Editing The Unexplored Summon Blood Sign:Volume6 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 3===

Meanwhile, the Meinokawa Sisters were trembling in fear after being left behind in the (supposedly) main living room.

“(R-Renge, um, what do we do!? Now that Shiroyama-san is here, there’s no way we can win! They’ll fire us and we won’t get paid!!)”

“(Shut up, Higan. Leave this to my negotiations skills. Uuh…but why is it more Freedom summoners? And with two 900 level ones butting in, I’m starting to wonder if they told us the wrong rate for this one…)”

For one thing, this was Toy Dream 35. With a swimsuit and white liger Government pair who had somehow reached the upper 800s without ever leaving her apartment and a mysterious China dress from Illegal who defeated summoners with her own body and hidden weapons instead of a Material, the city had some harsh competition.

And the eyes of the tomb keepers working in the living room were not giving them a clear answer. They did not actively support the twins and simply hoped the twins could be of some use. It was the usual stance toward outsiders brought in as mercenaries.

“(U-um, are we carrying some bad karma or something?)”

“(I don’t think this is on that level. If anything, I think we’re lacking something…)”

To be clear, the Meinokawa Sisters were not low-level summoners, but this was not a place where one could distinguish herself with average skill. This was Toy Dream 35 where the once-in-2000-years typhoon known as the White Queen and the eye of the storm known as Shiroyama Kyousuke were frequently seen.

Yes.

For example…

“Woof woof!! Woof woof woof woof!! How long are you just going to tease me, sir! I can’t stand it any longer!! I just want to dig in right away!! Your orders have built up so much pressure inside me and it’s allll about to burst out!! Kyahhhn! Hah hah hah hah!!!!!”

“Why are you doubling down and trying to enjoy this!? Stop! People are going to think I’m a pervert too! Really, Sekurtiti, this isn’t what I wanted! Look carefully with your divine power. Eh? What? You see something even worse in me? What the hell do you think you saw, you occult pervert girl!?”

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The twin shrine maidens and the brown-skinned tomb keepers felt their minds go blank and silence surrounded them for a while.

And once she got tired of surrendering herself to that, blonde Higan finally opened her eyes.

“That’s what we lack!!”

“We can’t, Higan! We can’t let ourselves turn into freaks like that!!”

Renge desperately clung to her sister’s waist to keep her from heading toward the sounds of a commotion still coming from the other room.

But those sounds finally came to a stop.

And Freedom Award 903 stepped out with a look of blazing duty in his eyes.

“Sorry about the wait, everyone. Tomb Priestess Sekurtiti and I have reached an agreement.”

“(Wh-what happened in there, um, Renge?)”

“(Shh! Ask that and I have a feeling your life is forfeit, Higan.)”

His hair and clothing were in disarray like he had been playing with a large and undisciplined dog that liked to jump up on people and his entire face was sticky with what looked like dog drool.

Horned Biondetta stood next to him feigning ignorance, but Sekurtiti (who should have stood in the center as the ruler of this place) was cowering over by the wall and trembling. It entirely ruined the majesty of the gold decorations and Y-shaped lace cloth as thin as fairy wings that barely covered her bandaged but otherwise nude body. Those two summoners must have held a sublime battle and that girl’s pale blue eyes had peered into a forbidden abyss.

The old man in a casual suit looked highly affronted that they had gone over his head for that audience, but he did not actually say anything as he supported the Tomb Priestess’s body. That may have been a sign of how well trained he was.

“L-l-listen carefully, everyone. Ahem. These two are no longer visitors. We shall open all chambers to them as brethren who will take up arms and fight alongside us against any who would disturb the ancient pharaoh’s slumber. Understood?”

But once her tongue got moving, she was a ruler once more. Just like the bullet would fly when the trigger was pulled, her established technique would not betray her. The tomb keepers were used to obeying her, but even outsiders like Renge and Higan (who were even disadvantaged by Kyousuke and Biondetta’s intrusion) felt their shoulder’s jump as their hearts switched over to respectful listening mode. No, from their view, they were being lured in by those glistening lips.

This was different from normal hypnotism. With the method widely known to the world at large and that was legally accepted as a medical treatment in Canada, the subject would generally reject any request that would harm them. That was the origin of the well-known ideas that skeptics could not take part in a séance and that a hypnotized person could not be ordered to die. …But to put it another way, a true ruler could do so. With a single statement, she could turn white into black or have the target take their own life.

Gold-adorned Sekurtiti had subconsciously learned these techniques from the situations she found herself in.

But that was not the true essence of her being.

The overly smooth movement, the words that drew people’s minds to her lips, and the beauty that drove away animal lust were all part of what attracted people to her, but that was not what she was. If what she said was true, then she too was a servant. She guided the boat that carried the ancient pharaoh’s soul between this world and the underworld. She was only ruling over people to optimize her ability to fulfill that role.

She would return the ancient king’s soul to his preserved flesh body.

That was a form of summoning.

“So, Shiroyama Kyousuke. When will the calamity you speak of arrive? And what can we do before then?”

“Well, I apologize in advance for how pessimistic this is going to sound.”

Kyousuke placed his index finger on his chin and looked up at the ceiling.

And he made an announcement.

“But I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t arrived yet.”

Immediately, an explosive noise shook the entire apartment.