624. [Side Story] Last festival (14)
Like this. Although it was a bit rough in the finals.
I decided to move on to the romance of the fantasy world moderately and with my will as the organizer….
Anyway, the game was won.
“The winning party is right there! ‘The prince and the children’~!”
awards.
All the parties in turn came up to receive their prizes, and finally Ader called our names.
We went up to the podium while being greeted by cheers, boos, applause, whistles, etc. from the crowd.
“…By the way, Your Highness, since when did our party name be like that?”
“Wasn’t it just the main party, Prince?”
“That party name was written appropriately. Don’t give it too much meaning.”
“As expected, you are the lord! You have great naming skills! What a great party name! I will remember it for the rest of my life!”
“Is this man a loyalist or a traitor… No, what is the name of your party! At least the prince, the heir to the Marquis and the children did this!”
When I went up to the podium with the chattering and pecking children, a serenade with the championship trophy was waiting for me.
“Congratulations, Your Highness.”
“Thank you for preparing well this time. serenade.”
“Whoops. What. It is a girl’s joy.”
It was a serenade with a tired complexion from working throughout the festival, but it seemed to be in a good mood thanks to the well-prepared event.
“Because I believed it. Your Highness will win! The girl also cheered hard. Strongest! Prince! Victory! do! like this!”
“Ah, so it felt good…?”
“sure. I couldn’t watch the other matches because I was busy, but I watched all of Her Highness’ matches myself. Her Majesty’s great performance made me proud for no reason… I recorded all the fights in the match.”
Serenade, which was trying to continue the story of fanning me, eventually realized that this place was on the podium.
“oh.”
Serenade, whose face was flushed red from the pouring stares, twisted her body around, not knowing what to do, then lowered her head and moved out of the way.
I came down the podium awkwardly holding the championship trophy.
Ooh ooh~
I think the texture of the booing that was pouring toward me has changed a little… Let’s hold on shamelessly here…
And as the last special award, the competition preparation achievement award was given to the production union.
Lily, the fake dragon pilot, took a small trophy and gave it to Syd.
Sid wriggled and clutched the trophy with both chubby hands.
“cadet?”
And as soon as I tried to put it in my mouth, Lily said, ‘Zizi, Zizi!’ and dried it.
Screams and cheers erupted from the audience at this sight. Why do you think the reaction was more intense than us, the winning team?
The awards ceremony ended with Sid’s splendid spitting performance. Each of the heroes scattered with prizes and trophies in their arms.
The martial arts competition, which had a lot of talk and a lot of trouble, ended like this. egogo.
***
The Fall Festival is also coming to an end.
Now, the only event left is the dance festival and the fireworks to announce the closing.
As if they had promised, people gathered in the square in threes and fives and sat down.
The drunken people poured out words that they would regret tomorrow, saying, ‘I live today!’, and alcohol and snacks that I don’t know who bought them passed from hand to hand.
I sat in a corner of the plaza and watched the chatter of the people… I quietly swallowed my glass.
People of all kinds are laughing and chatting and enjoying their own festivities.
I see the heroes under my command, the soldiers, the citizens, and the new guests… mingling with each other, drinking alcohol and singing.
Uncles and scary older sisters put their arms around each other, and the five representatives of the Outsiders and the five powers mixed together and toasted.
Westerners and Easterners shook hands, and Northerners and Southerners exchanged traditional liquor.
The production union people who came to the Glory Knights bowed their waists. It was an apology for the accident.
This time, young mercenaries came to Hecate and bowed down. He apologized, saying he was sorry for running away without knowing the grace he had saved.
Knights, archers, priests, wizards, workers, and citizens tangled together. People share drinks, give thanks, apologize, and build relationships.
“…”
The hand holding the glass went into strength.
Know.
That the wounds they suffered in the last battle had not yet healed.
Maybe some wounds will never heal.
That the end of the world is approaching. that we won’t live forever. After this laughter and heat cool down, another tear and pain will come.
….
But but I know again.
After those tears and pain, after every day of a harsh life.
Someday, the happy days will come again.
Unless you forget how to smile. People will inevitably find moments to laugh.
Today may be the last festival in this world. but.
Because this won’t be the last fun day.
“…You looked ugly.”
Dusk Bringer, who had been sitting quietly next to me hugging his small knee, suddenly opened his mouth.
“I went ahead of myself with the thought of protecting you… so I ran out of control.”
“Me too, Archduke.”
I smiled awkwardly at Dusk Bringer.
“I didn’t want to put the Grand Duke in danger… so I tried to defeat the Grand Duke.”
Me and Dusk Bringer too.
I was trying to win this martial arts competition where I had the right to command the operation. Only then will we be able to exclude each other from this Black Dragon Subjugation.
That’s why this battle is difficult and again.
My life and Dusk Bringer’s life would be at stake.
As a frontline commander. Dusk Bringer is the nemesis of the Black Dragon. Because you will have to face death.
“I know, Archduke. what are you worried about what are you worried about me What a mighty enemy the Black Dragon is.”
“….”
“But we are stronger when we are together.”
We are all trump numbers.
In the first place, we are essential cards for this Black Dragon Battle. It was a story that made no sense from the beginning to exclude one person.
“I’ll go with you. Wherever the darkness under the lake ends…”
Win or lose.
dead or alive
“I will go with you until the end.”
“…”
I handed her my drink.
With his chin resting on the lap he held, Dusk Bringer stared at me with grim eyes. And he slowly opened his mouth.
“ash. Indeed, you… resemble the previous duke.”
“Doesn’t he look pretty handsome too?”
“ha ha ha!”
oh i laughed
After looking sad the whole time, Dusk Bringer finally smiled. I was a little relieved.
“…she was a beautiful woman.”
Dusk Bringer, who slowly stopped laughing, picked up his glass and collided with mine.
“And he liked the festival too.”
“Have you ever been to a festival with him?”
“There was. Just once.”
Dusk Bringer gently lowered his eyes and remembered that day.
“That day, the former Grand Duke said this to the citizens. Drink, dance, sing and…”
Dusk Bringer whispered as he slowly brought the glass to his lips.
“Love.”
“…”
“Love, children. Love you…”
Dusk Bringer, who was still looking down at the glass of clear wine, chinned me.
“So go see Ash.”
“yes?”
“Isn’t your lover waiting over there?”
When I turned my head in that direction in surprise, I saw a serenade in the center of the plaza, hesitantly looking at the other side.
For some reason, I felt as if my cousin had discovered a childhood friend of the opposite sex, so I waved my hands and feet in embarrassment.
“No, I’m not saying it’s wrong to say that we’re lovers, but our relationship is like that…!”
“Why is the best playboy in the Haigo Empire imitating Sukmae so much?”
Yes, I’ve said it several times, but the playboy is Kim Ash! I… no… I’m Kim Ash, but that’s it!
“You have so many talents, but you also have a knack for making everyone around you explode in unexpected corners like this.”
Dusk Bringer waved his hand.
“Go quickly. And drink and dance and sing and love.”
“….”
“The night of the festival is short. So, spend it without any time so that you can remember it for a long time.”
With a mischievous expression like a really bad cousin.
“Gwain will enjoy watching you like that. Come on!”
Dusk Bringer picked me up and yanked me toward the plaza. Wow!
The people around me all opened the way and pushed me away with their hands. When I came to my senses after being helplessly pushed out, I was in the center of the plaza.
Serenade stood in front of me.
Her light blue hair shimmered like a mirage in the light of the blazing campfire.
There was no sense of reality, as if it would disappear if I stretched out my hand.
Serenade, who was still looking up at me, slowly narrowed her silver eyes.
“You know what, Your Highness?”
“huh? what?”
“They say that if you fall in love with an attractive person, someone with a dangerous job, or a bad person… you have no choice but to suffer.”
Serenade let out a sigh.
“Your Highness applies to all three, so what should I do…”
“I’m so sorry…?”
I’m not sure, but I apologized once.
Serenade, who rolled her eyes meaningfully, took a deep breath and said,
“Please allow it as you promised. Tonight.”
He held out his thin, white hand to me.
“Please be mine for tonight.”
For a moment, the surroundings were enveloped in silence, and then
oh oh oh oh!
Suddenly cheers rang out. Everyone, regardless of gender or age, is holding their cheeks with their hands and making a squealing sound.
Only then did Serenade, who noticed that there were a lot of people around, made an excuse to me with a blushing face.
“I didn’t think of this weird!”
“What did I say…?”
“I didn’t, I didn’t! its just all night long! hug you!”
Serenade closed her eyes tightly and shouted.
“I want to dance!”
“….”
Although, to be honest, it may sound a little tasteless.
This person is much cuter when he is desperate than when he is relaxed.
I gently held the serenade’s trembling fingertips with her eyes closed tightly.
Taking a step closer to the trembling serenade, I whispered softly in her ear.
“Willing to be my partner.”
Wow goosebumps! I feel like a dog! Did you put butter on your tongue?! This is a bit like Kim Ash!
At the same time as I was thinking, the orchestra started playing music on the stage in the plaza. There was no grandiose start signal, but everyone in the room noticed.
The final sequence of the Fall Festival.
It is a dance festival.
In the midst of music, cheers, sighs, and songs mixed together. Serenade and I stood close together. Her silver gaze met mine.
I laughed out loud first and stopped laughing at the serenade.
And-
we started dancing.
Throw away your face and have fun to the music.
***
“….”
Dusk Bringer sipped his glass and looked down at the main plaza, lost in a wild dance.
Everyone is really young too. How can you dance so happily without any body pain?
In tune with the exciting music, the drunken people are enjoying themselves with their own beat, not paying attention to anyone.
‘Since the Commander-in-Chief is doing that…’
Since Ash is taking the lead in the center and ruining everything, anyone will be able to jump into this stage without hesitation.
Dusk Bringer looked at Ash’s sweaty profile and smiled.
It was then.
pop! Perbung-!
Flames began to spread across the darkened sky.
It was a fireworks display to conclude the autumn festival. Colorful fireworks shot from all over the city dazzled the dark sky.
The fireworks that people brought from all over the world were all different in shape, but they were all the same dazzling and beautiful.
Dusk Bringer blankly looks up at it
– Love Dusk.
suddenly.
It reminded her of the last voice that Day Bringer, the predecessor Duke of Bringer, had left her a long time ago.
– Don’t hate, love.
“…”
Dusk Bringer closed his amber eyes.
“grandee!”
Suddenly, a voice was heard from in front.
When I looked at it in surprise, I saw Ash, who had come running. And all the other colleagues were standing.
Everyone is drenched in sweat and smiling brightly.
For a moment, Dusk Bringer was dizzy.
their youth. their freshness.
It was because it felt like a flame that blooms and then fades in the sky.
The glare and the ephemerality…
It’s really like a flame.
“How long are you going to just watch!”
Ash smiled wickedly and grabbed Dusk Bringer’s hand and forced him to stand up.
“Even the stars are dancing in the sky, and it would be embarrassing if the Archduke was drooping like this!”
“No, I am… where would such a book be if I were involved?”
“Do you know that I don’t know that you dance well? Do you remember very well the P.S. cancan dance at the festival two years ago?”
“You remember everything, really…”
Someone came and stood to the left and right of the hesitant Dusk Bringer.
Looking back, it was his own knights and Glory Knights. Everyone was awkward but clearly laughing.
The dozens of layers of walls that were placed between each other… disappeared for a moment at this moment.
“…I don’t know, yes! Good!”
Dusk Bringer, who had no choice but to laugh, shouted boldly.
“Let’s dance!”
***
People sang and danced under a rain of colorful firecrackers.
Forgetting the unresolved troubles and the hopeless fearful future…
The last night of the last festival was shining brightly.
