Published at 25th of March 2019 11:09 pm

Chapter 121: Sal mixer

A sal mixer is apparently just a combination of futsal and a mixer.

It’s an event where guys and girls deepen their friendships while playing futsal.

Biyama was probably the one that thought of bringing both mixers and futsal into this world, but I’m sure maman was the one that organised most of it.

I trembled in fear at the duo’s power once again, while standing on an artificial turf in the Jaykay City with short pants and a blue, numbered uniform for some reason.

I don’t mind, but short pants and short sleeves are unusual in this world.

The women were especially interested in them, as they had never worn them before.

“Huh, it’s pretty easy to move around in these clothes. How do I look? Velt, does it suit me?” (Ura)

“Ohh, Ura. You look like a really cute athlete.” (Velt)

“Velt-sama! I, I, um……” (Eljiela)

“Eljiela, if you trapped the ball in your breasts, no one would know which one the ball is.” (Velt)

“Looord! What about me! What about me?” (Musashi)

“Yeah, it looks good on you.” (Velt)

This is the first time I’ve worn the samurai blue uniform in my life. (TL Note: Samurai blue is Japan’s national soccer team)

But man, I swear they look good no matter what they wear. First the uniform, now this, like, seriously.

However, I’m in a situation where I can’t just let myself be captivated by them.

“Oi oi, what the heck? There’s a human over there, a human!” (Demi-human)

“Whose slave are you! You filthy human!” (Demi-human)

“Oi, there’s a demon too! Kekeke, she’s pretty, I’ll make her my lover!” (Demi-human)

“Hey, why do you have a team of demons and humans? No way, can you like, not?” (Demi-human)

We’re currently on the fenced, perfectly reproduced futsal field inside the city. That’s great and all, but what was even more amazing, was the number of passersby and spectators watching it.

“Why do we have to play this? I mean, I couldn’t decline maman’s forceful request, but still.” (Velt)

“I have Velt, so I don’t need this mixer thing!” (Ura)

“Sheet. This is annoying.” (Farga)

“Ahahaha, I think it’s nice though. We get to do something actually peaceful for once. Well, I can feel resentment coming from the demi-humans though.” (Cleran)

“They should not be allowed to use such abusive language!” (Musashi)

“Uh, what race do I belong to?” (Dorauemon)

“I see, so the land world has quite a sorrowful division of races.” (Eljiela)

We stretched our bodies in dissatisfaction for various reasons, despite the refreshing new uniforms.

Futsal. No one else in my team has played this sport before. Farga and the others are kicking and feeling the round ball in curiosity, as they’ve never seen one before.

“Hou, so you just have to kick this ball and put it in that box.” (Farga)

“Kicking, huh. You can leave that to me.” (Ura)

“I saw some members of the Shinsengumi playing this during break time.” (Musashi)

“I don’t think I’m too good at ball games like this.” (Cleran)

“Fufu, it looks very fun.” (Eljiela)

“Bro, what are the rules? How many people are on each side?” (Dorauemon)

To be honest, I’ve never played a real game of it, so I don’t know all the rules.

As far as I know, it was basically the same as soccer, but with five people in each team.

“For now, we should decide our members, since it’s going to be a five vs five game.” (Velt)

Goalkeeper: Velt

Fixo: Farga

Midfielder: Musashi

Midfielder: Cleran

Pivot: Ura

Reserve: Dorauemon, Eljiela

Mascot: Cosmos

Yeah, this is good.

I didn’t think I would ever teach someone the rules of a sport, so I almost started laughing.

“Futsal, huh~. I’m pretty sure I played it with Juuroumaru and Milco during lunch break when Kamino made me start coming to school.” (Velt)

“Hm? What’s up, bro?” (Dorauemon)

“Nah, it’s nothing.” (Velt)

The second I indulged myself in deep emotion from remembering the past, a deep voice and a gyaru-sounding voice resounded throughout the field.

“Now! Are all you love-hungry beasts here now!?” (Yubamensch)

“C’mon guys, stop making a fuss over stupid stuff, and just have fun today!” (Althea)

“Mm-hmm! Alright, so! I’m the evangelist of love and courage! Yu-chan, and you can also call me maman~!” (Yubamensch)

“And I’m the Black Princess! Let’s seriously hype this game up!” (Althea)

While a great variety of demi-humans in various uniforms repeatedly glanced at us, maman and Biyama stood up on the stage as the organisers and started it off with a greeting.

What do you think happened then? All the demi-humans giving us unpleasant looks raised their fists in enthusiasm as if they didn’t even care about us!

“““““Fuoooooooooooooooo!””””” (Demi-humans)

Their shout was wild and crazy. However, it was completely different to the yells of soldiers.

Although some people actually came here to find a girlfriend or a boyfriend, most of them were in it for fun.

“Of course, we’re doing a sal mixer today, but some kiddies here purely want to play futsal, so don’t be too passionate, okay? But you should still have some passion, or else you won’t be able to keep going in this world! Now, don’t you want to make a harem?” (Yubamensch)

“““““I do!””””” (Demi-humans)

“Don’t you want to be all lovey-dovey?” (Yubamensch)

“““““I do!””””” (Demi-humans)

“Then let’s do it! The more you win, the more you’ll be able to show your appeal and become popular! The sal mixer-cum-futsal tournament will now begin!” (Yubamensch)

“““““Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah!””””” (Demi-humans)

Just about everything is amazing.

I thought we got lost in the Demi-human Continent, which was supposed to be a jungle of beasts, but didn’t we just get lost in Shibuya?

I could feel Biyama’s excited intent of wanting to see everyone play, instead of caring about whether we’re human or demon.

“Since we’re gonna be playing futsal today, you better not quibble over stupid stuff, ‘kay?” (Althea)

“Ladies a~~~nd gentlemen! We will now commence the exciting, opening match! On this side, we have the five close friends of the big orangutan man race, the『King Kongs』! Will they be able to defeat the other with their overwhelming power?” (Yubamensch)

“However~, standing in their way is the mixed-race team that’s playing for their first time,『Tonkotu Rameen』. Will they be crushed under the booing and the bashing? Or will they defeat the other? This will definitely be an exciting match! Wait, tonkotu? No, the pronunciation is…… tonkotsu ramen! Y’know, couldn’t you have made a better team name?” (Althea)

Geez, sorry, I couldn’t think of a team name so suddenly.

Now then, what kind of situation am I in right now? Why am I facing these uniformed gorillas with bulging muscles? Like, rather than being demi-humans, aren’t these guys just talking gorillas? Wouldn’t they just be normal gorillas if they couldn’t talk?

No, wait, these gorillas aren’t normal. Some of them dyed their fur blond, some red, and all of them have silver accessories on them.

So showy~.

“I’ll destroy you, uho.” (Gorilla) (Note: Uho is the sound gorillas make. Can’t find an english alternative.)

But man, they’re massive. The ball looks so tiny compared to them. Like, can these guys even play soccer, I mean, futsal?

“Goo, King Kongs! Crush the worthless humans and demons!” (Demi-human)

“It’ll literally be over in one shot with your power!” (Demi-human)

“Kyahahahaha!” (Demi-human)

Naturally, we’re being hated on, but I don’t care about that. Right now, I’m just worried about how we’re going to get through this.

“Uho, uho uho uho!” (Gorilla)

“We couldn’t make any girlfriends until now since they were all scared of how big we were.” (Gorilla)

“But now, our chance to become heroes has finally come, gori!” (Gorilla)

“We’ll overwhelm these guys and get super popular, uho!” (Gorilla)

Uwao. They’re trying to defeat us for an extremely impure reason, huh.

However, my comrades didn’t even falter the slightest by their arrogant attitude.

Well, I’m also a lot calmer than I expected though.

“Both teams have already started scattering sparks, so let’s get started with the match!” (Yubamensch)

“Hype! Go!” (Althea)

Maman and Biyama, who are sitting on the commentary seat, gave the signal for the game to start.

However, one of the gorillas was already in the middle, ready to kick the ball.

“Ohh! This is unexpected! One of the King Kongs kicked the ball as the game started! However, their power should have enough force to blow the whole goal anyway, no matter how far they’re kicking from! Will this give them the head start?” (Yubamensch)

“They started off with their one-point-one-kill, Neo Gorilla Kick!” (Althea)

It’s almost like a cannon shell.

The ball furiously rotated in the air as it came towards me.

However,

“Fuwa fuwa parry.” (Velt)

My current self can handle it.

“Unlucky. You got no points nor kills.” (Velt)

Because of my new power.

“! No, no, no way, uho! My gorilla kick! Was stopped by such a small human!” (Gorilla)

I killed the power of the ball by making dozens of air walls and finished it off with my turbulence-wrapped hands, which counterbalanced all of the ball’s power.

Power of that extent doesn’t work on me any more.

“Wha wha wha wha, what! That surprised me! Goalkeeper Velt easily caught the gorilla kick, that boasts of having extraordinary power, with one hand! This is shocking!” (Yubamensch)

“That’s crazy! Velt is making a triumphant face from that one! How shocked could the King Kongs be?” (Althea)

The spectators are making a commotion too.

It makes me feel pretty good to triumph over the people that talk trash about me.

“Cleran!” (Velt)

“Leave it to me, otouto-kun!” (Cleran)

I immediately threw the ball to Cleran. One gorilla was standing in her way to defend their own goal.

“I’ll stop it, gori!” (Gorilla)

“Fufu~nn. Transformation, Mirage Rabbit.” (Cleran)

“Whaa!” (Gorilla)

Cleran’s ears suddenly turned into rabbit ears as she started dribbling.

Cute? I mean, anyway, the gorilla in front of her was taken aback, and she easily surpassed him.

“Eh? She got through him so easily!” (Althea)

“That was the Mirage Rabbit! The Mirage Rabbit that inhabits the Elband Plateau has the ability to create a mirage. It’s said that they can escape from ferocious, carnivorous creatures using that ability, but to think she would use it to dribble, that was truly a mirage dribble!” (Yubamensch)

Voices of admiration leaked out of the spectators as they heard that name.

At any rate, I’m sure the rabbit that was eaten by Cleran didn’t think that their ability would be used like this.

“Okay, Ura-chan, here you go!” (Cleran)

“Leave it to me.” (Ura)

Cleran rolls the ball to Ura after passing through the defence.

There are two people in front of Ura, the defender and the goalkeeper.

“I won’t let you get past me, uhoho!” (Gorilla)

“I’ll send you flying.” (Gorilla)

Ura went on to kick the ball without caring. However, the gorilla came up and tried to kick the ball away.

“You should run, uhoho. Your small body will get messed up if it goes against my power, uhoho.” (Gorilla)

“No worries. Velt is the only one that’s allowed to mess up my body. I won’t let anyone else in this world do anything to it.” (Ura)

“Here I come, uhoho! Extreme strength kick!” (Gorilla)

“Makyokushin Karate, Ravaging Low Kick!” (Ura)

Both of them clashed through the ball with all their might.

Under the intense noise of an explosion and a flash of light, one gorilla flew up in the air.

“Wha wha wha wha wha, what, he he he, he was sent flying! No, no way, how could such a slender girl win against him in a battle of power!” (Yubamensch)

“This is totes unbelievable! Like, Asakura, you’re seriously gonna get killed if you cheat on her.” (Althea)

Yeah, I think so too.

“Tch.” (Ura)

However, Ura only clicked her tongue.

Even though her powerful kick sent the ball flying towards the goal without the goalkeeper being able to move a single step……

“I couldn’t adjust the direction. I still have a lot to learn.” (Ura)

A great, vibrating noise resounded across the field. It was the sound of the ball hitting the goal post, to which no one could react to.

“Ohh, that was so close! It just hit the post!” (Yubamensch)

“The ball’s flying away! Chase after it, quick!” (Althea)

Unfortunately, it didn’t go in. The ball floated in the air after hitting off of the goal post.

“Foock, just kick it in properly.” (Farga)

Before anyone could start running to the ball, Farga, who was supposed to be near our goal, dived into the net, together with the ball.

Although there were some bashing and some commotion at the start, by the time everyone had realised what had happened, the crowd finally gave us a loud cheer, filling up the field.

“Goooooooooooooal!” (Demi-human)

“Wha, no way, what was that right now!” (Demi-human)

“Tha, that human, was so fast! He disappeared, and in the next moment, he had jumped into the goal!” (Demi-human)

“No, the goalkeeper was way more impressive! Could you catch that gorilla kick with one hand like that?” (Demi-human)

“That human woman was amazing too! She easily dribbled past one of them!” (Demi-human)

“And the demon woman had so much power, even though she has such a slender body!” (Demi-human)

That truly dumbfounded everyone.

“Damn, it looked like he teleported or something, but what did that orange headed guy do?” (Althea)

“Fufu~n, that was the ultimate step『Ground Shrinker』.” (Yubamensch)

“Ground Shrinker?” (Althea)

“He doesn’t run. He doesn’t walk. He steps in and jumps. It’s an advanced technique that only warriors that specialise in thrusting their weapons, will learn. With just one step, he jumped into the opponent’s goal from his own goal at an unperceivable speed.” (Yubamensch)

“Haa? That’s totes unbelievable!” (Althea)

“You need to be naturally gifted, have well-trained muscles, have an understanding of your own body and get the right timing, or else you wouldn’t be able to master that power.” (Yubamensch)

I didn’t know it had that kind of official name.

Anyway, can you really call this futsal? I mean, I used magic so it’s kinda hypocritical, but everyone here is just using their own abilities.

“That one was all thanks to my assistance.” (Ura)

“Foock. Instead of hitting the post, you could’ve at least put it in.” (Farga)

“Geez, don’t fight. Nice one, both of you!” (Cleran)

“Uoooh, I, I have not yet done anything! Next time, next time for sure, I will be the one to cut my way through!” (Musashi)

“Nice goal, bro!” (Dorauemon)

“You all played wonderfully!” (Eljiela)

“Kyau! Baa! Baa! Bau!” (Cosmos)

I guess it doesn’t matter.

The umpire and the spectators aren’t saying anything, so who cares. Like, the spectators are getting excited instead.

“But man, it went a lot better than I thought it would. Since we can use magic and abilities, we’re probably going to win, aren’t we?” (Velt)

“What are you on about, Velt? Of course, we’re aiming for the victory!” (Ura)

“It’s troublesome, but if we’re doing it, we have to win it.” (Farga)

Victory, huh. That’s the first time I’ve heard that word ever since the athletics festival.

‘Let’s all combine our powers and do our best’. It kinda felt like a lame teenage drama.

And yet, right now, I’m really enjoying myself.

Yeah, I should stop being stubborn about calling it being boring, and have fun instead.

Should we go for the victory?

And then, the second I thought that,

“Huh~, wow. As expected of the people that the chief recognised, you’re pretty good.” (?)

I heard the voice of a single demi-human.

He sounded so different from all the other spectators in the crowd, that we reflexively turned around.

“I want to play a match too.” (?)

Young. Because of his androgynous looks, I thought he was a woman for a moment.

He has a gentle smile and silky black hair with bangs. I don’t feel any intimidation or force from him, and he seems very relaxed.

However, the moment that demi-human came closer,

“Ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhh!” (Musashi)

Musashi raised a loud voice.

“Hey, Musashi, how are you?” (?)

The man greeted her. Huh? Like, haven’t I seen this guy somewhere?

Then, the demi-humans that realised his presence suddenly raised voices of excitement.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaa! Dreamyyyyyy!” (Demi-human)

“Uo, uooo, he actually came! The favourite for this tournament!” (Demi-human)

“He’s from that futsal team made up of the warriors of the Shinsengumi!” (Demi-human)

“The MVP of last year’s tournament!” (Demi-human)

“The genius, top player in the demi-human world, that won three consecutive tournaments!” (Demi-human)

Ah, I remember now! He’s Musashi’s former boss that I met in Shiromu!

“The leader of the Shinsengumi’s first unit! Sorushi Ouki!” (Demi-human)

Oi, what the hell is the Shinsengumi doing here!

“Fufufu, now then, can you show me more? Or, is that the limit of your power?” (Sorushi)

Ah?

His attitude’s getting on my nerves.

No matter what we do, he still had a nonchalant face and looked down on us like a parent praising a child.

“Neo Gorilla Kick!” (Gorilla)

“Fuwa fuwa parry!” (Velt)

It made me want to scare him out of his wits.

“Ohh, wow! Velt caught another one with one hand! He perfectly made the ball lose its power and blocked it!” (Yubamensch)

“Uwaa, that, that’s crazy, he’s crazy! Like, seriously, he’s totally soaked in this world of magic!” (Althea)

“The King Kongs are once again dumbfounded! Now, the Tonkotu Rameen team should be going for another point here! Oh, Musashi is asking for him to pass the ball here!” (Yubamensch)

The flow of the match is leaning towards us.

I was able to catch the opponent’s strong kick without any trouble, so we should take advantage of their flustered states and score another point.

“Huh~, you’re pretty good. As expected of the chief’s favourite boy. Remote Control Velt-kun, you’ve improved.” (Sorushi)

Like I said, stop it with the remote control thing! If you spread that name across the world, I’m gonna beat you to death!

“Looord! Please! Please, I beg of you, pass the ball to me!” (Musashi)

“Alright, go, Musashi! Go get them, and dumbfound your former boss!” (Velt)

“Yes! Gladly! I am truly, extremely delighted! Now, here I come!” (Musashi)

You better watch this one. We’ll wipe off that stupid look on your face with an overwhelming difference in points.

Farga, Cleran and Ura all used their own powers and abilities. It’s your turn now, Musashi!

However……

“Yoh, oro, ata, hoh, ara.” (Musashi)

“…………… I got it, uho!” (Gorilla)

“Ahhhhhhhhh!” (Musashi)

…… Oi……

“No, no way! Musashi got the ball easily taken away from her!” (Yubamensch)

Musashi got the ball taken away from her.

“Nu, this time fo-, oro?” (Musashi)

“Musashi kicked and missed! This is embarrassing!” (Yubamensch)

Musashi kicked with all her might and missed.

“It, it went up. It’s mi-, buhe!” (Musashi)

“Musashi got hit in the face! Oh dear, she has a nosebleed now!” (Yubamensch)

Musashi tried to get the ball in the air, but it hit her on the face instead.

“Ohhhhh! Musashi missed again! The King Kongs are in control of the ball!” (Yubamensch)

…………… Oi!

“O, oryo~, lo, lord~~~~~.” (Musashi)

Musashi’s already on the verge of tears.

After coming this far, everyone only had one thought in their mind.

“He, hey……” (Demi-human)

“That tigerman girl.” (Demi-human)

“Sis.” (Jubei)

“Musashi-sama.” (Ushiwaka)

“Elder sister.” (Benkei)

“Geez, Musashi……”

“No way……”

Yup,

“““““Is so freaking baaaaaaaad!””””” (Everyone)

Musashi shows such sharp movements in battle, and yet, here, she’s so slow that I can’t even see a fragment of her usual style.

She looks just like one of those people that wouldn’t know what to do in P.E lessons at school.

“Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! The game is now, over! The score was three to zero, so it’s the Tonkotu Rameen team’s win!” (Yubamensch)

We……… somehow won the game.

“Uuu~, I, I……” (Musashi)

However, one of us was depressed.

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