Every night, something was added to the deserted island.

Whatever that something was, it was presented as one of two choices and decided by the students’ vote.

Sometimes it had been meat or fish. Sometimes water sources or mines. Sometimes chicken eggs or milk.

And on the night of the eighth day—

“H-Homeroom teacher or assistant homeroom teacher... Does that mean the teachers from our class?”

Minori said in confusion.

Everyone probably felt the same way.

“Um... our class’s homeroom teacher is Da-yama, right? The assistant homeroom teacher is...”

Da-yama was a stern-looking, middle-aged male teacher with a bit of a belly.

He did not really feel like a passionate, hot-blooded type, and he kept a moderate distance from the students, so I did not dislike him, but...

“The assistant homeroom teacher is Ms. Asahi Tanbi.”

Shion picked up right when Shouko trailed off.

“...Mm. That teacher is a powerful enemy. She’s the only one with bigger breasts than me. She might steal So-kun’s gaze.”

“Hey.”

Chiyu, this was not the time for that.

Though it was true that Ms. Tanbi, our assistant homeroom teacher, possessed a figure that surpassed even my childhood friend’s ample chest.

I was pretty sure Ms. Tanbi had just graduated from university, so she was probably around twenty-two or twenty-three.

She still felt like a very fresh new teacher, but we had been transferred to the deserted island before we could really interact much with either her or Da-yama, so I did not know the details.

“I believe an adult’s presence would have been necessary in the early stages of the transfer... But why now?”

Roa said.

She had a point.

“Having one show up and try to take charge now would honestly just be annoying.”

Yumekai’s words were cold.

We did not know who the teacher would join up with, but the students had already survived eight days.

If some adult who appeared out of nowhere tried to join in and take command, there would probably be people who resented it.

Maybe that awareness was at work, because the votes were heavily favoring the assistant homeroom teacher.

Our class had twenty-three girls and seventeen boys, so if opinion split by gender, the girls would win. But almost no one was voting for the homeroom teacher.

Maybe it had nothing to do with boys or girls, and people simply preferred the female assistant homeroom teacher if they had to choose one.

“Sousuke, what do we do?”

“Honestly, I feel like either one is fine. But if I think of it as dragging whichever one we choose into this deserted island life, then I feel bad no matter which we pick.”

“That’s true. Our choice is essentially the same as choosing the next victim...”

“When you put it that way, choosing Ms. Tanbi might make me feel worse...?”

Minori and Shion reacted to that.

A middle-aged male teacher and a female ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) teacher in her early twenties.

Setting aside the rudeness of judging by age and gender, if we were thinking about being thrown onto this deserted island, would Da-yama not have a somewhat easier time managing?

That was one possible way to choose.

“I have a question. In what state will the chosen teacher be sent here?”

Chiyu said while looking at the mystery blackboard.

In the same state as all of you.

All of us had been sent to the deserted island in the state we had been in on a certain specific day.

And when we returned, we would apparently return without any time having passed.

In that case, we should assume the teachers being summoned now would be transferred from the same timeline as us.

In other words, they would not be brought from some “future” time after a mass coma incident had caused a huge uproar. The teacher would be brought from the same time period when we fell asleep and saw that first dream.

“Is there no difference between them and us?”

No. The question asked of the selected teacher will include the note: “Assume that the students of your class have already been transferred.”

I see.

So after “If you could bring one thing to a deserted island,” they would also be told that the students had already been transferred there first.

“In that case, there’s a chance they’ll choose something useful on the assumption that the students are already there.”

I nodded at Shion’s words.

“Up to now, excluding monsters, the things added have improved our living environment. In this case, how will this two-choice result work?”

Minori asked an additional question.

That will be explained after voting ends.

For now, it seemed we had to choose one or the other.

“...No point agonizing over this. Everyone, vote for whichever one you prefer.”

The result came out soon after.

A majority has been exceeded, so voting is now closed.

Starting on the ninth day, “assistant homeroom teacher” will be placed in the environment.

About Additional Transfer Participants

If an additional transfer participant is added to a party, the following benefits will be obtained: 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The added amount of “survival bonus” for all party members will be doubled.

The amount of points obtained from monster defeats will be doubled.

The number of Rights to Return obtained when clearing an event will increase by one.

“Wha—”

There were benefits to adding the additional transfer participant—in this case, the assistant homeroom teacher—to our group!

Maybe it was meant to make us more willing to accept them, after anticipating our resistance to a newcomer.

But I still did not know why they were adding a new transfer participant in the first place.

No, maybe it was simply another new stimulus, just like the monsters.

“The survival bonus... That was the benefit where your real-world lifespan extends by one day for each day you live here, correct? Then by adding Ms. Tanbi to our party, our lifespans would extend by two days for each day...”

Minori said with a thoughtful look.

If we survived ten days, we would have gained ten extra days of lifespan.

If we added Ms. Tanbi, then over ten days, that would become twenty days’ worth of lifespan gained.

“We don’t know how many points monster defeats give in the first place, right? Even if it doubles, don’t we still not really know how much we’re getting?”

Shouko was right. That benefit was harder to understand.

Apparently, we would not learn our total acquired points until we returned.

“I think getting one extra Right to Return per event if we win with the teacher included is a good deal... but there’s also no guarantee the teacher won’t return the first time she gets one.”

Yumekai made a complicated face as she said that.

True. There was a possibility she would leave the students behind and return home.

“Even so, increased gains are very attractive.”

After watching the games I played, maybe Chiyu was drawn in by the words “increased gains.”

While everyone was thinking about the assistant homeroom teacher being added, I asked the mystery blackboard about the event.

“Hey. The rule is that Rights to Return can’t be transferred, but what happens if someone who already has one obtains another?”

That was what I wanted to ask.

In games and the like, duplicates often came with some kind of relief measure.

Sometimes they could be converted into in-game currency. Sometimes there was a function to trade them with other players. In social games, duplicates were often used to strengthen a character.

Multiple Rights to Return may be held.

If someone returns while holding multiple Rights to Return, the duplicates will be converted into an equivalent amount of points.

Also, transfer becomes possible only when multiple Rights to Return are held.

However, please note that transfer must be done free of charge, and no benefits will be obtained from it.

“Then there’s no problem with me participating in the next event. Of course, if I end up with an extra, I’ll transfer it to another companion, so don’t worry.”

When I said that, everyone except Yumekai nodded as if to say, We know.

It made me happy that they trusted me, and a little embarrassed too.

“...Are you sure? Just surviving one day on this island increases your lifespan, you know? Considering how rare a Right to Return is, I think it would be worth a lot of points. You might be able to improve your real-world environment, your own body, or all kinds of things. But if you transfer it, you get nothing. There’s no benefit for you, Kuno.”

“I mean, I’d be lying if I said it wouldn’t feel like a waste. But as for benefit... or rather, as for my reason, I do have one.”

“...What?”

“Going home together with everyone is more important. That’s all.”

“............I see.”

Yumekai looked at me like she was seeing some strange creature.

I did not feel any disgust from her. She probably just could not measure my true intentions.

I understood that some people would find this hard to comprehend, but it was a question of priorities.

Considering how absurd this island was, the benefits from points might very well be extraordinary.

Maybe they could alter reality and make me tall and handsome, make my family rich, guarantee my future success, or make me wildly popular with the opposite sex.

But if I had to choose between any one of those things and one of my companions, I would choose my companion.

For instance, if Chiyu did not have a Right to Return, I did not want to hesitate over giving her my duplicate.

Well, whether I could obtain an extra one in the first place would depend on future events.

The ninth day will now begin.

My vision began to dye white.

When I woke up, the first thing to discuss would be... whether or not to search for our assistant homeroom teacher, Ms. Tanbi.