CH 95.3

Every time she declared a direction, the ball would turn in that direction from wherever it was. Even when East stopped moving his mitt during that time, it would surely land in the middle of it.

「What kind of sorcery is that……」

「….ro……ta……」

「Rota……?」

「Vongo-san probably means rotation.」

「……..ri……」

Rotation……you mean applying rotation manually?

「That’s awesome…..it’s like…..」

「”Like Magic”, right? That’s what they call Vongo-san “Magician”.」

「Magician…..? is it? A good alias.」

「Well, she has that alias because she’s a birdkin……」

Honestly speaking, that alias would be more of a problem if she weren’t a demi human…….

However, me, an actual mage, is willing to learn from her.

「Please, teach me that magic ball that doesn’t use magic by all means!」

「…….o……k……」

It was quite difficult to learn the technique from her since I didn’t understand what she was saying. However, with the help of a catkin and a horsekin, who were called in as interpreters, she started teaching me as long as she is free.

My ball technique increased dramatically as a result of the teaching and I got great feedback from East that it was easier to catch my pitches.

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With such a nice breeze blowing, our second game started.

Our opponent was the Zarkudo style baseball team, a team at the top of the noble league and the objective of this mission.

「You have a new pitcher. I’ll go easy on him.」

Before the match, Raimii Zarkudo, a swordsman and a direct descendant of the zarkudo style, gave us a provocative look and said so.

It seems like Princess Slayra has a history with the zarkudo style.

I don’t know if that was the reason but the starting pitcher that day was Laura Slayra herself.

「Do we even have a chance to play today?」

「It’s just amazing.」

The game started off with a pile of strikeouts. Most batters seemed to have given up swinging from the start.

It’s no wonder. Princess Slayra throws magic balls that are fast enough to destroy bats.

However, there are monsters in the noble league who can properly hit back magic balls like that…..

One of them is her fated adversary, Raimii Zarkudo.

Raimii Zarkudo swung the bat and BANG!! The ball was hit by Raimii Zarkudo and it made a tremendous sound. The ball flew to the spectator’s seats.

I had heard from Tashiba, with half doubt, that any ball would fly forward if you hit it with the true center of the bat, but it seems to be true.

The bat thrown away had a depression in the shape of a ball, reminding us of the tremendous speed of the princess’ pitches.

「Uwooooo!!」

「Amazingggg!!」

「Zarkudo is as awesome as expected!!」

The crowd went wild.

I can only feel sorry for the princess who can only glare at Raimii Zarkudo as she goes round the bases but this is something that can’t be helped.

If she had been able to close out the game by herself, we wouldn’t have been given this task in the first place.

The rest of the batters were cleared out by the princess but she must have been physically exhausted after pitching hard and for so long.

A pitching change was made and our second start began in the bottom of the sixth inning.

「Robos-dono, in case you are wondering, it seems like we can use magic balls to all the opponents. What are you going to do?」

「Today, we’ll just use the magic ball without magic since the wind magic ball is still incomplete.」

「Understood」

After a short strategy meeting, I parted ways with East and stood on the mound.

The enemy is the zarkudo sword style and the man holding his bat like he’s holding a sword.

East set up his mitt in a low spot, away from the batter.

I held the ball with a grip, moved it from left to right, and threw it with all my might.

Bang! I heard a pleasant sound.

The swordsman, who hit back my first pitch as if it was the matter of course, ran to the first base with a face like it was nothing.

I can only sigh.

It was the beginning of a long and painful time of work for us, although it should have been short from the side.