OBS Chapter 3377 Celebration Banquet
Chapter 3377 Celebration Banquet
Chapter 3377 Celebration Banquet
After apologizing, Xia De hugged her and added a belated congratulations:
"Claire, congratulations on passing the trial of the 'Crown of Glory'. We all know you can do it."
"Really? Don't treat me like the kind of girl you can fool with sweet words."
The platinum-haired girl whispered, but she didn't push away Shade. What she wanted now was just this kind of hug. As for being angry, she was still angry, but she decided to listen to Shade's explanation before deciding whether to continue to be angry. She wasn't the kind of girl who liked to lose her temper.
I don’t know if it was because of the change in luck from “↓↓” to “↓” after experiencing the story of the ice castle and the devil on Friday that really played a role, but today when Claire was climbing the mountain alone for the trial, she didn’t encounter any accidents at all.
There were no demons, caves, infinite snakes, or weird snowy mountains. She just followed the route map and went up, found three tokens along the way, and then got angry when she reached the end because she didn't see Shade.
She had a pretty boring day:
"I originally thought that maybe I could find the way to the twelfth level through this trial."
The peak platform where everyone was at the moment was not the main peak of the Fatumunster Snow Mountain, so it was certainly not the highest point of the mountain. Even Sylvia's tower was located higher than here.
After complaining, Claire decided to leave with them. Although she was not afraid of the cold, she was looking forward to a steaming hot dinner after climbing the mountain for a whole day.
But before going back, Xia De still has one thing to do. The current environment is very good:
"The night I first met the five great elders, didn't they take out the Fatu people's treasure - the ice jade, so that I could peek into my own destiny? I saw my future path from it."
He saw the next step on the path to becoming a demigod, and he saw himself falling from a certain top of a snowy mountain. Although this place was not quite the same as the scene in the Ice Jade, it was still the top of a snowy mountain.
"Now that I have the opportunity, I want to give it a try."
As he spoke, he took the cat down and placed it on Ellie's back, then came to the edge of the platform and looked down from the low fence made of wooden stakes. Claire had come up the mountain on a steep path, and there was a cliff thousands of feet below him:
"Please wait for me for a moment. I will be back soon regardless of whether I succeed or not."
He told the two ladies, made his preparations, leaped forward, and jumped directly over the fence.
Claire and Miss Larson were not surprised, after all, Shad could fly by himself. But Ellie walked to the place where Shad jumped down, and stretched her head to look down with the cat that had already jumped on top of it.
About five minutes later, Shade flew up again.
"How about it?"
Claire asked, and Shade shook his head regretfully:
"It doesn't work. It seems that I chose the wrong location."
Although Ellie is an adult unicorn compared to little Lianna, it is still too difficult for her to carry three people at once when she is still injured.
So on the way down the mountain, only Miss Larson sat on Ellie's back, while Claire flew beside her holding Shad's hand.
The speed of going down the mountain was much faster than going up. When they returned to the Snow Mountain Hall, the banquet to celebrate Claire's successful passing of the "Crown of Glory" test was already prepared.
However, because the All Souls' Day was about to be held, the elders did not invite too many people to the town to attend the banquet. In the end, including the five elders, Shade, and Miss Larson, there were only more than ten people attending the banquet.
Most people here have held Claire in her arms as a child, and everyone talks about it with great relish, saying that in the blink of an eye, Claire has reached the age to host All Souls' Day.
As for the arrangements for All Souls' Day, the elders of course want it to be done as soon as possible. After all, it is a turbulent time on the island right now. While the demon incident is temporarily over and new incidents have not yet appeared, they want to hold All Souls' Day as soon as possible, even tomorrow.
“But the church disagreed.”
In the banquet hall, Elder Harald sat opposite Shade, holding a wooden wine glass filled with fruit wine and sighed:
"The tides of the elements on the entire island will become disordered around All Souls' Day, which will affect the spellcasting of the ring sorcerers. Now the church has already known that the stage of destiny is about to unfold at the foot of the Holy Mountain, and the convening of All Souls' Day will affect the church's arrangements."
"Is All Souls' Day not going to be held this year?"
"Of course not possible."
Elder Thorin, who was on the right hand side of Elder Harald, said: He lived in a village in the north of the Snow Mountain, farthest from the town of Kell-Tod:
“All Souls’ Day is not only for ourselves, but also for Fatumonster Island and the entire Fallen Star Bay.
The church is saying that they want to discuss a suitable date for us to hold the event. This year's All Souls' Day is compressed into three days, and there is only a little more than half of the first month left, so the date will definitely be within two weeks. "
"That's good, it's enough for us to make preparations."
Elder Wilda said that in fact, the elders were all dissatisfied with the interference of the Orthodox Church, but there was nothing they could do about it:
"But the good news is that since the North and South negotiators are on the island, this year's All Souls' Day will be very lively. We don't really care about tourism revenue, but the more people participate in All Souls' Day, the more vigorously the flame will burn in theory."
He clinked his glass with Shad's, and then everyone listened to Shad talk about his "adventure" with Miss Larson today.
Claire was of course very impressed by old lady Otto who lived next door to her house. The witch couldn't help sighing when she heard that the "knocking on the door next door" mentioned by her mother actually led to the missing husband of the old lady next door.
The old people lamented the fickleness of fate, and after hearing that Shade had finally received a special rule card as a reward, and that Shade showed this card to everyone at the long table, Elder Harald, with his eyes wide open, slapped his head:
"Why didn't Claire's mother ask me for help with this matter?"
Elders Wilda and Ursa had other concerns because of this incident:
"We have been thinking about how to deal with those who have thawed out of the ice, but we didn't expect that the dead would come back. It seems necessary to arrange some rituals to detect the dead in the town."
The town also had some defenses, but they were certainly not as effective as the city with the Orthodox Church. In addition, Mr. Otto was in a strange state, so he broke into the town twice at night without being discovered.
After what happened on Friday, Shad only thought about the missing Miss Sabel and Claire knowing his identity, and he didn't expect there would be such a follow-up. Now that he thinks about it, if the souls that were released at the time were just obsessed souls, it would be a small matter. If the castle had frozen relics or evil things, then things would be even more troublesome.
But tonight was a celebration banquet. After Claire replaced the injured Elder Harald, the witch, Elder Wilda, and Elder Ursa jointly hosted the All Souls' Day. Everyone was in high spirits. Elder Ursa even tried to ask Claire if she would continue to host the All Souls' Day next year - in fact, she asked her if she would stay on the island this year.
But Claire was resolute:
"I will leave after the story about fate on the island is over. I will not stay here permanently. There are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with in the Old Continent."
Elder Harald was not surprised by his granddaughter's answer. His biggest worry tonight was that he had missed the picture of "Ancient Fairy Tale: Snow White".
Therefore, during the banquet, he invited Xia De to play two rounds with him using the newly acquired cards. In fact, Xia De had long wanted to see the decks of the local players.
But unfortunately Claire stopped them:
"Grandfather, didn't you say that you have to go to the dock to pick up the goods early tomorrow morning? Xia, I mean, Mr. Watson, don't you have to go into the mountains with the unicorn tomorrow?"
She didn't hate Rhodes, but she felt it was getting late, and she wanted to take a walk in the town with Shade to relax after the party.
So unfortunately this game was not successful, but Shad knew that he would have many opportunities to play cards with Elder Harald in the future.
The party did not last too late and ended at 7:30. Afterwards, Claire invited Shad to relax near the town dock. Miss Larson was following them, but when they passed by the Harpoon Hotel, the witch said to her apprentice:
“Stella, you’ve been busy all day, go back and rest.”
The white-haired girl nodded, glanced at Shad and said goodbye to him, then walked up the stone steps towards the hotel.
"It seems like you got along well with Stella today."
The two continued to walk forward, Claire smiled and said beside Shad, Shad touched the cat that had shrunk back into his pocket:
"I actually get along pretty well with most people. I wanted to talk to Miss Larson about the Chosen today, but I didn't get the chance."
The two of them quickly reached the dock. Compared to the busy dock in the Wheel of Time City, the dock in the small town was almost closed at night, so there were hardly any lights on here.
Walking towards the pier in the sea breeze, Xia De said softly:
"Ms. Larson is a 'candidate for the main character,' which basically means she is one of the candidates for fate. Once you are caught up in the torrent of fate, no one can stay out of it. I want her to be mentally prepared first."
“Candidate.”
Claire also sighed softly:
"When I first saw the child, I just felt that she was very unique, like a lonely wolf cub abandoned in the ice field. I didn't expect that she would have such a fate. Yes, it is almost impossible for the great witches to be the chosen ones, but the witch apprentice is strictly speaking still just a ring warlock. Do you want to support her as the chosen one of fate?"
"If we have no other options, Ms. Larson is the best choice. But this matter also depends on her personal attitude. I will not force her to bear a heavy fate."
Xia De said, seeing Claire was worried, he comforted her:
"Right now, the story of fate has only just begun to stir up waves. Everything is still unknown, so there is no need to worry too much. Besides, you have most of the Witch Council, and I am here to help you. This is already a great advantage."