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Volume 5 Trouble File First Half Part 5

For a moment there, both Kouryuu and Shuten Douji fell silent, reminiscing about the days of their past that they have spent together with Canaria. Izayoi also smile and shook his head while muttering:

「Yeah, that. . . . that sounds like her all right.」

Back in the days when Canaria was still together with him, she never talked about Little Garden and the matters related to it even once, nor did she ever asked Izayoi to help her take revenge against the Demon Lords who attacked her Community one day and caused it to become {No Name} that lost both its name and its flag. To this day, Izayoi does not know what were her real intentions behind keeping him in the dark about the matters that obviously must have been pretty important to her, and now that he was no longer alive, he will probably never know the answers to those questions. However, one thing that needs to be mentioned is that technically speaking, he was never Canaria’s disciple, because she never told him that he has become something like that and she never treated him in a way that a master would treat her disciple. As far as Izayoi was concerned, they were just partners who played together while they were travelling around the world enjoying both the good things and the bad things that it had to offer. . . . . and yet, even though they were through so much together and shared an undeniable bond of friendship. . . . . she never mentioned {No Name} to him in any context. Not even once. . . .

「. . . Izayoi. Do you know how the last member of one of the most prideful ethnic groups in the world called 「Ishi」met his end? 」

「. . . . . ..」

「. . .Hm? Hey, Izayoi, what is wrong? Are you feeling all right?」

「. . . . .Yeah, I am fine, just got a little lost in my own thoughts for a moment, that is all. Anyway, as I was saying, I would very much like to hear everything that you can tell me about The Seven Great Sages and The Seven Great Sages War. You want to know about this too, am I right? Kasukabe, Miss Rich Lady?」

「Of course I want to know.」

「I have not met any of the Demon Lords from Japan yet. And as far as I know, none of them have any connection to the members of the Onihime Alliance.」

「Oh really? So you have never met my daughters or the Nine Tails Demoness?」

「Well, Little Garden is an overwhelmingly big place after all, so I am sure that you are going to run into some of them sooner or later, although I would strongly prefer that 「Later」 option. Anyway, I heard that in the near future Karyou is going to be the one who will be acting as the leader of the Onihime Alliance, so when the moment for her to take charge finally comes, I am sure that you are going to have a chance to meet her.」

「I am also interested in the famous Hanamachi that has become the source of a great many rumors. . . .  but in all seriousness now, can we move on to talking about The Seven Great Sages War? I am sure that those who died and whose memory we are honoring today would like to hear more about it as well, and I think it would make for quite a nice parting gift for them.」

「All right, all right, I see what you are getting at. I am sure that this is not going to be as interesting of a story as the one about the fight to the death with {The Absolute Evil} Azi-Dahaka himself, but if this is supposed to be for the purpose of entertaining the souls of the dead who are watching us right now, then I guess I have no choice but to comply and give them what they want, right? Now, if everyone is ready to listen, the have a seat, come a little closer and most importantly, grab yourself a solid drink, because I assure you, you are definitely going to need them! And while we are already at it, we might as well have ourselves a contest to see who can drink the most! What do you say to that? Sounds good?!」

「Sure does. And this time, I am not going to lose!」

「Eh? So I am required to be drinking along with everyone else?」

「Naturally! Now, Let us drink ourselves silly during this storytime turned drinking Game! The last one to get smashed so much that they will not be able to drink anymore gets to be declared a winner! G A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」

Laughing with his most vigorous laugh yet, Shuten Douji encouraged not only the problem children and Kouryuu to get closer to him and listen to his story while getting absolutely wasted, but all the other people in the banquet venue as well, and so they did. Cups were raised, barrels were rolled out, and before they realized it, the audience for Shuten Douji’s story has increased quite considerably. Waking up from his little trance caused by hearing Canaria’s name and learning something new about her, Izayoi also raised his own cup and joined the ranks of the people who were now cheering wildly in the anticipation of the story that was about to begin.

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The Great Seven Sages War.

Even though that war is still one of the hottest topics of discussion all across Little Garden even today, very few people can boast that they actually know the truth about how did the war play out, but there is a multitude of theories and speculations on what actually happened.

There is a Demon Lord Theory, which assumed that The Seven Great Sages waged it solely because they wanted to overthrow Shangdi, the Divine Jade Emperor in the Chinease Mythology and rule over his domain by themselves.

There is a Hero Theory, which is essentially the exact opposite of The Demon Lord Theory. It assumes that The Seven Great Sages were not Demon Lords, but heroes who stood up against Jade Emperor’s tyranny and his oppressive reigns over the land of China.

The Conspiracy Theory, which assumes that The Seven Great Sages waged the war against each other after Jade Emperor pitted them against one another with lies, deceit and cunning trickery.

There are many, many more theories and there is no end to their debate about why did The Seven Great Sages War happened and what were its causes, but surprisingly few people ever talked about or tried to consider the consequences of that event, most likely because all of the theories had one thing in common with one another: the fact that no matter the version, the end result of the war was always clearly shown, so no matter who tried to speak about it, the conclusion would always be the same.

The ending of that war has already been decided in the moment when the seven flags decided to wave in the wind for her sake.

When the six youkai heard the news that Sun Wukong has been captured and was going to be sentenced for the crime of vandalizing the gardens that belonged to the Jade Emperor, they immediately set out in order to rescue her.