CH 91.3

TN: No idea about baseball terms/tactics so you might feel awkward in reading this

「Forecast! I have a forecast! Do you want some forecast! You need forecast!」

「You’ve got a great body. Wanna play baseball? How about ours? I’m from the East City’s Farmer’s Union of the Commoners League. Practice? No, we don’t practice. You can do whatever you want and you can even experience working in the fields.」

I wouldn’t say that the outfield bleachers is a lawless zone but I must admit, it’s very noisy.

Laura-san looks fresh and happy but I’m already getting a little beat up.

「The Snore family has a great lineup of hitters and I can’t wait to see how they get it done.」

Laura-san, wearing a bright red Schenker Scorpions cap, exhaled cigarette smoke and took a gulp of ale as she said that happily.

「Are they better than the others?」

「Their average age is quite young and like the knights, they’re well built from their spear work.」

「Ah, the Magic Academy’s Fire Balls are mostly old people. They have a lot of pitchers though.」

The game between the Snore White Ball Knights and the Zarkudo School Baseball Team was a pretty good game. Score is 4-4 in the 7th inning with Snore on the offensive.

When the Zarkudo pitcher swung the ball and threw it, the ball disappeared in his hand before anyone noticed it, the ball was already in the catcher’s mitt.

It was a real disappearing magic ball.

I was really impressed when I saw it for the first time but this pitcher is an awesome no-contender and gives up the base on…..and his pitch is slow which can be easily hit……

In this inning, there are already three runners on the bases.

「How would you hit that pitch?」

「I’ll bunt it by watching the catcher’s mitt.」

「I guess that’s one way to do it」

「I mean, you can get on the base without swinging and sometimes, the catcher would miss the ball.」

As I was saying that, the fielder chose a base on ball and run a score for the Snore Family.

「I guess it’s hard to make that magic pitch.」

「There was a pitcher who was thrown out of the game for turning the ball into his familiar.」

「Fuh, I wonder what he’ll do if it got hit……」

「If he thought about that too, there’s no way he would have done it.」

On the mound, the Zarkudo School Pitcher who got scored on is being scolded by his coach.

Ah, poor guy.

『Pitcher change announcement. Pitcher Remio Rias-sama will be replaced by pitcher Raimii Zarkudo-sama.』

「Whoah……」

The one who came out of the bench for replacement was none other than the nostalgic lady of the inner window.

Just like that day, she had her chestnut hair tucked into her helmet and was slamming a powerful straight ball into the catcher’s mitt.

「You always look so uncomfortable whenever she comes out.」

「I’ve been through a lot of pain.」

「 You said something about your legs being cut off, did you challenge her to a duel?」

「Fuuh……poetry……」

The summer sun should have been shining on my back but for some reason, I felt a cold sweat running down my back.

When I turned my head to the person beside me, Laura-san was looking at the mound with her usual smiling face.

What is this pressure……?

Before I knew it, I found that both the person next to me and the person next to Laura-san were already running away.

「Ano, Laura-san, is something wrong?」

「No, you see……」

Laura-san started at the back of the lady of the inner window and smiled mockingly.

「I was just thinking that the next time I met that woman in a game, I’m going to make every at-bat a home run.」

「Eh?」

At that moment, the lady of the inner window, who’s standing on the pitcher’s mound, turned around and looked at us.

The two ladies were separated by hundreds of meters but there’s a very disturbing atmosphere between them. The commoners in between them even fled in disarray.

Summer is hot.

Summer is hot but even so, I can’t stop sweating cold.

I’m still inexperienced enough to understand the complexities of a woman’s mind.