The next day, after Naoki was woken up by Gray and came to the dining room, he saw Luvia sitting gracefully while drinking red tea like a hostess, as well as Rin and Miyu standing behind her on the left and right.
"Ara, you're awake? Waking up only when the sun is high, you're really lazy."
Seeing Naoki's arrival, Luvia greeted him in her usual style.
Sitting opposite her, glancing at Rin whose face was already flushed red, clearly embarrassed to the point of wanting to find a hole to hide in, Naoki asked: "What are you doing here? And this attitude of being completely at home... isn't this my house?"
"I'm just drinking tea as usual, is there a problem?" Luvia put on a face as if it were natural, "As for why I'm here, my villa is like that now. Repairing it will take at least two or three days. Before that, I can only stay here, is that not allowed?"
"Honestly, I really want to refuse."
Naoki knocked on the table irritably.
"It's enough for just Gray and me to live here. It's fine if Miyu stays too, but why are you two rich people joining in? And if I remember correctly, Rin, you have your own house. You two should just stay at her place—"
"I wouldn't deign to live in such a shabby house, it has no noble aura at all, full of vulgarity." Luvia put on a disgusted face, "Besides, I funded that villa. Although I've given it to you now, as the builder, asking for one room here shouldn't be too much. Or are you as a grown man heartless enough to watch two of us women sleep outside?"
"Where's your money?"
Naoki put on a contemptuous face.
"It's only for two or three days, wouldn't it be better to just stay in a hotel for two days? Forget it, it's up to you whether you want to stay or not, but I won't provide three meals a day, take care of yourselves."
"Truly a cold and heartless man." Luvia sipped her red tea, "Then, let's talk about the real business. You really gave us a surprise last night. The famous Sealing Designation Enforcer lying like a corpse in front of my ruined house... the shock I received was no less than when you dropped the moon."
Luvia and Rin were truly very shocked last night.
Originally, the two of them planned to take a warm bath after returning and then go to sleep, but who would have thought that as soon as they returned, they saw the ruined garden and villa, as well as Bazett lying in front of the villa in an unclear state of life or death.
The two of them were completely stunned at that moment!
"Then, what was the result?"
Naoki asked while eating the breakfast Gray served.
"Bazett has temporarily confessed everything. She's now in the basement of this house. I've also contacted the Grand Master. It's estimated that there will be news from the Clock Tower in two days." Rin replied, "This time, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, relying on us alone, we definitely wouldn't have been able to defend the Class Cards from Bazett."
Although she was almost instantly defeated by Naoki, among modern Magus, Bazett's combat power was truly top-notch. There weren't many people in the entire world who could steadily defeat her. Although Rin and the others had Ruby and Sapphire, as well as the Class Cards, if they fought seriously, it was estimated that they would be instantly defeated by Bazett.
After all, Bazett, just like Naoki, could fight and win against a Shadow Servant alone.
"Bazett should already be the greatest combat force the Mage Association could send. With her being easily defeated by you now, the people in the Clock Tower who still want the Class Cards are estimated to calm down. This is good, so we can fully focus on the work of collecting the eighth Class Card."
Mentioning the eighth Class Card, Luvia's expression paused slightly, then she changed the topic and asked: "Naoki, you and Gray... don't seem to have swimsuits?"
Naoki, who was eating, and Gray, who was standing behind him, were unconsciously surprised by this sudden question.
Swimsuits?
The two of them didn't seem to have any.
Although both England and Japan were island nations, strangely, the two of them had never gone to the beach once, not even to a swimming pool, so it was natural that they didn't have swimsuits.
"We don't have any, why?"
"The eighth Class Card is underground by the sea, its location is right in a beach park in Fuyuki City."
As soon as Luvia said that, the two of them understood.
Wouldn't they have to wear swimsuits by the sea?
"Whether I have a swimsuit or not doesn't matter. Anyway, when you want to collect the Class Card, just call me—"
Before Naoki finished speaking, his voice stopped, because he suddenly remembered something. He turned to Gray and asked: "Gray, haven't I ever taken you to the beach?"
"Ah... um, not yet."
"Then we'll buy swimsuits later." Naoki suddenly said that, "Anyway, sooner or later we'll definitely go to the beach. It's a rare opportunity, why don't we just go play at the beach this time? And also let you see the sea up close."
"R-really?!"
Gray immediately couldn't help but show a little excitement. The sea was almost a foreign word to her. Although she usually heard about the sea through various books and even television, and had also seen it from a height when flying in a plane, she had never been to the beach.
If she could go to the beach once, it would definitely be very fun for her.
"But, shouldn't we be collecting the Class Card? If we go play there... isn't that not very good?"
"It's okay, the digging work will take at least two months at the earliest. Before that, there's nothing to do, and it's summer now anyway, going to the beach to play is also good." Rin laughed, "Miyu is going too. By the way, Luvia and I originally planned to do that."
"I understand."
Miyu nodded.
Putting down his fork, Naoki wiped his mouth: "Then we'll go to the shopping center later. Besides swimsuits, we also need to prepare some summer clothes for Gray. It's impossible for her to still have to wear this big robe in the summer, right?"
"I think it's fine like this..."
[Absolutely not!]
Ruby, who had been silent in Gray's hair, suddenly shouted!
[Gray-tan! It seems you have a huge misunderstanding about your charm! I can guarantee that as long as you dress up a little, you'll instantly transform into a super beautiful girl whose charm surpasses those two old women over there, and make this wooden-headed big brother of yours completely captivated—]
*CLANG!*
*THUD!*
*CRACK!*
Before Ruby finished speaking, a trash can suddenly flew over and hit her, then Rin and Luvia each kicked it from the front and back, directly kicking Ruby along with the trash can out of the dining room!
"It seems we need to buy more trash cans."
"It's better to order special ones. Plastic ones break easily, let's order some made of metal."
"The Edelfelt family has reliable craftsmen."
Seeing the three people who suddenly had the same brainwave, Miyu, Gray, and Sapphire exchanged awkward laughs.
'Ruby, you're really...'
'How dare she say such things with a smile...'
'Nee-sama, you've been punished so many times, why haven't you learned your lesson yet?'