Chapter 088 88
"Next, it's time to announce the rules 'Law'." After confirming that the participants of the three camps did not violate the rules in the first stage, Laplace's Demon pushed the preparations to the second stage, raised his hand and pulled out a piece of parchment for everyone, "The above content is the basic rules that everyone must abide by in this battle--"
"The 810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts" - the long parchment scroll fell to the ground and spread out at the feet of Laplace's Demon; only the title written in large letters at the top could be seen clearly by everyone; and Laplace's Demon casually fixed the parchment on the wall to facilitate everyone's reading.
"The currently open areas include the Rose Maze Garden that everyone has walked through, as well as the Heart Castle and the croquet field in the center." The long rabbit ears touched the top of Laplace's Demon's head, and soon stood upright again as before. "More areas will be opened as time goes by, and each area will have corresponding rules that need to be followed."
"At the same time, the banquet hall and all bedrooms are absolutely safe areas - and, after the bell rings in the evening and before the bell rings in the morning, no fighting is allowed during this period." Laplace approached the door, respectfully facing everyone's heart, and then disappeared in full view of everyone, "Also, on the first day, no matter the time or place - absolutely no fighting is allowed."
"Then let's take a look at what the rules say." After Laplace's Demon disappeared, Fujimaru Ritsuka took a deep breath and was about to get up to read the "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts" when he suddenly found a piece of parchment suddenly appeared in the center of the round table. "Each area has corresponding rules that need to be followed..."
"Let me see what the rules of the banquet hall are."
Compared to the long "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts", this "Round Table Meeting Rules" is short to a comforting degree -
"Round Table Meeting Guidelines"
In order to regulate the behavior of participants and the use of the banquet hall, the following regulations are hereby made.
1. Every participant who has obtained a seat has the right to speak freely and may not interrupt others when they are speaking; correspondingly, participants who have a seat also have the right to refuse to speak freely.
2. All members of the round table are equal. Fighting, quarreling and any other behavior that affects harmony are prohibited.
3. The banquet hall can only be used when the number of people in the three camps is equal.
4. Do not sit in the wrong seat and do not change seats at will.
5. You may not lie to others, but you may choose to conceal the truth.
6. Everyone must leave the banquet hall before the evening bell rings.
"So Laplace's Demon's judgment in the first stage was based on Article 5 of this code?" Peperoncino frowned, thinking of Laplace's Demon's warning at the beginning. "But, this guy's warning also has a sentence - it must be said... This contradicts the second half of the first article."
"Participants also have the freedom to refuse to speak."
——Could it be that Laplace's Demon has the ability to change the rules?
"That guy's rank is Ruler." With a subtle expression, Fujimaru Ritsuka reviewed all the relevant data about the Holy Grail War that Chaldea had collected in his mind and complained, "In the Holy Grail Wars that have occurred in the past, supervisors and referees who don't blow the whistle are extremely rare creatures."
——Tampering with the rules is nothing. There has never been anyone who didn’t whistle illegally in every Holy Grail War.
Fujimaru Ritsuka shook his head, drove out all the strange thoughts from his mind, and stood up first and walked towards the wall where "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts" was hung - since fighting was prohibited on the first day, he certainly couldn't just sit in the banquet hall all the time, and he had to take advantage of this safe time to collect as many different rules as possible.
Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped in front of the wall and quickly began to read "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts".
"The 810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts"
This is the great law that has been in effect in the Rose Kingdom from ancient times to the present.
1. You must not violate any law. Anyone who violates the law will be considered to be violating the will of the Queen.
2. You cannot violate any rules that exist in the world, whether they are recorded or known to others.
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24. Those who stay in the castle must participate in all activities organized by the Queen.
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250. You must wear blue clothes when feeding hedgehogs.
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809. The one who crosses the entire chessboard can be crowned as queen.
810. The one who becomes the Queen has the right to change any of the contents.
——Strange laws. Strictly speaking, not even one of them can be said to be a useful rule for people today.
"Ah, that's right." After reading "810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts", Fujimaru Ritsuka turned and walked out of the banquet hall, but he stopped before stepping out of the door and turned back to look at the other participants. "Article 3 of the "Round Table Meeting Rules" - 'The banquet hall can only be used when the number of people in the three camps is equal.'"
"I'm going to go somewhere else, so - are there any of you from the Red and Black camps who want to come out?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka's question caused the people in both camps to fall into a certain degree of confusion - after all, except for the White Camp, which was a new Group A belonging to Chaldea, the remaining two camps were almost all participants gathered from different worlds; even though they could find that there was no impulse from the first link, they could not let anyone leave their sight so safely.
"It seems that no one in the black third is willing to leave the banquet hall." Irene Adler stood up from her seat with her hands on the table, turned her head and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was standing at the door, "Then let me leave here - anyway, according to the attitude of Laplace's Demon, we will definitely have more than one chance to gather in the banquet hall in the future."
"Then I'll go outside too!" Katarina Kraais had already rushed to the door with Xuehua Qijing the moment she opened her mouth, and smiled awkwardly but politely at the people who remained in their seats, "The atmosphere in the banquet hall is too depressing... I need to breathe some fresh air..."
"Among the currently known rules, only the Round Table Rules have mandatory requirements for the number of people in each camp." After members of both the Red Camp and the Red Camp chose to leave the banquet hall with her, Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly made it clear that she was ready to act alone. "Although the first day is a safe time, the battle to win will ultimately be a life-and-death struggle - you don't want your cards to be revealed on the first day."
After successfully separating from the other two groups, Fujimaru Ritsuka went upstairs while chatting with Charlemagne - "The Round Table Rules emphasize 'participants with seats', which means the twenty-one people with seats. Servants and puppets are not included, which are restricted by this rule. But it is not yet certain whether the 810 Laws of the Queen of Hearts and the rules of other areas include you."
"However, if we take the Alice game we learned before as a reference, it is impossible for servants and puppets to have no restrictions-" Charlemagne walked behind Fujimaru Ritsuka and followed his master to the clock tower, "Because if the Rose Girl loses the Alice game, the contract with humans will end, and humans cannot take the initiative to find new puppets to contract."
"Although a big reason is that the participants in Alice's game are only the seven puppets of Rose Girl, don't you think this is like the situation where the servants are forced to dissipate after the death of the master?" Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged helplessly and stopped in front of the closed wooden door. "Although the contractor provides them with power, strictly speaking, Rose Girl is the Master in Alice's game."
“Oh my…”
"The Bell Ringer's Code"
There must be a bell tower in the castle, and there must be a bell ringer in the bell tower.
1. The bell ringer’s working hours are from 17:30 to 06:30 every day.
2. Ring the bell twice a day, once at 6 pm and once at 6 am.
3. There is only one bell ringer in the bell tower and there is no shift system.
4. If you are met by guests in the castle, you must answer all questions and cannot tell lies.
5. If the Queen's pie disappears, no matter what time it is, the bell must be struck three times in a row, ensuring that a full three strikes are given.
6. If a new queen is born, ring the bell once.
"Two rules already mention the birth of a new queen." Fujimaru Ritsuka touched his chin, turned around and walked to the other side of the castle. "Among Alice's stories, the only one that mentions the birth of the queen is Through the Looking Glass—Alice passed all the boxes and became the queen."
"And the squares that Alice passed through in the story of Through the Looking Glass are actually the squares of a chess board." Fujimaru Ritsuka closed her eyes and looked down at the floor divided by black and white diamonds. "In chess, there is a special rule of play - Promotion."
"When any of our pawns reaches the opponent's bottom line, it can be upgraded to any type of chess piece except the 'king' and 'pawn'."
"The one who crosses the entire chessboard will be crowned as the queen." - The soldier who crossed the entire chessboard reached the bottom line and got the chance to become the queen. Apart from this, there is no other way to become the queen in Alice's story. Before disappearing, Laplace's Demon announced that new areas would appear in this space in the future.
——Obviously, the story will be the same as "Through the Looking Glass", in which a "Pawn Upgrade" game will be played on a giant chessboard and challenged by humans.
——But so far, the only people who can be linked to Alice are the rose girls of the Crimson Camp.
——The winner of Alice's game will become the real Alice.
"This time, the peculiarity is really troublesome..." Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed his hair with a headache and slowed down his pace. "The banquet hall is obviously a gathering place where the three camps are forced to coexist during the daytime, just like in games like Werewolf. In this case, we have to find a place where we can exchange information safely with everyone--"
"Oh, right! There should be a place called a library in this castle, right?"