Chapter 505: Celebration
The two days leading up to the celebration were peaceful, and Lena spent two days with the boy and Dobit going about their daily lives. Since becoming a demon hunter, Lena has rarely had a few days of normal life. These two days were quite precious to her, because she was almost always with girls, and she knew less about boys, and through two days of observation, Lena found that the friendship between men was very different from the friendship between girls, and she felt that the bond between men was much deeper.
During these two days, all the inhabitants of the city-state of faith took action, men and women, young and old, soldiers and nobles, and even the misunderstood teenagers easily participated in the preparation of the celebration.
With the joint efforts of more than a million people, the grand celebration was quickly prepared, and a huge altar was erected in the central square of the city-state, behind which a huge statue of the goddess was erected. There are many fireworks, flowers, and facilities to support the celebration around the square. On the periphery of the festival venue, many booths have been set up, and some performances have begun one after another. These otherworldly dance performances were a novelty for Lena, and by asking Dobit, Lena learned that they had been rehearsed for a long time. Seeing the goddess of this world for the first time, Lena felt that she was beautiful, atmospheric, and dignified, which can be said to be in line with the image that most people have in the impression that a woman should have.
However, Lena had doubts about this, because she had seen the symbol of the goddess, and she felt that the image of the goddess should be mysterious and demonic, and definitely not what the statue looked like. Of course, this was all speculation, and Lena didn't dare say it, if she was hostile for offending the goddess. That's terrible.
Although the celebration of the city-state of faith is very grand, it is still much more monotonous compared to his own world. After all, it has suffered an unimaginable catastrophe, which is far from its heyday.
On the morning of the third day. When the statue of the goddess was bathed in gentle light, the grand goddess celebration also kicked off at the same time, dozens of large floats slowly paraded through the streets of the crowd, and the performance on it immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the residents, and the cheers of thousands of people can be said to be very shocking.
A few disappeared with the flow, and the parade float was still on its way. Only in the evening does the parade end, when the unprecedented fireworks display and worship of the goddess begins.
As to how and why the goddess was sacrificed at night, Lena had already asked the boy and Dobit. Two people gave two answers. What the boy said was relatively simple, it was just the habit of the city-state. That's not the case with Dobit, so to speak, Dobit knows a lot more than teenagers.
Dobit first gave Lena an overview of the legend of the goddess and the origin of the goddess symbol, and the reason why the goddess symbol is like that. It was because after the demon invasion, the goddess issued an oracle, and a full-scale war with the demon began. The originally gentle goddess became stern, which is the origin of the new sign of the goddess. The demon army was defeated in the night. Therefore, the time to worship the goddess should not be set at night.
After listening to Dobit's brief description, Lena was able to solve a puzzle. But that's not far behind. Lena felt a bit far-fetched again, so Lena asked again. What are the offerings to the goddess? Unexpectedly, the answer to this question is quite simple, that is, no sacrifices are required to worship the goddess. As long as people are happy!
This was beyond Lina's expectations, although there were still some weird places, but it would be too boring to ask those who didn't have at this time, so Lena stopped asking questions and concentrated on watching the celebration with the boy and Dobit from a high place. At noon, Lena, Aske, and Dobit began to sweep through the food stalls, and after they had their fill, they continued their joyous celebrations with the residents.
Looking at the smiling faces overflowing with joy and happiness, Asker's mood also became very good. Looking at the irrepressible excitement and happiness on the boy's face and eyes, Lena felt that she was also happy, so just looking at the boy, Lena unconsciously smiled.
Looking at Lena's gentle smile because of Aske, he knew that he might not have a chance, the relationship between these two people was so deep that he couldn't tolerate the ...... of a third person. Dobit was frustrated that his unexpressed feelings had just ended.
"Hey, Dobit, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?" Suddenly hearing Lina's voice, Dobit, who was originally distracted, hurriedly said, "No, no, I don't have anything, don't worry." ”
"Who's worried about you? Lena just saw that Dobit didn't make a sound for a long time, and asked casually.
As time passed, night finally fell, and the long-awaited fireworks display was finally about to begin, and after dinner, the three of Lena returned to the top of the tall building and sat back to wait for the fireworks to begin.
At this time, the inhabitants of the city were extraordinary but not decreasing, but becoming more and more numerous, and everyone was waiting for the start of the fireworks and the sacred rites of the goddess.
When the night was completely enveloped and the first brilliant fireworks were lifted into the sky, the crowd let out an exclamation, and then, one after another, the crowd also cheered. The boy and Lena unconsciously held each other's hands and watched the fireworks rising into the air together. This made Dobit beside the two feel quite speechless, didn't he stand here to hinder the two of them? Thinking of this, Dobit consciously and quietly left, leaving without saying a word.
Of course, Lena and Asker found out that when Dobit left, the fireworks show had ended, and the worship of the goddess had just begun, and the expressions of the inhabitants became solemn, and an old man dressed in priest's costume was chanting words on the altar, saying many words of praise and gratitude to the goddess. Soon the inhabitants began to follow the old priest in chanting, and words of praise and reverence for the goddess filled the city-state.
The mood of the people was so high that even Asker, who was beside him, began to recite hymns, and at the end, with the impassioned roar of the old priest, all the inhabitants fell to their knees like waves! Asker also fell to his knees, his hands folded, his eyes closed, and he looked very reverent.
Seeing everyone kneeling on the ground, Lina, who was not in the habit of kneeling, was a little speechless, she couldn't stand like this, right? So she hurriedly squatted next to the young man to make herself look less conspicuous. (To be continued.) )