The Hard Work Will Never Betray Me

CH 35

After that, Lily stayed in our house for a while. We strolled through the backyards and mountains, enjoyed tea in the front garden, had lunch at a fancy restaurant in an upscale district, and went to the city dressed like ordinary people.

And finally, It's Spirit Festival day.

"Today's spirit festival, isn't it?"

"That's what I think."

Spirit Festival. It is the most important belief in the country, and is based on the folk beliefs that have been handed down in Hylands since ancient times. One of the most important religious events is the Spirit Festival. It is a national festival, similar to the annual festivals of Japanese Shintoism, Obon, New Year, summer festivals, and Christmas in the West.

It is a great national event held in the summer to thank nature for its abundant harvest and pray for the prosperity of the nation. It was customary for the entire nation, from the peasants to the emperors, to celebrate this spirit festival, with the people of the region taking the lead in celebrating it.

In Prince Farenheit's territory, crowds gather at the main churches in Heitburg, and the annual parade of floats and portable shrines through the city is a summer tradition.

“What kind of app will there be this year?"

"I can't wait for that!"

Members of the Fahrenheit family, as the ruling family of the region, were supposed to be in charge of holding a spirit festival in Heitburg. In fact, the Farrenheit family enjoyed the festival with influential people and townspeople during the day, and after dark, they performed the ritual together with the temple priests.

It is influenced by the religious style of the Imperial Kingdom which rests on ritual and political unity. Knowing Christianity, it seems normal for the sacred and secular to be separated, but this is the Kingdom of the Hylands Empire. The emperor, who was the head of politics, was also the head of the national religion, the Hylant Theocracy. The legend of the heroes is the myth of the founding of the country. It was only natural that the imperial family, which had the blood of heroes, would take center stage.

And we, the nobles, are the ones entrusted by the emperor with the role of governing the various regions. In other words, we are representatives of the emperor in the province. So it was only natural that the nobles held spirit festivals in their own territory.

“I will participate in the ritual at night, do you not mind? Wasn't he supposed to do something at the Bernstadt spirit festival?"

"I don't mind, 'cause I'm your fiance."

Thas right. Lily was the eldest daughter of Duke Bernstein, but she did not plan to inherit the family because she had an older brother. If so, it would be beneficial for Lily and the duke to attend the spiritual festival at home with me, Fahrenheit Margrave's son and his fiancee.

"Then, why don't you join us, Lily?"

"Yes." Yeah."

It was enough for my father and mother to participate in the daytime banquet.I was still a child, I couldn't drink, so I didn't feel comfortable hanging out with adults.

“We will have free time at night, so we can look around the city together. It's a Spirit Festival, so there'll be plenty of stalls."

"Yay!"

I held Lily's hand and we went to town. I changed into elegant clothes and did not forget to disguise myself as a rich commoner.

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"Yes God! That's just amazing! Look at this, Hal. Look at that buoy, it's impressive!"

“It's so complicated! I wonder how much it costs."

Ornamental vehicles have Western temple motifs, and many performers with musical instruments such as bagpipes, flutes, and harps ride them. The music was cheerful and nostalgic, just like the Celtic music I had heard in my previous life, and the people around me bowed with ale and grilled meat in hand, making a lot of noise in the middle of the day.

"It's very good."

When I come to a festival like this, I naturally feel happy. When I see people enjoying themselves, I also start enjoying myself.'

“Hal-. I want to eat that."

“Skewers Yakiniku, huh? If that's the case, I can recommend the place."

I looked around and looked for the old man's stall that had always been my favorite.I went around for a while looking for him, and found that he had a stall near the central square, a bit away from the clinic.

He had set up his stall near the square, not far from the temple,,

Old man, give me four skewers of grilled meat.

“Whoa, boys from before! Are you with your girlfriend today? You're good, I'll give you one!”

"Are you sure?”

“Have fun with him! Thank you!"

“Ah, she's not my girlfriend. Day .....!”

"Lili?”

“Whoo! …… Oh thank you."

"I can give him three, but I'm afraid he'll drop him to the ground."

"I knew. It has an exotic spice flavor.”

“It's addictive. One more!"

“OK."

Lily devoured two skewers in a short period of time and asked for a third. I also ate my share of grilled meat satay and walked around with Lily in a slightly vulgar manner.

We were silent for a moment, enjoying the atmosphere of the festival by visiting the stalls and buying fruit water to quench thirst.

When we reached the high-end shopping district for the upper class and the festival atmosphere was already rather calm, I took Lily to one of the shops.

"Welcome home."

"Wow! It's beautiful!"

Lily is interested in the product storefront.

"Did you pick a present today?"

The jeweler, who appeared to be the store owner, smiled naturally and spoke to us.

"Yes." Yeah."

"I want to give her a pendant or something that suits her."

“Alright, Sir. Please wait a moment."

The jeweler looked around the store for a moment, then looked at me and took me to the shelf.

"What about this one? A bit expensive, but the design is very nice” that reminds me of the color of his partner's hair and eyes.

She showed me an elegantly designed pendant with a gold chain that reminded me of Lily's blonde hair and a pint-sized emerald that reminded me of the blue of her eyes.

"Here."

"Good, sir."'

As the jeweler said, it was a bit expensive, but it was a small matter.I had a lot of assets from my adventure and became a part of the General Gnome, he said, so I don't have to buy gifts for my fiancee with my parents' money.

Then I will pick two more items and buy them as a set as well. We walked out of the store with Lily still engrossed in jewelry in the storefront, sitting on a bench in the square and I handed her the emerald pendant I just bought.

"Here, you can have it."

"Are you sure?"

The emerald pendant was about the size of a pinky fingernail, and it was an elegant pendant suitable for Lily. When I handed it to him, I gave the pendant the magic of communication as a gift.

“I've cast a 'communication' spell on this locket, so if you're lonely you can always talk to me with this."

I also had one of the items I bought earlier, a bracelet-shaped "communication" magic tool with sapphire embedded in it. It's a great way to ensure the most out of your money.

"Can I talk to you anytime?"

"Yes, sure.“

There are many variations of this "communication" magic that connects distant places to each other through wireless communication, but the truth is most witches cannot use it remotely. maybe a few kilometers at most.

Even so, there is no shortage of communication on the battlefield and in the city, and if magicians who can use "communication" are on standby at some relay stations, such as in the Ekiden system, it is not, information can be transmitted from one end of the country to another at very high speeds.

So even if the limit was only about a kilometer, a magician who could use "communication" was rewarded to some extent, and would at least not lose his job.

This is a B-level non-attribute magic "communication" but the one I use is much stronger than other witches. The distance from Heitburg to Bernstadt, the domain capital of Duke Bernstein, is about 500 kilometers. It would be easier to understand if I said the distance from Tokyo to Morioka. I don't know what the maximum distance is, because I haven't tried it yet. The Farrenheide border region is a vertical rectangle close to the square, so the diagonal line connecting the edges of the region is the longest route that can be traveled in a straight line. That distance is about 800 to 900 kilometers, so we can communicate at least 800 kilometers without a time lag. I don't know how far we can go, because I'm not outside that territory yet.

However, if I wanted to connect that distance with magic, it would usually consume a lot of magic power. In fact, that was the reason why most magicians could not connect remotely. That's where my previous life knowledge played a role.

If you don't have enough magic power, you can push the burden onto someone who has it. This is the same as the principle of toll-free numbers and collect calls. Call charges are charged to the other party. I am the one who consumes the most magic power.

By doing this, I was able to immediately resolve the communication distance issue. No matter who the other party is, as long as they communicate with me or through me, they can communicate without worrying about distance issues.

I have also made some improvements so that 'communication' is not mixed with the phone number. Finally, I wanted to develop magic for jamming and communication interception.

“I also want to develop jamming magic and interception.”

“That means there is magic that can make your voice far.”

“Wow. …… ”

Unlike Mei, Lily is not too interested in technical matters. However, he was very happy to be able to communicate with me.

"So you won't be lonely now!"

"I think so. We can talk all the time”.

“I will contact you every day!”

“Ah, every day?”

It is not always possible to go out every day. There are days when I'm tired and sleepy, and it doesn't have a recording function, so if I take off my bracelet while taking a shower, I might not notice it.

"I'll try to answer as much as I can, but please don't be disappointed if I can't answer."

“I can't help it. Not that I want to be bombed, too.”

I don't know what to think about it, but I'm glad Lily won't be lonely anymore.”

"Letters take a long time to arrive, you know."

"Yes.”

The smile on her face made me feel happy that I had given her this gift.