That night, Shouko came into my room.

“Y-yeah. Same here.”

I had now gone through the experience of being a girl’s first two days in a row, but that did not mean I was used to it.

My heart was pounding, and the nerves left my throat painfully dry.

“Can I sit next to you...?”

“O-of course.”

When I nodded, Shouko sat down beside me.

The two of us ended up sitting side by side on the bed.

When I looked at her, she was looking at me too.

Her face seemed to hold not only nervousness, but also a hint of expectation and anxiety.

I had already meant to say it, but I could tell what she wanted from me.

“U-um, Shouko.”

“Y-yeah...!”

“I said this to Chiyu and Shion too, so you might think I’m the worst for it, but... I love you, Shouko.”

Her kindness, the way she treated everyone without making distinctions.

The way she was always positive, brightened the mood, reacted honestly, was a little innocent, and had such a good heart—I had always liked those things about her.

Over the days since we came to this island, that affection had turned into love.

“...Really?”

At my words, Shouko’s eyes widened for an instant. Then she looked up at me as if confirming it.

“Yeah. Really.”

“...Ehehe. I’m happy.”

When I nodded, Shouko scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

Her eyes were damp, sparkling as they reflected the lantern light.

Then she gently brought her lips closer.

It was a brief kiss, only our lips touching.

Even so, her feelings came through almost painfully clearly.

“Hey, then that means you’re everyone’s boyfriend, right?”

The word boyfriend made my heart jump.

“I... guess so.”

If this were back in Japan, I could easily have been treated as the lowest kind of guy, two-timing and then some.

But because of our situation on this island, Chiyu’s encouragement of a harem, and the girls’ ability to adapt, this unusual arrangement was being accepted.

Of course, I was happy about that. But it was also true that I felt uneasy about whether I had the right to call myself the girls’ boyfriend.

“Obviously it does! What, are you saying you love us and you’ll sleep with us, but you don’t want to date us?”

Shouko looked up at me with narrowed eyes.

“No, no...! I’m not saying that. Sorry. Please be my girlfriend. I’d be happy if you became my girlfriend, Shouko.”

“...Yeah. I’ll be your girlfriend. If you’re my boyfriend, then I’m... really happy too.”

This was dangerous.

Shouko turning so meek was way too cute.

“Um, Shouko...”

“Y-yeah. ...Should we?”

“Yeah. Is that okay?”

“Of coursity... But, um, I’d be happy if you turned out the light... I’m still embarrassed.”

“O-okay.”

I blew out the lantern.

The room went dark at once, but after a little while, my eyes adjusted.

Moonlight was coming in through the window, so I could dimly make out the room.

Shouko seemed to be the same way, and she slowly lay down on her back on the bed.

“Um... Chiyu cast that magic on me. You know, the one.”

She probably meant Painkiller.

I leaned over her and kissed her.

“Mm... Sousuke. More... kiss me more.”

Her sweet, pleading voice made my nerves burn hotter, and we kissed until both of us were breathless.

She did not make a single reluctant face. If anything, she returned my affection on her own, pressing kisses to my cheek and neck.

By the time our breathing had grown rough, I drew back and began helping her out of her school uniform.

“...I want to take yours off too.”

Shouko reached for the hem of my clothes, so I shifted around to make it easier for her.

“I-I did it. I got them off.”

“Thanks. Just leave them wherever.”

Without even looking at the clothes she had taken off me, I kissed her lips, her neck, and her collarbone.

“Mm... Sousuke, aren’t you kind of used to this?”

“Sorry. Do you not like that...?”

“No, it’s fine... But, um, you haven’t done much with me, so haven’t you gained way too much experience?”

Her voice sounded faintly sulky.

“If you’re okay with it, Shouko... I want to do all kinds of things with you too.”

“Wow, that was super dirty. Total harem-boy line.”

“Is that bad?”

“...It’s not bad. I love you too, Sousuke, and I don’t want to lose to everyone else. And I’m... interested in that stuff too... so let’s do lots, okay?”

When she said that in a trembling voice, my restraint nearly snapped.

I kissed her again, and the two of us took our time learning each other in the dark.

“Ah... Sousuke, you really like that, don’t you...”

Shouko gave a wry little smile as she gently stroked my head.

“There, there. The thing you’ve been sneaking glances at this whole time finally belongs to you, Sousuke. Lots of other boys looked too, but you’re my boyfriend, so you’re the only one allowed to touch me like this, okay?”

Shouko was supposed to have less knowledge about this than the other girls, yet sometimes she somehow found the exact words that hit me hardest.

Chiyu and Shion’s studied efforts made me happy too, but Shouko’s natural, unguarded comments had a destructive power of their own.

I continued, carefully and slowly, until she clutched at the bedding and let out a small sound.

“W-wait... Sousuke, there...”

Soon, her embarrassment melted into a trembling readiness.

“...It’s okay now. Sousuke, I think... it’s time.”

I made sure we were protected, then took a breath and looked down at her.

“...Haa, haa. I-it’s okay, Sousuke. Will you take my first time?”

“Yeah...”

I moved slowly, doing my best not to hurt her.

“Mm... ah... it’s... in...”

Shouko dug her fingers into the bedding and gripped it tightly.

I could not move right away.

Rather, I could barely hold myself still.

“Shouko, are you okay?”

“Y-yeah. It’s my first time feeling this, but thanks to Chiyu, ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) it doesn’t hurt. ...So this is what it’s like.”

Shouko smiled even as sweat beaded on her skin.

Even if the pain itself had been suppressed by magic, her body still seemed to be reacting to something that would normally have hurt badly.

“What do you mean, what it’s like?”

“I can really tell that you’re inside me.”

Shouko said something so unbearably cute that my hips moved before I could stop them.

“Ah... Yeah, it’s okay. You can move lots... um, wait, that sounds weird. I mean... just move however you like.”

Once again, despite not really knowing the words, Shouko somehow landed directly on the kind of phrasing that could undo me.

Since she had given me permission, I began moving.

I could not exactly call myself experienced, considering how few days it had been, but compared to my first time, I was starting to understand how to pace myself.

I kept moving steadily, taking care of her body as much as I could.

At first, Shouko’s voice was muffled, but after a while, a sweeter sound began to mix into it.

I had heard that a first time was nothing but pain, but with Chiyu’s magic cutting the pain away, maybe it allowed her to feel something beyond that even now.

“Shouko... does it hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt. But... ah... it feels strange... mm... my voice keeps coming out.”

“You don’t have to hold back.”

“Like I can just do that...! When you’re with the other girls, if I’m nearby, I can hear everything!”

...Next time I worked on the house, I needed to think about soundproofing.

Her holding back was adorable too, but if possible, I wanted to hear her properly.

After thinking for a moment, I opened my mouth.

“If you really hate it, I won’t push. But I want to hear your voice, Shouko.”

For an instant, I wondered if I was getting carried away.

“...Y-you want to hear it that much?”

“Yeah.”

“............Then, if you tell me you love me a lot too... I guess it’s okay.”

Maybe the flashiest-looking girl turning out to be the purest was a classic for a reason.

Experiencing it in person, the gap was overwhelmingly powerful.

After that, we were like a pair of ridiculous lovebirds.

We held each other while repeating our feelings over and over, and Shouko’s voice gradually grew louder, as if it could drown out every other sound in the room.

“...Ah...! Sousuke... Sousuke... I love you... I love you... I liked you even before we came here...”

Her overflowing affection, combined with the pleasure racing up through me, finally brought me to my limit.

“Shouko...!”

“Ah... are you close? It’s okay. We used protection, so... whenever you want...”

Her voice pushed me over the edge.

I held her close as the release crashed through me.

“Gh...!”

In the aftermath, my body trembled helplessly.

Shouko’s hand found my arm and held on gently.

“Mm... ahh... I can tell... wow, Sousuke, isn’t that a lot? It’s still going... That’s amazing...”

Even I had to admit it was more than I expected.

Before my bath, Chiyu had cast Advanced Heal on me, so my stamina had recovered, but still.

Maybe repeatedly using Basic Heal after finishing, combined with Energy Up, was steadily strengthening my baseline stamina in that area.

“...I can’t see very well, but that has to be really full, right?”

As I was tying off the Condom, Shouko suddenly took it from me.

“Shouko?”

“Hold on a sec.”

Then she took out the panties she had apparently kept in her pocket, put them on, and—somehow—tied the used Condom to them.

“Chiyu told me you’d probably like this. She said if I did it, you’d definitely be happy... How is it?”

The sight of Shouko doing that in the dark made my body respond again almost immediately.

“...Aha. You’re super happy.”

“Shouko, can we do it one more time...?”

“Of coursity. ...Let’s see how many you can hang.”

Shouko smiled with a wickedness that made it hard to believe she had only just had her first time.