Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The uniform sound of horns rang out at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the harvest celebration of the Far North Territory officially began. Although there were no special performances, many people were standing in front of the window of the Gute City Post Station watching.

Both Damian, the second prince of the empire who deliberately lived in the inn, and Conrad's team who were left behind by Brett, showed great interest in the small stalls with colorful roofs on the main road.

The reason is simple: it smells so good!

When Brett left, Damian asked him to leave behind one team of the knights he brought, so Conrad's team was left behind.

Some people in the team were indignant about this, but after smelling the aroma of barbecue in the morning, their minds were filled with thoughts like, what smells so good? It smells so good. I had just finished breakfast, but now I feel hungry again.

And they have already started to take out their wallets, ready to buy the skewers that are emitting tempting aroma to try.

The Lord of the Snowfield sent people to notify all adventurer settlements and invite adventurers to participate in the harvest celebration, but did not invite the imperial envoys in the post station. Damian did not show dissatisfaction after knowing this, but instead asked his subordinates to send a gift to the Lord of the Snowfield.

A box of precious medicines, the scarcest item in the Far North Territory, and also something that his frail and sickly "brother" desperately needs.

Damian felt that even if the Lord of the Snowfield did not value a partner from the Empire, he would not be able to refuse such a gift.

As he thought, Sal Pukas accepted the gift and replied that he would meet him after the celebration.

Although Damian looks very leisurely, he actually does not have much time to spend in the Far North Territory. He must exchange a large amount of magic crystals from the Paraso people as soon as possible and then send these magic crystals to the front line.

At the beginning, he didn't quite understand why he had to trade Hutt Island with the Paraso people, until he saw the real situation of Hutt Island now.

It is indeed a tricky situation. If we don't deal with it while it can still be covered up with phantom magic, this island will become a useless disaster area in the future.

The people of the Empire believe in the Goddess of Light. Although many people have given up their faith now, the Holy See still has a group of loyal supporters.

In this situation, if a disaster occurred in the empire, once it was discovered by the Vatican, the royal family would have to give a reasonable explanation to the Vatican and the believers. It would be very troublesome to be targeted by the Vatican.

The current situation on the island can be changed by phantom magic in a short period of time so that people cannot visually see any difference from before.

The Empire's court magicians were confident that they could cover up the truth when the Parasols went to the island to investigate.

As long as Parass has finished checking and signed the transaction contract, when he returns to the empire with the magic crystal, the phantom barrier on the island will become invalid.

At that time, even if the Parasos reacted, they would have no way to prove that there was anything wrong with the Hutt Island handed over to them by the Empire.

The Empire could easily claim that it was the Parasau people who angered the gods, which led to the disaster that befell Hutt Island.

The Parasos are a barbarian people from the north. They have believed in the warlike god of killing, Nayasos, since their ancestors, so it is normal for them to attract disasters.

The empire has the blessing of Cecilia, the goddess of light, and there is absolutely no way that a trace of evil or darkness can contaminate the land of the empire.

Although it is a harvest celebration, Shevi only needs to attend the evening banquet. The Parasau people's celebration does not have any complicated activities or rituals during the day, it is just pure eating, drinking and having fun. Sal said that everyone will dance the Zansong dance and sing songs praying for a good harvest by the campfire at night.

Regarding the Zansong Dance, Xie Wei always thought it was a praise dance, but later after learning Palasso's writing, he realized that it should be written as "Zansong".

It is said that Zansong was an ancestor who was good at singing and dancing. Her singing and dancing would attract tiny elves in the forest. People could often see the tiny elves surrounding Zansong and dancing with her.

Xie Wei had never seen a tiny elf, so Thrall said that he would take him to the tribe of his adoptive brother Modo for a few days in winter. There was a small forest near Modo's tribe, and many tiny elves lived in that forest.

Modo is the oldest of the three children adopted by Thrall's adoptive father, Jibuata. Xie Wei has never seen him. Thrall said that Modo was originally the leader of the tribe and needed to come to Gut City every once in a while, just like other retainers of the leaders.

But after Modo's partner was injured in Hongyue the year before last, he needed to spend more time taking care of his partner, so he gave up the position of leader to someone else.

Therefore, Thrall himself did not often see his adopted brother. The last time they met was the day when Xie Wei came to Naya Castle from the Empire. But Modo came that day, gave Thrall his and his partner's blessings, and then hurried back without staying for long.

The staff and guards in the castle will take turns to take leave during the three days of the celebration, and the same goes for Gesan and his men. Today, only Gesan and Toya are with Xie Wei.

Since the imperial envoy was still in Guth City, Xie Wei did not plan to leave the castle for the next three days, so he took Gesan and Toya to the backyard of the castle to play with the children from the church.

The older children in the church were taken to the arena by Sal, while Shevi and the priests took the lively little ones to hold a cub version of the tournament in the backyard of the castle.

However, after the barbecue grill was set up, the children had no interest in competing in martial arts. They just sat in a circle, eagerly waiting to eat the skewers.

There were many tables and chairs on the grass in the backyard of the castle. The priests and church staff were busy barbecuing. They thought that these little brats might sneak away, but after a whole morning, none of them ran away. They were more obedient than each other and no longer made a fuss about going out to play outside the castle.

Some of the monsters in the castle went to the arena, and some were brought to Xie Wei by Puka to help look after the children and get some free food and drinks.

Puka originally thought that today's work task would be very difficult, but it turned out to be unexpectedly easy and he just ate and drank for free.

When Sal came back, he saw Xie Wei feeding Puka with a plate of meatballs.

"You spoil it too much, Xie Wei." Taking the meatball from Little Rose, Thrall took a look at his contracted beast, then ate the remaining meatballs in front of Puka.

Since these meatballs are specially made for monsters, not much salt or seasoning is added, so the taste is a bit bland.

Puka: ...

Puka was very angry and carried it on his back to change into a heavy set of equipment. His good friend Perseus, who could hardly fly, turned around and grabbed the meatballs that other monsters had gotten.

When the monsters saw Puka coming towards them, some of them lowered their heads to eat the meatballs in one bite, while others tried to pick up the wooden bowl or wooden plate with rims and run away.

The little guys nearby were watching the fun and squatting on the side with skewers in their hands. Some even wanted to join Puka to grab the meatballs, but as soon as they made a move, they were pulled back by the priests who were watching them on the side.

"Sal, they're going to fight."

Xie Wei didn't know what to say to Thrall, but he knew that the monsters were just playing around, so he wasn't too worried and was pulled by Thrall to sit down at the table.

"Don't worry about them." Sal came back with a bag of things. After Xie Wei sat down, he opened it and took out the things inside one by one and placed them on the table.

These were all things sold at small vendors' stalls. Sal bought any that he found interesting for Shevi to play with.

Xie Wei fiddled with them one by one. He didn't like any of them in particular, but he was still very happy.

"Rojin went to the adventurer's settlement to find his friends this morning, and said he would bring them to Good City to play." Taking a very exquisite lace headband, Xie Wei gestured to Sal, then put it down with regret.

Not for Sal.

"Well, he brought five or six adventurers with him, eating all the way from the city gate to the square in front of the castle. Now he is complaining to his friends about how bad our wine tastes."

At this point, Sal's expression became a little strange. Xie Wei thought that Sal was feeling sorry for the wine that Luo Jin drank. Just as he was about to comfort his partner, he heard Sal say.

"Among the adventurers who saved Rogin, there was someone who kept asking about you."