Book 2: Chapter 28
Only two days were left till the skill orb awarding ceremony, but there seems to have been no progress made in the poisoning attempt case of Prince Kluvshrat.
The nobles who gathered for the awarding ceremony are, of course, forced to stay in the Holy City for a month after the “Sprout and New Moon Banquet”. The Earl relayed to me that the award ceremony would be held as scheduled because it could not be extended any further.
Although, it started to rain from the night of the day when the young lady promised to give her skill orb to me. I hope the weather will clear up on the day of the awarding ceremony.
The awarding ceremony is different from a banquet, but it is the “noble duty” to dress up and attend with equal or greater effort. So, right from morning, the young lady, the chief maid, and a distant relative of the Earl – an auntie -, were holding a meeting on dresses, accessories, and hairstyles.
「We’ve arrived. Let’s get down.」
「Okay.」
Maxim-san and I came to the 1st Holy District to prepare the escort arrangement for the day of the awarding ceremony. This was my first time entering this area. It’s a pity that the thick rain clouds covered the skies even though it was daytime.
The 1st Holy District is the place where the central institutions of the country are gathered. The road was wide, clean, and with perfectly cut and fitted stone paving. Raindrops fell on the stone paving worn down by wheel track.
We headed to the building of the “Altar Management Bureau”. It was a three-story building made of white stones. We got off the carriage at the entrance and arrived behind the escorts of other houses who had already arrived earlier.