Part 4
After that, Leticia and the female shop assistant left the guest room. The remaining ones were Izayoi, Asuka, Kasukabe, Kuro Usagi, Jin, Shiroyasha as well as the pointy-hatted faerie.
Shiroyasha occupied the center of the guest room, placing her elbows on the table, she announced in a serious voice:
"Then everyone, we shall now discuss on how to make Kuro Usagi's referee attire more sexier and cuter...."
"No, we won't."
"Let's start."
"No, we won't!"
The mischievous Izayoi seconded Shiroyasha's proposal, with Kuro Usagi rejecting it instantly.
Asuka, who couldn't stand the conservation between those three, suddenly thought of her red dress.
"Oh yeah, the attire Kuro Usagi is wearing was put together by Shiroyasha, right? Then what about this red dress that I'm wearing?"
"Oh! So it was the clothes that I've sent to her right?! Kuro Usagi said she liked that dress, but regrettably it didn't suit her. Especially due to those valuable beautiful legs....."
"That dress was rejected due to Shiroyasha's abnormal ideas. Kuro Usagi thought that the dress was quite cute.........So Kuro Usagi thought it was a waste to just leave it in the closet. Luckily Asuka-sama is suited to wear red."
"Hehe, thanks. The attire Kuro Usagi is wearing also suits you."
After Asuka thanked her, Kuro Usagi let out a "Wuuu" sound, showing a complex expression.
Showing a crafty smile, Shiroyasha started the main topic:
"Okay, we should put the matter regarding the attire aside for now. Actually, I want Kuro Usagi to be the referee for tomorrow's match."
"Aiyaya? That is kind of abrupt, may I inquire what's the reason?"
"Yup. Because of the commotion you guys made, the knowledge about a [Moon Rabbit] being here has been made public, so the crowd has been looking forward to seeing the moon rabbit in tomorrow's gift game. Since the news of a [Highborn of Little Garden] has already been spread, of course we would let you go on stage. So I hope that you would officially ref the game tomorrow, of course I would prepare remuneration for you."
So that's why~ Everyone understood the situation.
"Kuro Usagi understands. Then the job of the referee for tomorrow's game should be handled by me, Kuro Usagi."
"Yeah, Thanks.....Then, regarding the referee attire, you will wear the translucent black sexy vest shirt that is woven with lace....."
"No, I won't."
"Yes, you will."
"Completely rejected! Ah~ Really! Please have some sense of proportion, Izayoi-san!"
Seeing Izayoi being so disruptive, Kuro Usagi, with her rabbit ears on end, lost her temper.
At another side, Kasukabe who was minding her business, suddenly came back and asked Shiroyasha:
"Shiroyasha, who am I facing for tomorrow?"
"Sorry, this I can't tell you. It's not fair for the [Host] to reveal it, right? The only thing I can tell you now is the communities' names."
"Pa!" Shiroyasha snapped her fingers.
The parchment that appeared in today's match made it's appearance again, with the same article emerging out.
Looking at the community's names that were written on it, Asuka widened her eyes in shock.
" [Will-O'-Wisp] and [Rattenfänger]?!"
"Yeah. Although uncommon, but both communities are from 6-digit outer gate, which is the next floor. I can't say much, but I recommend you'd better be mentally prepared for this."
Hearing Shiroyasha's serious advice, Kasukabe nodded her head.
Izayoi, on the other hand, stared at the parchment and started laughing uneasily.
"Oh....[Rattenfänger]? The [Rat-catching clown] community? Then tomorrow's enemy would be, the Pied Piper of Hamelin?"
Eh? Asuka replied with a shock.
But her sound was being drowned by Kuro Usagi and Shiroyasha's lamented sound.
"The... The [Piper of Hamelin]!?"
"Wait, what are you saying, kid? Explain yourself in detail."
Facing both people's surprised expression, Izayoi couldn't help but repeatedly blink his eyes.
Shiroyasha, using a low tone of voice, started questioning more about the specific background:
"Oh, sorry. You probably didn't know this since you'd just arrived——[Piper of Hamelin], was the name of a community that served under a certain [Demon Lord].
"What?"
"The Demon Lord's community name was [Grimm Grimoire]. It was a summoner who was the Demon Lord, the community having previously summoned demons from over 200 grimoires."
"Multiple demons could be summoned from a grimoire. What needed the most attention was, everything was included in the grimoire, who had different world background. The grimoires was just like a playing disk, having clearly-defined rules and coercive strength, a truly terrifying and strong Demon Lord."
"Oh~~?"
Izayoi's eyes started flashing brightly. Kuro Usagi continued talking:
"When the Demon Lord lost a gift game to a certain community, he should've died.....But then Izayoi said that [Rattenfänger] was the [Piper of Hamelin]. Kuro Usagi is not well-versed towards children stories, so just in case, could you give an explanation?"
Kuro Usagi's nervous expression was probably on alert with regards to the appearance of the Demon Lord.
After thinking for a while, Izayoi let out a mischievous expression while stretching his hand out to grab onto Jin's head.
"I understand the situation. Sooooo, we will have our Chibi-sama explain everything."
"Eh? Ah, okay."
Everyone turned their sights towards Jin. Although Jin replied, he still felt nervous due to the question suddenly being placed upon himself. Izayoi pulled Jin's head towards himself, whispering to him:
"........The chance for you to present yourself has come, show some results."
"Yeeee......Yes!"
Coughing once, Jin straightened his gown, before starting to slowly describe:
"[Rattenfänger] means [Rat catcher] in German. In regards to this rat catcher, it is the metaphor for the book written by the Grimm Brothers---- [Piper of Hamelin]."
Everyone nodded their heads, Jin continued speaking:
"Among the children tales written by the Grimm Brothers, there were a number of them written using history as a reference. [Piper of Hamelin] was one of them. With [Hamelin], it was the name of a city that became the setting."
There was an inscription that became the prototype for the Grimm Brother's tale [Piper of Hamelin]:
—Year 1284, John and Paul's day 26th of June.
A piper dressed in multicolored robes lured 130 Hamelin-born children and they all disappeared at the execution grounds near the hills—
The inscription was a narrative based on an actual event, displayed on a piece of stained-glass.
It later became one of the Grimm Brother's tales, with [Piper of Hamelin] as the title.
"Yeah, then why must the rat catcher be used as a metaphor?"
"Because the clown featured in the Grimm Brother's tales, was a rat-catching clown."
Jin smoothly answered Shiroyasha's question, while Asuka who was besides him silently breathed in air.
(He said......[Rat-catching] clown .....?)
The incident during the attack flashed past in Asuka's thoughts. Thinking about it, when she was attacked, there was a dissonant flute sound being played.
"Yeah........[Rattenfänger] and [Piper of Hamelin] eh......In this way, the chance of the remnants of the Demon Lord sneaking into the Birth of the Fire Dragon festival may be quite high."
"YES. Since participant's can't make use of the [Host Master] privilege, that line is highly likely."
"Ah? What does that mean? That is the first time I've heard that."
"Oh oh, that's right. After hearing that the Demon Lord would appear, I arranged for some countermeasures. Which means using my [Host Master] privilege, there was an additional rule included in the festival. For more details, you can refer to this."
Shiroyasha snapped her hand and another parchment appeared, what was written on it was various matters regarding the festival
[§ Birth of the Fire Dragon Festival §]
·Various matters to note when attending the Festival.
1.- All Gift Games between Communities on the stage area and the free area are forbidden.
2.- Participants with [Host Master] privilege are forbidden to enter without permission of the festival's host.
3.- The use of the participants'[Host Master] privilege is forbidden inside the festival area.
4.- Trespassing into the festival's boundaries, both the stage area and the free area, is forbidden to people outside the participants.
Vow: Respecting the described content, the two communities that host this Gift game based on their glory and flag.
[Thousand Eyes] *Stamp*
[Salamandra] *Stamp*
Reading the contents of the parchment, Izayoi slightly nodded his head.
"[People apart from the participants are unable to enter the game], [Participants are unable to use the Host Master privilege] right? Indeed, according to this rule, the Demon Lord attacking here will be unable to use the [Host Master] privilege."
"Yeah, anyways, what can be controlled is already controlled."
Really? Izayoi agreeingly nodded his head.
While on another side, Kuro Usagi asked Jin with a surprised tone of voice:
"But it's quite shocking. Jin-bocchan, where did you acquire the information regarding the [Piper of Hamelin]?"
"That........That is nothing special, it's just that when I brought Izayoi to the stack room, I also looked at the books..."
"Oh, really? But no matter what you say this information is quite useful. However it would be quite knotty if the enemy is the winner of the game, we should start monitoring before Sandra-sama loses face and has her pride hurt——When any accident happens then, it will be your turn to help."
Everyone from [No Name] started nodding, with the exception of Asuka who had an unsettling feeling in her head.
([Rattenfänger] is under a Demon Lord.....? Then this child is----?)
Asuka looked at the pointy-hatted faerie who was happily sleeping on her lap, she who claims that she came from [Rattenfänger].
However, Asuka didn't think that this faerie was any grotesque thing. Although she wanted to bring up this matter to everyone, but when it was her turn, nothing could come out from her mouth.
Still with an unsettling feeling in her heart, she returned to her own room, preparing to face a new day.
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