"Phew..."
Yukino took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to look at the photos in case she lost control and hit someone. She stiffened her pretty face and said:
"Hurry up and carry the wood back. We don't want everyone to worry."
"Okay. We'll look at them later, then."
Amamiya Natsuki shrugged and put his camera away.
Just as I thought.
Even Yukino could get the wrong idea.
The only one who probably wouldn't have was the Ice Sculpture Young Lady before she awakened.
The two of them had reached the edge of the forest. The firewood they had chopped earlier was piled on the ground.
"You only need to carry two pieces," Amamiya Natsuki said, looking at Yukino. "I'll take the rest."
"Mm."
Yukino answered softly without looking up, then bent down to pick up the wood.
While digging out the cave earlier, she had already realized that she was much stronger than she'd expected. Carrying two pieces of wood back would be easy.
But as soon as she lifted them, a sudden, sharp pain shot through her body, and she couldn't help letting out a soft gasp.
"Ah..."
Amamiya Natsuki heard her and turned to look at Yukino.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Yukino quickly straightened up and put both hands behind her back, covering her skirt. Biting her lip, she said, "A bug just bit me."
As she spoke, an insect resembling a bee buzzed up from beside Yukino and quickly disappeared.
"A bug?" Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow. "Let me take a look. In this shipwrecked version, we could run into poisonous insects."
"No need." Yukino shook her head firmly without hesitation. "I'll ask my sister to take a look when we get back."
How could she let a boy examine a bug bite in a place