Knights, Let’s Smash Them - Chapter 158



158 – The festival is over (3)

Winter.

The season when the green vegetation falls off and only bare branches remain.

It is a time that can be said to be desolate in a way, but that is why it was also a season that stimulates people’s emotions.

The first snow, wide open snowy mountains.

Hot soup with steam rising over a bonfire with crackling sounds.

Wearing in leather and fur clothes, and then exhaling, the breath that scatters haze.

It is the season when the emotions are conveyed clearly through the description alone. It is also my favorite season.

Of course, that kind of sensibility was close to a kind of differentiated paid content that solos couldn’t enjoy, but…….

But there is no event more romantic than the winter festival.

A giant tree! Colorful candles and lanterns illuminate the snowy city!

And the vaguely heard Christmas carols.

In my head, the overall background of the Spirit Ritual was already fully drawn.

If you don’t have Christmas, you can make it. Even better since we’ll be the first.

‘I couldn’t enjoy it on Earth-1, so I’ll have to enjoy it here as well.’

Goodbye to the life of giggling while watching YouTube while buried under the blanket on Christmas Eve.

There was no one who recognized me when I went out, and there was no girl I could hang out with, so I would fall into hard hitting every year.

But this time, as the executive officer and festival planner of Marquis Rupel, you can confidently enjoy the atmosphere.

However, both Regius and Lilia had no experience in this field, so they seemed to not be very sympathetic to the value of ‘romance’ I was talking about.

“If it’s romantic, do you invite people like bards?”

“A bard is something that comes naturally when holding a festival, and what I am talking about is a more fundamental story.”

“Muh, I don’t understand what you mean… ….”

“Once you see it, you’ll know what I’m talking about.”

I said that and stood up.

“Then, once more details are decided on the Frost Spirit, I’ll let you know.”

The sketch is complete.

Now, if you just draw lines and color on the sketch, you’ll be able to create a pretty cool atmosphere.

Then it’s time to get back to work.

***

The preparations for the festival were carried out in an instant.

The final approver, Marquis Dionaos Rupel, frightenedly approved the topic of the festival.

Anyway, the Marquis of Karahan—- Now that the territory has now become a county was peacefully absorbed, it seemed to be accepted as a concept to congratulate the merger and give certain rewards to the residents of the territory who had suffered a lot in the meantime.

-There have been a lot of things lately, so it would be nice to have fun like this.

It was obvious that when the festival was held, Marquis Rupell himself would enjoy it the most…… Because he is such a lord, he must be loved by all his retainers and residents of the territory.

First of all, the first thing to do before preparing for the festival was advertising. Advertising itself wasn’t difficult. As Marco Firenze started to take on a part of Lupel’s economy in earnest, the number of members of the upper ranks naturally increased.

The number of medium-sized merchants currently under contract with the Snow Leopard Knights is quite large, and if you include the merchants who stop by regularly in Petalonto, the number is considerable.

It won’t take long for rumors to reach not only the capital city, but also the southern part of the empire, just by telling the story every time they come and go.

“For some reason, I wanted to order more than usual.”

“Even if you have to stay and accumulate it, it won’t be enough if it isn’t enough.”

“It’s amazing how you always make excellent choices. So when is the detailed festival date?”

“Events will be held throughout Rupell Manor for two weeks, but in Petalonto it will start on December 24th.”

The date of the Spirit Ritual was set exactly as December 24th. Originally, the very day called Christmas Eve in the world.

Even the full-fledged start of the festival was from the eve, so it’s like they’ve been faithfully keeping up with the historical evidence.

“Don’t worry! Who am i again There is no need to send a separate person to the capital, if you give me just three days, everyone in the capital will know about the Lupel Festival.”

The merchant said with a confident expression on his face. You don’t have to go that far, but the more, the better.

I wished peace in advance for Constable Baker, who was about to lose even the few strands of his hair due to all sorts of incidents and accidents that would happen during the festival.

Advertising has been distributed in the way of this era, and orders have been placed in advance for the amount of goods transported in preparation for the festival, so now all that remains is to search for the place.

I traveled all over Petalonto with Lilia Hebron.

“You have to decorate a total of three places. Let’s try to find it mainly in the northern part of the city, where there are many vacant lots and abandoned buildings.”

“Hmm, the giant conifers you mentioned… ….”

“Are you talking about the elemental tree?”

“Ah, that was the name. Sorry.”

There was no particular culture of decorating trees here, so I was very unfamiliar with the concept of a tree.

“Wouldn’t it be better to take it to the central square of Petalonto anyway?”

“I thought it might have been a little vague because of the fountain, but that would be the best.”

“That way, even when compared to other towns and cities, I think I can see the difference at a glance.”

I pictured the scenery in my head for a while.

A lively street unfolds as soon as you pass the capital city gate. A huge tree towering over it.

Wouldn’t it be perfect for a winter festival or Christmas atmosphere?

“Well, that sure sounds good.”

I nodded towards Princess Lilia in satisfaction.

In fact, this festival is not only held in Petalonto.

Different events were planned to be held in other towns and villages in the territory, each with its own characteristics.

That’s why the festival was set for two weeks, from December 17th to the 31st, rather than a few days.

-No matter how hard you try, you can’t manage all the festivals held in the entire territory. You’re still busy, but you’re thinking of killing all the administrators, brother?!

Petra’s clear voice seemed to ring in my ears.

I brought a grinning agenda and got hit by a smashing back.

As Petra said, if the festival in the entire territory is to be held as a spirit ceremony, then the event held in the Baron Kirten in the south must also be a spirit ceremony.

However, the problems that would arise when that happened were not things that could be passed on simply with guts.

First of all, if it was a spirit system, you would have to bring the spirits, but the frost spirits didn’t inhabit the Baron’s territory.

In the first place, it is a cold spirit. It cannot survive in milder climates than near Petalonto.

But it’s not like you can bring a water spirit, so it’s clear that the festival held in Baron’s Territory will be a spirit system without spirits.

In addition, even if it was enforced, the number of people who could control the event was extremely small.

Even if all the existing administrators of the Order of Knights and lower-middle-level officials were put into festival management, it wouldn’t be enough.

In addition to the merger, there is no reason to hold a festival while putting aside the existing guild duties.

But fortunately, other cities and towns also showed very positive reactions to holding the festival.

Chunsik, who was officially certified by the Hwanghwang Office, and his goblin friends decided to hold an event called ‘Dancing with the Goblins’ in the village of Tiffen right now.

There are already rumors that Chunshik and other goblins are very popular with the girls from nearby villages…….

The way he risked his life to protect the villagers is reliable, and unexpectedly, the more he looked at it, the more he looked cute.

They say you have to look at it for a long time to be pretty.

I never dreamed that it could apply to goblins as well.

‘I wanted to be happy, but I didn’t want to be this happy.’

I heard that there is also Jarhead’s ‘Strongest Steel: The Master’ contest, which invites blacksmiths from all over the continent to compete.

Other cities are holding festivals with their own characteristics, but Petalonto, the capital city, can’t prepare a flat content, right?

I decided to focus on the romance of the winter festival itself, rather than hosting something fun and active.

Three things came out of that: a giant tree and a snow and ice sculpture exhibition made by Frost Spirit.

And it was the long-awaited ‘Curtain of Light’ event.

When the spirit airflow and mana that the Frost Spirit emits are mixed, a thin, shimmering curtain of light like an aurora is laid in the sky.

I was planning to show these auroras in the night sky on the 24th and 25th of December.

Just thinking about it makes my heart tickle.

Even if you don’t have a crush on someone, you hold hands without knowing it, and you even kiss someone you’re flirting with.

The romance of such a winter festival!

“I will bet on my honor as an executor and I will definitely succeed. Definitely!”

“I wonder if this is really something to do…….”

I clenched my fists and made up my mind.