336 Guardian Spiri (2/2)
There was a gigantic pentagram drawn on the ground, with complex runes carved into the spell formation.
Each point of the pentagram was engraved with smaller spell formations, which were respectively colored white, red, blue, green, and yellow. There were also five runic flags of matching colors.
”Take the board game out and set everything down here.”
Seiji opened the box and put all the player pieces, dice, and board on the ground.
Natsuya started muttering an incantation.
When she began her incantation, the pentagram on the ground lit up. Various lights danced through the runes, and all the smaller spell formations and flags shone as well, glowing in their respective colors.
A five-colored barrier of light appeared, covering the entire area.
Then, a complex spell formation manifested above the board game, gold and red circling each other endlessly. It was just like what he had witnessed yesterday.
”Take a player piece and put it on the board,” Natsuya said when she finished her incantation.
Seiji randomly picked up a male player piece and placed it on the board. Instantly, a gold-red glow enveloped the player piece and shot a beam of light at him.
The scenery before him changed as he entered the board game's illusion. It was the forest filled with cherry blossoms.
This was the same forest Seiji and the others saw after they beat the game. The trees were in full bloom, and cherry blossoms rained down from the branches.
”What a beautiful scene,” the president said from beside him.
Seiji turned around to see Natsuya wearing gold-red Sakura Island clothing; the sight of her stunned him momentarily.
'Compared to these falling cherry blossoms, you're even more beautiful…' he couldn't help but think.
Well, there was no helping it. The president was rocking the Sakura Island dress, which would look overly extravagant on an ordinary girl. This clothing accentuated her elegant demeanor; it was no wonder she looked so alluring.
”She's here.”
Seiji regained his senses when Natsuya spoke. When he turned back to the front, he saw the black-veiled woman walking out of the forest. She headed towards them.
She was still wearing the black-and-white Sakura Island clothing. Her white hair and black veil exuded a mysterious aura.
She stood in front of Seiji and Natsuya, a motionless statue.
A moment of silence fell between them.
”If I may ask… Who might you be?” Seiji asked the same question he had asked yesterday.
Just like yesterday, there was no response.
'What should we do?' Seiji looked towards Natsuya for help.
The president's eyes flashed as she focused on the black-veiled woman.
”She is a Guardian Spirit.”
”Eh?”
”She's not whatever this sealing artifact is sealing. She's the guardian of the seal.”
”The guardian…” Seiji looked towards the black-veiled woman again. ”Can you communicate with her?”
”It should be possible, but I don't know how to do so.” Natsuya paused for a moment. ”There's also the option of using force, but that might end badly.”
”Such as?”
”The Guardian Spirit counterattacking, the destruction of this spiritual sealing artifact, and the release of whatever is being sealed inside…”
”Then let's not use force.”
Not even mentioning what the Guardian Spirit's counterattack would be like, this spiritual artifact belonged to the landlord, so Seiji felt that it would be wrong of them to break it. Besides, they didn't know what was sealed within it, and if something terrible escaped…
”How about trying to touch her?” Seiji suggested.
”You can try if you want.”
And so, Seiji walked towards the black-veiled woman.
”Hello, I don't have any ill intentions. I merely wish to talk to you. If you are able to speak, would you mind saying something?”
Seiji tried to be as courteous as possible to the black-veiled woman, but there was still no response.
”If you don't speak, I'm going to take off your veil.”