At noon on Arakani Beach, azure waves crashed against the sand one after another, and the sunlight was dazzling enough to make people squint.
Suddenly, a full-voiced exclamation echoed across the seaside:
"It's the ocean--!!"
Natsu charged into the sea ahead of everyone, and the spray he whipped up soaked Happy and Gray, who were following closely behind.
On a beach chair not far away, Lucy wore sunglasses as she lay under a parasol, contentedly taking a sip of coconut juice while the soreness throughout her entire body seemed to be swept away in this warm sunlight and sea breeze.
"Ah~ Now this is what you call living~"
Yet wherever Fairy Tail went, peace never managed to last for ten minutes.
Natsu, Gray, and Happy played in the sea for a while before returning to the shore in satisfaction.
Just as they were happily chatting and walking along, a panicked shout abruptly rang across the sky.
"Yaaahhh--!! A pervert--!!"
Following the sound, a mother was nervously covering the eyes of her child, who had been building a sandcastle, and backing away repeatedly with a pale face.
This scream acted like a primer, instantly igniting the entire beach as screams rose one after another.
Gray frowned in annoyance and looked around: "Huh? There's a pervert here of all places? This really ruins the mood, watch how I take him down."
Happy drooped his face and stared helplessly at Gray's lower body: "Gray~ Where are your swimming trunks?"
Gray looked down in bewilderment, and his face instantly turned pale-his swimming trunks had inexplicably vanished into thin air at some point.
"Since when~!?!"
At that moment, lifeguards wearing red vests in the distance were already running over wildly while blowing whistles.
"The pervert over there! Don't move!!"
"No, that's not it! This is