Part 2[แก้ไข]
---[Underwood] Harvest Festival General Headquarters.
“Izayoi-san! Jin-bocchan! Leticia-sama has awaken!”
*Klunk!* Kuro Usagi pushed open the doors while charging in energetically.
In the General Headquarters, there was still another person besides Izayoi and Jin---the female assistant of [Thousand Eyes] gave a cold glare to welcome Kuro Usagi.
“…… You are still so presumptuous and free aren’t you?”
“Well, just overlook it. After all that is just a part of Kuro Usagi’s charm.”
The female shop assistant gave a sigh while Izayoi had that slight smile on his face as usual.
Not expecting to see the female shop assistant in this place, Kuro Usagi blushed red to her rabbit ears in embarrassment while greeting the female shop assistant:
“It’s…It’s been a while hasn’t it? I didn’t expect you to participate in the Harvest Festival……”
“No. I’ve just arrived at [Underwood] and it’s because I’m being dispatched from [Thousand Eyes] as a special message bearer.” The female shop assistant straightened her posture at that point.
Come to look at it, she did look different today with her resplendent kimono unlike her usual dressing of an apron and dress, and had even put on some light make-up that wouldn’t cause others to feel distasteful when looking at it.[1]
Taking out a classical rolled scroll document, the shop assistant gave an exaggerated clearing of her throat---
“Shiroyasha-sama has decreed ‘For the accomplishments of everyone present here in this crusade against the Demon Lord, I will be gifting you a reward’.”
“What? Besides the subordination of Leticia, there’s still another reward?”
“Yes. Originally, the subordination of Demon Lord Leticia and the Authority over Ophiuchus were supposed to go together……but the Constellation is only something that can be loaned to the [Floor Master] to be used and naturally won’t be given to a mere Community. Hence this reward based on your merits will be a way to compensate for that reason.”
I see. Izayoi nodded his head in understanding. Lazily leaning on the back of the chair, Izayoi had not thought for anything that he really wanted and he turned his gaze to the other two.
“Kuro Usagi and ochibi-sama, do you have anything that you want?”
“Kuro…Kuro Usagi has nothing that she wants. Moreover, this time she didn’t really participate in the Game.”
“Is that so? What about ochibi-sama?”
“Yes there is.”
Jin gave a quick answer, seeming to have awaited for the question. And that caused Izayoi to feel a little surprised and intrigued.
Leaning forward towards the long table, Izayoi asked in curiosity:
“It sure seems rare for ochibi-sama to want a reward. What’s this thing that ochibi-sama desires for?”
“Well…..It’s not like I really desire for it a lot. It’s just that we of the [No Name]s have been building up quite a reputation and I think that it’s about time that we moved on to the next step……”
Izayoi widened his eyes in surprise and the other two in the room were just as surprised as him.
Up till today, the [No Name]’s course of action and the method of reputation building has mainly been planned by Izayoi. And for Jin who wasn’t one who would usually speak up to give a suggestion on the proposed plans to talk about moving to the next step, it really was appalling.
Izayoi who maintained his earlier posture, gave a tilt of his head quizzically.
“……Ochibi-sama? What are you planning?”
The room was quiet at that point for it wasn’t only Izayoi who wanted to know the answer.
Seeming to feel a little awkward at the sudden focus on him, Jin gave a little cough before saying his request of the reward:
“There’s two things that I want:
One, to allow the [No Name] to rise to a six digit Community.
Two, to return the Community grounds and facilities that used to belong to the [No Name] in the Six-digit lands---that’s it.”
The trio frowned at that. Hearing the request, the reaction of the female shop assistant was not only that of a refusal but a stare at him in contempt.
“What a joke. If you wanted to rise to the Six digits, you cannot be without a Flag hanging from your Outer Gate. For a Nameless Community to request for such a special treatment---.”
“No, we will be creating a new Flag and it will not be under the situation where we will need to disband our original Community, but to prepare a new Flag.”
“Hah?” The female shop assistant’s tone and volume had gone up at that. And Kuro Usagi was also confused at that as she tilted her rabbit ears in a troubled expression.
Only Izayoi who had caught on to the plan gave a loud praise, having concurred to Jin’s suggestion:
“I see……you mean that method? Oh my, it might just work now! If it wasn’t for the fame that we have now, there wouldn’t be that method available for us.”
“Yes. It’s by using that method. We can create a Flag without having to disband our current Community.”
The both of them gave a nod to each other that seemed to assent with each other’s thoughts. Kuro Usagi and the female shop assistant who had yet to figure out what they were talking about looked at each other in doubt.
Izayoi gave a hearty laugh while telling the two confused people the answer:
“If we do not have a Flag of our own, we will just have to make one Flag of an organization of Communities to replace that empty space.”
“That’s right. That is our own way for [No Name] to obtain the Flag--- The Creation of an Alliance Flag.”