“Hm? Yep, that should be correct.”
“If the first three were to be destroyed, all of the [Floor Master]s will lose their ability to function and it will require someone to ascend the position to take command as the [Overall Floor Master]. Could the enemy’s goal be that?”
“What?” Came the same reply though from the different mouths of everyone at the same time.
Sala, Jin and Kuro Usagi also seemed to be unclear of the situation as they tilted their heads, baffled.
“I’ve heard [Queen Halloween] bringing it up before in the past. If the [Floor Master]s were to be incapacitated, or if it were to be left with only one person, it would tentatively open up a position within the four digit Outer Gates and a Gift that befits the position---One of the Authorities of the Sun and also the Authority of choosing the next batch of [Floor Master]s in the North South East and West Sides.”
“Sun…A Sun Authority and a tentative position in the four digits?!”
“So …So there’s also such a system?!”
Kuro Usagi and Sala questioned in alarm.
---An Authority over the Sun’s trajectory in Little Garden.
In Little Garden where many demigods, gods and Buddhas lived, there exists the control over the many different Stars and Planets and that’s called the Authority.
The demonic star, Algol that [Perseus] had was one such example. As long as one held the Authority over the Stars, they would be given the power to summon and command the Star class spirits or Deities that possessed a huge amount of power.
As for the Sun’s Authority that represents the most number of Gods and Buddhas, it is divided into twenty-four parts by means of the constellations.
The twelve constellations recorded within the [Ecliptic path of the Twelve Zodiacs]: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
The twelve time sectors(Chén) recorded within the [Ecliptic path of the Twelve Chén][7]: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.[8]
According to these two types of Celestial divisions, the Sun Authorities can be divided into twenty-four parts.
“Even I do not know of the Authority that will be given. But according to my Queen, there had only been two predecessors who have sat upon that position as [Overall Floor Master] and they are Shiroyasha and the First generation [Floor Master]---Leticia Draculea.”
“Le…Leticia-sama is a [Overall Floor Master]……?!”
Due to her surprise, Kuro Usagi’s voice had risen considerably in volume. However, that only caused Faceless to be surprised as well.
“……As a [Highborn of Little Garden], you actually do not know of the story behind the [Knights of Little Garden]?”
“Ku…Kuro Usagi’s the youngest generation of her race and can be considered to be very young, so she doesn’t know much about the histories……”
Kuro Usagi’s rabbit ears drooped as she turned her face away.
Izayoi sighed as he shook his head before extending a helping hand to Kuro Usagi:
“Forget it……It’s nobody’s fault that Kuro Usagi here is actually [Highborn of Little Garden(lol)].”
“Please do not attempt to make that nickname be set into stone!”
Kuro Usagi had perked her rabbit ears in anger.
Faceless used her hand to rub her chin as she pondered for a moment.
“……I see. So she’s [Highborn of Little Garden(lol)] huh?”
“May I ask of you not to use such a serious face to join into that topic?!”
Seeing how Faceless had joined in after catching on quickly, Asuka expressed her dissent unhappily:
“You are just an outsider that has appeared not too long ago, don’t talk as if you know Kuro Usagi very well. And from how it progressed just now, she should be called [(Shameful)Highborn of Little Garden] to follow the flow right?”
“Wait…”
“That’s it! Good one!”
“What’s ‘That’s it! Good one!’ eh? You BakAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaas!”
*PakPak!* Kuro Usagi used her favorite paper fan that had been a while since its last use to show its power.
Faceless observed the three of them having their happy exchange of squabbling and suddenly blurted out the words:
“……[(Shameful)Highborn of Little Garden].”
“If this continues to be the topic, then there’s no way that we can resume our serious atmosphere anymore, so just take it that I’m pleading for you guys to stop it!”
*Pak!* Kuro Usagi seemed weary as she lifted her paper fan to slap another time.
Perhaps the atmosphere wasn’t high enough for Faceless rekindled her spirit---
“……[(Shameful)Highborn of Little Garden].”
“Didn’t I say to stop it? BAKAAAAAAAaaaaa!”
*Swish!*Kuro Usagi swung her paper fan with a loud sound that wasn’t heard off before to launch her strongest strike.
After that, Faceless took on an attitude like as though nothing had happened as she continued the topic.
“……As a [Highborn of Little Garden], you actually do not know of the story behind the [Knights of Little Garden]?”
“Start…Starting from that same place again sure causes Kuro Usagi to not know how to respond…… Though it’s really embarrassing, it is the first time that these rabbit ears of Kuro Usagi have heard of such a thing. Because of how it might give some leads on the current game and the mastermind behind the plot, please tell us all the details you know without holding back any reports.”
Kuro Usagi controlled her urge to give her normal tsukomi[9] as she seriously pushed for the continuation of the previous topic.
It would also seem that Faceless had her fill of fun and she replied solemnly:
“What I do know isn’t very detailed. So I will just be skipping the details…I’ve heard that Leticia Draculea who had ascended to the [Overall Floor Master] had wanted to use the Authority and the special rights to launch a war against the upper echelons of demigods, gods and Buddhas.”
“Le…Leticia-sama wanting to start a war……?”
The [No Name]s had all looked at each other. That sort of violent description made it difficult to link it to the docile temperament Leticia who was like a big sister character in the Community.
“That war…… caused her to become a Demon Lord?”
“That, I’m not too sure either. I’ve only heard that to stop this war from happening, the vampires of the same race had started a revolution and from there, they slowly headed for destruction due to the infighting that hacked away at each other’s lives.”
“Killing…Killing each other within the same race…… Leticia-sama?”
“Yes. This was told to me by my Queen who knew of the situation then, so I’m quite sure that it won’t be wrong.”
*Uu…* Kuro Usagi gave a little sound, clearly frightened and robbed of her courage.
Killing each other within their own species---In other words, it was the killings between the comrades of the same Community. Being a part of [No Name], they knew Leticia’s character very well and hence it was very difficult to believe that to be true. But Sala who was silently listening to the conversation all this while took out the Geass Roll and seemed to nod in understanding.
“I see……The fourth condition to win:[ Following the proper procedure and using the zodiacs that have been restored to the throne as a guide, strike the heart of the revolutionist who is bounded in chains.] Meaning that we have to find and kill the leader of the Revolution of that time right?”
“Is…Is that so?”
“Otherwise, how else can we make head or tail of it? Compared to the terms of [Zodiac] and [broken fragments of the constellations] that are so abstract, these words are much easier to understand. The Vampires of that time were really pushed into a corner due to the punishments met out to them and hence decided to hunt down for the leader of the revolution---”
“---but in the end, the game was still left without being cleared. In other words, the [Leader of the Revolution] may just be a misleading clue left to bait us in the wrong direction.”
*Uu* Though Sala made that small sound, she stared at Izayoi as she retorted:
“No, that’s difficult to say. That Leader of the Revolution might still be living in Little Garden somewhere. The Vampire species have quite a long lifespan and it is said that the purebloods of their race will never grow old or die---”
“Then you mean to find that fellow and kill him? In this exaggeratingly big Little Garden, how much time would we waste to find a Vampire that we don’t even know if it exists?”
Sala shut her mouth mournfully.
Seeming to say that it was the end of the discussion, Izayoi stood up.
“No matter how you look at it, we can’t deny the fact that we do not have enough information. So I’ve a proposal. Form a defense squad that will stay in this place to defend [Underwood] from the Titan invasion attempts and a squad that will infiltrate the Citadel of the enemy with the purpose to clear the game. There should be many winged Eudemons in [Draco Greif] Alliance right?”
Izayoi gave Jin a pointed look on the sly when he ended his barrage.
And Jin frantically chimed in:
“And the safety of those people who have been taken away is also quite worrying. I’ve also heard that the important figure in the Alliance, Garol-sama of [Six Scars] had also been captured while protecting his comrades. Let’s send out a search party and when they return with their report, let’s arrange for another discussion shall we?”
Jin naturally pushed the topic towards the aim of saving Yō, moreover the content of his proposal was also quite reasonable.
Sala did not reject the proposal but had instead, agreed readily to it.
“I got it. Well, I will choose my elites to form the squads by two nights after. When that time comes, I will be requiring the strength of your Communities[looking at the two Communities in turn], so we will be in your care……And another thing , though it is just a small gesture of goodwill, I’ve already prepared the best top classed Guest rooms for your Communities, so please be well rested.”
Under her gesture, all of