Kat returned to her colony with no results at all. She immediately sat by the bonfire without greeting her two fellow colonists who were there.

Having completed part of the roof of his colony’s new shelter, Manu was playing hoop stone. Meanwhile, Pif just crouched with his mouth open and looked up at the sky.

I looked around but didn’t see Leva and Seb walking closer. It’s too late. What are they doing? If anything untoward happens, it should trigger auto-pause, but time still runs.

After opening the profile window of my colonists, I pressed the find button under Leva’s stat card. A large green arrow pointing downwards appeared in the air, some distance away from my colony.

Huh, they’re hiding in the bushes?

I use warp, a feature I rarely use even though it’s been around since I started playing. I prefer to follow my colonists doing their activities, rather than using fast-forward and moving where my colonists are going.

What I saw immediately changed. I had moved to where Seb and Leva were now, which was behind a large bush.

Seeing what those two were doing, I slapped my forehead.

A Pickaxe, a leather bag, and even the clothes of my two colonists were all scattered around me. Leva sat on Seb with a broad smile that showed all of her teeth. On the other hand, Seb, whose back was against the ground, just smirked.

Both of them were completely naked.

Seriously? No auto-pause for events like this?

Curious about what triggers something like this, I hit the replay button a few times. Everything moves fast. Seb and Leva seemed to get up and kiss, then dress each other up. Then, they walked backward, and their belongings jumped back at them.

I pressed play when they were far enough from the bushes.

“Arrrrrgggghhhh!!!” Leva shouted as she lifted her head. “I’m so bored and I’m sick of playing hoopstone! I’m so happy when I get a mission like this! I thought I’d meet an animal and I’d beat it for food! But instead we only found mushrooms! Huh!”

Seb chuckled. “You can hunt using melee attacks?”

Leva slightly raised her pickaxe. Even though she didn’t use it for mining, the pickaxe could be used as a self-defense weapon. “Of course I can. I don’t even need to use something like this. I once had an epic fight against a wild chicken. It was mad that I wanted to take the egg. I hit the chicken, then grabbed its neck….”

“Ugh, I guess I don’t want to hear that story any further.” Seb cut off the conversation with a grimace. “If you’re really bored, you can ask Manu to make another game.”

Leva was silent for a moment. “You saw it for yourself, right? My relationship with Manu has not been very good. It would be weird if I suddenly asked for something like that. And I’m not sure he knows any other game than hoopstone. Only those games and the like are known to most tribes.”

That is very correct. I’ve asked Manu to make another game, but he’s just confused.

“Then, what do you guys do to get rid of boredom other than playing hoopstone?”

“Well, the children sing, play chase, hide and seek, climb trees, or play in the water.” Leva took a deep breath. “And adults, they do the work they love. If only I could mine minerals, that would be enough. Unfortunately, that is not possible now. Cutting down trees is actually a bit of fun, but it’s different from mining. I enjoy searching, finding the source, getting all kinds of minerals.”

And every time Leva finished her daily task of helping Manu, she was pretty tired, and it was always too late, so I didn’t send her to mine.

“Well, as for me, I enjoy cooking.” Seb nodded. “But, since what can be cooked is so limited, I….”

The man raised an eyebrow when suddenly Leva snuggled close to his body.

“How about we just do that?” Leva sighed, her hand moving from Seb’s chest to his lower body.

What? Just like that? No romance stories leading up to this? Do they just want to have casual sex? And why are you acting like a hoe, Leva!?

However, Seb removed the woman’s hand from him. “No. I already have a wife….”

“You’re too kind, Seb.” Leva’s sigh sounded more and more seductive. “It’s okay to be naughty once in a while. No one knows.”

“But ….

Leva suddenly dropped her pickaxe and kissed the man’s lips. At first, Seb had made gestures to push Leva away, but the man held himself back in the end. He let go of his leather sling bag and pressed his lips more against Leva’s.

Then, the two of them undressed each other in a wild motion. Leva pushed Seb hard until the man walked backward. The two of them fell and rolled on the grass.

They reached the bushes. Leva, who was on top, straightened her body with a big smile, while Seb, who was on his back, grinned. Soon, the bodies of the two would come together, but everything stopped again, just like when I first came here.

No. I swear I stopped them because I didn’t want one of my girls to do that with another guy. There is something more important than that.

I crouched down and said in the red-haired woman’s ear. “Don’t do this, Leva. Remember, your colony is still very small and the resources are not that much. If you get pregnant, things will be very difficult for you and your baby.”

As soon as I pressed the play button, Leva gasped and quickly got up. She moved from that place with her back to Seb.

“Hey, why are you stopping now?” Seb asked in a disappointed tone. “You were the one who asked me to do this with you, right?”

“If I get pregnant, everything will be troublesome.” Leva sighed, starting to put on her clothes again. “Sorry, Seb. Even though you’re become very excited.”

And you already have a family, Seb! Remember your children and wife! Jeez!