Beach (2)

A week later, in front of Maria's shop.

Maria was waiting there with a bag in hand, waiting for Seul Ah and the rest to show up.

She had given notice to all the customers that she would be away for a week for a vacation.

While they were unwilling to see her go, they knew that they couldn't stop her.

After all, she ran this cafe alone and she worked so hard every week, so it wasn't strange for her to take a vacation once in a while. In fact, if she didn't take a vacation, it would be worse for her since she would build up more and more stress until it took a toll on her body.

So they actually wanted her to go on this trip even if it meant that they wouldn't be able to eat her food for a while.

After all, it was all about the long term.

But…there were some people who were jealous of the people that were going with her.

Namely, the Maria Fan Club…

But they couldn't do a thing to the ones that were going because of their rules.

The one that arrived first was none other than Guang Liang.

After hearing about this trip with Seul Ah and Maria, he immediately agreed without hearing any of the other details.

A trip with both Seul Ah and Maria, that was his dream. He wouldn't let this chance pass by even if he had to fight the entire world for it.

When he arrived, he came with two large bags that were filled to the brim. However, based on the look on his face, it seemed like he didn't think that it was enough.

In fact, if it wasn't for his vice guild master stopping him, he might have even taken the guild's special Spatial Ring. This was the guild's property and was one of the biggest Spatial Rings in the entire world.

This was a Spatial Ring that was said to be able to store the largest cities in the world in them.

This wasn't an exaggeration, it could actually store every single thing in the world's largest cities in them. That was just how amazing that Spatial Ring was, so naturally there were only five of them in this world and this was one of them.

The vice guild master had to do all he could to stop him, even threatening to call Maria which was the last thing that he wanted to do.

Based on the look that Guang Liang had when they left, it was clear that he would get even with the vice guild master when he got back, but still he couldn't back down.

After all, if Guang Liang had taken this Spatial Ring, then their guild would have greatly suffered.

So he settled for two bags.

But these bags weren't normal bags at all, these were also special spatial storage items.

While they wouldn't hold as much as the Spatial Ring that he wanted initially, these still had the same storage space as entire warehouses.

Still even then, he felt that these weren't enough.

As for what he was holding in them…naturally it was everything that he thought Maria would need on this beach trip.

He had several different outfits for her, as well as all kinds of sunscreens, suntan lotions, floaties, and all other kinds of things that one would need on a trip to the beach. He had spared no expense and had prepared multiple sets of everything just in case anything happened.

As for the size…he would get a slap later for this, but he had secretly been measuring Maria, so they would all fit perfectly for her.

The ones that came after were not the people that Guang Liang wanted to see.

It was Alexander and Alexei.

The moment that the two of them arrived, they immediately glared at each other since they both saw each other right away. Then they started glaring at Guang Liang who glared right back at them once they noticed him.

Guang Liang wasn't as dense as his big sister when it came to her own love life and he could clearly see what intentions the two of them had.

But he actually didn't know that the two of them would be coming.

He had only heard that this would be a beach trip with Seul Ah and his big sister, which was why he had been so excited.

As for Alexander and Alexei, they knew that Guang Liang was coming because Maria had made it clear that he was coming. They also knew that the other was coming since Maria had invited them at the same time, but they were still unhappy about it.

Still, this was a trip to the beach with Maria, which was something that they couldn't even dream of, so they happily accepted.

All they needed to do was get rid of the others and find some time to be alone with Maria.

As long as this could happen, then they could get closer to her.

As soon as they appeared, Guang Liang immediately said, "Oi, stalker, ice cube, what do you two think you're doing? Do you really think that you can stalk us on our trip?"

Both of them glared at Guang Liang before Alexander said, "We were invited."

Alexei didn't say anything, but he nodded in agreement.

But Guang Liang acted like he was in denial as he said, "That's the dream that you had last night, right?"

Both Alexander and Alexei couldn't hold back their anger when they heard this.

Normally, both of them would be quite well restrained when it came to anger. After all, they were S Rankers, people that were above normal people.

Naturally their mentality was also better than normal people and they could remain calm in many different situations. Which of course was required of them as S Rankers since they faced dangerous situations that normal people could never dream of.

But when it was in front of Guang Liang, they would always lose their temper because this was what they were used to.

The three of them had fought with each other since they had met, so it had become second nature to them to fight whenever they met. Even if it went against their normal personalities, they still fought with each other.

As the argument between them became more and more intense, they suddenly started raising their hands and gathering their magic energy.

Since they weren't in Maria's cafe, there was nothing holding them back.

The people around them looked at the three of them with terrified looks.

They were gathering in front of the station, so it was quite a crowded place and there were quite a few people walking around.

With how famous the three of them were, it only took a single glance for most people to recognize who they were. But of course, no one went up to them since they were clearly waiting for someone and no one wanted to offend a S Ranker.

They wouldn't have enough lives if they actually did offend a S Ranker.

And now that they were about to fight, everyone started steering clear of those three.

Luckily, before they could break out in a fight, there was a voice that said, "Oh look, they're over there."

As soon as they heard this voice, they immediately lowered their hands and scattered the magic energy that they had gathered.

That was because the one that had called out was…Maria.

She hadn't seen what they had been planning on doing, she had just seen the three of them standing there glaring at each other. She had a bad feeling about that, which was why she had called out to them.

As soon as Maria called out, all three of them changed their disposition.

Both Alexander and Guang Liang revealed smiles and even Alexei had a gentle look in his eyes that contrasted his normal cold appearance.

But they were once again surprised when they saw Maria come over because it wasn't just Maria and Seul Ah, there was someone else that was with them.

This was another one of the S Ranker regulars of Maria's cafe and someone who hung out with Maria and Seul Ah from time to time. However, because of her abilities, she was normally unable to find too much free time, so she couldn't hang out with them even if she wanted to.

This girl was called Marie Anne Valois, or better known as Joan of Arc, the French Saint.

Her ability was a special form of light magic that would allow her to heal anything as long as they still had a single breath left in them. As well, she could provide buffs that would increase people's powers by several folds, so one could imagine just how busy she was.

At the same time, she was reputed to be a descendant of the French Royal Family, so she was the French counterpart of Alexander.

But unlike the English Royal Family that still existed, the French Royal Family had long been destroyed, so she wasn't bound to them like Alexander had been to his family.

Instead, she was revered as a saint because of her healing powers, which was how she had received the moniker Joan of Arc.

This was the third person that Maria had found for this trip.

After all, if there were three boys and two girls, it would seem unbalanced and it would be an awkward trip.

So she chose another girl to come with them.

She had thought about taking Wu Qing, but thinking about how Seul Ah wanted to use this trip to get closer to Guang Liang, she thought better of it. After all, the aftermath of the past incident still wasn't over.

Funnily enough, Maria wasn't dense when it came to the love of others, but when it came to her own love affairs…

So in the end, she chose to ask Anne Marie to come with them.

That was because Anne Marie had a special reason for coming…

When they came over and Anne Marie saw the three boys, she couldn't help revealing a blush.

As for where her eyes were…they were secretly peeking at Alexei.

She was someone who liked the strong and silent type because she was a shy person, but she had never had a chance to get close to him because he never opened up.

Maria saw this, which was why she had invited Anne Marie along.

When she heard about this, Anne Marie immediately cleared her schedule and forced her assistants to cancel all future bookings for the week or else she would quit forever.

This was her first time acting this strongly, so her guild had immediately caved and gave in to all her demands.

That was how she had found the time to come on this vacation.

Also in the hands of the girls were Xiao Bai, Xiao Miao, and Xiao Lang.

When they came over, Maria asked, "Did you wait long?"

The three of them quickly shook their heads and assured her that they had only just arrived.

But she could see by the way that the dust scattered, they must have been here for a long time now. That was just how it is with S Rankers, their auras were so strong that even dust was blown away from them.

Still, she didn't expose them and just happily said, "Let's go then!"

All three of the boys nodded as their hearts melted from her smile.

While they were walking to the station though, she didn't forget to nudge Seul Ah closer to Guang Liang and Anne Marie closer to Alexei.