Shirakawa Sawahei was left holding nothing but a white string bikini...
As expected, he slowly drew a question mark in the air once again...
This scenario, it seems familiar from somewhere...
No time to think it through, as the wailing creature and Black Hearted Lolita were already splashing around in the water. Falling into the water backward, even for someone who can swim, is bound to result in gulping down a mouthful of water. Poor Asano Nazuki was purely a collateral casualty, as she was walking along peacefully when a wailing creature fell toward her, leaving her no room to evade, and she was directly pressed into the water, swallowing several mouthfuls of salty seawater for no reason.
In the struggle, the little Lolita vaguely felt that Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s hand seemed to have caught the end of her swimsuit—there wasn’t even time to register a surprised expression before the fabric tore underwater.
Black Hearted Lolita: ???
Finally, the two girls managed to find their balance after rolling around in the water, stood up supporting each other, and coughed fiercely, water dripping from their wet long hair. Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at them and couldn’t help but pull a serious face, looking up at the sky.
In every sense, looking up at the sky.
The wailing creature realized the source of the chill on her body, let out a yelp, and hurriedly covered her chest while tearfully and indignantly glaring at Shirakawa Sawahei.
"Shirakawa! You... you, don’t look this way!"
"You looked just now! Hurry... forget it!"
Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s tone rarely flustered, causing Shirakawa Sawahei to curl his lips, thinking to himself, where did your usually confident demeanor go? Normally, shouldn’t you be simultaneously covering your chest and teasing me for not daring to look?
"Konatsuori! You... you too..."
As the girl’s shriek echoed again, Shirakawa Sawahei instinctively glanced that way, stopping in his tracks in shock—the little Lolita’s light purple outerwear was already soaked and clung to her body, her swimsuit barely covering her chest seemed to have been torn open by someone, revealing an enticingly fair skin...
Hmm? Isn’t this little miss supposed to be pleasantly curvy? Using her as a zero reference seems a bit unreasonable...
"This... might have been my fault just now... Konatsuori... sorry..."
"N-no way... This isn’t right, Little Bai... classmate... you’re still looking this way! I’ll kill you!"
The two girls, in a panic, scanned the surroundings and seeing nobody had noticed them, quickly raced from the sea to the land on the reef, crouching under the rocks to hide.
"Shirakawa! Stand guard! Don’t let anyone come over! And also, give me back my swimsuit!"
Turning his head away, he moved to pass the swimsuit in his hand over...
"I’ll check around to see if anyone is coming." Shirakawa Sawahei coughed lightly, intending to give Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Asano Nazuki some time to repair their equipment: the damaged swimsuits.
If you don’t strengthen regularly, you’ll break down at critical moments. If only you had spent some reinforcement stones, or in other words, cash, to strengthen your gear. It’s to the point where I could tear it apart with a tug?
If all else fails, you might at least buy some golden legends. It’s pity that the little Lolita, as the heiress of the Hayakawa family, is so frugal that she even saves money on swimsuits...
Complaining inwardly about the two unfortunates, he was about to leave when a conversation reached his ears, making both Shirakawa Sawahei and the two girls tense.
"Misima-chan, let’s go play over there. It will be quieter without disturbance~"
"We could... but what if there’s someone... bothering others would be bad..."
A couple conversed like so, approaching slowly, Shirakawa Sawahei instinctively wanted to rush out to stop them, but was suddenly pressed against by two bodies, one large and one small, from behind.
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Asano Nazuki’s swimsuit was less damaged, so she clung to one side of him to cover the exposed restricted area, while Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s attire: the damaged swimsuit, couldn’t even hang on her body, forcing her to clutch it against her chest and bump directly into his back.
Truly a ball collision.
"Sh-Shirakawa... don’t look back... look ahead... don’t get discovered..."
Tsukimi Sakurazawa frantically poked her head out from behind, and the couple happened to arrive in front, staring at the scene, frozen in shock.
Even through a layer of swimsuit, Shirakawa Sawahei could clearly feel the softness of the two bodies behind him, suddenly regretting leaving his thin outerwear on the beach chair.
If he had worn that, it wouldn’t have been such a sensory overload.
That couple froze on the spot, exchanging stares with Shirakawa Sawahei, unable to speak for a while, until Shirakawa Sawahei calmly broke the awkward silence.
"Could you two possibly switch to another spot?"
"My girlfriends and I... are hanging out here."
"S-Sorry for bothering you..."
Understandingly, the couple left the troublesome scene without further entanglement. Although shocked by Shirakawa Sawahei’s words, thank goodness Neons typically avoid causing trouble for others, so they merely grumbled inwardly, treating it as if nothing happened.
How is such a scoundrel possible! He audaciously claims to have multiple girlfriends!? How is this even reasonable!
The crucial part is all his girlfriends are so pretty and cute! One seems to be a legal Lolita...
It’s absolutely outrageous! How did he manage that? Could I report this to the police?
Unlike the boy stuck in jealousy, the girlfriend seemed to perceive the shyness on Tsukimi Sakurazawa and the little Lolita’s faces. Pairing that with their tight grips on the boy beside them, she roughly pieced together what the three of them were just up to...
Group activity! And at the beach! So daring!
After the couple left, Shirakawa Sawahei and the two girls maintained their positions for a bit longer, as if fearful the couple would return unexpectedly. Only after confirming they were truly gone did Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Asano Nazuki cautiously release their grips on Shirakawa Sawahei...
"Shirakawa... don’t look back, okay?"
"Little Bai... Shirakawa, if you look back, we’ll be really angry... angry enough to kill you..."
"I won’t look back... just hurry up and put on your swimsuits."
He replied helplessly, stepping outward: "I’ll keep watch, so you two work a bit faster..."
"Ugh... how could this happen... so embarrassing..."
"It’s all your fault, Minister Sakurazawa, why did you have to rip my swimsuit in the water..."
"I’m sorry... It’s Shirakawa’s fault! If he hadn’t suddenly turned around! I wouldn’t have fallen backward!"
"For now, let’s put on your swimsuit first..."
Black Hearted Lolita gritted her teeth as she took Tsukimi’s string bikini, and only after wearing it did she realize the shoulder straps were completely snapped, attempting to tie them together but finding no way to do so.
"Ah... Konatsuori... it’s so tight..."
"What can I do about it! It’s your fault too... It seems like a section of the cord is missing, so the length isn’t enough..."
"Really... damn, if only I had eaten less recently... what good is growing this big, ugh..."
"No, my strength is too weak... let... let Shirakawa help tie it up..."
"??? Isn’t that too embarrassing..."
"What choice do we have now! Someone has to get their swimsuit on!"
"Y-you’re right... then... Shirakawa... can you come over... but please keep your eyes closed!"