And so, the day of the Harvest Festival finally arrived.
“Alright, we’ll be heading out first.”
“Take care.”
“Bye-bye!”
After finishing our preparations, we set out early from the Margrave’s residence, seen off by Emilia-san and Kent-chan, who was bursting with energy from the morning.
The members of the Margrave’s household would join us later, as they still had matters from the previous day to handle. Apparently, they had already taken various measures overnight, so there wasn’t much left for them to do. Toria-san accompanied us as well, saying she would help out.
Clack, clack, clack.
“Wow, there are already so many people gathered.”
“It’s so lively.”
“Everyone looks like they’re having fun.”
By the time we arrived at the plaza, many townspeople were already there, busily preparing for the festival.
Right then—first things first, we needed to take out the tools and supplies stored in my and Ao’s item boxes.
“Here we go.”
“““Ooooh!”””
The moment Ao and I unloaded the items, a loud cheer rose up around us. It seemed that the sight of so many things appearing all at once was quite astonishing to the townspeople.
Alright—now we just had to assemble everything in one go.
“Shiro, Fran—sorry, but could you help Ao with assembling everything?”
“Leave it to me!”
“Fran will do her best too!”
The ever-energetic Shiro and Fran, both exceptionally skilled at heavy labor, immediately joined Ao and began helping the townspeople set up the plaza.
“Horn, could you help Sue and the others instead?”
“Okay!”
On the other hand, Horn, who excelled at delicate work, went to assist Sue and the others with the preparations for the wedding ceremony. The ceremony itself would be held tomorrow, but today was for confirming the participants, reviewing the procedures, and fitting the costumes.
“Alright, the statue of the goddess is in place!”
“Good! Bring over the altar next and start setting up the offerings!”
“““Yeah!”””
With the statue of the goddess now installed, the townspeople brought in the altar and began arranging the harvest offerings one after another. At the same time, rows of chairs were steadily being set up as well.
“We’ll carry this too!”
“Next is this one!”
“Haha, those girls are strong!”
“Really, they’re such hard workers.”
Laughter and admiration mixed together as the children moved about with surprising strength and energy, earning warm smiles from the townspeople. Shiro and Fran absolutely loved moving around, so they eagerly helped line up the chairs and arrange the seating as well. Both of them were full of energy, and the townspeople watching over them couldn’t help but smile.
“Next, let’s set up Margrave’s seat. Given what happened, we’ll need to tighten security as well.”
“Yes. Today, not only the town guards but also a large number of the margrave’s troops will be deployed.”
“And with several adventurers who bear titles in attendance, our sense of security is certainly much greater.”
Meanwhile, I somehow found myself acting as the on-site coordinator together with the officials and soldiers in charge of the setup.
“Toria-san, why am I the one directing everything here?”
“Eh? Everyone here simply assumes it’s only natural that Shun-sama would be in charge of on-site command.”
Apparently, both Toria-san and everyone else considered it perfectly normal for me to be leading the operation. It seemed my so-called “title” played a big role in that expectation.
But no matter how I looked at it, it didn’t feel like the kind of title an adventurer would normally have….
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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