Part 5
Heading past the Fountain Plaza on Peribed Avenue, the four of them stopped in front of the [Thousand Eyes] branch shop. The store was located on a street filled with cherry blossom trees. Wearing a Japanese-styled apron, while holding onto a bamboo broom, the shop assistant politely addressed to everyone.
"Please leave."
"We haven't even said anything yet."
They were chased out before even entering the shop. Looks like that lady really hated the problematic children.
They would always have the habit of encountering this lady when they needed to sell precious gifts obtained from gift games to this shop. Most likely, the shop assistant hated them because of this reason.
Adjusting her hair, Asuka started arguing in protest,
"We can be counted as regulars, could you be more friendly towards us? "
"The so-called regulars are customers who ACTUALLY shopped here. Those who come here everytime to exchange things for cash aren't customers, they are simply called businessmen."
"Ahhhhh, what you said is indeed correct. Then pardon us for the intrusion."
Asuka might as well agree, she then attempted to enter into the shop quickly.
Facing with rowdy people that attempted to enter the shop, the shop assistant displayed a [Big] word, blocking the path.
Holding the bamboo broom in one hand, she exposed her cat teeth and shouted towards Izayoi and the rest,
"So! This shop politely refuses [No Name] Community! Even the shop owner has no problem, so now..."
"YAHOOO! You kids are finally here ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Unaware of where the sound was coming from, there was a white-haired kimono-wearing maiden falling from the sky.
Her tone was full of joy, as she performed acrobatic movements before having a rough landing on the ground.
Paaaaam! Following it, there were aftershocks, sending dust everywhere. The sound, as well as the person debutting, was without a doubt the white-hair kimono-wearing maiden called Shiroyasha. In fact, the person who sent the invitation letter was none other than her.
While sweeping the dirt off his uniform, Izayoi disapprovingly spoke to the shop assistant:
"Does the act of the shop owner rushing here mean she is dissatisfied with us?"
"......."
The shop assistant was busy dealing with her sudden headache, she couldn't retort to that statement.
Kasukabe gave the invitation letter to Shiroyasha instead of Asuka, who was coughing non-stop due to the scattering dust.
"Thank you for the invitation, but we don't know how to go to the Northern district..."
"Un Un, I totally understand. Please come into the shop first, if you agree to my conditions, I will be glad to pay off your transportation fee...... And I also have something to discuss with you all in private."
Shiroyasha squinted her eyes, but the last sentence she spoke was quite solemn.
The three of then looked at one another, revealing naughty smiles.
"Is it something interesting? "
"Regarding that, counted as interesting? That has to depend on you guys."
After that, the three of them happily entered the shop while dragging Jin along.
The four of them didn't enter the interior of the shop as there was business going on, they passed through the courtyard to reach Shiroyasha's room. It was well known that [Thousand Eyes] was created by a bunch of communities that gathered together, they handled all kinds of goods, they also bought gifts won from gift games for money, the money was used for the community's essentials. They could also accept huge orders if the receiving party was a large community.
After looking at the shop's interior which was quite crowded, Kasukabe murmured,
"Does this shop sell gifts?"
"Of course they do. Even Leticia bought one before. However, they can only use the gold coins issued by us to buy the gifts."
"Oh? Why?"
Izayoi asked, brimming with excitement.
Shiroyasha sat down comfortably onto the mat, "Kong!" Knocking the ash off the Japanese-style cigarette pipe, she replied,
"Basically, when issuing out currency in the Little Garden city, the coins must be of the same size. If it was something other than gifts, we would gladly accept the currency issued out by other communities, but when we are paying we would use our own currency. In other words, we can demonstrate that we [Thousand eyes] can use currency to sell these---so called gifts. Handing the gifts to us would make us exchange even more currency, have a deeper faith and trust with the communities, naturally this is the right choice right?"
So it was like that. Izayoi nodded his head in agreement.
As the opposition's high levels were all Shura deities, they wouldn't be interested in gold and silver items.
"....Un? Since it's like this, why did you have to specially issue out your community's currency during transactions?"
"Hehe, actually we are having a certain currency circulation war with other currency-issuing communities that involves a valuable gift game, that's why the currency was engraved with our flag."
"Whoa....So that's how it is, as the monetary value of all the coins remains the same, if coins are used more times that means that the community gets more support.... Then what about the gift game? Is it worthy of a huge commercial advertisement for the community, since the current thought patterns of all the communities are the same."
Izayoi let out an envy-filled laughter.
In Little Garden city, the currency value isn't determined by gold or silver coins.
Only the flag engraved on the currency can determine its worth.
"But I understand why you had rejected the [No Name] already. In order for the circulation to occur no obstruction should happen, that's why you also chose your customers."
"Un...Yeah, that's how it is."
Shiroyasha gave an ambiguous response, ending this discussion. She must have wanted to start on the main topic already.
Izayoi sat on the tatami mat, fully aware of the reason for the end of discussion.
Shiroyasha's child-like face revealed a serious expression, "Kong", sending the soot into the red coloured soot cylinder, she asked.
"Before heading towards the main topic, I'd like to inquire about something first. Since you fought with [Fores Garo], there seems to have been a rumour that you people want to get involved with the Demon Lords....Is that true?"
"Oh, that thing? Yup, it's true."
Asuka expressed her certainty while maintaining her sitting posture. Shiroyasha turned her head to face Jin.
"Jin-dono, As one of the tops of the community, do you agree to the said rumour?"
"Yes, as our name and flag was forcefully taken away, in order for us to make our community well-known, I believe this is the best plan."
Little Garden city was extremely huge. In this world where deities and other supernatural beings reside, the symbol of an organization ----Which is the [Name] and [Flag], is very important to any community. In order to fill up this gap, Jin and the rest decided to create a distinguishable community that [Fights the Demon Lords].
Shiroyasha, with a sharp expression, responded to Jin's answer.
"Do you know the dangers of that? This sort of message would attract the Demon Lords."
"I'm already prepared for that. But even if we want to restore our former glory, in our current situation, we can't even advance to the next digit. Since we won't ever have the chance to duel, we just have to attract them to attack us."
"Even if you fought with Demon Lords that had nothing to do with this, will this be alright?"
Shiroyasha moved her body closer, inquiring another question.
In response to this question, Izayoi, who was sitting beside Jin, replied while having a maniacal laugh.
"That, I have to agree with. Claiming to [Fight the Demon Lords], after beating a Demon Lord, proceeding to challenge a community with an even stronger Demon Lord----How is it? Even if we are in a world filled with Gods and supernatural beings, we wouldn't find any other community that has this much courage right?"
".....Fuuu."
Izayoi laughed jokingly but his eyes displayed seriousness. Even though this boy made others believe that he wasn't putting any serious thought into this, Shiroyasha still thought he possessed the capability to oppose Libra's strength.
Shiroyasha closed her eyes, having a deep thought about both people's viewpoints towards this matter.
After thinking for a while, she revealed a forced smile, apparently she had no other idea.
"Since you people put up this much consideration then it's fine already. If I continue to pry into this matter, I would be minding other people's business."
"Un...Thats right, Is that.....that, what exactly is the main topic today?"
"Fuu, actually the Eastern Floor Master would like to officially commission the community that wishes to [Fight Demon Lords]. So how is it, Jin-dono?"
"Ye...Yes! I will gratefully accept it!"
Shiroyasha no longer used the caring tone for the children, but changed it to the tone befitting a community's leader.
After gaining the approval, she allowed Jin to carry a carefree expression.
"Okay. Where should I start speaking...."
Kong! After Shiroyasha knocked the ash out of the smoke pipe, she paused. Allowing her gaze to wander into the courtyard, after looking at something, she suddenly recalled something, she then started speaking,
"Ahh, Oh yeah, did you know that there will be a new Northern Floor Master?"
"Eh?"
"I heard that the current floor master retired because of an illness. She must have fallen ill due to old age, as an Asian dragon, she had lived for quite a long time already. The big festival this time is to inaugurate the new [Fire Dragon] Northern Floor Master."
"Dragon?"
Both Izayoi and Kasukabe had light shining out of their eyes. Shiroyasha continued speaking while carrying a bitter smile,
"The community [Salamandra] located at the 54545 Outer Gate, is none other than the Northern Floor Master. To get back to the topic, how much do you know about the Floor Masters?"
"I know exactly nothing."
"Me too."
"I know a bit. It is those guys that are in charge of protecting the lower digit communities from Demon Lord attacks right?"
Izayoi explained while raising up his right hand, while Asuka and Kasukabe silently listened to his explanation.
[Floor Master] are the protectors of Little Garden, they also serve to promote or watch the communities grow.
They had numerous responsibilities, the main assignment was that they are in charge of the land in the Little Garden City; they also host games, measure if the lower digits communities could be promoted to a higher digit etc.
When a Demon Lord appears to disrupt the peace and causes disasters to happen, the Floor Masters have to take the initiative to lead and fight against them.
As a result, they are given huge rights and have the highest privilege [Host permissions].
"However, the Northern district contains a lot of spirits, ghosts, possessing a huge amount of strength, the land there was acknowledged as a place where demons co-exist with one another. Therefore the public security isn't that stable..."
After explaining clearly, Jin slouched down, appearing to be disheartened.
"However....It was originally like that. We used to have a pretty good relationship with [Salamandra] in the past...but I didn't know that the position of head had already been passed down. Currently, who is the head? Is it the firstborn Sala-sama as expected? Or is it Mandra-dono?
"Nope. The current head who acquired the name of fire dragon is Sandra, the one who is of the same age as you."
"Eh?" Jin tilted his head, blinking his eyes twice.
After a moment, the shocked Jin let out an astonished cry, even his whole body shifted foward.
"Yo..You said Sandra right? Eh....Wait....Wait a moment! She's only 11 years old!"
"Aiya? But Jin-chan is our leader even though you are also 11 years old."
"Yes.....That is correct...! But, but...."
"What is it? Is the other person Chibi-chan's girlfriend?"
"No....Not.....It's not like that! Please don't say such an offending statement!"
Izayoi and Asuka were happily teasing Jin, while Jin angrily replied.
Kasukabe, who was not involved in the conversation, urged Shiroyasha to continue speaking.
"So, what do you want us to do for you?"
"Please don't be so worried. Actually this Birth of the Fire Dragon festival, simultaneously it is also the Northern District's time for Sandra's public tribute. She is still young; so, as the Eastern District Floor Master, I will collaborate this conference with her."
"Aiyo. This is such strange behavior. There are others that are in power in the Northern district right? Why can't they request the other communities to host the festival together?"
"....Un. Yeah. That is indeed the case....."
Izayoi suddenly started coughing out.
She scratched her head revealing a confused expression, at this time, Izayoi explained the reason,
"Some communities do not appreciate someone so young with that much power right?"
"Un.....Yeah, that's about it."
Asuka became unhappy once she heard that. She did not expect that corruption was involved in this implication. Her eyes were filled with anger and also a disappointed look.
"......Is that so. Even in this world, the leaders would also have the same mindset as us humans?"
"Kuku, such a harsh assessment, but it is just like you said. Therefore [Salamandra] invited me as an Eastern District Leader to conduct the festival together, also because someone could be having covert thoughts."
Shiroyasha sullenly lowered her head with a bitter expression.
Just when the solemn Shiroyasha was about to continue talking, Kasukabe Yō showed an expression as if she remembered something, she proceeded to stop her movements, then she asked.
"Wait a moment. How long is this going to last?"
"EH? Hmmm, I guess about another 1 hour at least?"
"This would be unpleasant...We would get caught by Kuro Usagi."
"!!!"
Jin, as well as the other two problematic children also realised this point. If they continue to happily waste 1 hour in the [Thousand Eyes] Shop, they would, without a doubt, get discovered by Kuro Usagi and the rest.
Currently, there were a bunch of people playing hide and seek with Kuro Usagi. After realising this point, Jin abruptly stood up.
"Shi.....Shiroyasha-sama! Please continue talking like this..."
"Jin-chan, You are not allowed to talk!"
"KAA!" Jin's chin was forcefully closed. Looks like Asuka used her gift to perform that result.
Izayoi, not missing the chance, urged Shiroyasha:
"Shiroyasha! Take us to the Northern District now!"
"Eh? Eh? I'm fine with it, but do you have anything urgent going on? Wait, it should be, are you accepting the conditions without listening to it?"
"It doesn't matter! Quick! We can discuss the particulars later, most importantly ---- This is much more interesting ! I guarantee it!"
After hearing Izayoi out, Shiroyasha widened her eyes, she then started laughing while nodding her head.
"Really? Is it that interesting? Aiyah Aiyah, this is important! Because entertainment is what I need to survive! Although I feel sorry for Jin. However, since this is more interesting this way, I guess there is no choice!"
"......?......"
Looking at Shiroyasha's naughty expression, Jin tried to utter words but to no avail. Everything was too late by then.
Izayoi and the rest happily suppressed the struggling Jin. After Shiroyasha tossed them to one side, she raised up both her hands and clapped a few times.
"----Okay, That's about it. In accordance with everyone's wishes, we have arrived in the Northern District."
".....HUH?"
The three of them, who were busy tying up Jin, leaked out fantastic sounds. Of course that reaction was as expected.
They had overcome the unimaginable 980000 kilometres----in just that short amount of time?
.....After that all those suspicions disappeared without a trace, a moment later, the three of them left the shop filled with expectations.
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