Golf Showdown Ojou-samas! (2)

First up was Kurona-Ojou-sama's turn.

The spot Kurona-Ojou-sama had staked out was the seventh hole, the very one she'd recommended earlier.

[@tam323]: "she genuinely did recommend the 7th hole for real"

[Joabou]: "Kurona-Ojou-sama is too upright and honorable, isn't she? I might become a fan… …"

[Rieru]: "the golf Ojou-sama is a true gentlewomanly lady… …!!"

"D-don't be fooled, Karonites! This is exactly how Niconoir operates!"

"Yuki-senpai. Akari-senpai is starting to look like the small-fry to me… …?"

"You finally noticed, Karona-san. That's right, Akari is very good at pulling small-fry moves… and she's equally skilled at raising loss flags."

Yuki patted Karona's shoulder and shook her head with a weary shrug.

Raising loss flags was something one really wished she'd stop… but more importantly, let's watch Kurona's golf.

"Cha-Shu-Meeeen!!"

She swung her 3-iron through the slime at her feet, and with a pakaaan! the core launched out and punched clean through a goblin. Her hit rate looked to be around 80 percent.

"Cha-Shu-Meeeen!!"

"… … By the by, what on earth is that call-out!? Why 'Chashu Men'!?"

"Mm, do the young folk these days not know?… Ahem. Aah, it's a call-out with a long tradition in golf, Karona-kun. It's what my teacher taught me when I was learning the sport."

[Kusashige Renga]: "it's an ancient call-out that reeks of the Showa era… the person behind the avatar must be up there in years… …?"

[@beruki]: "even if it's a 'routine' thing, surely there was something better, no!?"

Apparently some of the Karonites were familiar with it.

"I-I see? So it's just a call-out, then."

"! Karona-chan, let's yell stuff like Tantanmen, gyoza, and draft beer to sabotage her!"

"Akari-senpai? I don't think such things are very proper, you know? Golf is a sport for ladies and gentlemen, after all."

"If you don't win, you lose!"

"Sora-senpai, Akari-senpai's words and actions are… sadly enough, squarely on the villain's side!?"

"Yeah. Akari tends to react this way whenever she's facing Niconoir… She's especially worked up today, but she's probably psyched up in front of the new hire."

That's not really the issue here, I feel.

"Kuku. Can you possibly beat this Chashu Men shot of mine…? For reference, Tantanmen and draft beer can both be struck on the same tempo, so they're in the variation pool."

"Kurona-san. What do you think of an Ojou-sama who swings a golf club while shouting 'draft beer'?"

"Kurokawa-kun. I never expected to be stabbed from within my own ranks."

[Oreshi0436]: "friendly fire lol"

[Karuari]: "no but, for real, 'draft beer' isn't very Ojou-sama-like"

[@torutoru]: "'Chashu Men' is pretty bad too, isn't it?"

"Look! The Niconoir folks have started infighting, Karona-chan!"

"Indeed they have. Rather than draft beer, I'd want her to go with at least red wine, or white wine, something along those lines."

To Karona's remark, Kurona replied, "Indeed. That would be far more Ojou-sama-like than draft beer. Let me give it a try," and readied her golf club.

"Red-Wiii-iiine!!… … Mm, a touch hard to say. Beaujo-Lais-Nouveau! … Hmm, this one rolls off better."

"What's that 'Beaujo Beaujo' whatsit?"

"… … Karona-kun. I'd recommend you take the Niconoir Training Program's Ojou-sama Grooming Course. Well, since you aren't Niconoir-affiliated, it would cost you."

[Akineko]: "Ojou, Beaujolais Nouveau, see, it refers to the new-vintage wine from the Beaujolais region"

"… … Isn't wine supposed to get better the older it gets?"

[Akineko]: "well, yeah, that, um, that's also true but. huh?"

[Hao]: "hm? now that she mentions it, why do we make such a big fuss over new wine… …?"

"No, it's to check the quality of the year's harvest, you see… … ack, dammit. I was running my mouth, and now my time's up."

Tap. Kurona rested her golf club on her shoulder and came back.

Forty-eight. That was the goblin downing count from Kurona's Slime Golf.