A pointed-hated elf with a soft glow.

It's about the size of a palm, no, it's smaller than a human hand. At least from Yakumo's visual inspection, that little guy could sit in Asukina's palm without worrying about falling.

The elf who was playing by himself next to the candlestick saw Assuna running over, as if frightened, and let out a shrill "wow" sound, and then ran away.

"Brother?"

Esther, who was being held by Yakumo Mo, held a cone and looked up at him suspiciously.

"Ah, let's go up and have a look."

“…… Good. ”

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The elves are agile, and although they are small, with short hands and short legs, they are not slow to run.

However, after all, Assuna had been trained by strict elven envoys, and later studied swordsmanship with Youmeng, so it didn't take long for her to win this chase.

Holding the running exhausted elf in the palm of her hand, Asukina tried to make herself look more kind.

"Really, I'm not going to catch you and eat you, so you don't have to run away in such a panic!"

“………… Ahh

The elf who collapsed into a large font and lay in the palm of Asukina's hand made a tired sound.

"Caught it?"

Yakumo led Esther to her side.

"Hmm."

"What a cute little one."

A small piece of crispy eggshell was pulled from Esther's cone, and Yakumo Mo distributed it to the elf lying in the palm of Asukina's hand.

“！！”

The elf attracted by the tempting fragrance immediately sat up, stretched out his hands to hold the eggshell handed by Yakumo Mo, and took a careful bite, and then made a "woo wow woo wow" sound while rubbing his little face against Yakumo Mo's white fingertips.

"Pretty cute, isn't it, Ink?"

"Uh-huh. Lovely and lovely. ”

......Seeing that Yakumo and Asukina's attention was on the elf, Esther took a bite of the cone expressionlessly, and then hit her head on the stomachs of the two of them.

"Oh? Esther-chan is jealous. ”

"You're also cute, very good~"

Rubbing Esther's head together as if to appease her coquettish daughter, Yakumo and Asukina glanced at each other and laughed.

Subsequently. Yakumo set his eyes on the elf again.

The little guy was eating a sweet cone eggshell about the size of his own body, and standing in Asukina's hand, he jumped at Yakumo with a "hey", and the latter immediately reached out to catch her.

"Be careful."

With a silver bell-like laugh, the elf began to climb up Yakumo Mo's arm, and finally ran to his shoulder, grabbing his long hair hanging down his chest and starting to swing.

"It's obvious that I caught up, why are you closer to Mo? Is it because of that cone? ”

"Perhaps, little one. My name is Yakumo Mo, her name is Assuna, this child is Esther, what about you? ”

“Rattenfanger～！”

“…… Ratten、fanger？ Rat catcher? ”

Yakumo raised his eyebrows.

"Is this your name?"

"No~~Together~~!!"

"Community?"

The elf nodded.

"And what about your name?"

Crawling down Yakumo's hair to his head, the elf tilted his head, as if he didn't understand the meaning of the sentence.

Asuna looked at the elf sitting on Yakumo Mo's head moving around, and the more she opened it, the more she loved it, and she couldn't help but reach out and hold the little guy down. "So, shall we give you a name?"

"No~No! Rattenfanger～！ ”

“…… It seems that I don't agree. ”

Sigh. Seeing that the little guy climbed onto his shoulder again, Tomorrow Nai simply gave up this plan.

"Mo, let's continue shopping!"

"Hmm!"

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At the same time, [ThousandEyes] is in the meeting room of the branch in the North District.

The White Yaksha sat at the top, followed by Ren, Sixteen Nights, Asuka, Yao, Black Rabbit, and Leticia.

"Really, where did Yakumo-sama and Asuka-sama go! Even Esther-chan ran away......"

The black rabbit still had a bit of anger on his face.

"Alright, alright. Don't worry about their words. Hakuyasha waved his hand, propped his elbows on the table, and said in a very serious tone, "Now, the top priority is to start discussing how to make the referee uniform that Black Rabbit wears in tomorrow's final more cute—"

Black Rabbit: "No." ”

Sixteen Nights: "Yes." ”

"I said no, ahhh!!hhh

Paper fan beating.

Hayasha smiled maliciously, "Okay, okay. That's the end of the joke, let's get down to business. ”

So everyone showed serious expressions.

"Black Rabbit, you will be the referee tomorrow, because today you came to catch the birds and their behavior caused a sensation, everyone here knows that there is a box court noble Moon Rabbit appeared, so everyone wants you to take the role of referee."

"Okay."

"Then, it's Kasugabe who has entered the finals, and your opponents are [Willowisp] and [Rattenfanger], if you have any information-"

Ren raised his hand, "I'll tell Kasuga afterwards." ”

"Good. Then, it's the matter of the Demon King. ”

"""""Demon King !!???" ””””

Hakuyasha nodded, "Yes, according to 'his' prophecy, this time the fire dragon is born, there will be a demon king attacking, I have already informed [Salamandra] side, and the basic countermeasures are also available, but if something bad really happens, you need to fight." ”

"Uncle Ben!"

Sixteen nights patted his chest.

Seeing that everyone was still worried, Hakuyasha suddenly smiled and said, "Don't worry, if something really happens, I, the strongest class ruler in the Eastern District, will solve it!" ”

"So you're setting up a flag?"

"Sixteen Nights Boy, you're talking too much!"

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Following.

-- Boundary wall, stage area.

The Fire Dragon Birth Festival operates the headquarters.

Since there were no extra seats, Sandora specially arranged for the people of [NoName] to sit in the special seats of the operator.

In the final, because there was a black rabbit as the referee, the atmosphere at the scene was extremely high.

Outside the Colosseum-like stage, on a very tall Gothic spire.

Yakumo and Asukina stood there.

Esther took on the form of a sword, and the elf was still sitting on Asukina's shoulder.

"Black rabbits are really popular." Asukina sighed.

"Well, after all, it's a box court nobleman, although it looks a little unreliable on weekdays."

"If that's the case, the black rabbit will cry?"

“…… Aha, look, the Kasuga department is on the field. ”

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To everyone's surprise, Kasuga Yao was defeated.

Her opponents are Aixia, whom Yakumo and Asukina met by chance yesterday, and her partner Pumpkin Jack.

Assuna kept saying something very regretfully, but Yakumo Mo's gaze suddenly turned to the sky.

Something has fallen.

Like rain, a large number of black letters were scattered in the distant sky.

"Ink? What is that? ”

Asukina, who also noticed something unusual, asked out loud.

"Well, maybe it's someone's broken discipline?"

Casually joking, Yakumo took a black letter and looked at it.

[Bestow Game Name: ThePIEDPIPERofHAMELIN]

[List of participants: A community of all participants and organizers currently in the 3999999 Outer Gate, 4000000 Outer Gate, and Boundary Wall Stage area]

[Contestant, organizer designated game leader: the runner of the sun, the star spirit - White Yasha]

[Organizer's Victory Condition: Conquer or Kill All Participants]

[Contestant's victory conditions: 1. Defeat the organizer's game leader. 2. Break the false inheritance and establish the authentic inheritance]

[Oath: Respect the above content, and hold a boon game based on glory, flag, and the rights of the organizer]

[Grimm Gimoire.Hameln seal]

"Mandatory Bestowal Games...... Beelzebub!? ”

Yakumo frowned.

In the sky, rain-like black letters were still falling.

"Tsk! Is it really someone-the Demon King's broken festival? ”

At the same time, among the people who reacted in the venue, there was finally a hoarse shout.

"The Demon King has appeared, ahh!!!!h (To be continued.) )