Chapter 629 - Chapter 560: What Matters Most Is Fun
Friday
After school.
We immediately took Emeraldia-san to the Southern Island.
"Please don't leave my side once we're there, okay?"
"Okay~♪" "Aye, aye!"
I left the guiding to Mion. El-san would help with support too.
As for me, I wanted to meet with Gaju and talk things over thoroughly. Bell-buchou and Seth hadn't reported anything bad, but there might be some dissatisfaction from the Kijimunaa's perspective.
"~~~?" "Woof?"
"Oops, sorry. Alright, let's go."
Since the Fairy Path to the Divine Tree had opened, I asked Lupi to lead the way as usual.
Today, Shal and Pan were also with us, so I had them go first, and then me.
Mion, Leda and Roy, White Dragon Princess-sama, El-san, Emeraldia-san, and the Sweees followed.
"Alright. Gaju, long time no see."
"Juu~♪"
A high-five with both hands, our usual greeting.
After high-fiving Mion, White Dragon Princess-sama, Shal, and Pan,
"Juu!?"
"This is Emeraldia-san, the Emerald Dragon."
She was in human form now, but Gaju seemed to understand that she was a dragon and was very surprised.
"Juju?"
"Yeah. She's going to work on our island."
"Juju~♪"
"Ugh, so cute..."
Emeraldia-san knelt down and high-fived Gaju in return. She looked incredibly happy, which was good to see.
First, Emeraldia-san would go show her face to the Kijimunaa in the village.
For the Kijimunaa who help out outside the village, in the gate town and such, we could explain things to them later.
"Alright, Mion, I'll leave the rest to you. El-san, please help out too."
"Yes!" "Understood. Leave it to me."
They headed deeper into the village with White Dragon Princess-sama and Emeraldia-san.
Gaju, Pan, Shal, and I watched them go, then sat down by the Divine Tree.
"Um, I think the number of people coming to the island has increased quite a bit, but are you having any problems?"
"Juu~…"
Gaju thought deeply.
It's totally fine if he can't think of anything in particular, I thought.
"Juu! Juju~?"
"Ah, money."
He'd seen people exchanging money, using coins, in the gate town and was wondering if they should do the same.
Next to us, Pan and Shal were talking about something. Or rather, Shal and the Cait Sith seemed to have a concept of money.
Shal was explaining it to Gaju and Pan.
"Ryu~?"
"Nyaan."
"Juju."
Shal and her companions said that on their original island—which was now Ramune-san's Citron Kingdom—buying and selling based on money had been customary for a long time.
Now that it was connected to the mainland, and many players were coming and going, perhaps money transactions were increasing?
"Juju..."
Gaju seemed troubled by what he heard.
Well, the Kijimunaa probably wouldn't fall for scams, but...
"You haven't needed to use it until now, so you don't have to force yourselves to use it. If there's something you really want, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."
"Juju?"
"Yeah. In return, you can pay me with fruits or fish that can only be found on this island, things like that."
"Ryu ryu~?"
"Same for Pan and Shal. You help out in the fields regularly, so don't hesitate to tell me if there's anything you want."
"Ryu~" "Nyaan" "Juju~"
That was about all from Gaju.
So, I brought up the topic of the demons and Emeraldia-san myself.
I explained everything, starting from the events on Sabana's Island.
"Juju!" "Nya!"
"Ryuryu."
Hearing the story, Gaju and Shal became agitated.
Pan, on the other hand, was calm, speaking about the need to properly defend this island and our own.
"Yes, yes. That's also why I'm planning to have Emeraldia-san stay on this island for a while."
"Juu~!"
"Nyan."
Ah, good, I thought.
Gaju was happy, and Shal seemed convinced.
How long "a while" would be was still undecided, but in the meantime, I'd make sure to visit once a week to check in.
"Ryuryu?"
"Oh, yeah. Sweee said it was a good idea too."
Pan often respected Sweee's opinions.
Well, Sweee is the Fairy Queen, even if she doesn't always act like it, I mused.
"Juu?"
"Hmm, maybe one or two weeks? But even after that, I plan to have Emeraldia-san come here regularly."
"Juju~"
I talked about making the exchange of goods that could only be found on each other's islands more regular.
In the future, I'm thinking about traveling to other islands too, but I don't need to mention that just yet.
*
"Ah, they're back."
When we returned to the real Club Room, Yata-sensei seemed to be waiting for us?
"Is something wrong?"
"I know you two must be very busy with all the things happening in the game, but have you decided on the date for Mion-san's live stream on the island?"
"Oh, um, the song previews will start tomorrow, Saturday, so I thought it would be fine to schedule it around then."
At first, I thought the release day would be best, but the management, or rather, Rokujo Group's music company, requested it be before the release for promotional purposes.
"I'm sorry."
"We should have consulted you."
"It's perfectly fine. It's important for the two of you to make your own decisions,"
said Yata-sensei. And Bell-buchou added,
"With Emeraldia-san's situation, I think it's better to talk about the ability to travel to the Southern Island sooner rather than later. And for that, Mion being on the island is ideal, isn't it?"
She's right, that's definitely true, I thought.
Before anyone could snoop around, just declare that Mion had been welcomed to our island.
"The main point of the live stream is for the two of you to relax and enjoy the game, so I don't think you need to worry too much about other things. You're not bothering anyone, after all."
"The teacher is right. First and foremost, you two need to have fun yourselves."
Thanks to their words, Mion and I made up our minds.
"Then, it's tomorrow!"
"Yes!"