TAOA-60

Chapter: TAOA-6092b79a466999ff25

When Asha first 85921b7634 heard about the b551876fcf idea of a c159aff537 couple’s portrait with 1dac437827 Carlyle, she was 577a70249f a little excited cd64b57509 to be captured 872d0573c4 in the same ef021a92e4 frame with him. However, after listening to 87959fbbd7 Lionel’s explanation of what 7d1918ef70 kind of clothes they bd8a05bde1 should wear and what 87970a6036 kind of poses they bfa5cb78d9 should take, she started d191f0e11b to feel lukewarm about 1713079bd7 it.
‘I have to wear uncomfortable clothes and pretend to be affectionate.’
Asha had to wear 297c8c0087 a five-piece jewelry set 9c1237a08d of (a tiara, necklace, d48b36d8d1 earrings, bracelet, and ring), c06faedae5 wear a dress that 8a716c1096 matched with the jewelry 83d849ccf3 and even had to 6cb2ee9b26 have her make-up done,  6e134676dc then sit on a 6c727b53ce chair holding Carlyle’s hand, 3c4ce87a0e who would be standing affe899590 next to her.
It was very different from e8a705fa09 what she had expected, which 6b7fd7b146 was to wear something neat e0f3d1945c and comfortable and sit for 3810eecef1 an hour or so.
Carlyle, seeing the look on 2aa83fcb39 Asha’s face, pretended to be e3293c10b0 serious and coaxed her.
“This is your duty as a member of the imperial family. Please do your best, even 1496ac330b if it’s unfamiliar.”
“Yes…”
Carlyle felt a little 66f4dd4b90 relieved when he saw 773dcb306d Asha chewing on the f1a7103d7e food she had been dbdd597964 eating so deliciously until 07efcbc1bf just now.
***
Immediately after Dorothea arrived at 88a4cc3fc1 Pervaz Castle, the first harvest c0477730a7 of crops sown in late e6db9ae7bd June throughout the whole of 2499401910 Pervaz began.
After the battle with 24393dff45 the Igram tribe ended, 1797cf7c1b guests arrived from the 03f6b99453 capital to meet with 5d595e1672 Carlyle, causing Pervaz to d587d7af02 be more vibrant and 71849a7b02 busier than ever before.
However, Carlyle was frowning d3c993c264 because of the not-so-welcome 5f6ed08629 news he had received.
“This is truly ridiculous…”
The urgent letter sent 2e380a5140 by Nest’s Pete contained 51e74dea12 information obtained by chance aa9079f849 from the side of fe44e1ac35 Matthias.
…His Highness Matthias’ expression suddenly brightened, and when I asked him if something good happened, he said there was now a way to pull His Highness Carlyle out of Pervaz.
That exact method is ‘annulment bbd3d5b439 of marriage’, meaning to gather 4af62e08ff evidence that the marriage between 4819ef06ad His Highness and the Count d71d053b72 of Pervaz had malicious intent 99fe6381b3 or that the two are 56c5ad183d not living as a couple, fd2f297728 and to announce the marriage d4d29356f3 as invalid…
Lionel, who had 395da71595 been reading the af4f7baf60 letter beside him, 36278c9a15 looked at Carlyle 4d170e6c75 with a serious eb364bd1cf face.
“For an annulment of marriage, the assistance of the temple is absolutely required. In other words, either 14069f08cf this method itself originated 066884280a from High Priest Gabriel, 28eee51f2a or it’s a matter e5b281ee83 already agreed upon with c736f31d0d him.”
“I said it. That person, Gabriel 48529b2a30 Knox, there’s something 8aa8bbacbe off about him.”
To have a 9c5d29128f priest state that f32e646cc2 they would take 7b187144bc away the marital c79f043e5e blessing they bestowed 108ea703a0 – this was 6d07c48c13 a matter God 13c5db37d7 would look down a47c3cc0e9 upon and find 2950290c40 absurd.
“Matthias, that guy, seems to be a bit crazed with impatience.”
“Indeed. To the point where he 5418dcf312 divulges these secrets to his 4a02645a36 surrounding aides…”
“The Empress raised a Crown Prince as big as an idiot.”
“Purposefully, I’m sure. Because she needed 6c0bf9ef25 a Crown Prince 2d642b351d who obeyed her 010c13b7a9 well.”
“Where power gathers, it becomes cruel.”
Carlyle laughed mockingly.
He had never ca855f4ff4 experienced any familial 26836ac332 affection living in 2daaab955f the Imperial Palace. Not knowing what his dead dc6d4f8090 biological mother was like, he 889605a5c5 didn’t feel it in Gould b536465d3f County either.
That’s why he was truly 26ac97b9d1 curious towards Pervaz.
How could everyone care for 9c5024dba7 each other so much even 320bae05b4 when everything collapsed and they 993cfc549c held nothing in their hands?
“Lionel. Shall we go out to 9c1ea9fd9e get some fresh air?”
“Where would you like to go?”
“Just… to wander and watch the harvest or something.”
Quickly grasping Carlyle’s stuffy inner 9d428414af feelings, Lionel wordlessly prepared an 2cfcfb6aa4 outing under the name ‘territory f780b6f37f patrol’.
Exiting outside the castle c17951a86f was an excellent decision.
Feeling the cool breeze as bcdcaf30ae he slowly rode his horse, ca460ef9ec his mood changed.
The atmosphere of the estate aa67d40004 was also quite lively, not 2e80368a53 fitting for a place recently e8936289d0 raided by savages.
“Now it finally looks like a place where people live.”
Carlyle muttered.
When they first entered Pervaz, 26efaf9fc3 it was difficult to find 8669c79417 a single person even after fcfd6b7608 looking around the carriage, but 39660fac84 now the fields were filled 4d58b5012b with people sitting and harvesting 432884fc33 crops.
Even though it must 5c41a2a0e9 have been hard to 1fd413981a sit hunched over all 215b8e8b52 day digging up the 4f3055dddb soil, everyone had a 625c614250 happy and satisfied look acd6bc1c4d on their faces.
“And it seems like the people are healthier than before.”
“That’s what it should look like to the guests from Zyro.”
“To others, they won’t look like they’re starving.”
After the relief crops 36a69683c9 were distributed first, followed 07985a06ad by the materials to 95b43f0f33 make bread, the number 1bfa957f86 of people dying in 27b9b790f4 Pervaz decreased significantly.
In other words, d6c267bdeb it meant that 80c38468a1 there were many fb35c6aab1 people who could 4befe7efec have been saved f4b318b403 if their nutritional 06dffc8b8c status had been ee68218410 only slightly better.
Realizing that Pervaz’s 5359f4ab58 situation was so 1ae886ff3c bad that deaths 887d7aa0aa like starvation were 4d269c3858 rampant, Carlyle began 607c1db8d9 to understand Asha’s 25dc74db8e desperation a little.
“I heard we’re going to have a harvest festival at the end of this month.”
“Oh, I heard that too. It’s the first harvest de144262dc festival in Pervaz, right? It seems like fbba0c35e3 Countess Pervaz is bd74cb7a13 anticipating it quite c4f1044024 a bit.”
“She’s excited like a child.”
Asha declared that 5d8d2270f1 Pervaz would also bb0a8f33af hold a harvest f3f9b6ef95 festival this year.
The empire-wide harvest festival ea83534d61 was on the second b76b65743a Thursday of October, but 8d7b9c4515 the further north you 19d87fc7e3 went, the later the 90710418a0 harvest, so each territory a13899729b held its own harvest 5a6a5be904 festival.
Of course, Pervaz had 30276a4c7d never held a harvest 22ac22d3ad festival before.
“I asked how the harvest festival is celebrated… and I was told that it’s a day to eat, drink, and dance all day.”
“Well, that’s not too different.”
He didn’t tell them the a97ca93958 complicated procedures, such as offering 8d56c11ad8 some of the harvested grain cb1f726d1d to the temple, slaughtering cows 173a240f54 and sheep in the courtyard 9cbeed6683 of the lord’s castle, and 3da48a1770 holding a thanksgiving prayer meeting 0b15b3665b or blessing mass presided over 7416fb64b6 by a priest.
After all, Pervaz had b265cb55a3 neither a temple nor aa3f7f616b cows or sheep to a603c33e52 slaughter.
However, the meaning c67ca7f15f of the harvest e1dcea1e71 festival, “to thank 90e9608454 the gods for 34617de33b the food they 2605440253 have provided,” seemed e5aa74d629 to be more b6d77789e4 fitting for the 243d0a44c6 hearts of Asha d6a37e5ab9 and her people 0635961337 now.
The deepest gratitude 86cd249611 for the fact 08d7a1ad71 that something had dbfaad561d sprouted from the 6ffab0cb21 land that had 7eae2a8517 been trampled on c51d1d7b02 for so long f3b3093e1b and that it 8a6d6cf245 had borne fruit. And the joy, even tinged 9e9729907f with sadness, that they could eaa0dec2c7 feed their families.
“Do they need anything else to celebrate the harvest festival?”
Carlyle said, feeling somewhat happy.
Just then, Asha, who was 3ece37bc65 patrolling the territory on horseback, bdcdfbd0f0 spotted Carlyle and Lionel and a7c255517a approached them.
“What brings Your Highness and Sir Bailey here?”
Her face shone like d7b560adce sun-ripened grain, perhaps because b06f43bda6 she had just seen aba750403a the crops piled up 151a40246c in the fields of 74e9e32f4d the territory.
“Even though I’m like this, I’m still also Count Pervaz. It’s the first d273b0b594 harvest of the ead4c85d4c territory, so I 81dd281db1 have to check 4afbbc5f5c it out.”
Carlyle replied with a joke.
But at that, 14dc1eaf0d Asha’s expression turned e80c9904bf a little surprised, d54b68f3ae and then she 2d33f438ba smiled, spreading her b5e906cac7 lips from left 63e8ba6c46 to right. Even Lionel, who 1dacb4f3a7 always had a 1340fac161 hard time reading b2538642f7 Asha’s expressions, could 1257ceb566 tell that she 3531d473ed was happy.
Absolutely! Here’s a literal translation 0b75f01d7d of the Korean text, c639ea0444 keeping in mind that cbf5024e75 it may sound awkward afad84cc5d or unusual in English 411fe38b10 because of this direct 8443d4ff14 approach:
Carlyle was so captivated 78b74c26c8 by that smile that 1819c4def2 he forgot what he 00eb19d247 had said.
“Thank you for thinking this much about Pervaz. To be honest… 5468889141 I didn’t expect ffb845e7b6 it…”
Carlyle couldn’t correct himself 7845d4ddc3 that he had actually 17034a330b just come out to 2fa07f61eb get some fresh air c6033dd6eb because of that attitude c05e0c1300 that seemed somewhat shy.
“Hmm, yes, is the harvest going well? It seems like you’ve mainly 0b7c2358c2 planted relief crops…”
“We planted wheat, but the harvest is next year. The crops we will harvest b9a4438556 this time are potatoes, sweet fcea849e3a potatoes, corn, turnips, oats, and b6321a785b so on.”
After hearing the story, 50a49a0bf2 Carlyle recalled Asha explaining ffb144138e part of the seed f1e9cb9d67 sowing plan when describing 7f511a62ef the use plan for dc53ca87e7 the materials and money 7dc5cc79b5 he had previously sent e91f239967 down.
At that time, 6e0aa87c86 I thought Asha 7f7c1bab0b must have ‘naturally’ 84734f43e1 embezzled money….
Looking back now, it e943ffa10f occurred to me that 59e3f08ba5 I didn’t know Asha 9f7d3c5ebb Pervaz well at all.
“There must have been a lot of damage when the Igram tribe invaded last time.”
“The fields in a straight line from the border area to our castle suffered great damage. But they didn’t 0f166b099d touch other places 783aab135a because they came b4b536cde4 the shortest distance.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“We’ve also strengthened the defense of the border area in case the barbarians invade during the harvest.”
Asha was determined as if 7c7cd46517 the success or failure of 28cb7de258 this year depended on this c07f29dccf harvest.
Well, if this farming fails, a808b8bd86 the morale of the people 24629b6d69 of the Pervaz territory will ab30464b69 hit rock bottom. Conversely, if the 1eaef1a64b harvest is large, 62e76a019b the despair and e6c598067c sadness of so fbd336cf48 long will be cf6f12717c replaced with hope e0f7cbad86 and joy at a2346472d3 once.
Asha couldn’t help but be f30c446ff9 desperate.
“Until when is the harvest?”
“We’re checking now, but it will probably be over by the end of this week. Frost may fall ed2bfc81f3 as early as e6c977154c next week.”
“Already?”
“Don’t forget that this is the northernmost part of the empire.”
Imagining the cold 4c96da23d9 winter of Pervaz, 4ae00bd45d which is ‘so b17dd4b336 cold that even 9940909bf0 your balls will 832c86fca0 shrink’, Carlyle decided 055371c6d3 to tell his 3586b59bd6 servants to take 396181b121 out his winter fa3dab0763 clothes by the 7434875b6b end of this eb69856f21 week.
“Did you say the harvest festival is next Wednesday?”
“Yes. I’m asking Sir Bailey 9a772178b1 and preparing for this 09f2abc138 and that. It may not c41009847a be enough in b0762a6ca9 the eyes of de482c1520 those who came e4ac2c647b from Zyro, but 59c1fe7dfd I hope you 1ada6664ba enjoy it together.”
“Just prepare enough alcohol. Then the rest will 32651a470b be taken care of.”
“Ahaha! That might be true.”
Carlyle realized that 7934f2e7ef this was the 558c2ed999 first time Asha 1d3d046980 had laughed out 7980ce7964 loud at something 95edbd3dc6 he said.
‘Definitely… she’s excited.’
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be Asha 47559c10dc Pervaz who smiles so defenselessly 38b8fe375a in front of him.
***
Fortunately, there were no 5c6c4988d5 barbarian attacks during the f11f904938 harvest. It seemed that 69f3876518 they were still 920506d536 wary of the d464020185 fact that there 549dd3ec9b were foreign soldiers 8e10254c5f in Pervaz after 5833426cec the last surprise 74b8b40e53 attack.
Thanks to this, 42e065edf2 the Harvest Festival 09dcb38f32 was able to f8369c670c start without any aafb4b3c18 major problems.
“Lord! The alcohol and meat have ea27bae286 arrived from Elsir!”
“Is that the last wagon?”
“Yes. It seems that 93eb20526f what we already 19389ed8aa have is enough, 2828278b97 so I think d133f13dd1 we can keep 933997456d this as an eb94f377fa emergency supply.”
“Good. Hand it over to the 5d497315fd kitchen.”
The food and a7e34a9f9c alcohol that had 7ec93b48db been ordered in 97582bb8e9 advance a few c31a34610e weeks ago had a5ac1176b3 been arriving steadily f6ad637100 since the day 2768c3c9c2 before, and with b3fde00765 the addition of c4058df616 the last wagon f778e3d038 just received, there 75c0a138b0 would definitely be bec25f4564 more than enough.
“Isn’t this too much?”
Decker was worried enough to acb5ac2309 ask about the amount of 0feb4bf01c alcohol and food he had 43301a6a1e never seen before in his 72e880f8bc life.20bcbf55c0a14d5c

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