104 The Young Visitors (1/2)

Chapter 104: The Young Visitors

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The last week of the Month of Life, the third month of the year.

As the weather was getting warmer, Aalto, the city of Psalm, quickly recovered from the bitter winter and burst out great vigor, welcoming all the guests coming from different places all over the continent to join the Aalto Music Festival, which was held every three years.

Musicians, instrumentalists, bards and nobles from other countries flocked to the biggest city close to the Dark Mountain Range.

Even in the afternoon, there was still huge traffic in front of the city gate in Nolan District.

Lilith, a pink-haired girl, was pulling her elder brother’s arm to make him walk faster,

”Stop looking around like that, Sala!”

Saying that in a low voice, the girl seemed to be a bit pissed off with her elder brother, but clearly she did not want to draw attention from anyone.

This sixteen-year-old girl was very lively and beautiful. A slight feeling of melancholy even added more charm to her. Lilith was very popular in her hometown. A young noble almost gave up his title in order to pursue her.

Sala looked way more excited than his sister, ”Look, Lilith! They are Moon Elves! Oh my… they’re so beautiful! Like the tales said, their ears are slightly waggling… how adorable!”

Out of curiosity, Lilith stood on tiptoe and looked at the elves. Indeed, the several elf maidens who were walking together were absolute beauties. Their skin was as fair as the full silver moon; their faces were well-defined; and their pointy ears were cute.

Falling back on her heels, Lilith murmured, ”Just a bit better-looking than me…”

Then she pinched Sala’s arm and complained, ”Mind your behavior, Sala! This is Aalto. God is watching you!”

When she mentioned ”God”, she lowered her voice even more.

”Relax, Lilith.” Sala looked a bit similar to his sister, who his pink hair. ”Being too nervous is even more suspicious.”

Entering the city, the brother and sister changed their direction and came to a quiet corner where there was no one.

”But we’re… apprentices.” Lilith looked around and finally said the word.

”So what? You know how many sorcerer apprentices are there in Aalto?” Sala shrugged. ”After finding the scholar who can answer our questions, we shall leave.”

”No music festival?” Lilith looked a bit disappointed.

”No.” Sala looked serious, ”Aalto Music Festival is held every three years, but we probably only have one chance to become a real sorcerer. You know which is more important.”

Lilith nodded. She understood how horrible it would be if they got caught by the Church. The brother and sister had been living in fear for a long time, since they were kids.

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Copper Coronet.

This was, for sure, not a decent place. Adventurers, mercenaries and hookers were drinking and laughing aloud.

Pushing through the people, Sala carefully protected his younger sister from the many nasty hands in the bar, and finally they jostled through the crowd to the counter.

”Drink?” As usual, Cohn, the dwarf, was drunk.

”Two ales,” answered Lilith shortly.

Emitting a sound like a bubbling spring, Cohn let out a big hiccup, ”Interesting girl! One free ale on me!”

Grabbing the mug on the bar, Sala took a sip of the ale and nodded, ”Pretty good.”

”For sure!” Cohn answered with pride, ”I drink them all the time. I would not drink shitty ale!”