It happened around Nolan and Jenkins that mortals rashly came into contact with the extraordinary because of greed and desire and caused disasters. But now when it comes to the succession of the throne, anything is possible.
Thinking of this, Jenkins couldn't help sighing, and then looked out the window. Now the carriage has entered the city, because the temperature has not yet risen to a high enough temperature, so the snow since yesterday has covered the ground, as if to pull the city back to winter overnight.
But people's good mood for celebrating the festival has not been destroyed by this. On the contrary, because of the snow, the citizens' love for the ice and snow festival has been aroused, and they think it is an excellent omen.
"I don't know until now, what exactly is the Ice and Snow Festival to celebrate?"
In order to dispel the bad mood, Jenkins changed the subject in a timely manner.
"Although there must be a reason for the appearance of the festival, the information I can find shows that this festival has existed in the local area since at least the 13th century. Although the name at that time was not this, the modern ice and snow festival is undoubtedly the aborigines of the northern border of the mainland. The continuation of the traditional festival. No one can explain the origin of this festival, but this festival is quite ancient, older than the most authentic history recorded by the church."
"Oh? Is that so? The birth of most festivals in human civilization is related to gods or god-like natural phenomena. Since this is an ice and snow festival, it may be related to powerful ice and snow creatures in ancient times, or it may be ancient The aborigines believe in gods with the priesthood of [Ice and Snow] or supernatural or strange things with similar powers."
He paused, and then found that none of the false gods with [Ice and Snow] priesthood were related to the Ice and Snow Festival. If such a major festival is really related to a certain god, it is impossible for Jenkins not to have heard of it.
"The huge priesthood system of the righteous god [Spirit of Nature] includes [Four Seasons]. If it is divided in detail, the priesthood of [Winter] should also belong to this great one."
Alexia reminded, but [Ice and Snow Festival] cannot be a festival related to the righteous god [Spirit of Nature], otherwise Jenkins, who is a member of the righteous god church, has no reason not to know.
"This is very interesting. It is not normal for a festival from the long past without a clear reference to continue to this day without changing its core meaning (celebration of ice and snow). There must be something strange in it."
"Don't think so much, Jenkins. In fact, festivals like [Ice and Snow Festival] that cannot be found are not uncommon in human society, but [Ice and Snow Festival] is the most famous. Don't think so much, today we are To celebrate, isn't it? You finally made your public appearance in Loen, I don't think there's any need to waste your time in strange places."
The short lady said so, and Jenkins nodded immediately, stroked the sleepy cat on his lap, and put the matter behind him for a while.
After entering the city, I didn’t meet Dolores at the agreed club, and then I received a letter from Julia, knowing that Dolores was asked by her father to attend the opening ceremony of the Ice and Snow Festival with him, and she could only get out this afternoon. .
Jenkins naturally didn't care, but Alexia looked very happy.
At the opening of the festival, according to the usual practice, the king will give a public speech in front of the House Square. This is also one of the few times during the year when King Salsi II appears in front of the public, except for the speech at the end of the year.
If Dolores was by his side, Jenkins would not mind listening in, but since Dolores was not there, he would have no reason to do such a boring thing.
"So, do you have time to go shopping with me? Spring is coming, and I was in a hurry when I came to Ruen, but I didn't prepare enough clothes."
Alexia asked with a smile, Jenkins thought for a while and felt that this would be more interesting than listening to the speech, and agreed.
It didn't take long to buy clothes. Alexia bought a scarf symbolically, and asked Jenkins to buy some pine cones of the extreme north unique cold pine to bring to Nolan's friends, and then took Jenkins for a stroll around the city.
Jenkins was concerned that the pine cones would survive the chocolate's claws before they got home.
The sudden drop in temperature caused people to put on their bloated winter clothes, which made the already crowded streets even more crowded.
The Wax Museum in the south of the city is free today, and Jenkins and Alexia stopped there just before lunch. Because Jenkins inadvertently said that "wax figures are much more beautiful than ice sculptures", the old curator with a beard longer than Bishop Parode warmly entertained them and opened the exhibition hall that was not open today to them.
"Look, the wax figure of the cat here is really amazing, just like the real thing."
Jenkins raised his head and commented, the chocolate on his shoulder showed a disdainful expression. Alexia chuckled, of course she knew about the complicated relationship between Chocolate and Jenkins.
"I thought you'd be focusing on the wax figure of Guo/Woman next to the cat, as expected of you, Jenkins."
"That kind of indecent stuff, what's the point of concern?"
Jenkins believes that most of the wax figures in this pavilion have no clothes, which is the reason why the pavilion is not often open. Alexia held the opposite opinion, because the curator just said that the wax figures here are all the works of a master, and the artist's creative style is such that he does not pay attention to clothing but to natural beauty.
Jenkins, who is not well-versed in art, wanted to refute this sentence very superficially in his heart, and then he was taken aback suddenly, looking at the wall beside him, and Alexia also turned to look in that direction in doubt.
"Is it an illusion? I heard screams and chaotic footsteps? There is a riot outside?"
"I heard that too."
Alexia said hesitantly, then raised her hand and wiped her eyes, her blue eyes glowed, as if she wanted to look further away.
"Something happened in the city, it seems to be the location in the city center. There... Is the speech of King Salsi II over?"
Jenkins didn't know if Salsi II's speech was over, but at least he could make out the sound of the steam cannon exploding. Compared with ordinary gunpowder shells, the steam cannon uses steam as the initial thrust, which greatly improves the range and accuracy, but because of this, the mechanically beautiful brass-colored steam cannon is easily immobile. In addition to using the most powerful steam engine to drive the locomotive, it must be fixed in one position even after assembly.
And as we all know, it is impossible to have railway tracks in the city center.
PS: In yesterday’s chapter, the author added 193 more characters at 7 o’clock last night. The specific additions were mentioned in the author’s words in the previous chapter. It is not an important plot. If you want to read it, you can go back The previous chapter refreshes the chapter.