Sakuya said she was going to put effort into them, but they’ve all been especially made.
Suffice to say, they all suit them perfectly, but…
W-wow…
“Thank you for waiting… S-so?”
“…”
I’ve seen Reina naked multiple times, but still, I’m experiencing for the first time being speechless upon seeing the woman I love in a swimsuit.
Actually, that might be rude to Tiltue, but…
I did say what I thought when I saw her, that she looked cute.
But someone with Reina’s figure in a swimsuit is a different kind of destructive power…
“Arata?”
“It’s great! I’m captivated!”
“R-really? Good then…?”
She looks embarrassed and can’t look at me directly.
We used the words Venus of Midsummer in Japan, but I thought it was silly.
Now I truly understand the person that came up with that.
We’re together everyday, but she looks this beautiful under the special circumstances of a swimsuit.
Arc is standing next to me with his face red. Apparently he’s feeling the same about Ceres and Erie.
I really get it.
I look at Reina again, and her standing there with the ocean behind her really looks like something out of fantasy.
“Young people…”
“Ah, you’re here too, Merlin.”
“That’s quite the insipid reaction to me in a swimsuit.”
She doesn’t look too happy.
It’s a great swimsuit, but… How should I put it…
“Kahaha! Of course he’d say that about that vulgar swimsuit!”
“Ah!? Try saying what’s vulgar about it, Xellos!”
“It’s too flashy for someone your age! It’s nice that it’s open, but it should be a bit more discrete.”
“Cara’s is a hundred times worse!”
Cara takes some fire for some reason, but… Is that a string?
Honestly, it looks like the sort of thing I’d see in gravure magazines. Rather than lewd, I’d call it amazing.
But it looks like she likes it, and doesn’t care about the eyes around her.
She gathered a bunch of monsters without me knowing, and is busy making a base on the beach.
“Arata… Do you like that sort of thing?”
“No, I like Reina’s a lot more.”
“I-I see… We’ll have to thank Sakuya later.”
“She made them all.”
I’m just now realizing that she made Merlin’s and Cara’s too.
What kind of conversation did they have to lead to that?
We guys didn’t really say much when the swimsuits were being made, but the girls were heard one at a time.
There’s no doubt that each swimsuit was made with each person’s thoughts in mind, but it’s amazing how someone that seems so pure ended up with such a showy swimsuit.
Sakuya herself is wearing one that’s not too revealing, and she looks embarrassed as she walks on the beach with Graham.
So happy and innocent too.
Graham is covered in wounds, no doubt because of Edinburgh’s training.
Apparently he’s been fighting strong people like the great spirits and Suzaku, but… I see pretty deep wounds that weren’t there before.
But he does seem a bit stronger.
Maybe ancient dragons, being an abnormal race, also have an abnormal growth rate.
Tiltue was also forced to join, but she’s much stronger than Edinburgh thought when she gets serious, so she graduated after the first few sessions. Or rather, she strongly wished for it.
“I’m still surprised master let him take a break…”
“Hahaha… Well, Graham’s working hard.”
As someone who was her pupil, this must be unbelievable for Reina.
I look at the sea, and see Elga, Livia, and other divine beast people are here.
Gyes is also here with demon gods, and ancient dragons, all playing and fighting.
Some get caught by ones playing too hard and get blown away, but it looks like they’re having fun, so it’s fine.
“Calling everyone really was the right decision.”
“Although some of them are a bit too free…”
Reina is looking at Snow and the others running wild on the raft that was reworked for the sea.
Tiltue is pulling it as hard as she can while flying, raising water high.
It’s Snow, Luna, and Katima on the raft.
Even from here it looks like they’re going incredibly fast, but…
“Ah, Katima flew away.”
“She’s strong, so she’ll be fine.”
Snow and Luna burst out laughing, but it’s nothing new.
“By the way, when did Merlin get like that?”
“Eh?”
She was just fighting with Xellos, and all of a sudden she’s sitting on a beach chair under a parasol drinking fruit juice.
There’s also male beast people around her fanning her with big leaves like she’s a queen.
There are even divine beast people… Even Gaius.
Xellos looks creeped out, but what happened? I looked away for a second.
“Merlin looks after them a lot, so they’re pretty attached.”
“Ah, you’re here too, Suzaku.”
“I heard I could drink nice booze if I put this on and came here!”
Suzaku doesn’t have much more exposed skin than usual. She’s just holding a different gourd, and she’s in a good mood.
“Who told you that?”
“That girl. She said she’d bring a lot of demon god booze.”
She says while pointing to Sakuya, who’s still having fun with Graham.
It’s surprising, but it looks like a fire was lit under her designer soul, so she went around talking to all sorts of people.
“So that’s why there are so many divine beast people.”
“Yes, she said she would make them for everyone.”
“W-wow… Sakuya isn’t so active normally.”
She managed to get Suzaku on board, who loves alcohol, but they all gathered because they’re a race that likes banquets.
“But what about Merlin?”
“Remember when we were hit with orc disease? She’s been dropping by the divine beast people’s village every once in a while since then and doing check ups. The men took to her and started calling her young doctor, so we let them do what they want.”
“I don’t think Merlin’s young…”
Mumbles Reina, but if we consider the lifespans of the people of this island, she’s among the youngest. And she looks young too, so…
But divine beast people and beast people have their pride, so is it really okay to use them like that?
When I ask that, Suzaku laughs like she doesn’t care.
“It helps us too, so we let them be.”
“I see…”
I guess everyone’s friendly.
I feel like Merlin is going in an unexpected direction, but people like Xellos and Seti are getting along with various races too.
“I’ll go get drinking over there, so call me if you need me.”
Reina and I watch Suzaku go, and look at each other.
We came here to find a way to get to Livia’s underwater temple.
Try it with Reina and Merlin’s water magic, and if that went well, we’d go another day. That’s why we came here to have fun, but…
“What now?”
“Yeah. I don’t feel like bothering Livia…”
Elga and Livia haven’t gone into the water, they’re sitting under a parasol.
I’m sure they’re watching the kids too, but I can practically see heart symbols flying from Livia from here, so I’m reluctant to go there.
Like Reina, I feel awkward about bothering them.
“We might as well go have fun too.”
“Yes. I mean, look at Merlin.”
Says Reina. We’re supposed to experiment today, so it doesn’t matter if it’s in the evening. Or tomorrow.
I feel like we might as well have a barbecue, with this many people here.
“I wish we had fireworks.”
“Fireworks?”
Of course they don’t have that, they don’t have that type of entertainment to begin with.
I try to explain, but I guess I don’t do a very good job, because it doesn’t look like she gets it.
“Hm… Maybe I can replicate it with magic?”
“You don’t have to. It might be a little dangerous.”
Not to mention that there’s plenty of other things to do.
Like how kids work out new ways to play all on their own.
As I think that, a loud earth-shattering sound echoes.
I turn to see what happened, and see Gyes with his eyes covered, holding a club that he hit on the ground.
Thanks for the treat.