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Part 4 

— [Kouen, City of Brilliant Flames], Processing Workroom District. 

After that saga, Izayoi and the others had been invited to an intense game of tag with a Madora, furious to the edge of madness, and the military police of [Salamandra] as fiery shots were fired everywhere. 

“……So how’s the feeling of being chased by lesser Dragons in a game of tag huh?” Kuro Usagi asked icily. 

The trio had arrived at the processing workroom district that Jack and the others were waiting at though Kuro Usagi had been nagging at them with words such as the above. 

Yō had separated from them along the way and it had then been a three man team since. 

Walking along the corridors lit by a brilliant haze of light, Kuro Usagi puffed her cheeks as she continued to complain: 

“Seriously, why is it that you guys must always be engaged in pranks……Kuro Usagi is on a rare holiday this time you know? And mind you, when it comes to the blame game, the ones to get scolded would be Jin- bocchan and Kuro Usagi who’s the advisor!” 

““Isn’t that good?”” 

“That’s right—-No wait, that’s not good at all!” 

Kuro Usagi perked her rabbit ears in her rage. 

The Convention that called to all Masters to attend this time was one that held great importance to the fate of Little Garden from now on. And she had thought that Izayoi and the others would be more mature at this sort of event. 

But her thoughts were too naïve. Really too naïve. 

Within the three days since they arrived at the location of the Convention, the result of the reckless problem children that caused Kuro Usagi, their guardian to run around in circles was the continuous wins in low-level Gift Games. And as such, it led to a portion of Games banning them from registering as Participants. To the problem children, it had only been a whim to participate in the interesting Games hosted in regions that they had never visited before then. But who could have expected that the difference in their power levels were so great that they accidentally won too many. 

Hence coming upon the realization that they needed to reflect on their actions taken[21] thus far… the trio started to explore the tops of interesting buildings and decided to board the biggest monument in this whole city. 

“Compared to all that, Kuro Usagi, I heard that there’s a district for alchemy workrooms at the end of this corridor. Is that true?” 

Izayoi laughed heartily while asking with his curiosity barely contained. 

Kuro Usagi drooped her shoulders, seeming to have been defeated by that smiling face as she nodded. 

“YES. The details can be seen when you get there.” 

Kuro Usagi replied while throwing a little tantrum. 

Just as she ended her words, a sudden burst of light and a wave of heat emitted from a workroom at the end of the district caused the air to tremble. Izayoi and Asuka exchanged a glance as they started to run over with eyes shining with excitement. 

“Wa……!” 

The sudden flare from a pillar of fire that shot up into the skies caused Asuka to give a gasp of surprise. And that wasn’t just a normal flame. 

Rounding the corner of the district, they came to face a garden that was decorated with candles lit with Azure and Coppery colored flames that were arranged in neat rows. 

“Ooh……! I was under the impression that there would only be one color throughout the whole city which is the color of dusk yellow. But it seems that I’ve been proven wrong by this place.” 

“Yeah. It’s so beautiful that it doesn’t give the impression of being a place that refines and works on metal……” 

The duo gazed upon the flames which danced in the front yard with a sense of awe rising within them. 

There were also candles that were burning in a rainbow flame hung on the trees beside the District and there were tiny fire faeries gathering beside the flame. Just by looking at this scene, anyone would have assumed that this is a warm place unlike its reality of being located in an extremely cold region. 

The Sun had not set then and hence the surroundings were still dyed in a deep shade of dusk yellow. But when night falls, these rainbow candles that decorate the courtyard would definitely dye the corridor in a lovely glow of colors. 

Standing beside Izayoi, Asuka’s eyes were already sparkling with much enthusiasm as she started forward in small steps while taking in the sight around her and said softly: 

“Flames, glass, stone work masonry and products. This sight sure is a completely different one from [Underwood]……even the type of Faerie race is the exact opposite of the ones found there.” 

“YES! That’s because this district of workrooms are not only specialized in their processing of special top-notched metals, it’s also a place where they specialize in creating glass that can become the medium for Evocations[22].” 


*Hah?* Asuka tilted her head quizzically as she asked: 

“……Medium? Evocations?” 

“YES! To put it simply, the method of producing those walking candlesticks is an example of that. To give a form to fire or earth spirits of a low spiritual level and allowing them to reside within the glass. Even if the medium were to be damaged, it would not harm the spirit. Hence it can be said to be a very good contract for those spirits who would like to increase their spiritual level.” 

“……Uh? Just by residing in a glass medium, the spiritual level will increase?” 

Asuka tilted her head as she couldn’t figure out how it worked. 

Izayoi then looked at her like he just saw a fool standing before him. 

“OiOi, Ojou-sama, just give it some thought and you will be able to arrive at the answer right? The mass and heat would be able to be converted into spiritual level. When comparing spirits of the lake to the seas, it’s obvious that the sea spirits will be stronger right?” 

*Pak!* Asuka clapped her hands together as she seemed to have finally understood the theory behind it. And that was indeed the case for spiritual level calculations. 

Forming mountains from rocks, forming land from hills. 

Forming lakes from pools of water, forming seas from pools of lakes. 

The collection of those in a larger scale would naturally form a planet.[23] 

And that’s one of the reasons why the spiritual level embodied by a Celestial spirit would be called as the strongest type. 

“In…Indeed. Just that I didn’t think that the logic would be that simple.” 

“Well, that’s not the only factor. The detailed calculation of the spiritual level’s density in existence has to be counted with the density of time to be obtained as well.” 

“……what?” The duo had asked in the same tone and time. But Kuro Usagi seemed not to have heard them as she walked in front of them while using her rabbit ears to lead the way. 

“Well then, let’s make a move. The leader of [Will-O'-Wisp] and the last Community to join our Alliance will also be coming over today. Making them wait would leave quite a bad impression of us.” 

“Nn…. I guess that’s true.” 

Kuro Usagi checked her time. There was still a minute before the Sun goes down. No matter who the last candidate for the Alliance might be, allowing them to seize a foothold in negotiations upon the first meeting wouldn’t be a good thing. 

Looking around at the districts paved with bricks, they passed through the crowd to walk towards the place where the districts converged. Just then— 

“—‘Kamikakushi’! ‘Kamikakushi’[24] has struck again!” 

“Quickly contact the military police squads everywhere! Quickly!” 

“Lock down the Outer walls and the Palace wall that leads to the second palace! We must definitely nab that guy this time!” 

Izayoi immediately stopped in his tracks. Kuro Usagi and Asuka had also come to a stop behind him. 

“ …… ‘Kamikakushi’?” 

“YES, it seems like it. But in the North Side where many evil ghosts and Rakashas are residing, this sort of thing isn’t that rare……but their panicking faces sure look really unusual.” 

“How is that so?” 

“Because the North Side has developed a measure against the ‘Kamikakushi’s. There’s an organization of experts who are specialized in dealing with cases from evil spirits possessing bodies, the pranks of Divine class wind possessors to Demon kidnappings and even human trafficking cases. As long as they are on the case, most of the ‘Kamikakushi’s would only remain a mystery for two or three days before information is obtained on the culprit. But……” 

Kuro Usagi was being evasive with her words. 

—‘Kamikakushi’ is quite a simple term but in the world of Little Garden where many gods reside, the types of ‘Kamikakushi’ would also be of a diverse range. Abduction and disappearing are common acts and nothing more needs to be said about those. It also included the assassinations of individuals just for keeping their secret organizations hidden from the world. These were the sort of stuff that the Communities in the rural areas coined as ‘Kamikakushi’ as well. Hence the type of cases where ‘People suddenly disappear’ would be generally termed as ‘Kamikakushi’ in Little Garden. 

Izayoi digested Kuro Usagi’s words before giving an evil laugh, 

“In other words, this commotion—is a case of ‘Kamikakushi’ that even the experts are incapable of solving?” 

Izayoi asked rhetorically with much interest in the matter. That look from his eyes were just like that of a bratty child having found a new toy. Kuro Usagi gave a sigh as she guessed his next move then. 

“Hai, Kuro Usagi will not stop you but please be back by evening, okay?” 

“Deal. If I’m not back by tonight—-Just take it that I’ve been ‘Kamikakushi’ed as well.” 

Izayoi gave a loud hearty laugh while he sped off happily, towards the scene. 



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