The day of the First Sanctuary Bowling Tournament has finally arrived.
There were plenty of participants so preliminaries were being held, until the participants can be filtered down to a specific number of people.
Even so, there were many participants, so I ended up needing to expand the bowling alley and add more lanes because Akane and, for some reason, Gnome said so.
The lanes already doubled to 20, but Gnome still complained that those weren’t enough. Just how addicted is he?
In the preliminary rounds which started early in the morning, the participating Sanctuary residents were throwing balls towards the pins using perfect form right in front of me.
「Hey, Sophia. Everyone seems way too good somehow?」
「Everyone comes to the bowling alley when they have time, after all.」
「S-so it was like that……」
Right before me, Doganbo-san was throwing the ball with a beautiful form.
He was a short-limbed beer barrel-bodied dwarf, yet it was amazing how he could achieve a very beautiful form without discomfort. Moreover, he had power so the momentum of the pins falling was impressive. That didn’t mean it was all brute force, I could tell that he emphasized on control with a hook ball.
「Hey, could it be that Doganbo-san’s ball is his own ball?」
「The Dwarves have all made their own bowling balls. They demanded the materials from Laeva.」
It would seem the Dwarves’ bowling balls were their own works. Laeva was being coerced by several other people, and it was apparently difficult to make a large quantity of balls.
「It was difficult because of how detailed the requests were for their balance and weight.」
「T-that sounds like a lot of work.」
It might be better to have various selections. I don’t mind everyone going nuts over bowling, but it would also be ideal to have some diversity, not just in sports.
The people of this world don’t have the time or luxury to spare on basic pleasures. Inevitable because they were desperate just to stay alive everyday.
However, this Sanctuary slightly different. First of all, there is no concern over daily necessities. They could choose their job, and there’s no threat from monsters, so they can afford to live better.
The lives of the citizens of Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and even Yggurle Kingdom were starting to improve, so beginning with bowling, but maybe I can take all sorts of suggestions, starting with bowling.
Twenty people, one for each lane, were selected in the preliminaries.
Among them, I could see Akane and Lulu-chan who were practicing whenever they have free time were a given, Sophia, Marnie, and Kaede.
Perhaps because they didn’t have much time to practice, Maria and Laeva fell through during the qualifiers.
Me? Of course I didn’t qualify either.
The others were the Great Spirit who got into bowling, Gnome and Undine. From the Dwarves, Doganbo-san and Golan-san passed.
And surprisingly, the Cat Sith sisters Miri and Lala also got through. Unlike other people, they’re small so they can’t throw normal balls. It takes them all their might to hold the ball with both hands and make it roll around……
「Heave ho, heave ho, EY!」
Goro goro goro……… kote, pata, patapata…… pata.
「Yay! Another strike nya!」
「Oneechan, you’re amazing!」
「「………………」」
The people throwing balls to the left and right of that lane were dumbfounded at the sight of the feebly rolling ball toppling all ten pins.
I understand how that feels. I, who failed to qualify, am far below Miri and Lala.
The main event was a competition of the sum of scores in two games.
I know that everyone scored over 200 in the preliminary round, so everyone who moved onto the main event were staggeringly skillful.
「You did it!」
「Kuh! How!? Why can’t I win!?」
Gnome crumbled beside a cheery Undine.
The result of the main event, the overall victor was Undine.
Second place was Sophia. She really has amazing athletic abilities.
And, who would have thought, third place was the Cat Sith Miri.
Fourth placer Gnome, who lost to the slow-rolling ball, was being consoled by the sixth placer Doganbo-san and eighth placer Golan-san.
Akane who finished in fifth place and Kaede who finished in seventh place happy accepted medals corresponding to their places, perhaps because they were satisfied with their scores.
And the champion Undine’s wish was………
「Could I make more springs in the meadow zone in the east?」
「Eh? You’re satisfied with that?」
「Yes, my familial (Water) Spirits have told me before. That they want more watering holes.」
「Well, if that’s what you want then I don’t mind, but don’t get too close to the roads.」
「Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll make them out of the way.」
Undine’s wish was unexpected, so I tried asking Sophia, who was in second place, if she had a wish.
「……u-umm, h how about we have a date, Takumi-sama?」
「A d-date, I-I don’t mind, but you’re okay with that?」
「Yes! Thank you very much!」
Sophia always accompanied me as my guard, so I thought it’s kind of like we’re always dating, but …… I probably shouldn’t say that.
「Then Miri, is there anything you want?」
「U-um, Miri and the others want clothes nya.」
「Clothes, huh…… right, you’re a girl, so you would like to be fashionable. Okay, how about we go buy clothes at the royal capital?」
Our clothes were made from Kaede’s threads, and the designs were left to Kaede and Maria, but the Sanctuary residents make their own clothes using the cloths procured by the Papeck Company. The children wore the clothes made by adults, but they were basically built for function, not form.
「Takumi, leave it to Maria and I. We’ll shop with all our might in the Royal Capital.」
「Yes! It’s not just Miri and Lala, let’s take this opportunity to also buy some for Sara, Colette, Shirona, Melanie, and Malorie.」
Akane and Maria said to leave it to them, so I, unfamiliar with fashion, decided to leave it all to them.
Akane and Maria will take the children to the Royal Capital. Well, I’ll be dropping them off and picking them back up though.
The members were Akane, Maria, Marnie, Lulu-chan, Miri and Lala’s mother Poporo-san, the Elves Melanie and Malories’ mother Melty-san, as well as the children.
「There’s a lot of you so you guys need an escort.」
「Takumi, Golan-aniki and I will be their escorts. That’s why you should invest some of the harvested rice for alcohol.」
Just when I thought they needed an escort because of the large number of people, Doganbo-san raised his hand up, and in return he wanted me to be a bit more lax on rice.
At present, we’re the ones who want to eat rice the most, so it should be fine as long as it’s just a bit.
「Understood. Then we’ll send some your way this autumn harvest.」
「Ohh! that’s a big help.」
「Master, Kaede is also coming so it’ll be fine 」
「Kaede, make sure you aren’t seen..」
「Kaaaaay!」
If Kaede’s coming too, then danger was very unlikely.
And so, the first ever Sanctuary Bowling Tournament quietly came to a close.
That had become a very exciting event.
Still, I didn’t think I would be tormented in various ways because of how exciting this bowling tournament was.
The day of the First Sanctuary Bowling Tournament has finally arrived.
There were plenty of participants so preliminaries were being held, until the participants can be filtered down to a specific number of people.
Even so, there were many participants, so I ended up needing to expand the bowling alley and add more lanes because Akane and, for some reason, Gnome said so.
The lanes already doubled to 20, but Gnome still complained that those weren’t enough. Just how addicted is he?
In the preliminary rounds which started early in the morning, the participating Sanctuary residents were throwing balls towards the pins using perfect form right in front of me.
「Hey, Sophia. Everyone seems way too good somehow?」
「Everyone comes to the bowling alley when they have time, after all.」
「S-so it was like that……」
Right before me, Doganbo-san was throwing the ball with a beautiful form.
He was a short-limbed beer barrel-bodied dwarf, yet it was amazing how he could achieve a very beautiful form without discomfort. Moreover, he had power so the momentum of the pins falling was impressive. That didn’t mean it was all brute force, I could tell that he emphasized on control with a hook ball.
「Hey, could it be that Doganbo-san’s ball is his own ball?」
「The Dwarves have all made their own bowling balls. They demanded the materials from Laeva.」
It would seem the Dwarves’ bowling balls were their own works. Laeva was being coerced by several other people, and it was apparently difficult to make a large quantity of balls.
「It was difficult because of how detailed the requests were for their balance and weight.」
「T-that sounds like a lot of work.」
It might be better to have various selections. I don’t mind everyone going nuts over bowling, but it would also be ideal to have some diversity, not just in sports.
The people of this world don’t have the time or luxury to spare on basic pleasures. Inevitable because they were desperate just to stay alive everyday.
However, this Sanctuary slightly different. First of all, there is no concern over daily necessities. They could choose their job, and there’s no threat from monsters, so they can afford to live better.
The lives of the citizens of Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and even Yggurle Kingdom were starting to improve, so beginning with bowling, but maybe I can take all sorts of suggestions, starting with bowling.
Twenty people, one for each lane, were selected in the preliminaries.
Among them, I could see Akane and Lulu-chan who were practicing whenever they have free time were a given, Sophia, Marnie, and Kaede.
Perhaps because they didn’t have much time to practice, Maria and Laeva fell through during the qualifiers.
Me? Of course I didn’t qualify either.
The others were the Great Spirit who got into bowling, Gnome and Undine. From the Dwarves, Doganbo-san and Golan-san passed.
And surprisingly, the Cat Sith sisters Miri and Lala also got through. Unlike other people, they’re small so they can’t throw normal balls. It takes them all their might to hold the ball with both hands and make it roll around……
「Heave ho, heave ho, EY!」
Goro goro goro……… kote, pata, patapata…… pata.
「Yay! Another strike nya!」
「Oneechan, you’re amazing!」
「「………………」」
The people throwing balls to the left and right of that lane were dumbfounded at the sight of the feebly rolling ball toppling all ten pins.
I understand how that feels. I, who failed to qualify, am far below Miri and Lala.
The main event was a competition of the sum of scores in two games.
I know that everyone scored over 200 in the preliminary round, so everyone who moved onto the main event were staggeringly skillful.
「You did it!」
「Kuh! How!? Why can’t I win!?」
Gnome crumbled beside a cheery Undine.
The result of the main event, the overall victor was Undine.
Second place was Sophia. She really has amazing athletic abilities.
And, who would have thought, third place was the Cat Sith Miri.
Fourth placer Gnome, who lost to the slow-rolling ball, was being consoled by the sixth placer Doganbo-san and eighth placer Golan-san.
Akane who finished in fifth place and Kaede who finished in seventh place happy accepted medals corresponding to their places, perhaps because they were satisfied with their scores.
And the champion Undine’s wish was………
「Could I make more springs in the meadow zone in the east?」
「Eh? You’re satisfied with that?」
「Yes, my familial (Water) Spirits have told me before. That they want more watering holes.」
「Well, if that’s what you want then I don’t mind, but don’t get too close to the roads.」
「Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll make them out of the way.」
Undine’s wish was unexpected, so I tried asking Sophia, who was in second place, if she had a wish.
「……u-umm, h how about we have a date, Takumi-sama?」
「A d-date, I-I don’t mind, but you’re okay with that?」
「Yes! Thank you very much!」
Sophia always accompanied me as my guard, so I thought it’s kind of like we’re always dating, but …… I probably shouldn’t say that.
「Then Miri, is there anything you want?」
「U-um, Miri and the others want clothes nya.」
「Clothes, huh…… right, you’re a girl, so you would like to be fashionable. Okay, how about we go buy clothes at the royal capital?」
Our clothes were made from Kaede’s threads, and the designs were left to Kaede and Maria, but the Sanctuary residents make their own clothes using the cloths procured by the Papeck Company. The children wore the clothes made by adults, but they were basically built for function, not form.
「Takumi, leave it to Maria and I. We’ll shop with all our might in the Royal Capital.」
「Yes! It’s not just Miri and Lala, let’s take this opportunity to also buy some for Sara, Colette, Shirona, Melanie, and Malorie.」
Akane and Maria said to leave it to them, so I, unfamiliar with fashion, decided to leave it all to them.
Akane and Maria will take the children to the Royal Capital. Well, I’ll be dropping them off and picking them back up though.
The members were Akane, Maria, Marnie, Lulu-chan, Miri and Lala’s mother Poporo-san, the Elves Melanie and Malories’ mother Melty-san, as well as the children.
「There’s a lot of you so you guys need an escort.」
「Takumi, Golan-aniki and I will be their escorts. That’s why you should invest some of the harvested rice for alcohol.」
Just when I thought they needed an escort because of the large number of people, Doganbo-san raised his hand up, and in return he wanted me to be a bit more lax on rice.
At present, we’re the ones who want to eat rice the most, so it should be fine as long as it’s just a bit.
「Understood. Then we’ll send some your way this autumn harvest.」
「Ohh! that’s a big help.」
「Master, Kaede is also coming so it’ll be fine 」
「Kaede, make sure you aren’t seen..」
「Kaaaaay!」
If Kaede’s coming too, then danger was very unlikely.
And so, the first ever Sanctuary Bowling Tournament quietly came to a close.
That had become a very exciting event.
Still, I didn’t think I would be tormented in various ways because of how exciting this bowling tournament was.
