"Senpai, have a drink."
Little short legs Fujiwara Moeha trotted over and handed him a bottle of iced soda. Surfing took a lot of stamina, and as an ordinary person, Moeha only got a moderate amount of exercise in her daily life. Once she'd just barely gotten the hang of surfing, she returned to the beach umbrella to rest.
Amamiya Natsuki took the soda and drank a mouthful.
"Thanks, Moeha."
"Hehe~"
The middle-school girl immediately lifted her little face, beaming with pride at the praise.
"Oh my, surfing is pretty fun." Yukinoshita Hiyori smiled as she wiped the seawater from her body with a towel. "The world is so big. We really should try more things. Who knows? We might discover all sorts of unexpected pleasures."
Fujiwara Chika nodded in agreement.
"It really is fun. Once you get the hang of it, it's not difficult at all."
"Mm-hmm." Sayu nodded along. "It's really fun."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the instructor and asked,
"Can we make the training harder this afternoon?"
The instructor took a deep breath.
"You... really weren't lying to me?"
"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika looked at her, puzzled. "Lying about what?"
The instructor's tone was odd. "That you're all professional athletes, but deliberately pretending to be beginners?"
"Instructor, don't overthink it. We really are beginners," Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "We just learn quickly."
The instructor fell silent.
That concluded the morning's training.
Everyone returned to the villa estate, where a sumptuous lunch had already been prepared.
After lunch and a short rest, the group set out again, following the instructor to the afternoon's training spot.
The wind had picked up by the afternoon. When they reached the beach, they could see waves surging across the sea, each swell two or three meters high. They crashed against the cliff reef,