「Ah right right. Princess Kariya-sama told me that I should watch the thing called baseball once……」
「Ah, baseball. It is being played next to the theater so why don’t we go see it right now? However, today’s game is a commoner’s league game so it might not be very interesting……」
「Yeah, that will do.」
Perhaps he could have liked it better to watch a fancy noble league game but I wouldn’t be able to ask Spinner-shi who’s only scheduled here for a day.
We walked from the crowded lobby of the theater to the baseball field next door.
The summer sun was shining brightly and the spectators, except for those in the VIP seats with a roof, seemed to be taking measures against the heat by bringing umbrellas, wearing hats, or conversely, taking off all their tops.
「Would you two like beer or cola?」
「What’s cola?」
「How rude of me, it’s a sweet carbonated beverage which is a specialty of Torquiva.」
「I’ll have that, and you?」
「Then, I’ll take a cola too……」
In the VIP seats, where wind blew magically as protection against heat, Spinner-shi, his companion, and I sip our colas and watch the baseball game slowly.
On the field, our family’s baseball team, the Schenker Great Scorpions and the Horse Stable Brown Heads were in a very close, four on four, battle.
Our team has a very large number of players so the starting members are replaced all year round. In other words, we’re weak.
Today, we had the fishkin Roast and the scalekin Mince as fielders and birdkin Vongo, the strongest pitcher in the commoner league, as a pitcher.
There were also several other adventurers in the line up, making them almost the strongest team if we just talk about each member’s firepower.
「The one holding the stick, why are they replacing them every now and then?」
「That’s the game between the hitter and the thrower. If the thrower wins, the hitter will have to leave.」
「If the hitter wins, will the thrower be replaced?」
「They can substitute. This game is more advantageous on the thrower and when the hitter hits the ball and managed to run around the bases, the team gets a point……」
Spinner-shi seems to be more interested in baseball than the play or the theater…..
Well, I guess it’s because this is the first time he saw this.
It’s something unique to Torquiva, it is something they don’t have in the royal capital as of the moment.
After I taught him the rules of baseball, Spinner-shi began to stare at the field more intently than before.
『Fourth batter, Roast』
「That player often gets on the base.」
He pointed to Roast, who’s bright red hair was flattened by the hat.
「She works as an adventurer so her body is different.」
「However, even if that girl gets on the base, there’s no one to follow her up so she won’t score. If you could get that scalekin girl behind her, she could score a run.」
Spinner-shi was talking like he was watching a game at Koshien Stadium in front of the TV and I couldn’t help but laugh as I suggested something to him.
「We have one more game scheduled for later today. Would you like to try it in that game?」
Spinner-shi’s orange eyes turned to me in surprise.
「Hnn? What do you mean?」
「That team in red uniform is my team.」
「They’re the Slayra family’s team?」
「No, the Slayra family has another team in the Noble’s League. That one is my team which I finance.」
Then, Spinner-shi asked further with a happy face, something he showed for the first time today.
「Why are you financing a commoners team?」
「I am from a commoner family.」
He nodded but I’m not sure if he was interested in my answer or not and began to write something in a notebook he had taken out of his pocket.
He was writing something while staring at the ground for a while and then, suddenly ripped the page out and handed it to me.
「How about this order?」
On the paper, the batting order had been changed from the current one. He named the players via their numbers on their backs.
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