Chapter 17 Harvest Sacrifice
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"It's a good harvest~~~~~~~"
"It's a good harvest~~~~~~~"
"It's a good harvest~~~~~~~"
The long and loud shouts echoed under the blue sky.
This is Angus Village, a medium-sized village located between the City of Knowledge and the City of Freedom, about 150 kilometers away from the City of Knowledge.
The young laborers of every family in the village stood by the fields of each family, shouting loudly at the farmland one by one, full of joy, spreading farther and farther in the breeze of early autumn.
"It's a good harvest~~~~~~~"
Children, women and elderly people, as well as tourists and tourists from all walks of life gathered in the small square in the center of the village. When they heard the shouts representing the beginning of the harvest festival, they also shouted. The hard work and fatigue of the year were completely released in the shouts. What was the previous day? No need to consider. What will happen to the next day? No need to consider. Now there are only these three days, three happy days.
Nearly four hundred villagers, nearly two thousand people, shouts in unison spread throughout every corner of the village.
As they shouted, on the side of the square, the door of the Temple of Goddess of Earth slowly opened. She wore a sacrificial robe and a crown made of wheat straw. A girl with silver hair slowly walked out of the temple, stopped in front of the stairs outside the gate, and looked down at the crowd that had become quiet under the stairs.
Suddenly, a gentle smile appeared on the girl's face, and her hands were raised high, and a piece of water vapor flashing with a faint goose yellow light flew into the air from the girl's hands, slowly falling on everyone's head in the square.
"The goddess is with us." The girl's voice was not high, but through the blessing of amplified magic, it was clearly transmitted into everyone's ears.
"The goddess is with us." The shaking cheers rang out immediately, and countless hands raised above their heads and waved towards the sky.
The most prestigious elder in the village held a tray in his hand and slowly walked out of the crowd. He walked to the steps and slowly fell to his knees. He raised the tray in his hand and shouted loudly: "Thank you for your kindness and mercy, this is what everyone dedicates to the goddess."
The girl lowered her head and looked at the tray. In the black painted tray, more than a dozen full and golden ears were wrapped around. Each ear of wheat was carefully selected, full of pious faith and deep gratitude.
The girl smiled, bent down and took the tray with her hands, turned silently and walked back to the temple, knelt in front of the goddess in the center of the prayer hall, gently placed the tray in front of the statue, held her hands in front of her, and gently touched her forehead, silently praying to the earth and the loving goddess.
During the prayer, the white statue gradually condensed into a soft light, and the light became stronger and stronger, and finally turned into a pillar of light, which penetrated through the roof of the temple and soared straight into the sky. The ears of wheat on the tray also disappeared without a trace with the flash of light.
"Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy Land, a rare sight in decades." The elder who had already stood up saw the scene in front of him, his eyes widened and shouted in difficulty, and quickly covered his mouth with both hands, fearing that he would interfere with the progress of the ceremony.
The holy light did not change due to the abruptness of the old man, but still connected the horizon with the statue. After a long time, the light on the statue suddenly exploded and turned into countless light spots, as if the temple did not exist at all, penetrated the temple and fell in all directions. Even under the dazzling sunlight, countless light spots could be clearly seen flying and landing in the air, covering the entire Angus village and most of the farmland outside the village.
The light spot disappeared, and the girl finished her prayer. She kissed the toes of the statue lightly and slowly got up, walked out of the temple gate again, faced everyone's expectant eyes, a holy smile appeared on her face, and shouted loudly: "The goddess likes your gifts very much. The goddess blesses you. Here is the time for celebration, let us celebrate with the goddess."
"Oh!!!" The cheers of countless people condensed into a sea of sounds, sweeping over the Angus Village. Farmers, tourists and tourists merged and began to celebrate the three-day festival.
"It's really good." Inside the temple, Panis applauded Lina, a silver-haired girl who walked in with her closed doors: "It's very professional."
"Sorry, Panis." Lina smiled softly, folded her hands in front of her thighs and bowed slightly: "I've made you wait for a long time."
"Ha, it's okay for me. Pastor Mirak has been worried." Pennis pointed to the middle-aged priest beside him.
"Haha, I'm sorry, I should have thought of it." Pastor Mirac rubbed his hands and smiled, "The Master of Knowledge invites the lady who presides over the priesthood to preside over the priesthood. Even if it's not the priesthood, there will be no problem. I should have thought of it long ago, I'm really, really, alas, Lord Lina, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay." Lina's smile was indescribable sanctity and simplicity: "I can understand your anxiety. For my profession, your anxiety is completely understandable. You don't have to feel sorry, I have nothing to do."
"Thank you, thank you." Mirac said embarrassedly: "Thank you so hard today."
"It should be done." Lina bowed to Mirak again: "Then, Penis and I leave first, let's go around and we will come back to discuss with you before the ceremony of the festival the day after tomorrow."
"Happy." Mirac was grateful for Lina's tenderness and generosity, and asked diligently: "Do you need me to introduce it to you?"
"No need." Lina turned around and walked towards the locker room of the temple: "We can just look around. Don't bother you, you can rest too. Goodbye Mr. Pastor."
Walking out of the back door of the temple, Lina changed back to her former leather armor and followed Panis with a gentle smile. Panis looked back and asked, "Why do you call me?"
"I am the principal priest of Ketria when we first met." Lina did not bow this time, but just smiled faintly: "Actually, I am still Lina, of course, not Lina, and I can't figure it out, but you should call me Lina."
"Well, can you explain it?" Panis looked at Lina with some concern: "It always makes people feel uneasy."
Lina pursed her lips in embarrassment and said hesitantly: "Actually, I can't explain it clearly. Even if you explain it clearly, you may not understand it. I will try to explain it. I am a fantasy, but I am also real. I do exist, but I don't exist. We depend on Lina's consciousness, but we are independent of Lina's consciousness. Since she was eight years old, she has lived with us all. She is our favorite little sister. We have a deep influence on her. She always imitates our behavior and habits. But this time, she is also worried that if she just imitates me, I will not be able to cope with the situation, so she asked me to come out and help her. Although I don't believe in the goddess Deniya, I am also a senior priest after all."
"You are not a believer of Deniya?" Panis said in surprise: "How did you preside over the ceremony? What did you actually attract the Holy Advent?"
"I don't know." Lina blinked mischievously: "Lina doesn't know. We are in such a special state, who knows? But goddess Deniya knows that she just said yes to Lina. The goddess doesn't care. Why do we care?"
"Okay, I really shouldn't care." Panis grinned and stared for a long time before shook his head: "But your current state always makes people feel like a very dangerous behavior."
"Actually, it's okay." Lina saw Panis' expression and covered her mouth and chuckled: "It doesn't matter if we don't have malice to her. And it's not the first time, you were there last time."
"Last time?" Panis was stunned.
"You forgot when you went to meet two quarrels a few days ago? It was Katerina who came out at that time." Lina whispered: "That was the same as this time, but that time she was escaping, that timid little fool. Okay, I'm going back, it's a great time to chat with you, but I'm still not used to places with too many people. Goodbye, Panis, maybe there will be a chance to meet again in the future."
"Goodbye." Panis waved.
"No need to say goodbye." Lina lowered her head and sorted out her clothes: "Let's go."
"Now are you... Lina?" Panis looked at Lina. At this time, Lina still retained the holy, simple, gentle and shyness she had before, as if it was the same as before, but lacked the charm of her previous moves.
Lina shrugged: "I've always been Lina."
"Okay." Panis, who was also confused, shook his head: "In order for me not to go crazy, I will not consider this issue. Then, there is nothing you have to do next?"
"Well, it's gone for now." Lina nodded gently: "In this area, the harvest festival process is very simple. The first step is that I preside over the ritual. After the sacrifice ceremony is over, the second step will be started. At the beginning, during the second step, all the strong laborers of farmers began to harvest in the fields. The elderly and women exchanged each other in the square with their own production. It was considered a market for the whole village. Later, um, how to say, the harvest festival actually originated from the Neville Federation, but in recent hundreds of years, their harvest festival has paid too much attention to commercialization and has not been the original appearance. Instead, the neutral place still maintains its original simplicity. So in recent hundreds of years, tourists who are greedy for freshness have all come here. Once there are more tourists, there are more merchants. Recently, this
At the same time, all larger villages are probably full of merchants and tourists. In this way, the market that was originally exchanged between villagers turned into a large-scale trade fair, and goods from all over the world may be encountered. The second step will take three days in total, and the third day, the night after tomorrow, the fields to be harvested will basically be collected, so there will be a bonfire party for the whole village to participate in at night. At that time, there will be a bonfire party for the whole village to participate in. At that time, there will be many bonfires in the square, and everyone will walk around the bonfires, and everyone will sing and dance freely. That is the happiest time. By the way, in the past three hundred years, there will be crystal fireworks performances by goblins before the end. Although it is a bit expensive, most villages are still willing to set fireworks once a year."
Looking at Lina's enthusiastic introduction, Panis said with a little teasing, "It seems that you are very experienced."
"Ah?" Lina's eyes fluttered around and said, "Actually, I'm also attending the Harvest Festival for the first time. The information and other information were found in the book."
Panis nodded in a clear way and said, "No wonder you have envy in your words, but you finally have a chance."
"Yes." Lina sighed: "In the past few years, I was not here every year, so I couldn't participate, so I made an appointment with Vivian and I must participate once, but this time she couldn't come. It's a pity. Next year, next year, I must not go on a mission, and I must have fun with Vivian for a few days. Oh, I hope there will be a chance next year."
"Why is it so urgent?" asked Panis, "Isn't the harvest festival happening every year?"
"Vivian..." Lina wanted to say something, but shook her head again, reluctantly changing the subject, pointing to a stall that had been set up not far away: "Look at the two little girls, they are also twins, but the colors of the clothes are completely opposite, which is really fun. And they also brought a dog, well, what kind of breed of dog is this, it's so ugly."
Looking up, it was true that a pair of twin girls stood side by side in front of a stall, and were happily choosing souvenirs. The two girls had long light blue hair, one wearing a pure black dress, and the other wearing a pure white dress. Except for the color of the clothes, the two girls were exactly the same, without any difference. At the feet of the two, an animal the size of a brown adult dog was lying lazily beside them, occasionally licking a circle of mane around their necks, and occasionally shaking their tails boredly.
Chapter completed!