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Ski Board and Snowboard
「Fuuh, there’s no problem with this now」
「Un, the door won’t open with this」
After we blocked the village’s chief entrance and exit with snowballs, Torr and Asmo smiled refreshingly as if they’d finished their work.
There are probably no other kids who would smile so brightly like this after playing pranks on others.
They haven’t been banned from participating in snowball fights from doing something vicious for no reason. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「So, what are we going to do now?」
「Right, you said you have something you want to play?」
I guess they don’t feel any guilt by making those vicious mischiefs, Torr and Asmo ask with innocent expressions like those children playing over there have.
「Un, it’s a game where we can play on a slope so let’s move to a hill」
It’s impossible to go snowboarding on flat ground after all.
I move toward a hill accompanied by Torr and Asmo.
「Un, this hill is fine」
Actually, snowboarding would be best on a mountain’s slope, but as expected, climbing a steep, snowy mountain is a hassle.
So we’re going to use a snow-covered hill and use Ice magic to turn it into a ski slope.
Arriving at the hill, I use Ice magic to make it snow.
「The snow is cold!」
「It’s only for a short while, endure it」
Tremendous snow is blowing fiercely due to the magic.
Torr and Asmo shrink their bodies feeling cold, but I asked them to be patient and endure it.
When the snow mass-produced with magic rapidly piles up, the hill with a gentle slope has turned into a ski slope with steep undulations.
「Oooh, the terrain has changed!」
「I know. We’re going to slide down this slope, right?」
Looking at the ski slope, Asmo said something close to certainty and with confidence.
As expected from kids at their playful stage, he immediately guessed the essence of the game I was trying to play. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「That’s right. But, it’s not just sliding down the hill normally」
I create a board with Earth magic while saying that and secure both of my feet on top of it.
Then, I showed them how I skillfully slid down the slope in front of us.
「So you’re sliding on top of this board while maintaining your balance」
「Ooh, that’s kinda amazing! It looks fast and fun!」
「I’ve slid down a slope on a board while sitting before, but I’ve never thought of using a board on the snow」
I return to the top of the slope using Psychic to float while listening to them saying that with curious and shining eyes.
「Make some for us too, Al!」
「Sure. But there are two types of it so try and look at which one you want to use」
Snowboarding is not the only thing you can do. It’s difficult skiing in the desert, but you could ski on a ski slope.
I make ski boards and poles, not just snowboards with Earth magic.
「Are we going to place one foot onto each of these longboards?」
「Right. Also, holding the two sticks there is also part of skiing. I’m the type that uses a snowboard」
「Which one is easier to slide down?」
I was a little troubled when someone asked me which would be easier, ski or snowboard.
「Hmmーm, both have their advantages and disadvantages. Skiing is much easier at first, but I guess it’s more complicated and difficult since you’re going to use both your hands and feet. While you will often fall down until you get used to using the snowboard, once you’re used to it it will be easy」
「Then, won’t it be better if Torr use the ski board?」
「Haa? Don’t make fun of me. Of course, I’m going to use the snowboard!」
Torr quickly snatches the snowboard after splendidly falling for Asmo’s provocation.
I also wanted to recommend the ski to Torr - who is not that athletic compared to Asmo -, but I don’t think he will listen when it has already become like this.
I mean, falling is all part of learning how to ride it when it comes to snowboarding. I hope his spirit doesn’t break though. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Then I’ll use the ski board」
Perhaps interested in something new, Asmo chose the ski board.
Skiing uses both of your feet on a board and it’s difficult to handle, but braking is easy instead. If your only aim is to slide down a slope then it’s the easiest to get to.
Just that, unlike snowboarding where it’s easy to develop the form just by doing it one way or another, skiing becomes more challenging as you progress.
I often saw experienced people skiing with distorted form after all.
「So you just put your feet here, right?」
「Un」
Torr put his feet on the board and I fixed it in place with magic.
「Yossha! Let’s go!」
「Ah, hey idiot!」
Then, Torr started to slide down himself just by imitating my hanmi form earlier.
I wouldn’t say anything if it’s Eleonora-neesan with her outstanding athletic ability, but Torr is mediocre, if not below.
There’s no way someone like that will be able to slide down a slope well so suddenly.
「What is this! Owaah!?」
And as expected, Torr’s posture was starting to lurch when he was in the middle of the slope.
He doesn’t know the proper way to fall or fall safely as he almost falls and hits the back of his head.
So I quickly used Psychic on Torr’s board and fixed him in place.
「……e, eh? Didn’t I fall?」
「I stop you from falling with magic. It’ll be dangerous to slide down a slope without knowing the correct method to slide and to fall, you know? This, is faster than you expected」
「Ooh, sorry」
Torr unusually apologized quickly, maybe because of my serious tone when I rebuked him.
He is my friend even though he’s like this. I don’t want him to get hurt when we’re having fun playing.
Let’s pull Torr closer with Psychic first. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It’s rare for you to get scolded by Al」
「Shut it, fatty!」
Torr regains his normal self after being teased by Asmo.
I was just warning him and not angry, but that was the first time I rebuked him so they might think I was angry.
Oh well, I would also be happy if I was able to tell them the risks.
「So where should I place my feet first?」
「Back a little from there」
「Here?」
「Right right」
After Asmo placed each of his feet on the board, I fixed them in place with magic. What’s left is for Asmo to hold the ski pole and the preparation is done.
「Now then, the preparation is done, but this is something where you will go quite fast just as when Torr slid down the slope from earlier so first let’s learn how to stop and fall safely, alright?」
「「Heeーi」」
It was dangerous to do it so suddenly, but I was able to make them understand the importance of how to break and fall safely so I guess it was fine.
「Okay then, first I will teach you the basics of how to slide and how to fall」
I start explaining the basics of skiing and snowboarding to them.
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「U, uooohhhh」
Torr - who slides down the slope - continues to slide down despite his unsteady form.
「Fugeehh!」
At first, he was maintaining his balance while slowing down, but he soon lost his balance and fell.
He hasn’t even advanced for 3 meters.
Asmo burst out laughing when he saw that.
「……Torr」
「What, what’s with those eyes like you’re looking at someone useless! Just standing on the board alone is difficult y’know!」
「Yeah, that was right. The kid I taught before was able to do it immediately that I forgot about it」
Maybe Maya - the girl from Jaisal I taught before - was a girl with outstanding athletic ability who could quickly master what she was taught.
Maya - who was able to slide down splendidly after a few hours - might be the strange one, but normal people are like this. Some people may take half a day or the whole day to finally be able to stand while gliding, and maybe I just had excessive expectations for Torr.
「Dang it, that face and the way you say it makes me so angry. Just watch, I will be able to slide just like Al in no tim—eeeoooooohh! Wait, wait, stop stoooppp!」
So Torr said as he tried to stand but he immediately lost his balance and slid down while sitting in a delinquent-like position. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
No, should I call it ‘being slid down’ instead? What an extremely unsightly manner of sliding.
You may also lose your balance when you stand up and end up sliding down the slope without being able to change your posture.
It’s dangerous to let him be, so I make him float using Psychic and pull him towards me for now.
「Thank you, but being carried this way is humiliating」
It is somehow reminiscent of carrying a monkey you captured from the forest after all. I feel sorry for him but I won’t say it.
「Try lifting the front of the board for now. You won’t slide down if you do that」
「O, ou」
As far as I can see, Torr is still lacking in his basics of skiing so let’s make sure he knows it thoroughly.
「Iyaahooo!」
Next to Torr who is sliding down slowly, Asmo is skiing with a lively voice.
As Asmo was sliding straight down on his ski board, he skillfully demonstrated braking by forming the skis into the character of ハ.
「Ah wellー, skiing is so fun. It’s faster than sliding down a slope while sitting on a board. Right, Torr?」
「Ugigigigi, that fatty. He got carried away just because he can ski a little」
Torr looks frustrated at the blatant provocation from Asmo. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Asmo had mastered things like sliding and braking, taking advantage of his natural motor skills.
While it’s easier to pick up speed and braking while on the ski board, that requires quite the amount of sense.
「Al, pull me with magicー」
「Hoーi」
Asmo’s skis slid down far away, and so I pulled his ski board back with Psychic.
If this were a mountain, you would be able to just slide freely, but this place is just a makeshift slope. It’s faster to pull people like this.
Although, pulling people over and over again is quite annoying, I’d like to make something that makes it easy for people to take their board off and return by themselves.
After pulling Asmo, Torr starts to slide down.
Just as I told him to, he slides down slowly and brakes properly.
His speed is quite slow. To be honest, walking will be faster than him, but basics are important.
Asmo grins as he continues to slide down after seeing such Torr.
Asmo started to get closer to Torr while braking and started to poke him with the ski pole.
「Come on come on, slide faster slide faster」
It was a common occurrence for ski players, to mess around with others with the pole.
And when you have two sticks in your hands, your childlike mind will make it so that you want to mess with others with them.
And so, the annoyed Torr reflexively grabbed the pole.
「Caught you! This brat!」
「Ah, hey don’t pull!」
If you pull his pole, Asmo - who is holding it - will naturally get pulled along with the pole.
If it’s normal times, it will probably be possible to stand firm but he’s on a ski board right now so he can’t stand firm and continue to slide down.
As a result, Torr fell down, bringing Asmo with him, who ended up falling too.
「Stop messing around, Asmo! It’s not funny to be burdened with you, you know!」
「Torr was the one who pulled my pole didn’t you!」
「……you guys, you really get along well with each other」
Even though their feet were fixed on their boards, the two of them still wrestled with each other at the end of the slope, making me fully realize that fact when I saw them like that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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