Festival (2)
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At first, Ray didn’t have high expectations when it came to holding a festival.
There were obvious limitations to holding an event in such a remote estate, so at best, I thought about the level of a village feast where people eat some food and chat.
However, the Earl of Phillips provided Jimmy and Matthew with quite a few supplies, saying it was a festival after a long absence.
Jimmy and Matthew used their experiences as mercenaries to plan a number of small events suitable for the festival.
The prizes for prizes and events were prepared using the budget received from the Count, and the necessary manpower was recruited from the Jimmy family.
In this way, the festival was able to have a pretty plausible appearance.
The festival started in a lively atmosphere, and cheers and laughter began to be heard everywhere.
Ray stood still under the shade of a tree, listening to the voices of the people.
People laughed and chatted, and occasionally praised Earl Phillips and Mohammed.
It was a nice sight, but it didn’t interest me much.
For Ray, who has memories of his previous life, it was difficult to impress him with this kind of event.
As I was looking at the expressions of Youngji-min in the cool wind, someone toddled in.
It was Leah.
“brother!”
Leah was holding something like chicken skewers in her hand.
At this festival, the Jimmy family set up booths everywhere to sell food.
As if she had just gotten one, Leah grunted and muttered the meat on the skewer.
My lips were very oily because of the oil.
“Is it delicious?”
“Mash!”
Leia nodded her head with a happy face, even as she almost sucked meat because her jaw was a bit weak.
Ray smiled as he remembered the chicken skewers he had bought at an apartment bazaar in his previous life as a child.
Leah took a step back in surprise as to whether she had misunderstood the meaning of that smile.
“The skewer is mine. I won’t give it to you!”
“Are you sure you won’t lose it?”
“Hey!”
Through the small data of her short life, Leah realized that Rey was an older brother who could take away the skewer, and reflexively took a step back.
Of course, it was only natural that he fell down after not long enough.
Leah, seeing the skewers roll on the dirt floor, began to weep bitterly.
“aae!!!”
“Stop crying. Everyone is staring at you.”
“I hate you, brother!”
“If you say bad things, they won’t buy you a new skewer.”
“…do you like my brother?”
“I’m not going to buy you because you already said bad things.”
Are you cheating again, Leah?
Leah started to cry again as Rey clicked her tongue.
“aah!!!”
“Oh my gosh, be noisy.”
Rey pretended to cover her ears and looked around quietly.
Again, Bella was watching Rey and Leia from a distance.
Ray was compromising with reality because he would have heard something if he had run away after ringing it.
“Stop crying. I’ll buy you a new skewer.”
Leah, who had been deceived twice, stopped crying, wondering if it would be different this time.
“really?”
“really.”
“really?”
“really.”
“I like you!”
Leah ran over and hugged Rey.
Rey held Leah in her arms and sent a hand signal to Bella, who was watching them.
He meant that I would play with him for about an hour, but Bella, who understood Ray’s message, turned around with a happy smile.
Rey saw that Bella had disappeared from view and slapped a hard chestnut on Leia’s forehead.
right!
“Stop away.”
“Peace ah ah ah ah!!”
Leah patted Rey’s chest in anger.
Still, he didn’t want to get out of his arms, so Ray walked down the street holding Leah more comfortably.
“Where’s the skewer?”
“Oh oh oh oh oh oh?”
“Yeah, let’s find it.”
As she walked down the street, Rey looked at Leia’s crown.
The silvery-white hair roots were coming up.
Even though I had recently dyed my hair black again, I could see a little bit of white hair.
Leah’s hair was well dyed.
It was hard to tell if this was due to poor dyeing technique or because Leah’s hair was unusual.
Anyway, looking at the condition, it seemed that the dyeing cycle would be faster or some magical action would be needed.
“ostrich.”
“yes!”
“Would you like to cool off?”
“What is a shave?”
“Your hair will be like your daddy.”
Of course, Jimmy wasn’t bald yet. ‘yet’ is the word.
Leah, thinking of Jimmy’s hairstyle, shook her head in amazement.
“No! I hate my haircut! I hate my dad!”
“Ummm… little brother. If you don’t shave your head like ‘Dad’, you can become like ‘Dad’ later. You just have to run away on the mountain.”
“I hate shaving!”
Leia didn’t understand Rey’s words, but she didn’t want to cut her precious hair anyway.
When Leah stubbornly resisted, Rey giggled and set the horse on fire.
Shaking my hair was a joke. I’ll have to find another way though.
Leah squeaked excitedly on Rey’s shoulder.
After wandering around, Ray found a booth selling skewers.
Since skewers were sold at such a low price, each person could only purchase one.
Rey bought a skewer and gave it to Leah.
Leah licked the skewer with a happy face, making the area around her mouth greasy.
“Mash!”
“Eat slowly. Don’t make your mom suffer because you have a stomach ache later.”
As Rey was stroking Leia’s hair, the skewer salesman who was a member of the Jimmy family asked.
“Would you like one more?”
“It’s fine. Well, please work hard today. If there’s a problem, I talk to Jimmy.”
“Okay. You suffer too.”
The skewer salesman who murmured that it wasn’t easy to watch a child started grilling the skewers again.
Rey waited in front of the booth for a while until Leah licked her skewers enough.
However, a familiar face came along.
“Oh, Ray.”
After participating in the festival and looking around, Lipa smiled and greeted Rey.
“See you here.”
“Ah, Lipa. Were you watching the festival?”
“Yeah, I just came here to throw arrows. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any prizes. But…”
Lipa, who looked down at Leah, asked in surprise.
“Is this kid Leah?”
“yes.”
“You’ve grown so much!”
Lipa, who saw Leia once when she was still unable to speak.
Leia nodded her head as Lyfa was trembling.
“hello.”
“Hello? It used to be cute, but now it’s cuter!”
Leia exclaimed, feeling good at Lyfa’s praise.
“You’re pretty too. Pretty older sister!”
“It’s rewarding to dress up today.”
Lipa took out a handkerchief and wiped Leia’s mouth, smiling happily.
Leia chatted with Lipa, who was no different from the first meeting, without making a difference.
Rey, who took turns looking at Lipa and Leia, who were having a friendly conversation, muttered to herself.
‘There seems to be something in common between people in similar circumstances.’
Ray looked up at the sky and smiled happily.
Carl, are you watching over there?
Carius, did you arrive at hell?
Ray, who waved his hand once to say hello, returned to reality.
At the same time, Lipa was praising Leia eagerly.
“How wonderful and kind is your brother?”
“…are you good?”
“Your brother saved so many people.”
“Your brother is bad.”
“I can’t use it when you say it like that.”
Lyfa, who had asked several times to be proud of her brother, released Leia.
Rey asked Lipa if there were any problems that Fortress Dinar had to solve, and then asked if it was time to start a family, half-jokingly and half-seriously.
Lipa was a little troubled, and after laughing moderately, parted with Rey.
Seeing Rey walking away with Leia on her back, Lipa made a sad face.
Rey was an attractive and capable man, and Lipa had a crush on Rey as well.
However, Rey’s ability was too great for Lyfa to catch.
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No matter how many times he expressed his crush, Ray hit the wall.
Lyfa thought that she had to let go of her first love, and turned her back, twisting her gray hair.
I missed my father’s face, which I can’t remember because it’s blurry now.
*
Rey met Bella after plucking her hair for a while with Leah on her neck.
Ray, who led Leah back to Bella, soon met Jenkinson.
Ray sat down at the base of a tree with Jenkinson for a moment.
“Master, haven’t you seen a suspicious person at the festival?”
“There are many suspicious people.”
As it was said that the festival was being held, some onlookers and merchants came from afar.
Among them, there could not have been visitors with impure intentions.
Like Miner, there will also be seekers sent by powerful people.
“It’s still quiet.”
At the end of the festival, an event is planned in which Mohammed himself will pull out the sword and cut the target.
It is to prove to everyone that we have reached the state of Graduate.
Searchers sent by other nobles will personally confirm the event and report that the Graduate’s appearance within the Count of Phillips is not false.
“I’ll figure it out and get back to you.”
It would be disgraceful if they were found out after doing some stupid tricks in the territory where Graduate exists.
Wasn’t Marquis Matthias already disgraced?
Jenkinson nodded in agreement with Ray and opened his mouth.
“As you may have heard, Lord Mohammed must visit the ecliptic.”
“Well…”
The capital of the empire, Dranopolis.
More often than not, the name Dranopolis was called the zodiac or the islands.
“Does everyone have to stop by when it’s Graduate?”
“If you are from a powerful family, there are cases where you only report to the imperial family and pass it on.”
“We’re not saying we can’t.”
“It’s not often that knights of the Hanmi-han family reach the level of a sword grade.”
A knight who has pioneered a new realm goes directly to the imperial family, proves his realm in front of the emperor or his agent, and swears to be loyal to the empire again.
It was a series of processes.
It wasn’t complicated, but a recruitment war broke out in the process of going back and forth between the zodiac.
The imperial family and powerful noble families.
They persuade the knight to change the owner, and according to the skill and potential of the knight, they offer goods, territories, or even a title that can be inherited as a reward.
“Of course, the knights are also giving huge goods to the owner and the family that they originally served.”
So, to the end, the affiliation is transferred under the agreement of all.
So, even if the knight changed the owner to be loyal to, it was not considered particularly disgraceful.
“Well, it has nothing to do with us.”
“It is not.”
Count Phillips trusted and cared for Mohammed, and Mohammed was loyal to the Count and hid his status for a long time.
It was by no means a shallow relationship that would break if others were separated.
“But Rei, you want to accompany the children when you are in the zodiac?”
“Yes, I want to show you a wider world.”
I wanted to broaden my horizons.
I wanted to inspire ambition and a sense of improvement.
That way you will work harder to develop.
Ray was going to take most of the children who were still young and had some talent.
Of course, Jenkinson was a little worried.
“Isn’t it just a breeze?”
“I have to read it carefully. Even if I beat it with my fist.”
“haha.”
Jenkinson expressed a strange regret.
I was worried about what would happen if, after teaching the best children, everyone left the Count of Phillips in search of their talents.
Ray, who had read Jenkinson’s mind, said in a calm voice.
“You can’t keep them locked up. And they’re children who know grace.”
“I still want you to stay for the Count of Phillips. Are you too greedy?”
“No. You’re the knight of Count Phillips, aren’t you? Of course you should think so. But don’t worry too much. I’m not leaving this place.”
“You sound terrible.”
Jenkinson, who smiled lightly, changed the topic.
“This time, with the reward received from Marquis Mathias, the Count saved three horses.”
“Aha…”
Rei remembered that he had blown up two horses and had a bitter expression on his face.
Either way, Jenkinson continued the story.
“I will grant one by one to Sir Mohammed and Jimmy.”
It was only natural for Jimmy to be treated that way. Of course, from the standpoint of other articles, it may be a bit bitter.
“The last one was decided to be awarded to the winner by competing with the knights.”
“I wish you all the best, Master.”
Jenkinson’s skills were great, but the other knights of Count Phillips were also great.
Even if Jenkinson could have the upper hand, no one could guarantee that he would win unconditionally.
So Jenkinson had to be lucky to win and receive a horse.
“Lay.”
“Yes, Master.”
“It’s time to keep the promise.”
“…?”
“Lend me a sword.”
Rey, who was frozen for a moment, asked seriously.
“Where did you sell your pride as a knight?”
Ray stuck his tongue out at Jenkinson’s will to smash the event-like match with the festival with a gimmick.
“Don’t you think it’s a little ugly?”
“It is also a knight’s ability to prepare good equipment. And I must obtain a warhorse.”
“The older you get, the worse it gets, Master.”
Anyway , I had to lend it to you .
