Chapter 324

When they woke up early in the morning, they noticed that there was snow everywhere.

"It snowed last night. No wonder it feels so cold," Seiji commented as he looked out the window.

This was the first snow of the winter season.

This snow meant that the weather had become completely cold. It was necessary to keep warm.

There was heat and air conditioning in the house, but it wasn't enough. When it came to keeping warm in the winter, the legendary divine artifact definitely couldn't be left out …

A furnace!

Seiji, Shika, and Reo went out together to the shopping mall to buy a furnace.

They bought a suitable furnace and brought it home. The three of them sat around the furnace and enjoyed the comfort and warmth.

They lazily watched TV and started eating the oranges that they bought.

This was exactly the scene he wanted!

Seiji was quite satisfied with this scene.

A furnace was just as comfortable as the legends said. It was a magical artifact.

It was so comfortable that he didn't want to leave. He even wanted to buy a laptop and write by the furnace. Transforming into a snail … how quickly had he fallen!?

There was a knock on the door.

Seiji looked towards Shika.

Shika looked towards Seiji.

The two of them exchanged glances and learned that both were too lazy to move. Neither of them was willing to leave the furnace to open the door.

Even his diligent adopted younger sister had been corrupted so quickly. It was truly frightening.

Seiji raised his hand with a serious expression.

"Let's have a duel."

Shika also raised her hand with an expressionless face.

One, two, three, rock-paper-scissors!

Seiji was defeated in a rock-paper-scissors match.

And so, he could only leave the Holy Domain … no, the Demon Domain to open the door and welcome the guest.

It was Kaede.

"You've already placed a furnace on the table. How nice." The blonde teacher smiled.

In order to enter the Demon Domain, she offered a tribute: a box of exquisite desserts. She then sat down next to Reo.

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 exchanged glances with Shika once again.

Shika wordlessly raised her hand.

Another duel!

Cloth against scissors.

Seiji lost again.

He crawled out of the Demon Domain and opened the door to see that it was Mika.

"If you wish to enter this place, please offer a tribute!" He made a pose like a guardian deity.

"Eh?" The pigtailed girl paused in surprise for a moment.

"Bring something that we can play together. Poker cards, doubles, or something like that."

"Okay …"

Mika went home to get some.

He brought out a dark grey wooden box that seemed to be quite old.

"This is a doubles. Mom took it out from her storage room."

"I think it's from quite a long time ago."

"Yeah … I'm not sure. I've never played it before."

The two of them brought the wooden box to the living room.

Mika greeted everyone else and placed the wooden box on the table to attract everyone's attention.

"This is a doubles that Mrs. Landlord brought out. I think she bought it a long time ago," Seiji said as he sat down. "Let's all play together!"

The so-called Double Six was a simple board game in which players rolled dice and moved the grid.

Every participant would roll the dice in turn and move the pieces that represented them according to the number of points on the dice.

Various events would be written on the squares. Walking on a square would mean that the corresponding event had happened, and the participant would have to react or act accordingly.

This was a traditional game with quite a bit of 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 almost seemed like miniature figurines.

It was quite astonishing how intricate the pieces were.

Seiji carefully picked one up and inspected it. He felt that its weight and texture were both extraordinary.

"This is a stone … no, could it be made of jade?" He was even more astonished.

Everyone else was even more astonished upon hearing this.

Kaede also gently picked up a piece and carefully inspected it as she caressed it.

"Indeed … it's highly likely that it was made of jade. Ordinary stones wouldn't have such a luster and texture, "Kaede said as she was a mafia scion.

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. Every one of them had different clothing and appearances.

If these were truly made of jade, then just 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.

As for the chessboard at the bottom … it was a piece of skin.

It was unknown what animal's skin had been dyed a deep red. Black and gold paint had been used to draw swirling patterns on it, as well as many intricate little drawings. It was quite an extravagant sight.

The drawing style was similar to Ukiyo-e. It had a classical charm to it. Every single drawing was intricate and beautiful, depicting various scenes.

For example, there were scenes of women singing, dancing, men drinking, swords clashing, birds flying across a lake, flowers blooming in a forest … all sorts of scenes.

These drawings represented events. As for what the events were, it would depend on the instruction manual.

The final item in the box was the instruction manual. It was a slightly yellowed booklet.

The booklet had pictures and corresponding text descriptions, just like a picture book.

"I don't think that this board game is an ordinary item that can be found on the market," Seiji said after he finished inspecting everything in the box.

"Apart from this booklet, the other items … the chess pieces, dice, and chessboard — none of them seem ordinary."

'What do you guys think? ' Seiji indicated to the others with his eyes.

"I think so as well. This board game seems more like a work of art, or perhaps a custom-made item." Kaede agreed. "If I were to estimate its value, I think it would be worth at least one million sakuras."

"One million sakuras …" Mika was rather stunned.

"This isn't something that should be played with. Perhaps Mrs. Landlord made a mistake." Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation.

"Mika, why don't you 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 as to what materials were used. "

The pigtailed girl nodded in response.

After putting everything back in the box, she took it home.

Not long after, she returned with the wooden box in her hands.

"My mom said that this was something that my dad left behind. She doesn't know the specifics either. She just feels that rather than leaving it to gather dust, it's better to give it to everyone to play with," Mika told them.

Seiji and the others exchanged awkward glances.

"If Mrs. Landlord says so … then let's play with it."

They needed to be careful when playing with it. They didn't want to damage it.

Everyone present realized this, including Reo.

They opened up the board, distributed the pieces, and placed them at the starting point …

Before they began, Seiji once again used his [Astral Vision] to observe this board game.

He did the same thing when he was inspecting it earlier and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. It was the same this time.

Shika didn't say anything, which meant that she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary either.

The game began.

Everyone tossed the dice in their hands at the same time. The order of starting would be decided based on the number of dice they received. If there were any duplicate dice, the duplicate dice would be tossed again.

In the end, the order was: Seiji, Mika, Kaede, Shika, and Reo.

Seiji was the first to start.

He tossed the dice. The number was "four." So, he picked up the character piece and walked to the fourth space, which corresponded to a picture of an old man fishing.

The instant he put down the piece.