CH 78.2

「Hello Tezion-san, it’s been a while desu.」

「Ah, Slayra family’s son in law!」

「Yeah, that’s me.」

Arcelica-san and I have known each other since the year before the last.

Our friendship started after she attended my and Laura-san’s wedding. Since she’s been helping our adventurer group for some time, we started giving her some seasonal gifts and such.

She’s very active and super spirited. She even suddenly appeared in Astrobucks, a coffee shop I run. She was also banned from the Animal Café, which I also run, for trying to bring a cat home. She’s someone that can be considered as a troublemaker.

「You’re always involved when something interesting happens in this city like the Animal Café and this place!」

「Ah, I guess so….」

「I saw this place from the sky and I’ve always wondered what they were doing here! Then, I came here and found that they were doing something interesting!」

「Ah, thanks for that.」

There was an aristocratic reason why I couldn’t handle Arcelica-san, who was always trying to get involved with me.

She’s a member of the chivalry and is equivalent to a second lieutenant in the army but my wife is a former major which is above her though I have no rank at the moment.

However, in terms of titles, she’s a baronet, my wife has no title, and as for me, I’m around the rank of a knight.

Of course, I can refuse her any unreasonable requests but I’m not that reckless and she’s not someone I would want to antagonize.

In other words, for me, she’s like my yankee-senpai whom I had little contact with.

「Were you the one who thought of this!?」

「Ah, yes, technically….」

「As expected!! I can feel the chivalry of a serious match between the pitcher and the batter!! 」

You’re so loud.

My ears were starting to keel over so I secretly cast a healing spell.

「Now then! I want to ask you a little favor!! 」

「Huh? What is it?」

「Me too! I want to do it!」

As she said this, she made a gesture of swinging the bat.

She’s not even holding anything but the wind pressure she produces is incredible.

「Okay……」

I glanced at the ground and saw the game had already stopped before I knew it. Everyone, players and guests, were looking at me anxiously.

-0-

「Then, here I go! Three strikes and you’re out!」

「I know!! Throw the ball as hard as you can!!」

I suddenly am on the mound, checking the stitches on the ball in my glove.

As expected, there’s no way I could let the players play against a noble.

Nobles and commoners are not allowed to mingle.

Only ruins await the commoners who would dare defeat nobles even if it was for fun or if they pissed the nobles even a little.

Other nobles will never tolerate a commoner who beats a noble and even commoners won’t like commoners who would dare beat a noble.

「Play ball!」

I nodded back to the catcher, who sent me a look, and threw the ball as hard as I could.

I threw it right next to Arcelica-san’s face.

I have confidence in my control!

I can throw five types of breaking pitches!

The mitts made a “blam” sound! She completely caught the ball with her eyes but did not move an inch.

Second pitch, all out throw in the middle of the strike zone.

「Strike!」

Arcelica-san swung the bat but her timing wasn’t right.

Then, third pitch.

Swoosh!

「Sha!!」

A straight ball thrown low to the outer corner was hit like a scoop up and the ball flew over the outfielder’s head with a sharp sound.

I lost.

However, it wasn’t like she’s going to be satisfied with just one hit…..

「Do it again!!」

As expected, Arcelica-san raised her bat once again and urged me to pitch. I did my best to throw the ball as hard as I could.