Today is the last day of the 575th year of the Holy Light Calendar. After today, Claude will be considered an adult under the law of the Kingdom of Ovelas, even if his birthday is March 18th. Really eighteen years old, but that's what the law stipulates, and there's nothing Claude can do about it.
Starting next year, Claude's identity will be that of a commoner in the Kingdom of Ovelas. He will have to bear his own poll tax and civilian obligations to the kingdom, and will no longer be able to enjoy the conveniences brought by his father's national identity. Of course, Mr. Morsan is still in a cell in the military camp. As a felon who endangers the security of the kingdom, it is still a big question whether he can retain his national identity in the future.
This can be regarded as the New Year's Eve in another world. At this time last year, families gathered together and the meal was very lively. This year it was deserted, with only four people at home. My mother was still lying in bed and eating very little, saying she had no appetite. His father was in the military camp. Albert would definitely not go home at night, and he did not dare to go home.
My sister Anna is very sensible. She cleaned the house by herself in the afternoon and wiped the stairs and floors clean. She will be fourteen years old tonight. She has completed three years of junior high school and will be entering junior high school next year. But after her father was arrested, her sister was worried about whether she could go to school next year. If her father never comes back, her sister will not be able to enjoy the tuition discounts brought by Mr. Morsan as the administrator, and the tuition fee of up to twelve silver thalers will become a heavy burden on the family.
Even if Claude swore in front of his sister that he would let her go to junior high school next year, he would solve the tuition problem for her. But the younger sister still looked at Claude pitifully with her big eyes. She knew very well whether the family had money or not. Claude had no choice but to swear his promise again to make Loli relax a little.
My younger brother Blovik will also be eight years old next year, and the naughty boy is much more sensible. In addition to taking care of the broken snow dog in the afternoon, he often went upstairs to visit his mother, and no longer pestered Claude to play games with him. This made Claude very happy, so he found the jigsaw puzzle he had made for him and taught him how to join the shapes.
In the evening, Claude cooked a sumptuous dinner, but it was a little deserted for him and his three brothers and sisters to eat. Claude brought mother's food to her bedside, but mother lost her appetite and couldn't eat when she thought of Mr. Morsant who was imprisoned and Albert who came to snatch her jewelry early in the morning. Claude could only comfort his mother in a low voice, but in his heart he hated Albert half to death.
At this night, the streets were very busy with people coming and going. Every house was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and many colorful lanterns of different shapes were hung outside the windows and beside the doors.
Claude found last year's old lantern in the storage room, took two more candles, lit them and inserted them inside, then picked the old lanterns outside the door. The changes that happened at the end of this year caught people off guard. There were many things for the New Year at home that were not prepared, such as snacks and snacks for entertaining guests. But Claude thinks that these don't matter. I believe that if his father is arrested, few people will come to visit him and say hello during the New Year.
Last year at this time, Claude was taken to the Temple of War by his father to wait for the ringing of the New Year's bell. Later, he and Erikson ran to the Temple of the Moon. My mother also took her younger brother and younger sister to the Temple of the Earth Mother. I believe that these three temples will still be as lively and lively this year as in previous years. It's just that Claude has no interest in going there to play. He is not going to join the fun in the squares of the three temples tonight.
Claude took his younger siblings to the study room on the second floor. His younger sister loved reading, and she would look for books on the bookshelves to read. Claude is responsible for telling stories to his younger brother, but the few children's story books that Mr. Morsant bought before have been turned over by his younger brother. Booker insists that his older brother tell him new stories, and he is quite picky. , let Claude tell the story of knights and dragons.
There was no other way, so Claude had no choice but to find a popular and popular book about knights on the bookshelf, and half-read and half-edited the story to him.
{} The old street is also rarely decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, in red and green, and there are many stalls selling food and drink. The streets were crowded with people, including many soldiers from the security battalion wearing dark blue uniforms. It is said that they were given an extra month's salary as a benefit at night, so they became the most popular and generous customers of the street women.
Claude walked up and down the old street, but still couldn't find a suitable target to attack. In Old Street, if you want to get information, you can either find a street girl.