Cursed Villainess’ Obsession

By the time Ken returned to the beach with the firewood, the sun was already setting.

The sun was slowly descending towards the horizon.

‘It seems I woke up in the afternoon.’

It hadn’t been more than a few hours since I went into the forest to gather firewood, but already night was approaching.

This meant I had awakened on the deserted island after lunchtime.

“Wow! Ken, you brought the firewood? Perfect timing! Enzo caught some fish and shellfish!”

“Then we can use the firewood Ken brought to cook, right?”

“Hehe, I feel like I’m on a camping trip!”

As I approached with a full load of firewood, the nearby female students rushed towards Ken.

They eagerly took the firewood from him as if competing with one another.

“Ken, take a break.”

“Hey, Tiana. Can you handle the ignition?”

“Sure, leave it to me!”

In an instant, everyone divided their roles, laying the firewood on the ground and starting to magically ignite it.

However.

‘The magic isn’t working.’

Ken thought as he watched the girl struggling.

“Ignis! Huh, huh? Ignis! …The magic isn’t coming out.”

“What? Aren’t you just nervous?”

“Idiot! There’s no way I can’t cast a simple fire spell just because I’m nervous!”

Her words weren’t wrong.

In the first place, magic couldn’t be used on this deserted island.

The reason was that this drifting event was intended for Emily and the target character to build affection.

If they could freely use cheat abilities like magic, it would merely feel like camping on the island.

If that happened, it would be difficult to create the narrative of love blossoming amid the crisis of being on a deserted island, which the developers intended.

“W-What should we do…?”

The female students panicked, fidgeting when the magic wouldn’t work.

At that moment.

“Hey, guys~! Don’t just stand there, come here! I lit the fire!”

Enzo called out while waving his hand from a distance.

Next to him was a fiercely burning campfire.

“Wow! Enzo! How did you do that?”

“That’s amazing! I thought you couldn’t use magic!”

As the sun began to set, darkening the surroundings and dropping the temperature, the female students smiled brightly and ran towards Enzo.

‘They’re like moths to a flame.’