"Kaito, do you think we might just happen to find the treasure map or something?"
Walking ahead, Kaito was once again entangled by the enthusiastic Shodai.
Maybe stimulated by Sayuri or Misuzu, this time she directly and openly linked arms with Kaito, like a couple, each carrying a suitcase while strolling through the forest.
"I don't know. But we still have 10 days. With luck, we should find it eventually."
"That's true."
Shodai nodded, then pressed closer.
'Damn it, just as Misuzu said, my advantages were too small. I couldn't make Kaito feel the shyness, nervousness, or other emotions I imagined.'
'Aaaaah!!'
'My advantages weren't that small! I was at least a bit above average! Kaito, how can you not feel it?'
'Could it be...'
'You need advantages like Misuzu's?'
'Heh, even Misuzu might not be enough. There's also Akina, Mika, even Irisviel, Sephie, and Tearju.'
Who among them doesn't have even greater advantages?
Among them, Akina was truly a hidden big shot.
Wearing camouflage, she looked similar to Shodai. But those who saw her in a swimsuit knew she was at least D-cup!
Indeed, Akina came from a wealthy family. With her excellent living conditions, her temperament, figure, and appearance couldn't be bad.
'No way, I have to use my advantages too.'
'Son-in-law?'
'Forget it. Rather than benefiting my daughter, it's better to benefit myself.'
'Besides, my daughter is too young. Having Kaito as her father would be most suitable!'
"Ahem, Mrs. Izumi, we're exploring right now. It's better to let go of Kaito-san. Not only does it trouble him, but it also restricts his movement."
Akina, just three steps away, couldn't help but remind her.
At first, Shodai behaved relatively normally. But within 5 minutes of entering the forest, she was already entangling her perfect son-in-law?
'No way, Kaito must be my son-in-law!'
'Even if Kaito didn't marry into the family, it was fine. I could even hand over the family assets to him, as long as the inn's name remained unchanged. That would count as passing it on.'
'Besides, we could use double surnames for personal names~'
"Uh... well, Mrs. Hinatsuru, I'm quite timid, you know?"
"I can see that. But with Kaito-san here, you don't need to be afraid. However, if you continue like this, if something happens, he might make mistakes because of you."
Stare—
'Let go of my son-in-law, let go of my son-in-law!'
Akina was also very angry inside.
Earlier, Sayuri, who had a very similar status to her, boldly hugged Kaito. Although it was understandable due to swimming lessons, now another one, Shodai, had appeared...
It's too dangerous.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Kaito; she didn't trust what these women might do to pursue him!
"Hehe, alright, Mrs. Izumi, let go of me. Mrs. Hinatsuru is right."
"And Mrs. Tamaki, Ako-chan, hurry up and catch up~"
The mother and daughter, about ten meters behind, responded.
Called out by Kaito, Ako, who wanted to slack off, had no choice but to accept reality. Mika happily quickened her pace.
'Indeed, to make my daughter change, only the power of love could work.'
'Because the power of love is infinite!'
"If we want to climb to the top of the mountain to soak in the hot spring... under normal circumstances, it would probably take about 4 hours."
After Shodai obediently let go of his arm, Kaito looked up at the hilltop, only a hundred meters high.
The hill wasn't high, but there was no path. Looking with the naked eye, it was all grass and trees. Without a machete, climbing would take enormous effort.
Unless Kaito carried them up one by one. Then it could be done in less than ten minutes.
Of course, that referred to jumping from the base to the hot spring site at the top.
Besides, on the eighth day, a maze cave would open somewhere at the foot of the mountain. He also needed to observe the surroundings so they could go directly when the time came, rather than spending a long time searching.
"Oh? Kaito, are you thinking about soaking in the hot spring with us? No lewd thoughts allowed~"
Hearing this, Shodai immediately perked up.
Following Kaito's gaze to the top, she was very confident in her physical strength. Without Kaito, she absolutely couldn't climb up, so Kaito would definitely have to carry her up.
And...
Since the task required soaking together, she could admire Kaito's perfect muscular physique again.
Naturally, everyone would be wearing swimsuits then.
"...As expected of Eromanga-sensei. I was just thinking about the task, and you thought of this. Speaking of which, you're the lewd one."
"Yes indeed. Who made me fall in love with this hobby~"
Shodai wasn't embarrassed at all; instead, she took pride in it.
She was revered by countless people online as Eromanga-sensei. Why hide it?
Anyone who can draw can't resist drawing a few nice pictures, right!
"So you corrupted your daughter too?"
"Oh dear... ehe, we were just mother and daughter depending on each other before."
"Always?"
"Yes."
"And Izumi is your surname or..."
"It's my surname, of course."
Shodai looked at Kaito puzzled, wondering why he asked.
Her husband had long ago... got hit by a car when going out. Before dying, he deleted all precious information from his phone and left her one final message.
[I'm going to Isekai. Don't miss me.]
Yeah, that was it. After that, Shodai had no choice but to depend on her two-year-old daughter.
"Alright, I was just curious."
The plot had changed again, but it wasn't surprising anymore.
If her surname was Izumi, then it was Izumi. It didn't matter.
"Hehe, so, are you interested in becoming my daughter's father? My daughter is super cute~"
"...What, no son-in-law?"
"Sigh, my daughter is too young. I can only bite the bullet and go for it myself."
"..."
'Oh dear, how am I supposed to respond to that!'