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Prelude to the Festival and Desire | Chapter 1
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The moon, also known as the < Great Catastrophe >, which attacks this world once a year.
Because the troublesome moon approached this world too closely, bizarre incidents have cropped up all across the continent.
Ancient beasts have been revived, and souls have begun to inhabit inanimate objects....
At the magic headquarters where we reside, we’re swamped on the daily with missions to subdue these mysterious events.
Cock Robin: Sir Sage! Hello! I’ve brought this month’s mission paperwork and summary reports!
Akira: Hello, Mister Cock Robin. W... Wait, are these all reports!?
Cock Robin: This is all the paperwork from the Central Country capital. I’ll bring the reports from peripheral provinces and other countries later on!
Murr: Lots of letters! Does it make you happy to get lots of letters? Or does it make you sad?
Akira: U-under these circumstances, I’d say I’m sad....?
Murr: Ok, time to burn them! << Eanul Ra—.... >>
Cock Robin: Hey, no!! Stop that! These are important documents....!
Akira: But we can’t possibly keep up with this flood of paperwork.... I wish we had a more effective way to subdue these incidents all over the world.....
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Snow: We have discovered a method to quieten these bizarre occurrences stemming from the influence of the < Great Catastrophe >!
White: While this method might not eliminate such incidents altogether, it should palliate their number significantly.
Akira: That’s amazing!
Figaro: So that was why you gathered all of us teachers here — me, Oz, Shylock, and Faust.
Snow: Indeed! I thought we should inform you all first.
Faust: So what is this method you speak of?
Snow: All twenty-one of us wizards shall carry out the holy festivals.
White: We will revive the ancient temples to summon the original spirits, so the lands may regain their true powers.
Oz: ....Revive the ancient temples?
Shylock: Do you really mean that? Is that even possible in this day and age?
The ancient temples no longer exist. If we revive them, won’t they create a threat to the humans living on the land today?
Faust: And humans will be infuriated if you steal their land. Perhaps Central Country will cooperate — the magic headquarters is housed here, after all. But I can’t imagine the humans of other countries cooperating with us wizards.
Akira: Um.....
Oz: What is it?
Akira: What exactly is the purpose of the holy festival, and what does it entail?
Oz: ..........
It is difficult to explain to humans using words.
Figaro: That’s your answer to everything. It’s a miracle you managed to raise a child.
Shylock: Sir Sage, allow me to provide a simple explanation. Our world is currently in a state of confusion and disarray because the < Great Catastrophe > came too close — imagine how oil reacts when mixed with water.
To return this world to its original state, we need to summon the original spirits — who have existed here since ancient times — and re-ensconce them to where they belong. That is the proposal at hand.
Akira: In other words.... If these original spirits return to the lands where they used to reside, we’ll stop seeing so many incidents?
Figaro: Yes. But the original spirits are generally disgusted with the current state of the world, so they’ve retreated into a deep slumber. The simple act of calling them out might incur their fury.
One wrong move and we’re stone. The holy festival allows us to quell the spirits’ anger by doing whatever we can to make them feel really good.
We’ll round up wizards who the spirits are fond of, wear clothes that suit their tastes, and entice them to appear before us.
Think about it. If you tried to drag the shut-in Faust out of his room by force, he’d be absolutely livid, right? So you bring a kitten to put him in a good mood. That’s what this is.
Faust: You couldn’t think of a better example?
Akira: No, that was really good! I get it now. So we can’t just drag them out with powerful magic.
Snow: Exactly. The original spirits tend to favor the wizards of their own lands. Thus, the wizards from each country ought to revive their respective holy temples.
White: So we Northern wizards will lead by example.... Or that’s what we’d like to say, but Mithra and the others are absolute ruffians.
I can guarantee they’ll incur the wrath of the original spirits.
Snow: I don’t think we’d lose in a battle of brute power, but subduing the spirits with power will not encourage them to stick around — they will be gone again in no time.
Akira: Figaro mentioned the risk of turning to stone... Which means it’s dangerous.
Shylock: Indeed.
Akira: I don’t want to put everyone in danger’s way. ...How do you feel about this, Oz?
| index | >> Chapter 2
The moon, also known as the < Great Catastrophe >, which attacks this world once a year.
Because the troublesome moon approached this world too closely, bizarre incidents have cropped up all across the continent.
Ancient beasts have been revived, and souls have begun to inhabit inanimate objects....
At the magic headquarters where we reside, we’re swamped on the daily with missions to subdue these mysterious events.
Cock Robin: Sir Sage! Hello! I’ve brought this month’s mission paperwork and summary reports!
Akira: Hello, Mister Cock Robin. W... Wait, are these all reports!?
Cock Robin: This is all the paperwork from the Central Country capital. I’ll bring the reports from peripheral provinces and other countries later on!
Murr: Lots of letters! Does it make you happy to get lots of letters? Or does it make you sad?
Akira: U-under these circumstances, I’d say I’m sad....?
Murr: Ok, time to burn them! << Eanul Ra—.... >>
Cock Robin: Hey, no!! Stop that! These are important documents....!
Akira: But we can’t possibly keep up with this flood of paperwork.... I wish we had a more effective way to subdue these incidents all over the world.....
✦✧☾✧✦
Snow: We have discovered a method to quieten these bizarre occurrences stemming from the influence of the < Great Catastrophe >!
White: While this method might not eliminate such incidents altogether, it should palliate their number significantly.
Akira: That’s amazing!
Figaro: So that was why you gathered all of us teachers here — me, Oz, Shylock, and Faust.
Snow: Indeed! I thought we should inform you all first.
Faust: So what is this method you speak of?
Snow: All twenty-one of us wizards shall carry out the holy festivals.
White: We will revive the ancient temples to summon the original spirits, so the lands may regain their true powers.
Oz: ....Revive the ancient temples?
Shylock: Do you really mean that? Is that even possible in this day and age?
The ancient temples no longer exist. If we revive them, won’t they create a threat to the humans living on the land today?
Faust: And humans will be infuriated if you steal their land. Perhaps Central Country will cooperate — the magic headquarters is housed here, after all. But I can’t imagine the humans of other countries cooperating with us wizards.
Akira: Um.....
Oz: What is it?
Akira: What exactly is the purpose of the holy festival, and what does it entail?
Oz: ..........
It is difficult to explain to humans using words.
Figaro: That’s your answer to everything. It’s a miracle you managed to raise a child.
Shylock: Sir Sage, allow me to provide a simple explanation. Our world is currently in a state of confusion and disarray because the < Great Catastrophe > came too close — imagine how oil reacts when mixed with water.
To return this world to its original state, we need to summon the original spirits — who have existed here since ancient times — and re-ensconce them to where they belong. That is the proposal at hand.
Akira: In other words.... If these original spirits return to the lands where they used to reside, we’ll stop seeing so many incidents?
Figaro: Yes. But the original spirits are generally disgusted with the current state of the world, so they’ve retreated into a deep slumber. The simple act of calling them out might incur their fury.
One wrong move and we’re stone. The holy festival allows us to quell the spirits’ anger by doing whatever we can to make them feel really good.
We’ll round up wizards who the spirits are fond of, wear clothes that suit their tastes, and entice them to appear before us.
Think about it. If you tried to drag the shut-in Faust out of his room by force, he’d be absolutely livid, right? So you bring a kitten to put him in a good mood. That’s what this is.
Faust: You couldn’t think of a better example?
Akira: No, that was really good! I get it now. So we can’t just drag them out with powerful magic.
Snow: Exactly. The original spirits tend to favor the wizards of their own lands. Thus, the wizards from each country ought to revive their respective holy temples.
White: So we Northern wizards will lead by example.... Or that’s what we’d like to say, but Mithra and the others are absolute ruffians.
I can guarantee they’ll incur the wrath of the original spirits.
Snow: I don’t think we’d lose in a battle of brute power, but subduing the spirits with power will not encourage them to stick around — they will be gone again in no time.
Akira: Figaro mentioned the risk of turning to stone... Which means it’s dangerous.
Shylock: Indeed.
Akira: I don’t want to put everyone in danger’s way. ...How do you feel about this, Oz?
| index | >> Chapter 2