131 The sand (1/2)

By the time they were done, john had a refreshed expression on his face

”You're right... That was a lot better than I expected...” John muttered with a satisfied expression

It felt like a massage, as they rubbed the oil on his back and legs with their soft hands, he was reminded of that one trip he had to the spa in his previous life

[Expensive but worth it...] He thought to himself

[You sure look happy for a guy who was begging me for help a few moments ago] Said Zestari through john's mind

[You be quiet...]

”John, Serena let's go play in the sand, while we wait for it to dry” Said Ariel as she pulled then towards where there was more sand

Master gave john the gesture for him to enjoy himself, seeing he gladly nodded.

As the three moved across the beach, while avoiding accidentaly stepping on other people's umbrellas, they noticed a certain area where people were playing a game

When john saw this, he couldn't believe his eyes. This game, there was no mistaking it. There was a net and even the ball looked the same

”Serve!” Shouted one of the girls who were playing as she threw the ball into the air, before slamming it as hard as she could with her hand on to the other side

The ball moved at an extremely fast speed, and dug itself into the surface of the sand on the beach.

”No way.. It's beach volleyball...” John muttered

”Beach volleyball?” Said Serena with a confused expression

”Is that what they are doing?” Ariel asked

”You two don't know what beach volleyball is?”

The two shook their heads.

John didn't consider the possibility of it going by another name

So before saying anything else, he walked over to the sports area with them.

”Excuse me, what are you guys doing?” John asked

Although he already knew

”Hm? Ah, are you guys not from around here?” She asked

The girl who answered, was the same girl who hit the spike on the ball which dug itself into the surface of the sand.

[A tomboy?] John thought to himself

She had short brown hair, and light brown eyes. She had a cheerful air around her, and looked slightly tan. At first, john had thought she was a boy, but judging by the proportions, there's no way she'd be a guy

We nodded

”Then that explains it, well you see, this was a game called beach volley-ball, It's very popular and fun to play, want to try?” She asked

There were many tents around in the area, it was a Very Big beach. If you looked around, you could see people playing for fun, and if you looked even closer... You could see true competitiveness

But regardless of that, John was shocked. No he didn't know what to say. A famous sport from his world in this world, coincidence? Not even the name was changed

”We'd love to” John quickly replied

***

”Are there any questions?” She asked

John shook his head, while both serena and Ariel replied

”Just one, we're supposed to stop the ball from dropping, so we can use any part of our body, and not just the hand, right?” Ariel asked

”That is correct”

”Are we allowed to use magic spells?” Serena asked