Volume 1 - CH 57

“Buhaha, Ahaha………Kouyou, you! Dahaha!”

“Akira, you’re laughing too much………..”

Me, Akira and Akita, along with Koyomi came to this big food-chain restaurant called Max.

“No~, to think that you are that bad at soccer…………”

“Or rather, you are not athletic.”

“Ehー, was it really that bad?”

“Koyomi, it can’t even be called bad anymore. Just remembering it…………Bufu! No…………I can’t help but laugh………..Gufuh!”

“Haah……Akira, I’m about to get angry soon you know?”

“No………..Sorry, sorry.”

“So? What are you going to talk about?”

“Yeah! That’s right! What matter do you have until you interfered with our date?”

“Koyomiー? There wasn’t any promise to go on a date thoughー? The one who is intruding is Koyomi rightー?”

The correct version was that Akira and Akita called out to me when I was about to go home and asked me to go to Max. And as Koyomi saw that, she accompanied us.

“Just when we thought we could use Kouyou. His body also left much to be desiredー……..but to think we can’t use himー………..it’s kind of wasteful right?”

“I don’t know. I refuse.”

“Well, don’t be like that, alright?”

“In the first place, you’ve seen it yourself right. How bad I was. You definitely can’t ask me to perform like that.”

“Yeahー! That’s why I’m troubled……..”

“Why do you need to fuss about this to that extent………..”

“After all, right?”

“Un, the shock from having the expectations or rather………..”

“Even if you say that, the one who put the expectations on your own is you……….”

“Yeah! That’s why I have decided! Because the one who have arbitrarily decided to put the expectations are us! We have the responsibility for having that expectations to the end!”

“Which means?”

“From now until the day of the competition………….we will train!!”

“Iiihh!”

“Heー, what’s the matter Kouyou?”

“Eh, I don’t want to though?”

“”Why!””

“That’s just what you forced on me by saying it’s your responsibility right? ”

“So it was found out……….”

“Well of course.”

I anticipated it in the morning regarding after classes.

This is my fundamental style.

There’s no way I would let myself be disturbed this easily/

I’ll fight to the bitter end.

“I’ll buy you anything you want at the cafe!”

“Yosh, let’s do it. Special training! Let’s play soccer!”

“Everyoneー”

“I remember~!”

I gave in pretty easily but I had no regrets.

Special training is important after all. UnUn. Let’s read my grandfather’s secret books on soccer and study it.

“Yosh! Then we’re going to start our practice immediately tomorrow morning!”

“Ah, can I join too?”

“Ahー, Koyomi is athletic so there’s no problem! Yosh! If Koyomi is here to cheer then Kouyou might try his best!”

“Okay then, let’s go for it!”

“”Oohー!””

“Oohー…………..”

And like that, we started our hellish training the next morning.

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The next morning I came to the school ground as instructed by the two of them.

“Kouーyouーkunー? Bold of you to be this late huhー?”

“Aah, sorry, sorry.”

I was about 30 minutes late.

“We’ve only got a little more practice left!”

“But I’m still doing my best right?”

“Ah, certainly………….wait, shut up! Late is late right…………..”

“I’m sorry…………….”

“Haah………..well whatever. For the time being you can start warming upー!”

“Yes, yes.”

For the time being, I did the simple warming up exercises that we usually did in PE classes while Akira and gathered to Akira and the others.

“Okay, first off, the most basic one, kicking the ball while running! Well, before that, run through this 50 meters course first.”

The width of one course is the same as that of a normal track used for track and field.

Well I’ll just run as I’m required to.

I ran as Akira started counting.

“Oh! 6.3 seconds! As expected, you really are fast………”

“Fuuhー, well yeah,”

If it’s just running then I have plenty of confidence.

“So next time, run while kicking the ball. Stay on course, of course.”

“Okayー”

I placed the ball at the starting point and let your breathing calm down.

There’s no problem. I kicked it straight ahead, and I just have to move ahead. It’s easy.

“Ready……….Start!”

As Akira started giving the sign, I started running.

The only difference from before was the presence or absence of the ball. It’s a piece of cake. I’m not that bad at it, as expected.

“Okay! Goal……………….32 seconds.”

“………………”

“Why does the time go up by 5 times?!”

“……………………..I wonder?”

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