Chapter 5 (1/2)

It ended

The parade is gone

The at in a daze Everyone was breathless and prepare for their trip back home

Petals and confetti fro the area white Children are happily picking up those pieces

I step away from the road and follow the crowd to leave the main road

It looks like a number of stores also opened stalls today

I happened to pass by one earlier that was selling frankfurters a while ago

As expected, the crowds fro the rest of the meat alone

“hello uncle, I came back”

“Oh, Haruka? Welcome back”

I didn’t eat anything else during the festival so I was hungry This delicious s, mmmm I cannot stop it”

“Can I have one?”

“Oh, of course, thank you for always buying from my shop You don’t need to pay”

“I cannot do this, please let me pay”

“In the future, I hope you will tell your friends to stop by my shop”

“But…”

Indeed, there are people with good hearts in this city

If a ruthless merchant arrives in this city, the restaurant owner and the butcher shop oould be crushed in a blink of an eye

With this selfish concern hidden inside me, I will eventually be spoiled by the uncle’s words I decided to takeat the row of frankfurters cooking Let’s get the biggest one

Suddenly a young man’s voice appears

“Oh, it looks yummy Is the shop still open?”

When I casually looked back towards the voice, a youngaround the shop while s smile that is well liked by others

“Can I get one?”

“Yes That’ll be two hundred coppers”

He chose the frankfurter that was in the best condition Aside froht the frankfurter was delicious

The young ht his frankfurter and ih he is cheeky, he looks very happy I feel like this is the first ti man with such a lively sht?

“This is delicious”

He suddenly turned to me

I never thought he would speak to me

Well, I agree with him so I nodded obediently

“This kind of occasional rest is the best”

I was asked to agree again, so I nodded once more

What is this? This person…

“Did you come to the festival alone?”

“Oh, no Well”

“You didn’t stray froood”

“Thank you”

“I was curious because I saw you walking alone earlier”

What is this? Is he flirting?

But I don’t have an appearance people flirt with I knew this fact so I became worried and called out

“I arrived alone in this city, so it’s still a long way to go for me to make any friends So I’m alone”

I don’t have anyone I call a friend here

“Is that so? You’re young and alone in this kingdom It must be hard”

He gavesympathetic towards my situation

“By the way”

The young

“Don’t you think you somehow resemble the Priestess?”

Oh no!

I choked in a very unladylike way

But, he shouldn’t know this