Hey, hey, are you guys the girls in that cabaret?
'Yes! What can I do for you, brothers?
We're just leaving.

　Susukino, the entertainment district of Sapporo.
　At the edge of a deserted street, a large, quiet man and two brown-haired men with countless ear piercings are having a casual conversation with two cabaret girls dressed in civilian clothes.

'Brothers, are you guys picking up? If you come to the store, you can at least come with me for tea.
It's not exactly a pick-up job. Let's just go somewhere private for now.
Wait, what?
Hey, get off me!

　The men forced the two Cavanagh girls into an unpopular alleyway.

'Don't worry, we won't do anything indecent. I'll just punch you a couple of times in the face. You have to be quiet because you're going to lose your touch. Otherwise, you may have a scar for life.
No, no!
Somebody help me...

　As soon as the brown-haired man finished, the big man shook his fist, and a fist was released towards one of the cavemen.

'Oh, that's as far as it goes. You can't be rough with the girls in our shop.

　Immediately after. With the sound of bones cracking, a languid voice comes from right behind the men.

'Ah? Who the hell are you? You show up as a hero, but it's too late...
Ugh...!
"...and...?

　The brown-haired man responded to the moaning and looked to the side to see the big man's right arm crumpled and in pain.
　The sound of bone cracking was the sound of the big man's arm being broken, and the fist that was released did not reach the woman's face.

''Mr. Diess!''
Thanks for being the bait. I'm sorry to scare you, isn't it? A courtesy car is waiting for you over there, so you can go home early.
Okay, okay!
Thank you!

　Following the instructions of the man called Diess, the girls run at a fast pace in the direction of the pickup truck.

You guys are the ones who attacked our girls? You guys are the ones who attacked our girls? Otherwise, you might get a scar that will last a lifetime.

　After glancing at the fleeing Cavanaugh, the men shifted their gaze to the interloper.
　A large man in a suit with short golden hair and a chiseled face called Diess.
　There is no weapon in his hand and he makes no attempt to remove it.

'Lick it, there are two of us!

　The brown-haired man thrust the knife he took out of his pocket, and the big man lifted the sign that was propped up beside him with his safe left arm and slammed it down.

''........?''
Oh, my God!

　Immediately after. The men's expressions turned to astonishment.
　The knife that had been thrust at them ended up just missing the tip of the blade without piercing it by a millimeter, and the smashed signboard was shattered, but the big blond man called Diess didn't move even slightly.

'Boh, a bulletproof vest!
No, but... well, that's not going to kill me, is it?

　Diess glared at the two men who had attacked her while ripping off pieces of the sign.

'Then I guess that means a course that will leave you scarred for life, right?

　The dull sound of bones crunching echoed quietly in the unpopular alleyway.


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That's what's causing the noise.
Hi. The search is over, and this is the sound you hear when you shake.
This is the one you've been shaking?

　Right now, in front of us, lies one of the antique swords that Grandpa had collected.
　We heard an unnatural noise coming from the storage room while we were cleaning. The sword in front of me was the result of having Nia operate the earthenware form created by the 'toy''s alien powers to thoroughly examine the storage room to see what was causing it.

''In terms of the situation, it's definitely bad...''

　The clattering sound of the sword was bad enough, but the situation in which this sword was placed was even worse than that.
　The letter from God that had been tucked away nearby was crumbling to pieces as if it had lost its power.
　This is definitely bad. This is some kind of pattern that has great power.

"Hmmm........all I know is that it has some kind of power behind it. Even with "pseudo-sensing", I can't sense anything.

　I asked him to check it out using Kuro's cheat ability, which can recreate as closely as possible the different abilities and jutsu he saw at first glance, but he couldn't understand it at all.
　I tried to get the Dojinkata to pull out a sword for me to examine it in detail, but it may be rusted out, and I can't pull it out of its sheath.

I have a hint of this, I think.
Kakaaka...

　White said he'd felt the presence of someone else, but he couldn't remember. I don't recognize it and I don't remember it at all.
　Later, White and Nia also tried to analyze it, but they said they couldn't find anything.

'It doesn't taste good to touch it directly, does it?
It could be a spell implement with some kind of curse. It's best not to touch it at all.
I'm sorry. The cursed fairytale seed is a tool that can be used to activate the effect of touching a fairy seed.
"Kaka.

　White seems to agree with me.
　Okay, let's ask the chairman about this sword. Until then, it's sealed. God forbid you should touch it.

I'm home!
Thanks for the help.

　As soon as the decision was made to treat the sword, Lin and Ur came back.

''Welcome back, slackers. We haven't finished cleaning up yet, so make sure you help us out.
'Ugh, I thought it was over by now! I mean, what's this, what's this?
Katana!

　As soon as they returned, Uru and Lin became interested in the sword.

'That's the sword my grandfather had in his collection. I heard a noise from upstairs a while ago, and when I checked to see what it was, Lynn!
What?

　Right after I started to explain, Lynn lifted the sword normally. The gesture was so natural I couldn't stop it!

Lynn, let it go at once.
Linsan, you don't know what you're dealing with. I will release it at once.
Kaka-kaka, kaka-kaka.
No!

　Linn ran around the room with the hilt of the sword in her hand. Then the sword pulled out of its scabbard without any resistance.

''Whoa!''
What a sign...

　Black also seemed to feel something when he saw the sword blade.
　The strange feeling he felt when he fought the black dress. It was similar to the feeling I had at that time. This sword is in bad shape!

Lynn!

　Lin's sword flashed out in seven colors.

''Quadruple Warding!''

　He takes the sword from Lynn's hand and surrounds it with a 'quadruple ward' with all his might. Even if it were to explode, it should be safe with this.

''The light level has changed.
It's like a random color combination.
Car....

　Then ten minutes. The sword only continued to glow in seven colors and nothing happened.

''You're in the same pattern as Ur!

　As my tsukimi roared, the sword continued to emit seven fluorescent colors like a psyllium.
　It was as if it kept appealing to me that I was not a dangerous thing.