Although I have been hiding in Mr. Dyken's manor house these days, there is still an endless stream of celebrities and dignitaries visiting him these days, so I can't calm down at all, so I can only squat in my room every day, and Mr. Dyken and Harvey help me meet those "warm" guests. Link and they are not having a good time, as long as they go out, they are surrounded by a group of people and ask for a group photo, even Alan goes out like this, at this time, those dignitaries don't care about his identity as a dog people, and they take a hard shot under the camera lens, as if they have something to do with the counterinsurgency incident and what they have contributed, they are all beaming, which is really funny. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the major newspapers have stopped reporting on our deeds, but have begun to discuss the punishment of Xiujie, the leader of the "Carlson Honor", where the remnants of the "Carlson Honor" who escaped from the district square are now hiding, and who is the pretending to be the dead General Axes. The newspapers were full of gossip and rumors, some saying that they were likely to make a comeback and would occupy Salem Province to fight against the government, some said that they had long since been caught, and that the "Carlson Honor" had now completely collapsed, and some said that most of their members had escaped from the Republic of Carlson and sailed to sea as pirates... However, I know in my heart that the eldest brother will still uphold his beliefs, but he will not do things in the extreme way before...

I really saw the declaration of the Supreme Speaker Anthony severing the father-son relationship with Xiu Jie in the newspaper, I don't know if this is really Miss Harman instigated the Supreme Speaker Anthony to do it, or the Supreme Speaker Anthony's own decision, but, no matter what, this has become an established fact, and this should not be a small blow to Xiu Jie, and I believe that Lawrence will not feel good in his heart. Perhaps, as Mr. Dekkon said, politicians sometimes do anything for the sake of power, but what is the relationship between father and son?

Although I have put aside most of the social activities, I must attend tonight's Harvest Blessing Festival, which is an important festival in our Carlson Republic, mainly a large ceremonial event held to pray for a good agricultural harvest of the year, people will build a model of a giant torch in the square of the borough, which is filled with firewood, and when the ceremony begins, it will be lit by the person who has contributed the most to Carlson in the year, in the past it was an important official or celebrity to do the ignition, but this year it was done by me, a young manOf course, the main reason is that I successfully stopped the coup d'état of the "Carlson Glorious Regiment", and I am a national hero who is expected to be, because of this status, I was able to stand with my partners in the most important and conspicuous place in the country during the year.

Now I am standing on the square of the administrative district, the surrounding dilapidated government buildings are the marks left by the battle between me and Xiujie, and even the ground of the square is still dotted with countless deep ditches, and the restoration work is still going on in an intense and orderly manner, and these are all caused by the fighting spirit of Xiujie, the most powerful magic swordsman in the Carlson Republic... Now that he has been imprisoned in the most heavily guarded black iron prison in the country, his trial will begin in the near future, and then everything will depend on the arrangement of fate.

My companions and I were surrounded by enthusiastic people, and according to tradition, the harvest blessing festival is celebrated at the beginning of the harvest season before the weather turns cool. This festival is of great significance to our Republic of Carlson, a predominantly agricultural country, at this time, a huge torch is erected in the square of the borough, and several wide platforms are built around the torch, which is convenient for us to light the torch, and I can choose any high platform to light the torch to welcome the harvest season.

During the sunset celebration, the giant torch will be lit, and it will be a spectacular sight - a huge torch with a roaring flame will light up the darkening sky, after which anyone can walk up to the high platform of the ignitor and throw whatever he wants to burn into the fire in the middle of the fire, as a sign of farewell to the past that he does not want to remember, and pray that he can come to the new harvest season with ease.

It's an ancient ritual, so old that there is no record of when the first ritual took place, and it's been passed down from generation to generation, and I suspect that few of us still believe that just throwing a few small objects into the fire and burning them can solve their problems, because I don't believe it myself. But this is still a ritual that everyone will participate in, and I suddenly thought of the Goddess of Light and the Church of Light, their essence is actually the same, they are just a kind of belief of people, a kind of psychological sustenance for a better future. In this day and age, this ritual is still needed, even in the distant future, unless we humans become extinct on the continent of Kachia...

After sunset, people gather in the square from near dusk in the afternoon, and some even bring picnic utensils to enjoy the early autumn scenery of Basta. There are quite a few members of the police security team standing guard in front of various government buildings, and they have to be more or less vigilant about the problems that may occur when a large crowd gathers, and now the whereabouts of the "Carlson Glory Regiment" are a mystery, and none of the members who escaped have been caught.

Neil, Anne and I walked slowly up to the high platform under the guidance of Miss Manners, and in front of the high platform was a giant torch that had not yet been lit. The crowd below the platform began to cheer for us, which was regarded as a support for us, and gradually more and more people began to cheer for us, and many people began to applaud and cheer, and they were eagerly waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Surrounded by my companions, I stepped out and stood on the edge of the platform, paused and waved to the crowd below, receiving their applause and cheers. At this moment, for the first time, I felt what it means to be in the spotlight, and my mood was extremely surging and excited, and in any case, the enthusiasm of the people for me was different from the hypocritical compliments and stammers of those celebrities, and it was my honor to be supported by them.

I continued to wave my right hand at the crowd below, and by the light of the square I saw Mr. Dacon, Alice, and Harvey, who were watching us from the other end of the square, and the familiar faces of Supreme Speaker Anthony, Deputy Speaker Cecil, Miss Lewinscher, Patriarch Hamilton, Miss Harman, and Mr. Sabo, and I saw another familiar face—it was the melancholy-looking Lawrence, who was also looking up at me. He doesn't seem to have any spirit, I'm afraid that the previous severance between Supreme Speaker Anthony and Xiu Jie gave him another heavy blow, and family affection instantly became worthless in front of power. But even so, the support rate of Supreme Speaker Anthony among the people is still plummeting, and such a drastic change in the family has made the originally free and handsome Lawrence like this, it is estimated that he came to the ceremony this time to burn his bad memories of these days!

I made up my mind, and then I raised my left hand again, and made a gesture to silence the crowd, and I began to say to everyone in the square with my magic mike:

"My dear friends, I join you in praying for the blessing of this most memorable night - tonight we will leave behind the things that stand in our way to a better tomorrow, and we will light this torch to show that our unnecessary memories are behind us, and that today's ceremony will bring us a better tomorrow. I am glad to see you all gathered here tonight, and even more happily, among you I saw my comrade-in-arms Lawrence, who fought side by side with me before, as the youngest son of Anthony's Supreme Speaker, and the main culprit of this coup d'état, Xiujie, is a brother, but he does not care about personal feelings, he still fights bravely, without his elven magic we will not be able to achieve the final victory, and even on the way to the enemy will be defeated, so, my friend, Lawrence, hurry up! It is a great honor for me to join you in lighting this annual torch, all of you, do you agree?"

The crowd shouted cheerfully, and I knew that everyone had approved of my proposal. I saw Lawrence's eyes wide open and a look of surprise, and there seemed to be a sparkle in his godless eyes, and I looked at him with open hands, smiling, waiting for him to come...

Finally, Lawrence seemed to have made up his mind, and ran up to the high platform to the cheers of the crowd, and came to us, and we each gave him a hug, and I said to him sincerely, "All will be fine, Lawrence, let's show them a beautiful fire show together!"

Lawrence nodded happily and said to me, "Thank you, now I have another group of reliable friends!" With that, he turned to the crowd and waved his hand, and the cheers of the crowd became louder. He used his hands to parting his hair a little more to stabilize his nervousness, and then, with his hands held high, he began to summon his elven companion, the fire elf Ifrit.

At first, only one or two fireballs appeared at his feet, emitting a faint glow, but then more and more fireballs coalesced, gradually forming a flame in the shape of a small person, bouncing around Lawrence. Then, more flames attached to the "little man", and in a matter of seconds, a burly flame giant stood beside us, and the burning flames on its body lit up all of our area.

I also raised my right hand and stretched out to the sky, "Great Fireball!" I shouted, and soon, a huge fireball appeared above my head, about the diameter of my height, but only the size of its head compared to the fire spirit Ifrit next to me.

"Drink!"

With a loud shout, the fireball above my head flew into the sky like a cannonball, but the fire elf commanded by Lawrence moved more quickly, jumping higher than my fireball in just a second! With a loud bang, the huge fireball fell from the sky to the center of the top of the torch.

"Bear!"

The torch was immediately lit, and the firewood fire in the center of the top burst into flames, and the onlookers exclaimed in surprise and applauded vigorously, and Ifrit then appeared on the platform in the form of a dwarf, and gradually disappeared, for which its task was accomplished.

Lawrence and I waved at the crowd and smiled at each other, and it was clear that Lawrence was in a much better mood and my companions were gathered from behind.

"Well done!" Link said succinctly, posing his old pose again.

"Captain, that's so handsome!" Alan shouted as he looked at me with a look of adoration still on his face.

"It's so innovative, I'm afraid that every year at the harvest festival, people will ask the two of you to light the torch!" Emma quipped.

"No problem! there are fire spirits who obey my call, and I will make this the biggest fire carnival every year!" Lawrence exclaimed, the light of the fire dancing on his face, illuminating his excited countenance, and it seemed that my purpose had been accomplished, and his spirit had indeed recovered a lot.

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Now everyone dances around the torch, and many people walk up to the high platform to burn small objects they don't need in the torch to represent farewell to the past and welcome the harvest season. Neil, Emma, Allen, Lawrence and Mr. Dackon's family all danced happily, even Link, who was usually withdrawn, was pulled into the crowd by Emma and danced, at this time, I didn't see others discriminating against Link and Allen, everyone was so cheerful and happy, there was no barrier or gap between each other, this is the scene I wanted to see.

As for me and Anne, we watched it all in silence in a secluded place, this was the second time I had been alone with her since I had painted her at the mercenary camp, and it had been so much time since I set out from the City of the Dead, but I still remember the scene of that day vividly, as if it happened yesterday.

"It's so warm, if only everyone had been like this for the rest of the day. Anne whispered.

"No problem, I will definitely protect everyone and let everyone live happily. I said to her.

"Am I included?"

"Of course, I'll get rid of everything that worries and makes you sad, I swear!" I said earnestly.

Anne smiled happily, then she turned to face me, looked up, closed her eyes, and the torch still burning in the distance cast an orange glow on her skin...

Now even a fool knows what to do next, so I approached Anne, bowed my head and kissed the Rapunzel's soft lips, hugged her tightly, and swore inwardly that I would fulfill my promise and let her live happily ever after... (To be continued.) )