I Was Stranded on a Deserted Island with a Beautiful Classmate

“W-Who are you people…?” I ask the three girls while protecting Amane.

The short-haired girl points her arrow at me again. Where did she get that bow and arrow…?

“…! You’re not Kurashima!” she exclaims.

“What are you talking about? I’m Hayasaka from Class 2-A. Tetsu Hayasaka,” I reply.

They seem to have mistaken me for someone else and lowered their bows. That sudden attack really surprised me.

As I wipe my sweat, Amane speaks to the three girls.

“Are you castaways too? I guess you didn’t come to rescue us.”

“We were washed up here too. When we woke up… we were on this island.”

“But that doesn’t explain why you attacked Hayasaka,” Amane says.

“We apologize for that. We were chasing ‘Kurashima’.”

Kurashima?

I don’t think there’s anyone by that name in our class.

At least, he’s probably not in the same class as us.

“What about this Kurashima?” I ask.

“Kurashima is a boy from Class 2-B. He was in our class… but before the ship capsized, he got into a lifeboat alone and escaped! All three of us saw it. That’s why we can’t forgive him.”

What…!?

To think there was such a terrible student.

So they mistook me for him.

“At least check my face before attacking. I almost lost my life.”

“We’re sorry about that. It looked like Amane was being attacked.”

“Hey, wait… You know Amane?”

“Of course. Amane is an idol. Haven’t you heard of Winter Daphne?”

Unfortunately, I’m not interested in idols.

But I didn’t know Amane was one.

So that’s why she’s so cute.

I turn to Amane and ask, “Is that true?” Amane looks troubled but confirms it.
She really was an idol!

“I’m sorry for keeping it a secret, Hayasaka.”

“No, now I understand why you’re so cute and have such a great figure.”

“C-Cute…! Uhh…”

Even when she’s embarrassed, she’s cute.

I didn’t know Amane was an idol. This changes how I see her a bit.

Anyway, I’ll save the questions for later and turn to the short-haired girl.

“So, what are you planning to do with Kurashima?”

“Capture him and make him pay for his crime. Many students might have been washed away because the lifeboats became unusable… Some might have drowned. So…”

“I understand. Let’s work together then. There’ll be me and three girls here.”

“Really? That would be helpful to have more people.”

“Anyway, there’s no point in fighting on this unknown island. Let’s put aside the Kurashima issue for now and go to our base.”

“We’ll follow you. Oh, right. We haven’t introduced ourselves. I’m Mao Yaegashi, captain of the archery club. The girl with glasses is Hoshubana from the archery club too. Her nickname is ‘Hokkii’. The redhead is Higanbana from the shogi club. That’s the three of us.”

I see.

Yaegashi seems to be the leader of the two.
And the quiet-looking girl with black-rimmed glasses is Hoshubana. She looks like she could be a librarian, but she’s in the archery club.

The red-haired girl is Higanbana.

…Is that her natural hair color?

It clearly violates school rules, but I won’t mention it now.

She seems a bit strong-willed.

After exchanging greetings, I guide the three to the cave.

* * *

“This is the cave. It’s our base.”

The three new girls exclaim, “Ooh~”

“I didn’t know there was a cave here,” Hoshubana says, looking around with interest.
I take the opportunity to ask a question.

“Where did you girls spend the night yesterday?”

“A-Are you asking me…!?”

“Y-Yes, Hoshubana.”

“……”

Hoshubana turns bright red and looks down. Is she shy?

Wait, she uses “boku” to refer to herself?

That’s a high score in my book.

As I’m feeling pleased, Amane elbows me.

“…Hmph.”

“W-What’s wrong, Amane? Your cheeks are puffed out like a hamster.”

“I’m just wondering why there are only girls here.”

“Ah… Now that you mention it, that makes six girls…”

Come to think of it, isn’t this a harem situation!?

Am I… going to live surrounded by beautiful girls…? This is bad, I don’t know if I can handle it.

Everywhere I look, I see pretty faces, breasts, and hips.

Ugh, begone, worldly desires!

If I’m not careful, I’ll get a nosebleed. I can’t let myself look so uncool.

Anyway, I should introduce Amane and Chitose.
As we approach the cave, someone who looks like Kitakami comes out.

She’s holding a knife in her right hand, and half her body is covered in blood.

Huh…?

The dripping blood is so creepy that it makes my skin crawl.

“GYAAAAAAAAAH!!!”

All of us, including me, scream.

Then, all the girls except me collapse on the ground one after another – they’ve fainted.

It’s like a scene where people are hit by the Conqueror’s Haki.

“…A serial killer? No, Kitakami?”

“That’s right. I was waiting for you to return, Hayasaka.”

“Waiting for me? But you’re covered in blood. Don’t tell me… Chitose…”

“Of course not. I was butchering a wild boar.”

“Oh, I see. Where’s Chitose?”

“Kusamochi fainted too.”

Everyone except Kitakami is out, huh.

But damn, Kitakami is too wild!
I think she’s an even better survivor than me. She could probably make it on her own.

“Geez. I guess you were draining the blood, but it’s too shocking for normal girls. Do something about it.”

“We can’t live without taking life. Animals and plants all have life. That’s why we say ‘itadakimasu’ and pray with gratitude. We must respect the life that becomes our nourishment.”

Once we’ve killed it, we have to eat it with respect and make it delicious.

That’s right, we can eat meat.

What’s a little blood?

If we worry about small things like that, we won’t survive here.

“Thank you, Kitakami. Thanks to you, I remembered something important.”

“It’s nothing. More importantly, I understand about Amane, but… who are those three girls on the ground?”

Oh, right.

Not just Amane, but Yaegashi, Hoshubana, and Higanbana had all collapsed from shock.

I explain to Kitakami about these three and the possibility that a guy named Kurashima might be hiding on the island.

“…So that’s how we ended up cooperating.”

“I see. Kurashima… is it?”

“Apparently from Class 2-B. Do you know him?”