"This is amazing..." Lilith exclaimed.
"I somehow feel a little embarrassed." Aya hugged her arms and muttered softly.
"It's fine, there's no one else here, so you don't need to be embarrassed." Lilith hugged Aya from behind and spoke happily.
That was right—this was a barrier in the middle of the desert. No one could easily come here.
"Though it's not a real beach, it really does look like one." Aya stepped onto the sand. Before her lay a lake, deep enough that its surface reflected a blue nearly identical to the sea.
The beach had been laid with carefully selected fine sand, with every little stone picked out. It felt wonderfully soft beneath their feet. After a day under the sun, the sand had become pleasantly warm.
A beach umbrella stood on the shore, with two beach chairs beneath it. A cooler had been prepared nearby, filled with all kinds of chilled drinks.
Even watermelon had been prepared. The New World seemingly did not have a fruit like watermelon, so it had been brought out from the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
The only difference from a real beach was probably the smell of the air. The air at a beach carried a salty scent because seawater was salty. This lake, however, was freshwater, so there was no scent of the sea in the air.
"It'd be more fitting to call this a water park," Lilith said softly.
This was a secluded paradise Lilith had designed and created herself, isolated from the outside world. She had put considerable thought into designing this beach, so naturally, the scenery was quite beautiful.
But even more beautiful was—
Aya walked over to the water's edge. She had already put on a teal-blue swimsuit and was tying up her hair. Brilliant sunlight poured