The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
In the end…
Kanade and Tania.
Sora and Luna.
Finia and Sakura.
Nina, Iris, and Rifa.
By mixing in an irregular group of three, the problem was solved.
After that, everyone finished warming up.
“Mm, your bodies are nicely warmed up now. Today, we’re playing catch.”
“That’s pretty normal.”
“Yeah. Knowing Mother, I thought she’d suggest something outrageous.”
“Like climbing up and down cliffs.”
“How do you all see me, exactly…?”
At everyone’s comments, Al-san’s temple twitched.
“Honestly… if you do it properly, playing catch is quite demanding, you know? You need not only arm strength to throw far, but precise control. You also need dexterity to catch the ball, dynamic vision to track fast throws, and the courage not to flinch.”
“I see. When you put it that way, it does sound reasonable.”
“Do you think… I’ll be able to throw it properly?”
“Let’s do our best.”
Despite all the complaining, everyone seemed seen fairly excited.
They each took a ball, lightly tossing it or spinning it around their fingertips.
“For now, just do it however you like. Once you get used to it, we’ll gradually increase the distance and speed.”
“Okaaay!”
And so, the game of catch began.
“E–eek!”
“On!”
Finia threw the ball hesitantly, and Sakura snapped it up in her mouth.
I wondered how she’d throw it back—
Then Sakura spun around, using centrifugal force to launch the ball.
Pretty skillful.
“Here I go, okay?”
“Bring it on!”
“Hehe, please take care of me.”
Nina, Rifa, and Iris stood in a triangle, tossing the ball slowly.
Well…
When I say “slowly,” that’s by their standards.
Even if they look young, they’re members of the strongest race.
Including Nina, they all have more strength than ordinary people, so—
Whoosh!
Vrooom!
Now and then, the sound of the ball slicing through the air echoed around.
I worried they might miss a catch…
But they seemed to be adjusting properly, so it was probably fine.
“Take this!”
“Here you go!”
Sora threw the ball… thump.
Luna threw the ball… plop.
The balls fell far short of reaching the other.
“My dear sister, throw it properly! It’s not reaching me at all!”
“That’s my line! Please throw it properly so it reaches me, Sora!”
“What did you say!?”
“What was that!?”
Just as expected from Sora and Luna.
No… actually, worse than expected?
They’re also of the strongest race, but since they’re spirit folk specialized in magic, their physical abilities are lower than those of normal people.
Because of that, they couldn’t play catch properly at all.
Even so, this was worse than I imagined…
I thought they could at least manage something as simple as catch.
Hmm.
Maybe I should make them exercise a bit more.
“Nyaaa—nyan!!!”
DOOOOM!
“Take thiiis!!!”
GROOOOM!
Kanade and Tania…
What was that?
Was that really catch?
Even though they were about a hundred meters apart, the ball reached the other in an instant.
Each throw was accompanied by a thunderous roar, like a high-level spell exploding.
On top of that, shockwaves rippled through the air.
Those two are on a completely different level…
“Wait, how is the ball still intact…?”
“Fufufu, that would be thanks to me.”
“You, Al-san?”
“That ball is no ordinary ball. It’s absolutely unbreakable—crafted by gathering the power and knowledge of us spirit folk!”
“Wouldn’t it have been better to put that effort into something else…?”
“Look, look! See? Even with all that violence, it’s not broken at all!”
My retort was ignored.
Al-san puffed out her chest proudly, as if to say, Aren’t spirit folk amazing?
And right at that moment…
GOGYAAAN!!!
“Ah!”
Kanade made a wild throw.
As if perfectly aimed, the ball slammed straight into Al-san.
“Uh-oh, w-what do we do?”
“Maybe Al-san is dead… Kanade, even if you get imprisoned, I’ll come visit you sometimes.”
“Mm, should we bring fish as gifts?”
“Let’s add sweets too.”
“I’ll give head pats!”
Hearing the commotion, everyone gathered around, each saying whatever came to mind.
But then—
“You lot…”
A voice that seemed to echo from the depths of the earth.
“Stop chatting so casually and worry about me already!!!?”
“Eek!?”
Al-san sprang back to life, raging like an erupting volcano.
She was completely uninjured…
Just how did she block that?
“Enough! We’re done with catch! Now it’s running! I’ll make you run until you drop—fuhahahahaha!!!”
After that…
Everyone was forced to run until Al-san was satisfied, as if she were venting her frustration.
And for some reason, I had to run too.
What a total disaster…
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