CH 94.4

Surrounded by commoners, I continue to watch the game while listening to the noisy Tashiba.

Baseball seems to be a really popular sport and the VIP seats, which is reserved only for nobles, are quickly filled up in a first come first served basis.

The commoner’s seats, which are many times bigger than the VIP seats, are also filled with so many people that if you are late, you will not be able to get in.

What is it about baseball that attracts such a large number of people?

I don’t know too much about baseball.

To win a war, you have to know war; to win a baseball game, you have to know baseball.

「What can you tell me about that pitcher?」

「Ah, that guy throws powerful pitches using physical strengthening. He’s the ace of the Light Wand. 」

「Do you know where he is from?」

「Ehto, kuro…….kuro……Rokuro? Or something like……」

「Count Rosscross house?」

「Yeah, that’s it that’s it, Rosscross desu. The house of the great physician.」

「I see.」

I write down the pitcher’s information on my notepad and stare intently at his body.

In a few days, I will be standing there.

The pitcher swings the ball and the batter swings the bat as hard as they can.

The bat did not even graze the ball but hit the catcher’s mitt instead. Everyone around me cheered.

「Strike out! Body is strengthening is amazing after all〜」

Is that so?

I wondered why the batter couldn’t hit back such a slow pitch that I could follow with my eyes.

To be honest, after observing this for the past few days, I had lowered my rating of this mission considerably.

I wouldn’t believe that this sport called baseball, which was born in the countryside, would be so difficult.

I had even tried pitching a few times after my baseball observation and I was proud to say that I could throw the ball faster than any pitcher I had ever seen.

Honestly speaking, I can’t imagine myself losing in pitching.

It’s much better than leverage but it’s not a very exciting job.

I yawned and hurriedly covered my mouth. My eyes met those of Tashiba, who was checking the back of some ticket next to me.

「In case you are wondering, I bet on Light Wand for this match…..what do you think?」

「…….I’m at work. Idiot.」

Commoners really have it easy.

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Blam! The white ball lands on Sergeant East’s mitts.

「Alright～, keep it up～! I knew you had good shoulders～!」

「Second lieutenant! You’re doing great!」

「Keep it up!」

He threw me back the ball I threw and received it with my glove, the glove that was made along with the uniform.

After studying the game of baseball for the past few days and throwing the ball into the sergeant’s mitt with Tashiba and Mamu watching over like this, I thought of something.

This game is so easy.

I don’t know about batters because I have never played as one but at least pitchers seems to be easier than I thought.

Basically, all you have to do is throw the ball. In order for the batter to not hit it, devise a course, create waves on the ball, and don’t let the opponent’s batch hit it.

In addition, if I were to believe Tashiba, I seem to have stronger shoulders than most people.

None of the pitchers I’ve seen in the past few days can throw as fast as I can and if that’s the case, they won’t be able to hit my ball easily.

The opponents in the game are nobles too but they are from this backwater southern….

It might have been unfair for us, who worked under Prince Jesta and have been fighting on the front lines, to participate in this event.

At this rate, we will not be defeated by the Zarkudo style.

Just in case, we should practice pitching with magic, which all the pitchers of the other teams were throwing.

「Magic ball, here we go!」

「Please make sure you’ll throw it in the mitt!」

「Don’t worry!」

I’m a wind user so I can easily change the trajectory of the ball by hitting it with a crosswind.

「Ah!」

The ball I threw seemed to go off in an unexpected direction so Tashiba, who was watching from the side, seemed to be startled……

At the same time, a gust of wind blew sideways, hitting the ball and making the ball land on the mitt superbly.

That’s exactly what will happen later.

I don’t feel like losing.