Episode 3: A Strategy Meeting on the Shore

Scene: On the beach.

Kyaru
Cough, cough, pant, pant...!

Kyaru
Come on, Pecorine! Walk on your own -- I don't have the strength to carry you all this way, understand?

Kyaru
If this wasn't an emergency, I wouldn't give you this kind of service! You'd better thank me, all right!? Look, we're almost at where Koro and Yuuki vanished!

Pecorine
Oooh... I have a headache, so please don't speak so loudly.

Kyaru
Are you okay? You look like you're in really bad shape -- can't you work up any of your usual energy?

Kyaru
Hmph. Were we all just having so much fun, tiring ourselves so much that we all crashed on the very next day? With how much my muscles ache, I definitely fall under that...!

Kyaru
Which means I'd really rather not have to carry your heavy frame! Here, I'm putting you down now -- you're going to have to walk now, okay!?

Pecorine
Hee hee. That's why I love you, Kyaru -- you might have been complaining all this time, but... You've also been worried about my condition, and you've even tried to carry me as steadily as you can.

Pecorine
There we go... Ahh, I still feel a little dizzy.

Kyaru
A-Are you really okay? Should I use some healing magic?

Pecorine
No, it's okay. Kokkoro and Yuuki have disappeared, right? There's a chance that something serious has happened... You should conserve your magic as much as you can.

Kyaru
That's true. Knowing you, I'm sure that as soon as you eat something, you'll perk right up.

Kyaru
Though, the beach house hasn't opened yet, so we won't be able to buy any food as I'd hoped we would.

Pecorine
Ah, sorry... But right now, I think that even eating a bunch of food won't help me feel any better.

Pecorine
It's hard to say this, but... This morning, when I woke up, I couldn't find the Royal Armament anywhere.

Pecorine
I looked all over, but it wasn't anywhere to be found... If I only had the Royal Armament, taking in some calories would boost my energy right back to normal.

Kyaru
Whaaa? The Royal Armament is gone? How could that happen -- you should've guarded it more closely! Isn't that your most important lifelline...!?

Pecorine
Ooh. But it's strange... I've gotten in the habit of holding onto the Royal Armament while I'm sleeping, in case I'm ever attacked then.

Pecorine
But when I woke up this morning, it had vanished without a trace.

Kyaru
It couldn't have just "vanished"... What are we supposed to do now -- isn't your freakish strength all because of the Royal Armament?

Kyaru
Without any equipment besides your swimsuit, you'll be a useless sitting duck!

Pecorine
H-How mean... But I can't really argue with that... Boo hoo.

Kyaru
Hey, don't cry... Ah, this is seriously a disaster. My magic is practically tapped out, and Pecorine's Royal Armament is missing?

Kyaru
We're totally helpless! And Koro and Yuuki are gone, too -- what do we do now!?

Suzume
Hey! Everyone from Gourmet Palace!

Kyaru
Aah!? You scared me, um... Do I know you?

Pecorine
Ah, you're Suzume from the Sarendia Orphanage! You've been working at the beach house, right... Wait, huh?

Pecorine
Yuuki! Hadn't you disappeared? Why are you with Suzume...?

Suzume
Um. For some reason, he was unconscious by the seaside... I was treating his injuries while hearing him talk about what happened.

Suzume
It seems like he and Kokkoro were dragged into the water by some kind of massive monster.

Suzume
They were pulled into the water by some tentacle-like things that wrapped around them... They were caught by surprise, and weren't able to resist being pulled in.

Kyaru
Hmmm. But all I remember seeing is you two suddenly disappearing right in front of me...?

Kyaru
A massive monster? No way! They said that the Marjan Coast was basically safe -- how could there be something like that here?

Pecorine
I wonder. If that's what happened, then how are you okay now, Yuuki? And if you were pulled in together with Kokkoro, then where is she now...?

Suzume
Um, what he said was... As they were being pulled in, apparently Kokkoro used her spear to cut him free.

Suzume
She prioritized Yuuki's safety over her own...

Suzume
But while she was cutting Yuuki free, he passed out from being unable to breathe...

Kyaru
How... How could she, even in that moment, put her "Master" over her own life? Koro, you're such a fool...!

Kyaru
When did this happen? There's no way she can breathe underwater, so if we don't hurry and get her out, she'll drown...!