Chapter 4
Part 1
---[Underwood] Harvest Festival, Plaza at the Lowest level
Moments before the start of the opening ceremony.
The orangey hues of the sky had subsided. While the curtains of night were drawn across the Great Tree City.
The burning bonfire illuminated the city, seeming to be the signal for the banquet to come.
The residents of the Great Tree were in high spirits though the reason is definitely more than just their nocturnal habits in full swing at these hours.
The time to serve up all the fruits and game collected since the previous night had finally arrived. And that, should be the main reason.
Meat that have been skewed and grilled to aromatic perfection, fragrant smelling fruits that were juicy and sweet, and there were even some who brought out their own home-brewed beer to toast with others. It wouldn’t be too far off the target to say that this moment was the splendor and essence of the Harvest Festival.
The atmosphere allowed participants to step out of their usual boundaries and mingle with others of different Communities. Stories were shared over wood carved beer mugs as they were refilling them with rum.
Kasukabe Yō kept looking longingly at the banquet that seemed to be demanding her attention as she carried two passengers in flight.
“A…Asuka, that. That buffet has already started…Isn’t it time for us to give up? Can you smell it? The fragrance of grilled corn----”
“That thing can wait! We must catch those little brats!”
“That’s right! I won’t be able to accomplish the task that Shiroyasha-sama tasked to me if I can’t catch them……Anyways, just find them quickly!”
Asuka and the female shop assistant nastily agreed to keep Yō away from the enticing food below.
Whatever they may say, the task of finding those small little faeries from such a height was much more difficult than climbing into the sky[39].
In this situation, the only hope was to rely on Yō’s acute sense of smell. However….
[…. I’m hungry….]
Yō’s tummy was rumbling in protest. Though on the verge of losing to the temptation, Yō continued to search the surroundings with much discipline.
Down below, the opening ceremony was progressing smoothly and the banquet was entering its climax.
Yō who looked forward to the buffet more than anyone else in [No Name], could only call the current situation that she was trapped in a punishment.
Just as a dejected Yō was going to accept the sudden drudgery imposed upon her, she caught a scent of someone.
[This scent……Izayoi?]
She turned her head towards the source of the scent to see Izayoi, who carried a sack, and Lily happily enjoying their meal.
“---Asuka.”
“What? Found them?”
“I can’t fly anymore. I’m going down.”
“….Eh?!” When the question mark managed to make it out of their mouths, the three girls already started their rapid descent.
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