Twenty minutes later, inside the villa atop Keystone Gate.
All the girls—fully dressed and ready—crowded the entrance hallway before the main door. The door stood open inward, morning's slightly glaring sunlight streaming in from outside. Everyone had luggage containing spare clothes and personal items beside them, looking exactly like a tour group about to depart.
Of course, there weren't only girls—there were also people like Yasaka-san, plus little Kunou, little Yume, and little Natsuki.
Bokue stood at the doorway, one hand covering the teleportation switch.
But the one calling out was Serafall.
"Is everyone ready? Then we're about to depart~"
Today's Satan girl had likewise changed into an extremely girlish pink one-piece swim dress, her hand waving her cosplay wand as always.
Clearly, even on vacation days she had absolutely no intention of abandoning her magical girl persona—if anything, she'd doubled down.
Conversely, her little sister Sona beside her wore only simple dark-colored two-piece swimwear today, straightforwardly accentuating her slender, graceful body lines.
The black-haired girl watched her older sister's performance—consistently comparable to a social terrorist—in front of everyone, only able to blush and urge softly.
"Alright, Onee-sama, that's enough."
"Mm mm~"
Showing no dissatisfaction with her sister's buzz-killing words, Serafall turned her head with a beaming smile, winking at the black-haired, glasses-wearing girl beside her while throwing up a big OK gesture. Then she turned back around, vigorously waving her magic wand.
"Then—3, 2, 1... go!"
Click.
Bokue cooperatively pressed the switch the instant the Satan girl shouted "go."
No loading bars or teleportation guidance time—the scenery beyond the door changed without the slightest lag the moment he pressed the switch.
Beach, sunlight, ocean... plus ocean breezes blowing into the room from the main entrance.
In just an instant, they'd already arrived at their destination resort island.
"Ohhhhh! Choosing to stay on Itogami Island as Foreign Affairs Satan was definitely the right call!"
As if completely unfamiliar with the concept of restraint, Serafall grabbed her little sister's arm and charged out first.
"We're coming for you, real seaside vacation!"
"Onee-sama, please show a little restraint..."
Sona's words didn't finish before being muffled by the sea breeze.
Mm...
Bokue glanced once before withdrawing his gaze, then turned toward the remaining girls still at their original positions, shrugging.
"Alright, everyone go have fun. Just leave your luggage here—I'll put them in your rooms one by one."
"Eh? Won't that be too much trouble for Bokue-san..."
Asia clasped her hands before her chest carefully, clearly feeling uncomfortable about troubling others with her own matters.
"No problem—I need to come out and join you all in a bit anyway."
Bokue spread his hands.
"After all, I still need to prepare various things we'll need these two days. In short, you all go play first."
"Mm... alright then..."
Since the conversation had reached this point, continuing to argue would seem too affected. The girls simply set down their luggage and headed straight out to enjoy the beach and ocean.
Meanwhile, Bokue brought the pile of luggage upstairs. After placing items in each room one by one, he flashed and vanished from the villa.
The next second, he'd arrived at the hotel guest room where he'd battled Venelana this morning.
However, Venelana was long gone from the room—only a magic mirror stood quietly against the wall by the window.
Bokue stepped forward to lift it, then flashed away via teleportation again.
The entire process took under five seconds.
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Meanwhile, on the resort island, Shidou Irina—who'd reached the beach—pulled out a volleyball from behind her back, nimbly balancing it on her palm while tossing it upward twice.
She turned toward her two friends Asia and Xenovia who'd just emerged from the villa, grinning.
"What do you say—want to have a beach volleyball match?"
"Eh? A... match...?"
Asia froze slightly, clearly not expecting such a sudden proposal.
The naturally shy nun almost reflexively folded both arms across her chest.
"That's... not very convenient, is it? Plus it's just the three of us? How would three people even play..."
"Mm, obviously Asia, you and I team up."
Shidou Irina was unconcerned.
"The two of us on one team, then Xenovia alone."
"Eh?? That... seems a bit unfair..."
Asia was stunned.
However quiet and gentle she was, even she understood that competitive sports' most important aspect was fairness. Two-on-one seemed really unreasonable, right?
"Actually, it won't be unfair~"
Shidou Irina dug at her ear.
"Asia, you think it's unfair because you don't know Xenovia well enough yet. If we're talking purely physical abilities, two of me together couldn't match her. So the two of us against Xenovia is most reasonable."
"I-I see..."
Honestly speaking, thinking carefully, that actually made some sense.
First, Shidou Irina had always used soft swords as weapons. By contrast, Xenovia went everywhere carrying a massive greatsword taller than herself—yet could swing it with devastating force.
At least in the strength department, Xenovia definitely held overwhelming advantage.
But... that actually wasn't her main concern!
Asia really felt too embarrassed to say it, but they were all wearing extremely revealing swimsuits. What if vigorous exercise caused something to... accidentally pop out??
"Um... maybe we should skip it after all..."
The nun, ready to retreat, hastily grabbed a random excuse.
"Bokue-san is probably still busy inside. I'll go see if I can help somehow. Xenovia-san and Irina-san, you two play first..."
Finishing her words, she turned and jogged back to the villa without looking back, heading upstairs to the second floor almost without thinking.
If she remembered correctly, Bokue-san had said he'd move all their luggage to their respective rooms...
Just as the nun was thinking this, she heard what seemed like conversation voices faintly emanating from a room on the second floor's inner side that should have been empty.
"Mother-in-law, you... why did you come over without wearing clothes?"
"Hm? But didn't you say beach vacation, Bokue? Then why wear other clothes? Obviously, come directly in a swimsuit~"
"Alright... here, according to what you said—same size as Rias."
"Let me try it on. Mm~ the chest feels a bit tight... that's strange. Could they have gotten bigger during this time?"
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