Book 5: Chapter 16
“Your… Sorry. My beloved, the celebration starts today. Do you want to come out and see it?” Luna entered my room and placed a plate of fruit on the table. I placed the map in my hand down and replied, “There are people outside right now, right? Luna, tell me the process of the event.”
If it’s too crowded, it’ll be difficult for the Shadow Squad to work. Even if they are the Shadow Squad, it’s very hard to know what every single person is doing in such a crowd.
Most plots are carried out when things get rowdy, so the more crowded it is, the easier it will be for them to pull something off.
“Yeah, there are a lot of people. But what can we do? They all came to participate in the celebration. Umm, they are on a tour right now… They go from the temple to the paddy. They are going to prepare a massive scarecrow there, and then throw the sacrificial items next to the scarecrow. Once that is done, the carnival can begin. The scarecrow will be lit up when night falls, and then they continue celebrating under the fire until sunrise. That is about it.”
I nodded.
The so-called sacrificial scarecrow is just burnt up to fertilise the soil I bet. It looks like the event has some meaning to it. This is a small-scale slash-and-burn farming method, isn’t it?
I stood up and looked at the rowdy crowd outside. I asked, “Where is that merchant group?”
“The merchant group has already sold all of their fruits and has joined the crowd to head to the temple.”
Luna looked at me and said with a smile, “You are worrying too much about that merchant group, are you not, Your Highness? It looks like it is not their problem. Maybe you do not have to worry about these things anymore, my beloved.”