Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea

Chapter 58 Spring Festival
Led by the "God of Honor" Bradl, the tour included giants who either knelt or prostrated themselves on the ground. None of them dared to look Bradl in the eye, even though he had assumed the form of a mythical creature.

Hermione, who was so small and inconspicuous that she followed beside them, took the initiative to observe these humble giants. Every time she observed, she could feel the stinging pain from the brand on her back.

That comes from the spiritual stigma of "giants eating people" that she carries.

Bradl then spoke up: "Human demigod, you are very special."

"Oh?" Hermione said calmly, "Why?"

Bradl's eyes, focused in the center, shone brightly. "You are the only human being mentioned by my father, mother, and brother."

Hermione smiled and said, "It's an honor."

"But there's more to it than that." Bradel seemed quite lonely on weekdays, but he had a strong desire to talk, chattering on and on: "Father said that you will give birth to the future of mankind, and this will be the greatest honor in your short life."

A short life? Glory?

Hermione felt as nauseous as if she had eaten a fly, but she was very confused about what kind of future the Giant King was planning for mankind.

Hermione exclaimed in a slightly exaggerated tone, "The future of humanity? Will we humans ever rise again? I can't imagine what that would be like."

Bradl laughed heartily. "Father didn't elaborate, but he did mention that humans possess great potential... but I really can't see any potential in weaklings like you."

"Of course, human demigod, you are very different from those other insects. Perhaps you will become a new subordinate god of our giant race." Although his tone was civilized, his choice of words fully exposed Bradel's arrogance. In his character, he had no concept of respecting the interlocutor.

"Me? From God?" Hermione raised her voice.

"Mother and brother said the same thing." Bradl laughed gruffly. "They intentionally collected freshly carcasses of reptiles from the battlefield... those despicable dragons! But those reptiles shrank like tortoise shells."

Omibella is actually collecting dragon characteristics for herself...

But this is not a kind intention.

At this time, they walked into a giant square where a ceremony was being arranged.

There are twelve stone pillars as high as one hundred meters built in the center of the square. They are carved with exquisite murals and reliefs, but they have not yet been completed.

A female giant is painting a mural.

Bradl introduced, "Hevosya is the most outstanding master in our tribe. She was responsible for the creation of most of the murals and reliefs for this spring festival."

The giantess was absorbed in her creations and did not respond to Bradel. Bradel, however, showed no anger, and simply took Hermione to admire the unfinished works.

These murals and reliefs all praise the history of giants, from the birth of the giant clan to their current glory.

The Giant King itself occupies 90% of the text, interspersed with descriptions of giants such as Omibella, Badheir, and Bradl.

Hermione saw a mural in the earliest pages depicting the birth of the "Giant King" at dusk.

In the mural, in the dusk, there are two blurry figures representing the ancestors.

On the faces of the two blurry figures, one could vaguely see a single vertical eye and a body taller than the giant tree in the background.

Hermione felt a little strange as she examined the murals and reliefs.

Is this a depiction of the ancestor of the giants?
Bradl pointed to the mural and rambled on about His glorious path to becoming the "God of Glory."

After listening patiently for a long time, Hermione, who couldn't wait for Bradl to catch his breath, interrupted helplessly, "I heard... the ancestors of the giants are buried in the 'Decayed Forest'?"

"There are many such rumors..." Bradel glanced at the mural on the first stone pillar and said, "Anyway, from the time I was born until now, I have never seen a giant older than my father." "You have never been to the 'Decayed Forest'?"

"Of course not, that is a forbidden area for us giants."

The Giant King had concealed the fact that humans were the ancestors of the Giants quite thoroughly, Hermione thought to herself.

After viewing these celebration reliefs, Hermione turned the conversation to the origins of the Giants' Spring Festival.

Bradl explained: "It's in honor of my father who established the 'Four Seasons'."

Hermione had heard of this when she was a human. This was still Earth, and it was possible that the "Giant King" had rediscovered and established the "Four Seasons" during the barbaric era.

Many customs of ancient civilizations are passed down from giants and elves. For example, elves like to use chopsticks.

Hermione speculated that giants and elves, these extraordinary overlords evolved from humans, should have retained a small part of the cultural heritage of the old civilization.

However, in such a chaotic, long and irrational era, all they could really pass down were probably only these scraps.

The old civilization was eventually completely buried by time...

After a stroll, Hermione took some cheese, honey and other food prepared for the festival.

When Hermione returned home, she saw Selina praying...

"Where have you been?" Selina, with an anxious look on her face, didn't even put away the statue. When she saw Hermione, she quickly stood up and asked.

"I was invited... to go out for a walk." Placing the food in front of Selina, Hermione smiled at the barely perceptible greed in the girl's eyes and said, "Haven't you eaten yet?"

Selina looked a little aggrieved.

When she opened her eyes, she found that the First Councillor she was following had disappeared.

He wanted to go out to look for it but was stopped by the giant guards. Even when he approached the giants to ask, he was only met with arrogant indifference.

She could only anxiously hold the statue of the "Lady of the Night" and prepare to pray... Then she saw Hermione coming back with a lot of food.

How could she have time to eat?

"Eat some of this first. If you have anything else you want, I'll make it for you." Hermione ruffled the girl's hair. "Next time I go out, I'll let you know in advance."

At the giant-style dining table, Selina ate her food with unrefined grace, but she chewed and swallowed it carefully. With the exception of Oseikus, few people from the tribe paid attention to dining etiquette.

The tribe, which does not have abundant resources, has not yet developed these things, but Hermione has the idea of improving them slightly later.

"So, it was the 'God of Glory' who invited you to visit the Giant King's Court?" Selina asked curiously as she finished eating and cleaned up the large table.

Hermione shook her head and smiled, "I only visited a small part of it, mainly looking at the arrangements for the Spring Festival."

Selina felt a little yearning when she heard this. Although she was cautious in her heart, it was hard for a girl of her age not to imagine what the celebration held by the overlord like the giants in the royal court would look like.

Seeing Selina's expression, Hermione thought for a moment and said, "Well...let me tell you what I saw?"

Selina initially showed some reserved resistance to this, but when Hermione began to describe it on her own, she listened attentively with wide eyes...

(End of this chapter)