Part 2
—— 「Thousand Eyes」 hotel famous 「Sukunabikona Hot Spring」.
Izayoi took off his clothes, wound the towel around his waist, picked up the wooden bucket with one hand and walked into the bathhouse.
Once he opened the door, Izayoi let out an exclamation.
“Oh oh, this is excellent.”
Cypress wood fragrance mixed in with the hot air stimulated his nose.
Just entering from the door, it created a hallucination of being lost in the forest.
As an open air bath, it was still covered in steam, the reason was because of the many walls in its structure. Taking away the field of sight in an instant, inhaling the hot air which carried cypress wood fragrance, the hallucination of being lost in the forest was born.
Walking into the bathhouse covered by marble, he randomly noticed the big tree used as a decoration.
That tree seemed to be cut from a branch of the giant water tree in 「Underwood」 and transplanted over, it not only complemented the scenery of the bathhouse, the warm water overflowed from the top of the tree trunk also transformed into a mini waterfall.
Just closing his eyes, the sound of flowing water and falling water chimed together, relieving his body and heart.
Sight, hearing, even smell received the highest satisfaction up to now. The design was also meticulous. Despite being slightly frustrated, it was as expected of the prestigious 「Thousand Eyes」 Community.
Once the sense of touch was satisfied by the most important hot spring, then he would have no complaints.
After Izayoi used the spring water to wash away the dust stuck onto his body during the mine Gift Game, he stretched his leg into the long awaited hot spring.
At this moment, a loud voice came from the other side of the steam.
“Good — Good good good, quite hardworking! You can drink more than you look, young man of Greece! Hurry up, the service girls also clap your hands!”
“Iya — So impressive♪”
“The young man of Greece is so impressive♪”
“Greece…Ugh, what was the name?”
“So forgetful. It’s the young leader Lugii-sama from 「Perseus」.”
“...Uppu”
Iya — Lugii-sama is so great!
—— The screams of girls called over for the sake of reception echoed throughout the bathhouse. There was only a thick towel covering the skin of the girls, such generosity.
Luilui whose name was mistaken until only the “Lu” was correct, seemed to be so drunk he didn’t even have the energy to correct it.
The slim him could be considered very hardworking.
Hot spring, women, good wine, although it was a common reception in the Outer World, it was a mismatch against the quiet bathhouse, the good mood Izayoi had was swept away, he hung his shoulder disgustingly. He was a healthy seventeen-year-old, so he did not dislike playing with flowers. It could be said he loved it. But he hoped to choose the type of girls based on time place situation.
Since the bathhouse emitted a forest atmosphere, and was able to satisfy all five senses, this was enough enjoyment, so in this situation, the quiet type of girls that could show off the other party’s manliness should be chosen to serve.
Although the nightclub girls from Kabukichō[1] were not bad, the more suitable choice was no doubt the former. Since it was a quiet bathhouse, wouldn’t it be enough to just smile gently and sip a few cups?
(Really. That nekomimi ochibi didn’t study well on this part huh.)
He must give him a good lecture later on, Izayoi thought as such, and added one into his reflection list. Next time when he visits the red-light district, the expense would be tabbed under 「Six Scars」 then.
As Izayoi was dazing at the door entrance, another man noticed him, Gry talked to him.
“Oh oh, Izayoi has come. Don’t just stand there, come over. You want a drink?”
“Alright. Gry also seems to enjoy it?”
“En. Rum is good, but this sake is also not bad.”
The gryphon Gry that transformed into human with Therianthropy Technique answered while holding a one litre bottle in one hand.
He re-evaluated his appearance, he looked like a tall and sturdy handsome man. Showing a hearty and noble smile was exactly the royal attitude. If he kept quiet and groom up, he would probably attract many women.
That’s why it was such a pity when he walked around in just a T-shirt and shorts. It was just like straw hiding the pearl.
(There is such a good man but they didn’t even look at him, it seems that these women are all business-minded.)
He changed his evaluation towards those servicing girls.
To avoid being detected by Mikado Tokuteru, Izayoi sat next to Gry, shook his head in grief.
“However, even though it’s Shuchinikurin[2], isn’t there any better place to hold the feast? The objective of hot spring hotel is to relax right?”
“I say, Izayoi. You just spoke something shallow. The usage of land varies. Some Hippocamp and Unicorn chose to build their nest in far away deep mountain hot springs due to their preferences. Compared to this, having a grand feast in a hot spring hotel is nothing strange.”
The value of land and choice varied from people to people. You could just hold a feast based on your own preference, the generous king of beast explained this way.
Izayoi also nodded in agreement and held up his cup. Gry poured wine without a word.
Gulping down the filled cup in one mouthful, the taste of sake lingered in his chest.
The sake should have been delivered immediately after pouring into the bottle from a newly opened barrel. The fragrance was stronger than those sold in the market.
Including sense of taste, all his five senses were satisfied, Izayoi soaked in the hot spring with a relaxed body.
“And then? It seems to be quite lively, are they playing a game?”
“Umu. Drinking a bottle, Mikado-dono started playing a game of telling bravery tales. Laus-dono lost after the third one.”
“Oh? Laius lasted quite long. Or rather, he doesn’t intend to hide his Divinity at all, huh. Then, which bravery tale was it? The duel against the Sun God? The war against the Asura clan?”
“Those are already finished. Right now he is telling the story of conquering 「Seven Great Demon Lords」.”
Izayoi shook his cup, showing a bitter face.
“...That topic is dangerous enough. Absolutely don’t let Kouryuu or Karyou-chan hear it. Speaking of which, do they know who is Mikado Tokuteru?”
“How could they know? To them the Buddha is their nemesis. If they know Mikado-dono appears at the Lower Floor ——”
“No, the 「Seven Great Sages」sworn siblings already know.”
The two looked towards the voice. What they saw was Mikado Tokuteru with a red face standing before them.
Izayoi watched him in shocked.
It seemed to be an easily approachable behavior in a glance, but Izayoi did not let his guard down. Ultimately, he did not understand the reason for this man to come down to Lower Floor.
—— 「War God」 Indra. Despite the many Military Gods, if asked who was the strongest and most famous, asking a thousand people and all would say his name. He was called Thunder God, War God, Hero God, King of Gods, about one third of the oldest Indian sacred text, 「Rigveda」[3], was praising him. Although later on he converted to Buddhism, most people knew about his Buddha God side better, his spirit status could rival Greek Chief God and the Sole God who were the most ancient gods.
If this man was not a double, but the real Indra, then it was hard to think that he just came for the reception. Indra was a main god that possessed such strong authority and power.
(......)
—— A god that needed to add three “super” in the title like him.
To actually fool around in the hot spring, letting nightclub girls to service him, the behavior that was like an evil boss trying to fuddle the new employee of a rival company, what exactly was the case?
(...No, thinking carefully, Indra from the legend was such a useless god. An alcoholic and womanizer, even being criticized as “doing only things that did not require him to move”.)
Izayoi lowered his evaluation of Indra in his head.
Tokuteru seemed not to notice anything, one hand holding the bottle, one hand wiping the corner of his mouth, fearlessly laughed.
“What is it? If there is something just ask me straight. Don’t need to be polite because I am the sponsor. It’s a naked feast right now. No need for formalities!”
“Oh oh, much obliged.”
Gry walked to the front as if protecting Izayoi. Even if formalities were not needed, Izayoi had that kind of personality. He was worried if the other side would get angry.
“I heard about the 「Seven Great Demon Lords」conquering story just now, but the current East 「Floor Master」 as you know, is the 「Great Sage who Devastate Seas」 who had fought against you. So my humble self is thinking if the other side will come and provoke you.”
“Ah, it’s about this. Mah, although there were some quarrels in the past, I have met the sworn siblings of the Sage[4]. They agreed to the 「Spirit Train」 matter based on this foundation. So there is nothing to worry.”
“...Heh? You managed to meet that Buddha-hating Karyou-chan so easily.”
Izayoi commented behind Gry. Gry used his eyes to warn Izayoi to have some self-control, but Tokuteru continued without minding it at all.
“How can it be so simple. Putting aside the grandson of Yellow Dragon, Garuda princess almost killed me after meeting. She didn’t change at all after so many year, that tomboy princess.”
“...Almost killed? You?”
“Yeah. After all the current me is in the state that will be blown away easily. Some time ago, I unreasonably saved my follower, and my spirit status was exhausted as a result. Thanks to that, I tasted five near-death experiences before coming here. Aiya, being popular is so exhausting.”
Huhuhu, the drunk Mikado Tokuteru laughed.
However, Izayoi opened his eyes wide, spoke with surprise.
“Saving the follower… could it be?”
“But that kind of thing isn’t important. Since I was destined to descend to the Outer World and reincarnate as a human. —— Then getting back to the main topic, if 「Queen Halloween」 and 「Seven Great Sages」 did not help in the recent war, we probably could not have won. Queen, with Saurian Demon Lord and Roc Demon Lord that rushed over to help, Shuten Dōji[5] and Bull Demon Lord that helped to repel the clones. I plan to provide rewards worthy of their names.”
“...Fumu. But would that Buddha-hating Karyou-chan honestly receive it?”
“Probably will. Because I indicated my intention to reward her from the start. As long as I say that we will release the souls of her sworn siblings that was imprisoned in hell, she would receive it no matter how reluctant she is.”
Mikado Tokuteru’s words caused an uproar to the people present.
Although he just finished talking about 「War of Seven Sages」 tale, the fact that he just offered the negotiations that was like a plea bargaining for Buddhism was met with a shock.
No matter what, the other side were Demon Lords. Once they were released into the world, they would become natural disaster level monsters. If it was about releasing them from hell, it would definitely raise objection.
Worse comes to worse, it would very likely ignite another 「War of Seven Sages」.
“...Hah. That is such a generous treatment. You have thought about the what if right?”
“Do you mean, when history repeats itself?”
“Ah ah. I am unsure about Kōryū, but doesn’t Karyō hate it to the bones? Won’t Little Garden fall into chaos again?”
“It should not happen. That time their objective was to save 「Great Sage Equalling Heaven」. And they had accomplished their objective. Although the Garuda tomboy princess is slightly dangerous...Well, when the time comes just let 「Twelve Devas」 run an errand. No need to worry.”
Mikado Tokuteru sipped his cup, happily letting himself be drunk. Daring to say “There is no problem when I’m here” in a roundabout way, it seems that he was indeed the War God.
“Hmm. I don’t hate big words, but let me witness how 「Twelve Devas」 can be useful.”
“Hahaha! That really poked my sore spot, you bastard!”
“Don’t try to muddle through. Didn’t you guys think about defeating Aži Dakāha?”
Izayoi strengthened his tone and asked. It was a rare sarcastic comment from him, but it was unexpectedly effective.
Mikado Tokuteru reined in his emotion, shook his head in denial.
“Putting aside the past, I have never considered it for even a bit now.”
“...What did you say?”
“He became a monster for the sake of pioneering the future of humanity, shouldering the sins of humans on his shoulders alone. Hence humans had the obligation to defeat him. — Hmph, shouldn’t you who fought him be clear? In that countless years, always hoping for the moment that a brave human would defeat him.”
Hearing Indra’s words, Izayoi could not help but started to think. That wish should have only been known to Izayoi and Jack who fought with Aži Dakāha with their lives on the line.
“You...fought with him?”
“Yeah. Because before that guy became the 「Last Embryo」, I am the one who sealed him.”
It’s not something I want to do again, Mikado Tokuteru cursed. That intimate tone, was probably because they were both born from the pus of the world.
“...Hmm. That is saying, the first one to beat that guy in 「Zoroastrianism」 is...”
“Ah ah, that was the time when I just descended as a human. My spirit status was stronger than now. There was a saying, Vritra’s extermination in the Indian pantheon had the same origin as Aži Dakāha’s extermination, hence it was more or less related, but it is another matter when I, who was involved, talk about it. At that time Vritra was definitely stronger by a lot.”[6]
Eh, Izayoi let out an unexpected voice. Izayoi had not heard about the story regarding that. It seemed that Aži Dakāha did not possess such enormous power from the start.
Mikado Tokuteru carefreely dipped his cup into the wine barrel, pulling out a full cup of sake, and continued his bravery tales(?).
“The question is when Aži Dakāha came out from the cave of seal. He only discovered that he became unbelievably strong after another fight. The 「Heaven」 members back then was routed by just a single Demon Lord, that was such a shocking event.”
“...That is indeed impressive. Totally deviating from common sense.”
“That’s right. And Yamata no Orochi, Death Eye of Balor, Fenrir, Heavenly Ox[7], End of Maya, King of Ending Century also returned following that tide, we who thought ‘That won’t do, what happened here’ went to investigate, we discovered that if there was no humans who could solve the 「Eschatology」[8] mystery of their spirit status, even the Almighty Floor (Little Garden three digit) could not win. God Pantheons annihilated by that rule breaking power were countless.”
It was not a metaphor, rumor had it that the oldest Demon Lord had vanquished millions of God Pantheons. It was probably a painful memory to Indra who was familiar with that past.
“「Host Master」 was created for the sake of sealing that guy… Have you heard about this?”
“Mah, I more or less understand.”
“Then it makes explanation easier, the key point is that. ‘Giving humans all kinds of trials (Games) during the sealing period, nurturing heroes and bravery!’ This matter, although it was related to the spreading of Gift Game, only Demon Lords up to year 1999 were successfully settled. We also had most of our authorities sealed by 「Omnipotent Paradox」 and 「End Emptiness」 when the Game became widespread, really, trouble comes in pairs. Mah, although using this as the chance, we opened the path towards the Full Authority Floor (Little Garden two digit).”
“...There was no one in the two digit before?”
“No, there are four. They are the originals that held the existence of Brahman[9] since birth. Their structure were completely different from us. Even now, including Gau****[10], there were about seventeen inside?”
It meant that most of the place were still empty. So many gods and buddhas were gathered, but only seventeen spots were filled in the two digits.
“Returning to topic. —— The only remaining 「Last Embryo」 was only Demon Lord Aži Dakāha but no matter what he could not be defeated… Understand? Even if we descend as human, we can’t beat him no matter how hard we try.”
The meaning held in those words, Izayoi frowned in shock.
“...That is saying, even piercing the heart also won’t do?”
“That’s right. The seal stakes on its heads and shoulders were applied by us 「Heaven」 when we descended. And we pierced his heart as well, but that guy still revived. 200 years ago Canaria and her companions also sealed him once —— Even so, it didn’t kill him.”
Tokuteru shook his head, stared at Izayoi with narrowed eyes.
“The three months after that, we also racked our brains. Sakamaki Izayoi. We interpreted the conditions necessary for defeating 「Aži Dakāha」.
①A human hero that possess the ability to defeat Aži Dakāha’s power.
②A wise person that solved the 「Eschatology X」 mystery contained within Aži Dakāha
③A foreign world hero who will challenge bravely knowing he can’t defeat Aži Dakāha.
—— Theses three conditions, didn’t you possess all of them?”
Mikado Tokuteru kept his hearty attitude, questioned Izayoi. The foreign world he referred to probably meant the Outer World Izayoi and gang lived. If Aži Dakāha’s spirit status was something along the line of ending human history, then Outer World humans had the duty to resolve that themselves, that was how he thought.
Then before Izayoi’s fight, they theorized something that could point out Aži Dakāha’s spirit status. His meaning was that the answer was within it.
But Izayoi returned the question with a suspicious stare.
“I understand what you are trying to say, but we didn’t examine into it deeply you know? At most we were suspecting if Aži Dakāha’s spirit status is that of a NBCR weapon.”
“...Fumu. Weapon of mass destruction huh. It’s similar in direction, but contrary to my theory.”
Eh?, Izayoi once again let out a voice of admiration. Simply mentioning NBCR weapon allowed him to understand the content of their theory, proving that this man was considerably reliable.
Izayoi picked up the bottle lying on the floor, spoke with an interested grin.
“Then, please allow me to listen to Indra-sama’s theory.”
“It’s Mikado Tokuteru. I am not that handsome god.”
“Ok ok. Then allow me to listen to Mikado-something-dono’s theory. In your opinion, what kind of natural disaster is Aži Dakāha’s...「eschatology X」?”
Fumu, he nodded exaggeratedly, received the wine poured by Izayoi, and took out a Gift Card from the wooden bucket.
“Alright. Originally this is not something that can be told to anyone living below four digits… but you are special. Little Garden and Outer World, and also regarding 「Paradigm Shift」, it’s better for you to know them. I will use a pseudo Geass Roll to explain from the beginning, listen carefully.”
He took out a Geass Roll after finishing his speech, and started to explain slowly.
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