13 Harvest Festival 1 (2/2)
The boy said, ”I've also gained a new power. I am now capable of becoming an Earth Mage. On top of that, I can create Golems for manpower. Helping with the harvest is something I must do as the future chief.”
Etienne smiled, ”Good, I'm glad my boy knows his duties as future chief already. You can get right to it if you want. I'm going to be beginning the preparations for the elves' visit.”
”Okay, dad. I'll be doing all of the harvestings myself. The crows and my Golems will be enough to help. Everyone else can help with the festival preparations.” Once they had decided what to do, Seran and Etienne split ways, with the former heading to Elder Marcus's house and the latter heading to the village houses.
--
”Whoo, that's the last bunch from this field. Storm, when you and your kin are done taking these bundles to the storage, you can take a break.”
”You got it, Seran. We'll still be around the village if you need us.” The crow deftly swooped in to snag one of the three last bundles of wheat from upheld arms of an Earth Golem before flying off towards the storage house. Two more Golden Crows, both half of Storm's size, swooped in to do the same with the remaining two bundles.
With a command from Seran, the Golems he'd summoned began to plow and fertilize the fields for the next season, giving it time to restore the fields' nutrients before they planted again. Some of the Golems also cleared the ground of things left over from harvesting and bundling the wheat. Two Water Dragons slowly flew over the fields, making a light drizzle over the fields to help the fertilizer set in. After all of that was done, the Golems moved to stand in a ring around the village like sentinels before going into a stasis mode. The Water Dragons then flew over the village and dispersed as a light misty rain over the houses.
”There, all done for the day. The next two fields can be done later today or tomorrow morning. Midday tomorrow is supposed to be when the elves arrive, so the last field should be done in the morning.” Seran was pondering how to do the next steps now that he was done with the two fields he was at.
Meanwhile, in the village, children ran around putting little decorations up while many of the men and women were hanging special lanterns on the houses and in the trees. Some of the more dangerously placed ones were done with the help of Eleanor's spirit blessing and some of the smallest crows.
Fenmore charged over and tried to tackle Seran, who easily caught his little brother in a big hug. The little boy squealed with a semi-disappointed pout, ”I didn't catch big brother...”
”Nope, big brother caught you, silly Fen,” he poked his little brother's nose, making his face scrunch up cutely. ”Have you been having fun?”
”Yup! Making the little butterflies and lanterns is really fun! Sammy keeps messing up when he tries and gets scolded by Ellie when he does.” Fen happily told Seran about his experiences with the villagers, especially the children. Ellie, full name being Elena, was the oldest child in the village before Seran arrived, at 8 years old. She was affectionately referred to as the little mother of the village, because of how she was more of a parent than a child by her behavior.
”Sammy always ends up getting scolded by Ellie, but you know she does it because she cares, right, Fen?”
”I know, big brother. She helps me with everything I don't get...” He mentioned how Ellie taught him how to make the lanterns, all with a smile.
Seran nuzzled his little brother's hair as he said, ”Remember to listen to Ellie if big brother isn't around, okay?” After managing to get Fenmore to agee, he set the odd-eyed boy down and let him go running off. ”Now then, let's go find out how dad's doing.” Seran then began to walk to his house, all while catching and dodging children.