CH 157

Chapter 157 – Ior’s Request

It had been three days since I brought Kaza into the group. After we all had breakfast together, Ior said that he wanted to take me to the lake.

When I asked him what he had in store for me, he told me that I would have to wait until I got there to find out. So we went to the lake together, and—

“This… is such a beautiful view.” (Bouchi)

Last time I came, the lake had been plain and unadorned, with nothing much to it. But now, the bank of the lake was filled with colorful flowers, painting a beautiful scene.

“This is amazing, Ior! This is big!” (Bouchi)

“Eheheh… Also, look here.” (Ior)

Ior pulled me by the hand and had me peer into the lake.

“Wow, it’s so clear…!” (Bouchi)

The lake hadn’t been incredibly murky before, but it was never so clear that we could see all the way to the bottom like we could now.

“This is thanks to the scytoliths.” (Ior)

“Ah, I remember you planted those at the bottom of the lake, right? Amazing, the lake has this clear in such a short time.” (Bouchi)

“Once it’s like this, you can drink from it normally.” (Ior)

“Haha, this is really great!” (Bouchi)

I patted Ior on the head, and his eyes narrowed into an expression of warm delight.

“The plantmen did a good job too.” (Ior)

The plantmen who were forming a line beside Ior began to jump up and down merrily.

“I knew that as long as you left things up to you, this island would always remain green, Ior. Keep up the good work.” (Bouchi)

“Yeah, I’ll do my best! Also… there’s one more thing.” (Ior)

“Hm? Do you need anything?” (Bouchi)

Just like before, Ior had worked really hard and produced good results, so I was willing to indulge him a little bit.

“Umm… It’s about the thing Hiro-sama gave to me before.” (Ior)

“Before? …Ah, are you talking about the [I’ll Do Whatever You Say Coupon]?” (Bouchi)

“Y-Yes. Can I… use it?” (Ior)

He might grow up to be a splendid corporate sla—No, no, I don’t want to raise him like that. I want him to become a respectable adult who can do what he wants to, while preferably remaining as pure and innocent as he is now.

“Alright. So? What do you wish for?” (Bouchi)

“…I want to see… Ma-chan.” (Ior)

“Eh? M-Ma-chan?” (Bouchi)

That… there was only one person named that anyway.

“Yeah, that’s right…” (Ior)

Going to see Mahina would obviously mean going to see the other sisters as well. Those sisters certainly did take good care of him, and he had grown really fond of Mahina in that time.

But if possible, I didn’t want to see Totoki…

At this point, it might be better to entrust Yofel with this trip. It was curious why I always tended to get caught up in trouble whenever I got involved with Totoki. There was that time with Ohsaka, and that time with Ior.

I wasn’t sure if it was because trouble loved to follow her around, or if it was me. That was why she was someone I wanted to avoid as much as possible, but…

Ior was looking up at me with pleading eyes.

Perhaps all this time, he had been wanting to go see Mahina. But Ior must have made up his mind to hold out until he finished his work for me at the lake.

How commendable. Even without the [I’ll Do Anything You Say Ticket], I wanted to reward him for this at all costs.

“……Alright.” (Bouchi)

“…! Really?!” (Ior)

“Yeah. But do you really want to use your ticket for that?” (Ior)

“Eh?” (Ior)

“Don’t you have something bigger to wish for?” (Bouchi)

“…I have my onee-chan, Hiro-sama, and everyone else, so I’m really happy. I… don’t have anything else I want to wish for.” (Ior)

What a good boy…!

Yofel really deserved to be proud. Even I, someone who wasn’t related to him, couldn’t help but love this little guy for how honest and kind he was.

“…I see. Alright then. Do you want to go now?” (Bouchi)

“…Yes. E-Err… Hiro-sama… will you come too…?” (Ior)

“Eh? Ahh… I’ll go with you.” (Bouchi)

My goodness, please stop looking at me with those sad puppy eyes…

I was thinking of leaving it to Yofel, but I couldn’t refuse him at this point.

I explained the situation to Yofel via . It seemed that she was training with Kaza and Shiki, and they stopped to come over to us.

Yofel wasn’t surprised, since she already knew about the lake, but both Shiki and Kaza looked on with wonder at the view.

After leaving the island under Izu’s care, we boarded the [Jet Book] and made our ways towards Totoki’s house.

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