Diamond Round Beach

Let's go swimming, Master!

Drawing manga is all well and good, but we mustn't forget about the ocean right in front of us either.

I still can't believe how nice Luluhawa's beaches are. Not a single stone in the sand... Pleasantly warm water...

Sure, you need to wear flip-flops when going near the reef, but it's still a paradise compared to other waters.

By the way, Master, would you say you're a good swimmer?

Oho. You've got guts, saying that in front of Ushiwakamaru, famed leaper of ships!

...Although, strictly speaking, I'm much better at running over water than swimming in it...

Well then, this is your lucky day! I'll teach you everything I know from the grounduh, water up!

Swimming is an essential skill for any warrior!

I remember seeing many fall into the sea left and right, armor and all, during the Genpei War.

...Of course, in my case, I was so incredibly skillful that I never lost my footing, so there aren't any stories about my swimming exploits...

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At any rate, the waves aren't too big today, so I think now would be a perfect time to go swimming.

We could start by warming up in the shallows, then try swimming out towards the buoy.

Alternatively, we could also borrow some boards and try our hand at surfing.

To tell the truth, I've been curious about surfing.

Think about it! For Lady Mordred to have gotten that hooked on it, it must be fun!

Oh, you're going surfing? Would you mind if I joined you?

I was trying to relax on the beach, but there were too many men who kept trying to talk to me.

So I was just thinking about going swimming to refresh myself.

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I didn't know you were here too, Lady Martha. By all means, you're welcome to join us.

We would welcome your instruction on enjoying the waves, as you are more experienced traveling on the sea than either of us!

"Traveling on the sea"? ...Oh, you mean Tarasque. Well, yes, I do ride on Tarasque's back...

...but as far as surfing goes, I'm as much of a beginner as you two. Why don't we all practice together?

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Aww, that's sweet. I'm flattered to be compared to the legendary Ushiwakamaru.

I-I see. For my part, I feel like I'm a little out of my league, being compared to someone as wholesome as you...

But then, I suppose once we get in the water, we're both no more than another couple of Servants in swimsuits.

All right then Master, Lady Martha, I'll go borrow some surfboards from the hotel.

Soon, I'll be leading the charge against Luluhawa's waves, or my name isn't Ushiwakamaru!

Ahhhahaha! That was even more fun than I'd imagined!

Oh... Sorry about that. I tend to laugh kind of loudly when I get too excited.

Anyway, now I know an altogether different way to handle waves. The ocean here really is fun!

Master ahoy☆ Were you all out swimming together?

Why didn't you invite me? I don't want to be the odd woman out.

Don't worry, the day's only just begun. We still have plenty of time to change that!

On that note, Tamamo the dangerous summer fox maiden is here, and she brought beach balls!

You've all got energy to spare, right? Then why don't we put it to use and work up a good sweat before lunch?

How about a game of beach volleyball? It's a classic for a reason, after all.

Why don't you be our referee, Master? All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the show♡

Ah! That sounds like a great idea to me too, Master. Let's take Lady Tamamo-no-Mae up on her suggestion and play beach volleyball next!

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Then it's settled! For our second round, we'll play a game of beach volleyball! At last, never skipping leg day will pay off!

You must have done a lot of thigh workouts yourself, Lady Martha! Now's the time to put them to good use!

WhaE-excuse me, but I'm a member of the clergy. Please don't talk about me like I'm some sort of training fanatic...

Hehe, don't go thinking you've already won.

You two might know your way around a weight room, but you're still landlubbers.

Your legs can't hope to measure up to those of us who live life on the sea. Isn't that right, Tamamo?

Absolutely. I might be a fox, but right now, I'm also a shark out for blood.

My Megalo Jump Spike would put Susanoo to shame, even in his prime!

Try and block me all you want, Martha. I'll break right through your iron wall♡

Well listen to you. I'm warning you now, I wouldn't underestimate Jacob's God Fist if I were you. Now hold on while I go get my jersey!

Game, set, and match! At 15 to 13, the winner is Team Skullshark!

Grr...! I can't believe I flubbed it at the very end of the third set...!

Yes, it's too bad what happened with that spike of yours, Lady Martha...

I never would have thought it was possible to pop a volleyball like a balloon...

Oopsies.

Hehe. It was a close match, but we just barely had the edge in the mental game.

All right then, Master Referee♡ Why don't we go celebrate our win with a lovely lunch out togeHuh!?

I don't see Master anywhere! Orion, where did Master go!?

He just took off in the middle of your game.

I couldn't let this once-in-a-lifetime match end prematurely, so I decided to stop peeping and start reffing.

So, where should we go to lunch? I'm flattered you'd ask. Usually, it's me trying to pick upgurk!

Sorry for stepping on your pet fur ball, Artemis.

But anyway, we need to hurry up and look for Master! You've all got a bad feeling about this too, don't you!?

Khh... I'm such an idiot! I can't believe I let my guard down like that...!

Come on, let's all split up and look for him! There's no telling what might have happened...!

Heh heh heh... Ain't no one gonna bother us 'round here, Master of Chaldea.

Vacation spot or not, ye oughta know better'n ta come ta the bottom of a cliff like this all by yer lonesome.

Tell me, Master, do ye understan' how this happened?

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Go on.

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Bahahahaha! Did ye hear that, boys!? Talk about no good deed goin' unpunished!

Maybe now ye'll think twice before ye go traipsin' around tryin' ta be a Good Samaritan.

Not that ye'll ever get a chance at that! Right, boys!?

Right! I still remember what happened in Okeanos clear as day.

Sure, I mighta made a mistake signin' on with Blackbeard...

...but it was your Servants what threw me overboard.

An' ta add insult ta injury, yesterday...

...yer Servant, Ibaraki-Douji, took me fer all I got. Now I ain't got no money left fer ServantFes.

Do ye get it now? We're all victims here!

Now, yer gonna pay us what we're due.

Let's see... How 'bout we start by having ye use up all those Command Spells of yers? Don't want no Servants showin' up here, after all...

Hehehe... Don't bother callin' fer help...

Heeheehee... Ye know, he's a lot cuter than I thought now I'm seein' him up close...

Heeheeheehee...!

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Pardon me. Could I ask you a question?

Who the hell're you!? What do ye and yer lame purple hair want with us, Four-Eyes!?

Did you lose something around here? You didn't? Well that's too bad.

I thought perhaps you might be searching for your consciences. It seems I was hoping for too much.

If you have no intention of turning over a new leaf, then we can end this here and now.

Please stay right where you are, Fujimaru. Don't worry, just close your eyes for a minute and all will be well.

The only eyes closin' 'round here are gonna be yers! Get him, boys!

Heh...!

What...the... What did you...just do...?

...What did he do? Nothing at all...

The attack that caused your legs to cramp up was my own, unleashed from where I was hidden in the shadows...

Yes, it is I, Tristan, Beach Child of Sadness... Are you all right, Fujimaru?

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Indeed, he is. The handsome Frenchman has been most at home here in Luluhawa.

He was the first of the Round Table to strip off his armor and head straight for the ocean.

Hahaha, I guess this new look suits me a little too well? Sorry about that. I AM the strongest Knight of the Round Table, after all.

Indeed, who else could he be but the Knight of the Lake, now the Surfer of the Tropics...Sir Lancelot.

Please don't take what these two jokers have to say at face value. They've been letting the Luluhawan air go to their heads.

At any rate, I'm relieved to see you are unharmed, Fujimaru.

I apologize if we overstepped our bounds in staging our little rescue, but we couldn't help but worry.

Still, the last thing we would wish to do as Knights of the Round Table is to offend you.

So you would be doing the four of us a great kindness if you could laugh this off as just a bunch of busybodies unable to stop themselves from butting in.

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W-well, after they all changed into swimsuits, I couldn't be the only one left out...

But that doesn't mean I'm letting myself go soft. I just thought my usual armor would stand out too much here...

At least, that's what I thought... But I just don't...feel right in these clothes...

So I've been trying to avoid going out in public as much as possible...

But now that I'm here, I'm relieved to see you don't think anything of it. I guess this outfit wasn't as strange as I thought.

Oh! And hello, Fujimaru. I hope Sir Tristan wasn't being too much of a bother?

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Master! I can't apologize enough for my carelessness! I will accept any scolding you feel is appropriate later!

First, I must dispose of these despicable villains who tried to steal you away!

A blond, a redhead, and some sort of purple mess... And all unrepentant scoundrels, by the look of you.

Stay right where you are! Or don't! Regardless, you'll never see the light of another day!

Aaah! It's the headhunting Berserker...! We're done for! But damn if she doesn't look badass!

Blackbeard was right! The Master of Chaldea really does have some bangin' Servants!

...Wait. You think we are the villains?

Oh, how it saddens me to say so, but I'm afraid you are mistaken... Go on, Sir Lancelot, tell her why we are here.

Hoo baby! We got ourselves a real babe here, don't we, bros! Wooo! Wooo!!!

(...Oh, Sir Lancelot... I think your talent for disguisesor rather, your ability to adapt to your surroundingsbackfired...)

(Impressive, Sir Lancelot. You've completely adopted the Luluhawan style as your own...!)

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I think we got off on the wrong foot. Let me start over. I am none other than...

Watch as we see the brief flirtation from Sir Lancelot. Note the way he peeks over his glasses. Oh, he is definitely interested!

...the leader of Club Camelot, Lancelot, commonly known as "Best Boy."

While my first and foremost concern is Master's safety, I also believe in practicing proper beach etiquette.

And if, by a twist of fate, I should happen to meet a beautiful, charming young lady there, it would be rude not to invite her to tea.

Yes, that is how the Round Table rolls! Am I right, bros!?

Of course. If we see a damsel in distress, we are honor bound to rescue her. That is the purpose of our club!

That is why the newly formed Round Table of Camelot exists! I am grateful to ServantFes for this opportunity.

Thanks to this convention, we were able to repair our broken bonds and renew our friendship!

So I assure you, young maiden, that you have nothing to fear from us...even as you stand there...seething in a bloodthirsty rage...

I am unsure why you are so upset, but please...put down your weapon.

Despite what you might think, we are not exactly detail-oriented, so explaining everything in full would be too much hassle to bother with.

... (Look that clearly says "You're all so dead")

(Welp, she's gone and taken out her weapon. Hehe, not that I blame her. I would've done the same.)

Aw bilgewater, I don't wanna get caught in the cross fire! C'mon, men, get her 'fore she gets us!

Very well then! I will hurl each and every one of you clear out of this bay all the way to the Atlantic myself! Prepare to face true tengu power!

Wooo! I cannot believe THREE Knights of the Round Table weren't able to take down our opponent!

At last, the time has came to spread my wings!

Alas! No matter how dreadful an opponent she may have been, I could not bring myself to take up my sword against a scantily clad woman!

It seems summer will be my downfall...quite literally!

Hmph. A nice long swim back to shore should help you overeager boys cool your heads.

...Now, that just leaves you, and those pirates hiding behind you.

My humblest apologies, milady. I understand your confusion, but I assure you, we meant no harm.

We saw that Fujimaru was surrounded by pirates, and intervened to make sure he was safe.

Isn't that right, Fujimaru?

Hmm. Normally, I would dismiss your excuses as so much nonsense, but I suppose you have been conducting yourself like a true gentleman.

Is what he says true, Master?

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...I see. Then I must offer you my thanks.

Not at all. They got what was coming to them, and they did need to cool their heads.

They may have seemed calm and placid, but they were really quite worked up on the inside.

The sea near our island was dark and murky, so the clear blue water here must have brought out the inner child in each of them.

...What about you? You're a member of the Round Table, just like them. What about your inner child?

Oh, well, my journey was longer than theirs, so I suppose mine must have retreated a little deeper inside.

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All right, I understand. But these pirates are a different matter.

You scoundrels abducted Master. The bay is too good for you.

I'm going to send you three flying well past the horizon.

Wait! Ye got us all wrong! We didn't do nothin'!

We just wanted ta warn him about the sharp rocks around the tide pools up ahead!

What?

Really? Odd. You seemed quite clearly to be threatening him.

No! We just wanted his autograph! He's famous, y'know!

We mighta never gotten another chance like this, so we wanted somethin' ta remember this adventure by!

Then...what about the lost consciences you dropped? The ones Sir Lancelot mentioned?

O' course they ain't lost! We never dropped 'em in the first place!

We're good, honest pirates now! We got outta Blackbeard's crew long ago!

This is exactly why I hate knights and warriors an' such! You're always goin' 'round just looking fer excuses to prove how tough ye are!

So ye go around pickin' fights ye know ye can win, and don't even try to hear us out! Jerks!

I-I don't think I was acting THAT rashly... I didn't even try to kill you this time...

Hahaha, now I see. Hahaha.

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O' course we do, dummy!

Hang on, we got some Luluhawa souvenirs we just bought that oughta do the trick nicely... What'd ye get, B? A wood carvin'?

Naw, I got a paper lantern they was sellin' in the hotel gift shop. It's tourist trash, an' I love it.

Me, I got a Missouri T-shirt that just says "BATTLESHIP!"

It's great. Feels like somethin' straight outta a movie.

I gotcha. I'm still holdin' on to the pamphlet from last year's Kawaii Fes so's I can remember it.

Okay then, would ye sign these for us? Oh, an' where's your club's table?

A-01, eh? Hey, that's one o' the end tables. Ye must be pretty popular then. We'll hafta visit yers first!

All right, tha's all we wanted. We'll just be gettin' on our way.

See ye 'round! An' be more careful from now on, ye hear! Not everywhere in Luluhawa's safe!

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Hm, they turned out to be a lovely band of pirates indeed. And now, they have made off with something precious to us.

Yes, it seems we were hasty in our judgment of them. So what did they make off with?

Our dignity, of course.

All right then, I think I'll be on my way as well, before the king gets a chance to reprimand me...

Now where are Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot? ...Ah, they're competing to see who can swim back to shore the fastest.

I'd better go stop them now, before things get even more out of hand.

It was good to see you again, Fujimaru, even if the circumstances were less than ideal.

I hope you enjoy your time here in Luluhawa.

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...So, does this mean everything worked out?

Heeey! Ushiwakaaa! Did you find Fujimaru yet!?

Right. We still need to let Lady Martha and the others know you're all right.

Let's go, Master.

My team may have lost the volleyball game, but we'll make it up in our afternoon activities!

This time, I'll be sure to keep my eye on you at all times, so don't be afraid to join us!