Chapter 27: Eliminate the Roots
The middle of the Harvest Moon (September), the Harvest Festival was held as scheduled.
This was the grandest festival in the Starry Principality, second only to the New Year.
Every year at this time, all the noble territories would hold festivals to celebrate the year's harvest and pray for a bountiful harvest in the coming year.
From the beginning of the month, caravans and foreign travelers had been entering Shining City.
By the time of the Harvest Festival, Shining City was bustling with people, everywhere filled with the festive atmosphere of the celebration.
In the Shining Castle, in the brightly decorated banquet hall, invited guests were enjoying themselves with wine and laughter, their voices filling the air.
In a corner of the hall, a group of young men and women gathered together, enjoying delicacies and chatting about gossip with enthusiasm.
"I heard that Baron Storm has been in a coma and hasn't woken up yet. His sons are fighting for the title, and they're almost fighting each other to death."
"It's normal, after all, it's the Baron's title. I'd fight for it too if I were them."
"I heard that Baron Storm's wife invited a wizard to treat Baron Storm. Tsk tsk, it turns out that the legendary wizards actually exist."
"Haha, they're just a bunch of charlatans, only able to do some tricks like juggling. They're no different from the magicians who perform acrobatics in the circus. I heard about this too. That so-called wizard couldn't cure Baron Storm's illness in the end, and he was later stabbed to death by Baron Storm's second son."