I woke up from my slumber when it was still dawn. The sun has yet to rise but the surrounding already has enough light for us to see. I sit up and look at Fiona who is still peacefully sleeping.
I crawl into the entrance of the tent and go outside. I stretch my arm and let out a yawn. The barrier that I cast is still up and covering us. I look at the wasteland that we were supposed to venture into today and saw that it has a slight fog.
If I compare this to the time on the Earth. Probably around 4:00? The campfire that we set up yesterday also went off during the duration of time. I decided to make something for our breakfast. Like any other storage magic, the time stop in the storage magic of Koharu. It was just a light breakfast.
As I was preparing breakfast. The sun was beginning to rise. After my preparation was ready. I woke the girls up. It is better to start moving as early as possible before the sun rises to avoid immense heat.
I and Fiona were just sharing a tent. She doesn't have any objection about it but she is kind of bashful when I told her about it.
It took some time to wake all of them up. No, not all. I didn't see or feel any signs that Akane will get out of her tent soon.
『Is she still sleeping?』
「Akane? Wake up, we still have to travel this wasteland, and if we delay any longer. I think we will have to deal with the immense heat later!! Akane?!」
No Response.
I decided to enter her tent and saw her lazily getting up but to my disappointment. She goes back to sleep once again and says 'I'm still sleepy.
I enter and push her shoulder lightly.
「 Akane, wake up!! 」
「5 more minutes…」
「…」
「Alright, but just 5 minutes okay?」
「Hnm…」
"5 minutes later"
5 minutes have passed but there is still no sign of Akane waking up. In fact, she seems to be falling into a deep sleep.
「Akane? 5 minutes have already pass」
I shouted outside the tent. Akane groaned and mumble
「 Another... 5 minutes…」
「 What?! Haaa Alright but this will be the last. Your breakfast is getting cold」
I knew that Akane was a heavy sleeper and not a morning person. So, I give her another 5 minutes.
While I was waking Akane up. The rest of the girls was starting to eat their breakfast before it gets cold.
"Another 5 minute passed"
I once again called out Akane but again she replied. '5 more minutes.
『Just how many 5 minutes does she need?. Haaa』
I thought annoyed.
Koharu enters the said girls' tent…again and shakes Akane's shoulder while calling out her name. The girl only replies with a groan and covers herself with a blanket.
I also say that we will live her alone if she doesn't wake up soon but she just said 'I'll catch up to you later. This answer made my eye twitch a bit.
I took away the blanket that was covering her but she just turns her back to me and curls herself into a ball. No matter what I do. She won't wake up. Getting frustrated at my failed attempt to wake Akane up. I came up with a plan. What is my plan you ask? Well…
「Akane, Your breakfast is already cold」
No response. Koharu smirk and start her plan.
「My, my...Does this sleeping beauty」
I leaned over to Akane's ear and whispered seductively
「Perhaps, needs a wake-up kiss? *Blew*」
When Koharu finish her sentence she blew on Akane's ear
This causes Akane's nerves and brain to be in an unstable mess and Koharu's last gesture sent a shiver down to Akane's spine.
When Akane heard Koharu's word. She jolted up from her peaceful sleep and was now blushing profusely.
「 W-Wha-Wh」
Before Akane can form a word Koharu interrupted her.
「 Good, you're awake. Ready yourself and Eat your breakfast」
Koharu said back to her emotionless state. She slowly then got out to Akane's tent and before she got out completely. She said...
「Dont you DARE go back to sleep」
Which was what Akane was about to do
「 W-what a-are you talking about?」
*Sigh* I look at her and said in a low voice
「Go back to sleep and I really WILL kiss you」
I wink at Akane when I finish my statement before finally getting out of her tent.
Koharu didn't saw how red Akane got when she said what she said. She then heard Akane shouting from the tent when she got out.
「Koharu!!... You stupid! idiot!」
When she heard Akane's remarks she just lightly laughs which made the other girls look at her confusingly. When Koharu notices the stare, she looks at the girls and notices that they were staring at her with surprise and confusion.
Koharu tilted her head which causes the other girls to look away with a light pink hue on their cheeks.
Koharu didn't know or notice that she was slowly changing and beginning to be more open and playful towards the girls while remaining emotionless to the stranger or to those people she isn't close to.
A moment later Akane came out of the tent with a pink hue in her cheeks while keeping her distance and avoiding eye contact with Koharu.
Fumiko notice Akane's pink cheeks and avoidance of Koharu and because of her curiosity she asks
「Akane? Are you okay? Your face is red」
Fumiko ask with a hint of concern in her voice
「I-Im fine」
Akane replied then looks at Koharu. Who was still staring at her and when Akane meets Koharu's eyes. Koharu smirked which cause the poor girl to be flustered and frantically averted her eyes with a red face. Fiona notices this and inquires about Koharu.
「Haru~ What did you do?」
Fiona asks with a smile but the air around her differently said so. She was releasing a dark aura that made Koharu flinch a little. Koharu who notices the drastic change in Fiona's air feels a little anxious.
「I-I didn't do anything though」
Koharu defended while stuttering. She didn't do anything
「Hee?~ It doesn't look like it~」
Fiona reply nonchalantly but the air around her remains the same rather it gets worse. The smile that Fiona was giving off bring shiver and anxiety to Koharu
「F-Fiona, You look scary」
Koharu said while maintaining her calmness. Her complexion doesn't change much. But it did show a little fear.
「 Ko~ha~ru~」
Fiona said Koharus name with an emphasis in each syllable like if she doesn't confess what she did. Something terrible will happen to her.
「hieee, I-I was just teasing Akane」
Koharu said with an unusual little fear in her voice. Koharu is still a human who feels emotion but she rarely shows it. The girls didn't bother to help Koharu in Fiona's interrogation. If truth to be told they were quite amused to see a different side of Koharu.
When Fiona heard Koharu's reply. The dark aura seems to be diminished though she still had no idea what she did for Fiona to react like that.
「Ohh, really?」
She confirms
「Yeah」
「What kind of teasing did you do for Akane to react so cautiously of you?」
Mayumi asks Koharu. She is quite curious about what Koharu did to Akane.
Fumiko was keeping silent and listening to the conversation.
While Akane was eating her breakfast, trying to forget what Koharu said and did.
『It won't harm to tell them right?』
「Well, I just said to Akane that if she won't get up asap. I will kiss her」
I said with a nonchalant tone.
This revelation however causes Akane to choke on her food who didn't expect Koharu to reveal what she did with such an indifferent tone. Fumiko who was drinking water, spit it and cough. The air around Mayumi and Fiona however became colder.
Noticing the reaction of the girls. She didn't know why but she feels the need to explain
「 Ahh, I didn't do it though. I was just threatening Akane but if she didn't get up. I don't mind doing it though 」
Dense? Pfft--I'm not. Well, probably
This statement cause Akane to blush and said
「W-w-why a-are you s-so s-shameless?」
Akane shouted at me but I ignored her and went over to Mayumi and Fiona who has a sudden change of mood. I walk over to them. They were sitting in a log beside each other. I kneel and kissed Fiona's forehead and then turn to Mayumi to kiss her cheeks. Mayumi and Fiona who were slow to react to my action were stunned and when they process what just happen they blush profusely.
「W-Wh-Why?」
「W-W-What a-are you doing?!」
Fiona and Mayumi manage to ask in their stuttering and red face
「Well, you two seem so gloomy all of a sudden and I didn't know the reason this time. So, maybe, just maybe. It would cheer you up?」
I said and I look away in another direction with a tint of pink in my cheeks while my right hand was covering half of my face in the mouth area. Koharu wasn't used to this kind of thing so she was embarrassed. She remembers her parents (when they still didn't give Koharu a cold shoulder) do this to her whenever she feels down and it always does the trick.
Koharu notices the silence of the girls and when she regained her composure she looks at them and saw them smiling?
「So, I assume that it did the trick?」
I said unsure, without a hint of emotion
Mayumi nodded cheerfully with a bright smile on her face while Fiona was smiling bashfully and say
「W-well, I guess」
I gave them a small smile and notice the two girls are still staring at us (Akane and Fumiko). I decided to tease them because the two of them gave the best reaction especially Akane.
「What? Do you two want one too?」
I ask them with a casual tone and just as I expected. Their reaction is the best.
「 W-Wha」
The two of them said. I stand up and smirk then said
「I don't mind」
The two of them blush and shouted at me with a deafening voice.
「HELL, NO!!」
「 If you say so… Also, you don't need to make a fuss about it… I was just asking... 」
I said which made them relax for a brief moment. Yes, brief.
「Ohh, but if you want one, just ask and that's what you'll get」
This sentence from Koharu sound enticing to the girls.
『 If I just ask? That kiss made me feel giddy inside but it's embarrassing to ask…Uuuu』Mayumi
『 I want one and that kiss earlier made me happy』Fiona
『 Who would ask anyway, but it can't hurt right? No, no, no』Fumiko thought then shakes her head
『 W-well, I-Its not like I want one…But…No!… Akane stop beside you already have Kenneth』Akane scolded herself
「Anyway, let's start moving before the sun truly rise」
Koharu said, oblivious that her statement conflicted with the girls' feelings and thoughts.
The girls just sigh and follow Koharu. They travel the wasteland for about 4 hours. They start moving at 6:00 and they reach the entrance of the 4-Major lands at around 11:02
Their travel was extremely exhausting, and they were also tired due to the fighting they got yesterday and waking up so early causing them to slow down their pace even more. It's a good thing Koharu and Akane can cast a water spell. So, they remain hydrated throughout their journey, and oh yeah they embark on their journey at 6 because Koharu decided to make an umbrella, to shield the blazing heat of the sun which helps them greatly.
When they were at the entrance of their destination. They decided to take a rest to recover their lost energy and take a shade at the nearby tree and eat a sandwich snack that Koharu made before their mission.
(A/N: She store it in her dimensional storage magic. Time stops in her storage. So, the sandwich was still good to eat. It doesn't have molds whatsoever. )
How did I get the materials to make whatever I want? Well, it just appears in my storage out of nowhere. Probably the work of the goddess. It is a mystery but I can somehow identify and knew all the things that were stored in my storage. Even if I wasn't the one who put them.