Part 2
"Looks like you two caused quite a commotion eh."
"Yeah, I was just heating up the festival's atmosphere, just like you requested."
"Don't be so proud in saying that! You Baka-sama!"
"Paa!" Kuro Usagi used the paper fan to whack Izayoi. Behind them, Jin was busy dealing with his massive headache.
After those two were arrested, they were brought into an audience room in the operation headquarters.
Shiroyasha was trying to show a serious face while fighting back her urges to smile. Since Sandra was also inside the room, Shiroyasha could not do anything that was unfitting of her identity.
There was a man dressed in military uniform which looked like Sandra's confidant. He put on a high-pressured attitude and took a step forward, using his sharp eyes to stare down Izayoi.
"Heh! You are merely No-names, yet you dare to cause such a commotion at our festival! You should be prepared to face the severe consequences of your actions!"
"That's enough Mandra, this matter should be decided by your leader, Sandra."
Shiroyasha warned the person called Mandra.
Sandra stood up from the luxurious seat in the audience room, she then told Kuro Usagi and Izayoi:
"[Highborn of Little Garden] and allies, I'm glad that you all could participate in the [Birth of the Fire Dragon Festival]. Regarding the building that you two destroyed, Shiroyasha has agreed to help repair it. Fortunately there weren't any casualties, therefore I've decided not to pursue this case anymore."
Mandra angrily clicked his tongue. Izayoi accidentally spat out some words:
"Oh? That is quite lenient."
"Yeah, it's because I invited you guys to help me, the fact that nobody got hurt was a blessing in disguise. Based on the reasons above, you can pay the travel and repair fees as deposit first."
Kuro Usagi touched her chest, breathing a sigh of relief while Izayoi gently shrugged his shoulders.
"......Oh, since this is a nice chance, we should continue what we discussed this morning."
Nodding her head, Shiroyasha and Sandra dismissed everyone in the audience room besides Mandra. The only people besides those three left in the room were Izayoi, Kuro Usagi and Jin.
After everyone left, Sandra immediately changed her serious attitude and tone, rushing towards Jin, she revealed a youthful and cute smile.
"Jin! Long time no see! When I heard that your community got attacked, I was very worried!"
"Thanks, it's good to see you look so spirited."
Jin replied, wearing a smile. Sandra then showed a shy smile towards Jin.
"Hehe, of course. After I heard that a Demon Lord attacked your community, I wanted to visit you but Otou-san suddenly fell sick and to follow suit the inauguration ceremony, I couldn't find any time to visit."
"That can't be helped, but I really did not expect Sandra-san to be the Floor Master---"
"Don't you address her name with such insolence, you nameless brat!"
When Jin and Sandra were having their reunion talk, Mandra suddenly bared his teeth, unsheathing his sword and swung it towards Jin. Moments before the sword came into contact with Jin's neck, Izayoi used the sole of his shoes to take the blow.
Izayoi kicked the sword back to it's owner, although he was still wearing that frivolous smile, his eyes clearly displayed hostility.
He gave out a sharp gaze that seems to be able to cut anything that set their sights on him.
"......Oi! Since this is a casual greeting between two parties that know each other, you have gone too far. You weren't even planning on holding back were you?"
"Of course not! Sandra is already the Northern District's master! To respond with such unruly and rude behavior even though we invited the [No Name] community to attend this festival and also took such leniency towards your actions, it would damage [Salamandra]'s reputation! You [No Name] trash!"
Izayoi and Mandra glared daggers at each other while Sandra frantically tried to stop them.
"Man....Mandra-niisama! They used to be [Salamandra]'s allies! It's not courteous to use that attitude to treat them like this when we were the ones who selfishly broke off the treaty of alliance with them."
"Who cares about courtesy, our reputation is more important! I've said this before, but we are always looked down upon by others because you keep saying those kind of words...."
"That's enough, it's time you back off, Mandra."
Shiroyasha used a dismissive tone to advise Mandra to back off. However, not only did Mandra refuse to back down, he also stared back at Shiroyasha.
"[Thousand Eyes] should mind their own business! Even an ultra vie like you should have some form of abstinence! [Beasts of the South, Faeries of the North, Failures of the East] this phrase was said magnificently. Regarding the rumors, it must have been planned by the Eastern district who was jealous of the Northern district right?"
"Mandra-niisama! Please have some self-control!"
Sandra, who couldn't take it anymore, denounced Mandra, who had spoken too much.
The [No Name] company, who didn't know what was going on, could only tilt their heads while looking at each other.
"Oi, what is the rumor about, is it related to why you needed our assistance?"
Saying "Yeah", Shiroyasha looked around to see who was currently present, before taking out a letter.
"The reason why I wanted your assistance is written in this letter......you can confirm it yourselves."
With a surprised look, Izayoi took the letter and started reading the contents written in it.
"............"
After confirming what was written inside the letter, the usual frivolous smile Izayoi carried disappeared.
This unimaginable action that Izayoi did, caused Kuro Usagi to be shocked, before jumping to the back of Izayoi.
"Izayoi-san.......? What is written on it?"
"See it yourself."
Speaking with a undulate and rare tone, Izayoi passed the letter to Kuro Usagi who was behind him.
What was written on the letter was these words:
[There will be a [Demon Lord] attack during the Birth of the Fire Dragon festival.]
".....Eh....."
Kuro Usagi was momentarily stunned, before producing a shriek-like sound. Reading the contents next was Jin, who also did the same as Kuro Usagi.
Izayoi was the only one who could still remain calm, with an expressionless look, he asked Shiroyasha:
"To be honest this is quite unexpected. I thought it was a topic related to people fighting to get the rights to be the master."
"What!"
Mandra snarled angrily while the one trying to stop him was Sandra. Ignoring the two, Shiroyasha continued speaking:
"I won't apologize okay! It was you guys who willingly accepted this request before hearing the conditions."
"That is indeed true.......Okay, what do you want us to do? If you want me to take the Demon Lord's head, I'll be glad to do so! But I'm quite curious about this letter."
"Yeah, then I should start the explanation with the letter first."
Shiroyasha gave Sandra a look, hoping that she agreed to let her leak out confidential information.
After Sandra nodded her head, Shiroyasha started explaining with a serious expression:
"Firstly, regarding this letter, it was a top member of [Thousand Eyes] who recorded a prophecy."
"Prophecy?"
"Yup. Just so you know, [Thousand Eyes] has lots of gift users that can use the special [Magic Eyes]. And in the wide range of users, it also includes gift users who could [Predict the future]. The person from Demon of Laplace who foresaw the prophecy gave a present to the festival, which happens to be the prophecy of the [Demon Lord's attack]."
"So that's what it is! Which means it is a gift for foreseeing the future. Then, how much can we rely on this prophecy?"
"As reliable as throwing something up and it falling down."
The analogy that Shiroyasha gave let Izayoi have a doubtful expression.
".............Is that even a prophecy? If you throw something up of course it would fall down."
"It's a prophecy alright. The reason is, the person can see things clearly like [Who threw it], [How was it thrown], [Why was it thrown] and other factors. So, naturally he can deduce [Where will it fall], right? These kind of things are his type of prophecy."
"What?" Izayoi let out a shout that seemed to say that he had enough. Kuro Usagi and the rest were speechless to this fact, especially Mandra, who was so shocked that his lower jaw drooped. This reaction was to be expected.
Mandra, whose face was red, roared:
"Stop......stop joking! Since you know that much information yet only tell us that we will have a Demon Lord attack, this must be some nonsense meant to provoke us! Get out and scram back into your nest!"
"Nii.........Nii-sama ....! This fact Shiroyasha-sama is saying was supposed to be hidden ....!"
Sandra kept trying to appease the angry Mandra.
Covering her face with the fan, Shiroyasha ignored his actions and stared into the distance.
After Izayoi digested the information he received, he confirmed everything and asked Shiroyasha:
"So that's what it is, we already uncovered the culprit leading the trouble...... But, we can't reveal the name to the public?"
"Yeah...."
Shiroyasha gave out a vague response.
Izayoi revised the semantics, he then strongly questioned:
"Regarding this matter, in order to let the [Demon Lord] make it's debut, there is some counsel that's planning it ---- And that counsel [Can't make a public stand], is that right?"
Jin made an "Ahh" sound, he then looked towards Sandra.
Before coming to the Northern district, the words that they previously discussed with Shiroyasha appeared...
"Some communities do not appreciate someone so young with that much power."
If that said person was [Because of scruple and wasn't able to make a public stand], Then---
"What you mean is........There is a possibility that there is another Floor master that is collaborating with a [Demon Lord], to attack [Rise of the Dragon] festival right?"
The words Jin said echoed in the audience room, this was such a taboo term that not even anyone could imagine it.
[Floor Masters] were supposed to be protectors of order, but trying to break the order.
Shiroyasha gave a deep sigh while shaking her head.
"That is still uncertain. This matter came as direct orders from my boss, and prophets were supposed to keep the secrets stored up deep in their hearts. Therefore I'm not certain about this.... But, we can't deny the fact that the Northern masters are not co-operating with Sandra's inauguration, after all the co-operation was left with the Eastern masters like me. If the Northern masters had some sort of mysterious connection with the [Demon Lord's attack]..... Then this is could be a grave situation."
Shiroyasha softly pondered, while Kuro Usagi and Jin were left speechless.
Izayoi tilted his head, giving the look like he did not understand what was being said.
"Is this kind of situation that rare?"
"Eh?"
"Stop...... stop saying it's strange, this is the worst kind of situation! The Floor Masters are supposed to protect the communities from Demon Lord attacks! Which means that they are directly opposed to a Demon Lord attack!"
"But no matter what, the masters at least have a brain right? To believe that they won't harbor schemes just because they are responsible for maintaining peace and order, isn't that just a messed-up illusion?"
Izayoi's face displayed a contempt and unconcerned face. In his original world, people who were entrusted with changing the laws and then deviate from their political views to conspire schemes wasn't anything rare. Izayoi came from the time where anyone would be disappointed. Aware of this, Shiroyasha quietly closed her eyes and shook her head.
"Hmmmmm, that is indeed reasonable. If that is the case, as a keeper of peace, I'll definitely find that person and sanction him."
"But the current enemy mentioned in the prophecy is the [Demon Lord], therefore I hope that everyone would assist me in cracking the Demon Lord's game."
Hearing Sandra's remark, everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
Since there was a prophecy about a Demon Lord's attack, this was [No Name]'s first job.
After understanding the situation, Jin declared loudly with a serious expression:
"I understand, in response to the [Demon Lord's attack], [No Name] will lend their assistance to the two communities."
"Yeah, I shall apologize first, to you spectators. To willingly accept the fight without knowing the details about the enemy, it couldn't be helped......... And I also hope that you understand that this does not end with just beating down the Demon Lord. Hiding the truth now is just a temporary measure, it also serves to protect Little Garden's peace. I swear towards the two goddesses of [Thousand Eyes] that I'll punish the criminal severely if I catch him one day."
"[Salamandra] Also------Jin, good luck, I'll be waiting."
"I......I understand."
Jin nervously nodded his head. Shiroyasha removed her serious expression and let out a hearty laugh.
"You don't need to be that nervous! Leave the Demon Lord to the strongest Floor Master, Shiroyasha-sama to handle! You'll only need to set the stage and leave your worries behind!"
Shiroyasha opened the fan with the two goddesses, laughing loudly.
Although Jin understood the situation, Izayoi squinted his eyes and a look of discontent was present in his eyes.
Noticing the reaction, Shiroyasha covered her mouth with the fan and let out a bitter laugh.
"Is hitting the head only making you unhappy? Boy."
"No? After all this is a good chance to see how strong the so-called Demon Lords are. I'll be glad if you let me be the welcoming committee----But what if [Where and who defeated the Demon Lord] appeared, it isn't going to be a problem with you right?"
Facing Izayoi with the provocative smile, Shiroyasha could only hopelessly smile and replied:
"Okay, If there was a chance, I'll allow you to give the Demon Lord a head start."
And with that, the negotiation was set up.
After that, they stayed in the audience room and formulated the plan to deal with the [Demon Lord] once it appears.
Alleging Izayoi's attitude as being overconfident, Mandra tried to remove the [No Name] out of the game, but was abruptly stopped by Shiroyasha and Sandra. He could only unhappily accept the help from Izayoi and company.
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