94. Chapter 94 Harvest Festival
Chapter 94 Harvest Festival
Sometimes, a good response will make people more willing to talk.
But the current situation does not require a good response.
Miss Mira, a senior wizard, explained to the newcomer Rhodes: ”It’s the Harvest Festival. Magnolia holds a Harvest Festival every October. It is a celebration for everyone in the city.”
”Oh~ It’s the Harvest Festival.” Rhodes remembered that he and Natsu had participated in a celebration specially held for them last month.
To sum it up, eat, drink, play, dance around the bonfire, and release your joy.
Rhode asked, “Is it necessary to ignore the mission for this?”
Mira said, “Of course, this is the grandest celebration of the year, celebrating this year’s harvest and praying for good luck in the coming year… It is a very important event for everyone.”
Rhode nodded, “I think I can understand a little bit.”
He remembered that many places would hold harvest festivals in autumn.
For local people, the importance of the harvest festival is almost the same as the Chinese New Year, and it is something that must be well prepared.
Mira added:
”It’s not just an ordinary celebration. Our Fairy Tail, as the only wizard guild in Magnolia, is responsible for holding a magical parade that night.
Everyone stayed in the guild to prepare for this parade, which is a well-known large-scale parade in the entire Ishgar continent.
Even people from nearby villages and towns will come to watch it. By then, the whole Magnolia will be crowded.”
”Parade…” The consequence of reading too much negative news is that Rhode thinks of bad meanings when he mentions this word.
In fact, the word itself has no bias. It can be used for celebrations and commemorations, as well as demonstrations and protests.
The guild is obviously responsible for celebrations and performances, and it is specifically entrusted to the Wizard Guild, probably using magic.
Rhode asked: “What do we need to do specifically?”
”What you need to do specifically is to clean up that table quickly!”
Laki complained, “Don’t just chat, really, my stomach has protested.”
Humph, does it take so long for two people to clean up a table? Mira said to Laqi: “Sorry, it will be done soon.”
Rhode also hurriedly said: “Sorry, sorry, I asked too many questions.”
Laki put her hands on her waist, damn, it felt even more irritating.
Rhode put the tableware on the tray and took it away, and Mira wiped the table carefully.
Then it was lunch time for the tavern staff, which Laqi called the stomach filling session.
However, eating did not prevent them from continuing the previous topic.
”The most important thing about the magic parade is the magic show. It must be gorgeous and unique, fully displaying the style of our guild, and it would be best if people could not help but want to join us after seeing it.”
Rod thought for a moment, if he participated in the parade and summoned a lot of wild monsters to run through the street…
That would not look good.
Unless they perform some shows, such as the shadow wolf drilling through a fire ring, it would become a circus.
”It seems that there is nothing for me to do. My magic does not seem to have any gorgeous effects.”
I can’t add a crown of embers to myself and then show how to hurt the Fire Dragon Slayer with flames.
Mira said: “How could it be possible? Summoning so many monsters out of thin air is gorgeous in itself.”
”That’s right, how could you not be involved?” Laqi said, ”There is a major event that you must participate in, that is – Miss Fairy Tail Beauty Pageant!”
”…” Rhodes looked at her, “Me? Beauty pageant? Can it be more outrageous?”
Laki admired his brain circuit: “Who asked you to be a contestant? Aren’t you going to vote? Sister Mira will participate~”
Mira stroked herself with one hand ‘s cheek: “Ah, I feel a little shy when Laqi said it so formally.”
”It seems like I can look forward to it?” Rhode thought for a while, “Hey, Laqi, aren’t you going to participate?”
”No, I can’t beat Sister Mira anyway, so there’s no point in participating. I hate lecherous guys, and it’s uncomfortable to be looked at like that.”
Laki waved her hand and said mischievously, “And do you still have the mood to care whether I participate in the competition? Why don’t you tell me what clothes you want to see Sister Mira wear that day.” ”Of course I want to see something…” LuoDe stopped talking, “Don’t ask me about this kind of thing. This is a competition. I don’t know much about it.”
”Just make a wish. What if Sister Mira agrees?”
Laki tried to induce him, “For example, swimsuit, cat ear costume, bunny girl, aren’t you tempted?”
You can’t say it out loud. Rod said righteously, “I’m not that kind of person!”
Mira smiled and said, “I always feel that what you said is something that Erza would do.”
The specific content of the magic parade has not been officially decided yet, so Rod asked in vain.
According to Mira, in fact, there were many times in the past when the president only selected people on the day of the parade, and then everyone performed on the spot.
Sometimes, even though the arrangements were made, there would always be unexpected situations and they had to make temporary adjustments.
Anyway, no matter what is done, everyone will do their best on the day and contribute a visual feast every time.
A fairly free magic show, this is why the Fairy Tail Magic Parade is so famous.
This is also in line with the style of Fairy Tail.
Time passed day by day as Rod was busy.
These days, he insisted on exercising every time he got off work, and he was so tired that he couldn’t get up.
Then he gritted his teeth and summoned the Crimson Mark Tree Monster to give him the aura of the Crown of Ember.
He couldn’t recover his physical strength, but the life recovery effect of the Crown of Ember could help him eliminate the damage caused by excessive exercise.
So when he wakes up tomorrow, he won’t have the serious sequelae of back pain and leg cramps.
But after entering October, Rod’s training plan will be temporarily slowed down.
According to the general story routine, this kind of large-scale festival may cause major events, and it is necessary to maintain sufficient magic and physical strength to deal with emergencies.
Besides, a large number of tourists and vendors have recently poured into Magnolia, and maybe a few bad guys will sneak in, so we have to be on guard.
“Good morning, Rod. You look very energetic today.”
”Brother Goodman, why didn’t I see you come over the past two days?”
”Of course it’s for that!” Goodman pointed to several large boxes stacked on the first floor.
”Our whole family has been working overtime these days. Finally, we have made so many finished products. We are just waiting for the harvest festival to work hard these days!”
During the celebration, the sales of handicrafts such as wood carvings and weavings should be good.
”It’s hard work. I wish you a prosperous business.”
”Hahaha, thank you!” Goodman hung a string of colorful flags outside the store and found a bunch of balloons, ready to blow them up and hang them up.
“By the way, will you participate in the magic parade this year?”
”I can’t say for sure. I’ve only been a new member of the guild for three months.”
”I know, the strongest new member!”
”Even you know this…”
It seems that ordinary people will also subscribe to the Wizard Weekly.
As the Harvest Festival approaches, almost every household hangs up decorations such as colorful flags, balloons, and banners like Goodman, and the festive atmosphere is very strong.
The number of pedestrians on the street has increased visibly, and all kinds of vendors are also gearing up to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.
Rod bid farewell to Goodman and took Worm to the guild.
The little guy has grown from the size of a palm to the size of a basketball, and his body is still round and round, running around restlessly at Rod’s feet.
There are too many tempting fragrances in the air, and Worm is a little dazzled.
So Rhode decided to throw it into the kitchen to eat when he got to the guild, under the pretext of cooperating with the development of Poro Cuisine 2.0.
(End of this chapter)
