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Last Embryo Volume 8 Chapter 3 Part 5

One of them is the Gift Game that Kasukabe You and her friends once experienced in the City of Flames, the 『Coolie’s Cow Fight』.

As a result of being altered by storytellers of later generations in this way, the true history has become unobservable within the scope of human history, causing the burned-out civilizations and histories, or the unattainable future to be unable to correspond to the 「No Formers」.

Originally, once they were lost, they should remain unobservable Little Garden, so You tilted her head as she looked at the 「No Former」 bounty on her own Gift Card.

「But I thought that 「No Former」is a 「No Former」precisely because they cannot be observed anymore, right? But if that is the case, then how is it possible that this is still able to exist in Little Garden despite that?」

Kuro Usagi nodded at her perfectly reasonable question. Sharol perked up her cat ears and put her index finger up, stating her theory about the「unobservable letters」.

「Kasukabe-neechan. Everything seems to be pointing to the fact that this hunting Gift Game has been created in the very early days of Little Garden, which means that it is a super ancient thing. I think that the most probable thing that happened is that at one point the language that has been used to make it became the Lost Proto Language, causing this Geass Roll to lose its power.」
「I see. And?」

「And now, perhaps something happened that triggered the Lost Protolanguage to regain its power. And by something, I mean one of the more recent events that took place in Little Garden, as a result of which the letters that 「couldn’t be observed before」have changed into the ones that 「can be observed once more」. I mean, just think about it. Wasn’t there some huge Paradigm Shift that changed the flow of the world?」

Due to the changing times, unobservable letters have changed to observable letters… Kuro Usagi then clapped her hands together as if she just noticed something.

「Perhaps when we defeated the Demon Lord Azi-Dahaka…」

「I’m sure that has to be it! When Kasukabe-neechan and the others defeated Azi-Dahaka, that caused a huge Paradigm Shift to occur and when the true text of the 「Book of Invasions」was discovered, that also caused the Lost Proto Language to change accordingly as well. And now that there is the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority going on, its timing influenced it as well, thus fixing the issue of the unobservable letters!」

「Ohh…!!!」

Kasukabe You let out a voice filled with admiration. Most likely she didn’t expect that someone would be able to solve the mystery of the 「unobservable letters」 in such a short time. As expected of someone worthy of being appointed as the 「Floor Master」of the South Side.

Sharol felt her heartbeat throb with excitement as she wagged her tail, embracing the Geass Roll in her hands.

「I’ve heard that the ancient Celtic civilization was a society of strong women, so in all likelihood, the Gifts and the artifacts that remain from its early days must be the Geass Rolls left by the ancestors of the ancient Goddesses! So if we take this Geass Roll and study it, we should be able to strengthen our Community’s 「Guest Master Authority」: 『Der Gestiefelte Kater』!」

Sharol Gunark kept wagging her tail with joy♪. Meanwhile, Kasukabe You noticed something important as she put her hand to her chin.

「… No, wait a minute. In other words, if we assume that everything you said is indeed true… then does that not mean that the contents of the Game itself still remain largely unreadable to us?」

「Un?…. Oh yeah, I guess you do have a point there!」

With that, all three of them finally managed to calm down. It would seem that Sharol herself was still pretty much a novice leader who was just desperate to read new things while not being able to immediately find solutions to the problems that were appearing before her.

In the first place, if the current assumption that Sharol made was really a correct one, then the conclusion should be that there is actually no proper way of deciphering the meaning behind the unobservable letters. When she realized that, You let out a deep sigh and called out to the Unicorn.

I’m sorry, Unicorn-san, but it looks like we won’t have any other choice but to destroy the entire water field in order to get out of this thing.

「Huh?」

「What did you say, meow?!」

When Kuro Usagi and Sharol both raised their voices of surprise, so the Unicorn told them about the situation inside of the ivy cage in a bitter voice.

『Actually… This gigantic ivy cage takes root in this lake, and every time it is destroyed, it absorbs water from it and regenerates itself, so if we want to permanately destroy this cage, I am afraid that we are going to have evaporate the entire lake.』

This is probably the biggest reason why You was so hesitant about destroying the ivy cage.

Even though she said that she came here at the unicorn’s request to help them restore themselves, it was still unclear why did she come to this particular location in the first place, since the place where the Unicorns are living right now should have an ample supply of clean water that they can access whenever they need to.

But if this place was that waterfront they found for themselves, then if You destroys it entirely, they are going to be forced to embark on yet another journey in search of a new place to live.

Sharol, who was frightened but guessed what was going to happen, raised her cat ears and laughed heartily.

「What the hell?! Is that what you have been worried about the entire time? In that case, why don’t you just come live in Underwood? Your circumstances are a bit special, but I am sure that everyone’s going to understand it as long as we explain it to them properly!」

『Would… would that really be alright?』

「Of course it’s going to be alright! And even if it wasn’t, I am the leader of the 『Six Scars』, so I won’t let anyone oppose the idea! And besides, if you come live there, then I will be able to protect you from the poachers!」

Sharol gave the Unicorn a smile and a thumbs up. However, since unicorns have been tormented by poaching for as long as they have existed, they might be reluctant to come live in a human settlement, and even if they were willing, there is no guarantee at all that they will reach any kind of agreement even after consulting with the 『Six Scars』.

Kuro Usagi also talked to the bewildered Unicorn in order to not discourage him.

「You can rest assured, Unicorn-san. 『Six Scars』 is the same kind of Community as 『Will-o-Wisp』 and our 『No Name』. We are all the members of the same Community aliiance, so when she says that they will protect you, you can definitely trust them! I’m sure they will accept you as their good comrades.」

「Yes, definitely. And besides, there are other horse mythical beasts living in the area of Underwood, so I’m sure they will get along with you as their new neighbors.」

『I understand. If the savior of my life, You-sama and Kuro Usagi-sama, the member of 「Little Garden’s Nobility」claim that this is the best thing that we can do in our current situation, then I will obey their judgement.』

The unicorn nodded his head with determination. Kasukabe You slapped her own cheeks in an attempt to get herself fired up, and the she proceeded to take out her Gift, 『Genome Tree』.

「Okay! If that’s the case, then let’s blow this ivy cage away right now!」

「YES! Let’s evacuate to a safe place, Sharol-san」

「Understood… ! Oh, but before that. You-neechan’s absurd firepower would probably turn the Geass Roll to cinders, so let me take this bad boy with me.」

Sharol said while taking the Geass Roll. However, when Sharol took a few steps away while holding the Geass Roll tightly, it mysteriously stopped moving.

「Huh? Oi, come on!」

She tried pulling it out forcefully, but the Geass Roll still refused to leave the vicinity of the ivy cage.

On the other hand, Kasukabe You finished transforming with the 『Genome Tree』 and entered a battle stance.