understood.”
The President smiled… Scary…
“Well, then, everyone, are you ready? Take your positions! Ready! Go-“
“Rockpole! Excuse me, I’ll be going ahead.”
The moment the starting frying pan rang, stone pillars sprouted massively from the ground. We, who were about to launch our dragons, were all stopped.
“Whoo! As expected of the President! I can’t afford to lose!”
Toriumi whistled as he launched his dragon, breaking through all the stone pillars while advancing.
“…there’s no attacking people, but we didn’t say no interference, huh?”
“I’m sorry! The rules were too lenient! I’m sorry!”
Maito was bowing apologetically with a smile from Suzumoto. No, Maito, it’s not that bad…
“…Well, if that’s the case, I’ll do the same.”
Suzumoto also smiled, slashed the stone pillars with his sword, and launched his dragon.
…I should go too.
Since the 2nd floor had a fair amount of water, the blue cards seemed more troublesome.
So, I focused on getting red cards again, killing any beasts I found and throwing them into the classroom while progressing. If I found my target, I’d turn back.
“…Whoa.”
When Terra suddenly changed direction, I thought something was up, and a ball of light suddenly appeared in front of us, dazzling our eyes.
“…Kariya.”
“I’m sorry! I don’t want to be last!”
Kariya escaped on his dragon.
…
Well, I don’t want to be last either…
“So, the results announcement… Why is everyone so battered…? I told you not to attack each other…?”
“Isn’t it weird not to get hurt with those rules, idiot?”
“Yes, I’m an idiot. Anyway, Hagasaki-kun is the first place this time. Congratulations. The record is 15 cards. Congratulations and congrats again.”
Hagasaki-kun doesn’t look battered at all…
“If I could do what Kadomi did, it would be easy. I should have done that from the start.”
Hagasaki-kun isn’t battered at all, just soaking wet.
“I’m amazed you stayed underwater the whole time.”
“It’s surprisingly easy with water magic.”
I see. Staying in a position where you can’t be attacked is also a strategy… Impressive.
“Yes, the second place is Hariu. 14 cards.”
“I’ll handle the interference!”
“This guy is the culprit this time. Remember the hate you gathered for the next round, okay?”
“Nooo, Suzumoto is scary! Help me, Katori!”
“Hmm? I think I’ll target Hariu next time too?”
“Nooo, Katori is scary too!”
…I was also interfered with by Hariu.
It wasn’t an attack, but when everything around you goes completely dark, you can’t move…
“The third place is Suzumoto with 13 cards. And the fourth place is Kadomi, Katori, Toriumi, and Kariya with 12 cards. The last place, congratulations, is President.”
“I was defeated.”
“Because you did it right at the start, it made it easier for us to interfere, didn’t it?”
President’s score dropped drastically because everyone interfered with him afterward. Amazing. The saying “curses come home to roost” is true.
“…Hey, you guys. Can’t we go a bit more peacefully?”
“We can’t.”
“I don’t want to be last! I don’t want to be last! I don’t want to be last!”
“I don’t want to be sent to the other room! I don’t want to be sent to the other room! I don’t want to be sent to the other room!”
“Do you really hate it that much, you guys…”
“A thousand years underground would be better.”
“That much, Hagasaki-kun…?”
…Yeah. Being last is a bit… No, more than a bit, I really don’t want it…
“Now, it’s the final round that will silence even crying children.”
“It’s supposed to be ‘whether you cry or laugh’, right?”
“Even I, who feel like crying, am silent as we face the final round.”
“Just shut up already.”
With an unusual intensity, everyone stood at the starting line.
Especially Suzumoto, Hariu, and President, who didn’t have many cards, were exuding a dangerous intensity.
“W-well, let’s start. Ready, go!”
The moment Maito timidly rang the frying pan, everyone started at once.
“Splash!”
“Rockpole!”
“Light Sphere!”
“Shadow Edge!”
“Shadow Slash!”
…More people used skills than those who started normally.
Anyway, I started too.
The 1st floor might be a little advantageous for me.
There’s a town on the 1st floor, so you can shop. As long as you have something to sell, there are many things you can buy to get by.
So, earning money quickly with the first move and then shopping is faster.
Everyone probably thinks the same. Interference methods, especially from Toriumi, might be outrageous.
…So I’ll go further ahead!
“Tera.”
With a squeak and a [Leave it to me, Kadomi-sama] voice, Terra swooped down towards Deichemoore.
…Tera dropped me there and then headed north.
Attached to Tera’s neck were gems that came out when I used “Explosion” on the ground and a shopping list.
Everyone finished drawing their cards and gathered in the chemistry lab.
“…Who bought out all the dairy products…?”
“Who knows?”
“It was tough picking up the stones from the frozen pond…”
“Oh. Good job.”
“I couldn’t get into the northern lava zone because it was all guarded by robots.”
“There wasn’t a rule against asking for help from maid dolls, was there?”
“Wait, were those maid dolls piloting the robots!? Without my knowledge!?”
…
We all finished drawing cards, but the competition wasn’t over.
In fact, everyone was still holding unprocessed cards.
“So, Maito-san, can we enter the negotiation turn now?”
“Do whatever you want. I don’t care anymore.”
Maito looked like she had reached enlightenment.
“President was the one who bought all the dairy products.”
“Yes, that’s right. I’m open to negotiations, but what do you want? I’ll trade butter, cream, hard cheese, and cream cheese for one card.”
“No need. I caught a cow and made them myself.”
“I didn’t expect you to go that route. As expected of Suzumoto.”
…Close call.
I had a dairy product task too… but Terra bought the cream for me before President’s buyout.
“Um, President. I want butter, cream cheese, and milk. How about exchanging them for Itoigawa-senpai?”
“Hey! Toriumi! What do you plan to do by kidnapping me!? Are you going to do something like in an erotic doujinshi!? If so, make it a yuri one!”
“I don’t mind.”
“Great! Maito, come here!”
“Ah, Senpai. I didn’t mean the doujinshi part, so please don’t chase Maito-san.”
…Apparently, Toriumi kidnapped Itoigawa-senpai.
“Uh, Toriumi, can you lend me Senpai too? I need a rose for something…”
“Me too, there’s no cypress on the 1st floor! This must be for bath wood!”
“Wait. Currently, I own Senpai. If you want to negotiate, come to me. How about starting the auction from one card?”
“Wait a minute, Tsuge. Why are you ‘owning’ me? And why are you putting me up for auction?”
“I have my pride.”
“Oh, I see. But you don’t have any pride in abiding by the law as a citizen, do you?”
…I see. If you kidnap Itoigawa Senpai, there are things you can only get through her in Itoigawa States…
…Everyone except me is negotiating like crazy.
Even Itoigawa Senpai is in on it, and it’s already chaotic.
“Huh? Kadomi, don’t you have any unprocessed cards left?”
“Yeah, I do, but…”
…I do have some unprocessed cards left.
“Alright. So, this is the end, huh?”
It looks like everyone else has processed their cards.
Yeah. That’s fine.
“Maito.”
“Yes?”
When I talked to Maito, she looked a bit happy.
“Can I get a pudding?”
“Sure.”
While the others were frozen, Maito handed me a pudding with a smile.
“Okay, here’s the card.”
“Alright. One pudding. Task completed.”
“…Kadomi. Isn’t that… isn’t that unfair?”
“There was no rule against negotiating with Maito.”
“Yeah, but come on! That was definitely something we were supposed to negotiate with Itoigawa Senpai for!”
Yeah. Pudding seems to be something not found in this world, so I probably needed to get it from Itoigawa Senpai.
…Then just go to the manufacturer, honestly.
“Well, it’s fine, everyone. So, shall we go to the results announcement?”
Maito rang the frying pan with a beaming smile.
“Now, who will be the victim?”
…In the end.
Ultimately, Toriumi, who lost and lost in the negotiations, became the last place, surpassing Suzumoto.
“This is absolutely wrong! Stealing leads to lying!”
“Shut up. I don’t want to hear that from a kidnapper.”
“Everyone, praise me, praise me.”
“Good job.”
“Well done.”
“Good job.”
…Hariu, who quietly stole Toriumi’s cards from the shadows and distributed them to everyone, is being praised as a righteous thief by everyone.
Yeah. Since you can use the cards for negotiation, it’s true. Stealing is fair game…
“…It turned out way too chaotic for a borrowing race, but anyway, thanks, everyone. Thanks to you, the food pantry is really stocked.”
Maito was smiling. The amount of food had increased tremendously, so… well, probably today’s dinner will be delicious again.
“Rather than a borrowing race… it was like a… dark game.”
“Yeah.”
“But it was fun, so it’s fine! Yeah!”
Well, the game was fairly fun too, so I guess it was good.
“Hey, you should say that when you’re all in a position to receive the punishment game, right?”
“Well, whatever you mean.”
“Shut up, kidnapper.”
Toriumi was a bit pitiful, but… yeah, it can’t be helped.
In the end, Toriumi was taken care of extensively by Maito for an entire day the next day. Toriumi also enjoyed it after resigning himself to it. Yeah. It might have been the best choice.
After that.
“Kadomi-kun, is there any snack you want to eat?”
“Not really…”
I won the game.
Yeah, I think I won because I interfered the least, but winning because of that feels kind of…
“Since it’s the prize for winning, use it as you like.”
“Well, I don’t really need snacks…”
The prize for winning was access to the snack room, but I don’t eat that many snacks.
…Oh.
When I brought pudding to Senpai, she was very happy.
“As expected of Kadomi! You’re so considerate! Offering me a snack, you’re the best!”
I thought it was best to give it to someone who really wanted it.
“Being kidnapped was worth it!”
…In terms of compensating the victim, too.