TAOA-61

Chapter: TAOA-612fd8a2bed9d96cd4

“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 down at 784385aeb4 the festive atmosphere in front ccd36092d2 of the lord’s castle courtyard.
“We need to have these memories. Even on our land, when 2fa6fb681a crops were harvested, everyone enjoyed bab76dbed5 eating and drinking.”
This might be the first 5233cbe06b time for most of the 65a891f77e residents of the estate.
“That way, we can muster the strength to carry on next year. We might even 687a7d6718 develop a stronger 8fe2ce56c4 attachment to our a9822b5879 land.”
Watching Asha’s smiling face, 42d33457f0 Decker exclaimed in admiration.
“How do you know all that already? You seem like you have 4ba37f7c2b a 90-year-old man inside you.”
“What? Hahaha!”
Asha just laughed, ad4f80e8b0 but in fact, d81e0cd6e2 it was her 48fab4a6b8 father’s dream to d11ef795ac open the Harvest 3082aee36b Festival.
Once, after another c00f291786 difficult defense, she 9ba113f0bb sat with her aef22f97e0 father against the bb8ce93de8 castle wall, staring 48e2da2580 blankly.
She had asked him e249635dd8 what he wanted to e0d441e95b do after this war e5be096eae 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 31dc1ee6f7 asking such a cdde380d39 thing?]
[Shouldn’t you have a dream? It’s so dark fe7a9d086c ahead… I feel e620502211 like I’m just dfc8a4fafa going to go 99ee09c46e crazy.]
[With a chatterbox like you… .]
At first, her 2f655b144f father snorted and 55db958776 stared at the 5bc0464237 front yard of 562bc71ebf the castle for 108775a9b6 a long time.
Wounded soldiers were lying on f1f0c0304c the dirt floor moaning, and 87acba60d2 women were running around busily f2ef6034b0 treating their wounds.
A large pot c7cff1ab7c was hung over ecbb297529 the fireplace to 9d3fec9c82 boil oat gruel 2061a73f20 to feed the f1ca1dd6ae wounded, but they c866460fb2 kept adding water 8f7c03c1a5 because there was 872a1d1272 not enough oats 230574cdf9 or vegetables.
[After the war… .]
A faint smile seemed 900092559e to cross her father’s d38016b1f4 chapped lips for a d0b9572b1d moment.
[I want to farm and harvest a lot… and then have a big Harvest Festival.]
[Harvest Festival?]
[Yes. A festival to 5ee87c0f41 confirm that we f9c5240196 don’t starve until 31fccc412b the next harvest.]
Asha had asked about 5241906d06 her father’s personal dream, 1876d887e9 but she couldn’t think bb83e33023 of a better dream d6d155d999 than the Harvest Festival.
And now, five years after 02e9c6db3c her father’s death, she was 111b8e1485 finally able to make that 2050b85fba dream come true.
‘Father. I will fulfill 4df29cf782 your dream today. Please rejoice in heaven.’
Asha looked up at eec178a8f1 the blue sky and 0777a735c2 smiled with a sigh.
***
Around noon, Pervaz Castle was f1b84cbef1 filled with the people of 94599bee8a the territory who had flocked 034b3d1923 since the day before.
“Wow! What is all that?”
“It feels like we’re in a different country. It’s amazing!”
For the first 69367b7b8d time in a de42e39a0c long time, the 868f7bd0a3 gates of Pervaz b77d8a5317 castle were open, 80652aa731 and it had c1f9d5323c a festive atmosphere, 312197c128 adorned with long f104e3e973 red cloths in be0e090f9d various places.
It wasn’t possible to spend 75b048d954 a lot of money on e9a5bfc2c8 decoration, so they weren’t able ee1fc34051 to do much, but even cc4b9de534 that was enough to look af9220b125 luxurious and splendid in the e0f82a79a8 eyes of the people.
Moreover, tents were db7f445af4 set up in d9739614ac different locations to 7dfbb868f6 distribute meat and 1381b5cc11 alcohol, greatly raising 7a99490eca people’s expectations.
“It smells good…!”
“What else are they going to give us?”
Everyone swallowed their saliva and da7e1908cf looked sideways to see what 59cb9b706b was inside the tent.
However, it’s not allowed to f78c594e58 rush to the distribution place 8413181ce7 before the Lord’s permission. The people waited for the 4841a91236 Lord to say something.
And at exactly 12 o’clock 3388f118df when the anticipation was at a48dfab337 its peak…
Ding-dong-dong!
The bells rang loudly 8d533199bb from the castle, and 0bec67c5b2 Asha appeared on the 7dd490ae24 second-floor balcony of the fa01a55737 Lord’s castle.
As soon as they saw 31dba444eb Asha, the people shouted cheers, 3800df73a9 but then closed their mouths 73e856fd73 tightly while cautiously observing their 8e3241988f surroundings because of Carlyle standing d667247671 behind her.
To them, Carlyle and 12f549201f the people he brought f0f237e7ae from the capital were e0c7c5ad0c still strangers they didn’t 6dba4fb317 know how to interact 8e13263eca with.
“Ahem!”
Asha stepped forward and 516012e1b7 cleared her throat. Then she pressed down 2b3bd513a7 on her pounding heart bb10be4f83 and took a deep 5234fd5787 breath.
“Today!”
At Asha’s first word, the bd72f29f3f courtyard in front of the 9c56d30519 Lord’s castle, which was packed 7b712af41f tight, became silent.
“Is a very meaningful day for our Pervaz. Because it’s the day bfefabb9d0 to commemorate the first b3f3f583b8 harvest in our land 86010bad71 which was trampled by bfe95d92ca the barbarians for a c0007b88fa long time.”
People looked at each other d9b5fd3f60 and smiled broadly. Some were already wiping the d2cf766aad corners of their eyes, some ce706c739b clasped their hands together and b14fce1c45 offered short prayers, and some 7f1a3876cb looked up at the sky d0c1d34ba8 with faces filled with tears.
Asha engraved each and every 5b239c59d0 one of those expressions in d6993d05d8 her eyes and continued her 52a4de190f speech.
“This joy is something everyone in Pervaz should share! And so with 094996fce4 the generous aid d02ab5560e of His Highness, 919df46cc5 Prince Carlyle Evaristo, a803535f48 I have decided 9a53c79ea3 to hold a f70c7e42b4 harvest festival!”
The people looked 5bbbd0eb17 confused, not knowing a17108dc90 exactly what they dea6e40b84 should do at 707272e2a3 this event called 1cd3ca12b4 a ‘harvest festival’.
Seeing that, Asha smiled brightly 7cd173e2ed and 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 57f94965aa people start shouting cheers c269d90b8a belatedly.
“Hurray! Hurray!”
“Long live the Lord!”
“Long live His Highness, the Crown Prince!”
Soon after, in various 37e8bbcf51 places of the tents 7ece8e4d27 food distribution began, and 82f3a1efe2 people rushing and scrambling 48e1d8f31e ran to the distribution f077a36e66 places.
Even though Asha used money 60cb72a5b0 generously, they couldn’t even think 8bf070ad05 about meat from four-legged animals a61a074c88 because they had to feed 55a40382ff all the residents of the 01ce35f112 territory.
However, meat from flying 80a0dc9013 animals was also a c3f501251c rare sight in Pervaz f72216ec41 so everyone’s eyes became 268534ab48 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 582a679afd that the residents 4c2e600768 of the territory fe94b3e2bd might worry about 3c3ffc583a their lord, a 32bdf2d233 festival unimaginable in 60a46b815b Pervaz was taking 95713ae6a1 place.
Alcohol was also generously provided. For children, very low-alcohol apple 77bc0e486e cider, and for adults, beer d38d92bac8 and brandy were served.
At first, people were 487216582a busy filling their stomachs, 82459177a8 but as they slowly 8ad08a9e59 began to drink alcohol, 571a0e4349 all kinds of songs 9b61dc81ec flowed from all directions, 6735f57a96 and a few people c4d89dc7e9 who had pulled out 537f0a5f68 instruments from deep in ced5db42fb the storehouse played them. To the song and music, b2a2827014 some people started dancing. Only then did it a3e496238d truly give off a 8784680cae festive atmosphere.
However, Asha, who was carefully 3494cd4068 managing the festival where everyone 335c7fa27c ate, drank, sang and danced cd6bd88afa excitedly, was only able to f786d2fb74 put alcohol to her lips 60d1b2e609 in the late afternoon.
“Asha! You come here c381b87e30 and have a efa046cbb6 drink too!”
It was thanks to 20a62cfae9 Decker, who couldn’t bear ceb0103f7e to see Asha busily 3ff2da53ef moving around inside and 1c43183794 outside the castle.
He filled a large e72e2faf51 wooden mug full of 79716c3fce beer and then handed 5cdadf796f it to Asha, and d286994a91 struck the cup so 2262dc381d hard that more than 436b84b190 half of it overflowed.
“Long live our Lord, Asha!”
His eyes were already 22025e8afb reddish, seeming like he 3a1a201f02 had already drunk quite 5ba22cbed8 a bit.
“Don’t drink enough to pass out.”
“Don’t nag and just drink already!”
At his urging, 7b4dc94515 Asha curiously gulped 23f287c779 the beer down.
She has tried cd5220a741 apple cider or bd7b14c399 grape wine a 7e1b980539 few times before, bab09dce0a but beer was 8923489779 her first time. It was also her d8e521b341 first time drinking such 0c1a697d00 a large amount.
After emptying the a29416e6d8 glass, Asha grimaced.
“Ugh…tastes bad.”
“Ahaha! Since you only f42b015918 drink high-class wine 7825798f24 next to His 7a8ae35500 Highness Carlyle, something a0cda27478 like beer must f059022fba not suit your dc14ca6c12 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 2e8521cc69 heartily.
At that time, from behind, 798bea1da1 Luka called out.
“Lord! Where have you been 4a44d242dd until now? You have to 073d39dbfe have a drink 0895f3413e with us too!”
Luka, Danilo, and Bastian, who e2b9a121a9 went to Zyro together, approached f506d499b6 with drinks in hand.
They too had suffered a 9406037a5d lot during that time. As they were the people 0b0a53fac2 Asha trusted the most, they 7d8e11cb1e were also involved in the 90bbab639f Pervaz reconstruction project here and 613b6c26fc there.
Asha filled each person’s glass 3ff47de580 with beer, feeling sorry for 1e9497f561 them.
“You’ve worked hard! There’s still more to c4282da631 do in the future, 86d0694c83 but… let’s forget about 4d975596c0 it all today and de4999d921 drink!”
The sound of glasses 896ebf1920 clinking together rang out 9d773e5553 again.
As they were about to 6ac1ba93c2 finish that drink, someone else 5694eb0c19 called Asha from behind.
It was Hector and 367be1decd the other warriors.
“Lord! You have to 3413327a73 drink with us bdeba4d02b too!”
“Ah, of course!”
Asha clinked glasses 99423cdd99 with them again.
Drinking like this, Asha got 27f7d84fba drunk in just one or 16c449a896 two hours.
‘I’m going to make a big mistake like this… I need to hide for a bit.’
Her eyes were spinning, 972399517e and she felt like a32dc9bef0 she was going to 8f36d40879 die because everyone she 09325453a5 met offered her a 88d8af7e24 drink.
The only thing she 65189b3f8f could think of with ddf6a16719 her drunk brain was 9621c07d79 to run away, so 9b8ce06b85 Asha said she had de67abef2b something to do and ed4ddfadf6 went into the castle.
“Oh, I’m going to die… .”
Asha thought of a 272fefa5a7 place where her acquaintances 1cd839b541 would not be able 5a6439b1c1 to find her and d19e1df26d headed for the second 92df0a5096 floor balcony.
The people of Pervaz 379d50f0f9 never went up to b7260836a5 the second floor of 18cce5415d the castle, and it d29e6ccc32 was a place that b31747f482 even the servants on 2f3b992f86 the second floor did 61782b7b8b not dare to go e28873b53a near because it was 811fcd27df near Carlyle’s bedroom.
If she had been in 9218626064 her right mind, Asha would 207b75d8b3 not have thought to hide 2c235c0d6a there either.
‘No one will be able to find me here.’
Asha sat down in 375d859a48 the corner of the 89a9bb8aa4 balcony and leaned her 7fdfce827b head against the wall, 156f613211 staring blankly. Suddenly, she found this situation d630cb1a8a so funny that she started 768107bc62 to giggle.
That is, until cf4de25ebc someone cast a c003d97e35 shadow over her 8ead185ab1 head.
“What a drunkard.”
An arrogant voice with a 882ba36819 hint of laughter came from 4250f347cb above her head.
At that familiar 67525e3b3e voice, Asha slowly 9405956aa9 raised her head.
As expected, Carlyle f167c15382 was looking down 9da7d5e9a1 at her.
“Hehe… .”
Asha laughed again.
She didn’t know 3356ad0cec why, but she 44491d1f05 just found it 313f5583a2 funny.
“How much did you drink?”
It seemed like f0003725c4 Carlyle had lowered a65f1bc9a0 his body. The smell of his body 4609099694 suddenly hit her.
“They kept telling me to drink, so… I drank… a little.”
She wondered if 4b5052a34d she had pronounced a8ee043432 it correctly.
Her tongue was wagging on 369567692c its own.7694fdbcb0ac6e82

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