'What a pity, what a pity!!'
'Clearly a wonderful thing was right before my eyes, yet I couldn't cherish it. Only after it ended did I regret it.'
'If God could give me another chance, I would...'
'Cancer, I, Kaito, have already resolutely broken with gambling and drugs! Irreconcilable! What more do you want from me!?'
Rumble rumble rumble—!!
Alright, Cancer was angry.
Just as Kaito and the group were enjoying the hot spring, thunder sounded in the distant sky.
From the mountain top, they could just see the distant sky and clearly see dark clouds approaching.
No choice, everyone had to quickly get up, have Irisviel use Magecraft to clean the water droplets off them, put on their clothes, and prepare to descend the mountain.
They had to return to base before the dark clouds arrived.
Fortunately, food was abundant. Of the three wild chickens caught in the morning, three were still alive, and the rabbits as well.
As for eggs, they had just been eaten.
Besides that, there were some fruits, including the food from the previous suitcases. They could finish those first.
As for firewood, the quantity was also very sufficient.
"Alright, everyone. The dark clouds aren't coming that fast. Probably they'll come after the sun completely sets."
After frantically engraving the scene of everyone emerging from the bath into his memory, Kaito calmly got up, put on his clothes, and observed the surroundings and direction.
Determining some information, he calmed the anxious crowd.
No need to be afraid of the heavy rain. Besides, judging by the wind speed standing on the mountain top, it simply couldn't come all at once.
Judging by the current difficulty level of the parent-child activity, that thunderclap was more like a reminder, telling everyone that heavy rain was coming, to quickly prepare food and other items, even build houses for shelter, etc.
It didn't rule out that there was a temporarily livable cave somewhere at the foot of the mountain. But compared to that, Kaito preferred to go back.
He wasn't afraid of the waves either. At worst, he would push the rock house higher up.
Even if the entire island was submerged, he wouldn't be afraid.
After determining the direction of his rock house, Kaito walked to the other side of the mountain top and created a super-long staircase.
It was over three thousand meters long! Including the handrails and pillars, this time it almost drained Kaito.
It seemed he was still far from Morax!
Fortunately, his elemental power recovered quite quickly, fully recovering in just one or two hours.
"Let's go. This way we can go further and return to base faster."
As for this staircase, he would leave it. What if they wanted to come back and soak in the hot spring later?
With this gently sloping staircase, climbing up would only take time, but wouldn't be too tiring.
"Kaito, you've worked hard."
Sephie came over, gently patted his shoulder, and then injected some energy into his body.
Perhaps magic and elemental power had a certain interoperability relationship. When Sephie injected energy into him, Kaito's body began to automatically convert this energy, forming elemental power.
"Thank you. Actually, I recover very quickly. You don't need to do this."
"Are you sure it's really okay?"
Sephie asked worriedly.
"Hmm, no problem. In fact, I could even connect this place to our base in one go, but it's not necessary."
Not considering factors like mental exhaustion, it was indeed possible.
"Alright. If you need help, you can always tell us. Don't take everything on yourself, even if you are our captain."
And also the only guy among them!
Seeing Sephie so caring about him, Kaito was slightly surprised, then responded with a hearty smile and nodded.
"Let's go, let's go back~"
Lala and the others, now dressed, excitedly started down the stairs.
Because the slope was gentle and going downstairs was easier than going up, everyone chatted and laughed on the way down.
During this time, Kaito also observed the surroundings of the forest.
First, he looked at the layout of various positions.
He did see a few caves, some large, some small.
As for which one was the cave that would open for the task on the eighth day, he didn't know.
Regarding animals, he accidentally saw a few birds, but basically nothing else.
"Speaking of which, that wild boar really disappeared."
Kaito tried to find the wild boar, but whether it was on the other side of the island or hadn't appeared yet, those 500 points were still not obtained. So frustrating.
"We're home~"
"We're home~"
Lala and Eve ran back to the rock house and cheered, raising their hands high.
The others also gradually emerged from the forest, took a small detour, and arrived at the front of the rock house.
Now the sky was already dusk, and half of it was covered by dark clouds. Obviously, the heavy rain was still about an hour or two away.
During this time, Kaito began to remodel the rock house, building a very large awning on the base. Under it, they could continue to have the campfire, cook, and boil water.
But since they had all soaked in the hot spring, everyone obviously had no intention of bathing.
"Everyone, rest early tonight. I think this heavy rain won't stop for a while."
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
After dinner, the heavy rain arrived with lightning and thunder.
Thanks to Kaito setting up the fence around early, most of the cold sea wind was blocked. Only a small part blew in here.
But it was indeed cold. The air temperature dropped directly from a normal 20 degrees or so to single digits.
Sure enough, seaside weather and temperatures are everchanging and not constant.
Everyone returned to their rooms. Kaito also lay down.
This time, sleeping was even earlier than yesterday. If only he had a phone or something.
But the heavy rain outside was pounding loudly, which was also helpless.
If they hadn't found a cave, they would definitely suffer, but even with a cave, it might be very cold.
Not like here, where there was a fireplace to keep warm. Naturally, Kaito wasn't afraid of the cold.
He turned over and forced himself to sleep again. He didn't know how much time passed, but his ears twitched, and he knew tonight might not be so calm after all.
'Let's see who it was this time.'
"Kaito, I'm here~"
'Oh?'
'This time it wasn't Mika or Shodai, but Sayuri.'
"Hehe, you're here. Do the others know?"
"Some know, some don't. We chatted for a while and went to sleep early. As for me, hehe, you know."
How could a harem struggle happen?
Instead of arguing, they could take turns. After agreeing on some rules, this situation appeared.
"Alright, let's just say I'm lonely."
Kaito didn't get up. Sayuri also closed the door to block the wind.
Then Sayuri giggled and pounced on Kaito.
"Kaito, it's still early. How about I test you on some math problems?"
"Math problems?"
'Don't you know I'm an academically outstanding student?'
'Heh!'