Chapter 527 – Episode 57. Sports Day Mayhem
The next game was against our group’s bye-winning team, 1st grade B class. Perhaps because I was a freshman with little experience, I was able to win more easily, but the opposing team wasn’t too offended, perhaps because they got an autograph from Karen Uenozono. Rather, it seemed like the purpose was to cause death.
We were able to easily win the semifinals as well, but no matter how many archery members the opposing team had, all five members of our class had excellent skills. Even a cold-hearted Shido Tsubaki saw Karen Uenozono make a mistake in the first game and entrusted the final runner to Rena Sakagami. There seemed to be a belief that the last player, Rena Sakagami, would cover up any mistakes ahead.
The final was the 3rd grade A class, which consisted of the archery club leader and most of the team members. As expected, they thought they had to get to this level to reach the finals, but most of them shot at least 8 points and averaged 9 points, and it was a close match.
Even Erika Oofuchi, who gets nervous easily, and Karen Uenozono, who made a mistake in the first game, showed great effort, scoring a total of 27 points.
Even though I was doing so well, my scores were uneven. The opponent also shot arrows without making any major mistakes and was fighting on equal footing, either ahead or behind our score. In the end, when the score was tied with the opponent, a female student with a ponytail who was the head of the archery club stepped forward.
The head of the archery club calmly drew and released his bow. Boom! Boom! Boom! The score was announced with the sound of three arrows being fired. 10, 10, 9. A total of 29 points. Now the only way for us to win was for Rena Sakagami to hit 10 on all three shots.
Rena Sakagami stood at the shooting range with a calm expression. She didn’t look nervous at all.
Rena Sakagami drew and released her bow as before. However, the action was so fast that all three arrows hit the target almost at the same time. The head of the archery club earlier! Boom! Boom! It’s not like I’m doing it, it’s like, Tu-tu-tung! It felt like a barrage of fire at an incredible speed. Moreover, all those quick shots were scored at 10 points.
A moment of silence. The head of the archery club was looking at Rena Sakagami with a dumbfounded expression. Rena Sakagami smiled faintly as she looked at her archery club leader.
“Wow~! “I won!”
Karen Uenozono’s excitement appeared on the screen, and everyone cheered and congratulated us on our win.
“Is it my car now? I’ll do well, Ryuutachi!”
Next to archery was the lacrosse game, which was played as a red-and-white match rather than a class match. In our class, Seizawa Shii participated, but in fact, there was no one in our class who was good at lacrosse, so Seizawa Shii, who had only played a few times, participated.
Unlike Seija and Shii, who played with confidence, our red team lost miserably to the white team. There were a lot of regulars from the lacrosse team lined up on the white team.
“Huh~! You lost, Ryuutachi!”
Seiza and Shii returned to class with tears in their eyes, as if they were upset about losing the game. After the lacrosse game, the last game before lunch began, which was a horseback riding game between red and white that ended quickly in one game.
“I offer you victory, sir!”
Akina Konoe decided to participate in the horseback riding. During a lacrosse game, the staff was leveling the ground outside the field, and it seemed like it was for horseback riding.
In horseback riding, 6 members of the red team and 6 members of the white team participated at the same time, and 1st place received 12 points, 2nd place received 11 points, and so on. The score went down, and the team with the highest combined score received 1 point, and the team with the highest total score won.
On our red team, Taira Kanna and the vice-chairman of the horseback riding club were notable players, and on the opposing white team, we had Rina Nakanoin, the head of the disciplinary committee, and Neika Muko, the vice-chairman of the disciplinary committee and the head of the horseback riding club, who helped us arrest a drug criminal.
Looking at the members, it seemed like the white team would have the advantage, but I didn’t know what would happen if Akina Konoe played an active role.
The horses used for horseback riding were horses owned by the contestants or their families, and as the head of the Konoe family, Akina Konoe brought a wonderful, muscular black horse with a blonde mane that looked incredibly fast.
Akina Konoe rode a black horse to the front of our class and opened her mouth majestically.
“Please pray for Ryutaro’s victory.”
The name is Ryuta… Laurani. Anyone can see that it looks like it was named after me. Of course, everyone in the class burst into laughter when they heard the name Ryutaro.
“Ahahaha! It’s a black horse, but its mane is blonde… Isn’t this really Ryu Tachi~!”
“It’s just like the teacher!”
The female students gathered around Ryutaro and stroked his fur, laughing, but Ryutaro stayed still, purring as if he didn’t like it.
“You’re just exposing women like Mr. Sir.”
“It’s noisy.”
Yuka Otagi, who was standing next to her and watching the scene, smiled mischievously and muttered. Soon, an announcement was made to prepare at the starting line, so Akina Konoe rode Ryutaro and headed to the stadium.
Bang!
With the sound of a gun announcing the departure, everyone ran. The game was quite exciting with the sound of horses’ hooves pounding through the earth and the cheers of the audience.
Perhaps it was an expensive horse, but Akina Konoe’s Ryutaro took the lead from the start. After that, the white horse ridden by Taira Kanna followed closely behind, and the head of the equestrian club and the vice head were running behind them. Nakanoin Rina and Muko Neika were also running as if they would not be defeated.
Since the remaining players were all part of the equestrian team, they all rode back and forth without any horse falling behind.
By the second lap, Ryutaro and Taira Kanna’s white horse were running ahead, gradually increasing the gap, and by the third and last lap, Taira Kanna’s white horse had gained the last bit of strength and the two arrived at the finish line almost at the same time.
After that, the head of the riding club and the vice head, Rina Nakanoin and Neika Muko, came in. When the scores were calculated, the red team won by a small margin, probably because both the first and second places were taken by the red team.
However, even if it was the same red team, we had to check who was in first place due to records, so the replay screen was slowly appearing on the screen. In the end, Taira Kanna’s White Horse tried to turn the tables and made a last-minute spurt, but Akina Konoe’s Ryutaro took first place by a small margin.
Maybe it’s because your name is Ryutaro, but it feels pretty good to get first place, right? It felt like I took first place.
“Wow, Ryutachi won~!!”
“Why is that saying Ryu Tachi!”
Seiza and Shii, who were watching the game, jumped up and down in excitement and hugged me. Since there were a lot of people watching, I pulled Seiza and Shii away and scolded them.
“Teacher, I won!”
“Good job.
As Akina Konoe spoke excitedly after returning Ryutaro, I patted her head. As she pushed away from being hugged, Akina Konoe seemed a little jealous as he stroked her head. Seizawa Shii Cha Chi ~! He glared at me and patted Seiza and Shii on the head. Then, his expression immediately calms down. Well, I don’t know if this is because I have a good personality or if I’m just jealous.
“It’s lunchtime now, right? Come have lunch with your family~!”
“Yes~!!”
“I wonder if dad is coming… ?”
Because there were customers, lunchtime was longer than usual. Since we were given a fairly generous hour and a half, there was no need to rush or eat.
Of course, since I didn’t have my whole family with me, I planned to eat alone. I tried to eat with Kijimoto Jurie, but Kijimoto Jurie said she always takes care of Naruse Shiyo, so she invited me from Narusega.
“Ryuta, eat lunch with me.”
Oh, I have a family. Taira Kokoro caught me on the way to the special class building.
“Is that so?”
If you’re Taira Kokoro, you probably packed something delicious, right? I smiled and nodded.
###
Seizawa Eiji arrived at St. Francis Girls’ Academy shortly before the lacrosse game ended and the horseback riding game began. Seizawa Eiji, Seizawa Shii’s father, was a sitting member of the National Assembly. Because he was still young, he did not have any particular faction or power, but since the Seizawa family itself was a prominent political family, he was a man who could become the future Prime Minister of Japan if he accumulated experience.
“Tsk tsk tsk! “I don’t want to see my daughter lose because she’s a politician, right?”
Ushin Minamoto clicked his tongue as he looked at Seizawa Eiji sitting in the parents’ seat. Despite Ushin Minamoto’s sharp words, Eiji Seizawa calmly ignored them like a politician.
“Haha! Is that possible? “I had some business to discuss with Thailand, so I couldn’t find time in the morning.”
“You’ve arrived just in time. “The horse riding competition is quite worth watching.”
Seiza and Eiji smiled and sat down at Taira Danzo’s words. Seizawa Eiji grinned when he saw Taira Kanna riding a white horse on the large screen visible from the parents’ seats.
“I heard a rumor that Miss Kanna is quite good at horseback riding.”
“Compared to his peers, he’s quite useful… No! What does that mean?!”
Taira Danzo, who was humbled by Seizawa Eiji’s praise, was surprised by the black horse shown on the screen. Since Taira Danzo was well-versed in horseback riding and was the owner of several horses, it was clear that the horse Akina Konoe was riding was an excellent horse.
“Still, I’m glad we’re on the same red team.”
“Okay. I think the red team will win.”
“The white team should win…”
While Eiji Seizawa and Danzo Taira predicted the victory of the red team, Ushin Minamoto hoped that the white team, which symbolizes Minamoto, would win since it was a match in which his daughter would not be playing anyway.
When the game started and the red team ended up winning as expected by Eiji Seizawa and Danzo Taira, Ushin Minamoto’s expression took a turn for the worse. Even if it was just a symbol, it was bittersweet when the white team, representing Minamoto, lost to the red team, representing Taira.
“Ah… !”
As the winning team, the red team, was shown on the screen, a scene passed by where Seiza and Shii were running around and being hugged by their homeroom teacher standing in front of them because they had won. Seizawa Eiji, who was watching that scene, was at a loss for words, and Taira Danzo and Minamoto Ushin opened their mouths with a smile.
“Shii is still the same. “So free-spirited.”
“Don’t worry too much. Because I was hugged without any meaning.”
The two spoke as if they were okay, but their expressions were full of teasing and a sly spirit. Seizawa Eiji smiled like a politician and said, ‘When I’m happy, I can be happy with my homeroom teacher,’ but he couldn’t help but feel big tendons growing on his temples.
Kazuo Kujo, who was watching that scene from behind, couldn’t possibly be hugged by Kina Kujo, right? She was looking anxiously at the place where the special class was gathered.
——-
Sportswear uniform Seizawa Shii
Exercise recovery Rena Sakagami
Exercise recovery Konoka Urabe
