One of them, Vajra, began to complain. “I hate this display! I hardly stand out!” Vajra protested, producing a small amount of wind and electricity. She was currently leaning against a wooden stand. “Put that ridiculously large Pandora in a corner or something! That would help a lot!”
“Ahh, all you do is complain. You really are an intolerant tool,” Ungaikyo said, scoffing at Vajra. She was currently on top of a stand covered with a cloth. They were bickering among themselves when they noticed the three people...mostly Shun.
“So, are you Pandora’s perfect candidate? It’s been almost 10,000 years since I last saw one. Has it really been that long already?” It seemed Pandora’s perfect candidate was a little unusual to the Sacred Treasures, who had been around longer than even a certain Immortal.
The mirror was reflecting the light, and it seemed to be inspecting Shun quite intensely. He was being treated as a strange item by a strange item on display. Shun looked a little perplexed by this interesting turn of events.
“So...I heard you met Suiboku and just ignored him?”
“Y-Yes...well, it’s not that I ignored him. I just had no reason to really fight him.” Ukiyo Shun had previously been ordered to attack Fukei when the Immortal had gone on a violent rampage through Domino. As Shun was heading there, Suiboku appeared before him and asked that he not raise his hands against Fukei. Shun allowed it, which led to Suiboku fighting his old rival. If Shun had been bothered by the request, he could have killed Suiboku there and then.
“Next time, please kill him. He’s not a nice guy.”
“You have no right to ask that of me,” Shun retorted, annoyed.
“So, Suiboku really is hated by the Sacred Treasures.”
“Well, I can kind of see where they’re coming from.” The head of the house nodded along as he agreed with Byoubu, who had confirmed that the rumors about Suiboku were true. Even to a great power like Arcana, Suiboku was someone to fear. They had taken a lot of precautions to ensure that Suiboku wouldn’t go on a rampage at the wedding.
“Hm...I won’t let you kill Suiboku! You have no idea how much he has struggled, nor what he’s gone through!” It was Eckesachs, naturally, who protested. She was also currently propped up next to a wooden stand like Vajra. It seemed she still yearned for Suiboku, who was once her wielder. She was the most powerful sword, so it made sense that she appreciated the world’s most powerful man.
“Ha ha ha ha! We’ll probably shock those around us by arguing like this! Then we’ll make our masters cry, so we should probably shut up!” said Elixir, who was seated on top of a stand covered in cloth alongside Ungaikyo. Just as she had pointed out, the guests were currently fixated on the Treasures. Eckesachs and Vajra, once they noticed, had shut up immediately. They were quite concerned with their dignity.
“However, is this Shun?! He looks nothing like the one before! Even though he’s also a perfect candidate, I’m shocked by how different his hair is!” The perfect candidate before Shun had also been Pandora’s first user. Elixir, who had seemingly known the previous user, started to offer up her honest opinion about the current one. “He was so serious about his isolation and freedom. He was always wandering about.”
“You’re right, he is completely different. Shun isn’t that nice or good-looking of a person.”
“Are you saying that I’m some kind of weird, lame child?”
“Oh, did you finally realize?” Shun was annoyed, but he wasn’t entirely distracted by that feeling. Instead, he noticed that the situation had become quite dangerous. The Sacred Treasures had stopped arguing, but now people from House Disaea were arguing instead.
The rising tension in the exhibition hall was broken by a message from outside the hall.
“Lord Disaea, if I could have a moment...”
“Oh...”
The flustered soldier spoke directly into the lord’s ear. That action alone was a form of foreshadowing about what had happened, and after a short pause, the other guests quickly grasped the situation.
“Hm...you two, listen up. It seems that a fool has appeared in one of the halls and insulted Lord Tahlan. The current lord of Sepaeda happened to be there too and has given him a beating...” The old head of the house laughed as he passed on the information, saying it loud enough that the Sacred Treasures could hear. “Plus, Lord Sansui has been ordered to go say a thing or two to the man responsible for the idiot.”
Shun and Byoubu had serious expressions as they looked at one another.
“It’ll be a fight for honor, and probably a major one. The person responsible for the fool won’t be able to resolve it on his own.”
“You’re right. I feel sorry for those caught up in it.”
Neither of them considered it their problem. Although they were aware that the situation would probably lead to a large loss of life, neither of them tried to stop it.
Dainsleif, another of the sacred treasures, was more concerned. “Isn’t that a bit much as retaliation for some simple defamation?” The Demon Blade of Vengeance had been placed on top of a wooden stand and was glowing strangely, while her voice seemed downcast about the situation. “So, Sansui is really Suiboku’s pupil. They wreak havoc because they think it’s right, and they have no limits when it comes to revenge.”
“While I don’t know a lot about Suiboku, there’s not much else that can be done in this situation.” For his own part, the head of Disaea agreed with the vicious act that was about to take place. As he looked over the value of the gifts from Magyan, he thought that he should be sure to secure some stronger foreign trade routes. “However, the reason Sepaeda has been able to act alone like this is because they have Lord Sansui. How about you two? Would you do the same for me?”
When the older man asked Shun and Byoubu if they would act in the same way as the country’s strongest swordsman, the two of them grinned.
“I would deal with imprudent people. If it came to destroying a country, Byoubu is probably better suited for that.”
“Don’t make me do something you don’t wanna do.” Byoubu, despite brushing Shun’s suggestion off, didn’t say she couldn’t do it. “I guess I’d have to, thanks to Shun’s recommendation. If it comes to that, leave it to me.”
Kakejiku Byoubu was another ace, equal to Shun Ukiyo. That woman, who was yet unknown outside of Disaea, was capable of doing the same things as Sansui.