Chapter 461: They Absolutely Weren't Looking at Me Like a Monkey!
The result was smoother than expected—
On a crescent-shaped uninhabited island located northwest of the main island of Okinawa, Ryohei stood at the highest point. The moment he planted the flag, a wonderful sensation suddenly surged in his heart.
"Success!"
He voiced out in pleasant surprise.
Turning his head, he pointed at the 'Private Territory Flag' to Lucoa and Pekola, and requested:
"Please help protect this flag."
"I'll set up a barrier?" Lucoa tilted her head.
"Mn."
Ryohei responded, and saw her open the eyelid of her left eye. A miniature magic circle emerged in her field of vision.
In just one second, she said: "Done."
—Lucoa was reliable as always!
"What is this island going to be used for?"
Pekola, who had "changed" into overalls when leaving the house, asked from the side, her tone completely unperturbed.
Ryohei looked at her and smiled: "Isn't summer almost here? I plan to turn this into a private resort island. When the weather gets hot, we'll come here to vacation and play in the water."
"Good idea."
Lucoa clapped lightly and looked around this crescent-shaped island—
The island wasn't considered large; its land area was only slightly larger than Stardew Valley Ranch. The terrain was flat, and the highest point they were currently at was only a dozen meters above sea level.
The island was covered with low shrubs, herbaceous plants, and saline-alkali tolerant plants, forming a unique terrestrial landscape contrast with the exposed rocks, giving an overall primitive and desolate feeling.
"But if you want to use it for a vacation, it still needs to be properly planned and developed."
Lucoa withdrew her gaze and looked at Ryohei.
"Mn." Ryohei nodded and said: "I plan to contract this part to Minos's family."
Leave professional matters to professionals!
They cooperated once last year, and Ryohei was quite satisfied. This time, he was prepared to continue the cooperation.
However, before that—
"..." He took out his phone and checked the time—it was almost seven o'clock!
Before coming out, Ryohei sent a message to Jashin-chan asking her to prepare breakfast. It should be about ready by now.
Ryohei put away his phone and said: "Let's go back and eat first."
"Mn." Lucoa responded, and with a thought, opened a spatial passage.
...
"Develop an uninhabited island?"
In the dining room of the luxurious villa in Meguro Ward—
Minos took a bite of the omurice (omelet rice) Jashin-chan prepared and looked at Ryohei with a face full of surprise: "Since when do you have an uninhabited island?"
—She was actually completely unaware of this!
"Just occupied it by planting a flag."
Ryohei took a sip of miso soup and joked.
Mmm, not really joking...
"Not bad! You have a bit of my demeanor. Servants truly take after their masters." Jashin-chan lifted her chin slightly and grinned, looking smug.
"Inverting heaven and earth! (Rebelling against superiors)"
Ryohei looked at her and scolded laughingly: "I'm your boss, careful or I'll dock your pay!"
"You're the one inverting heaven and earth!"
"Ah, this—!"
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Yurine sweated a bit looking at Ryohei and couldn't help but say: "Planting a flag counts as occupying it? So casual!"
"It's definitely not just that."
With a smile in his eyes, Ryohei looked at Yurine and talked eloquently: "I used a special item... In short, we now have an island!"
"Everyone, applaud!"
"..." Yurine understood in seconds; he probably obtained some item this morning.
Clap clap clap—!
Second applauded very obligingly and asked curiously: "Onii-chan, where is the island? Can I go see it?"
"Of course you can. I'll take you there after we finish eating."
Ryohei agreed readily and continued to introduce: "The island is over by Okinawa..."
He turned his gaze to Minos and invited:
"Minos, come along too. We'll do a field inspection together later. Have your family's design team design a plan for me, and the construction will be contracted to your family as well."
"No problem!"
Minos nodded readily, thinking about it—she wouldn't charge money this time; after all, their relationship was different now.
"I want to go too." Yurine spoke up with considerable interest.
"Okay."
Ryohei nodded.
"Then I'll go together too." Jashin-chan joined the fun.
"No."
"Mn?" Jashin-chan froze for a moment. Upon reacting, she slapped the table with a smack and glared angrily at Ryohei: "Servant, do you suspect you're targeting me?"
"No need to suspect, you can be a bit more confident."
Ryohei ate unhurriedly, doing his daily snake-teasing.
"You guy..."
...
Soon, breakfast ended—
After putting the dishes into the automatic dishwasher and simply tidying up the kitchen, the group arrived at the uninhabited island through a spatial passage.
Looking at the 'Private Territory Flag' fluttering in the wind, Yurine spaced out for a moment, her expression slightly strange—
He really did occupy it by planting a flag!
"Mmm... is this the uninhabited island you mentioned?" Jashin-chan put one hand on her waist, looked around, and commented: "So desolate! But the seawater is quite clear..."
She looked towards the shallow sea and could directly see the coral reefs at the bottom of the sea!
The seawater was truly very clear!
"The seawater around Okinawa is all quite clear."
Ryohei replied and accompanied Minos to inspect the area while stating his requirements:
"Make it into a resort island, just convenient for our own people to use. I don't plan to open it for business."
"Understood."
Minos nodded, indicating she got it.
Holding a notebook and pen in her hand, she inspected while writing and drawing.
Baa, baa—!
A slightly noisy bleating sound came from the shrubs in the distance. Immediately after, several grayish-brown figures poked their heads out from behind the rocks.
"Mn?"
Yurine said with a face full of surprise: "Are there wild goats on this island?"
"There's also a little lamb!"
Second's ruby-like eyes lit up slightly, her gaze falling on a little goat that wasn't even as tall as the other goats' legs.
Ryohei also felt quite surprised. His heart stirred, and he added to Minos: "I want to raise some small animals free-range on the island. Remember to put a wall around the outside of the building."
"I originally had this idea."
Minos replied without lifting her head, writing down a note "Prepare to free-range some small animals" in her notebook.
Baa, baa—!
Perhaps because they rarely saw humans, or maybe had never seen "two-legged beasts" at all, this flock of wild goats stood in place, both curious and alert, looking at Ryohei and the others from afar, bleating non-stop.
"What the heck are you looking at! Believe it or not, I'll catch you all and make roasted whole sheep?"
Jashin-chan, not knowing which nerve got crossed, waved her fist and clamored at this flock of wild goats.
"Why are you bickering with a flock of sheep?" Ryohei looked at Jashin-chan speechlessly.
"Because it feels like they're looking at us like monkeys." Jashin-chan wore an expression of "They started it."
"..." Hearing this, Ryohei spaced out for a moment. Don't say it, really don't say it...
"They absolutely weren't looking at me like a monkey." Pekola said unperturbed.
To prove what she said was true, she released a wisp of divine aura. That flock of wild goats instantly knelt.
—Not kneeling out of fear, but a rather devout kind of kneeling!
"..." Seeing this scene, Ryohei was speechless for another moment, then chuckled involuntarily.