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Princesses of the Beach

While resting, the Princesses would talk about meaningless things in the control room. Whenever they discussed their favorite seasons, the answers that came forth were “I like snow, so winter”, “Autumn, because you can eat delicious food”, “Spring, of course” and so on. Among all this, Inferno flourished her crescent glaive and firmly insisted that summer was the season which most suited the Pure Elements.
休息中的公主们每次都会在监控室讨论着毫无意义的话题。当谈起最喜欢的季节，就会得到“喜欢雪所以选冬天”、“能品尝到美食的秋天也不错”、“当然是春天”各种不同的回答。其中炼狱挥舞着偃月刀，强烈地主张夏天才是与纯元素最相应的季节。

“Wearing outfits like these would be cold in the spring and autumn. Swimwear like mine is what you wear in summer.”
“在春天、秋天里，那种打扮会肯定会感到寒冷吧。像我这身泳衣，不就是夏天才该穿的服装嘛。”

The other three aside, Inferno’s costume was not so much swimwear as underwear. However, there were some things Deluge could not say.
暂且不说其他三人，炼狱的服装与其说是泳衣，倒不如说更像是内衣。但有种想法的洪水说不出口。

“Inferno, your outfit isn’t a swimsuit, it’s lingerie, complete with garterbelts and stockings.”
“炼狱你这服装才不是泳衣，是内衣才对吧，还配着吊袜带。”

Compared to Deluge, Tempest was not nearly as reserved, and she spoke her mind without any hesitation whatsoever. Inferno replied by saying, “So just take off the stockings and garters and I’ll be safe”. Quake smiled and replied, “Saying that you’ll be safe by taking your stockings off is out,” and Deluge laughed and added “Indeed.”
与洪水相比，暴风则是没有什么顾虑，毫不客气就把自己所想的说了出来。炼狱以“把吊袜带脱掉就safe啦”来应对，地震笑着说“把吊袜带脱掉就safe的发言就已经out啦”，“确实如此”洪水也笑着附和。

“Well, it’s summer at long last, the season of the Pure Elements. Haven’t you thought of taking part in some special activities?”
“现在可是难得的夏天，是纯元素的季节，正因如此，难道你们就没想过去参加些特别的活动吗？”

“Why is summer the Pure Elements’ season? Inferno’s the only one who likes summer, right? I prefer spring to summer, so the Pure Elements’ season should be spring.”
“为什么夏天是纯元素的季节啊，只有炼狱喜欢夏天吧。相比夏天，我更喜欢春天，所以纯元素的季节是春天才对。”

“But going by our outfits, summer is the Pure Elements’ season… alright, let’s go experience it.”
“但是就着装来说夏天才是纯元素的季节……对了，去体验吧。”

“Experience it?”
“体验？”

“Isn’t it summer now? When you hear summer, you think of the beach, right? Let’s all go to the beach together, I’m sure experiencing the Pure Elements’ summer will be a good idea.”
“现在不就是夏天吗？说到夏天就想到海对吧？大家一起去海边吧，去体验纯元素的夏天肯定是个好主意。”

“No, we can’t, right? How can we go to the beach while dressed as Magical Girls?”
“不、不行吧。魔法少女的样子怎么能去海边。”

“How will you know if you don’t try? Sensei will surely approve.”
“不尝试一下怎么知道不行，老师也肯定会赞同啦！”

“I don’t think Sensei will approve…”
“我倒不认为老师会赞同……”

Princess Deluge

When they had just become Magical Girls, Tanaka-sensei told everyone to “hide their identities”. That was because they did not know who might leak that information to the Demons. They had to keep the fact that they were Magical Girls secret at all costs, even from their friends or family. Becoming a Magical Girl required the appropriate actions and determination.
刚成为魔法少女的时候，田中老师就告诉大家“要隐藏身份”。因为有可能不知道从哪里会把情报泄漏给恶魔，即使是朋友、家人也绝对要隐藏自己是魔法少女这个秘密。成为魔法少女就该有相应的举止与觉悟。

However, Sensei said that it would be fine to go to the beach, and she had even been thoughtful enough to provide them with bus tickets there and back. They were not going to a private beach or a distant island or some other place where they did not need to worry about the eyes of others. They were heading to a very famous marine park that was packed full of sightseers.
可是老师这次却说去海边也没问题，还细心周到地给我们准备了往返的巴士车票。并不是前往私人海滩、远海的孤岛这些不需要顾虑他人目光的场所。而是前往观光客十分拥挤、非常有名的海水浴场。

Tempest was very excited and Inferno was all fired up, believing that one ought to be hot-blooded in the summer. Quake, on the other hand, was not particularly rowdy, instead showing off a maternal smile as she watched Tempest and Inferno. Until now, no problems had cropped up yet.
暴风干劲十足，炼狱也非常兴奋，认为夏天就该热血起来。地震倒是没怎么特别吵闹，而是露出慈母般温柔的微笑，看着暴风与炼狱二人。目前为止还没发现有什么问题。

In order to move around subtly, they changed to a T-shirt and coat and wore cotton shorts, They took off their accessories and tied up their hair, but even after going to that extent, the four of them were very eyecatching, being that they were Magical Girls. When eyecatching friends were rowdy, it made them even more attention-grabbing.
换上隐秘行动用的T恤和风衣、穿上棉麻短裤、拿掉装饰品、扎好头发，可是即使做到这种地步，四人作为魔法少女依然很显眼。显眼的同伴加上吵闹的行为，也就显得更加引人注目。

Perhaps they felt that attracting attention was fine, so long as they did not expose their identities. Deluge sighed, but paused just before she was about to speak. They might have received Sensei’s okay, but she was still very worried. Still, worrying and hesitating like this was purely her loss; it was no different from Aoki Nami before she transformed.
也许她们认为引人注目也挺好，只要不暴露身份就没问题吧。洪水叹了一口气，欲言又止。虽然得到了老师的许可，可还是很担心，但就这样独自犹豫不决地烦恼着也只是自己的损失，这不就和变身前的青木奈美一样了吗。

Deluge decided. She would make herself as unassuming as possible and not reveal her identity, enjoying herself as much as possible while supporting the others from behind. No matter what, this was still the beach; this was her element, as Princess Deluge.It had been hard to show off her special abilities while in the research lab, but now she could indulge herself all she liked.
洪水决定了，要尽量让自己不起眼、不暴露身份，在做好她们后援工作的同时，自己也要尽情享受。不管怎么说这可是海边，是作为洪水公主主场的水场。在研究所中难以有效地活用自己的特性，但现在终于可以尽情发挥了。

Things were looking up a little.
总算稍微变得乐观一点。

“Ah! Look, over there! It’s the sea!”
“啊！你们看！那边！大海！”

Tempest leaned on Deluge’s knee and leaned out, and Deluge’s eyes followed where Tempest was pointing. The fierce light of the sun shone in through the window, and on the other side of the crash barrier was the beach and the sea.
暴风靠在洪水的膝上探出身体，洪水往暴风手指所指示的方向望去。强烈的阳光从窗外照射进来，防护栏的对面是沙滩和大海。

Princess Inferno

The parking lot was festooned with fluttering flags that said, “Beach Volleyball Meet” in cute lettering, accompanied by pictures of cute girls diving to catch a falling ball. She could make out traces of something which had been erased, and through the light, the traces formed letters which said “--ou’s School--Hell--” It had probably been used for some other activities.
停车场中到处飘舞着用可爱字体写着【沙滩排球大会】的旗帜，并附有倒地翻滚救球的可爱女子插图。好像有什么被消去的痕迹隐隐约约地残留着，透过光线可以看见【——王塾——狱——】的文字。大概这是用来搞其他活动的物品吧。

Tempest loosed her tied-up braid, while Deluge did her hair up in two braids. When Quake undid her braid, the volume of hair that sprang open was more than she had imagined. It would seem her image changed the most among the four. There was no difference in her exposure, but she seemed much more liberated. Being able to cast off the shackles of their clothing and walk around in broad daylight while exposing as much as their underwear did was a liberating sensation which Magical Girls who worked at night could not feel.
暴风将绑着的辫子解开，洪水则是反过来绑上了两条辫子。地震解开了三条辫子，散开的发量比想象以上的要多，看起来是四人印象中变化最大的。露出度与平常相比没有什么变化，但如今拥有了解放感。将衣服这层枷锁脱去，在烈日下以与内衣没什么区别的露出度闲逛，这是夜晚魔法少女活动所体验不到的解放感。

Tempest jumped, baring her healthy thighs. It was not different from how she usually flew and ran. Quake simply smiled, and she could feel the jiggling of her weighty breasts. Deluge, on the other hand, worked her slender, soft body. Inferno squeezed her breasts and buttocks, nodding with heartfelt emotion at their bounciness.
暴风露出健康的大腿活泼地跳着，与平时飞行、跑动的时候没什么改变。地震仅仅只是笑着，就能感到那富有重量感的胸部在晃动。洪水则是柔软地活动着她那纤细的身体。炼狱揉了两次自己的胸部和屁股，那种柔软的弹性非常的富有存在感，炼狱感慨地点了点头。

“Wow, everyone’s pretty hot…”
“大家都挺色情的呀。”

“Why are you getting so emotional over this… speaking of which, what are you going to do about your tails, Quake and Inferno?”
“这有什么好感慨的……说起来炼狱与地震的尾巴打算怎么办？”

“Ah, you can shrink those.”
“啊，这个是可以缩小的。”

“Eh, what, that’s the first time I’ve heard that.”
“唉，什么呀，那种事第一次听说。”

Shrinking her scorpion tail until it was beneath notice was still possible. It was simply that she would become more tired easily and it would deprive her of an attack method, so she usually did not do so. Inferno shrunk her tail, and then wrapped it up in a towel.
将蝎子的尾巴缩小到不起眼的程度自己还是能够办到的。只是会变得微妙地容易疲倦，而且也失去一种攻击手段，所以在平时没有这样做的理由。炼狱缩小尾巴，再用浴巾将其卷上。

Hiding it in a towel like this ought to be okay, right?”
“像这样用浴巾隐藏起来就ok了吧。”

As long as she could wrap it up and not run and jump in front of others, it ought to be fine.
只要能好好地卷着，在别人面前怎么跑怎么跳都没问题。

Tempest shouted, “Here I go!” and ran out of the parking lot, while Quake said, “I’ll be going too,” and walked forth. Confused, Deluge asked, “Huh, are we going around on our own?”, and then she began walking towards the beach. Just then, Inferno grabbed Deluge’s elbow with her right hand.
暴风喊了一句“我出发了”就飞出了停车场，而地震说着“我也先走了”也走了出去。洪水困惑地发出了“啊咧，是自由行动吗？”的疑问，并打算往沙滩走去。就在这时，炼狱用右手捉住了洪水的肩膀让她停下。

“Eh? What’s the matter?”
“唉？什么事？”

“Deluge, you know the rules of beach volleyball, right?”
“洪水你知道沙滩排球的规则吗？”

“I know volleyball rules, yes.”
“如果是排球倒是在课堂上有学过。”

“Then I’ll tell you about the rules concerning serving and spiking the ball before the torunament.”
“那托球和击球的有关规则在比赛开始前让我来告诉你吧。”

“Eh? I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand.”
“唉？不好意思，我不明白你在说什么。”

Rengoku blinked her pretty eyelashes at Deluge.
炼狱向洪水眨了一下她漂亮的眼眉。

“Let’s win the beach volleyball tournament together!”
“让我们两人一起登上沙滩排球的顶点吧！”

“Eh? Me too?”
“唉？我也要出场吗？”

“Indeed, that’s right! The rules say we have to take part in pairs.”
“没错就是这样，大会规定不以两人一组出场是不行的。”

Still confused, Deluge made her way towards the beach volleyball match area as Inferno pushed her along from behind.
洪水仍在困惑中，而炼狱在后方推着她的后背，往着沙滩排球大会会场的方向走去。

“If we can match each other, the top spot will be easy. This is a combo of fire and water, after all.”
“如果我们配对那么拿下优胜就稳了，这可是水与火的组合哟。”

“Why do I have the feeling they’ll just cancel each other out...”
“我怎么有种互相抵消的感觉……”

Princess Inferno--Hiyama Akari--was a girl who could not run with all her might. After becoming a Magical Girl, she could finally give her all to running again, and just that change was enough to make her happy.
炼狱公主——绯山朱里，是位不能全力奔跑的少女。在她成为魔法少女之后，终于能再次全力地奔跑，仅仅只是这种改变就足够让她高兴。

However, she was also thinking of other things. She thought of how competing with others and achieving victory would make her happier. Working with the Pure Elements and defeating Demons together was not a bad thing, but Princess Inferno--Hiyama Akari--was a competitive person at heart. She wanted to struggle and then come out the victor.
但是，也有其他想法。想与他人互相竞赛，如果能拿下胜利将会更加高兴。和纯元素的大家一起合力与恶魔对战并不坏，可是，炼狱公主、绯山朱里的本性就是喜欢竞技。想与谁互相竞争，然后获取胜利。

The beach was filled with people, and the surrounding area had beachball tournament flags stuck into it, and there were people in cartoon mascot outfits and cosplayers around. Inferno held Deluge’s hand as they ran towards the crowds.
沙滩的边缘人山人海，附近插满了沙滩排球大会的旗帜，也有穿着卡通人偶服装的吉祥物以及cosplay的人群。炼狱牵着洪水的手，往人群的方向走去。

Princess Quake

A swimsuit meet. This was a legendary swimsuit meet, indispensable among Magical Girls.
水着回，这是传闻中魔法少女所必不可少的水着回。

Princess Quake held her sketchbook in one hand as she walked. She would not be burned even if she walked barefoot over the scorching sands, and so she could walk elegantly over the beach without any preparation whatsoever.
地震公主单手拿着素描簿在沙滩散步。在灼热的沙滩中赤脚行走也不会被灼伤，没有做任何准备就能优雅地在沙滩上步行。

She did not need slippers, nor did she need any sunblock. Sunlight of this intensity was nothing to be worried about. Sensei had strongly guaranteed that Magical Girls’ skin would not lose to ultraviolet rays, and so even her high-exposure outfit posed no problem at all.
不需要穿着拖鞋，也不需要做防晒的工作，这种程度阳光不需要担心。老师强烈地保证过了，魔法少女的肌肤没有输给紫外线的理由，即使是这身高露出度的打扮也完全没有问题。

It would be fine as long as she did not change back to Satou Chika. She quietly gave thanks that she was a Magical Girl, and then she flipped open her sketchbook. Princess Quake scanned the guests among the lagoon, and soon she found her target. With a Magical Girl’s eyesight, even if her subject were in a rubber dinghy or buried in the sand in the corner of the beach, she could see them with perfect clarity. Thank you, Magical Girls, Princess Quake mused as she thanked Magical Girls in her heart once more.
只要不变回茶藤千子就没有问题，心中默默地感谢魔法少女，然后将素描簿打开。地震公主从海水浴的客人中寻找着，不一会就发现了素描目标。只要有魔法少女的视力，不管是乘着橡皮船在海上的人，还是沙滩角落里埋在沙下的人都能看得一清二楚。谢谢魔法少女，地震公主心中再一次对魔法少女发表感谢。

Quake began sketching. She looked towards the children playing by the seaside, at the children with swim rings around them, the blindfolded children playing suikawari with baseball bats, and the children swimsuits looked like just like cherubs from religious artwork.
地震开始素描。视线望向在岸边游玩的孩子、穿着救生圈游泳的孩子、蒙着眼用球棒敲西瓜的孩子，泳衣姿态的孩子们简直就像从宗教画中出来的天使。

As she was concentrating on her sketches, she suddenly heard a voice saying, “Hey, the onee-chan over there.” The voice was very close to her, and when Quake lifted her eyes from her sketchbook to look up, she saw a young man whose hair was dyed a color between brown and orange. Panicked, she looked around, but there was nobody else here besides Quake herself. In other words, the man was talking to Quake.
在专注于素描的时候，突然听到了“喂，那边的姐姐。”的声音。声音很近，地震将视线离开素描簿并抬起头，出现在眼前的是头发染上茶色与橙色之间颜色的年轻男子。慌张地望向周围，但这里除了地震自己之外没有其他人。也就是说，这个男人是在对地震说话。

Quake thought, oh crap. This was not something she could be proud of. Quake hurriedly closed her sketchbook and put on a look which said that she was totally not doing anything wrong at all, and then replied with, “What is it?”
地震心想“糟糕了”，这可不是能拿来炫耀的东西。地震赶紧关上素描簿，摆出一副我完全没有干什么坏事的脸孔，并“有什么事？”地给予回应。

“Are you alone? There seems to be an activity on the beach, want to go with me?”
“一个人吗？沙滩的东边好像在举办活动的样子，要不要和我一起去？”

The man smiled goofily. Quake looked dumbly at him, and soon she understood his meaning. At this point, she started panicking again, for a different reason. At first, she thought he was a guardian come to rebuke her for her suspicious behavior, but in truth he was here to hit on her. Not in her wildest dreams had she expected someone to hit on her, and she was at a loss for what to do. All she could do was reply, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” while bowing her head repeatedly as though she had committed a crime, and still at a loss for what to do, Quake fled the scene.
男人傻傻地笑着。地震发着呆望向他，没多久就明白了他的意图，这时候产生了不同意味的慌张感。原本以为只是监视员过来对自己可疑的行为进行责备，但其实是前来搭讪的家伙。万万没想到自己成为了被搭讪的对象，实在不知道该怎么办，只能回答“对不起，不好意思”，像做了亏心事般不停地低下头，地震就这样在惊慌失措中逃离了现场。

She had not expected something like that to happen to her; to think there was something so frightening in this world. As she thought that, two men appeared before her, all smiles.
实在没想到会有大事件降临在自己身上，世上居然有如此可怕的事情。就这样想着的时候，在前方出现了两位满脸笑容的男士。

They began calling out to her from ten meters away. Quake did not shyly reject them, she did not complain, she did not even respond, but instead she clutched her sketchbook tightly and ran away, going her and there over and over again. Because she was fleeing, she did not even have the time to sketch. Quake used the stealth techniques she had mastered as Satou Chiko to creep from one hiding place to another, but she was discovered easily. “What are you doing?” the voice’s owner asked.
他们在与自己相隔十米的距离开始发声搭话。地震没有委婉地拒绝，也没有发出抱怨，甚至没有回复就抱着素描簿往那边、往这边不停地重复逃跑着。因为逃跑的关系连素描的空闲都没有。地震使用着茶藤千子所掌握的潜伏术从一个隐蔽处移动到另一个隐蔽处，可是却轻易地被发现了。“你在干什么啊？”声音的主人对着地震发出疑问。

Princess Quake’s attempts at stealth wwre completely useless.
地震公主的隐藏潜伏完全不起作用。

She was confused, baffled and frightened. Chiko was sorry for thar, but Chiko was actually a little happy inside. However, her swimsuit was just too embarrassing. Why was there so little cloth? Not only did it expose her belly and thighs, but half her breasts were hanging out. I should squeeze them smaller; I can’t let anyone else see these soft, perfectly-formed, ample and seductive breasts. Quake clumsily pulled her breasts in and covered them with her sketchbook, but this erotically-charged suggestion only thrust Quake further into a breast-emphasizing dilemma. She fought off the urge to dig a hole and crawl into it, and as she fled in confusion, Quake encountered Tempest. My goddess is here, she could not help but think fin the bottom of her heart.
混乱、困惑、恐怖，这幅姿态的本体只是千子真是抱歉，但千子心里也有一点开心。可是这身泳衣实在太羞耻了，为什么布料这么少，不仅露出肚脐和大腿，也露出了上半乳。把它按着缩小吧，这柔软的、形状没有崩坏的、丰满而妖艳的胸部绝对不能让其他人看见。地震笨拙地蜷缩胸部并素描簿遮掩着，可是这个行为充满了性的暗示，让地震走进了更加强调胸部的窘境。心里压抑着想当场挖个洞穴跳下去的心情，一边带着困惑逃跑时，地震发现了暴风。神就在这里，心底里不由得这样想着。

She hurriedly ran by Tempest, but then she stopped halfway. Tempest was also being hit on, and a flirty-looking lad was speaking to her. Tempest simply smiled, refused and walked off. After seeing her composed and dignified actions, if one asked who was the more mature woman between Quake and Tempest, Tempest would be the undisputed victor. An indescribable sense of defeat welled up from the depths of her heart. Quake could not even speak, only watch Tempest’s beautifully swaying back.
急忙地往暴风身边跑近，但中途停下了脚步。暴风果然也是搭讪的目标，她正被轻浮的男子搭话。只见暴风礼貌地以笑容拒绝，飒爽地离开了。在这游刃有余与充满威严的举止上，若要问地震和暴风哪边才是成熟女性，毫无疑问暴风会压倒性地胜出。一种难以表达的败北感涌上心头，地震连话也说不出口，只能在一旁默默地看着暴风美丽坦荡的后背。

Princess Tempest

Princess Tempest had not become a Magical Girl out of purely altruistic motives. She had the middle-schooler Sho-kun in her heart, and in order to gain a body which suited him, she had become a Magical Girl and a member of the Pure Elements. Fighting evil demons every day and protecting justice was fine, even if her motivation was not exactly pure, and so she had made the best of it and become a Magical Girl.
暴风公主是因为不纯的动机而成为魔法发少女。自己所思念的人是中学生的翔君，为了能有一副与他相应的姿态而许愿变身为魔法少女，成为了纯元素的一员。每天与邪恶的恶魔战斗守护着正义，即使是动机不纯也并没有什么问题，于是乎就这样将错就错当上了魔法少女。

Before she transformed, Higashionna Mei had once walked along the beach in the form of a second year elementary-schooler, and at that time she had not taken any pleasure in this at all. However, what would happen if she went strolling by the seaside as a swimwear-clad Princess Tempest?
变身前的东恩纳鸣，曾经以小学二年生的姿态穿着泳衣在海滩散步，当时什么乐趣都感受不到。但如果现在以暴风公主的姿态穿着泳衣在海滩散步又如何呢。

Princess Tempest was both cute and beautiful, and her outfit was very stimulating. Inferno had once said, “Your costume is the most erotic of the Pure Elements. Tempest, be careful not to break the law.”
暴风公主可爱又美丽，也有一身刺激的服装，炼狱也随口提醒过“你这身打扮即使在纯元素中也是最色情的。暴风，小心一点不要触犯条例哟。”

And now, the Princess Tempest of which she spoke was now walking down the beach.
她所说的那个暴风公主！如今就在沙滩上漫步！

Tempest extended a slender, pale leg and took a step forward, scattering the sand under her foot. With that simple movement alone, she felt people looking at her from all around, and she could hear a commotion. Tempest did not miss the whisperings of the crowd, because no sound, however quiet, could evade a Magical Girl’s ears.
暴风伸出苗条而白净的长腿往前踏出一步，将脚下的沙踩散。仅仅这一简单的动作就感觉到了周围的视线，也感觉到了吵杂的交谈声。暴风可不会忽略掉人群的低声私语，这是因为再小的声音也逃不过魔法少女的耳朵。

“Is she an actor? Or an idol…”
“是艺人吗？还是偶像……”

“No, I’ve never seen her on TV before.”
“不对，电视上没见过她。”

Good, very good. Let’s turn up the charm a little more. As Tempest thought this, she tightened the shoulder straps of her swimsuit, making her chest more obvious and pert. Apparently, that was the style of mature women.
很好，非常好。稍微再加强点魅力吧，这样想着的暴风将泳衣的肩带束紧，让胸部更加显眼、突出。听说成熟的女人，就是这种风格。

Tempest thrust her breasts out, and tongues began wagging all around.
暴风将胸紧紧地托起突出，周围传来了七嘴八舌的吵杂声。

“Awesome…”
“厉害……”

“Hey dumbass, she can hear you!”
“你这家伙，声音漏出来了啊。”

“She’s too young, so it’s a bit worrying… but I guess she should still be safe, right?”
“虽然太过年轻，也有点令人在意……但我想应该是在安全范围吧？”

Unlike the chaotic mess of adults she had just left, the people stepping forward to approach her seemed to be middle school-aged boys who were doing their best to extend her an invitation. “Want to play with us?” they asked. Tempest replied, “What are we going to play?” The answer: “I have a boat over here.” “Is there anything else?” “If you’re sick of the beach, we can always sing karaoke or go to a bowling alley, how about that?” After hearing all that, Tempest rejected their invitation. Compared to riding a dinghy, flying freely was more fun. Her school also had rules that they could not go to a karaoke box or a bowling alley without an adult accompanying her. Now, if they had suggested a duel of “Magical Butler”--a game considered mature among elementary schoolers--she could have accepted that. At the very least, it was different from playing hide-and-seek or suikawari.
与刚才离开的场所中乱七八糟的大人们不同，前来搭话的是感觉像在努力地发出邀请、中高校生程度的男人。“不来一起玩吗？”，暴风以“要玩什么？”回应、“我这边有条小艇。”，“还有其他吗？”、“要是在海边感觉厌倦，我们就去卡拉OK或者保龄球馆，怎么样？”，暴风听完后拒绝了邀请。比起乘坐小艇，自由地飞翔更加开心。学校有规定，没有大人陪同不能去卡拉OK和保龄球馆。要是对方提议用在小学生中大人气的卡片游戏【魔法管家】进行对战，明明就可以接受了，至少这与捉迷藏、海边打西瓜这些玩厌了的游戏不同。

However, today was fine. She received adulation from all around just by taking a walk. That was what truly excited her.
不过今天这样就好。只是漫步，就能受到百般奉承。那才是令人高兴的事情。

Let’s walk from one end of the beach to the other, Tempest decided, drunk on her own ego. The fashion DVDs she had watched to learn how to walk elegantly had been for this purpose. Tempest’s every action drew the eyes of the onlookers and won her praise, which only intoxicated her further. Just then, her nose smelled the fragrance of yakisoba.
现在就从海滩的一端走到另一端吧。自我陶醉中的暴风心里决定了，为了这一天观看了时装展览会的DVD，研究了优雅而华丽的步法，就是为了现在而使用。暴风的举止吸引了众人的目光并受到了赞赏，使自己更加陶醉。就在这时，鼻子闻到了炒面的气味。

--Yakisoba!
——炒面！

Because she had told her family that she was going to the beach with friends, Tempest had been given some spending money. Inferno had once said that seaside yakisoba had its own unique taste. To Tempest--who already liked yakisoba under normal circumstances--she could not imagine how much more delicious yakisoba could get.
由于跟家人说了与朋友们一起去海边的关系，暴风得到了零用钱。炼狱曾说过，在海边吃到的炒面别有一番风味。对于平常就喜欢炒面的暴风来说，更加好吃的炒面究竟有多美味，实在无法想象。

Tempest decided to change her route for yakisoba. As she headed toward the Yakisoba, Tempest suddenly spotted a fast-moving object out of the corner of her eye. It was Quake. She was moving from a concealed place near the yakisoba stall in a furtive manner.
为了炒面，暴风决定了改变路线。向着炒面进发的暴风突然在视界的一端发现了一个迅速移动着的物体，是地震。她正从摊位的隐蔽处像藏起来似得偷偷摸摸地移动着。

--Quake? Why?
——地震？为什么？

Quake looked silently at Tempest. Why was Quake staring at her? As a fellow Pure Element, Quake should not have any reason that would require her to stare at her, or any reason to hide, for that matter.
地震一声不响地望着暴风。为什么地震要盯着自己看呢，作为纯元素同伴的地震事到如今应该没有不得不盯着自己的理由才对，更不用说需要藏起来。

Tempest paused to think in front of the yakisoba cart. Quake was the team leader, and the team leader was responsible for the team, so she had to think for the sake of her team members. She was probably worried about Tempest, but she had not been doing anything that needed worrying about, just taking a walk. Even though she had been hit on,  escaping was easy, so it should have been fine.
暴风在炒面的移动摊位前思考着。地震是队长，队长有肩负责任的立场，她必须要为队员着想。大概是在担心暴风吧，可是自己应该没什么需要担心才对，只是散步而已。即使被搭讪了，要逃跑也非常简单，果然还是没有问题才对。

What exactly was she worried about, Tempest pondered and pondered and pondered. As she was thinking, the voice of the yakisoba uncle bellowed, ”Is something the matter, jo-chan?” Tempest ignored the yakisoba uncle’s concerned words as she suddenly realised what Quake was worried about.
究竟在担心些什么呢，暴风不断地思考着、思考着、思考着。在思考的时候传来了炒面屋大叔的喊声，“小姐请有什么问题吗？”，暴风无视了大叔关心的话语，突然理解了地震所担心的事情。

Tempest had become a Magical Girl for Sho-kun. However, she was now promenading back and forth along the seaside to bask in the adoration of others. In a sense, she was betraying Sho-kun.
暴风是为了翔君而成为了魔法少女。可如今却为了受到其他人的宠爱而在海滩的一端走向另一端，这对于翔君来说是种背叛。

She had already hinted to Quake that “I have someone I like” and was planning on discussing the matter with Quake, which was why Quake had been worried. Tempest, is it really okay to do this if you have someone you like, Quake must have been thinking. That had to be it.
自己曾经暗示了地震“自己有喜欢的人”，并想着这次与地震进行相谈，所以地震才会担心。暴风明明有喜欢的人，那样做没问题吗，她绝对会这样想，不会有错的。

Tempest lowered her head, feeling very embarrassed. She began to reflect on why she had become a Magical Girl, and she would not forget.
暴风低下了头，感到非常羞耻。开始反省，自己是为了什么而成为魔法少女，绝对不能忘记。

“Ojii-san, two plates of yakisoba please.”
“大叔，来两碟炒面。”

“Aye, got it.”
“啊，好的。”

With two plastic plates of yakisoba in hand, Tempest approached Quake, who was hiding near the yakisoba stall.
暴风两手捧着装着炒面的塑料盘，走向在摊位隐蔽处隐藏起来的地震。

“Quake, let’s have yakisoba together.”
“地震，来一起吃炒面吧。”

“Eh, huh, Tempest? What a coincidence, to think we’d meet in a place like this.”
“唉，啊咧，暴风？真是偶遇啊，居然在这种地方碰面。”

As they slurped the yakisoba, they found that it was not just the sauce, but the blended taste of salt that had been mixed just right.
一口吮吸着炒面，不单只是酱油，模糊的盐味调理得十分适度。

Quake and Tempest returned to the parking lot, where they saw Inferno hugging her knees on the ground while Deluge was saying something to her. It felt like she was comforting her.
地震与暴风返回停车场，看见了炼狱正双手抱着膝盖坐着，一旁的洪水在对她说着些什么，感觉到有种在安慰的气氛。

“Did something happen?”
“发生什么事了吗？”

“Nothing, just… the beach volleyball tournament was more difficult than expected.”
“没什么，只是……沙滩排球大会的难度比想象中的要高。”

“You didn’t win?”
“赢不了吗？”

“We lost in the first round.”
“一回战就输了。”

Inferno shouted, “Dammit!” as she shook her fist at the sky.
炼狱“畜*生”地叫喊着，并握着拳头朝向天空举起手。

“They could have at least let us use the Ultimate Princess Explosion!”
“至少能让我们使用终极公主大爆炸的话就好了！”

“No, no, we can’t do that.”
“不不，那样做是不行的。”

“Come to think of it, what kind of opponents did you face that even you two couldn’t beat?”
“话说回来你们两人都赢不了的强度，对手是什么人啊？”

“Everyone, even the cosplayers and people in mascot suits, were super strong. They could explode and make flashy lights.”
“不论是cosplay的人还是穿着布偶衣服的人都很厉害，她们能爆发、也能闪光。”

“That is pretty amazing.”
“那确实挺厉害。”

“We couldn’t even get close to the court. The opposition probably used hypnotism to control us.”
“无论怎么走都靠近不了球场，大概对方选手使用了催眠术来操控。”

“Wait, that’s not so much amazing as…”
“不对，与其说厉害，不如说……”

Inferno rose to her feet, fire blazing in her eyes.
炼狱站了起来，瞳孔中燃起了焰火。

“That tournament seems to be held every year! Next year! Next year I’ll make it past the first round… no, I have to win! I’ll train so I can win! Let’s run home like this today!”
“那个大会好像每年都会举办！明年！明年要越过一回战……不对，要获得优胜！以优胜为目标进行训练！今天就这样跑回去吧！”

A tired, bitter smile appeared on Deluge’s face, and then she turned to face Quake and Tempest.
洪水露出疲倦的表情苦笑着，并往暴风与地震的方向转过身来。

“How about your side?”
“你们那边又怎么样？”

“I feel guilty.”
“感觉充满了罪恶感。”

“I feel like I’ve lost…”
“我则是败北感……”

“I’m not too sure, but… it seems like a lot of things happened on your side too…”
“虽然不明白但是……也发生了各种事呀……”

“Alright! We’re heading back! Last one buys the winner a can of fruit juice!”
“好了！要回去啰！最后一名要请优胜者一罐果汁哦！”

Inferno ran off ahead of the others, while the footsteps of Quake and Tempest blended together as they followed. As she imagined next year’s beach volleyball tournament, Deluge ran as well.
炼狱首先跑了起来，地震与混杂着嘘声的暴风在后跟上。幻想着明年沙滩排球大会的场景，洪水也跑了出去。