Episode 203. Day 5 of the Festival
The fifth day of the magic banquet dawned.
Today, there are more people coming into town by carriage or train.
It may be because it is the last day of the festival, but today was the most meaningful day for Alighieri.
It is the anniversary of the death of the great sage Dantia.
In the memories of most of the people of the Divine Empire, she remains as a great sage who would bring about a revolution in this era.
Her scholarly work has led to the advancement of higher technologies and will continue to do so in the future.
To express my gratitude to her, I perform a sacred ceremony.
The ritual called ‘festival’ that she once loved.
“A festival… What an awkward expression.”
The man with pointy ears said.
He hummed as he watched the audience coming into town from the balcony of his guest house.
His blond hair, flowing down to his waist, and his pointed ears clearly indicated that he was an elf.
“Of course, today will be the last day.”
When he touched his ear with his finger, the pointed ear became normal.
From an elf’s perspective, the pointy parts may seem ordinary, but the fact that they have become ‘human’ remains unchanged.
And his golden hair also became black. In an instant, he had transformed from an elf to a human.
Grisha High End.
The master of the yellow tower who uses archery and high-level magic.
He is a famous black-haired man known for his kind image and for being a leader in inter-ethnic communication.
But no one knows that he is Number 4, the leader of Doomsday.
All the people belonging to his school are also of the same group.
“Lord Grisha.”
A wizard appeared in his room using a teleportation spell.
He too had black hair and was an elf disguised as a human.
“Everything is ready. We should be able to perform the ceremony today.”
“Thank you for your hard work. But have you looked for any traces of Aisha?”
“that is…”
The wizard was speechless at Grisha’s question.
Grisha’s eyebrows shook as he could tell that this was definitely not a good outcome.
“We’ve been searching for days, but we haven’t been able to find it. It seems like it would be difficult to go out hastily because of the magic waves emanating from the festival.”
“I see.”
Even though she is a corpse resurrected by artificial spirits, she is my only daughter.
Surely this Alighieri is somewhere there.
“I guess I’ll have to find it myself.”
His schedule includes observing a tactical demonstration in the evening.
Since there was still time left, I went out and looked around the town.
People were still walking around laughing and laughing. Decorations for the parade that would take place later were placed all over the town.
Among them, there were many children who went with their parents.
There were also many people walking around and chatting with their friends.
family.
friend.
`I’m so jealous.`
Grisha also once existed.
There was also a time when I walked along the forest path with my one and only daughter and wife, and when I put the flower crown my daughter made on my head.
There were also times when I overcame hardships by pledging friendship with my friends who were bound by my soul.
But it all burned down along with the forest that was his home.
By Alighieri.
“Principal! Nice to meet you!”
At that moment, the lively voices of the residents were heard.
Although there was no place that was not lively because it was a festival, Grisha turned his head at the word ‘headmaster’.
“Hahaha, everyone, you’ve all worked hard.”
“What’s the hardship? Isn’t it the principal who is busier than you at this time of year?”
“You guys, don’t overdo it either.”
“See you later, Principal!”
A man stood there, wearing a robe with the Alighieri mark on his back.
The man who greets the townspeople kindly is the headmaster of Alighieri.
The empire’s strongest magician who has reached the pinnacle of elemental magic.
`Cayden Zodiac…!`
Grisha, who witnessed him, temporarily tightened his eyes. He almost showed anger for a moment, but calmed down again, thinking that he would be caught.
The opponent is none other than Kayden. Although he has lost his prime power and aged since taking office as principal, his achievements remain unchanged.
But it was only natural that Grisha almost lost his mind the moment he saw him.
The incident where his hometown, the Elf Forest, was burned down. It was the work of Alighieri’s followers led by Kayden.
“Oh, it’s nice to meet you, Lord Grisha.”
“Ahem… Nice to meet you too, Principal Kedienne.”
Kedienne and Grisha’s eyes met.
Caden greeted him casually, but Grisha was able to greet him after a brief cough.
“Why is someone as noble as your Majesty wandering the streets alone?”
“Haha, I wanted to take a look around the town.”
“These days, the Suin tribe is running wild, so it would be dangerous to go out alone. That’s why I came out onto the streets for a while.”
In fact, all of those people were brought in by Grisha and Prince Charis.
Kayden, who had simply received orders from the royal family, was unaware of this fact.
“These days, our vigilance has become very sharp due to the threat from other races. We can only thank Lord Grisha Tower for restraining them.”
“You are truly a peaceful person. But if we hadn’t attacked them first, they wouldn’t have fought back.”
“Are you saying we’re going to attack first?”
Grisha said, suppressing his heavy heart.
“I’m talking about the incident in the Elf Forest that burned down a long time ago.”
“Ah, I heard it through rumors. It was a terrible incident where unknown humans suddenly destroyed the forest.”
Because it was a forest where human presence was rare, no one noticed the place.
The fire incident wasn’t even known until months after everything was over.
“It was an incident caused by a huge misunderstanding. They say that they invaded because they thought a girl had been kidnapped by elves.”
It was a sad thing to hear the news about.
At the time, communication with elves was not very good, so it was quite possible that people believed it was a ‘kidnapping’.
Besides, the Elf Forest was a place that no one knew about. It was an accident that occurred due to the worst misunderstandings.
But Grisha, who was involved at that time, remembered.
“Was that really a misunderstanding?”
“yes?”
Elves are bleeding from being cut by humans’ swords in the burning forest, and are dying from direct hits from elemental magic.
Humans laughing while slaughtering them.
Among those humans, the one who revealed his face was Kayden Zodiac.
“Do you know anything about what happened back then, Principal?”
“I know that…”
Caden thought about what was going on.
It was as if it had nothing to do with him, and his answer was truly absurd.
“I don’t see anything wrong.”
“Really…?”
“Yes, all I heard was that a mysterious mercenary unit had invaded to rescue a kidnapped girl.”
Woodduck-
Grisha clenched his fists until they bled. Red drops dripped onto the village floor.
It was never revealed to the world who the mercenary group that went to rescue the girl was.
But Grisha saw it clearly. It was Kayden’s face as he killed people and threw away his mask.
But he said he didn’t know.
With an expression that didn’t even feel guilty.
“You can clearly see that the relationship with the elves deteriorated because of that incident. I can’t imagine what would have happened if Lord Grisha hadn’t been there.”
Principal Kedienne still speaks calmly.
The sight of that made me feel so angry that it almost erupted like a volcano.
After all, all humans must die─
“excuse me!”
Then a woman started running, pulling a cart.
The two had to turn their heads to avoid a collision, which allowed Grisha to postpone his anger.
“I’ll just stop by for a moment.”
The cart the woman was pulling contained several artificial golems.
Kayden spoke as he looked at the golem that didn’t move like a doll.
“What are all these?”
“My daughter asked me to get this for her. She suddenly made a friend and asked me to get this for her.”
“Isn’t that broken? It’s clearly the Academy’s property…”
“Don’t worry. I just picked up something that wasn’t used to begin with.”
The artificial golem is quite heavy. Even though it looks like this, it is a ‘golem’, so just one of them would weigh 40kg.
No matter how hard you pull the cart, it’s hard to pull five horses at the same time.
But it was really amazing that just one woman was pulling it off so naturally.
But Kayden and Grisha were able to figure out the secret.
“There was a spirit behind it.”
“Ah, I see you, principal.”
Grisha could see it too.
A bear spirit made of wind was holding her chariot from behind.
She was a woman who seemed likely to have children, but she was unusual in that she was skilled in the use of spirit magic.
“Then I’ll be going now.”
“Have a nice trip. Don’t get into trouble over that!”
Rattle rattle-
Thanks to the power of the spirit, she was able to run quickly even while carrying heavy loads on her back.
Grisha was stunned by the sight, enough to cool down his boiling anger.
“Who on earth is that woman?”
“I am a member of a family that came to the Chainsilver Duchy to request assistance. My name is… I think I said Scylla Crowler?”
“Skilla…?”
Grisha’s eyes widened at the familiar name.
Because it was the name of a `human` girl who had been close to his daughter, Aisha, a long time ago.
And that girl was the one who caused the humans to burn down the forest.
* * * * *
“What the heck are these golems?”
I visited our family’s event venue and saw a strange sight.
Her mother, Scylla Crowler, had piled up a mountain of odds and ends.
Upon closer inspection, I began to question the fact that it was a golem.
“Your sister, Amy, asked me to do it. It was quite difficult, but I must endure it again and again for the sake of Amy’s future.”
“What does Amy Future have to do with Golem?”
It’s not like Amy plans on becoming a plastic model mechanic or anything in the future.
When asked what it was, the mother gave a short answer.
“Secret.”
So what the heck is it?
It’s a bit awkward to delve into the nuance of preparing a surprise party.
“Oh, really? Do you have a boyfriend or something related to Golem?”
“uh?”
Suddenly, my mother’s hair stood on end.
What the heck, did I guess that right?
Is this just a pointed question?
“I don’t know much about that either, but anyway, I collected all these to give to someone as a gift.”
Your boyfriend gave you a golem as a gift. Are you dating a real mechanic?
No, but Amy already has a boyfriend? Honestly, I can’t imagine it.
Because it is impossible to tame such a fantastical beast in such a short period of time during this festival.
“I don’t know who you are, but this gift is really weird.”
“Hehehe, no matter how young she is, Amy is still a woman. They say no one knows what’s in a woman’s heart.”
I handed a mask to my mother, who was smiling proudly.
“What is this?”
“It’s a gift.”
“Ah! I see what it is. This is the famous ninja slaughter item!”
I recognized you at a glance. Is this the result of Amy’s constant chatter?
“My son’s novel is already being commercialized. Isn’t that amazing?”
That’s right.
It’s only been a day since it was published, so how popular is it that goods are being released?
If it was a web novel, I would have read it right away and still have some left over, right?
However, even though the goods came out, the illustrations didn’t.
“Mom! Did you collect them all?”
“Now, look here.”
Then Amy ran over and saw a pile of golems.
Amy’s eyes lit up when she saw that, and then, boom! – her body turned muscular.
It’s a visual that is truly uncomfortable no matter when you see it.
“Then please.”
“okay.”
Mother’s spirit magic caused a group of golems to coalesce into a giant ball.
As expected from someone who was once a wizard, he has the skills to apply magic to each and every object.
But what’s even more surprising is…
“Mom! Brother! I’ll be back!”
“Have a nice trip.”
It was my brother lifting the huge ball with one hand.
“Lala~”
Then he hummed a strange tune and headed off somewhere.
Who on earth are you planning on giving that to?
And Amy is probably the only younger sister who has transformed into a muscular woman and put on a show of strength like that.
`Well, it’s not like it’s used for bad things.`
It wasn’t really anything to worry about.
pop!-
Fireworks exploded in the direction of Mount Purgatory.
It was a signal that the tactical drills that many people were paying attention to were not far away.
“Then I’ll go.”
“By the way, I heard your friends are participating?”
“yes.”
“I don’t know who will win, but can you trust your friends?”
Before I left, my mother asked me one question, and I smiled and answered.
“I have no choice but to believe it.”
Leaving those words, I headed to the stadium.
My family is now safe because I just gave them masks.
This is a mask made by Shaikhar. It will protect the common people from the war that will soon occur.
Phew!-
The greatest and worst banquet ever began with a bang.
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