811 The Tendo Family’s Betrayal Inciden (2/2)
After she entered the room, Yui closed the door and activated a spell that would prevent any sound from leaking the room.
”What is it?” The black-clad man didn't look at Yui. He simply continued folding origami while speaking in a light tone.
Yui walked over and spoke directly, ”There's a problem with the Yasakani no Magatama.”
The man's fingers slowed slightly in folding origami.
”Where did you obtain this information?”
”I can't tell you.”
”How reliable is it?”
”Extremely reliable.”
The man remained silent as he continued folding origami. Finally, he finished folding a beautiful paper crane. He then placed the paper crane in his hands as he uttered an incantation.
He then opened his hands to reveal countless white lights as an ethereal crane flew up to the ceiling of the room before vanishing.
”What do you want to do?” Only now did he turn to look at Yui.
”Reinspect the Yasakani no Magatama.”
”You know that this will be highly difficult,” the black-clad man said. ”Besides, will you really be able to identify if there's a problem with it?”
Yui remained silent.
The Yasakani no Magatama was incredibly important. Whether there was a problem with it would be of the utmost importance. Not only had several top-level spiritual ability users inspected it many times, the Yasakani no Magatama was also under constant tight surveillance. It was almost unimaginable that someone would be able to tamper with it.
”If there's no identifiable problem with it, even if there is a problem with it, that's the same as it having no problem,” the black-clad man continued speaking.
”You don't believe me?”
”I would have made you leave already if I didn't believe you.”
”…Thank you.”
”No need. I believe you because I'm actually suspicious myself.”
”Suspicious of what?” Yui looked directly at him.
”Everything.” The black-clad man slowly stood up.
He wasn't very tall. Yet, when he stood up, it seemed as if a giant had stood up with how powerful his aura was. There was also something dark and shadowy about him.
”Ever since the Realm of Cherry Blossoms appeared, everything has been incredibly successful, to the point where I feel it's quite unnatural.” He clasped his hands behind his back and started walking until he arrived at the window.
”This should actually be a vicious storm, yet everything so far has been nothing but complete calm,” he stated while looking outside the window. ”Nothing unexpected has happened whatsoever. In my opinion, that's what's most unexpected of all. Perhaps something unexpected that's incredibly dangerous is waiting for us. It's possible that we missed something, but we haven't noticed even up until now…”
The man clutched his hands tightly, revealing his inner turmoil.
Both people in the room remained silent for a while.
”You're absolutely certain that your information source is extremely reliable?” the man asked.
”I'm certain,” Yui replied instantly with zero hesitation.
The black-clad man nodded, and then closed his eyes. He opened them again approximately six to seven seconds later.
”If there really is a problem with the Yasakani no Magatama as you say, then the most likely time that the problem appeared would be ten years ago.”
Ten years ago? Yui furrowed her eyebrows.
”For the past ten years, we've had complete knowledge of the Yasakani no Magatama's whereabouts. I believe that the security around it is sufficient, so nobody could have possibly tampered with it. But if we look at the records of the seven major families who take turns having possession of the Yasakani no Magatama, the most recent suspicious incident surrounding it happened ten years ago…”
The man began telling a story. ”A certain member of the Tendo Family schemed together with outsiders in an attempt to steal the Yasakani no Magatama while the Tendo Family was in charge of protecting the artifact. This outrageous betrayal failed in the end, and that member of the Tendo Family was executed by his family. The outsiders that he allied with were all killed off by the Tendo Family. Nothing happened to the Yasakani no Magatama. It was perfectly fine, just as we can currently see.
”Yet, everything about it was too unnatural. The Tendo Family reacted far too quickly. The other six families had just been informed, and didn't even have the time to react by the time that the Tendo Family finished dealing with the entire betrayal incident by themselves.
”Not only that, the Tendo Family used the excuse of the Yasakani no Magatama being unharmed and that they resolved the incident so quickly to ask for understanding from the other six families. The Tendo Family asked everyone not to investigate the identity of the perpetrators and details of the incident.
”All of this sounds reasonable since the Yasakani no Magatama underwent strict inspections to determine that there really was no problem with it. The Tendo Family also secretly gave out some bribes, which was why the other six families' members in charge of the Yasakani no Magatama all agreed with the Tendo Family's request.