CH 81.5

「Alright, foolish younger brother, I’ll take on your provocation.」

「Eh? You’re going to try?」

「Prepare your bastard team’s best player.」

With a flick of his fingertip, the cigarette he flicked into the air turned into dust.

He quickly took off his uniform jacket to reveal his steel-like body wrapped in a white shirt.

He looked like he could knock my special pitch to the moon.

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『Please be quiet. Ladies and gentlemen, we have suspended the game and will now have a special batting session. Please be quiet. Ladies and gentlemen, we have suspended the game and will now have a special batting session.』

This happens once in a while though not every week.

When a noble comes to watch the game and says, “I think I can do it, let me bat a little”, an announcement like this will be made.

In the past, I thought it was very dangerous to allow a player to play with nobles but after I ran around and set up a lot of rules, the atmosphere has become more relaxed which is a relief.

Of course, it’s not for everyone. However, given that the other party is Laura-san’s aniki, it would probably be okay to let our slave pitch.

However, as expected, it was impossible for me to cover for the audience too so I had the audience shut up.

Those who can’t do it will be escorted by the guards out.

This is the best we could do to protect the commoners from the nobles.

In addition, those who’ll lash out on the commoners will be banned.

『Pitcher, “Magician” Vongo』

Our best pitcher is Vongo, the birdkin.

Of course, “magician” is just a nickname.

She is called like that because she can control the ball the way she wants it compared to anyone else in Torquiva without using magic.

『Batter, noble blonde gentleman』

It is polite not to reveal the name of the noble’s side because they might lose face.

The girls in the audience seem to be a bit put off by brother in law’s sweet mask but since he is a true star like prince, it can’t be helped.

『Three strike outs, end of the game. A home run counts as a hit. Then, play ball.』

At Miss Uguisu’s signal, Vongo took a set position and threw a straight ball. It hit the inside corner and almost hit brother in law’s knee.

Brother in law, who had not moved an inch as the ball almost hit him, gave a small nod and turned toward Vongo again.

If he really had the same potential as Laura-san, he would easily hit it if the ball was thrown in the same course.

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The next pitch was aimed at brother in law’s stomach.

Of course, if the ball hits the batter, it’s a so-called dead ball.

Of course, brother in law avoided the ball by taking a step back.

However, just before the ball hit his body, it curved as if it had hit a wall and landed on the edge of the strike zone.

Vongo grins and the major general glares at her.

The air between the two of them became cold and competitive, transcending the boundaries of status.

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In the end, that match was won by Vongo, who had mastered the seven color breaking ball in an exciting three out, one hit game.

The Torquivers, who had come to watch the game, were also very disappointed at the defeat of the mysterious blonde haired handsome man although they did not say it out loud.

「I see, so this is a “game”. Interesting.」

He smiled cheerfully and I hurriedly stopped him as he took a silver coin from his pocket.

「Your excellency, please wait…..」

「Why? That girl is not a stone, isn’t she? Good work deserves good rewards.」

That would be fine in the army but…..you shouldn’t do that in baseball!

「That girl is under me so leave that to me……I’ll be sure to reward her a lot.」

「Is that so? What am I supposed to do, then?」

「Honor the brave. Please applaud.」

「I see」

Brother-in-law nodded and gave Vongo a big round of applause, which was followed by loud applause, whistles, and cheers from the audience as if a curse had been lifted.

Vongo circled around, waving to the audience, and bowed deeply to brother in law.

He nodded, turned back, and walked to the VIP seats.

I’m glad to see he’s in a better mood.

Entertainment, great success!

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It was good that he liked it but he ended up going to the baseball field early in the morning the next day at brother in law’s request……

He put some ketchup on his hot dog and ended up wearing a bright red Schenker Scorpion uniform, found a good pitcher and stopped the game saying “I want to play with that one too”…..

To top it all, on the third day, he said, “I want to play a game from the start”. We had to hastily gather the team to play a red and white team for him……

That was so tiring.

Even though it made my rust off my body, I’d had enough entertaining my wife’s family……