– It’s the seeeeeeeeea——!

Latia Saint-émillion, one of the Slayers belonging to Little Garden, runs into the beautiful ocean painted from a gradation of blue to green, dashing vigorously to the side of Emile, Fritz and Hayato who were spread on the beach seats under the parasols that were opened and installed in advance on the sandy beach.

Of course, she was wearing a swimsuit since she was at the sandy beach.?? It was an orange?separate?type that nicely represented her liveliness.

Today is the first Sunday of July.

Little Garden is sailing near the Ryukyu*, the southernmost tip of the Yamato Empire near the tropics.

And because of the sunny weather with no clouds and the best calmed ocean, Hayato along with Fritz Grantz and Emile Crossford, his classmates of the martial arts department who live in the same dorm, together with his little sister Kisaragi Karen and the hospital nurse in charge of her, Kashiwagi Mihal and last but not least Kirishima Sakura who’s visiting Little Garden in the middle of her days off, are behind the martial arts school building, and were visiting the beach of exclusive use for the students of the martial arts department.

– Thank you for waiting, Hayato-kun?.

It’s Kirishima Sakura who just changed clothes to a pink bikini in the locker room and spoke to Hayato who just finished installing the parasol.

Ever since the incident on the Zwei Islands where Hayato was serving as her bodyguard, she, who’s a popular Idol worldwide, has been visiting Little Garden like this during her days off and now she’s spending them at the same time as Hayato and the others.

– Hey, what do you think of this swimsuit, Hayato-kun?

Sakura put one hand on the waist and the other hand on the back of the head, taking a provocative pose like a?gravure idol.

The long pigtails of her hair sway gently.

In reality, it was very close for this to look like a gravure work, her proportions are pretty good.

Her waist is quite tightened, although it can’t be said that the moderate bulges that claim their existence are big.

The curve of her buttocks that swell from there are full of small devilish charm, and are very lascivious.

Or rather, they have a lot of exposure.

– .. Umm, I think it suits you.

– Yay?.

Sakura is saying so with a stimulated voice, and makes a V sign with her fingers.

By the way, Hayato was stubbornly saying to Sakura to not address him without using an honorific in front of other people, so she calls him with a 『-kun』

Not only strange rumors will rise if they address without using an honorific, but also the possibility of misunderstandings and being interrogated will be high.

Even if it’s『-kun』, that’s still no good.

– Nii-san, what do you think of Karen’s swimsuit?

The next who opened her mouth is a girl with a fairly white skin and black long hair named Kisaragi Karen, the little sister of Hayato, who’s on the wheelchair pushed by Kashiwagi Mihal, the nurse in charge of her.

The swimsuit of Mihal is a flower pattern dress type, it’s quiet and plain, giving a sense of cleanliness, and Karen was wearing a school swimsuit.

– It totally suits you. You really look like a “yamatonadeshiko”.

– Ehehe, you think so? I went together with Mihal to buy it yesterday. That means that the time we spent together for what we chose was fruitful.

Saying that happily, Hayato thinks that this could have been a real nuisance to Mihal-san. Shopping isn’t a category of the work of a nurse.

– I’m sorry, Mihal-san., Karen seems to have bothered you.

Hayato apologized and felt guilty as her older brother.

Mihal received that smiling,

– No no, it wasn’t a bother at all. Don’t worry about it. I just thought of giving it a try and buy this year’s swimsuit.

– Oh, I think that it matches you, that swimsuit.

– Oh my, thank you very much?I can’t put on something with a lot of exposure like Sakura-san.

She’s telling him that being humble, but there’s no need to be like that.

Her skin also has youthfulness, and his line of sight gets strongly attracted towards the melon-like bulges of her chest.

At any rate, every time Mihal moves, they shake, boasting their considerable presence.

– Hey! Looking nothing but her boobs, you womanizer..

She probably noticed that the eyes of Hayato are watching the breasts of Mihal.

Sakura glares at Hayato, and pouts her lips.

– Oh my, are you interested in the breasts of an Oba-san* like me?

Mihal emphasized her chest while showing a smile on her face, making sure to grab her left arm with her right arm.

*Munyuu*, the breasts change their form above the arms.

They look very soft.

There’s no doubt he is interested in them and wants to touch them, but of course this is not a situation where he can say such a thing.

– Urr, no that’s not——

Though he thought he was rude to Mihal-san, Hayato attempts to deny that with his mouth and,

– Indecent Nii-san.

– Pervert Hayato.

Not only from Karen, but also from his classmate Emile Crossford, the student of the same martial arts department of Little Garden, and who’s also his childhood friend, he ended up receiving their glares as if they were piercing him.

Looking at their figures, Mihal had an enjoyably smile on her face.

(Maybe Mihal-san was also bantering with me?)

Hayato shrugged his shoulders.

By the way, among the chest of the five people in this place: Emile Crossford aka Emilia Hermit, Kirishima Sakura, Kisaragi Karen, Kashiwagi Mihal and Latia Saint-émillion, Kashiwagi Mihal’s breasts are the biggest. The second place goes to Emilia. But she has no bulges now, the reason is that she’s acting like a man——as Emile Crossford. She’s wearing the usual swimsuit for a man, together with a T-shirt on the upper body. Since, as expected, beneath that, there’s a sarashi*.

*TN: long strip of cloth, usually thick cotton, wrapped tightly around the midriff up to the chest. Source: TV Tropes.

– Hey, Hayato, Fritz! Come over here quickly! You can see beautiful fish in the water! And they seem to be tropical fish!

Latia was waving her hands inside the sea. Before they became aware of it, she was underwater with a snorkel and goggles, and even with water flippers on her feet.

Looking at that figure, Karen showed an expression of jealousness.

– Latia-san, you are very energetic. Karen also wants to go to the sea.

– If so, can she go? Is it fine, Mihal-san?

Sakura wants the consent of Mihal.

– Yes, it’s fine. But, don’t push yourself. If you think it’s too much, please call me right away. Don’t go to a deep place or where the waves are strong because you want to see beautiful fishes and corals, okay?

– Yes, I know all of that, so I will be fine.

Answering, Karen tries to stand up from the wheelchair.

– Wait, I’ll lend you a shoulder.

Since their reunion back in the Zwei Islands, Sakura and Karen’s relationship has deepened quite a lot.

The time Karen and Sakura spent together is longer than the time Hayato has spent with Sakura or Karen.

– It’s really a relief to have Sakura-san. Maybe it wasn’t necessary for me to come.

Mihal smiled, watching the close friendship of Sakura and Karen.

– That’s not true. If something happens, we will be in trouble if Mihal-san isn’t present.

Hayato defends Mihal.

It was also a superb thing for Hayato since he could see the swimsuit of Mihal that he didn’t expect to see.

– We would be nothing without you*.

Mihal smiles gracefully.

There, a voice called him out.

– Hey, Hayato-kun, hurry up!

– Nii-san, come here, quickly! The water is transparent and you can see lots of fish!

He was called by Karen and Sakura who are submerged in the seawater till their knees already.

– Got it, I’ll go immediately.

Answering in a loud vice, he turns towards Mihal.

– Well then, I’ll be going too.

Hayato then turned his eyes to Emile.

– What are you going to do, Emile?

– I’ll stay here. Because I don’t like the sea.

Emile became sulky and pouted her lips.

By the way, Hayato knows that it’s a lie that she doesn’t like the sea. Actually, she also wanted to swim in the ocean with all her heart.

However, in a swimsuit it’s difficult to swim after hiding the line of the body, so Emile is going to endure it, as she was saying so last night. In that case, he thought that it would be better if she didn’t come but,

– That won’t do. I’ll definitely go. Because Kirishima Sakura will go, right?

So, she came to the beach like this.

– Okay, then I’ll be going.

He takes off his coat and walks towards Karen and Sakura, wearing his swimsuit.

– Sorry for the wait.

When approaching them and calling them out,

– How long has it been since I came to the sea with Nii-san like this?

And, Karen muttered while looking at the sparkling light reflected on the sea surface.

– Because we came back to Yamato almost immediately, I guess that it was around a decade ago..

After that, due to the appearance of symptoms of the illness of Karen, it turned considerably hard to go to the sea.

– Look, Nii-san.

Karen scoops up water with both hands, throwing it to the face of Hayato.

– Uwaa, what are you doing so suddenly!?

Hayato splashes water on her in the same way.

– Wapuh!*

It hits splendidly the face of Karen, but she doesn’t hate that behavior.

On the contrary, she looked happy.

– Ehehe, the water here is very beautiful, but as expected, the saltiness doesn’t change, isn’t it?

Karen sticks out her tongue and gives it a taste.

Looking at that figure, Hayato was glad that he brought Karen to this place, he thought that from the bottom of his heart.

– Nii-san, this is revenge.

– Uwaa!

Karen has her revenge, splashing water on him this time.

– Would you like me to help, Karen-chan?

Somehow or other, Sakura seems to be on Karen’s side.

– Come come, Hayato-kun!

– Nii-san, from here too.. eh, kyaa!

Although Karen approached the side of Hayato and tried to scoop water, she tripped up due to a strong wave, losing the balance of her body.

– Karen-chan!

Sakura raised a scream.

Hayato hurriedly reached for Karen who was on the side and grabbed her.

(Phew, I made it somehow..)

He was able to grab the arms of Karen and was able to embrace the slender body of hers.

– Are you okay? We said to not be imprudent, right?

– Ah, that, I’m sorry... Karen got a bit carried away... I’m going to reflect on that.

Karen says her words of apologies while keeping her forehead on the warm chest of Hayato.

– I’m glad that Karen-chan is safe but, Hayato-kun, how long are you going to be like that with Karen-chan? You look like a pair of lovers.

– Eh..?

He noticed when being told so. It’s just as she said. Likewise, Karen seemed to have noticed it when she said so.

– Kyaah!

Giving a small scream, she separated from Hayato.

Her face is dyed red and her breathing became rough.

– .. Karen, are you okay?

– Ah, yes.. and it’s nothing like that.

– “It’s nothing like that”..?

– That’s something of no concern to Nii-san!

He didn’t understand it well, but anyway, she was probably thinking that she was glad that he was fine.

From then on, Karen continued playing with Sakura, splashing water on each other, and picking up seashells and calcified corals.

Then they get to where Latia is, who’s catching fish underwater with a harpoon that she brought from somewhere.

On that side, Fritz was floating on the surface of the sea facing up, and muttered while looking up at the sky.

– It’s so peaceful.

Hayato thinks the same.

It would be great if a time like this could last forever——and.

– I wonder if you are becoming hungry now?

When around an hour has passed since they started playing in the sea, Sakura began to talk.

– Yes, it’s been a while since I moved a lot, so Karen is also very hungry.

Karen holds her stomach as she’s saying that.

– Hayato-kun, were you hungry too?

Aside from swimming, only by walking in the sea makes you burn a lot of calories.

– I guess I’m also quite hungry.

– I see, if that’s the case, then I should prepare lunch.

Saying so, Sakura tries to return to the sheet.

– Should I help too?

Next, Mihal tried to follow after Sakura but,

– No, I can do it myself. Everyone return in 5 minutes or so to the sheet. Hayato-kun, can you go and tell Latia-san and Fritz-san too?

– O-of course, I’ll do it.

– Why did you come back?

Emile who had been lying down her back on the deck chair, raises her body in response to Sakura who returned to the beach sheet and asks her a question.

– To prepare lunch.

Answered Sakura.

– I was making some sandwiches for Hayato since the morning. Of course, there are for you and everyone too.

– Sandwiches?

– Yea, sandwiches. The kitchen in the hotel room is narrow so I can’t cook very well, but I think we are okay with these.

– Hmmm, even though you are an Idol, you can cook.

– .. what? Is it so strange for an Idol to prepare dishes?

– That’s because I thought that the people around you would do that.

– What’s that? I’m not a spoiled girl. I usually eat outside a lot, but there are things that I do by myself too. Besides, an old friend of mine told me something. If you don’t want to let go of a man, you have to go after him with home cooking. Of course, I prepared these pouring them a lot of LOVE.

– Love, huh..

Emile had a fed-up expression on her face, looking at Sakura who’s making a heart symbol with the fingers of both hands.

– .. the hell is that reaction?

– No, it’s nothing.

*Humph*, Emile turns her face away from the glaring Sakura.

– Well, I don’t care. And since Hayato hasn’t come back yet, I have something that I want to ask you.

– You want to ask something? And why all of a sudden?

The air flowing between those two is turbulent.

Hayato had to take time to call Fritz and Latia who are located far away from the shore.

– What’s your relationship with Hayato?

The moment she heard those words, the heart of Emile jumped.

– M-my relationship with Hayato, you say? What do you..

Recently, she was too accustomed to not being exposed that she was a man, that maybe she has been slackening her alertness a little.

Sakura’s conjectures are very good in some respects, maybe because she lives in a world of show business of sly old dogs.

Perhaps, she saw?that?

Or she noticed?that?

A lot of things came to her mind.

– Well, it’s rumored among some female students that the bonding between you and Hayato is to the level where you are flirting here and there and that looks somewhat suspicious.

– Oh, it’s that kind of thing.

Emile sighed profoundly.

She’s gotten used to answering that every time she hears similar things.

– Hayato and I are close to each other because we met in Gudenburg a long time ago. Besides, we were in the same room until we joined?Selections.

Emile answered, touching her chest bragging about the time she had with Hayato alone, and understood that Sakura just thought of her as a hindrance to herself.

Although both things lasted for a short time, reality says that they were true.

– .. eh, you are also a childhood friend of Hayato?

When she saw Sakura who was completely surprised, Emile had the feeling of “got you!”

– I also heard of you from Hayato. But, you met him for a single day only——by the way, I spent every day with Hayato for about a month, so it’s natural for me to be the one closest to him. We are true childhood friends.

– Yeah but it’s not a matter of time——

– Since she was born, Karen has always been together with Nii-san. So, perhaps that makes of Karen his number one childhood friend, isn’t it?

The one who cut into the conversation between Emile and Sakura was Karen, who smiled like an angel, without evil intentions.

Behind her, Hayato, Latia, Fritz and Mihal can be seen.

– Well..

– Err..

Emile and Sakura were unable to go against her as expected, and they were only able to withdraw speaking ambiguously to each other.

After lunch, when the sun rose high, a lot of Hayato’s classmates and senior classes of martial arts department gathered at the beach.

Naturally, Sakura is drawing the attention, but it’s not on the level that can be compared with Central.

The true character of Sakura is already——they know that she’s not Kirishima Sakura, the image of purity and gracefulness that is known on TV and the?net, but the Sakura who’s constantly speaking in a positive way about anything she has an interest of, who’s bothersome and selfish when deprecated, that she’s humane——no, they already know that her character is the one of a Slayer.

Far from loosening her cool with only that, Sakura was completely opening her heart.

With girls who are also Slayers, and surrounded by male students, she was playing in a watermelon splitting game.

– Hey, Hayato. Why don’t we do that thing next?

– By that you mean the splitting?

– No, that, that.

Looking at where the gaze of Latia is pointing to, students of the martial arts department were playing a 2 vs 2 beach volleyball.

– Although I was able to make up for my loss of the sham battle in the last competition, I ended up losing to Emile. So, let’s have a rematch with a 2 vs 2 match.

– Alright, if that’s what you want.

It was Emile and not Hayato who answered gallantly and showed an attitude of joining the match.

She rises from the sheet with energy.

Perhaps she’s thinking of blowing away the frustration about not being able to enter the sea till now.

– Hayato, you’ll do it too, right?

– Okay, I’ll be your teammate.

It can’t be helped if it has become to this. Hayato decided to accept the match and join them in order to release tension.

– Nii-san, Emile-san, please do your best!

– You can do it, Hayato-kun!

Hayato enters the emptied court while receiving the cheering of Karen and Sakura who held a watermelon in her hands.

Latia and Fritz have already entered the other side of the net that was set in the middle, and they were doing warm-up exercises.

– Is it fine if we set the victory of the match by winning 10 points? However, in the case we are tied with 9 points, I guess that the team who earns two points consecutively will win.

Like the term “deuce” in tennis, and coming to the side of the net, Latia starts explaining.

Speaking of the rules, the team who gets a point gets the next right to serve, so if you keep scoring, then you can keep holding the right to serve all the time.

Of course, these aren’t formal beach volley rules.

It’s something special for this place only.

– I don’t have nothing to say about the rules so... What about you Hayato? Are you fine with them?

– Yeah, since I don’t remember the official rules.

– The last thing is.. oh right. How should we decide who’s going first and second?

Latia responds immediately to the question of Emile.

– Rock, paper, scissors game is fine, I guess?

– If so, then let’s go with that. Hayato, can I play the janken*?

– Yeah, go ahead.

– Then, is this okay for me?

Fritz replies, turning his eyes to Latia.

– Do as you like.

– Well then, janken——

Following the voice of Latia, 「PON!」the voices of the two overlapped.

Latia has rock, Emile has scissors.

It’s the team of Latia and Fritz that got the right to serve.

– .. Sorry, Hayato.

– Don’t worry. Janken is all about luck.

Hayato called out Emile to comfort her, who’s coming back next to him with a dispirited look.

– I appreciate what you are saying to me. Let’s do our best.

– Yeah.

Immediately after Hayato answered.

– Then let’s begin the match. Here I go!

Latia moved to the inner part of the end line and threw the ball high to the sky and released a jumping serve.

Together with a tempestuous impact, the ball pierces the court.

– Amazing, Latia-san..!

Karen looks at the ball buried in the sand with her eyes blinking in surprise. Next to her, Sakura muttered as if she was amazed.

– More than amazing, it’s overkill, right..?

– By any chance, are you an experienced volleyball player?

– Nope, I have no experience.

Hayato’s question is answered by Latia.

– Because of this height, I have spent a life unrelated to basketball and volleyball. It’s my first time doing it. I learned by watching others, but it seems that I did better than I thought.

– Or rather, Latia used?sense energy, right? Otherwise, you couldn’t jump so high, or be able to hit a nimble serve.

Emilia talks with a discontented look.

– Yeah but, is it that bad? There’s no rule that prohibits the use of?energy.

The use of?energy?is prohibited in the ball games of the physical education lessons.

But Latia wants to say that it’s not like that now.

– But isn’t banned the use of?energy?outside the arranged places in Little Garden?

– This is one of those places, you know.

Hayato interjects with the thought that the President could get angry, and answered with an amazed expression to Latia who was saying so.

So, 「Oh, I see」and Hayato remembered. Outside training is sometimes done at the exclusive beach of the Slayers. In other words, this beach allows the use of both?energyand the Hundred.

Nonetheless, of course, it’s forbidden to use?energy?in a thoughtless way but——「If so, then it’s fine if we start using?energy?like this?」

– If you want.

Both Latia and Emilia look like they are motivated to do it with?energy.

– What about you?

When Hayato turned his eyes, Fritz turned his hands to the air, saying “yareyare”

It can’t be helped. It’s a gesture that says “let them do as they like”.

Hayato sighed greatly.

It seems like there’s no choice but to compete with?energy.

– Well then, here I go again!

The game restarts with the serve of Latia.

Latia jumped to the ball that was raised high again to the sky and swung downward her arm with all her strength using?energy.

– ....!

Hayato rapidly took position of receiver, hitting the ball with the momentum of an arrow.

(What is this...)

The ball was heavier than he imagined.

It feels like lead.

It’s rotating on top of the joined hands.

– Hayato, use?energy?to send the ball flying!

– Got it!

Doing as he was told, Hayato sent the ball flying somehow, and the ball crossed over the net, it went across the opponent’s court.

The falling point is above Fritz’s head.

– Fritz, raise the ball!

– Gotcha!

Fritz tosses the falling ball as instructed by Latia.

– Perfect, as expected of Fritz!

Latia rushed to the position of the ball that went up high at the edge of the net and jumped high, then tried to hit it with her arm that was cladded in?sense energy.

She’s aiming at Hayato.

– Hayato, control the?energy?skillfully and neutralize the momentum of the ball. With that, you’ll be able to catch it.

– .. okay, I’ll try it.

In other words, she thought that he should use?energy?like a cushion and take the position of receiver.

However,

PAAAAAAAAAAAA..!

The moment his right hand cladded in?energy?touched the ball, a violent plosive sound resounded in the beach.

– Fugyaa!!

He guessed that the strength conveyed from her arm was too strong.

When Latia hit it, the ball exploded.

Latia, who was surprised by the sound and the strong shock that she didn’t anticipate, falls on the sand as she is, hitting her head, her eyes go round and round.

– Hey, are you okay?

Immediately after Fritz called out Latia, an exasperated voice echoed at the coast.

– .. what are you guys doing masuno?

When they turned their eyes towards the voice, they were able to see the captain of Little Garden and her Student Council President——Claire Harvey.

Behind her, they could also see the figures of the Vice presidents Liddy Steinberg and Erika Candle, along with Chris Steinbelt, the?main analyst?of Little Garden, who’s also a middle school student.

Claire is accompanied by those three people and approach the location of Hayato and the others.

The four swimsuits are the same as those he saw back in Claire’s vacation home when he stopped by in the Zwei Islands.

Claire has a red?separate?type, Liddy has a white dress type, Erika has a dark blue dress type and Chris wears a T-shirt and white shorts.

– The President also came to the beach..

The voice of Fritz, who grimaced when he saw that this was problematic, trembled in fear due to the anger that would fall after this.

– I think that even us have time to take a rest at the sea masu. And the house over there is mine desushine.

Saying that, Claire turned her eyes to a large two-storied building that is visible from the beach.

(To think that the big house that was near the school, is in fact, the house of the President..)

Hayato didn’t know it until now.

– However, concerning the result, it looks like I ended up doing something like patrolling.

The glint in the eyes of Claire is instantly pointed towards Latia who’s stretching at the beach.

– You guys, it is unreasonable to use?sense energy?and the Hundred within the school, don’t you agree?

Liddy opened her mouth and gazed at each of the three members of?Selections?standing alongside Hayato.

– Well, there are only Slayers around here, we didn’t break anything, and I think that all is fine.

Emile tries to mislead them laughing with a “Ahaha”, but of course the members of the Student Council don’t tolerate that.

– No excuses! The members of?Selections?must be existences that serve as a model for other students. If you do the same next time and don’t moderate your behavior ——depending on the situation, we will confiscate your dedicated Hundred.

– Th-that’s a problem! When I finally became familiar with it!

Latia jumped up to her feet to respond to the words of Liddy.

– If you are troubled, then it’s time to make sure that you are going to be a proper model for other students.

– Indeed, and Kisaragi Hayato——. How is the training situation after the competition desuno?

– Umm, that..

Last month, a martial arts competition was held where all first-year members of the martial arts department with the exception of Sakura participated. His reaction value before enrolling was first place, and the degree of attention towards Kisaragi Hayato who enlisted in the in the special team commanded by the Student Council——Selections?was naturally high, but speaking of results, he couldn’t live up to expectations. Following Emile, Latia and Fritz, he got fourth place among the first-years.

The reason that confirms so is that his results were dull.

It’s because he couldn’t go beyond a complete control of the power of the Variant.

And the fact that he has barely practiced suppressing the spontaneous discharge of the ability so far to not end up going rampage, and also that he had to obey the rules where he can’t go full armament nor put a N?barrier?when he’s in a pinch.

Apart from the battle against the Savage and if there’s a resistance now, in the battles where he wasn’t betting his life, like the sham battle against Fritz and Latia and the duel against the President, the ability of the Variant will not be triggered almost automatically.

– From now on, you have to be able to activate the ability of the Variant by your own will and to be able to do full armament at any time masenwane.

After the competition, Claire issued those instructions to Hayato.

At that time, he remembered the girl with an eyepatch, who’s one of the three?hunterswho had brown skin and met by chance in the Zwei Islands.

She created a Hundred that looked like Hayato’s?Hien?and swung it downward to the core of the Savage.

With that, she couldn’t de-->>

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