The Fire Dragon Birth Festival in the North Area had finally begun.
Due to the rules of the Box Garden world, the North Area was forever locked in autumn, and quite a few beautiful creations were displayed at the Fire Dragon Birth Festival. This was also one of the North Area's defining traits: they placed great importance on creation-type Gifts, so they always held all kinds of exhibitions and competitions for them.
However, something strange had appeared at this festival for the residents of the North Area.
"What is this?"
Looking at the box standing by the roadside, the North Area residents gathered around it in confusion. It looked like a huge rectangular glass case, as tall as a one-story building. Through the glass barrier, they could see colorful little balls inside, though they had no idea what they were for. A sign stood beside it, listing the rules.
According to the rules, this was a Gift Game called "gacha." Players had to insert coins, then turn the handle to draw one of the balls inside. The sign also listed what could be found in the balls, but it only gave names, leaving everyone utterly baffled.
"What is this thing?"
"No idea. Want to give it a try?"
"It's way too expensive, and the festival has only just started... Let's go inside and have a look. There should be more interesting Gift competitions there."
"Exactly. Let's go look at something else. Everything here is so weird, and we have no idea what any of this writing means..."
After chatting with his friends for a few moments, the dog-headed man turned to leave. But at that moment, a somewhat rough and urgent voice suddenly came from behind them.
"Make way, make way!"
As soon as the voice fell, a group of