When he woke up early in the morning, he noticed that there was snow on the ground.
"It snowed last night, no wonder it feels a bit cold," Seiji commented as he looked out the window.
This was the first snow of winter.
This snow meant that the weather had become completely cold, and he needed to keep warm.
There was already a heater in his apartment, but it wasn't enough. When it came to keeping warm in winter, the legendary artifact was absolutely necessary — —
A stove!
Seiji, Little Shi, and Ling Yang went out together to the shopping mall to buy a stove.
They bought a suitable stove home and placed it in the living room. The three of them sat around the stove and enjoyed the comfort and warmth.
They lazily watched TV and ate the oranges they bought at the same time.
This was exactly the scene he wanted!
Seiji was satisfied with this scene.
The stove was as comfortable as the legends said. It was a magical artifact.
He was so comfortable that he didn't want to leave. He wanted to buy a laptop and write by the stove. Turning into a snail … how quickly he fell!
Someone knocked on the door.
Seiji looked at Little Shi.
Little Shi looked at Seiji Mukai.
The two of them communicated with their eyes and learned that the other was too lazy to move and didn't want to leave the stove to open the door.
Even his diligent adopted younger sister had been corrupted so quickly. How frightening.
Seiji raised his hand with a serious expression.
"Let's have a duel."
Shika Kagura also raised his hand expressionlessly.
One, two, three, rock-paper-scissors!
Seiji lost, scissors against rock.
He had no choice but to leave Holy Realm … no, Infernal Realm and open the door to welcome his guest.
It was Feng Wu.
"The stove has already been placed on the stove. How nice." The blonde teacher smiled.
In order to enter the Infernal Realm, she offered a box of exquisite pastries as a tribute. She then sat next to Little Ling Yang.
The big beauty and the little beauty started chattering, breaking the quiet atmosphere.
It was nice to have some liveliness.
There was another knock on the door.
He met Little Shi's eyes again.
Little Shi wordlessly raised her hand.
Another duel!
Cloth against scissors.
Seiji lost again.
Climbing out of the demon realm to open the door, he saw that it was Mika.
"If you want to enter this place, please offer up your tribute!" He posed like a statue guarding the door.
"Eh?" The twintailed girl was stunned.
"Bring something that we can play together. Poker cards, doubles, and the like are fine."
"Oh …"
Mika went home to get it.
He brought out a dark grey wooden box that seemed to be quite old.
"This is Double Six. Mom took it out from the storage room."
"It seems to be something from a long time ago."
"Hmm … I'm not sure. I've never played it before."
The two of them brought the wooden box to the living room.
Mika greeted the others and placed the wooden box on the table to attract everyone's attention.
"This is a pair of sixes that Mrs. Landlord brought out. I think she bought it a long time ago." Seiji said as he sat down. "Let's play together!"
The so-called Double Six was a simple board game in which players rolled dice and moved the grid.
Every player would roll the dice and move the piece that represented them according to the number of points on the dice.
Various events would be written on the grid. Walking onto a grid would mean meeting the corresponding event, and the player would have to react or act according to the rules.
This was a traditional game with a long history. It would occasionally appear in anime and manga, and it was quite interesting.
Seiji opened the wooden box.
He saw incredibly intricate character pieces! There were both men and women, and all of them were wearing Sakura Island clothing. Their clothing and appearances were so realistic that they seemed like miniature figurines.
It was astonishing how intricate the pieces were.
Seiji carefully picked one up and inspected it. He felt that its weight and texture were extraordinary.
"This is stone … no, could it be made of jade?" He was even more astonished.
Everyone else was even more astonished to hear this.
Kaede also gently picked up one and carefully examined it as she caressed it.
"Indeed … it's highly likely to be made of jade. Ordinary stones wouldn't have such a texture and luster, "she told him as she was the mafia's Grand Mistress.
A piece made of jade! And it was made so intricately and vividly. This was no ordinary item.
There were a total of six chess pieces, three men and three women. All of them had different clothing and appearances.
If these were truly made of jade, then these six chess pieces alone would be quite valuable.
Apart from the chess pieces, there were also six dice … six dice that seemed to be made of bone!
Seiji didn't know what type of bone it was.
The bottom chessboard … was a piece of leather.
It was unknown what animal's leather it was dyed a deep red. Black and gold paint had been used to draw swirling grid patterns on it, as well as many intricate little pictures. It was quite extravagant.
The style of the pictures was similar to Ukiyo-e. They had a classical charm to them. Every picture was intricate and beautiful, depicting various scenes.
For example, there were women singing, dancing, men drinking alcohol, swords clashing, birds flying across a lake, flowers blooming in a forest … there were all sorts of scenes.
These pictures represented the events. As for what the events were, it would depend on the instruction manual.
The final item in the box was the instruction manual, a slightly yellowed booklet.
There were pictures and corresponding text descriptions in the booklet, just like a picture book.
"I don't think that this board game is an ordinary item sold on the market," Seiji said after checking everything in the box.
"Apart from this booklet, the other items … the chess pieces, dice, and chessboard, they all look extraordinary."
'What do you guys think?' He signaled to the others with his eyes.
"I think so as well. This board game is more like a work of art, or a custom-made special item." Feng Wu agreed. "If we appraise it, I think it's worth at least one million sakuras."
"One million sakuras …" Mika was a little stunned.
"This isn't something that should be played with. Mrs. Landlord might have made a mistake." Seiji rubbed his chin.
"Mika, take this back with you. By the way, how did you get this pair of sixes? Where did you buy it from, or where did you make it? I'm quite curious about the materials used. "
The double pigtailed girl nodded.
After putting everything back in the box, she took it home.
Not long after, she came back with the wooden box in her hand.
"My mom said that this was something that my dad left behind. She doesn't know the specifics, but she thinks that it's better to give it to everyone to play with than to keep it collecting dust," Mika said.
Seiji and the others exchanged glances.
"Since Mrs. Landlord says so … let's play it."
They had to be careful when playing with it; they couldn't damage it.
Everyone present had this thought, including Little Ling Yang.
They opened the board, distributed the chess pieces, and placed them at the starting point …
Before the game began, Seiji once again used his Astral Vision to observe the board game.
He did the same thing when he was inspecting it earlier, and he didn't notice anything unusual. It was the same this time.
Little Shi didn't say anything, which meant that she didn't notice anything unusual either.
The game began.
Everyone tossed the dice in their hands at the same time. The order of starting the game was decided based on the number of points they received. If there were any duplicates, the duplicates would be tossed again.
In the end, the order was: Seiji, Mika, Feng Wu, Little Shi, and Ling Yang.
Seiji was the first to start.
He tossed the dice, and the number was four. He picked up the chess piece and walked to the fourth grid, which corresponded to an old man fishing.
The instant he placed the chess piece down.
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