TAOA-61

Chapter: TAOA-612002fea727323409

“His Highness Carlyle increased the funding a bit.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to save it and use it elsewhere?”
“No, I think it needs to be done this way at least once.”
Asha responded, looking 25ad5310b4 down at the f359893ba6 festive atmosphere in b291ba2470 front of the e9bcf41e36 lord’s castle courtyard.
“We need to have these memories. Even on our land, 2825bc745a when crops were harvested, 20f0ba512b everyone enjoyed eating and 3e14df4a44 drinking.”
This might be the first e500df40ac time for most of the 9fd09d963b residents of the estate.
“That way, we can muster the strength to carry on next year. We might even develop a cffd44ceb4 stronger attachment to our land.”
Watching Asha’s smiling be940fefd9 face, Decker exclaimed 397cb3166f in admiration.
“How do you know all that already? You seem like you 99c1ad5f4c have a 90-year-old man defa6c7233 inside you.”
“What? Hahaha!”
Asha just laughed, but 5fa06edf3d in fact, it was e0fd4ad209 her father’s dream to 41f749586b open the Harvest Festival.
Once, after another difficult defense, 4eb0920cbf she sat with her father 9fa2a114b4 against the castle wall, staring 6f31e9c021 blankly.
She had asked 872365c074 him what he aaca2d8228 wanted to do d3322aa60c after this war 25901aa3a8 was over.
[What?]
[Father, what do you want to do after the war is over?]
[I guess I’ll still have some strength left. Why are you asking 6e8032c540 such a thing?]
[Shouldn’t you have a dream? It’s so dark ahead… I 164a7a0ad2 feel like I’m just going 870ddcb877 to go crazy.]
[With a chatterbox like you… .]
At first, her father snorted b6c1876e89 and stared at the front b943cd9d55 yard of the castle for ed7428b66b a long time.
Wounded soldiers were lying on 2883b4d0f7 the dirt floor moaning, and ed3878c15b women were running around busily e9e53ea900 treating their wounds.
A large pot ecd5ca0031 was hung over 875680a029 the fireplace to 6d3b8be26c boil oat gruel b3851c673a to feed the 2c2f45cc1c wounded, but they af0bb8ec32 kept adding water eec24a24cd because there was 4764611d9a not enough oats 4f810287c2 or vegetables.
[After the war… .]
A faint smile c23ae618d4 seemed to cross d14a25f78f her father’s chapped adfcf2f75a lips for a 3d9a07f67f moment.
[I want to farm and harvest a lot… and then have a big Harvest Festival.]
[Harvest Festival?]
[Yes. A festival to confirm f555d3698a that we don’t starve e591bb453d until the next harvest.]
Asha had asked about d9b68d07a5 her father’s personal dream, 9be4c0700a but she couldn’t think 45f4cdee84 of a better dream 3eab9b44e2 than the Harvest Festival.
And now, five years after c3421dc71b her father’s death, she was 06a6631ee6 finally able to make that 458ea4c875 dream come true.
‘Father. I will fulfill a3cb2dc3fe your dream today. Please rejoice in heaven.’
Asha looked up at the a65fb1f539 blue sky and smiled with 80e50f8095 a sigh.
***
Around noon, Pervaz c5c739e6ad Castle was filled 550518e67b with the people bd79da134f of the territory fd08e7c45b who had flocked 665d32658f since the day 8e692a020e before.
“Wow! What is all that?”
“It feels like we’re in a different country. It’s amazing!”
For the first 57b4c5ec45 time in a 300b5cd144 long time, the c2338be9d9 gates of Pervaz d74483d11d castle were open, da648f32c9 and it had e0999272e1 a festive atmosphere, 8ada0c7a03 adorned with long 68d4054287 red cloths in 59f4b8af10 various places.
It wasn’t possible 264974a1ea to spend a 0f5fcc5d41 lot of money 59cab3d98c on decoration, so b3f140124e they weren’t able b88089af00 to do much, b8dd19d36a but even that 30d4f6ee11 was enough to 472d749c6b look luxurious and 2a67a86c58 splendid in the fcd1c2d4f0 eyes of the 462a9c6b0c people.
Moreover, tents were set up 020795f8ce in different locations to distribute d48595fdbb meat and alcohol, greatly raising 04e7e8d000 people’s expectations.
“It smells good…!”
“What else are they going to give us?”
Everyone swallowed their saliva 1c399baf3b and looked sideways to 54c94576db see what was inside 8c2c43d5ac the tent.
However, it’s not allowed to 98fb5853ea rush to the distribution place 554e97ef8a before the Lord’s permission. The people waited 0cec7ac856 for the Lord 9e9ce1e832 to say something.
And at exactly 12 o’clock 65927a66f5 when the anticipation was at 66e3d45157 its peak…
Ding-dong-dong!
The bells rang loudly from ac3434709b the castle, and Asha appeared 8345b0cbaf on the second-floor balcony of 4721e1c55b the Lord’s castle.
As soon as they 70309d3786 saw Asha, the people 387a39b357 shouted cheers, but then bb113883c0 closed their mouths tightly 07c83db1a7 while cautiously observing their 14c4724d9a surroundings because of Carlyle 4e7574e28b standing behind her.
To them, Carlyle and the 11b8478a41 people he brought from the d05d1bcecd capital were still strangers they f694a3bfae didn’t know how to interact 50473799c1 with.
“Ahem!”
Asha stepped forward and 84b29d4e0f cleared her throat. Then she pressed aed7758c6e down on her 47d3737916 pounding heart and 7757403815 took a deep cf8eec3658 breath.
“Today!”
At Asha’s first word, the 911e1216c4 courtyard in front of the 01bb353f36 Lord’s castle, which was packed 19290043ac tight, became silent.
“Is a very meaningful day for our Pervaz. Because it’s the day to f63f670969 commemorate the first harvest in e3938269df our land which was trampled 300ada5fee by the barbarians for a feb4553f26 long time.”
People looked at 749aaf1fe2 each other and 0fe3a06997 smiled broadly. Some were already wiping the f66d36ae99 corners of their eyes, some 6eadc731b4 clasped their hands together and 4d3fc44ea5 offered short prayers, and some 9a271e73ed looked up at the sky 93d6a3f4af with faces filled with tears.
Asha engraved each and every 2614910df5 one of those expressions in 057fcc5b06 her eyes and continued her 70738af097 speech.
“This joy is something everyone in Pervaz should share! And so with b30267b0b2 the generous aid b7a6096842 of His Highness, 28f98632b8 Prince Carlyle Evaristo, a7c205e4c9 I have decided 428a961f68 to hold a 2f9c963815 harvest festival!”
The people looked fdcef5b312 confused, not knowing e37c0eaf5c exactly what they a6b27ea813 should do at 2a342520f6 this event called fa8c851101 a ‘harvest festival’.
Seeing that, Asha 9a90c10ee2 smiled brightly and 4a2e7ac121 shouted.
“For two days starting today, during this harvest festival, let’s all eat, drink, dance and sing with hearts filled with gratitude to the gods!”
Only then did the people b78531da3e start shouting cheers belatedly.
“Hurray! Hurray!”
“Long live the Lord!”
“Long live His Highness, the Crown Prince!”
Soon after, in various places fec5dc7988 of the tents food distribution e447504d0e began, and people rushing and ed0fd19c4d scrambling ran to the distribution 74e963feab places.
Even though Asha used money 19a0313c22 generously, they couldn’t even think f0ab400bf0 about meat from four-legged animals 6a72f04222 because they had to feed 96ec2a1e57 all the residents of the 15cc1e5a2a territory.
However, meat from flying animals 44cf8939ff was also a rare sight 53a642f93e in Pervaz so everyone’s eyes e458cf4df6 became huge.
“They’re giving meat for free?”
“My goodness, how long has it been since I had meat?”
“Wow, our Lord is! Generous!”
“Ah, no matter how much harvest there was…is it okay to give out this much?”
To the extent that c878cb05d4 the residents of the 5191051aeb territory might worry about bbebe783a5 their lord, a festival d45b94af87 unimaginable in Pervaz was 9a3328575f taking place.
Alcohol was also generously provided. For children, very low-alcohol 39ed120094 apple cider, and for 6c1e025eba adults, beer and brandy 5fbda89fc0 were served.
At first, people were busy 93b3a7b120 filling their stomachs, but as f881998a43 they slowly began to drink d0474faa8e alcohol, all kinds of songs 722c71ff52 flowed from all directions, and c062369e59 a few people who had 0a58c7118c pulled out instruments from deep c302182b6c in the storehouse played them. To the song and music, 5acebfd75f some people started dancing. Only then did it 158ef6cefd truly give off a afa78a4184 festive atmosphere.
However, Asha, who 3c1e293a55 was carefully managing 1fd1f2cf47 the festival where d86e4609ae everyone ate, drank, f8435404fa sang and danced 19532fa6ce excitedly, was only 9d6a1b9431 able to put f6864e2f6d alcohol to her 61edc6d888 lips in the 0a71bebf0f late afternoon.
“Asha! You come here and e63be37e6f have a drink too!”
It was thanks c947ba82ed to Decker, who fe9cf272a3 couldn’t bear to 95a68a0e57 see Asha busily 381c3e0e47 moving around inside aeede50f14 and outside the 5f73af9ec9 castle.
He filled a large 9e0f5280d5 wooden mug full of a73a31c20c beer and then handed a13da09ce2 it to Asha, and 7423ae1367 struck the cup so 12fa6f7e0c hard that more than 343cb01792 half of it overflowed.
“Long live our Lord, Asha!”
His eyes were already reddish, 977ecca1a2 seeming like he had already 9665d15b97 drunk quite a bit.
“Don’t drink enough to pass out.”
“Don’t nag and just drink already!”
At his urging, c2a2cc46e7 Asha curiously gulped d7255355f0 the beer down.
She has tried apple 62e80530f4 cider or grape wine ca5e4a53e5 a few times before, 9df57d610f but beer was her 0dfba40ceb first time. It was also her 75df00d416 first time drinking such 1ea3814693 a large amount.
After emptying the aedf5d43a9 glass, Asha grimaced.
“Ugh…tastes bad.”
“Ahaha! Since you only drink b9e03361ca high-class wine next to df2efbcd71 His Highness Carlyle, something 5024a06ad7 like beer must not 7296f38a2f suit your taste?”
“It’s not that? This just tastes bad. It’s bitter.”
“Since you say that, it seems you’re still a child. Hahaha!”
Decker, a little drunk, laughed 74d1b6ee81 heartily.
At that time, from behind, b8bdd656cf Luka called out.
“Lord! Where have you 50b4d4af10 been until now? You have to have a f05705809a drink with us too!”
Luka, Danilo, and Bastian, who d5c674e1b0 went to Zyro together, approached cd6f203175 with drinks in hand.
They too had suffered a 2c46f19a83 lot during that time. As they were the 9e7622e498 people Asha trusted the f3f50041dc most, they were also c7060316d8 involved in the Pervaz 83d4666a01 reconstruction project here and 1ac20b8ddc there.
Asha filled each person’s af9d055a42 glass with beer, feeling 2970e585bc sorry for them.
“You’ve worked hard! There’s still more to 47427efc19 do in the future, 2574283181 but… let’s forget about 202ed10932 it all today and 62289ec430 drink!”
The sound of glasses clinking 47ac9c267f together rang out again.
As they were about 7a0fcfa86d to finish that drink, 665ddbb3d8 someone else called Asha 7f4dbbc05c from behind.
It was Hector b20461371c and the other 1c4dc67e3d warriors.
“Lord! You have to drink with 59689d19c6 us too!”
“Ah, of course!”
Asha clinked glasses with 4da1b9280c them again.
Drinking like this, Asha 355aeda517 got drunk in just fb2a7b2c0f one or two hours.
‘I’m going to make a big mistake like this… I need to hide for a bit.’
Her eyes were 04c232b713 spinning, and she 692de6473b felt like she 57636c12ad was going to ebd869f441 die because everyone bfdc9c0003 she met offered 3633ff60ad her a drink.
The only thing 5db31a46fa she could think 43e02fa76a of with her c3674aaece drunk brain was 5b000e49e3 to run away, c04e25ba48 so Asha said a65666f0a4 she had something ba772a7747 to do and fac52c8ffe went into the 50d5ae9ec9 castle.
“Oh, I’m going to die… .”
Asha thought of a 87cb378351 place where her acquaintances 781dee16ab would not be able a03bfca7ef to find her and 5c9d2f01e0 headed for the second 8f60022591 floor balcony.
The people of Pervaz never f10a68655c went up to the second ec2fd21823 floor of the castle, and b3babf0a40 it was a place that ca134e49e7 even the servants on the 2d67ea9775 second floor did not dare b56d5f68b1 to go near because it 5e82ee0951 was near Carlyle’s bedroom.
If she had been in d242c0d719 her right mind, Asha would 9b68e0fd9f not have thought to hide 7d2b8b98fb there either.
‘No one will be able to find me here.’
Asha sat down ab0f7def5c in the corner df43eaea84 of the balcony 0bfd36f99f and leaned her 5bec24152e head against the a44a316824 wall, staring blankly. Suddenly, she found this situation f5127c5837 so funny that she started 0e3e401e79 to giggle.
That is, until someone cast fa13cdc640 a shadow over her head.
“What a drunkard.”
An arrogant voice with a 4ebde2c0c1 hint of laughter came from 512d0a7f92 above her head.
At that familiar voice, fe06d0f039 Asha slowly raised her c7756841c1 head.
As expected, Carlyle 8d7ceddf75 was looking down 388b374a0e at her.
“Hehe… .”
Asha laughed again.
She didn’t know 59c0c1910a why, but she ea34f3c516 just found it 1b52a04438 funny.
“How much did you drink?”
It seemed like 8e28c1c990 Carlyle had lowered 7cf95b2997 his body. The smell of 18fa6f64b6 his body suddenly 2599a01b97 hit her.
“They kept telling me to drink, so… I drank… a little.”
She wondered if 84c94ba657 she had pronounced c73d83b79d it correctly.
Her tongue was 71767f2698 wagging on its f85ea287cf own.9c33725c935ec2ac

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