Vol 2 Chapter 111 (1/2)
Chapter One
The Festival
(Part 11)
When she finished her shi+ft at reception and went to the lord’s manor, fortunately or not, Hector was there
Hector, who had met her in the parlor with a elcome, smiled at Ilya’s proposal
“It looks like you’ve planned soain”
When he placed the proposal back onto the table and took a sip of tea, Hector resu
“Could I also participate in this one?”
He spoke as though he said so preposterous
Although Ilya hesitated for a moment from the unexpected question, she caave her consent
“Yes As long as it doesn’t hinder your official obligations”
“Of course! Ah, I’ll be financing this one too”
“… Yes Thank you very much”
There was the precedent of the snow festival, so Ilya pro him otherwise This caused Hector to feel rather surprised at how at how fast she agreed
Setting aside talks concerning the project, they moved onto another matter
“An expected disaster huh… should I place watchmen in that area?”
“How about how reinforcing this first?”
“Reinforce? Then this one’s is the priority?”
“Yes First of all, this one is the erous—”
Unfurlling aout countermeasures
After finishi+ng their discussion, Ilya looked up at the cloud-covered sky while walking down the rainy main street with Haku
At first glance, the thick clouds drifting through the sky looked as though they werenormally
However, her [Clairvoyance] told her that the wind flowed in an arc from a certain point in all directions… a typhoon-like phenomenon
This world’s weather, be it rain or fog, was dictated by the elements
However, when it came to natural phenomenons like typhoons, the crystal pillars of wind that produce the wind elements that exist in this world was very often the cause
It was no exception this ti in the far-away center of the typhoon
Even so, the scale of this was too large for a typhoon produced by a single crystal pillar of wind
Ilya’s eyes and knowledge perceived the existence frolicking about the surroundings of the crystal pillar of wind,its scale
That existence was the great spirit of wind, Sylph
Disliking being bound by anything, nota contract with anyone since its birth, it was a troubleso alone so it would what it pleases to involve other people That was the Sylph that Ilya knew
It was good until it started to play rough, but because its actions had started gradually dah to catch Ilya’s attention, she had spanked and scolded it
It had behaved itself for a while after that, but it appears to have found a new playmate
Ilya silently prayed for the birdkin youth that it looked pleased with
(Let’s uess)
Happening upon the crystal pillar of air while playing with hi it As a result, the giant typhoon began,Sylph all the more excited
Ilya’s guess of so was remarkably on point
Even so, she didn’t intend to irl tried to stop thinking about the typhoon, but she suddenly felt like she recognized that birdkin
Was that person someone that had used the Lunéville branch?
While Ilya, who generally didn’t even try to rehts were interrupted by raindropsabout in unnatural movements
“Pi~”
The real nature of the raindrops wasthe water
The dragon God responded to rain- more rain Haku would also be able to call upon a stor the power to rouse thunderbolts Therefore, she couldn’t treat the dae caused by the typhoon as someone’s else’s affairs
There were people saying that the dragon God was the source of the long rain recently, but that was the dragon God paying for his previous offense of causinginvolved with children that just liked to pray for rain
Like that, people could invite ill-placed suspicious through their own actions
“Haku, don’t becoht?”
“Pi!”
It was an unexpectedly good response
As usual, the rain hadn’t let up by the following day
To hold the event, she had everyone gather in the dining hall to have them memorize the rules first
“Ilya, what’s this?”
The thing the man held up was a round, flat white stone
On the tables were four-cornered boards with nineteen horizontal and vertical lines on them
On either sides of them all were two containers, each filled with identically shaped white and black stones They were for a board gah the use of black and white stones, struggling for position—
“They are called Go Stones, used in a game called Go”
After giving a siaement that allows for constant capture and recapture, she perforht the rules before She explained how victory and defeat worked through the counting syste over her chair”
“You will grow accustoive it a try”
Contradicting Ilya’s prediction that there wouldn’t be , she was relieved to see that people were scra to sit in the chairs
It wasn’t her intention to open a Go school, so when it ca moves, everyone started from zero
“Ilya, what about this one?”
Facing the table Fidel called to her froame that used pieces with letters written on the
“This one is Shogi, a ga”
“It’s different from that Chess you introduced at the start, isn’t it?” [1]
“Yes”
When she lined up both sides, there were already people here and there getting into it and snapping pieces down
There were already a few eager people ehts e of action Once she had explained the liinners actually try it out
They were progressing fairly well at first, but their radually slowed
Seeing that, Ilya realized that she had forgotten so important
“There is a time limit established ahead of time for official occasions, so please take note of that”
“” Eh— “”
It was a step taken so that people wouldn’t do things out of the game like starvation tactics
While writing down a list of things to bring and distribute, she added a clock to the list Just thishile
When she left that table to see how the others were doing—
“Check!”
“Eh, no way!? Ugaah!”
—she found staffout
What they were playing was one of the three iteame called Chess that she had explained first It looked like Shogi but its rules were different, so she atte Go between the two
That aside, the only proble
“Elizah, Bard-san Please return to your duties”
“Ka~y”
“… Meh”
Hating to lose, Bard was sulking hard It was decided that there would be a strict prohibition to real fights added to the rules
When she went to the second floor after giving the two a strict talking to, the situation was fairly chaotic
As for as gathered on the second floor… children and people, where pondering deeply about so points