This is not the date I wanted.

"Ahem! It's okay, I just choked on some water, it's no problem." After coughing twice, Meng Yue's expression relaxed and she smiled bitterly, "I thought I could learn it smoothly and perfectly?"

"Well, it's not surprising to fail. After all, you'll always be a little careless when you first learn something, but you'll slowly get the hang of it."

After a little consolation, Shidou chuckled when he saw that Mengyue's expression clearly showed that she had no intention of giving up.

"So, do you want to do it again?"

"Of course!"

……

"Um, Meng Yue... do you want to take a break?"

"No, I'm almost there, I'm almost there. Shidou, could you please try again?"

"Well... I don't mind if you can."

Then, Mengyue held Shidao's hand again and started pumping water.

Shidao's mood at this moment can be said to be a bit heavy.

Two hours, a full two hours, Liang Yi Meng Yue learned the previous process perfectly, but for some reason, when she let go of her hands and went into battle alone, she sank into the water without exception.

During this period, I also thought about whether I should change the way of swimming.

Breaststroke, butterfly stroke, backstroke, Meng Yue learned all the knowledge in each stroke, and Shidao thought he could succeed every time, but it just happened -

——Can’t float!

"Meng Yue...I let go."

"Come on, I will succeed this time!"

Despite what the girl said, Shidou still felt a little uneasy. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly loosened his hands.

——GuluGulu.

Then, just like that, even though her posture and movements were very standard, Meng Yue still sank into the water.

"Ahem... again."

Meng Yue gritted her teeth unwillingly and spoke in a very reluctant voice.

"Mengyue, why don't you try using a floating board or a swimming ring? There are shops that rent them here."

"No, if that's the case, all my hard work over the past few hours would be meaningless."

Meng Yue rejected Shidao's proposal without a second thought. After all, they had learned only the last step, and it was difficult for anyone to give up here.

"Forehead……"

Shidao looked distressed, and Mengyue was obviously in a state of anxiety, which was no wonder. If Shidao changed his position, he would be extremely depressed if he was stuck at the last step for several hours.

An unstable mood will lead to frequent mistakes. Although the elves have plenty of physical strength, at this rate, Mengyue will not only be unable to learn to swim, but will even be in an unprecedentedly low mood when she returns.

What should I do……

Just when Shidao was looking distressed, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in Shidao's sight.

"Sorry, Mengyue. Can you stop for a moment? I need to go to the bathroom."

"Ah? Oh... go ahead."

Hearing Shidou's sudden call to stop, Mengyue was stunned, then realized that so much time had passed, and said a little embarrassedly.

After Mengyue climbed out of the swimming pool to rest, Shidao took the opportunity to run in one direction.

"Yo... You look troubled, really."

At an ice drink stand not far away, Murasame Reion, who was wearing a cool bikini and holding a teddy bear doll on her chest, attracting the attention of many male customers, whispered in a tired voice as if she was about to collapse at any time.

"Ms. Lingyin? Why are you here..."

"Well... I can guess to some extent that Meng Yue refused Fraxinus's help... I came here to ambush in advance... and provide assistance if they really get into trouble."

After selling a high-sugar ice soda from the stall, Ling Yin spoke slowly.

"From the report that Fraxinus sent just now, Mengyue is in a rather low mood. Can you tell me the details?"

"Yes……"

With a wry smile, Shidou briefly recounted how Mengyue had been learning to swim and had repeatedly failed over the past two hours.

"I see... I failed at the last step for two hours... No wonder I feel anxious."

Lingyin held her chin with her hand and muttered thoughtfully.

"Honestly, I personally feel that Meng Yue has no reason to fail, but I just don't know why she can't learn to swim."

From an outsider's perspective, Shidao didn't think that his failure was caused by a lack of skills or mistakes, it was as if he was cursed by someone. (Author (squinting): "... I don't know anything.")

It is undoubtedly very frustrating to keep failing without being able to find the mistakes. It is like filling in the perfect correct answers on the test paper, but being inexplicably marked as zero. You can imagine how Meng Yue feels now.

If Mengyue can keep a stable mentality and continue, Shidao won't mind how long the sparring takes.

But now Meng Yue is just relying on her ruthlessness to force herself to work hard.

This is obviously not what Shidao wants to see.

"Well...I see."

Lingyin put her hand to her ear and whispered something. It seemed that she was communicating with Kotori on the airship.

"We will record and analyze the video of Mengyue's learning process, and ask someone with more experience in swimming to analyze the reasons for her failure. During that time, Shidou will take Mengyue on a date to ease her mood?"

"Even so... I don't think Meng Yue would give up training to go on a date. After all, she didn't invite Tohka and the others on purpose to avoid having fun."

Shidao knew that Mengyue was a person who would not be easily shaken once she made up her mind. She was already so determined to learn how to swim, and it was very difficult to ask her to give up and go on a date in a place like this.

"You're going to have to rely on your real eloquence here... After all, even after being sealed, Meng Yue is still quite sensitive to electromagnetic communications. It's not convenient for us to give you detailed instructions, so we can only give you some recommendations in advance. Come on."

"learn……"

Not long after, Shidou said goodbye to Reine and returned to the swimming pool where Meng Yue was originally.

"Hey, Shidou, this trip to the bathroom took really long? Is it a big one?"

"Hey……"

Being misunderstood by Mengyue, but unable to tell others that he had met Lingyin, Shidao had a look of being at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Well, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Alright... come over here and continue."

After sighing lightly, Meng Yue jumped into the water, slapping the water surface impatiently and urged.

"Um... Meng Yue." After a bit of panic in organizing his words, Shidao spoke nervously, "Putting aside the swimming thing for now, do you want to go to other recreational facilities?"

"Shidao, what are you talking about..." Mengyue frowned unhappily, "Didn't you say that we would have swimming training today?"

"But it is necessary to relax appropriately, right? Even a tutor will take a break and have some snacks during the journey."

"Um... although that's true." Although there was a moment of hesitation on her face, Meng Yue still shook her head and raised her finger and said, "One more time! For the last time! I think I have mastered the trick."

This statement is like the excuse that a teenager who is addicted to online games says when his parents urge him to go to bed: "Ten more minutes, I'll go to bed after finishing this game." It's the same as staying up all night.

Well... although there are some subtle differences. But the result is the same. If Shidou is soft-hearted here, I'm afraid this "last time" will last until closing time...

"No, seriously, it's a rare opportunity to come to Ocean Park, and I'll give you two hours of practice as a reward. You should also play with me for a while."

Actually, originally, since Yumezuki had "Shidou's ownership of the whole day", Shidou had no reason to complain about the other party's request. However, direct suggestions would make Yumezuki feel that he had hit her by saying that she couldn't learn to swim. Rather than that, Shidou decided to show his attitude of making a request to the other party.

It must be said that this statement is very effective for Mengyue. If the suggestion is made for Mengyue's own sake, Mengyue will refuse it after thanking him. But if Shidao proposes an idea for himself, Mengyue's face clearly shows hesitation.

"Well...it's true that it's a bit unreasonable to let Shidou accompany me in training all the time...Okay."

Meng Yue muttered a few words and then nodded in agreement.

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Um, how about the water slide?"

He pointed to the huge rock mountain standing in the room. A long slide extended down from the top. Occasionally, guests in swimsuits would slide down from it accompanied by screams and the water flow with great momentum.

"Well...if Shidou likes it, I don't mind."

After a moment's silence, Meng Yue shrugged in response.

Climb up the stairs to the top of the rock mountain. The staff at the water slide entrance is directing the guests to slide down in order.

"Eh...? Meng Yue?"

"……what?"

"Your posture...can you loosen up a bit and move a little..."

At this time, Meng Yue sat in Shidao's arms, holding Shidao's neck tightly with both hands like a koala, and the sweet and fresh fragrance lingered on the tip of the pen. Not only the chest, but also the lower abdomen, arms, thighs, all parts of the body were in contact, and the soft touch continued to come, making him almost lose the strength to hold the edge of the water slide.

"I can't help it... You know, I can't swim..."

Meng Yue had a gloomy expression on her face, and she didn't notice Shidao's embarrassment at all, and uttered trembling syllables from her mouth.

Okay, Meng Yue isn't afraid of heights, and she has no problem with roller coasters or anything like that, but the thing is, she's afraid of drowning.

"Even though that's what I said..."

The water in this swimming pool was not actually deep enough to drown a person, and Shidou himself did not have the confidence that he could carry a person and still keep his body steady.

Because there were unusually many tourists today, the queue was quite crowded. Perhaps someone was impatient and pushed the queue forward a little, causing the tourists at the back to move forward uncontrollably.

Well... it just caused a slight vibration, nothing dangerous, but Shidou's hands, which were already somewhat powerless to hold on to the edge of the water slide, loosened.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——”

The two people slid downwards with terrifying gravitational potential energy, screaming in a posture that made the staff curse.

Following the traces that almost derailed, the two were pushed forward by the fierce rapids, sliding down the waterway with screams, and rushed towards the most dangerous bend with unstoppable momentum.

Then, a familiar feeling of being suspended in mid-air suddenly came over Shidao, and when he came to his senses, he and Mengyue had already flown out of the slide and thrown into the air, falling straight down towards the pool directly below.

It created terrible waves and ripples in the pool.

"Pooh!"

"Wow……"

Several bubbles emerged from the water, and then Shidou pulled Mengyue to the surface.

"Mengyue, are you okay?"

"It's okay... I didn't expect to fly off the slide."

Shaking her messy hair, Meng Yue said with a sigh.

"Well... this is my second time."

Last time, it was because of the weight of Tohka, Kotori and myself that we flew off the track. However, since the slide we chose this time was much steeper than the previous one, the same result was unexpectedly caused.

By the way, this proposal seems to have been proposed by Kotori. That guy couldn't have done it on purpose... (Kotori (laughing): "The plan was successful.")

"Sorry, it was my mistake this time. Next we will go to..."

"No!" Unexpectedly, Meng Yue refused with unexpectedly strong momentum. There was an unprecedented excitement in her eyes, and she said it in a decisive tone.

"Again!"

"……what?"

……

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—”

“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha—”

Under the deliberate action of a certain girl, the boy and girl let out fierce wails and laughter in the air four times in succession.

Finally, Mengyue showed the most refreshing smile of the day, while Shidao ran to the toilet with a grim face to clean his stomach.

Mengyue swimming (Part 2)

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In an indoor restaurant in Ocean Park, Mengyue and Shidao were sitting face to face at a table with hamburgers and iced drinks.

"Really? Doesn't that mean we have no practice at all?"