The person in charge said, "I'm thinking of targeting this book at men in their late 30s to 40s."

Author: "Well, this is a girls' game, aimed at women..."

So, this episode panders to the target readership.

"Yes. All three of you laugh."



This was English text translated from Japanese, rewrite this to be more coherent:　Snap!

　The three of us - myself, Yulia Molotova and Itsuki Kanagawa - are photographed in swimsuits at the private pool of Keika Hotel.

　Of course the photographer is that one.



"Why do I have to wear a swimsuit on my day off and have my picture taken?"



　I was sitting in a beach chair, sipping grape juice through a straw and mumbling to myself.

　I had become completely famous after the Narita Airport terrorist attack, so a sales executive from Teisei Department Store got on his knees and begged me for a swimsuit.

　In fact, the children's clothing department of Teisei Department Store, where I work, is apparently recording explosive sales.

　Given the department stores' predicament, I couldn't help but shake my head, so I ended up wearing a swimsuit.

　My swimsuit was a white bikini with a pareo covering my lower body.

　She wears a deliberately large straw hat to enhance her cuteness.



"Well ok.

　Isn't this a job that the young lady herself agreed to and accepted?"



　Yulia Molotova, wearing a black competitive swimsuit, tried to soothe me with a wry smile.

　She was just accompanying me as an escort for my job, but there was no way the photographer, hungry for beauty, could miss her and thus she became my victim.

　She has a nice body that would fit in a gravure magazine, so without any hesitation the photographer blurted out, "Okay, next time, take your clothes off."

　I declined.

　Furthermore, I am the one who has heard these words over and over again and continues to refuse.



"I'm totally the one getting the blame."



　Kanagawa Itsuki, clad in a red bikini, poses while grumbling.

　In her case, when Yulia Molotova was scouted, she offered her up as a sacrifice, saying, 'There's a girl with a better body than me.'

　Thus, she was dragged along as well, but the photographer didn't miss Yulia, and thus the three of them ended up showing off their swimsuits.



"But this being a junior high school first year is a lie.

　If you go to the beach, you'll get hit on instantly. Everyone."



　The photographer grumbled, but Kanagawa Mizuki, who was being photographed, simply said one thing.



"When I get hit on, I act like a high school student."



　That's why you keep changing men and that's why you have a bad reputation.

　I wanted to say something, but I had a straw in my mouth, so I couldn't say it.



"However, if we get too much negative publicity, it will hurt the young lady, so please refrain from doing so."



"How could someone like me possibly hurt you?

　To this young lady?”



　That's the place. Kana Mizuki.

　I guess comments like that make enemies and that's why he's isolated in the game.

　However, the one who willed this isolation was a woman named Kanagawa Itsuki, a fortune teller.



"Well, seriously, fortune tellers can't get lovers."



　In response to Kanagawa Itsuki's words, Yulia Molotova and I looked at each other with our eyes saying, "What is this girl talking about?"

　Although he knows that she has already been changing men one after the other, the photographer continues to urge her on, still looking through the viewfinder.

　I guess they want to relax and take better photos.



"Huh?

　Why?"



　And then the secret of Kanagawa Itsuki's man-play is revealed.

　This was not revealed in the game.



"For example, if you received a bad fortune reading for your boyfriend, could you objectively tell him?"



　The fortune teller later becomes a clown and serves those in power.

　Because they offer advice to those in power, they never lose sight of their own position.

　When I wondered how that was connected to playing around with men, Kanna Mizuki smiled.



"So, fortune tellers in Kanna basically spend their entire lives single.

　And so he found a talented daughter and made her his successor.

　As my master said, our fortune tellers are the ones who raise the next generation through "grafting."



　The Kanna clan is not only renowned for their talent as fortune tellers, but also as a group of high-class prostitutes exclusively for the upper class.

　The master that Kanna Mizuki was referring to, Kanna Sera, was the lover of my grandfather, Keikain Hikomaro, and informing him of the Second February 26th Incident and saving his life contributed greatly to the development of the Kanna clan.

　I tilted my head and raised my straw hat with one hand.



"Also, I don't understand why Kanna-san would play around with men?"



"So, since it's no good being tied up by one man, you should be tied up by multiple men."



　...Is that okay? Is that?

　I had a feeling that if I pursued it further, something bad would happen, so I decided to keep quiet with the straw in my mouth.

　There was a click, and the photographer captured the perfect shot of Kanagawa Itsuki on camera.



"I see.

　I kind of knew what Mizuki-chan and Yuria-chan were like.

　The way you take it off.”



"You can tell by the way you take it off?"



　I couldn't help but cry out loud, and the photographer's camera turned towards me.

　Snap!

　My surprised face was captured on camera in a great shot.

　The photographer seemed pleased by this and boasted about his talent in front of me.



「That’s not a given.

　Do you think I've stripped hundreds of women and filmed them?"





　The image poster for Teisei Department Store's summer swimsuit campaign was so popular that it was stolen like crazy the moment it was put up, and naturally, the photo book of the three of us made by that photographer became a best-seller and sold like hotcakes.

　Of course, the summer swimsuit campaign was a huge success, and it goes without saying that more daring young ladies will be frolicking in the water this summer.