Chapter 55

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It was a sunny day.

I always choose a day with a high chance of sunshine according to the weather forecast, so it has always been sunny in the past.

The temperature was just right.

"When the women's team entered the men's facilities, the men got all riled up. It was a big commotion.

They were saying quite lewd things, like 'cute' and 'exciting,' and making silly voices.

There were also a lot of 'let us have a go' and 'take off your clothes.'

I thought Zeraphi might get angry, so I checked her, and sure enough, her temples were twitching.

After all, Zeraphi, despite having a child, is still quite innocent and completely unskilled at dealing with such things. She was really furious at the men's lewd gazes and taunts, or rather, she was seething with anger.

But she was telling everyone, 'Stay calm, or the enemy will look down on us.'

So when I thought, 'Oh, Zeraphi, you're being so brave, that's unusual,' and then she was handed a megaphone for the first greeting,

'Shit, you guys stink, it's not even a human smell, you can't even breathe, go take a bath!' she shouted at full volume.

The entire sports field fell silent in an instant.

It felt great, though. Every year, every year, we were told whatever they wanted just because we were women.

The next male team captain's greeting was a bit pitiful, but thinking about it, he represented the men who had been making us angry.

'...Next year, I'll take a bath,' he said meekly, which I found impressive. Of course, we speculated that it was because Zeraphi, when seen up close, was a beauty far beyond our imagination.

Then, the game started.

We came to the men's facilities in the afternoon.

In the morning, the men had a game to determine the winning team.

After a quick warm-up, we did the final confirmation of the game plan and then started the game.

Usually, you change courts and play two games, right?

But here, they don't do that.

It's a one-shot deal. It's different from the norm, so there's no choice.

The court is decided by a coin toss, and then it's time to get ready.

Everyone except the female team members cheers.

If the cheering is too quiet, Zeraphi will yell at us, but we were all ready to cheer.

As soon as the game started, it was clear that the men's team was different.

After all, they had practiced hard.

Usually, they would wipe us out in an instant, but this time, it was completely different.

Still, the men were strong, but the women held their ground.

We significantly reduced the number of male infantry. We reduced them by several times more than last year!

The women's 'officers' started to be attacked, but they had chosen quite strong members, and with the handicap, they had more numbers, so they managed to reduce the enemy's officers and infantry here as well.

When we took down the enemy's gorilla-like officer, it was a big commotion, and we shouted 'serves you right' in excitement.

But when our team's king's attendant was taken out, I thought it was all over.

You would think so, right? But our king is Zeraphi.

Whenever Zeraphi got the ball, the enemy's officer was always taken out.

'You think you can match me? Not in a billion years!'

The enemy's officers and infantry kept decreasing.

Because of the rules, the enemy had to keep attacking, but whenever they attacked Zeraphi, they inevitably lost the ball, and a tough guy would be taken out.

It was incredibly satisfying!

In the end, Zeraphi took down the last enemy officer. The infantry were already all gone.

Finally, the conditions for the king to move were met!

It was a historic achievement!

The king took down all the remaining enemy infantry and officers! Have you ever seen such a thing?

I haven't.

Zeraphi, with the ball, ran out of the king's area, charging into the enemy's territory!

From then on, it was Zeraphi's show.

It was already her show before that, but Zeraphi running through the enemy's territory like a gust of wind was so cool! She's our king, after all!

We were all very excited and cheered loudly.

The enemy was scared.

Of course, they were scared.

The enemy only had two attendants and the king left.

Zeraphi quickly took out the attendants.

It was brilliant and incredibly fast, like a whirlwind! Our king!

She targeted the gaps in the enemy attendants' legs. Choosing bulky and slow attendants was their downfall.

The enemy's king area was filled with muscles.

Zeraphi shouted, 'I'll take the muscles!' as she ran through. It didn't make sense, but it was amazing!

It came down to a king's duel. The large sports field was filled with cheers, and nothing else could be heard.

A beauty versus a beast! It was an even match, but Zeraphi was faster.

Both of them threw fastballs, so fast that only afterimages could be seen!

Zeraphi's feints were a bit better.

But the enemy was also quite skilled, with good dynamic vision, or the ability to see the ball.

He was good at seeing the punches in a fistfight!

The enemy king, who caught Zeraphi's fastball, threw another fastball, which Zeraphi dodged by leaning back. When you dodge, you have to go pick up the ball, right?

The enemy king was a bit careless.

Then, Zeraphi, pretending to dodge, twisted her body and caught the ball.

That brief moment of carelessness decided the match.

Zeraphi delivered a perfect strike to the enemy king.

It hit the enemy king's broad, muscular shoulder.

The ball flew high and far like a bird.

Zeraphi won!

A great victory!

The cheers were incredible! We all carried Zeraphi on our shoulders.

Then, Zeraphi concluded with her victory speech.

'You guys are pretty good. Making me take you seriously, you have potential. Let's do this again next year!'

Noel felt like hanging her head, but Sirius was laughing happily.

For the next seven years, during Zeraphi's reign, the men's and women's matches either ended in a draw due to time limits or were close, exciting games.

On the days when the women's team visited, the men no longer taunted the women and, for some reason, came to the games fresh from the bath.