After the severe scolding, Pest sat down on a bench in the exhibition, firmly shaking her leg. Ratten was not a fool, although she didn't know the reason why Pest was angry, she was quite happy now.
"Don't be like that Master~♪ Now we only love the lovely you only~!"
"That's right, the Demon Lord to shoulder Grimm Grimoire name is only you and no one else.....Therefore we will dedicate to you till the last, this I can guarantee."
Having a contract, even if the road will be doomed, the loyalty will always be there till the end.
[Black Percher] slightly shook the dragonfly, quietly feeling the meaning of that sentence.
Part 5[แก้ไข]
— Boundary wall, stage area. Operation headquarters of the festival, quarantine room.
In the room filled with peaceful air, Kasukabe Yō woke up.
Because of the fever, her movements were as sluggish as a layer of fog, plus her consciousness was still not quite clear.
Due to the uncomfortable position of sleeping, Kasukabe flipped her body. Now she was sure that besides her, there was also—
"......Izayoi?"
"Oh? You are awake. How are you feeling?"
Izayoi turned his head around, it looks like he was reading a book whilst sitting beside Kasukabe.
Although Kasukabe did not know what was written in the book, it probably contained data of reference for solving this game.
6 days have passed since the negotiations. Out of the members in [No Name], only Kasukabe was infected with the Black Death, who was currently being locked up in the quarantine room, taking separate action from Kuro Usagi and the rest.
Looking at Izayoi ignoring the fact that this was a quarantined room and slipping into the room leisurely, Kasukabe could only ask dumbfoundedly:
"Have you found the trail for solving this game?"
"Un......We generally know it, but have not yet dug out the core."
Flipping to a new page, Izayoi replied while shrugging his shoulders.
The game will begin tomorrow evening, but the opinions of the participant side have not yet been conformed.
Morale was terribly low due to the never-ending scenario of comrades being isolated one by one. It was because of Sandra's arrangements that Kasukabe had gotten a room, while the others had to be squeezed together outside.
Currently the biggest problem was the condition to win for the participant side: [Shatter the False Legend, Making the True Legend Known]. There wasn't any solid answer for this statement yet, which also contributes to why the opinions had yet to be conformed.
"Although the investigation has roughly ended, there were too many differences during the explanation, which is the current feeling right now."
"......Specifically?"
"Here." Izayoi passed a piece of paper to Kasukabe, on it was a memo written by him regarding the investigations.
Ratten= German for mouse. Demon incarnate that can manipulate both rats and humans.
Weser= Flooding disaster of land and river. Demon incarnate that can control natural phenomena like landslides.
Sturm= German for storm. Demon Incarnate related to storms and other atmosphere.
Pest= Speculation was that the spotted clown could manipulate the cause of infection "Rat". Demon incarnate of black death.
[False legend], [True legend] probably means for the above-mentioned demons, the real story that happened in Hamelin on Year 1284, June 26th.
".......? Even though you all understand that much, and yet?"
"Yeah, although we have understood that much, but...."
Izayoi halted on his words and seemed to think about how he should explain, while continuing to reply intermittently:
"Do you remember when Kuro Usagi had summoned us, she talked about the [Parallel world intersection theory]?"
"Un, I remember."
"That seemed to be one of the ways to summon people into the Little Garden, a method called [Multi-manifold assembly type]. In short—[Even if the timeline of the parallel phenomenon that occurred is not similar, eventually the results will be that it will converge at the same point]...........Is that more understandable?"
"Un. meaning to say, that there are a few ways for the timeline to reach the intersection [Absolute a] of formula Ω(Killing method) right?"
Oh? Izayoi slightly tilted his head.
"Yeah.......Main point is indeed that. What it is, your explanation is tons of time better than Kuro Usagi's. I should use your method to explain to Ojou-sama then."
"Is that so, after that?"
"In other words, Forumla Ω(Killing method=∥ Formula w(Weser)= Formula X(Ratten)= Formula y(Sturm)= Formula z(Pest)= Absolute α. This formula seems to equal the demons having more spirit power than average. And I guess that, Among = unable to set up textual criticism........is either the [True Legend] or [False Legend]."
The legend of [Piper of Hamelin] doesn't have any specific truth.
However they could discuss which was potentially the strongest most textual criticism.
But they were still unable to prove that the textual criticism was the truth. At least it was Izayoi who did not know what was the truth.
Coughing a few times, Kasukabe sat up because of the uncomfortable feeling in her body due to the fever and asked a question:
"Then, let's not discuss the truth behind it first. Who do you think is the fake?"
"Formula z (Pest)."
Izayoi answered immediately. His expression clearly indicated that he was confident about his conclusion.
"Spirited away, storms, natural disaster......It was clear that that the methods were all immediate death, except for Black death which was a chronic disease. However, the story of [Piper of Hamelin] must happen on the year 1284 on the 26th, where [The time was limited, to let the 130 children be sacrificed]."
—Year 1284, John and Paul diary 26th of June. 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced by a piper, dressed in all kinds of colors, the children were all lost at the place of execution near the hills.—
From the onset, the period for Black Death would be 2 to 5 days. Unless all the children showed the same symptoms and died at the same time, it would not meet the inscription of the [Piper of Hamelin].
"......? Since [Black Percher] is the false legend of Hamelin, then if we beat her down won't it be......?"
"I have also considered that point. But then it would repeat the first winning condition."
There were 2 winning conditions. Beat down the Hamelin's Demon Lord, and that sentence. Although that identified sentence was as easy as throwing a large smoke bomb, it was still too dangerous.
"Even though I have read about the book related to Black Death.......but nothing seemed to have prompted any pathogenic aspects."
Izayoi tossed the book at the wall. His face seemed to carry a near solving yet haven't solved it expression, which seemed to upset him.
"I've investigated some meaning behind the sentence [Shatter the false legend, making the true legend known]. I can speculate that both have the same shape, and it is an item that can be [Shattered] and [Made]. Then, the only possible item is, the display of the Hamelin inscription of the piper [Stained Glass]."
Kasukabe stared at Izayoi with widened eyes.
"Stained glass......So the method they used to sneak into the festival was....."
"That's right, the game this time, as non-participants are also not the host, they could still use some other place to enter into the festival."
— [People who have Host Master's rights, must identify themselves before becoming participants.]
— [Participants are not allowed to use Host Master's rights].
— [People other than participants are not allowed to invade into the festival area.]
With all these incompatible and contradicting rules, using an individual quota to participate was—
"—[Art crafts exhibits]. I think the Grimoire 《Piper of Hamelin》's real face is likely the combination of the complex glass objects. And these guys used the grimoire to invade into the festival."
Jack was one example. As a gift, he also participated in the festival as a individual.
After informing Sandra about it, they then knew that besides Izayoi and company, there were 100 other pieces of stained glass that were sent from a [No Name] for a community participant.
Seeing Izayoi throwing out speculations one by one, Kasukabe looked at him both admirably and surprisingly.
"Izayoi........What exactly is inside your head?"
"Hmm? Want to see?"
"Yes, want to see."
"How could I let you see!"
Wahahahaha! Izayoi laughed loudly.
"........Well that's all for now. Yeah, to be honest I really don't know what to do. I am guessing that we should shatter the displayed fake stained glass, establishing the genuine.......but the criterion is still not clear, that should we break other stained glass beside the one that establishes Pest. After all, there are 100 or more of them. Finally we can only be fatalistic, and think of ways to beat down the Demon Lord in tomorrow's game."
Gazing at the sky, Izayoi let out a bitter smile. The time between now and the start of the game was probably less than 20 hours.
It was almost soon before Sandra's policy of all communities to stay united till the deadline takes place.
"『True art exists in the universe in your heart』 Eh..........Aiyah Aiyah, this sentence is indeed quite meaningful. Imagine if the inscription of Hamelin has a similar side. Comparing all kinds of textual and speculation that can stimulate one's imagination, creating a story similar to Brother Grimm eh........But what we need now is the real one, Shiroyasha."
Recalling the conversation before couldn't help but make Izayoi laugh.
Looking at Izayoi who was somewhat abandoning himself to despair, Kasukabe smiled gently.
"......Eh, Kasukabe. What kind of smile am I giving when cornered?"
"Sorry, I am just thinking that it was rare for you to have fallen out. You were always confident and arrogant yet self-centered, causing trouble to everyone, so to be honest it's quite refreshing to see you like this."
"Since you could see so much truth in one breath, y