After helping Miko and Yurikawa set up their tents, Amamiya Natsuki continued to patrol his territory.
Hayasaka... didn't need help.
The versatile maid, who knows and understands everything, is like Kakashi of the ninja world; setting up a tent is absolutely no problem for her.
Kaguya naturally shared a tent with Chika. As a genius girl, the young lady could easily solve everything except making her steamed buns bigger. Not only was the tent set up, but it was also quite beautiful and pretty.
Finally, only Kitagawa Marin was left.
"Natsuki." Kitagawa Marin looked over piteously, her blonde hair exceptionally dazzling in the bright sunlight, and she whined, "I can't set up the tent. Please help me."
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and said:
"I'll do it."
"Then thank you very much."
Kitagawa Marin handed over the tools and casually took out a tissue, naturally wiping the sweat from Amamiya Natsuki's forehead. Her sweet smile and charmingly cute appearance surprised the girls nearby.
"Marin-chan is actually so skilled." Marin's friend crossed her arms over her chest and said in surprise, "You two haven't secretly started dating, have you?"
"Cough, cough..."
Kitagawa Marin immediately started coughing.
She was seen through at a glance. Was her reaction really that obvious?
Hearing this, Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, looked at Marin's friend, pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, and said:
"That's right..."
"Of course not!" Kitagawa Marin interrupted hastily, "Ryoko, don't say strange things. I just often go to the Student Council to play with Chika-chan, so I'm very familiar, that's all."
She wouldn't admit it.
She absolutely wouldn't admit it.
The matter of dating could be done, but it couldn't be spoken aloud.
Because others couldn't understand that feeling. Even if she told everyone, she wouldn't receive blessings, only unnecessary trouble and criticism.
If it were before, Kitagawa Marin would have cared a lot. When she was with a boy she liked, she would definitely make it official and let the whole world know.
But the more things she experienced, the less she had that idea.
As long as she was happy, she didn't need to tell anyone else.
While speaking, Kitagawa Marin also secretly winked at Amamiya Natsuki: "Natsuki, hurry up and deny it."
Amamiya Natsuki indicated his understanding and said nonchalantly:
"That's right, Marin-chan is so cute and has such a good figure, she definitely wouldn't like a boy like me."
"Hmph, good that you know." Kitagawa Marin lifted her delicate chin, put her hands on her hips, and said, "The boy I like must have at least eight-pack abs."
"Um..." Kitagawa Marin's friend couldn't help but say, "If I remember correctly, Natsuki-kun also has eight-pack abs, doesn't he?"
"Eh?" Kitagawa Marin caught the key point and quickly retorted, "Ryoko-chan, how would you know? Have you secretly dated Natsuki?"
"Of course not!" Marin's friend's face turned red, "I clearly saw them during swimming class, okay?"
"Makes one suspicious..."
"You're clearly more suspicious, okay!"
"..."
All in all, Kitagawa Marin successfully fooled her friend and glossed over the matter of their relationship.
Amamiya Natsuki helped set up the tent, waved his hand, and continued patrolling.
Once all the students had set up their tents, the teachers finally came to lead the group, taking everyone to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
At two in the afternoon, the wilderness survival training officially began.
It sounded a bit intimidating, but it wasn't dangerous at all, completely different from Bear Grylls's wilderness survival. The main content was just finding water sources in the mountains, recognizing plants and animals, collecting some specific flowers and plants for the teachers, and so on. In simple terms, it was just playing.
During this time, there was also a task of making insect specimens. Many girls were afraid of insects and would occasionally shriek, but for Chika and others, mere insects were not enough to scare them.
The Cursed Academy, Ghost Ship, Blizzard Mountain Villa, Midnight Nightmare shopping mall, Misty Village... all were much scarier than insects.
The afternoon passed quickly, and nothing noteworthy happened.
Before long, it was evening.
According to the Forest Camp's activity requirements, everyone worked together to prepare dinner. Amamiya Natsuki was in a group with Kaguya, Chika, Miko, and Yurikawa. With four girls present, he naturally didn't need to cook, only help out, and thus enjoyed a relaxed evening.
After dinner, the leading teachers started organizing activities again. They played until eight o'clock in the evening before finally taking the students to a nearby hotel for a bath.
It was already close to summer vacation, and everyone had been running around in the mountains all day, so they were all sweating profusely. Taking a bath was arguably the happiest part of the day.
Teachers were specifically stationed at the entrances of the male and female bathrooms, making the possibility of entering the wrong bathroom zero, unless Amamiya Natsuki used a disguise skill to transform into a girl and enter the female bathroom.
Amamiya Natsuki naturally had no interest in that. After showering in the male bathroom, he returned refreshed to the tent he had set up during the day, ready to rest. The total number of boys participating in Forest Camp was odd, so Amamiya Natsuki had a tent to himself.
Soon after he sat down, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Yukinoshita Yukino sent a message: "Natsuki-kun, good evening."
After the greeting, Hirano went straight to the point: "There's something I want to ask you for help with, it's about my sister..."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Did Haruno-nee encounter another strange intrusion into reality?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "No strange intrusion, I gave the player invitation to my sister."
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, not surprised by this outcome.
If the real world were peaceful and there were no strange intrusions, Yukinoshita Yukino would certainly not let her sister become a player. However, various signs indicated that the real world was undergoing unknowable changes and might become increasingly dangerous in the future.
In such a situation, one could either be an ignorant ordinary person, knowing nothing and waiting for death, or gamble with one's life and fight back.
Clearly, both Yukino and Haruno were the latter type of people.
Amamiya Natsuki: "What do you want to ask of me?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Summer vacation starts next week. My sister and I agreed that I would give her the player invitation after the vacation... This is her first time participating in a dungeon, and I don't know what might happen, so I'm asking Natsuki-kun for help."
Amamiya Natsuki: "The Paste skill is not a problem."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Not the skill, but that Leg Attachment device... If possible, please be my sister's Leg Attachment, Natsuki-kun."
With the second young lady's independent personality, no matter what she encountered, she would never ask for help from others, except for Haruno.
That morning, when she went to the apartment where Haruno was and found that Haruno had been forgotten by everyone, Yukinoshita Yukino only felt as if her heart was tightly squeezed, almost unable to breathe.
A player's first dungeon challenge requires both ability and luck.
Even if Haruno's ability was strong, if her luck was bad and she encountered vengeful spirits and monsters as soon as she entered the dungeon, the outcome would naturally be self-evident.
Therefore, at this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino spoke again, asking for help.
Amamiya Natsuki pondered for two seconds, then said:
"Dungeons are so dangerous. If you want someone to help, shouldn't you show some sincerity, Yukino?"
Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her pink lips: "What do you want?"
Amamiya Natsuki retorted:
"Whatever I want, Yukino will give?"
Yukinoshita Yukino said decisively: "Impossible."
Calling him 'Master' last time was one thing, but if she had to call him 'Daddy,' would she also have to agree?
Of course, she couldn't agree!
"Then I'll make a simple request first."
Amamiya Natsuki was not polite. Although this second young lady was still as cold as ever, he had already kissed her, hugged her, and even taken advantage of her in front of Haruno. She was no longer an unattainable high-mountain flower.
"I'm currently at Forest Camp, resting alone in my tent. I'm very bored right now, so... I want to see a leg picture of Yukino."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."
How could he shamelessly say he wanted to see a leg picture!
In all these years, since childhood, no boy had ever dared to ask her to take a leg picture. Yukinoshita Yukino felt humiliated.
However... for Haruno, it was necessary to make a small sacrifice.
At the same time.
Chiba Prefecture.
In a high-rise apartment.
Yukinoshita Yukino had already showered and was resting on the sofa. After seeing the unreasonable request for a leg picture, she hesitated for a while, gently exhaled, and with a slightly reddened pretty face, raised her phone.
Click.
The photo was taken.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at his phone in surprise: "She really took a leg picture?"
In the photo, the two legs were tightly pressed together, snow-white and shy, both fair and straight. There wasn't a single flaw to be found no matter how he looked at them. They could be given a perfect score for 'legs to play with for years.'
"For Haruno, she can even agree to such an unreasonable request..." Amamiya Natsuki silently saved the photo, "If it were anyone else, let alone actually taking a leg picture, they would have probably just blocked and deleted me."
Amamiya Natsuki originally thought that his previous 'training' had no effect on the second young lady, but now it seemed that it clearly had some effect, otherwise the leg picture wouldn't have been sent so quickly.
Since that's the case... the 'training' continues.
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said:
"There are too many fake photos these days. I suspect the legs in the photo aren't yours, unless you write the character 'just' (correct) on your thigh to prove your identity."
Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lip with her pearly teeth, her pretty face taut: "Paramecium-kun, don't go too far."
Asking her to write 'just' on her thigh was clearly an insult!
Amamiya Natsuki compromised: "Then let's change the request. I'll believe you if you just make a simple peace sign."
"..."
Looking at the message, Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her pink lips. After a moment of hesitation, she agreed.
Compared to the 'just' character, a peace sign was indeed no problem...
A moment later.
Looking at the peace sign photo on his phone, Amamiya Natsuki smiled again. While saving it, he said:
"I always feel like something is missing... Oh, I remember! Girls should wear stockings. Put on stockings, one picture each of black and white."
Yukinoshita Yukino could no longer bear it: "That's enough! Don't push your luck!"
They clearly agreed to only one leg picture, but the requests kept increasing. If this continued, leg pictures wouldn't even be enough anymore.
"What a pity, I didn't get to see Yukino's black and white stockings."
Amamiya Natsuki said with regret, put down his phone, and prepared to rest.
Just as he closed his eyes, his phone vibrated again.
"Did she really take them?"
Amamiya Natsuki reached out in surprise and picked up his phone, only to find that it wasn't Yukino, but a photo sent by Marin, a photo of countless stars.
"Natsuki, come out quickly and look at the cosmos, it's super beautiful."
Kitagawa Marin immediately sent two more messages, "The cosmos outside is super beautiful, much prettier than the pictures taken with a phone."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Received. Where are you? I'll be right there."
Kitagawa Marin: "Right next to that big rock where we went up the mountain this afternoon."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki put away his phone, left the tent, and looked up at the sky.
This Forest Camp, far from the city's hustle and bustle, didn't seem special during the day, but at this moment, he realized that the night sky was exceptionally brilliant and bright.
It was a little past nine in the evening, the first day of Forest Camp. Everyone was very excited at night, and many people were chatting outside. The teachers in charge also turned a blind eye.
Amamiya Natsuki passed through the valley and soon arrived at the place where they entered the mountain in the afternoon.
"Natsuki, over here, over here."
Kitagawa Marin stood on a large bluestone, waving happily.
Amamiya Natsuki walked over.
"I'm jumping down."
Kitagawa Marin leaped down, jumping towards Amamiya Natsuki.
Thump.
Amamiya Natsuki opened his arms and steadily caught the Succubus Girl.
"Hehehe..." Kitagawa Marin happily hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck and rubbed her face against his, cooing like a kitten, "Natsuki, hold me."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"I'm already holding you."
"A little tighter."
Kitagawa Marin kissed Amamiya Natsuki's cheek, "I didn't get a chance to hug you all day."
Amamiya Natsuki held the Succubus Girl and walked towards the mountain.
"Eh?" Kitagawa Marin paused, "Aren't we going to look at the stars?"
Amamiya Natsuki replied:
"There's a bench on the mountaintop, it's even better for stargazing."
Kitagawa Marin happily snuggled closer, leaned her pretty face over, and kissed Amamiya Natsuki's lips: "Then let's go to the mountaintop to see the stars."
Amamiya Natsuki stopped and said:
"I've changed my mind."
Kitagawa Marin asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Amamiya Natsuki lowered his head, looking at the increasingly affectionate Succubus Girl in his arms, and said with burning eyes: "First, we kiss, and then we go to the mountaintop."
"Mmm..."
The two were now officially dating, so they could kiss and hug whenever they wanted.
Aside from being a little shy at first, Kitagawa Marin soon started responding actively.
After kissing for an unknown amount of time, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly looked up.
"W-why did you stop?"
Kitagawa Marin was slightly panting, her eyes misty, and a thin strand of saliva still at the corner of her mouth, shimmering with a silvery glow under the starlight and moonlight.
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"I heard footsteps. Someone's coming from behind."
Kitagawa Marin quickly said:
"Then let's hide quickly."
"Mm."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded, held Marin, and walked to the side of the road, coming behind a large tree.
A moment later, a boy and a girl, hand in hand, walked up the mountain by moonlight.
"I know her, she's a girl from the next class, her name seems to be Anzu..." Kitagawa Marin hadn't gotten down yet, clinging to Amamiya Natsuki like a koala, whispering in his ear, "The boy next to her must be her boyfriend."
"Oh no, their goal must also be to go to the mountaintop to see the stars. We're going to be beaten to it."
Amamiya Natsuki squinted, looked at the couple on the mountain path, and whispered:
"Your guess seems to be wrong. They don't seem to be planning to go to the mountaintop to see the stars."
"Eh?"
Kitagawa Marin curiously looked out.
The moonlight was like water.
Under the bright moonlight, the young couple passed by them, then turned a corner and walked towards a more secluded path.
"You can just follow the main road to the mountaintop. What are Anzu and her boyfriend doing on the small path?" Kitagawa Marin's curiosity surged, "Natsuki, hurry up and follow them to see."
Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly:
"Not going to the mountaintop to see the stars anymore?"
"It's not too late to go later," Kitagawa Marin quickly said, "Besides, there might be many people on the mountaintop right now, so it wouldn't be convenient for us to go."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki held Marin and walked towards the small path.
Since it was night and there were no streetlights, they didn't even need a cloak; they could just follow directly behind. After turning a corner, they saw the two sitting on a bench deep in the forest.
"I see them." Kitagawa Marin looked over curiously, "What? It turns out they're just kissing... They're officially dating at school, everyone knows that, so why do they have to run here to kiss?"
"Perhaps they're looking for excitement." Amamiya Natsuki shrugged, and whispered, "Go back now?"
Kitagawa Marin nodded: "Let's go back... Eh, wait, wait a minute! What is Anzu doing?!!"
Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes and looked.
Under the hazy moonlight.
The girl who had just finished kissing suddenly stood up, then bent down, made a motion of taking something off, and then put something into her pocket... Although the light was dim and he didn't see clearly, he could tell with his toes what the item she had just taken off was!
Seeing this scene, Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened in disbelief, her pretty face quickly flushed, and she stammered:
"D-does Anzu mean to... No, no way? This is the wilderness!"
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"Maybe it's just a misunderstanding."
Kitagawa Marin widened her eyes and couldn't help but complain:
"They were sitting side by side just now, and now they're... How could it be a misunderstanding!"
The evening breeze blew.
Tree shadows swayed.
A strange humming sound drifted into their ears with the wind.
Kitagawa Marin's pretty face flushed even redder, and she quickly averted her gaze, turning her head to look elsewhere: "L-Let's go quickly."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded, about to leave, when the strange humming sound suddenly vanished.
Immediately after, a girl's voice, full of disappointment, drifted over:
"Did you… finish?"
The boy's voice was full of shame: "I'm sorry… I was too nervous."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly recalled a tragic joke he had heard before.
Girl: "Did you start?"
Boy: "I've already finished."
With the battle over, the two naturally didn't linger and quickly packed up.
Amamiya Natsuki and Marin decided to stay put for now, waiting for the other party to leave first, to avoid an awkward encounter.
A moment later.
The girl walked quickly ahead, the boy followed behind with a face full of shame, and they disappeared one after another.
"Kyoko-chan's boyfriend is actually The Flash…"
Kitagawa Marin said, unable to help but cast a suspicious glance at Amamiya Natsuki, asking softly, "Are all boys like that?"
"I feel insulted." Amamiya Natsuki's face immediately stiffened. "We're not going back. I'll prove it to you right now."