"Of course I'm going!"
Saegusa Mayumi hurriedly agreed. Traveling with her boyfriend was what she looked forward to most, so there was no chance she'd turn him down!
"But where should we go?"
"Where would you like to go?"
Kudo Mitsunobu asked Saegusa Mayumi in return. Since he'd suggested the trip to make her happy, he wanted her to choose the destination, too.
"I see!"
Saegusa Mayumi rested her smooth, delicate chin on her hand and thought it over carefully.
Kudo Mitsunobu didn't disturb her. The two of them walked in silence along the street outside the competition venue.
"Summer really is the time to go to the beach!"
Saegusa Mayumi suddenly spoke, bringing her left fist down into her open right palm.
"The beach, huh? Sounds great. So which beach should we go to?"
Kudo Mitsunobu agreed with her suggestion. Going to the beach in summer and to a hot spring in winter were practically standard!
"Let's go to my family's private beach!"
"Your private beach..."
Kudo Mitsunobu was at a loss for words.
The families of the Ten Master Clans could all be considered wealthy, but they still couldn't compare to truly rich families.
After all, they had to use their extra funds each year to support their family's magicians and finance research into developing new magic, so they didn't have much left over.
But there was one family among the Ten Master Clans that was an exception: the Saegusa Family.
The Saegusa Family's magicians were only average by the standards of the Ten Master Clans, but they'd taken a different approach. By cultivating a large number of magicians and establishing huge commercial enterprises, they'd become one of the strongest families in the Ten Master Clans in their own way.
That was why the Saegusa Family could so