Finding Good Teammates

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked over first.

The white cloud bed looked like an oversized somersault cloud, making it hard to resist curling up in it.

Ian led by example, stepping forward and flopping straight onto it.

The next moment.

As though he had fallen into a giant ball of cotton candy, his whole body sank rapidly into it.

"Oh... this is unbelievably comfortable..."

Seeing how comfortable and content Ian looked, Machi was still blushing a little, but she was no longer nervous.

"It really is hard to resist..."

With that, she gently closed her eyes and followed Ian's example. Her pretty face slightly flushed, she gave a little leap and landed in the bed.

The next moment, her face turned as red as a ripe apple, her eyes shining with moisture as she exclaimed.

"Is... is this what it feels like to be up in the clouds...? It's so... so wonderful!"

Machi was like a cat now, her soft body completely immersed in the cloud bed as she rolled around to her heart's content.

Ian teased her.

"Hey, hey... you're pushing me right out of here, Machi."

Machi's pretty face flushed as she gave Ian a beautiful eye roll and said playfully.

"Don't forget, this is my room."

"Even though you made all of this, Ian, I'm absolutely not giving you this cloud bed today..."

Ian shook his head with a wry smile.

Machi seemed to realize she was being willful and stuck out her tongue playfully.

It was the first time Ian had seen Machi's childlike side.

It was only because she had met Ian that she, usually so composed, could finally let go of the pressure of survival and be a child again.

"Bonk!"

Ian lightly flicked Machi on the forehead, then rolled off the cloud bed.

"Hmm... nice and crisp. That's a good head you've got there~"

Machi puffed out her cheeks and stared at Ian. Ian merely teased her again, then took out the Set-Building Machine and made another identical cloud bed beside it.

"Relax, relax. We can have as many beds like this as we want."

"Even if we leave Meteor City, Machi, I can make one for you anytime you need it."

"And it's not just cloud beds. Moon beds, teddy bear beds, kitty beds—as long as you can imagine it, I can make it~"

Hearing Ian's words, Machi's eyes turned starry.

Although she didn't know what the things Ian mentioned were, they sounded cute.

Little girls still found it hard to resist cute things like that.

Just as Ian was coaxing Machi.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Then came Uvogin and Nobunaga's loud, carefree voices.

"Hey, Ian, Machi, we've found some reliable accomplices. If you, Ian... what the hell! Where is this?!"

Uvogin and Nobunaga pushed open the door and entered the wooden hut, only to jump in surprise. Their eyes went wide as they stared at their surroundings in disbelief.

After all, they had grown up in Meteor City.

When had they ever seen grasslands, forests, or oceans?!

The thing they had probably seen most was yellow sand blowing through the air.

So when they entered Machi's hut, they felt as though they had stepped into another world.

But then they thought about it.

This was probably another of the miraculous Ian's creations!

Hearing what they said, Ian paused for a moment, then smiled.

"So, did you manage to persuade them?"

At his question, Uvogin gave him a thumbs-up and grinned.

"That's right, we did!"