Part 9
—[Underwood], Office of the Alliance’s Representative.
Sala, the [Dragon Greif][44] Alliance representative, took a glance at the pile of documents that seemed to have accumulated to the size of a small mountain and sagged her shoulders as energy seemed to drain out of her.
“These are all the documents regarding the resistance against the Demon Lord that I will have to tidy up?”
The office table was not stacked with information concerning the activities of the Alliance. Instead, it was the information for the [Floor Master] to study, regarding the establishing of specialized departments required for the organization.
And those were the required information for the establishing of an [Anti-Demon Lord troop].
A [Floor Master] need not necessarily take a trip down to solve all the battles. It is also needless to say that there is a need for experts in various realms of game aspects when it came to battles with demon lords.
If one were to go into the detailed categories, it would be an endless topic. However, there were at least three major classifications for the troops.
The Military squad, Knowledge squad — and the Game Controller who will lead them through the Game to attain victory.
If one were to be a [Floor Master], the aspect of military might would not be a worry. Of course, to be able to prepare more personnel for that realm will definitely be welcomed, but there needs to be a minimum requirement for the strength levels.
However, the talents who possess knowledge about Little Garden and the other worlds would have to be nurtured from scratch. Even if the role of Game Controller were to be given to Sala, the Alliance would still lack talented individuals to provide knowledge required to clear the games.
“Then, that leaves the only option of taking it up myself. I will just give it a go and see what happens……”
Sala scratched her red head and sighed once more.
In the previous Community which she had belonged to— [Salamandra], the leader of the North, had specialized departments and that allowed her to slack off. However, there wasn’t any foundation of that sort in the [Draco Grief] Alliance. The only one who could be trusted to take on the task, Elder Garol was also unavailable for them to depend upon, as [Six Scars] have decided to break away.
……For all we know, it was due to their foresight of this problem that they decided to break away.
Just as Sala was thinking about these things while hugging her head, a knock came from the door of the Representative’s office.
“Sala. May we enter?”
“Asuka? Yes, you may, what’s wrong?”
After obtaining the permission, Kudou Asuka and Kasukabe Yō walked into the office.
After the courteous bow, Yō looked at Sala.
“…… Could it be that you are busy at the moment?”
“No, I was just in the middle of resting, while hugging my head. —Well then, is something the matter?”
Upon hearing Sala’s question, Asuka’s face broke into a dauntless grin.
“Regarding the Gift Game’s riddle that we went to look yesterday, we hope to obtain the permission to participate in it.”
“When we went there earlier, we found the sign that restricted entry, so we hope to obtain the permission.”
The duo cast their confident gazes at Sala.
Sala was deeply taken aback to the extent of gaping and staring at them with wide eyes.
“Could it be that you guys have unravelled the Game?!”
“Uh, Mhm Mhm. …… Although the one who unravelled it was Kasukabe-san.”
“Mhm. That kind of realm is one of the compulsory subjects in my era.”
Yō lightly clenched her fists.
She seemed to have a wise and learned side of her that did not seem to match her appearance. During the time of the Huge Dragon’s game, Yō had also used her knowledge and actions to unravel the game to the point of clearance. Greatly interested, Sala readjusted the position of her propped up legs while asking once more.
“This seems to be a very interesting topic. May I ask Kasukabe-san to talk it through?”
Mhm. Nodding and opening the copied out [Geass Roll].
The contents were as follow.
<<– I’m the most hardworking person in the world—
The first me is the most hardworking person in the world!
I could work, work and work non-stop without a need for a helping hand, you know?!
And because of my efforts placed in my continuous hard work, number 1 father was also very happy!
But there came a day when that was found to be a lie.
My first father and I were then destroyed by the unravelled lie.
The second me is the most hardworking person in the world!
Due to help from friends, I’m then able to work, work and work non-stop, you know?!
And because of my efforts placed in my continuous hard work, number 2 father was also very happy!
But there came a day when that was found to be fake.
But my second father and I were able to continue working due to help from friends.
The third me is the true hardworking person!
Although it is yet to be born, but it will continuously work non-stop, you know?!
Hurry up and be born! Hurry up and be born! Oh, that’s what everyone is saying!
But there came a day when I was found to be unable to be born.
So number 3 father abandoned the third me!
But that is not permitted! Many fathers are awaiting for my arrival!
Fortune! Fame! The dreams of Man! It will all be true if I can be born!
So I plea…… Do not give up on me……! For those who comply, will reach the truth……!>>
Yō pointed to the first “me” in the document.
“The first conjecture is that the “me” in this document does not refer to a particular person and let’s assume it to be a created item X.”
“Huoeh…….?”
“The second conjecture is that the “father” is the creator who undergone various processes to achieve created item X, and they are the Creators A, B and C.”
“ “me” is said to be the same way each time but in contrast, the “father” is annotated in an indexed form. With these conjectures, it would then unravel the contradiction between the “me” and “father” in the document.”
Hearing Asuka’s supplement to the explanations, Sala nodded her head in admiration.
“I see…… So the reason for the numbered “father” is to hint at the point that the “me” is a man-made object, right?”
—Understanding up to this point, the riddle could be said to be almost unravelled.
The structure of this Gift Game was divided into three stanzas.
They were each describing a different construction progress.
The first stanza was on the failure of Creator A.
The second stanza is on the success of Creator B.
The third stanza is on the future of Creation X and Creator C.
Then, the host of the game would be — the creation from the research of those three times and might already be one that possess the spiritual attainment for anthropomorphization.
And she was afraid that it might even be an existence close to the concepts pertaining to the Gods or Demons.
“Through the research in the three eras to analyze and construct “a certain object”, that should roughly be the Creation X we are talking about.”
The knowledge problem would then come thereafter. The underlying tone of the stanza was a desire for a similar process to arrive at Creation X. Then, it would be solved if they were to gather the documents needed to provide the answer required by the riddle.
And in most cases, the first step to these sort of games would be to find the identity of the Host.
As long as the identity of “me” is understood, there would be hope of clearing the game.
While Sala was deeply impressed by their conjectures, Sala gave Yō an intrigued look.
“I’m impressed. You aren’t only stronger than expected for a girl, but you also possess such a great wealth of knowledge. That’s really impressive. …… Kasukabe-dono, do you have any dissatisfaction with your current Community?”
“Aye?”
“Wha?”
The duo squawked in their confusion.
Sala firmly grabbed Yō’s shoulder,
“Well, take for example, any dissatisfaction with your comrades, the lack of money, wanting to have a better place to stay or eat, any part of your living standards and such…”
“No, I don’t have any…… Lily’s cooking has always been tasty.”
“Oh, I see, I see. The treatment that Kasukabe-san is getting from the Community is mainly secured by food, is it? Regarding that point, there’s no problem at all. —-Just mentioning on the side, we, comrades of the [Draco Grief] always get the chance to have a scrumptious feast every night.”
“Wait, No, No will do, Sala! I will not allow you to continue in your touting and poaching.” At this point in time, Asuka then realized the goal of Sala and immediately interrupted her words.
Although Yō’s thoughts were confused by the sudden poaching and touting conversation, she still gave a bitter smile as she replied.
“Is that so…… Thank you for your warm welcome then, Sala.”
“Kasukabe-san?!”
“Okay, leave it to me!”
“NO, This is not allowed! I will definitely not allow this!! [No Name] forbids poaching!!!”
Asuka hugged Yō’s head under her arm before retreating rapidly. The amusing part was that it was a real reaction stemming from anxiety.
Sala’s eyes were also narrowed and sharp like a predator and she was unusually serious about the matter.
Happily watching the two of them, Yō suppressed her desire to laugh as she looked towards Sala.
“Sorry, Sala, it would seem that [No Name] forbids poaching.”
“Uu…… Then, I guess that leaves me no choice. Even though the feast is only open to comrades of the Alliance only.”
“—Ugu.”
“Wavering the hearts of others is also forbidden! Kasukabe-san is a hundred percent on our side—!!!”
In a certain perspective, Asuka, who sensed the situation to be worse than the threat of a Demon Lord, hugged Yō as they left the Representative’s office. Walking down the Great Tree while shouting those words.
Pretty serious about the poaching attempt, Sala then watched the retreating figures with a tinge of pity.
—However, her expression immediately changed upon remembering the matter that the duo were about to attempt.
“Drats……! Oi, is there anyone around?”
“Ye, Yes! Is something the matter?!”
“Immediately set out to the entrance of the Gift Game entrance and issue the warning for people to stay away from that area! I repeat, do not let anyone pass by that area!”
Receiving the orders from Sala, the subordinate frantically rushed down the Great Tree.
Confirming it once more, Sala flopped back onto her chair while hugging her head.
“With that sort of unique style in the [Geass Roll]……I’m afraid it might just be—“
—a Trial hosted with the use of an [Authority of Host Master]. And for it to have a unique style of poetry to mystify the contents, it would seem to be the work of a Host with quite a high spiritual power who pulls the strings in the background.
Hence Sala guessed that it is a trap type of Game created by a Demon Lord.
No matter how good Asuka and Yō may be in their talents, it was always better to have some preparation, just in case. Even if the identity of the enemy is understood, there still needs to be some preparation required to meet the problem.
“Mah…… I’ve already sent a person, I guess there won’t be anyone forcing their way in.”
Shaking her head to dismiss the uneasiness.
Readjusting her mood, Sala motivated herself as she restarted the battle with the pile of documents on her office table.
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