........Um, Miss Alecia. Isn't it time we went to the kick target?

　It was about thirty minutes past when they started doing the pitching target.

　The Elinora sister's group had moved on to the next kick target, perhaps because they were satisfied with the pitch target.

　Throwing targets seem to be easier for the villagers to get used to, and more popular. While we were occupying the area, more and more villagers were queuing up.

　It's time for us to move on to the kick target.

"Wait. Just one card. Just one more card and I'll stop.

　Of course, Alecia is probably aware of such intentions on my part, but she still persists.

　In the past thirty minutes, Alecia has only pulled out one board. It might take another thirty minutes to pull out another one.
There is none.

　Rah-chan is satisfied with the fact that she has already pulled out all the planks, and her next interest turns to Eric and the others who are kick-targeting her. I guess it's only a matter of time before they get numb.

'Number five!'

　Aleixia silently grabs the ball and throws it to the target.

　Alecia's form and the ball's power is perfect, probably because of the trial and error of watching her sister Elinora's throwing style.

　However, it didn't hit the fifth, but passed the second that was above it.

'Congratulations!　You've shot through it beautifully!

You're very good, Lady Alecia!

　I've been able to shoot through the boards with flying colors, so I guess it's over. That kind of joy came up, and naturally, words of praise came out of my and Loretta's mouths.

　Alaisia's expression loosened for a moment, as if she was happy to get off the board, but it quickly clouded over.

'Yea, I couldn't pull out the number as I declared it, so no count.

　The moment I heard that line from Alecia, me and Loretta screamed "eh" in our minds.

　Loretta didn't say it either, but I could tell just by looking at her face.

　It's certainly not the board as I declared it to be, but I did pull one out.

　I manage to quiet her down and suggest a kick target, but Alecia is receiving the ball from the rim with a serious look on her face.

　The moment I saw Alecia like that, I realized.

　--Oh, this is a bad one.

　I've often seen that kind of serious look on Elinora's sister's face during practice.

　If Elinora's sister couldn't do a move that was even remotely satisfactory to her, she would continue to do it, even if she was determined to do it until she could do it.

　The look on Alecia's face right now, holding the ball, is just like her sister's.

　I'm sure she'll keep doing it until she gets a result she's happy with, no matter what people call her from the outside.

　Even Alecia, who seems to do everything without a hitch with her literary and military skills, is making an effort to be perfect like this, isn't she?

　I discovered this side of Alecia while spending the harvest festival with her.

　But this is just for fun! I don't think it's necessary to be perfect to have fun, but I understand the futility of saying that from Alecia's character.

　In that case, I'll just have to go out with him until he gets a girlfriend. It would be bad enough to throw Alecia out here and just me and Rah-chan go to kick target.

　All I can do is entertain Ra-chan so she won't get bored.

　I call out to Ra-chan, who is looking at the kick target.

"Lah-chan, would you like to play with me at the pitch target?　Except, with magic.

What, magic?　How do you play it?

　Maybe it's because of the keyword "play with magic" that Ra-chan's interest has shifted to this one.

　After all, Rah-chan is a magic aristocrat and seems to love magic. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it.

''This time, instead of throwing it with your hands, use your psychic to send the ball flying and pull out the board.

　I'm sorry to borrow another target just to keep me and Rah-chan occupied, so I'll make a new target with earth magic in the empty space.

　I was the one who taught Erman and the others how to build the pitching target. I've drawn up the plans and I'm familiar with the structure, so it's easy enough.

　However, hitting the target by magic is easier for us than hitting it by force.

　It would be useless to set them at the same distance as we were throwing them, so we set them up about 30 meters away from the target, for starters.

　After visually measuring the distance between me and the target, I use my psychic to float the ball that falls beside me.

'.........................Number five.

　Declare the number of the board to be shot through and send the ball flying with a psychic.

　The ball sizzled and accelerated rapidly and reached its target in about a second.

　It successfully shot through the number five board made of earth magic.

''Eh, eh?　I could barely see the trajectory to me...?

　Loretta is muttering something, stunned.

　After the fall, the snow falls in the winter.

　When that happens, the season of snowball fights comes in Coriat village.

　It's a good idea to have a snowball flying with this kind of accuracy and speed, since you can't compete with the strong village men and Elinora's sister.

　This level of skill is necessary. If you're going to attend the school and become a wizard like Shelka, you'll need it even more.

'Well?　It's like this, but could Ra-chan do it too?

'Hmmm, I don't know, I've never tried flying this far before!　But it sounds like fun, so I'll give it a go!

　Yeah, yeah, it's good to have a challenge.

　I put the board back in place after shooting out the psychic, gather the scattered balls and pass the baton.

'I seek, follow your will, telekinetic, psychic!'

　Maybe it was because there weren't many people close to me who chanted and used magic, but I felt like I hadn't heard chanting in a long time.

　Ra-chan used a psychic to keep the ball under control and levitate it in front of him.

　He then measured the distance, staring frantically at the target in the distance.

　Surprisingly, it's difficult to shoot through objects in the distance with magic, so it's important to understand the distance.

　Number five!

　As he muttered, Ra-chan sent the ball flying with a psychic.

　It accelerates beautifully and flies straight away. However, in the middle of the process, whether it was lack of magic or image, the ball dampens its speed. Furthermore, perhaps due to the resistance of the air, it gradually deviated to the left and fell five meters before the target.

''Ah!　You're not getting it at all, and you're way off target!

　Even so, a four year old could fly things over twenty meters with a psychic. He has plenty of talent.

'It looks like it was a bit too far, let's get a bit closer.

Hey!　Al did it from here, and I'll do it from here!

　When throwing with her hands, Ra-chan was content to throw from a distance once, even if it was a bad idea.

　But when it comes to magic, he doesn't seem to be able to back down. I'm sure that's how particular he is when it comes to magic.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you.

　Rah-chan ejects the ball with a serious expression using a psychic.

　However, it falls just before it misses the target, just like before.

　Rah-chan tilts her head and ejects the next ball nonchalantly, repeating the trial and error process.

　Next to her, Alecia throws the ball while checking her form.

　Where did the initial air of innocence go?

''This was supposed to be a casual game, but even Ra-chan got serious...''

"Lady Rana doesn't like to lose when it comes to magic.

　Loretta-san replied to my blurbs with a wry smile.

　As for me, I was just hoping to have some casual fun while saying squeaky clean.

　Somehow I wasn't in the mood to stop them, so I decided to follow up by using my psychic to collect the ball and put the board back in place.