Chapter 31: A Chance Encounter at the Harvest Festival (Spring Festival Special Edition I)

Harvest Festival.

It is the most important festival of the year in Hemtika, and there is no one.

In any agrarian society where the industrial system has not yet been formed, the harvest is the most important thing of the year, even in Hemtika, which coincides with the harvest sacrifice of the ancestors more than the idolatry, which coincides with the harvest festival in chapter 31 - every year after autumn, a grand parade of floats is organized in the lower districts, and the masses of the people who work diligently and uncomplainingly on weekdays will temporarily put aside their heavy work and join this sea of joy.

It's both to celebrate the harvest and to reward yourself.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

And when Amy turned back, she happened to bump into this rare grand celebration - the upper district where the Glory Man lived, although a harvest festival is also held at this time of year, and no matter the magnitude of the scene, or the luxury of the floats, it is more than an order of magnitude higher than here, but in terms of the heat and atmosphere of participation, it cannot be compared with the lower district in any way.

After all, the three-day harvest festival is the only three days of rest in the year for most people in the lower districts, and it is also the only opportunity to get in touch with the world of flowers outside.

Almost everyone is enthusiastic about the annual celebration, but not Amy Ulysses - the young Glory wouldn't mind having a blast at the festival in normal times, but now...... Sorry, he didn't have that in mind.

First, the situation in the lower districts is unclear, and rash activities are likely to cause trouble that should not be provoked; The second is that he is now physically and mentally exhausted - escaping from the hands of the dark wizard Alfred has consumed a lot of his mental energy, and the conversation with the Order's great sword-wielder and the white cardinal is not easy and pleasant, coming and going, although there is a good rest for "three days" in between, but the strange and inexplicable state of suspended animation has not alleviated his fatigue, and the only thing he wants to do now is to find a place to sleep well, and not think about those messy things.

It's a pity that the heavens don't follow people's wishes.

On the way home, he unexpectedly encountered a touring float, and the bustling scene of the crowd made him daunted.

"It's a nuisance."

Complaining with his hands on his forehead, the boy decided to take a detour.

There are not many traces of administrative planning in the transportation network of the lower districts, and if you are not familiar with the surrounding situation, even if you have a map, you will be dazzled by the chaotic and chaotic sheep intestine paths here, and you can't distinguish between east and west, north and south - fortunately, Amy has lived here for a while, and has deliberately memorized these highly hidden secret roads for the sake of escape.

Step by step, leisurely strolling.

The young Glory Man felt a rare sense of appropriateness.

In retrospect, there were so many things that had happened around him or around him during this time, and it had been a long time since he had been as open and enjoying life as he was now—after the mysterious disappearance of his parents, it was the annoying assassins and other glorious families who coveted Ulysses in some way; And in order to cope with them, he had to send Yulia to the Order, go to the lower districts alone, and start a new life; But not long after the new life began, Paul, a giant with only muscles in his head, did not know who had instigated him, and had been tirelessly troubled him; When he finally made up his mind to solve this trouble, he was unexpectedly involved in the whirlpool of power struggles in the lower districts, and provoked the Dark Guild, a group of crazy people who played with forbidden technology; What made him even more miserable was that he was just going to the upper area to report information, but he would be besieged and killed by the dark wizard Alfred - hey, he is just an ordinary declining glory, as for dispatching the dark ministers? What the hell!

Fortunately, he survived all of the above.

Being tossed like this and not dying can be called lucky to some extent, right? The young man thought silently, and then couldn't help but laugh dumbly—aren't you dead...... It seems that he died three times just by walking to the upper area before, plus the previous one who died at the hands of the Misty Night Killer, and the first few times he was attacked after the disappearance of his parents, Lin Lin has died at least seven or eight times, if it weren't for his unique ability, I'm afraid he and Yulia would have died in this damn fate.

Well...... Yulia.

Thinking of his sister, the young Glory Man couldn't help but let out a long breath.

After all, the girl's family has grown up, and it is very normal to have her own opinions, as an older brother, she should be happy for her, but I don't know why, when he thinks of it, he always feels empty, as if he will lose his sister again.

Wait – again?

I must have had my head pumped.

Amy shook her head, a slight slip of the tongue was nothing to worry about, especially when he was not in a very good mental state, and similar fallacies would pop up in his mind, and he had long been accustomed to this.

It's not a big deal after all.

Continue to go deeper in the lanes, and the pedestrians in the alleys gradually become fewer - in fact, these "secret" passages are basically known to people living nearby, but there are not many people who dare to walk, although the main road in the lower area becomes very crowded whenever the harvest festival comes, but it is also quite safe, except for the need to worry about thieves and pickpockets when people are crowded, there is no need to fear vicious events such as robbery happening to you.

Security ...... in the lower districts It's always been a big problem.

Although Emperor Michelangelo made great efforts to improve law and order, it is difficult to rely on law enforcement teams in the intertwined lower districts - even though law and order has improved greatly in recent years, this is only limited to densely populated areas, and winding alleys like this are still the hardest hit areas of vicious incidents, and ordinary people have always stayed away from them unless necessary.

Even if it's a good day like the harvest festival, it's great to copy the trail and not go too deep.

Then, as he expected, as he gradually deepened, there were no more pedestrians around him - if it was usual, there would be some evil parties entrenched, but on the harvest festival, a rare good day of the year, there are not too many people who don't go to join in the fun.

Or rather, not at all.

The former does not have the ability to do evil with a few men under his command, while the latter is in a stage of life where he is strongly curious about all new things, and has no resistance to such a grand and prosperous event, and will follow the crowd to participate in the celebration and linger in the bustling streets.

Of course, Amy doesn't care too much about the whereabouts of these unfashionable evil parties, these things just pass through her mind, and then drown in all kinds of reverie.

It's a rare relaxation......

With no one around, the boy squinted his eyes, enjoying the caress of the breeze.

And then—

The whole person curled up as if he had been hit in the abdomen by a lead cannonball, and after stumbling, he involuntarily took a step back and rebalanced his body's center of gravity.

"Woo......" There was a girl's painful sound in her ears, but after a while, she eased up, covered her face and said angrily, "You guy, are you a cat?" Why don't you walk with a sound?"

"Huh?" The teenager who was suddenly attacked replied with questioning words, and then subconsciously apologized along with the other party's words, "I'm sorry......"

He stopped abruptly halfway through his words, and it wasn't until then that he reacted, seeming to ...... The person who was hit...... It's him?

"Wait-" Amy, who had come back to her senses, looked at the black-haired girl who was probably only a fist or less away from him, "I should be a victim, right?" Reckless Little ...... Miss. ”

Considering the height of the other party, he added an extra small word.

"Little Miss? I hate that title. "The girl is about fifteen or sixteen years old in appearance, but in height she ...... Probably only to the upper end of the young man's lower abdomen, it was a veritable little guy, "Obviously, it was you who suddenly jumped out like a reef in the river, how could I hit someone...... Strange to say...... Why didn't I see you? ”

“……”

It's the first time that the young Glory Man has seen a guy who suddenly jumped out of the person who hit someone, and he was so right, sure enough, a creature like a woman...... It is synonymous with willfulness.

"It always feels like you're thinking about something rude." The wayward girl stared at him for a long time and then suddenly said this, and then touched her slightly reddened nose, "But forget it, I didn't get hurt anyway, and I will forgive you a lot this time." ”

"......," Amy was silent again.

"Then let's just don't meet me, goodbye, there is no such thing as a ...... of fate" The girl waved at her, and then when she was about to say goodbye, her movements suddenly froze, and her playful tone disappeared at once, and she raised her eyebrows in annoyance, and said with a bitter face, "Sure enough...... Destiny is everywhere. ”

“……”

Faced with the girl who suddenly got up, the boy was seriously considering whether to turn around and leave.

It's like you're suffering from a nervous breakdown.

Thinking so, he decided not to continue to worry about the mentally ill person.

However, just as he was about to leave, the petite girl with black hair and black eyes grabbed his hand and then made a boo gesture with it against her lips.

Maybe the action was too intuitive, and he understood what she meant at once, but he didn't plan to mess around with her, so he subconsciously frowned and questioned bluntly: "Little Miss, is there something wrong?" ”

He is not a guy with too much love, so he will not accompany the little girl to do boring pretending games.

Although the other party is very in line with his aesthetics, he is indeed beautiful and cute.

But after all, he's just a little ghost with too much self-consciousness and crazy talking.

Little Miss? The girl clenched her fists angrily - this guy, can you open the dye vat with some color for him?

Well...... Anyway, it's just that the grasshoppers after the autumn won't be long in coming, so it should be taken for granted that the deceased should be magnanimous.

Uh-huh.

She kept nodding her head, reminding herself that I was indeed a very kind person.

"Please be quiet, Grasshopper." The girl said solemnly, staring earnestly at the young man's dark glowing pupils, and after about three breaths before continuing, "I am being hunted by a rather terrible monster - if he finds out, he will probably take him back to his lair, and then be brutally imprisoned. ”

"......" may still be a secondary disease? The glorious one, who was speechless again, couldn't help but think.

But under the girl's gaze, somewhere in the heart softened uncannyly.

- At all times, children should always retain the right to be willful.

He thought, and then nodded silently.